Jimmy Cecil Partin
(WOODLAND) Graveside services for Jimmy Cecil Partin, 84, of Woodland, will be held on Friday, June 13, 2025, at 3 p.m. CDT/4 p.m. EDT at Brafford Cemetery in Gray, Ky., with the Rev. Ed Halsey officiating. Mr. Partin passed away on Monday, June 9, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. Survivors include: one son,…
Read MoreDonald Ray Hill
(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Donald Ray Hill, 69, of Lineville, will be held on Sunday, June 15, 2025, at 3 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Keith Jeffers and Tommy Hill officiating. Burial will follow at Bethel West Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Saturday,…
Read MoreKenneth “Ken” Gibson Weaver
(ROANOKE) Kenneth “Ken” Gibson Weaver, 77, of Roanoke, passed away at home on June 7, 2025, after silently battling cancer for several years. Ken was born on Jan. 25, 1948, to Doris E. (Sessions) and Calvin C. Weaver in Alexander City. He graduated from Randolph County High School in Wedowee, where he made a memorable…
Read MoreJerry Sandford Stephens
(DICKERT) Graveside services for Jerry Sandford Stephens, 81, of Dickert will be held on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at 6 p.m. at the Stephens’ Family Farm. The family will receive friends at the Harmon Boys’ Barn after the graveside service is complete. Mr. Stephens passed away at his home on Tuesday, June 3. Survivors include:…
Read MoreRCHS’s Huckeba to play in North-South game
RCHS shortstop Gracie Huckeba has been selected to play for the North team in the AHSAA’s annual North-South All-Star softball game in July. Huckeba batted .449 with a 1.088 OPS, with two home runs and 21 RBI this past season and helped RCHS to an area championship and the program’s first state tournament appearance. She…
Read MoreRandolph County Sheriff and Roanoke Police reports
Incidents May 28 • A resident of County Road 82 near Hawk reported the theft of cash, three steaks, eggs, two silver dollars, silver coins and two gold dollars. • A subject advertised himself as a welder on Facebook and was hired by a resident to build a smoker. The customer gave him all of…
Read MoreRoanoke approves $25,000 to build a wall
Roanoke’s going to build a wall. The Roanoke city council Monday agreed to pay $25,000 to rebuild a retaining wall at the city’s convenience center, a dropoff location at the former National Guard armory on LaFayette Highway that citizens can take C & D refuse. The existing wall has buckled and is failing. The project…
Read MoreJames Street
(ASHLAND) James Street, 69, of Ashland, passed away on May 27, 2025, at Coosa Valley Medical Center in Sylacauga. Mr. Street will lie in state from 11 a.m. until the service hour on Saturday, June 7, at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church in Ashland. Funeral services will begin at 1 p.m.. at the church with…
Read MoreChester Lee Husk Sr.
(NEW BERN, N.C.) On Friday, May 23, 2025, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, Chester Husk Sr., left the walks of this life and immediately was with his Father in Heaven, in whom he had placed his trust so many years prior. Chester Sr. was born in Knottsville, Ky., on June 26, 1942, to Hillary…
Read MoreMelissa R. Clarke
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Melissa R. Clarke, 50, of Wedowee will be held on Friday, May 30, 2025, at 4 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jonathan Hannah officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1-4 p.m. on Friday before services begin. Ms. Clarke passed away on Tuesday, May…
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