(WOODLAND) Graveside services for Buddy Willis Dye, 67, of Woodland will be Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, at Mt. Carmel Church of Christ with the Rev. Donald Spradlin and Mike Kirby officiating.The family will receive friends at the new location of the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 3.Mr. Dye died Monday,…
(VALLEY) John Thomas Bonner, 86, died Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, at his home in Valley. Mr. Bonner was born March 17, 1924, in Langdale to Earl Stevenson and Louise Terry Bonner. He attended school in Five Points and graduated from Valley High School in 1942. He served proudly in the U.S. Navy from 1924-46 during…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Lottie Lillian Brown, 81, of LaGrange, Ga., died Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010, at West Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Brown was born July 24, 1929, in Randolph County, Ala., daughter of the late Jesse Hersley Norred and Mary Greggs Norred. She was of the Baptist faith and was employed as a monitor technician in…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Jack David Lipham, 78, of Roanoke will be Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Rock Mills Church of the Nazarene with Revs. Frank Foster Sr. and Frank Foster Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Lipham died Saturday, Oct. 30, at Randolph Medical Center. Survivors include…
(ROANOKE) Raymond G. Heard, 83, of Roanoke, formerly of Franklin, Ga., died at the Emory University Hospital on Oct. 16, 2010. Funeral services for Mr. Heard were conducted on Monday, Oct. 18, at 2 p.m. at Tom Stutts and Son Chapel with the Rev. Brett Mathews officiating. Music was provided by Mr. Heard’s daughter-in-law, Nancy…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Myrtle Key Pettus, 84, of Wedowee will be Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, at 3 p.m. at Union Hill Methodist Church with the Rev. Mike Owens officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Pettus died Friday, Oct. 29, at Clay County Nursing Home. Survivors include two daughters, Jeanette McCard of…
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(SALEM) Funeral services for Jo Ann Elizabeth Hall, 66, of Salem, formerly of Wadley, were Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Zenus Windsor officiating. Burial followed at Concord Baptist Church Cemetery. Miss Hall died Friday, Oct. 29, at her home. Survivors include four cousins, James Brooks of…
(ROANOKE) Freddie Hamby, 67, of Roanoke died Friday, Oct. 29, 2010, at Randolph Medical Center. The funeral was Sunday, Oct. 31, at 3 p.m. EDT at Lanett Congregational Christian Church with the Rev. Kenneth Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery in Lanett. Born Sept. 7, 1943, in Langdale, Mr. Hamby was the son…
Handley 29, Lineville 23; Randolph County 24, Wadley 14; Woodland 21, Wellborn 20 Handley 29, Lineville 23 The Handley Tigers topped the Lineville Aggies to end the regular season with a 9-1 record heading into the playoffs. Handley’s scoring started with a 3-yard touchdown run courtesy of Breyon DeBerry with 7:18 left in the first…
(JANESVILLE, Wis.) Ester Mozelle Cook “Mozie” Jewell, 87, of Janesville, Wis., died Monday, Oct. 25, 2010. She was born July 30, 1923, in Franklin, Ga., the daughter of Byron and Pauline Cook. She married Archie R. Jewell on Jan. 7, 1944, in Roanoke. They were married for 43 years before his death in 1987. Mrs.…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Doris Louise Butler, 72, of Roanoke will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Tim Whaley and Ridley Herren officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home on Friday,…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Nathan Ryan Mills, 23, of Carrollton, Ga., died Oct. 25, 2010. He is survived by his brother, Daryl L. Mills of Killeen, Texas; grandparents, Deloris and James Flournoy of Wedowee; aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father, Daryl W. Mills. The funeral will be Monday, Nov. 1,…
A home visit by a probation officer led to the discovery of a methamphetamine lab in Roanoke on Thursday. Probation and parole officer Gary Cooper was conducting a home visit for Michael Shane Smith, 42, of 145 Overton Mountain Drive. As Smith saw Cooper approaching the doublewide mobile home, Smith got up from the yard…
(AUSTELL, Ga.) Essie Fincher Young, 98, of Austell, Ga., died Monday, Oct. 25, 2010, at Presbyterian Village in Austell. Born to the late Robert and Emma Fincher, she was one of 12 children. She graduated from Woodland High School and Jacksonville State College, and attended Florida State University. A dedicated educator in the Atlanta school…
(LAFAYETTE) Alice Mae Hooks Trammell, 68, of LaFayette died Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Services will be at Canaan Baptist Church, Welch, on Friday, Oct. 29, at 1 p.m. (CDT), with the Rev. L.B. Houston and the Rev. Mario F. McDaniel officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mrs.…
The chants of “Way to go Payton, Way to go!” rang out as Payton Overton got a world-class welcome home last Wednesday. Ten-year-old Payton, who returned home after successfully undergoing a bone marrow transplant at Children’s Hospital in Birmingham, wore a mask as he was escorted by the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department and Roanoke Police…
RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JEANETTE S. MANSON, DECEASED Letters Testamentary with the Will Annexed on the estate of Jeanette S. Manson, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 22nd day of Oct., 2010, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice…
A one-day event for the collection of electronic equipment in conjunction with the Renew Our Rivers Lake Clean-Up will be held Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Highway 48 Boat Ramp. Ecovery will accept all office-related electronics including: computers, laptops, copiers, printers, fax machines, scanners, stereo equipment, keyboards, mice, peripherals, VCRs, DVDs,…
The intervention of Roanoke’s Jack’s Restaurant employees helped save a woman who was being kidnapped by her estranged husband on Wednesday morning. According to Roanoke Police Chief Adam Melton, the employees reported the possible kidnapping at approximately 11:22 a.m. after a woman entered the restaurant and told them she was being held at gunpoint by…