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BY COACH EMORY HORNE

The Tigers varsity baseball team picked up four wins this past week including three district games. [Full Story »] 

Mr. Yoder reads to Kindergarten Calhoun County Superintendent of Schools, Ralph Yoder, took the time out of his busy schedule to come sit down and read to our kindergarten classes. [Full Story »] 

Several young ladies competed Saturday night for titles in the Miss Altha Pageant held in the school gym. [Full Story »] 

Billie C. Bryant, 91, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2013, in Arcadia, Florida. [Full Story »] 

The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that a suspect has been located, but evidence is still being gathered to determine if the man is the gunman who was allegedly shooting at vehicles earlier this morning on CR 167. No injuries have been reported. More details as they become available.

Linda Loretta Clemmons Coxwell, 82, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2013.
Mrs. Coxwell was born in Altha, Florida, on June 20, 1930, to Dewey Lee and Ruby Barber Clemmons. Mrs. Coxwell lived in Blountstown, Florida, until moving to Crawfordville, Florida, and then to Thomasville, Georgia. After retiring, she, her husband, and their son, Sammy, returned to Crawfordville.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Reverend Samuel Ancil Cowell; their son, Samuel Ancil Coxwell, Jr.; her parents; and her sister, Hilda Clemmons Alford.
Mrs. Coxwell was the loving wife of a Southern Baptist minister. She enjoyed teaching Sunday school, gardening, growing prize winning roses, arranging flowers, sewing, taking annual trips to the mountains, and cooking for her family and members of her church. Most of all, she loved caring for her home and family. She will be remembered for her beauty, her love of Jesus Christ, her homemade desserts and homegrown vegetables, and her fluffy, hot biscuits.
Survivors include her son, Ashley, and his wife, Melissa, of Callahan, Florida; her daughter, Dr. Deborah Coxwell-Teague, and her husband, Everett, of Tallahassee, Florida; her daughter, Alicia Crittenden, and her husband, Bill, of Acworth, Georgia; her sister, Juanita Clemmons Temple, of Callahan, and her brother, Dewey Lee Clemmons, Jr., and his wife, Talitha, of Williamsburg, Virginia. Mrs. Coxwell was the proud grandmother of 14 grandchildren, two great-grandsons, a niece, and several nephews.
A graveside service will be held at Crawfordville Cemetery in Crawfordville at 10:30 a.m. (ET), Monday, March 11.
Adams Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements (phone 674-5449). Online condolences may be made at adamsfh.com.

Sandra Jean Deason, 69, of Blountstown, Florida, passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2013, in Tallahassee, Florida.
She was a member of Gateway Baptist Church and was a secretary for the Calhoun County School Board for many years. She later retired as a secretary for the Department of Corrections.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Jackson A. and Mildred Irene (Richards) Brantley; and a brother, Ronnie Brantley.
She is survived by her husband, Winston Deason; a son, Rob Deason, and his wife, Necy, of Blountstown; a daughter, Angie Deason, also of Blountstown; three grandchildren, Alex, Emma, and Ella Deason; a sister, Gay Richards, of Blountstown; two brothers, Randy Brantley and his wife, Caroline, of Panama City, Florida, and Andy Bailey and his wife, Amy, of Blountstown; and many nieces, nephews, and other extended family and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 9, in the Chapel at Adams Funeral Home with Reverend Paul Smith and Reverend Roger King officiating. Interment will follow in Nettle Ridge Cemetery.
Adams Funeral Home in Blountstown is in charge of the arrangements (phone 674-5449). Online condolences may be made at adamsfh.com.

It was all about “Boots, Blue Jeans and Barbecue” Friday night at the 66th Annual Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce Membership Banquet held at the W.T. Neal Civic Center. [Full Story »] 

A Bristol couple is facing grand theft charges in Calhoun County after going on a $4900 shopping spree with a woman’s income tax refund. [Full Story »]