Wynema Shaw Hornsby
Graveside services for Wynema Shaw Hornsby, 91, will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, at 2 p.m. at Highway Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Richard Baldwin officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12-1:30 p.m. on Tuesday before services begin. Mrs. Hornsby passed away on Saturday, Dec. 14,…
Read MoreTom Lathinghouse
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Tom Lathinghouse, 77, of Roanoke, will be held at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Ryan Conger officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 3:30-5 p.m. on Thursday. Mr. Lathinghouse passed away on Saturday, Dec. 14, at his residence.…
Read MoreMartha Faye Massie Shelnutt Leonard
(NEWELL) Funeral services for Martha Faye Massie Shelnutt Leonard, 92 of Newell were held on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with John Davis, Wally Williamson and Allan Daniel officiating. Burial followed at Oak Grove Church of Christ Cemetery. Mrs. Leonard passed away on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024 at her…
Read MoreCamilla Ann Taft Dunn
(ROANOKE) Camilla Ann Taft Dunn, 80, of Roanoke passed away on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, at her home. Survivors include her husband, Jimmy Dunn of Roanoke; one daughter, Allison Dunn of Roanoke; one son, Jim Dunn of Roanoke; four grandchildren, Jameson Dowling, Jace Dunn, Aubrey Drew Blom and Mia Dunn; one sister, Alice Kendrick of…
Read MoreDeborah V. Meigs
(DAVISTON) Funeral services for Deborah V. Meigs, 70, of Daviston will be held on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, at 1 p.m. at Mountain Springs Baptist Church with the Rev. Tim Whaley and the Rev. Turk Holy officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from 12 on…
Read MorePatricia “Patti” Mae Thompson
(WADLEY) Patricia “Patti” Mae Thompson, of Wadley, passed away on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024 at the age of 61 after a brief illness at WellStar West Georgia Hospice in LaGrange, Ga. Born May 1, 1963 in Rutland, Vt., Patti was a member of the Wadley community where she spent most of her life. Patti was…
Read MoreWadley wins it all
After years of near misses, ‘Dogs finally finish first Over the years I had grown accustomed to referring to Wadley as one of the best 1A high school football programs in the state that had never won a state championship. (The phrasing there is important because of course Wadley was named a state champion after…
Read MoreParents arrested after Rock Mills fight reveals underage alcohol
On Nov. 30, deputies were dispatched to Tanner East Alabama Medical Center to meet with a juvenile and his parents in regard to an assault that took place on County Road 22204 in Rock Mills. The juvenile was at a party at that address when he was attacked by several other juveniles. After hearing several…
Read MoreRoanoke man convicted of 2023 murder
On November, 20, a Randolph county Jury deliberated just 22 minutes in returning a verdict of guilty as charged against Thomas Watson Jr., 62, of Roanoke, for the death of Amman Rashad Morgan, 46, also from Roanoke. Morgan was fatally shot on January 14, 2023, on Chestnut Street in Roanoke, just a week after his…
Read MoreLocal schools receive grades for 2023-24 school year
The Alabama Department of Education released its school report cards Nov. 25, putting out the information for the two school systems in Randolph County and the individual schools within those systems. Among the high schools, Roanoke’s Handley High School received the highest grade in the county with an overall score of 89. That accomplishment was…
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