(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Threasa Okerlene Bennett, 82, of Roanoke were Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Steve Baccus officiating. Burial followed in Randolph Memory Gardens.Mrs. Bennett died Friday, Nov. 26, at Randolph Medical Center.Mrs. Bennett is survived by one son, Jerry D. (wife Christy) Bennett of Roanoke; four grandchildren,…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Ruth Wilkerson Moore, 91, of Wadley will be Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with the Revs. Richie Farrow and Zenus Windsor officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Olive Baptist Church (South) Cemetery. Mrs. Moore died Saturday, Nov. 27, at Lanier Nursing Home…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Hughlene Price Parmer of Bowdon, Ga., died Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. She was 71. Mrs. Parmer was born Dec. 28, 1938, in Woodland, Ala., to the late Mayo and Flossie Mitchell Price. She was retired as a seamstress from Lamar Manufacturing Company. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by…
(MERRIT ISLAND, Fla.) Richard Dale Hicks, 84, of Merritt Island, Fla., died Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. Memorial services will be 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 29, at Wylie-Baxley Merritt Island Funeral Home. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Mr. Hicks was born in East St. Louis, Ill., and lived his…
(DELTA) Funeral services for Thelma Bolt Smith, 87, of Delta will be held Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Clay County Funeral Home with the Revs. L.C. Harris and Bob Humphries officiating. Burial will follow in Clay County Memory Gardens. Mrs. Smith died Friday, Nov. 26, at Lineville Health and…
(RICHMOND, Va.) Janet Trent Seeley of Richmond, Va., 80, died Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010. She leaves behind to cherish her memory her son, James Philip Cook and his wife, Susan Wyatt Cook; her grandson, Philip Trent Cook; and two great-grandsons. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert D. Seeley. Janet was born and…
(LINEVILLE) Harold Gene “Tubby” Burney, 54, of Lineville died Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010, at Clay County Hospital, Ashland. Services for the late Mr. Burney were at 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 27, at Spring Hill Baptist Church, Lineville, with the pastor, Rev. E. Tremaine Solomon officiating. Burial will follow in Community Cemetery, Lineville. Mr. Burney was…
RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LEFORD WATERS, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Leford Waters, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 16th day of Nov., 2010, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons…
The Wadley Christmas Parade will be Saturday at 2 p.m. A number of local businesses are entering floats for the first time, according to Marla Webb, a member of Envision Wadley, which is sponsoring the parade. There is no entry fee, she said, inviting people to participate. The lineup will begin at 1 p.m. on…
APAC Mid-South, Inc. hereby gives notice of completion of a contract with the State of Alabama for construction of Project No. STMAA-0022(510), Randolph County. This notice will appear for four consecutive weeks beginning November 24, 2010 and ending on December 15, 2010. All claims should be filed at PO Box 7850, Oxford, AL 36203 during…
Arrests Crystal Lynn Holliday, 26, of Industrial Boulevard, Apt. A-1, Roanoke – disorderly conduct – Nov. 22 Christopher LaJuan Heard, 29, of 573 Border St., Roanoke – disorderly conduct – Nov. 22 Carey Daniel Parker, 32, of 260 Seymour Dr., Roanoke – disorderly conduct – Nov. 21 Aberdella Stanford Scott, 43, of West Point, Ga.…
Two major Thanksgiving dinners will be provided for the public—one in Roanoke and one in Wadley, although there may be more. They are free and everyone is welcome. Various churches, civic organizations and individuals are coming together to try ensure no one does without a traditional Thanksgiving dinner and the familial type of fellowship on…
Never trust someone who uses the prefix “Dr.” in front of his name when he never earned the degree. Yet that was how “Dr.” Roy Johnson Jr. referred to himself in press releases during his days as president of Southern Union State Community College. His claim to this title was an honorary doctorate he was…
Effort designed to conserve water during drought Alabama Power will soon begin reducing by 10 percent the releases of water from hydroelectric dams on the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers. The reduction is part of an effort to conserve water supplies in the face of developing drought conditions and could begin as early as the first…
(WOODLAND) Graveside services for Dana Mae Henderson, 88, of Woodland will be Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010, at 1 p.m. at Bethel East Baptist Church Cemetery with Tony Henderson delivering the eulogy. Miss Henderson died Tuesday, Nov. 23, at Roanoke HealthCare Center. Survivors include one brother, Richard Roy “Pete” Henderson, and several nieces and nephews. A…
Iron Bowl week is here. Let the rejoicing begin! This is the one week of the year that separates Alabamians more than a debate on a bingo bill. This is the week that finds Thanksgiving a little more spirited (and by spirited I mean full of Auburn-Alabama jokes and endless shenanigans) than in most states.…
Employees of the Roanoke’s Streets Department worked last week demolishing the old Edwards building across from the police department. The city had accepted the one-story brick building on West Point Street from Robert K. Edwards, paying him $10. Streets Supervisor Donnie Cash said it took his crew about a day and a half to clean…
The Randolph County Commission is studying the feasibility of closing a section of roadway in the Fuller Crossroads Community being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the intersection of County Road 222 and County Road 261, for a point of beginning, thence run northerly along County Road 261 a distance of 0.554 miles to…
Basketball season is set to tip off for many county basketball teams, while several have started already. Handley, Woodland, Randolph County and Wadley will each hit the court in the coming week to start their respective 2010 campaigns. With several coaching changes in the county, this year should provide fans with plenty of exciting basketball.…
A few days after the Alabama/Penn State game a friend sent me a piece from PennLive.com, an online newspaper from, you guessed it, Pennsylvania. It was a commentary on the writer’s recent visit to Tuscaloosa to witness the Crimson Tide put a bad beating on the Nittany Lions. It was titled: “Southern hospitality is no…