Employees from the Roanoke and Woodland post offices participated in the U.S. Postal Service’s annual Stamp Out Hunger Day food drive on Saturday and were overwhelmed by the response from postal customers, who left non-perishable food items beside their mailboxes for mail carriers to pick up during their mail delivery rounds. The two county post…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. DR 2010-000011 JONATHAN TENNEY, PLAINTIFF VS. LYNDI BOSWELL TENNEY, DEFENDANT NOTICE Notice is hereby given to Lyndi Boswell Tenney that a Bill of Complaint for Divorce has been filed against you in the Circuit Court of Randolph County. You are hereby notified that a response to the Bill of Complaint…
Staff Sgt. Tommy “Allen” Glasgow joined the service at 17 years old and has found a home. After being shot during combat, he has been recuperating at Ft. Stewart, Ga., near Savannah, but next week will be winging his way back to Iraq. At 23 years old he is a long way from Randolph County…
The city of Roanoke has gone through legal channels and plans to use a backhoe to remove the dangerous parts of the old World Bazaar building on Main Street, according to Mayor Mike Fisher. The roof of the building fell in April of 2009. Owner Larry Cohen has taken no action on cleaning it up,…
The average soldier in 1861, Union or Confederate, was age 25. He was 5 feet, 8 inches tall, and had an average weight of 143 pounds. The minimum enlistment age was 18, but the drummer boys were usually age 9 or older. The soldiers had a one in 65 chance of being in a major…
WEDOWEE—Randolph County will negotiate the sale of a large building and parking lot in Roanoke to its current occupant, an industry with 50 employees. During Thursday’s workshop meeting of the Randolph County Commission, Rod Hineman of CoreLinc explained how the industry has grown since October 2007 from seven employees to the current 50. He said…
(NEW SITE) The funeral for Julia Watts Alford, 76, of New Site will be Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of Radney Funeral Home with Randy Anderson officiating. Burial will follow in Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Alford died Sunday, May 9, at Chapman Healthcare Center. She was born Feb. 6,…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Julia Clanton Treadwell, 39, of Roanoke will be Saturday, May 8, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Kenneth Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in LaFayette City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, May 7. Mrs.…
(ROANOKE) Dollie Young, 87, of 680 Seymour Drive, Roanoke, died Monday, April 26, 2010, at Roanoke Health Care Center, Roanoke. Services were Monday, May 3, at 11 a.m. at Hopewell Baptist Church, Wadley, with burial in the church cemetery. Clark Memorial Funeral Service, Roanoke.
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Harlen “Slim” Martin, 88, of LaGrange, Ga., died Monday, May 10, 2010, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Martin was born Sept. 6, 1921, in Randolph County, Ala., and was the son of the late Henry A. and Avie Harden Martin. He was a member of Oakside Baptist Church and retired from the Duncan Stewart…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Kenneth Andrews, 63, of LaGrange, Ga., died Sunday, May 9, 2010, at Parkridge Medical Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. Mr. Andrews was born Oct. 20, 1946, in Roanoke, son of the late Joseph David Andrews and the late Katie Spears Andrews. He was Pentecostal by faith and retired from Elastic Corporation of America. Survivors…
(OXFORD) Funeral services for William I. “Red” Lambert, 77, of Oxford will be Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at 2 p.m. at the Miller Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Kent Mattox and Joe Stephens officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday from 6 until…
(CARTERSVILLE, Ga.) James Thomas “Tommy” Bridges Jr., 75, at his home on Thursday, May 6, 2010. The only son of the late Tom Bridges and Essie “MaMa” Whaley, he was also preceded in death by four sisters, Christine Rogers, Nita Stephens, Jane Dennison and Margie Cole. Born in Roanoke, Tommy enlisted and served in the…
(WADLEY) David Lewis Higgins, 78, of 296 County Road 969, Wadley, died Thursday, May 6, 2010, at his residence. Services were Monday, May 10, at 1 p.m. at Mount Olive United Methodist Church, Wadley, with the Rev. William Crawford officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Higgins was born in Roanoke on June 18,…
(MUNFORD) Ella Elizabeth Sims Nelson, 79, died Sunday, May 9, 2010, at her residence in Munford. She was born in Chepultepec, Blount County, and lived most of her life in Munford, where she graduated from Munford High School in 1949. She worked in the local textile industry and farmed. She was preceded in death by…
(LINEVILLE) The funeral for Charles Patrick Ross Sr., 74, of Lineville will be Saturday, May 8, 2010, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel. Mr. Ross died Friday, April 30, at his residence. Mr. Ross is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Phillis and Lenzy Blake of Rochester, N.Y., and Sgretta and Tammy Ross of…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) The funeral for Wendell Rudy Fowler, 66, of LaGrange, Ga., formerly of Roanoke, will be Thursday, May 6, 2010, at 2 p.m. CDT at from Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Kenneth Wayne Bowen and Bro. Junior Bowen officiating. Burial will follow in East Napoleon Church of Christ Cemetery, Woodland. The family will receive…
(FORT WORTH, Texas) Josephine “Josie” Gosdin Knox, 62, of Fort Worth, Texas, died Monday, May 3, 2010, at her home. A memorial service was Friday, May 7, at 10 a.m. at Fellowship of the Parks, Keller, Texas. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Josie’s favorite charity, the Community Storehouse, Box #13,…
(TALLAPOOSA, Ga.) Edwina Kilgore Roden, 90, of Tallapoosa, Ga., died Saturday, May 1, 2010. Ms. Roden was born in Wadley, Ala., on Jan. 29, 1920. She was the daughter of the late Luther Hollis Kilgore and the late Lillie Mae Dunaway Kilgore. Survivors include one daughter, Linda Edwards of Tallapoosa; grandchildren, Daniel Edwards of Boldo,…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Julia Clanton Treadwell, 39, of Roanoke will be Saturday, May 8, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Kenneth Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in LaFayette City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, May 7. Mrs.…