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No foul play suspected in Dadeville fire death Chief says victim found in house damaged by blaze By CLIFF WILLIAMS Staff Writer
No foul play is suspected after a Dadeville resident was found in a home damaged by fire on Christmas Eve, Dadeville Police Chief David Barbour said. According to Barbour, Jerrod Lee Colt Payne, 32, was found at 9:10 a.m. Monday morning in the home on Agricola Road. “There had been a fire in the residence,” Barbour said. “It was contained to the living room area of the Agricola Road home and was out when the deceased was found.” Barbour said the State Fire Marshal’s Office is assisting in the investigation because the fatality might be associated with a fire. The Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Department is also assisting. Barbour said Payne’s body was sent to the Department of Forensic Sciences in Montgomery to determine the cause of death. Even though authorities are trying to determine the cause of death, Barbour said nothing suspicious is expected. “I don’t think there is any foul play,” Barbour said.
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Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Robert Stone, left, and his wife, Dell, could relax and smile earlier this month when thinking of their long life together but for nearly three weeks in 1967 she didn’t know if her husband was dead or alive after being shot down over North Vietnam.
NO PARACHUTE FOR HER Stone’s wife waited 18 days to learn of his condition after being shot down City, was critically injured when he was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967. She sweated out 18 days awaiting word on his condition. The mother of three children said famed CBS television journalist Walter Cronkite broke the news about her husband. By RON COLQUITT Mrs. Stone said in a recent For The Outlook interview that Cronkite didn’t Air Force fighter pilots are the mention her husband by brave ones but their wives must name during his TV report of the incident. Cronkite had be the strong ones, Dell Stone interviewed Toney Hanson, the said. Her husband, retired Air Force heroic Navy man who helped Col. Robert Stone of Alexander rescue Stone from the jungle and
Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series about a reunion between retired U.S. Air Force Col. Robert Stone of Alexander City and the Navy man who rescued him from a jungle in Vietnam after getting shot down.
“Air Force wives are always the strong ones. You had to always be brave, no emotions, always looking forward.” — Dell Stone Wife of Air Force Col. Robert Stone who recently visited the Stones at their home on Lake Martin. “He was shot down on July the second, and that night Walter Cronkite was on television and
Sheriff: No warrants yet in church incident
Nabors says finances getting a close look Editor’s note: This is the last of a three-part question-and-answer series with Alexander City Mayor Jim Nabors.
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Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett said Wednesday the pastor of Lighthouse Baptist Church has not signed arrest warrants in connection with an incident last week in which witnesses said two men entered the church and one made a death threat. According to pastor Carl Stokes and several other witnesses, the men
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cursed him and one threatened to return another day and kill everyone there. Abbett said Wednesday he had talked with Stokes earlier in the week to determine if he
planned to sign warrants for the men. “It’s going to be after the first of the year, is what I understand,” Abbett said. Stokes did not give a reason for
the delay, other than saying he would not be available until after Jan. 1, Abbett said. “He had indicated he would come in … after the first of the year or whatever,” See CHURCH • Page 5
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Mayor Jim Nabors concedes Alexander City’s infrastructure — streets, pipes, meters, water and sewer treatment — is, in some places, creaky, leaky and hinky. The same could be said about its financial reports when he took office in 2016. But in this third and final part of a question-and-answer series, Nabors said his administration is steadily getting all of that under control and touted improved morale among city employees. See NABORS • Page 9
Pastor Carl Stokes speaks to the congregation of the Lighthouse Baptist Church during Sunday morning’s service.
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I watched it because every one of our friends were being shot down, being killed,” Mrs. Stone said. See WIFE • Page 2
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