Emalyn “Sam” Gillispie, age 89 of Albany, passed away Monday, June 25, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 29 at Friendship Baptist Church with Brian Cope officiating. Visitation is Thursday, June 28 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m at Morehart Mortuary in Albany. Following the funeral service, Mrs. Gillispie will be cremated and her family will spread her ashes at Fort Griffin at a later date. Emalyn Dyemartin was born Sept.

This Saturday, June 16, is the annual community clean-up day sponsored by the Albany Chamber of Commerce and the City of Albany, and organizers are hoping for a large turnout so Albany will look its best for the visitors expected to start arriving next week for Fandangle.

The Shackelford County Courthouse clock “has ticked whole days, whole months, and whole years from the lives of all of us here in Albany. It has kept time for our fathers and grandfathers. As it measures our lives, it ties us to the past... read it in the weathered face of that old clock.” [from the Fandangle script]

Local businesses and residents are encouraged to join with people across the United States in the annual celebration of Flag Day today, June 14.