Press release Geneva County Coroner Donny Adkinson
Barbara Carmichael, age 77, died in a fire at her home on Rose Avenue in Hartford and will be transported to the Alabama Department of forensic science for an autopsy. The fire is under investigation by the Alabama Fire Marshal.
SCENE INFORMATION:
The body of Ms. Carmichael was reported to have been found this afternoon. The fire is expected to have possibly taken place during the night. The fire was contained to the residence and investigation reveals possibly extinguished due to lack of oxygen.
Family had attempted to contact Ms. Carmichael this afternoon. When calls were unsuccessful, family went to check on her. That is when the fire and her subsequent death were found.
Alabama State Fire Marshals, Hartford Police Department, Geneva County Coroner and Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences are investigating.
DALE COUNTY: 6:56 PM Dale County Sheriff Mason Bynum, Dale County Sheriff Deputies, intercepted by Houston County Sheriff Deputies are escorting Ozark EMS from Dale County to Southeast Health.
In the Ozark EMS units, a two year old child not breathing. Without hesitation Dale County Sheriff and the Deputies intercepted the ambulance and escorting to Southeast Health, emergency.
The reason for escorting a ambulance with a critical patient the last thing the ambulance needs is to stop/start/swerve as they get through traffic while the Paramedics are fighting for this child’s life.
Imagine performing CPR, doing protocols onthe child such as IV and other medical procedures, as you are fyling around in the back of the ambulance.
Drivers hear sirens, slam on brakes directly in front of the emergency vehicle, fail to yield the right of way and travel through cross streets in the path of the ambulance.
7:02 PM the ambulance and law enforcement escorts are at Montgomery and Westgate and turning left on Ross Clark around the northside of Ross Clark Circle to East Main Street.
COWARTS: At the request of Cowarts Mayor Randy Rowland and members of Cowarts Town Council, the Houston County Commission is set to approve SAMMY BAGWELL MEMORIAL BLVD.
Cowarts Mayor Randy Rowland asked D2 Houston County Commissioner Tracy Adams if the Houston County Road and Bridge could make the signs for the designation of SAMMY BAGWELL MEMORIAL BLVD. The designation will be placed on North Broad Street in honor and memory of the late Sammy Bagwell.
The name of the road will remain North Broad Street, but it will be featured in the memory of Sammy Bagwell.
Sammy Bagwell was a product of Cowarts, Alabama. He was a friend to everyone in the community and a regular at Broadway Cafe in Ashford most every morning. He always took time to talk to everyone, joke and play around with people, and was everyone’s friend. His death was sudden and unexpected on November 20, 2024. Everyone always spoke kind words about Sammy Bagwell.
After his death, and in a conversation between Cowarts Mayor Randy Rowland and D2 Houston County Commissioner Tracy Adams, the process was put into works. After the approval of the designation there will be a sign erected jointly by the family of Sammy Bagwell, D2 Houston County Commissioner Tracy Adams and the Houston County Commission, along with Cowarts Mayor Randy Rowland and members of the Cowarts Town Council.
