Wayne Chancey, a Wiregrass native who co-founded The Headland Observer in 1966 and The Ashford Power and The Dothan Progress, died Friday at his home in Headland. He was 78.
Chancey was born in the Center Community near Newville on Sept. 9, 1943. He graduated from Newville High School in 1961 and graduated from Auburn University in 1965 with a degree in journalism.
While at Auburn, he was a member of the U.S. Marines Platoon Leaders Class and attended officers training school in Quantico, Va. He also attended Jones Law School in Montgomery. He was founder of The Headland Chamber of Commerce and served as its first president. People are also reading… He was a partner with Jimmy Morris in Morris and Chancey Homes and Morris and Chancey Insurance, and served as president of both. He was a former member of the board of directors of Wiregrass Bank and Trust Company and a member of the bank’s loan committee.
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