Anyone who knew Capt. Bill Archie knew he liked to talk. Parker Towing, his employer for more than 50 years, ensured his voice will continue to resonate on the Black Warrior and other rivers where he spent his life working by christening a towboat the MV Captain Bill Archie in his honor.
Archie, who died Aug. 29, did not live to see the christening, but his wife, Rose, said he would be proud…