August 19, 2021

The City of Florence has received a grant award for the maximum funding amount to purchase vital equipment for North Alabama Medical Center (NAMC) to use in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “Although I am saddened by the need, I am thankful for the opportunity to assist with providing life-saving medical equipment to North Alabama Medical Center as the necessity for them increases in our area,” said Mayor Andrew Betterton.

UNA President and Mrs. Kitts welcomed new students from more than 50 countries across the globe to the 2021-22 academic year. New students enjoyed getting to know their UNA family while sharing a traditional Southern cook-out by the Baptist Christian Ministries. Florence wishes our international students an exciting year of learning. Thanks to each of you for enriching our lives by bringing your part of the world to us!

In the early years of the twentieth century, W.A. Shepard moved with his family into town from their home in the Cloverdale community where he had been the co-owner of Shepard and Hyde Grocery. He soon opened a thriving grocery store in the 200 block of North Court Street in the building known today as the Otto Speake building. Extant ledgers from his store bear the names of his customers throughout both Lauderdale and Colbert Counties. Many of the goods he stocked in the popular store came from the wholesaler Horace P. Lucas in his establishment on East College Street. (He also owned a retail store in the 100 block of East Tennessee Street in a building which still today bears the name “Lucas” cut in stone on the second story of the façade that faces Tennessee Street.) Besides doing business with each other, these two gentlemen and their families were neighbors and friends on Walnut Street: the Shepards at 447 North Walnut and the Lucases at 507 North Walnut. Both were the original owners of these two houses. The friendship between the two families continued through succeeding generations – proof that business and social relationships can co-exist amicably.

--Billy Warren, City Historian

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