A3 / NEWS B4 / NEWS Biden says pause on Expert blames George J&J shots shows U.S. Floyd’s death on putting safety first heart rhythm problem Daily Mountain Eagle “The newspaper that cares about Walker County” MOUNTAINEAGLE.COM THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2021 75 CENTS CORDOVA JASPER MAIN STREET CITY COUNCIL ‘Jasper Eats’ set for ‘It won’t today through Saturday By RON HARRIS opportunity. Daily Mountain Eagle ‘Jasper Eats,’ now in its fourth be safe’ year, is scheduled for today, Fri- Most everyone likes eating day and Saturday in downtown Seniors concerned outdoors on a pretty day. This Jasper. The event, sponsored weekend, restaurants in down- about sharing space town Jasper will give you that See JASPER, A8 with youth summer program CARBON HILL CITY COUNCIL WALKER COUNTY By JENNIFER COHRON SHERIFF’S OFFICE Daily Mountain Eagle CORDOVA — A group of senior Trafficking citizens voiced concerns about the city’s decision to grant space to a arrest made summer learning program during Tuesday’s Cordova City Council in Boldo meeting. Applications are available now at By JENNIFER COHRON Cordova City Hall for the Walker Daily Mountain Eagle County Community Action Agency’s summer youth Sky program, which A Cordova man was serves youth 5 to 15 and costs $300 arrested for trafficking per child. methamphetamine near The program will operate from Boldo on Sunday. June 8 to Aug. 6 and will then tran- Christopher Lee Odom, sition to an after-school program, 24, of Cordova, was according to Mayor Jeremy Pate. It arrested for trafficking will be housed at the Cordova Ac- methamphetamine, tivity Center, which also houses the unlawful possession of city’s senior program. a controlled substance, Before the pandemic, the center carrying a pistol without was open for seniors from 8 a.m. to 2 Daily Mountain Eagle file - Ed Howell a permit, possession of p.m. The summer program will oper- A co-owner of the Rolling T Truck Stop and Cafe on Nauvoo Road on Tuesday ques- marijuana 2nd and pos- ate from 7:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. tioned Carbon Hill officials why the interstate light project is being delayed. session of drug parapher- “Sharing a space with small chil- nalia. dren will not be healthy or safe for The arrest was made seniors. The fact that we’re not even by Jared Hall, chief of the able to go back and congregate yet is Heated debate centers on Dora Police Department testament to that. They don’t want seniors congregating where there is See ARREST, A2 going to be a lot of germs,” said Pat Sanders, an active member of the I-22 light project delay senior center. The center has been closed to to leave if he continued to try to speak. When seniors during the pandemic except By ED HOWELL Daily Mountain Eagle Naramore spoke again a minute later, she for drive-thru meal pickup, though asked him to leave. it could reopen as early as Monday. CARBON HILL-A co-owner of the Rolling Herron texted the next day, “I try to give two The state has issued guidelines T Truck Stop and Cafe was ejected from the to three minutes but he was becoming very that encourage seniors to continue Carbon Hill City Council Tuesday night after disrespectful and aggressive so I chose to cut wearing masks and practicing social complaining about the slow pace of getting it off.” distancing when the center reopens. light poles for Exit 46 at Nauvoo Road-which In December the council hired Taylor Elec- Other activities such as gathering Mayor April Kennedy Herron said could not be trical Contractors of Cottondale to complete for meals or playing board games are helped due to distribution problems. an interstate lighting project that has been discouraged under the guidelines. Donnie Naramore, who owns the truck stop three years in the making. A combination of Photo Special to the Eagle Several rooms in the center used with his brother Maeburn, spoke at the end of state and local funds will cover the cost of the by the seniors for reading, doing the meeting in a public comment time. During project, which will see 22 LED lights installed A Cordova man was jigsaw puzzles and storing sup- a heated exchange, Naramore was allowed to on Exit 46. Grant writer Terry Acuff estimat- arrested for traffick- plies are being cleared out to make speak for two minutes before the mayor cut ing methamphetamine See LIGHTING, A8 See SENIORS, A8 him off, telling the police chief he would have near Boldo on Sunday. BEVILL STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ‘A once-in-a-lifetime Graduates of the HVAC Fast Track program offered at opportunity’ the Bevill State-Ala- bama Power HVAC 8 graduate from BSCC, Alabama Power HVAC program Training Center are pictured with Bevill By NICOLE SMITH Track program on Tuesday. State and Alabama Daily Mountain Eagle A graduation ceremony was held at the Bevill State/Alabama Power leaders. Eight men graduated from Power HVAC Training Center at Bevill State Community College See HVAC, A8 and Alabama Power’s HVAC Fast Daily Mountain Eagle - Nicole Smith DEATHS WEATHER INDEX SOCIAL Douglas A. Lewis, 65 Classifieds .................... B9 LEFT Jewell Marie Wilkes, 70, Quinton Comics .......................... B5 Billy Tom Bunch, 89, Jasper ON Dear Abby ..................... B5 RED Cynthia Shedd, 53, Nauvoo Use your Faith .............................. A5 Wayne Morris King, 80, Sumiton phone to Sports ............................ B1 Find us on your William Terry Estell, 63, Smith Lake High Low quickly sign Viewpoints .................... A4 favorite podcast Myra Lanita Fields, 63 up for our streaming 71 47 weekly e-mail platforms. OBITUARIES / A2 newsletter Two sections, 18 pages A2 | Daily Mountain Eagle | THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2021 Today’s weather Obituaries Forecast for Thursday, April 15, 2021 TENN. Oxford 66/48 Huntsville Douglas A. Lewis Cynthia Shedd ARK. 66/43 Douglas A. Lewis, 65, passed away at his residence Cynthia Shedd, 53, of Nauvoo, passed away peace- April 9, 2021. fully Saturday, April 10, 2021 at her residence sur- GA. Cullman Funeral Home is hon- rounded by her loving family. Greenville Birmingham ored to serve the family. There will be no service at this time. 70/53 69/49 He was a devoted husband, father Cindy requested no service. She wanted to be and grandfather. He served our remembered by family and friends before her lengthy country for 12 years in the United battle with cancer. She was a loving wife, mother, States Navy. He had a great love for grandmother, and friend. She will be missed by all Jackson Montgomery 72/53 74/52 Elvis, singing, fishing and helping who knew her. The family would like to thank all of others. her caregivers and nurses who have helped with Cin- Brookhaven Hattiesburg He was preceded in death by par- dy’s battle over the past year. They truly appreciated 72/54 71/54 ents, Edward and Estine Lewis; and all the kindness and love given. sisters, Charlotte Rone and Debra Bonner. She is survived by her husband, Gary Shedd of Mobile 72/56 Douglas is survived by his wife, Julie Lewis; Nauvoo; daughter, Samantha Pool (Nick) of Lonedell, LA. FLA. children, Mark (Stacy) Lewis, Allen Lewis, Denna Missouri; grandson, Johnathan Riley Bush; grand- (Jeffery) Lefan, Tabitha Hart, Michael Hart, Ariana daughter, Lucille Pool; father, Frank Watson Sr. of Lewis and Monica Lewis; brother, Jamie (Becky) Andover, Massachusetts; brother, Frank Watson Jr. of Lewis; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; Kenbunk, Maine; sister, Tammy Watson of Andover, and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends. Mass.; son-in-law, Dwayne Shedd (Torie); extended Memorial services will be held Friday, April 16, family in Walker County, Massachusetts, Maine, and ©2021 AccuWeather, Inc. 2021, at 5 p.m. at New Canaan Baptist Church in West Virginia; along with a host of other relatives Empire. and dear friends. Friends may sign the online guestbook at www.cull- Ponzi schemer manfuneralhome.com Wilson Funeral Home, Carbon Hill; 205-924-4147 Cullman Funeral Home, Cullman; 256-734-3144 Bernie Madoff dies William Terry ‘Papa T’ Estell Jewell Marie Wilkes William Terry “Papa T” Estell, 63, of Smith Lake, in prison at 82 Jewell Marie Wilkes, 70, of Quinton, passed away Jasper, passed away Friday, April 9, 2021, at his Friday. April 9, 2021, at Walker Baptist Medical residence. NEW YORK (AP) — Bernard Madoff, the infamous Center. A private memorial will be held architect of an epic securities swindle that burned Family will be receiving friends at a later date. thousands of investors, outfoxed regulators and Wednesday, April 14, 2021, from Terry was a longtime and loyal earned him a 150-year prison term, 10 until 11 a.m. at Kilgore-Green employee of Allstate Insurance died behind bars early Wednesday. Funeral Home. Services will follow Claims Division before his retire- He was 82. at 11 a.m., in the Kilgore-Green ment. He treasured his time with Madoff’s death at the Federal Chapel, with burial at Shanghi his grandson Ben. He will be great- Medical Center in Butner, North Billy Tom Bunch Cemetery. Dustin ly missed. Carolina, was confirmed by his law- Murray will officiate. He was preceded in death by his yer and the Bureau of Prisons. Jewell was a loving wife, mother, parents, William Leland Estell of Last year, Madoff’s lawyers grandmother and a best friend. She Beaverton and Jerry McWhirter Williams Estell of unsuccessfully asked a court to was always near God, she always put others before Birmingham. release him from prison during herself. She will be missed by many. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife, the coronavirus pandemic, saying She was preceded in death by her parents, Carnell Mickie Estell, and to his daughter, Blake Fletch- he suffered from end-stage renal Bernie Lewis Green and Frances Green; in-laws, Cecilia er-Howard, grandson, Benjamin Terry Howard; disease and other chronic medical Madoff Check, Joy Parker and Bob Neal.