Mary Lois Benton Platt
(NEWNAN, Ga.) Graveside memorial services for Mary Lois Benton Platt, 91, of Newnan, Ga., will be held on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at 10 a.m. at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, Ga. Mrs. Platt passed away on Monday, April 1 at her home in Newnan. Survivors include: one daughter, Christina Jane Halstead (Dan) of…
Read MoreMary Fields
(WEDOWEE) Graveside services for Mary Fields, 86, will be held on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at 12 p.m. at Rocky Branch Baptist Church Cemetery with Bro. Tim Craft and Bro. Matt Browning officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10-11:30 a.m. on Wednesday before services begin. Mrs. Fields passed away on…
Read MoreLarry “Don” “Catfish” Hodges
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Larry “Don” “Catfish” Hodges, 72, of Roanoke, will be held at 2 pm on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at Faith Baptist Church with the Rev. Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Concord Baptist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on…
Read MoreRebecca Knight
(NEWELL) A graveside service for Rebecca Knight, 75, of Newell, will be Monday, April 8, 2024 at 4 p.m. on the family property located at 198 CR 418, Heflin. She was a loving wife, mother, Meme, and sister. Rebecca passed away on April 5 at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. Rebecca loved going to…
Read MoreGary “Pete” Kenneth Cobb
(ANNISTON) Graveside service for Gary “Pete” Kenneth Cobb, 77, of Anniston, will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at Anniston Memorial Gardens with military honors. Rodney Hill, DAV Chaplin will be officiating. Mr. Cobb passed away on April 4 at Princeton Baptist Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. He is…
Read MoreLinda Sue Lipham, née Lovvorn
(BOWDON, Ga.) Beloved mother, mother-in-law, sister, and grandmother, Linda Sue Lipham, née Lovvorn passed peacefully at Front Porch of Bowdon Senior Living on April 5, 2024. Funeral services were held at Benefield Funeral Home in Wedowee at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 7 with Bro. Greg Arrington officiating. A graveside ceremony at Valley Grove Primitive…
Read MoreTammie Ruth Burnside Gourdouze
(WEDOWEE) Tammie Ruth Burnside Gourdouze, 66, of Wedowee, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. A memorial service will be held on Monday, April 8 at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church of Wedowee with the Rev. Todd Noren-Hentz officiating. The family will receive friends at Benefield Funeral Home…
Read MoreRoanoke finds another potential buyer for Price Street building
The council has been working for the past few months to find a buyer for the building on Price Street that was once planned to be a community center and also served as a doctor’s office prior to that. The city had a deal to sell the building in October of last year to a…
Read MoreRandolph County Sheriff’s reports
Incident and arrest reports are for period ending on April 1st. Theft of packages from a mailbox was reported on County Road 56 in the Omaha community. A TV, jewelry box with jewelry, starter for a Chevy truck, desktop computer, two sets of Chevy wheels and tires and two laptops were reported stolen from a…
Read MoreTwo Roanoke juveniles arrested for vandalizing house
Roanoke Police incident and arrest reports for period ending on April 1st. Two juvenile teens were arrested in Roanoke Thursday after it was reported that they had vandalized a house on Randolph Street. The incident took place Thursday morning at 419 Randolph Street and was discovered when someone in the neighborhood noticed water running out…
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