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Dadeville shooting survivor Shamiyah Laney
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VOL. 125, NO. 16
Vaults to be required at Rose Hill cemetery Corbin Holston
By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor
Marsiah Collins
Philstavious “Phil” Dowdell
Shaunkivia “KeKe” Nicole Smith
Weather issues have forced the Tallassee City Council to change burial requirements at the Rose Hill cemetery. Currently several graves without vaults have had dirt sink. Tallassee Mayor Sarah Hill and those in the cemetery department have researched the city’s policies at other cemeteries and came up with a solution — vaults for new burials. “We are having problems especially with all this rain of sinking,” Hill told the council. “I know it will increase costs but we already require vaults See ROSE, Page A6
4 DEAD, 32 WOUNDED CLIFF WILLIAMS | THE TRIBUNE
Tallassee High School Class of 1972 graduate Cynthia Martin Farrow speaks as she is inducted into the Tallassee High School Alumni Association Hall of Pride.
Hall of Pride inductee inspires others to community service By CLIFF WILLIAMS News Editor Cynthia Martin Farrow has led by example her entire life. Just ask around about Log Circle and Farrow’s name will come up and she has been there for decades. Farrow was recently inducted into See PRIDE, Page A6
IN DADEVILLE SHOOTING BY WILL MARLOW & LIZI ARBOGAST GWIN TPI Staff
T
he Dadeville community is in mourning after a mass shooting Saturday night
that left four people dead and 32 others wounded. The shooting occurred around 10:34 p.m. Saturday, according to officials, at Mahogany Masterpiece in downtown Dadeville. Jeremy Burkett, Alabama
Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) public affairs coordinator, said the shooting occurred at a birthday party and it remains an ongoing investigation. See SHOOTING, Page B4
REMEMBERING LIVES LOST 4 left dead after mass shooting in Dadeville By HENRY ZIMMER Sports Writer The four deceased victims have been identified by Tallapoosa Publishers
from Saturday night’s mass shooting in Dadeville. Two were current Dadeville students, one a DHS graduate and one an Opelika graduate.
The fatalities included Philstavious “Phil” Dowdell and Shaunkivia “KeKe” Nicole Smith, who See LOST, Page B4
“The City of Dadeville is a tight-knit community full of wonderful people. What we have dealt with is something no community should have to endure.” — Dadeville Police Department chief Jonathan Floyd
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