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(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Ray Benford Fields, 84, of Roanoke will be held on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, at 2 p.m. at Highway Congregational Methodist Church with the Rev. Thomas Cochran and the Rev. Eddie Denson officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8…

(LAFAYETTE) Charles Finney Burton, 90, known to most as Buddy, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by loved ones, on Aug. 4, 2023. Funeral services will be held at First Baptist Church, LaFayette on Tuesday, Aug. 8. The visitation will begin at 1 p.m. immediately followed by the funeral at 2 p.m. Buddy was born…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Gearld Gosdin, 80, of Roanoke were held on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Carl Rider and Bro. Bill Calhoun officiating. Burial followed at Gray Hill Church of God Cemetery. Mr. Gosdin passed away Tuesday, Aug. 1, at home surrounded by his family.…

(WEDOWEE) Amauri Nevaeh.Lawson, 16, of Wedowee passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023 at Benjamin Russell Children’s Hospital in Birmingham. Public viewing will be observed on Friday, Aug. 11 from 4-7 p.m. in the chapel of Grace Memorial Chapel Funeral Home in Lineville. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 12 at 2 p.m.…

On Thursday evening, Randolph County Sheriff’s deputies assisted a driver whose truck had rolled into Lake Wedowee at Swagg boat ramp. Jordan Ty Tenney of Wedowee had stopped at the boat ramp to dump a bucket of fish remains. As he was walking toward the water with the bucket, the 2020 F150 truck started rolling,…

With the start of school for the new year just days, Roanoke City Board of Education met last week to fill vacancies in their staff. The board approved the following actions on recommendations from Superintendent Greg Foster. Taylor Bowen as 4th grade Science Teacher at Handley Middle School. Deavin Foreman as Physical Education Aide at…

Roanoke First United Methodist Church has received a new name and a new pastor. Reverend Matthew Colburn has joined to serve at Roanoke’s First Methodist Church, after the church disaffiliated from the United Methodist denomination earlier this year. Rev. Colburn grew up in Decatur, Alabama as apart of the United Methodist Church at St. Luke…

At last Thursday’s meeting of Randolph County School Board, the board continued to hire personnel for the upcoming school year. Following recommendations by Superintendent John Jacobs the board approved the following: Donna Moates as Substitute Support Personnel. Ezell Potter as a substitute bus driver. Rescind the recommendation for Adam Butler. effective immediately. Rescind the recommendation…

It has been a well-known fact in Randolph County that if you own a cell phone and live in Wadley, your options for a service provider are basically AT&T or no one. Until now. And if you came to this article looking for a definitive reason why that has changed, you are probably going to…

A grass fire burned out of control on County Road 518 near Big Springs last Wednesday afternoon and eventually spread to about 40 bales of hay on the property. Volunteer firefighters from New Hope, Tin Shop and East Randolph VFDs responded to the blaze and got it under control.