Hershel Eugene Battle (WADLEY) Funeral services for Hershel Eugene Battle, 77, of Wadley will be held on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at 2 p.m., at County Line Baptist Church with the Rev. W.H. Trammell officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Battle transitioned on Thursday, Aug. 14, at his home in the presence…

(ROANOKE) Memorial services for Richard Tidwell, 77, of Roanoke, will be held on Thursday. Aug. 21, 2025, at 2:00 PM at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Matthew Colburn officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12-2 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 21. Mr. Tidwell passed away on Sunday, Aug. 17, at…

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Patricia Ann Allen Clark, 84, of Roanoke will be held on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at 11 a.m. at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery with Mike Clark and Bro. Kevin Buttrum officiating. Mrs. Clark passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at Traylor’s Nursing Home. Survivors include: one daughter, SaLena Holloway of…

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Sandra Vowell Brown, 73, of Wedowee will be held on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, at 12 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Bro. Fitzgerald Brown, Bro. Wayne Pike and Bro. Ryan Conger officiating. Burial will follow at Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral…

(ROANOKE) Debbie Marie Johnson passed away Thursday, July 31, 2025, at Emory Midtown Hospital in Atlanta. A lifelong resident of Roanoke, Debbie was 57 years old. Born on Nov. 5, 1967, at Randolph County Hospital, Debbie was the beloved daughter of the late Roy Finch and the late Melvinnie Johnson Ware. She was a graduate…

(WEDOWEE) Graveside services for Merita L. Johnson, 80, of Wedowee will be held on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, at 3:30 p.m. at Union Baptist Church with Bro. Ricky Daniel officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1-3 p.m. on Monday before services begin. Mrs. Johnson passed away on Saturday, Aug. 9,…

(ROOPVILLE, Ga.) Sheila Ann Vaughn, 56, of Roopville, Ga., passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Aug. 5, 2025. Her funeral will be held Saturday Aug. 9 at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Stutts Funeral Home with the Rev. Wally Williamson, the Rev. David Huckeba, and the Rev. Donald Spradlin officiating. Interment will follow…

(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Mona Green Sailors, 84, of Woodland will be held on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Bro. David Daniel and Will Bullen officiating. Burial will follow at Big Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10-11 a.m. on…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Lisa Stanfield Davis, 61, of Roanoke will be held on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Scott Hannah and Chris Baldwin officiating. Burial will follow at Big Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on…

(LAGRANGE, Ga.) It is with sweet sorrow that her family announces that Blanche Beth Strain Stewart has concluded her journey. She was born in 1937 in rural Alabama as the first child of Rudolph and Exa Strain of Wedowee. As a child of the depression, she wasted nothing, and worked without ceasing. She married Joel…