INSIDE TODAY: Dad guilty of killing 5 kids faces possible death sentence / A3 JUNE 5, 2019 JASPER, ALABAMA — Wednesday — www.mountaineagle.com 75 CENTS JASPER CITY COUNCIL CARBON HILL BRIEFS Walker Mayor: Applebee’s coming to Jasper Chambers County Lake By RON HARRIS O’Mary told council members. to reopen “It’s a tremendous add to our apologizes Daily Mountain Eagle Thursday retail base in the city, and I’m excited to tell you about this.” The Walker Coun- Jasper will soon be getting a The restaurant has purchased for ‘killing’ ty Public Lake will popular new eatery. the property that once housed reopen Thursday Mayor David O’Mary an‑ Ryan’s on Highway 118 and will nounced during Tuesday morn‑ morning at sunrise tear down that building and post on ing’s city council meeting that O’Mary said he began discus‑ construct a new facility. and continue to op- Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill sions with Applebee’s CEO Kurt A timeline for when con‑ erate under normal & Bar, a national restaurant Gutshall almost a year ago to struction might begin wasn’t Facebook business hours. chain founded in November bring the restaurant to Jasper. announced. 1980 in Decatur, Ga., will open “There was a lot of work that in Jasper later this year. went into this happening,” See JASPER, A7 Despite controversial Carbon Hill comments, CH mayor man dies in auto crash says he won’t resign A two-vehicle ac- By ED HOWELL cident at 4:37 p.m. Daily Mountain Eagle Monday claimed the life of a Carbon CARBON HILL — Carbon Hill Hill man, according Mayor Mark Chambers has apol‑ ogized for comments on Facebook to Alabama State which appeared to criticize homo‑ Troopers. sexuals, trans‑ Anthony Burton gender people, Lanier, 62, died Democrats and abortionists when the 2001 Ford for lecturing to Ranger he was driv- society — and ing struck the rear then seeming of a 2018 Kenworth to indicate the only way to log truck. The driver deal with some of the Kenworth segments of was not injured. society would The crash hap- be by “killing Mayor Mark them.” pened on Alabama The Birming‑ Chambers Highway 118 near ham TV station the 38 mile marker, which first reported Chambers approximately a comments said Chambers had at first said he thought he had mile east of El- not posted them and that he felt dridge. those were someone else’s com‑ Daily Mountain Eagle file - Ron Harris ments‑before calling a second time to admit he did make the DEATHS A large crowd took to rafts, canoes, paddle boats or kayaks for the inaugural Sipsey Fork comments, but that they were River Race in 2017. This year’s race is set for Saturday, June 22, beginning at 8 a.m. taken out of context. Grace Irene Boshell Chambers — who did not at‑ Sprouse, Jasper tend Monday night’s Carbon Hill Martha Jane McMillan, 90, City Council meeting — did not Hoover indicate in the apology post that Evan Robert Underwood, he would resign from office. He 30, Cordova Sipsey Fork River Race told the Daily Mountain Eagle in Mattie Leo Adams Scales, an interview Tuesday he did not 86, Jasper intend to resign. Dollie Jean Chambless, 88, Jasper The “public apology” post was Anthony Berton “Tony” set for June 22 on Chamber’s own personal page, Lanier, 62, Carbon Hill which Chambers confirmed to Wanda Lafan, 81, Jasper doing. He said he did not post By RICK WATSON it on the city’s Facebook page. Full obituaries / A2 Daily Mountain Eagle “That’s about all I’m going to put on there,” he said. By mid‑afternoon, it appeared SIPSEY — The Third Annual Chambers’s personal page was WEATHER Sipsey Fork River Race is on the taken down. calendar for June 22 this year. As the afternoon continued, The race starts at 8 a.m. near High Low CBS, the Hill, AL.com, the Asso‑ the Riverside Fly Shop on High‑ 90 69 way 69 as you cross the bridge See CHAMBERS, A7 from Walker to Cullman County. When the race begins, entrants INDEX head down the river 12 miles and end up at the Sipsey Fork behind SUMITON Business ...................... B1 T&R Grocery. CITY COUNCIL Classifieds ................... B6 Many of the people entering Comics ........................ B2 the race drop their raft, canoe, Dear Abby ................... B2 paddle boat, or kayak off at the Horoscope .................. B2 fly shop the night before or the Sumiton Opinion ........................ A4 Sports .......................... morning of the race, according A5 to Martha Salomaa, from the increases Two sections, 16 pages Sipsey Heritage Commission. The entrants then drive their vehicles back to the Sipsey Forks and Daily Mountain Eagle - Rick Watson sales tax to park them. On the morning of the race, Martha Salomaa hangs a Sipsey Fork River Race poster. The third annual River Race is on the morning of June 22 help roads See RACE, A7 beginning at 8 a.m. Use your smartphone’s QR By RICK WATSON scanner to quickly sign up for Daily Mountain Eagle our weekly e-mail newsletter DORA SUMITON — The Sumiton City Council voted unanimously Mulch available Tuesday to approve an ordinance increasing the city’s portion of Facebook: the sales tax from 3.5 percent to Daily Mountain Eagle in Dora, thanks 4 percent. Instagram: This will bump the total sales dailymteagle to recent storms tax collected in Sumiton from 9.5 Twitter: percent to 10 percent once county and state tax is included. The tax @DailyMtEagle By RICK WATSON increase begins Aug. 1. Daily Mountain Eagle This ordinance was discussed Daily Mountain Eagle - Rick Watson at the May 21 meeting and DORA — When the City of Dora pur‑ Jeremy Hicks who is over the Street and Sanita- posted to give everyone a chance chased the new chipper shredder back in to look at it before acting on the March, it was a timely purchase. tion Department for the City of Dora is inspect- proposal Tuesday. A storm swept through the city in April ing a freshly dumped load of mulch at the city’s Mayor Petey Ellis said in maintenance garage. The public is welcome to See MULCH, A7 haul off the mulch free of charge. See SUMITON, A7 A2 — DAILY MOUNTAIN EAGLE Jasper, Ala., Wed., June 5, 2019 www.mountaineagle.com Today’s weather DEATHS & FUNERALS Forecast for Wednesday, June 5, 2019 TENN. Oxford 88/70 Huntsville Grace Irene Evan Robert Underwood ARK. 90/72 Evan Robert Underwood, 30, of Cordova, passed Boshell Sprouse away Sunday, June 2, 2019 in Birmingham. Grace Irene Boshell Sprouse passed away peace- GA. fully early Sunday morning, June 2, 2019, at Walker Kilgore-Green Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-9503 Greenville Birmingham Baptist Medical Center. 88/70 91/69 She was born in Townley on June 20, 1917, to the late Walter and Leona Boshell and was raised in the Jasper area until she married Jack Sprouse of Mattie Leo Parrish on June 6, 1941. She was one of 10 siblings Adams Scales Jackson Montgomery and is survived by her brother, Cephus Boshell; her 86/68 Mattie Leo Adams Scales, 86, of Jasper, passed 93/69 children, Jacqueline (Devon) Zimpelman and Glen away on Monday, June 3, 2019, at Ridgeview Health (Edi) Sprouse; three grandchildren; two great-grand- Care. children; and many nephews and nieces. Brookhaven Hattiesburg 83/72 88/69 She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack, Kilgore-Green Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-9503 and her eldest grandchild, Daniel Zimpelman. Mobile Grace and Jack lived many places in the U.S. and LA. 88/73 FLA. abroad during his service in the U.S. Army and Department of Defense and eventually retired and Dollie Jean Chambless returned to Jasper in 1995. Grace was a member of Dollie Jean Chambless, 88, of Jasper, passed away the Sixth Avenue Church of Christ and the Macedo- Monday, June 3, 2019, at Ridgeview Health Care. nia Church of Christ and was active in the church Family will receive friends Thursday, June 6, 2019, well into her 90’s. She attributed her long life and from 1 until 2 p.m. at Kilgore-Green Funeral Home. independence to hard work and clean living and lived Graveside service will follow at 2:30 p.m. at Boldo ©2019 AccuWeather, Inc. on her own in her home until the age of 101. Cemetery. John Woodley will officiate. The family will receive friends on Sunday, June 9, She was preceded in death by her husband, Gene 2019 from 6 until 8 p.m. at the Kilgore-Green Fu- M. Chambless, and a great-grandchild. neral Home. Funeral service will be held on Mon- She is survived by her son, Melvin Chambless day, June 10, 2019, at 11 a.m. in the Kilgore-Green (Rita); daughters, Deborah Chambless and Donna Chapel. Burial will immediately follow at the Mackey Chambless; five grandchildren; eight great-grand- After deadly shootings, Boshell Cemetery in Holly Branch. Levi Sides will children; brother, John Woodley; and a host of nieces, officiate. nephews and friends. Virginia governor Friends may sign the guest register at kilgore- Honorary pallbearer will be Frank Woodley. greenfuneralhome.com In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to demands action on guns made to Boldo Cemetery. Kilgore-Green Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-9503 Friends may sign the guest register at kilgore- VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph greenfuneralhome.com Northam announced Tuesday he will summon law- makers back to the state Capitol this summer to take Kilgore-Green Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-9503 up a package of gun-control legislation, saying last Martha Jane McMillan week’s mass shooting in Virginia Beach calls for “votes August 15, 1928 - May 30, 2019 and laws, not thoughts and prayers.” Martha Jane McMillan, of Hoover, went to be with Anthony Berton Northam, a Democrat faced with a gun-friendly, the Lord early Thursday morning, Republican-controlled General Assembly in the middle May 30, 2019, as she passed away ‘Tony’ Lanier of a legislative election year, also said he wants every peacefully in her sleep at the age of January 6, 1957-June 3, 2019 lawmaker to go on record for or against his proposals 90.