OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — The Okaloosa County Mosquito Control Program is living up to its namesake and controlling the population of the biting insect. According to a press release, the program announced the upcoming schedule for broadcast spraying of pesticide control. Broadcast spraying, also known as aerial spraying, works by using “very low volumes […]
Saturday, March 6, 2021
Prentiss Neal McFadden, 77, was called home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 after a short illness.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Elgin McFadden, Sr. and Ruby Wilks McFadden, his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W.I. Wilks, and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R.P. McFadden, a brother, Richard “Buddy” McFadden and a nephew, Ben McFadden.
He leaves behind his wife of 30 years, Mary McFadden, a brother, Elgin McFadden, Jr., a sister-in-law, Sue McFadden, and stepson, John Silva, nephews Michael McFadden, wife Sheri, Joe McFadden, wife Christy, nieces, Surmartha Wallace, husband Jim, Abby Cate, husband Steve, Cynthia Simmons, husband Ron. Nieces, Vanessa Menhennett, husband Chris, Chastity Adams, husband Chad, nephew Matt Brunson, wife Polly.
Larry Williams
In 2021, having electricity in our homes may be taken for granted. But did you know that the UF/IFAS Extension Office played a major role in getting electricity out to rural areas in Okaloosa County?
In 2001, John Hentz Jr. shared with me his involvement in getting electricity to rural areas in Okaloosa and Walton counties back in 1940. Hentz became the county agricultural agent in Okaloosa County in 1940. He described Okaloosa as an “agricultural county” with the only paved roads being Hwy. 90 through the center of the county, Hwy. 98 “skirting the coast,” Hwy. 20 through Niceville and Valparaiso, a paved road from Crestview to Laurel Hill and a paved road through Baker into Blackmon. All other roads were dirt.