The County Record

Principal Ladona Kelley proudly announces Altha School’s Kids of Character for the month of September demonstrating the character trait of Responsibility. [Full Story »] 

The Blountstown Tigers extended their season another week with a 10-0 win over Class 1A District 3 Champion Holmes County Friday night in Bonifay. [Full Story »] 

The Lady Tigers came out fighting Thursday night as they hit the court for their first home game of the season. [Full Story »] 

CALHOUN COUNTY
Nov. 13: Rhinnone McLemore, poss. prescription drug without prescription, poss. l/t 20 grams marijuana, poss. or use of drug paraphernalia; Joseph Johnson, VOP; Erick Peterson, sale of crack cocaine, conspiracy to sell crack cocaine, child abuse
Nov. 14: Brittany Ann McCardle, burglary with battery; Diane Stewart, burglary with battery; Michelle Mears, battery; Patrick Manning, DWLSR with knowledge, poss. l/t 20 grams
Nov. 15: Christine Woods, battery, assault; Edward Hill, battery; Tommy Woods, battery
Nov. 16: Anthony Pou, poss. of meth; Michael Lynn, domestic battery; Joe Williams, burglary of conveyance, petit theft; John Sutton, DUI
Nov. 17: Timothy Strickland, DWLSR, non-support
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There was a changing of the guard in Calhoun County Tuesday morning as four newly elected public officials took their oath of office. [Full Story »] 

An observant couple shopping at a Blountstown business spotted an alleged burglar in action.
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Volunteers from Poplar Head Baptist Church in Clarksville were busy Monday morning packing the last load of shoeboxes for the Operation Christmas Child sendoff. [Full Story »] 

Marlon and Debbie Peavy, owners of Peavy Funeral Home, Shiver’s Florist and Classic Cleaners, have started a tradition of giving thanks by giving back. [Full Story »] 

Ramona J. Henderson Woodhouse of West Palm Beach, Florida, passed away at her home October 29, 2012, after a long illness.

Ramona was born in Tallahassee, Florida, to the late Leonard S. Henderson and Jessie Mullenax. She moved to South Florida at a young age. Ramona was a loving and caring Hospice Nurse in West Palm Beach.
She was preceded in death by a son, Ben Lisiecki; two brothers, Terry Henderson and Daran Williams; and one sister, Rhonda Hallford.

She leaves to cherish her memories, her husband, Harry Woodhouse; a son, Mike Lisiecki; a grandson, Cash Lisiecki; her mother, Jessie Mullenax, of Blountstown, Florida; three sisters, Melody Culler and her husband, Randy, of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, Donie Barnes of Blountstown, and Denise Harris and her husband, Kevin, of Fernandina Beach, Florida; her father and mother-in-law, Harry, Sr. and Lois Woodhouse, of West Palm Beach; a host of nieces, nephews, and many special friends.

Memorial services will be held at 3:00 p.m. EST, Saturday, November 24, at Good Hope Cemetery in Telogia, Florida.

Adams Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements (phone 674-5449). Online condolences may be made at www.adamsfh.com.

Mrs. Lucy Brown, 91, of Clarksville, FL, passed away Friday, November 16, 2012, in Panama City, FL.

Lucy was born on February 28, 1921, in Calhoun County and had lived here all of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of Poplar Head Baptist Church in Clarksville.

Lucy was preceded in death by her husband, Hughie Linwood Brown.

Survivors include two sons, H. Michael Brown and his wife, Ethell, of Clarksville, and James R. Brown and his wife, Yvonne, of Pensacola; one daughter, Charlotte Paschke, and her husband, Tom, of Longview, WA; one brother, Jim Lawson, and his wife, Anna, of Leigh Acres, FL; eight grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 21, at 1:00 pm (CST) at Peavy Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Russell Jones officiating. Interment will follow in Clarksville Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday, November 20, from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm (CST) at Peavy Funeral Home.

All arrangements are under the direction of Marlon Peavy at Peavy Funeral Home in Blountstown (ph. 674-2266).

Donna Gail Sexton of Blountstown, Florida, passed away in Blakely, Georgia, Monday, November 19.
Donna was a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Carey and Betty Lee (Adkins) Sexton, and two sisters, Melissa Lee and Susan Ann Sexton.

She is survived by her special friend, Richard Spangenberg, of Blakely, Georgia; a son, Zachary Sexton, of Marianna, Florida; a daughter, Susan Kroft, and her husband, James, Jr., of Bristol, Florida; five grandchildren, Careylee, James III, Nimalou, Brooke, and Brianna; two brothers, Billy Sexton of Sampson, Alabama, and Willie Sexton of Fort Braden, Florida; a sister, Cathy Summerlin, of Blountstown; and friends, Donna and Gene Kroft.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, November 23, in the Chapel at Adams Funeral Home with Reverend Michael Morris officiating. The family will receive friends 6:00-8:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 21, at Adams Funeral Home.

Adams Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements (phone 674-5449). Online condolences may be made at www.adamsfh.com.

Award winning, local photographer, Phil Coale took these excellent photos. To purchase photos, contact Phil Coale at Tigersports1@live.com or call 850-379-8049. [Full Story »]