New health center opens in Hanceville


Cullman Regional Medical Center has opened the Hanceville Health Center located at 307 Main Street. Dr. Bonita Swartout is the family medical physician on staff. The Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce helped to kick off the grand opening with a ribbon cutting. From left are Rodell Knight, Hanceville city councilman; Jim Sawyer, Hanceville city councilman; Kate Brown, wife of Mayor Bobby Brown; Sherrie Fulmer, CRMC vice president; Mayor Brown; Swartout; Edsel Boren, CRMC board member; Terrell Barkley, Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce board member; Betty Dover, member of the Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce's Hanceville Business Development Committee; and John Thurston, Craft and Associates.

Note: Photo and caption reprinted by permission of The Cullman Times. Original release: September 18, 2003.