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Roger Barfield

(ROANOKE) Graveside memorial services for Roger Barfield, 78, of Roanoke will be held on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at 2 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with Bro. Keith Benefield and Bro. Mike Brewer officiating. Mr. Barfield passed away on Monday, July 7, at his home. Survivors include: his daughter, Kristy Stone Tobin (Parrish Tobin) of…

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James “Ray” Rogers

(WOODLAND) Funeral services for James “Ray” Rogers, 81, of Woodland, will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at Zion Baptist Church with the Rev. David Daniel officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10:00 am to 12:00 CST pm on…

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Larry “Pete” James Brown

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Larry “Pete” James Brown, 80, of Roanoke will be held on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at 11 a.m. at Milltown Cemetery with Bro. Kenneth Johnson officiating. Mr. Brown passed away on Saturday, July 5, at his home. Survivors include: his wife, Betty Williams Brown of Roanoke; two sons, Scott Brown of…

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Jillian Nicole Gaines

(WEDOWEE) Jillian Nicole Gaines, 23, of Wedowee. Jillian never got in a hurry to do anything. She lived her best and beautiful life on her own time, and the rest of us just loved her and waited. The one thing she did too soon was leave us, at 23 years old and sooner than we…

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Christopher “Papa” Don Gay

(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Christopher “Papa” Don Gay, 58, of Lineville, will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 7, 2025, at Benefield Funeral Chapel. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm on Monday before services begin. Mr. Gay passed away on Friday, July 4, 2025,…

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Lillie Brazell Welch

(SHILOH) Lillie Brazell Welch, 78, of Shiloh, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at East Alabama Medical Center Opelika. She was born May 21, 1946. Mrs. Welch was a member of Pleasant Grove Church and was retired from Russell Mills Corporation. Mrs. Welch is survived by her children, Renae…

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Roanoke postmaster retiring after 30 years with USPS

by Tanner Huey After over 30 years of service, Roanoke’s Postmaster Phillip Langley is retiring. Langley began his career in the postal service in 1993 at Daytona Beach, Florida inside a mail processing facility. After 15 years in Daytona, Langley moved to Alabama looking for work. He accepted a position in Alexander City in 2009,…

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Randolph County Sheriff and Roanoke Police reports

Incidents •A Wedowee complainant reported he paid a contractor who was supposed to be building a house for him amounts totaling $85,000 for framing, electrical, siding, insulation, septic, etc., and he did not perform the work. The contractor signed an agreement to pay the money back, but three checks for $6,000 each have all bounced.…

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Five Points mayor announces candidacy for state legislature

Jeff Monroe, the mayor of Five Points, Alabama, in north Chambers County, has officially announced that he will be a candidate for Alabama House of Representatives, District 37. This district includes all of Randolph County, a portion of Chambers County including LaFayette; as well as parts of Opelika and unincorporated Lee County. Bob Fincher has…

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