April 4, 1958 (60 years ago) Mrs. Helen J. Legette of Emory University, Ga., has accepted the position of Librarian in the North Florida Junior College and planned to move here…
Category: History
A Florida Governor’s Ellaville home
John Willoughby: Greene Publishing, Inc. Now known as a ghost town, an Ellaville home serves as a forgotten part of Madison County’s treasured history. Ellaville was founded in 1861 by George Franklin…
West Point’s Point of View
John Willoughby: Greene Publishing, Inc. Colin P. Kelly Jr. was no doubt a brave hero in World War II (WWII), and his legacy lives on in Madison still today. Born in 1915…
First Baptist Church From 1835 to now
John Willoughby: Greene Publishing, Inc. Picture if you will. The year is 1835, and Florida statehood had not yet been established. The Civil War had yet to take place, and Andrew Jackson…
A NASCAR driver from Madison?
John Willoughby: Greene Publishing, Inc. When you hear the word NASCAR, what do you think? Do you recall that 2001 afternoon in Daytona when Dale Earnhardt lost his life? Or do you…
County Commission rescinds request to save oaks in park
Jacob Bembry: Greene Publishing, Inc. The beautiful oaks that surround the Four Freedoms Park offer visitors a respite from the blazing sun in summers and a place to relax and reflect in…
Greenville School goes up in blaze
Jacob Bembry: Greene Publishing, Inc. A fire destroyed the elementary school in Greenville on Wednesday afternoon, February 26, 1964. Frank Merritt, the principal of the school, attributed the possible cause of the…
Baileys chosen as Outstanding Farm Family of 1960
Jacob Bembry: Greene Publishing, Inc. The Kelley R. Bailey Family was named the Outstanding Farm Family of the Year for Madison County at the Farm Bureau banquet held in the autumn of…
Labor Day… why and how we celebrate
Story Submitted: When you think of Labor Day, what comes to mind? For many, it’s the last long weekend before school starts. It’s a weekend with picnics and barbecues, and maybe a…
TYPHUS Outbreak in Greenville
Jacob Bembry: Greene Publishing, Inc. An outbreak of typhus in Greenville was investigated by the State of Florida in Feb. 1928.Major C.N. Hobbs, District Sanitary Engineer with the Florida Board of Health,…
Madison native receives Navy Cross for Valor in War World II
Jacob Bembry: Greene Publishing, Inc. Capt. Dale Leslie received the Navy Cross in 1943 for action he took in the South Pacific during World War II. He was awarded the medal for…
Former slave: Florida’s oldest woman lived in Madison County in 1970
Jacob Bembry: Greene Publishing, Inc. Many people live for a long time, but in 1970, a woman returned to Madison from Orlando and she had claim to the title of Florida’s oldest…
Greenville bank heist led by former Miami policeman
Jacob Bembry: Greene Publishing, Inc. Three people, including a Miami policeman, reportedly robbed the bank in Greenville on June 24, 1931. Foster Sloan, the former policeman, along with Audrey Logan and Yates…
Silent screen star hailed from madison
Jacob Bembry: Greene Publishing, Inc. The footlights which once shown bright have dimmed to low, and the whirr of the movie projectors from the past have become silent when it comes to…
Before Lorenzo Cain… there was Archie Ware
Jacob Bembry: Greene Publishing, Inc. Before Lorenzo Cain ever became a World Series champion with the Kansas City Royals, another Madison Countian won the World Series and played in the Series three…
Madison Countians wounded, captured, and killed at Gettysburg
Jacob Bembry: Greene Publishing, Inc. “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men…
Meteor explosion startles Madison County residents
Jacob Bembry: Greene Publishing, Inc. Citizens in Madison County were startled on the night of May 29, 1859 at approximately 10 o’clock by what they thought was a tremendously loud clap of…
Murder in May of a minstrel and a woman
Jacob Bembry: Greene Publishing, Inc. As the lazy month of May began to skip, instead of dragging itself, into the month of June and the summer months, the news during its final…
Play Ball! Madison’s “Lolly Coolers,” “Peacherinas,” and “Heavy Hitters” drain Lake City
Jacob Bembry: Greene Publishing, Inc. In 2017, baseball is as popular in Madison County, as it ever was before. With fans rooting on the home high school and middle school teams, as…