Lora Kirby Ponder
(ASHEVILLE, N.C.) Lora Kirby Ponder, born on June 2, 1934, in Wedowee, passed away peacefully on March 22, 2025, in Asheville, N.C., after a short illness and a courageous struggle with vascular dementia. Lora left Wedowee after high school to attend Auburn University, where she received her undergraduate degree in home economics and her master’s…
Read MoreMargaret R. Brown
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Margaret R. Brown, 79, will be held on Saturday, April 19, 2025, at 2 p.m. at Welcome Home Baptist Church with Bro. Ryan Conger and Bro. Fitzgerald Brown officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from 12-2 p.m. on Saturday before services…
Read MoreMarjorie K. Alexander
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Marjorie K. Alexander, 86, of Wadley will be held on Monday, April 21, 2025, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Brian Steen and Bro. Richie Farrow officiating. Burial will follow at Forrester’s Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12:30-2 p.m. on Monday…
Read MoreOpelika mayor named Southern Union distinguished alumnus
OPELIKA, AL – Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller, Class of 2002, has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award by the Southern Union State Community College Foundation. The Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes an individual who exemplifies excellence through outstanding career achievements, dedicated service to others, and strong advocacy for higher education. Additionally,…
Read MoreCourthouse rendering released
With construction kicking into high gear, the Randolph County Commission held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new addition and renovations to the Randolph County courthouse in Wedowee Thursday. County commissioners, mayors from the county’s municipalities and other dignitaries had shovels in hand for the ceremonial photograph taken amid the barebones structure of the addition being…
Read MoreRCHS students win JSU writing awards
Jacksonville State University sponsored a Holocaust writing competition which included the entire state of Alabama. Randolph County High School 11th and 9th grade students entered, and their “reimagining” of the Imagining the Holocaust writing won first place in the following JSU contests: For commemorative poetry–Caden Smith (9th) $150 For creative nonfiction–Hunter Kendall (11th) $150 For…
Read MoreRandolph County Sheriff’s reports
Incidents Someone who was hired to move a single-wide mobile home from Old Highway 431 near Morrison’s Crossroads to County Road 505, Newell, did it in such a way to carve grooves in the pavement along Old Highway 431 and County Roads 82, 25, 473 and 505. A resident of the mobile home claimed not…
Read MoreRose Lee Clark
(WADLEY) Rose Lee Clark, 84, of Wadley died Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at the Goodwater Healthcare Center, Goodwater. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at Pine Flat Primitive Baptist Church, 194 Co. Rd. 892, Wedowee at 1:00 p.m. (CST) with Elder Thomas Knight officiating. The remains will lie in state at…
Read MoreHarold Lloyd “Jay” Scurlock Jr.
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Harold Lloyd “Jay” Scurlock Jr., 75, of Roanoke, formerly of Great Falls, Mont., will be held on Saturday, April 19, 2025, at 12 p.m. at the Roanoke First Methodist Church with Bro. Matthew Colburn officiating. The family will receive friends at the church from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. on Saturday…
Read MoreTommy White
(AUBURN) Funeral services for Tommy White, 91, of Auburn will be held on Friday, April 18, 2025, at 2 p.m. at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Chapel in Opelika with Dr. Ben Hayes officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens in Roanoke. The family will receive friends at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home on Friday beginning at 1 p.m.…
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