![Mayor Sandy Stimpson on Twitter: "Mel Showers for Mayor! Melvin J. Showers, one of our best known and loved local journalists, is retiring from regularly scheduled newscasts after almost 50 years at @ Mayor Sandy Stimpson on Twitter: "Mel Showers for Mayor! Melvin J. Showers, one of our best known and loved local journalists, is retiring from regularly scheduled newscasts after almost 50 years at @](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6j6qJjWwAQzm5y.jpg:large)
Mayor Sandy Stimpson on Twitter: "Mel Showers for Mayor! Melvin J. Showers, one of our best known and loved local journalists, is retiring from regularly scheduled newscasts after almost 50 years at @
![Mobile Alabama WKRG anchor Mel Showers is retiring after 50 years. Here he is rocking an afro in the 70s. He will be missed. : r/OldSchoolCool Mobile Alabama WKRG anchor Mel Showers is retiring after 50 years. Here he is rocking an afro in the 70s. He will be missed. : r/OldSchoolCool](https://external-preview.redd.it/5o5hM1pCC_FWpO6V_eR3n9Mhy_Y5BG1ehPa5roeTmzc.jpg?auto=webp&s=9c9738f0503d542ba7087eab353ecbc15ea1d9d7)
Mobile Alabama WKRG anchor Mel Showers is retiring after 50 years. Here he is rocking an afro in the 70s. He will be missed. : r/OldSchoolCool
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Linda Reed Showers, wife of WKRG news anchor, dies at 62; today's coastal Alabama obituaries - al.com
![Mel Showers receives 'Journalist of Distinction' by National Association of Black Journalists - YouTube Mel Showers receives 'Journalist of Distinction' by National Association of Black Journalists - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W9TrKKd4AxM/maxresdefault.jpg)