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A3 / NEWS B1 / HOMEFOLK Police, families New book of poetry plead for info in inspired by local artist’s Miami mass shooting pandemic year journey Daily Mountain Eagle “The newspaper that cares about Walker County” MOUNTAINEAGLE.COM WEEKEND EDITION, JUNE 5-6, 2021 $1.50 TRIO BEGINS QUEST JASPER POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR MISS ALABAMA CROWN Search warrant leads to arrest for illegal drugs Special to the Eagle residence, as well as a number of firearms. Jasper police executed a “This warrant was the result search warrant Friday morn- of a lot of hard work by our ing at a home at 1300 19th narcotics investigators build- Street West in Jasper for ille- ing a case against this suspect gal drugs. and obtaining the necessary Officers were also armed warrants,” Narcotics Sgt. with an arrest warrant for Mitchell Jones said. Dalton Ray Mauldin, 29, for While at the residence, inves- Photo courtesy of the Jasper Police Department tigators determined a num- unlawful distribution of a con- Jasper police executed a search warrant at a trolled substance (meth). ber of items inside had been Agents seized drugs and home on 19th Street West in Jasper Friday morn- drug paraphernalia from the See ARREST, A8 ing. Daily Mountain Eagle - Ron Harris DORA Miss Heart of Dixie Bethany Knight, Jasper man Miss Walker County Emma Owen fatally shoots and Miss Cotton State Taylor Blatch- ford will compete next week in the passenger 2021 Miss Alabama Pageant at the Alabama Theater in Birmingham. For while driving more photos, see B1 of today’s Eagle. on interstate BURLINGTON, Ky. (AP) — An Alabama man Marshall seeking was charged with fatally shooting his passenger as second term as they traveled on an inter- state in Ken- attorney general tucky on MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Thurs- Attorney General Steve Marshall an- day, nounced Thursday that he is running for a law a second term as the enforce- state’s top law enforce- ment ment officer. official Marshall, a Repub- Daily Mountain Eagle - Ed Howell said. lican, made the an- The Tommy nouncement at a news Kenneth Boswell, director of the Alabama Department of Economic and Communi- driver conference in which he ty Affairs, speaks about grant opportunities to local officials at Dora City Hall during Hightower report- touted his participation a visit Friday. Shown, from left, are state Senate Pro Tem Greg Reed, R-Jasper; ed the shooting around in lawsuits against District 4 Walker County Commissioner Steven Aderholt; Boswell; state Rep. Con- 8:30 a.m. while still trav- President Joe Biden’s nie Rowe, R-Jasper; and Dora Mayor Randy Stephens. eling on Interstate 75-71 administration and in Boone County, across derided “lawlessness Steve the Ohio River from Cin- across our country with Marshall cinnati, and was told to cities set ablaze.” ADECA director reviews exit the highway, accord- “I promise you this. ing to a news release from The wave of the past will not be the wave the county sheriff’s office. of the future. There will be law and order The man, Tommy L. in the state of Alabama. So long as I am projects across county Hightower, 32, of Jasper, this state’s chief law enforcement officer, Alabama, was met by I will fight for it and I will see that mis- county. State Rep. Connie Rowe, R-Jasper, deputies and taken into sion through,” Marshall said. By ED HOWELL and county commissioners were also on custody, while the pas- Marshall was appointed to the office Daily Mountain Eagle hand along the way. District 4 Commission- senger was taken to a in 2017 by then-Gov. Robert Bentley. He er Steven Aderholt was on hand for the Dora hospital, where he died. won the office in the 2018 election after DORA — Kenneth Boswell, director of visit. The passenger was Girlis defeating former Attorney General Troy the Alabama Department of Economic and “I am excited about the resources be- H. Serratt, 36, also of King in the GOP runoff and Joe Siegel- Community Affairs, stopped in Dora Friday ing provided by ADECA to fund this trail Jasper, the sheriff’s office man, the son of former Gov. Don Siegel- to review the Horse Creek Nature Trail that lighting project for the city of Dora,” Ader- said. man in the general election. his department has just given a grant for, as holt said in a release issued by Reed’s office. Lt. Philip Ridgell of Under his direction, Alabama joined well as review some other projects. “This is an important project for the Dora the sheriff’s office said lawsuits by Republican-led states in su- Boswell, escorted by state Senate Pro community and residents across Walker the men initially were ing the Biden administration over several Tem Greg Reed, R-Jasper, visited in Dora, County, and this grant will go a long way in traveling to Michigan to issues, including a suspension of new oil the Walker County Courthouse (concerning financing the construction of this project. visit friends. When that and gas leases on federal land and water courthouse security and courthouse access) “I am also pleased to see state dollars trip didn’t work out, they and to reschedule canceled sales of leases and the Curry Fire Department (involv- ing a desired storm shelter next to the fire See BOSWELL, A8 See MARSHALL, A8 station) in a morning swing throughout the See SHOOTING, A8 DEATHS WEATHER INDEX SOCIAL Dayron Ray Mooney, 57, Jasper Classifieds .................... B3 LEFT Doris Mae Owens, 91, Jasper Dear Abby ..................... A4 ON Onnie Atkins, 95, Carbon Hill Homefolk ....................... B1 RED Linda McCauley, 82, Jasper Use your Horoscope .................... A4 Thomas Smith “Rod’ Brasfield, 88, phone to Sports ............................ B5 Find us on your Meridian, Texas High Low quickly sign Viewpoints .................... A6 favorite podcast up for our streaming 84 69 weekly e-mail platforms. OBITUARIES / A2 newsletter Two sections, 16 pages A2 | Daily Mountain Eagle | WEEKEND EDITION, JUNE 5-6, 2021 Today’s weather Forecast for Saturday, June 5, 2021 Obituaries TENN. Oxford 82/68 Huntsville ARK. 87/68 Dayron Ray Mooney Thomas Smith November 17, 1963-June 2, 2021 Dayron Ray Mooney, 57, of Jasper, passed away ‘Rod’ Brasfield GA. Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at Walker Baptist Medical Thomas Smith “Rod’ Brasfield, of Meridian, Texas, was called home June 1, 2021, to be with his Lord Greenville Birmingham Center. 85/70 85/71 The family will receive friends Saturday, June 5, and Savior. He was 88. 2021, at 8:30 a.m. at Collins-Burke Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Funeral services will follow at 9 a.m. in the Col- Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Jackson Montgomery lins-Burke Chapel. Burial will be at New Prospect 80/69 86/70 Baptist Cemetery. Jerry Boyd will officiate. Meridian. Pastor Richard Creech Mr. Mooney was preceded in death by his father, and Richard Norton will officiate. Brookhaven Hattiesburg Johnny Ray Mooney. Visitation with family and friends 83/69 81/68 He is survived by his mother, Mary Dunn Mooney was held Friday, June 4, 2021, from 5 until 8 p.m. at Lawson Funeral Mobile of Jasper, and his sister, Wanda Hudson (Steve) of 80/70 FLA. Huntsville. Home in Meridian. LA. Rod was born November 22, 1932, Collins -Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571 in Smithville, Mississippi, to Isaac Francis Brasfield and Reba Lee Smith. He attended school in Dora, Alabama. He joined the US Army in 1950. He fought in the Korean and Vietnam Wars where he proudly Doris Mae Owens served his country, retiring as a Green Beret in 1970. ©2021 AccuWeather, Inc. January 21, 1930-June 2, 2021 While in the Army, he met his future wife, Jerene Doris Mae Owens, 91, of Jasper, passed away Johnson, who was also serving her country in the US Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at Walker Baptist Medical Army. They married on August 1, 1964, in Dillon, SC. Center. After his retirement from the US Army, they moved U.S. traffic deaths up The family will receive friends Sunday, June 6, to Mt Olive, Alabama, where he owned and operated 2021, at 12:30 p.m. at Collins-Burke Funeral Home. City Gun and Key. Together they had two daughters, Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. in the Col- Katie Ruth and Beth Thomas. 7% last year, highest lins-Burke Chapel. Burial will be at Pisgah Ceme- In 1978, they relocated to Morgan, Texas, where tery. Hollis Alexander will officiate. Rod realized farming would only be a hobby and number since 2007 Mrs. Owens was preceded in death by her husband, began his next career with the US Postal Service as a Warren Owens; daughter, Betty Phillips (Gayle); rural letter carrier. In 1989, the family sold the farm DETROIT (AP) — U.S. traffic deaths rose 7% last grandson, Keith Phillips; granddaughter, Pam Jett and moved to Meridian, where he later retired from year, the biggest increase in 13 years even though (J.R.); parents, Brady and Effie Wilson; and two the USPS in 1998. He then bought Bosque Sales and people drove fewer miles due to the coronavirus pan- brothers. Service. After selling that company, he settled into re- demic, the government’s road safety agency reported She is survived by her son, Kenneth Owens (Freda); tirement and continued working around his farm on Thursday. grandchildren, Kevin Owens and Lisa Leighton (Ken- the outskirts of Meridian, which is where he resided The National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis- ny); and great-grandchildren, Brittney Wilson (Josh), until his death. tration blamed the increase on drivers taking more Katelyn Dickerson and Katherine Leighton.