INSIDE TODAY: Police: Man killed by officer at mall was not the shooter / A2 NOV. 25, 2018 JASPER, ALABAMA — SUNDAY — www.mountaineagle.com $1.50 BRIEFS Christmas parades begin Thursday across county Number of unlicensed By JENNIFER COHRON The 30th annual Christmas Daily Mountain Eagle in Nauvoo parade will be held day cares at 10 a.m. Line up will begin at 9 a.m. at the Old Slick Lizard drops in state Parrish will kick off the Restaurant in Nauvoo. MONTGOMERY Christmas parade season in Gene and Earline McDaniel, Walker County on Thursday (AP) — The number owners of Old Harbin Hotel night. in Nauvoo, are also inviting of unlicensed day Lineup will be at 5:30 p.m. parade participants and those cares is falling in in downtown Parrish and the attending to their hotel for a Alabama. parade will start at 6:30 p.m. few holiday refreshments be- A Santa meet-and-greet will According to fore and after the parade. be held afterward at the old Lineup for the Empire Com- numbers from the Parrish High School. munity Christmas Parade will Alabama Depart- Trophies will be given for begin at 12:30 p.m. Saturday first place, second place, third ment of Human at the Empire Community Daily Mountain Eagle file - Ron Harris place and Mayor’s Choice. Any- Resources, the Center, next to the fire depart- one wanting to participate can ment. Those interested in par- Parrish will kick off this year’s Christmas parades with the town’s number of day call 205-544-0283. ticipating in the parade should annual parade set for Thursday. The Chamber of Commerce of cares that claim a Two parades will be held on Saturday. See PARADES, A7 Walker County’s annual parade in downtown Jasper, above, is licensure exemp- planned for Tuesday, Dec. 4, beginning at 6:30 p.m. tion dropped from 953 to 838 over the last year, The SUMITON’S MAIN STREET JUBILEE Montgomery Adver- Police urge tiser reported. That equals a 12 percent public to be reduction. Federal regula- A festive time alert, slow tions from 2014 began requiring down in traffic facilities that ac- cept federal money By ED HOWELL to get inspected. Daily Mountain Eagle Alabama lawmakers He led them down the streets of last spring voted to town, right to the traffic cop; require facilities to and only paused a moment, get licensed if they when he heard him holler, “Stop!” receive govern- For Frosty the Snowman, had to ment funds. They hurry on his way ... also voted to put If it were only snowmen with additional reporting top hats that were in a hurry. requirements on No doubt as people are rushing between holiday shopping, parties unlicensed centers. and charity events in Jasper, the “Some of the congestion will providers who were increase and exempt are becom- the tempers may flare. ing licensed,” said Worse yet, with Jeanetta Green, the all the dis- director of DHR’s tractions and child care services congestion, it is Daily Mountain Eagle photos - Rick Watson no surprise that division. drivers also are People around East Walker County turned out to help celebrate the Sumiton Main Street on their way to Jubilee. The event was from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 23. This event was planned causing acci- DEATHS by the Sumiton Main Street Committee. dents this time Chief of the year. Betty Tidwell Sparks, 78, Officials J.C. Poe Carbon Hill with the Jasper Geneva Nix Martin, 85, Police Department see these Adamsville Michael Allen Posten, 53, problems all year thanks to the Warrior growth of the city. Police Chief Debra Kilgore, 63 Warrior J.C. Poe said he had seen the Joyce Key Sullivan, 75, impatience of drivers today in the Cordova city. George Robert Odom, 70, And police have a simple mes- Nauvoo sage for all the Frostys who have Lenoard Dexter Williams, to hurry on their way. 71, Jasper Don’t have a meltdown. Chill. Phoebe F. Hyche, 92, Birmingham “It’s gotten busier,” Jasper police traffic officer Richard Hobbs said Full obituaries / A2 of Jasper’s traffic. I’ve lived in this area. I remember when Jasper basically ended at Airport Road. WEATHER That was the last grocery store. I can agree that since that time, High Low Oakman students serve Mission of Hope See TRAFFIC, A7 63 36 By NICOLE SMITH Daily Mountain Eagle INDEX YAP holiday OAKMAN — Beta Club Classifieds ................... B5 program launches Dear Abby ................... A8 members of Oakman High Horoscope .................. A8 School have made it their this week Lifestyles ..................... B1 mission for the past three Opinion ........................ years to ensure they are A6 Special to the Eagle Sports .......................... A9 doing their part to combat What’s Going On ......... A5 hunger in Walker County. In late October, more For eight years Walker County Two sections, 18 pages than 40 members of the Youth Advocate Programs (YAP) school’s Beta Club paid a Inc. employees have been focused Check visit to Mission of Hope in on delivering programs that have out our Dora to donate 425 boxes of proven to be an effective and Facebook Hamburger Helper that was safe alternative to youth prison, page at distributed with other food residential behavioral health items to those in need last facilities and other out-of-home Jasper Daily Mountain Eagle Thursday. They also helped placements. distribute food to the needy On Nov. 27, with their #YAP- during their visit. GivingTuesday campaign, YAP Mission of Hope is a non- employees will raise public profit organization in Dora awareness of their mission and that operates a food bank give people who believe in their and clothes closet, and Oak- Photo Special to the Eagle cause a way to support the young man’s Beta Club has donated Oakman High School Beta Club students help pack up grocer- people and families YAP serves. See OAKMAN, A7 ies to give to those in need who visit Mission of Hope in Dora. See GIVING, A7 REDUCED! The Closers COMMERCIAL PROPERTY Partial Owner Financing Available to Qualified Buyer MLS#18-1522 • $99,900 4011 Hwy. 195, Jasper 3600 Sq. Ft. James Ann Martin JASPER SMITH LAKE 803 Airport Rd. Duncan Bridge 205-275-3994 (205) 384-1113 (205) 221-1221 A2 — DAILY MOUNTAIN EAGLE Jasper, Ala., Sun., Nov. 25, 2018 www.mountaineagle.com Today’s weather DEATHS & FUNERALS Forecast for Sunday, November 25, 2018 TENN. Oxford 64/31 Huntsville ARK. 66/34 Betty Tidwell Sparks Joyce Key Sullivan Aug. 24, 1940-Nov. 21, 2018 Joyce Key Sullivan, 75, of Cordova, went home to be Betty Tidwell Sparks, 78, of Carbon Hill, passed with Jesus on Friday, Nov. 23, 2018, at her residence. GA. away on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, at Princeton Bap- There will be no services at this time. A memorial tist Medical Center. service will be planned for a later time. Greenville Birmingham 66/31 66/36 The family will receive friends on Monday, Nov. 26, Preceding her in death were her parents, Frank 2018, at noon at Collins-Burke Funeral Home, with and Reba Key; daughter, Melissa Kay Cherch; broth- services following at 1:00 p.m. in the Collins-Burke er, Mike Key; and brother-in-law, Lloyd Reeves. Chapel. Burial will be at Pleasant Grove Baptist Survivors include her husband of 21 years, James Church on Fish Hatchery Road. Sullivan; daughter, Chequita Cherch Taylor of Jackson Montgomery 71/35 67/46 Mrs. Sparks was preceded in death by her father, Nescopeck, Pennsylvania; son, Kenneth Cherch of Bill Tidwell; mother, Augusta Johnson Tidwell; and Westfield, Florida; grandchildren, Nikki White, husband, Thomas Sparks. Melissa Cherch, Mason Cherch; great-grandchildren, Brookhaven Hattiesburg 71/38 She is survived by her daughter, Kelia Sparks; god Leann White, Dakota White, Shane White, Junior 72/41 child, Eric Steudlein; and brother-in-law, Tex Sparks. White, Jazzmyne White, Laycee Cherch, and Adalyn Dansby; sister, Charlene Reeves; brothers, Terry Key Mobile 72/48 FLA. Collins -Burke Funeral Home, (Judy), and Ray Key (Debbie); a host of other family LA. Jasper; (205) 384-5571 and friends. She will always be remembered as a loving mother, nana, and great-nana. You may sign an online register or express private Geneva Nix Martin condolences to the family at www.bellsumiton.com. Dec. 22, 1932-Nov. 22, 2018 Geneva Nix Martin, 85, of Adamsville, went to Bell Funeral Home, Sumiton; 205-648-6611 ©2018 AccuWeather, Inc. be with the Lord at Brookwood Medical Center on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. Geneva retired from the Jefferson County School System as lunch room manager of Hillview School George Robert Odom and Bottenfield Jr. High School. She was a faithful George Robert Odom, 70, of Nauvoo, passed away member of Forestdale Free Will Baptist Church. on Friday, Nov. 23, 2018, at his residence. New lander will add She is preceded in death by her parents, Ira Nix Visitation will be held at Collins-Burke Funeral and Rausie Moore Nix; and siblings, Winnie Mae Far- Home Parlor on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, from 6 until 8 to humans’ long ley, Minnie Hadder, Linnie Dell Stafford, Lester Nix, p.m. Funeral services will be held Monday, Nov. 26, Easter Henslee and Elaine Nix. 2018, at Collins-Burke Funeral Home Chapel at 11 She leaves behind her husband of 66 years, William a.m. Burial will follow at Mt. Hermon Cemetery in fascination with Mars Lloyd Martin; daughter, Abigail Neal (Larry); sons, Nauvoo. Bufford Parker will officiate. Bill Martin (Sue) and Jim Martin (Sylvia); grandchil- Odom was preceded in death by his father, Robert CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.