Obituaries

Funeral services for Katherine Bell Newborn, age 79, of Roanoke will be held on Friday, March 20, 2026, at 11 a.m. CST at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Clayton Scott officiating. Graveside services will be held at 2:45 p.m. EST Friday at Mozley Memorial Gardens in Lithia Springs, Ga. The family will receive friends at the…

Funeral services for Charlotte Carter Yates, age 90, of Wedowee will be held on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at 2 p.m. at Midway Community Church with Bro. Jonathan Hulsey and Bro. Ed Grooms officiating.  Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery with Benefield Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends at…

Myrl Cooper McCarley Rackley, age 102, passed away peacefully on March 5, 2026, having lived a long and blessed life. She was born on January 30, 1924, in Woodland, Alabama, to Hoyt and Myrtice McCarley. Mrs. Rackley graduated from the University of Montevallo with a degree in Home Economics. In 1945, she moved to Altha,…

Funeral Services for Doris Lee Presley Hodges, age 88 of Dadeville, AL; formerly of Henson Cove, NC will be held on Monday March 9, 2026, at Wells Funeral Home in Canton, NC with Bro. Doug Henson and Richie Hodges officiating. Burial will follow at Spring Hill Baptist Church, Canton, NC. Visitation for friends and family…

On June 25, 1938, Wallace Allgood Murphree, II, was born to (Rev.) Hobart and Winnie Murphree, in the parsonage of the Wedowee First Methodist Church. Soon after his birth, the parsonage was torn down and the church building that had been standing next to the parsonage was rolled on logs and pulled by mules to…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Jeanette Cumbus Rogers, 84, of Roanoke will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Lee Messer officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1-2 p.m. on Tuesday prior to services beginning.…

(WADLEY) Funeral services for Emily O. Moore Knight Sanders, 93, of Wadley will be held on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, at 11 a.m. at Corinth Christian Church with Bro. Ricky Cummings and Bro. Nance Bishop officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m.…

(MAGNOLIA, Texas) Lynda Diane Hornsby Anglin was born June 3, 1943, and woke up in Heaven on Feb. 15, 2026. She was born the daughter of James Calvin and Willie Pearl Hornsby and the sister of Gary Hornsby (Ann), Carolyn Ingram (Horace) and Danny Hornsby (Glenda). She had a beautiful relationship with her family, especially…

(ROANOKE) Michelle Bennett, 55, of Roanoke, passed away on Feb. 12, 2026, at her home. Survivors include: daughter, Gianna Puccio (Anthony Bell) of Swansea, S.C.; two sons, Chad Mandy (Alexis) of Orlando, Fla., and Sean Mandy of Waco, Texas; three grandchildren, Kersie Mandy, Sophia Mandy and Harrison Mandy; two sisters, Nathalie Penar of Paulding Co.,…