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Police reports for Roanoke PD

Editor’s note: Reports from the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office were not available this week. We will have those reports in next week’s edition of the Leader. Roanoke arrests Kinjilro Darcell Brown – three counts of failure to appear in court – July 7 Martivious Riguel Zachary, 27 – three counts of failure to appear in…

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Jeffery D. Johnson

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Jeffery D. Johnson, 62, of Roanoke will be held on Thursday, July 17, 2025, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Mark Brand officiating. Interment will be at White’s Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday from 1-2 p.m. Mr. Johnson…

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Milton D. Henderson

(TROY, N.Y.) Milton D. Henderson, 54, of Troy, New York formerly of Roanoke, passed away on Thursday July 3, 2025, at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, N.Y. following a brief illness. Public viewing will be observed on Saturday, July 19, from 1-2 p.m. at Skyview Memorial Gardens. Graveside services for Mr. Henderson will be held…

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Carl “Donald” Mote, SMSgt (USAF, Retired)

(RIVERSIDE, Calif.) Carl “Donald” Mote, SMSgt (USAF, Retired), a resident of Riverside, Calif., passed away on June 21, 2025 after a brief illness. His loving wife of 34 years, Paula J. Mote, passed away peacefully on June 25, 2025. Donald was born May 14, 1943 in Lineville, to Flora and Marion Mote. He graduated from…

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Mary Helen Butler Harrington

(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Mary Helen Butler Harrington, 92, of Woodland were held on Sunday, July 13, 2025, at 3 p.m. CDT at Herren’s Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Widener and the Rev. Jerry Wiggins officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Harrington passed away on Friday, July 11, at her residence.…

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Sylvia Ann Woodlee Covington

(PIEDMONT) Sylvia Ann Woodlee Covington, 82, passed away peacefully on July 5, 2025, at Piedmont Health Care Center in Piedmont. Sylvia was a devoted daughter, wife, sister, aunt, mother and grandmother. She was born in Rock Mills on Jan. 6, 1943, to the Rev. William Lee Woodlee and Eunice Mae Powell Woodlee. Sylvia was one…

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Sheri Elaine May Brown

(HARTSELLE) Sheri Elaine May Brown, 57, of Hartselle passed away on Thursday, July 10, 2025, in New Market. Mrs. Brown was born in Roanoke on May 2, 1968, the daughter of Mike and Dorothy May. She is survived by her husband, Hank Hurley of Roanoke; a son, Alex Brown (Mary) of Hartselle; daughter, Noel Brown…

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RCSO and Roanoke PD reports

Incidents •Three 12-year-old girls were transported by helicopter to Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown hospital in Columbus, Ga., after an ATV accident on the afternoon of July 5 on County Road 658 near Rock Mills. According to the report, the girls were riding in a two-wheeled cart being pulled by a four-wheeler when the right tire…

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Bozemans make donation to help ‘Stuff the Bus’

Bradley and Nikki Bozeman presented a check for $1,500 at a recent Roanoke Rotary Club meeting. The check will help kick off the Stuff the Bus school supplies project. The Stuff the Bus project will culminate on Saturday July 26 at the Main Street Theatre in Roanoke. At 9 a.m. that Saturday 600 back packs…

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