(NEWELL) Funeral services for Dollie Neal Williams, 87, of Newell will be Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Keith Rivers officiating. Burial will follow in Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery.Mrs. Williams died Wednesday, Sept. 1, at Cleburne County Nursing Home.Mrs. Williams is survived by two daughters, Vicky…
7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, September 2 noon Roanoke Rotary Club meets at the Kiwanis Clubhouse. 5 p.m. The Lighthouse Soup Kitchen on Main Street in Roanoke is open until 8 p.m. 7 p.m. New Hope Community Club meets at New Hope Gym. FRIDAY, September 3 11:45 a.m. Wadley…
(LaGRANGE, GA.) Bryan Daniel Edmondson, 34, of LaGrange, Ga., died Friday, Aug. 20, 2010, at Azalea Trace in Columbus, Ga. Mr. Edmondson was born Sept. 17, 1975, in LaGrange and was a graduate of LaGrange High School. He was a member of Clearview Chapel. He loved fishing, motorcycles, playing the guitar, and his family. Survivors…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Ashley Lyn Young, 25, of Bowdon, Ga., died Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Ashley was born Nov. 10, 1984, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of Steven Lyn Young and Kathy Pearl Layland Young. She attended Son Rise Baptist Church. Besides her parents, she is survived by her children, Cidney Lyn Young and…
(NEWNAN, Ga.) Nancy Elaine Mathews Thornton, 47, of Newnan, Ga., died in Wedowee on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, as the result of an automobile accident. Services will be Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, at 3 p.m. EDT at Tom Stutts and Son Funeral Home Chapel in Franklin, Ga., with the Rev. Steve Clockfelter officiating. The family…
(OPELIKA) Funeral services for Frances Danielly Dunn, 93, of Opelika, formerly of Roanoke, were Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Larry Armstrong officiating and eulogy by Robert Dunn. Burial followed at Cedarwood Cemetery. Mrs. Dunn died Sunday, Aug. 29, at Arbor Spring Health and Rehab Center in…
Handley 42, Heard County 17; Clay County 18, Randolph County 0; Woodland 48, Bowdon 34; Horseshoe Bend 45, Wadley 13
WEDOWEE—A Newnan, Ga., woman was killed and a baby critically injured in a one-vehicle accident Sunday near Wedowee. According to the Jacksonville post of the Alabama State Troopers, the driver, Nancy Mathews Thornton, 47, died at the scene. The Troopers listed the time of the wreck as 2:20 p.m. The woman was going visiting in…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Funeral services for Annie Wright McKeen were Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Levens Baptist Church, Wedowee, with the Rev. Paul Botica officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. McKeen died Friday, Aug. 27, at Florence Hand Home in LaGrange, Ga. She is survived by two daughters, Miriam (husband…
(NEWELL) Sonya J. Spratlin, 63, of Newell died Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. She was born Nov.1, 1946, in Carrollton, Ga., the daughter of the late Norine Durrough Fleming and John Merlin Fleming. For the last 38 years, Mrs. Spratlin has been involved in the retail grocery business, which included Spratlin’s Grocery for the last 25…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Betty Jo Cummings, 84, of LaGrange, Ga., died Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, at Twin Fountains Nursing Home. Mrs. Cummings was born June 18, 1926, in Randolph County, Ala., daughter of the late Joe Lee Bass and Jimmie Eliza McManus Bass. She had lived in LaGrange most of her life and retired from West…
(LaGRANGE, GA.) Brian Daniel Edmondson, 34, of LaGrange, Ga., died Friday, Aug. 20, 2010, at Azalea Trace in Columbus, Ga. Mr. Edmondson was born Sept. 17, 1975, in LaGrange and was a graduate of LaGrange High School. He was a member of Clearview Chapel. He loved fishing, motorcycles, playing the guitar, and his family. Survivors…
(ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C.) Beth Brown Matsko, 66, of St. Helena Island, S.C., died Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010, at her home on Fripp Island, surrounded by her family. She was born in Roanoke, Ala., a daughter of Marian Elizabeth Brown and the late William Earl Brown. Beth graduated in 1962 from Handley High School in…
(EPHESUS, Ga.) Verna Cook Smith, 92, of Ephesus, Ga., died Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010, at Pine Knoll Nursing and Rehab Center. Mrs. Smith was born July 26, 1918, in Ephesus to the late Rev. Lucious Riley and Carrie Merrell Cook. A lifelong resident of the area, Mrs. Smith attended Ephesus Grammar School, Tyus and Bowdon…
WADLEY—A Wadley student was arrested on Friday morning after the county’s drug dog sniffed out some drugs in his vehicle in the school parking lot. According to Wadley Police Chief Tim Terry, his office had received complaints about students possibly having marijuana at school. Terry contacted the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit and investigator…
Turnovers proved to be costly in Wadley’s season opener as the Bulldogs fell to Horseshoe Bend throttled Wadley 52-13 Thursday night in New Site. Horseshoe Bend scored on the opening kickoff, but Wadley answered soon after with a 2-yard touchdown run from quarterback Skylar Humphries with 5:38 left to play in the first quarter. Wadley’s…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Stephen B. Barry, 54, of Bowdon, Ga., formerly of Carrollton, Ga., died Aug. 24, 2010. Mr. Barry was born in Atlanta on Feb. 5, 1956, the son of Betty Barry Chastain and the late Donald S. Barry. He was the grandson of the late Avis and Bill Spruill of Ranburne, the late C.L.…
(LAGRANGE, GA.) Brian Daniel Edmondson, 34, of LaGrange died Friday, Aug. 20, 2010, at Azalea Trace in Columbus. Mr. Edmondson was born Sept. 17, 1975, in LaGrange and was a graduate of LaGrange High School. He was a member of Clearview Chapel. He loved fishing, motorcycles, playing the guitar, and his family. Survivors include his…
(ASHLAND) Funeral services for O.J. Rollins, 91, of Ashland will be Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville at 11 a.m. with the Revs. Jerry A. Beavers and Ken Baldwin officiating. Burial will follow in the old Rocky Branch Baptist Church Cemetery in Randolph County. Mr. Rollins died Wednesday, Aug. 25, at…
GRAHAM—A Graham woman died at Wedowee Hospital Wednesday evening, a victim of domestic violence. According to Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Gregg Dendinger, officers responded to 911 call at 4:03 p.m. regarding domestic violence between a man and woman at a trailer at 26103 County Rd. 87, Lot 4, north of the crossroads at Graham.…