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How times flies! It seems as if it was only a few days ago that William “Peter” McKinney was sitting in the courthouse break room, telling me about the previous 10 years of his serving the Attalla Overcoming Holy Church of God as its pastor the church of which he had been a member since he was 11 years old.
McKinney told of his family attending the “big” church next door, but that he was pulled to this church by its music and preaching, “so loud it could be heard a mile away.”
He began attending services there and has never left, although there was a time during a disturbance when the church closed for a while for a while, leaving him as its only member. Church historian Donald Morgan (McKinney’s grandson) has written that a new preacher came to pastor and the church once again began to flourish. Later, Elder Mary Washington, a woman known as a mighty prayer warrior, became pastor and the church grew even more and “Peter” McKinney was in t
Within four hours of receiving the vaccine, the first 30 staffers received it.
“We are pleased to share the news that we have received a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines at our facility,” GRMC Chief Executive Officer Justin Bryant said. “Prevention is key since there is no cure for COVID-19. Vaccination is an important step in helping to prevent this illness and its potentially devastating consequences, he said. We are honored to have such an early opportunity to provide the next barrier of defense against this virus.”
Jessica Pitcock, director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Gadsden Regional, was the first employee to receive the vaccine. The MICU currently houses COVID positive patients at Gadsden Regional.