Whitehurst Citizen of the Year ceremony postponed

The Tuesday evening ceremony to present former Crestview Mayor George Whitehurst with the Citizen of the Year Award has been postponed.

CRESTVIEW — Mayor David Cadle announced Tuesday afternoon that a ceremony to present former Mayor George Whitehurst with the city's Mae Retha Coleman Citizen of the Year Award was postponed.

The ceremony had been scheduled for Tuesday evening at Warriors Hall in the municipal building named for the honoree.

Cadle said Whitehurst had taken ill and would be unable to attend the event as he was under a doctor's care. The mayor's office will announce when the ceremony has been rescheduled.

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