Hair dryer. Check. Extra clothes. Check. Extra medicine. Check. Extra everything. Check. I lugged my heavy blue suitcase through the airport terminal. On my back was a green, camping backpack with two…
Year: 2021
From Cowboys to Seminoles
Rick Patrick rick@greenepublishing.com For a pair of Madison County High School (MCHS) grads, this fall is like something out of a dream. Travis Jay and Zane Herring have been making their presence…
Cowboy golfers have a successful year
Rick Patrick rick@greenepublishing.com The Madison County High School (MCHS) Cowboy golf team recently concluded their 2021 season with a match with the Warriors of Aucilla Christian Academy at the Jefferson County Country…
Suicide claims Parramore’s life
Mickey Starling reporter3@greenepublishing.com In September of 1902, Madison native R. Wallace Parramore was found unresponsive on a bench in New York’s Central Park. He was revived long enough to state his name…
Teacher Spotlight: Jamie Mask
Autumn Starling news@greenepublishing.com Jamie Mask has been teaching in Madison County for nine years, the past six teaching fifth grade Social Studies and sixth grade American History at Madison Creative Arts Academy….
Enrique Fermin Mederos Franchi Alfaro 1951 –2021
Mr. Enrique Fermin Mederos Franchi Alfaro was born in Cuba on July 13, 1951. However, for the past 40 years, he was a resident of Cherry Lake and the Madison County community. His brother…
Madison Garden Club holds special meeting
Devyn LeBlanc reporter@greenepublishing.com The Madison Garden Club met for a special meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 6. During this meeting, a tribute service was held in memory of their former disc jockey, Jim…
From the sunny side: Angels among us
You probably remember me saying that I have already begun to enjoy Christmas music (my music, my headphones, my ears – don’t judge me!). A few minutes ago, a song came on…
Property taxes DUE SOON
Devyn LeBlanc reporter@greenepublishing.com With November right around the corner, Thanksgiving comes to mind, but it’s also the beginning of the tax-paying season. Come Nov. 1 or soon thereafter, the Madison County Tax…
Cowboys tame Tigers
Rick Patrick rick@greenepublishing.com The Madison County High School (MCHS) Cowboys have adopted a secondary mascot that was perfectly displayed during their 28-16 victory over the Columbia County High School Tigers at home…
Haitians advised to avoid dangerous trek to America
Mickey Starling reporter3@greenepublishing.com Images of thousands of mostly Haitian refugees, huddled under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, have flooded the media in recent days. The steady stream of immigrants are looking…
Debra DeVane Turner
On Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, Debra DeVane Turner passed away at the Margaret Z. Dozier House, of Big Bend Hospice, after a brief battle with cancer. At her request, no services will…
Deaf Alligator Roast…what’s that?
Devyn LeBlanc reporter@greenepublishing.com On Saturday, Oct. 2, I made my way to The Gathering Place at Ragan’s Family Campground to cover what was supposed to be a pastor appreciation dinner. When I…
Guy Mannering Sims, II
Guy Mannering Sims, II passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, at Pruitt Health-Holly Hills Rehabilitation Center, in Valdosta, Ga. Guy was born on Oct. 22, 1950 to Carl A. Sims Sr….
Betty Margaret Speer Collins
Mrs. Betty Margaret Speer Collins, age 87, passed away on Thursday, Oct.21, 2021, at her home in Cherry Lake, Fla. Betty was born on March 21, 1934, in Lowndes County, Ga. She…
Learning As I Go: You Are Here
“Excuse me, but may I ask you a very strange question?” The lady, deeply distracted, looked up, “Sure,” she replied. “I’ve been standing on the outside of this glass door watching you….
Emerald’s Gem Box: Why I do what I do … I want to help change the world; or, at least my corner of it.
One year ago, I wrote a column entitled “I want to change my corner of the world.” Those words seem to best describe why I love the newspaper business. We all have…
Fundraiser set for James Madison Teacher of the Year
Rick Patrick rick@greenepublishing.com Donna Law is no stranger to cancer. She became all too familiar with the devastation this cruel disease can bring when her husband passed away in 2009, at the…
Celestine Anderson
Celestine Anderson, 60, of Greenville, Fla. passed at home on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. Graveside services are at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 23, at New Zion M.B. Church Cemetery, in Greenville….
Robin Denise Frazier
Robin Denise Frazier, 47, of Lamont, Fla., passed on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. Graveside services are at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 23, in Mt. Olive (Walker) Cemetery, in Lamont. Viewing-visitation is…