Register graduates with honors from basic training

            Army Pvt. Eric D. Register graduated with honors from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill, in Lawton, Oklahoma on Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. He was at the top of his class.

            Eric is presently attending Advanced Individual Training at Fort Benning. Eric and his proud wife Courtney, reside in Blountstown.

            Eric is the son of James and Mary Register, of Tallahassee, and son-in-law to Shellie and Edie Rowell, of Carrabelle.

            He is a 1997 graduate of Carrabelle High School and has been employed with the Florida Department of Corrections since 1999. He is currently a sergeant assigned to Gulf Correctional Institution in Wewahitchka.