(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, Keller, TX…
(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,…
Whenever a disaster occurs, some people will try to take advantage of the situation and benefit themselve financially from it. So much so, that there’s actually an organization called the National Center for Disaster Fraud, which is now dealing with complaints about solicitation after the Gulf oil spill. Anyone who suspects a fraudulent disaster relief…
According to Survivor Chairman Carol Knight, Friday’s Relay for Life at Wright Field in Roanoke raised $84,630 for the American Cancer Society. Twenty-five teams participated. There was a large crowd, great entertainment and many cancer survivors in attendance. The top teams will be announced at the wrap-up meeting and will be published in an upcoming…
A representative of the attorney general’s office has visited Roanoke in relation to investigating allegations of misconduct made about some members of the Roanoke Water Sewer Gas & Filter Plant Board, according to Roanoke Police Chief Adam Melton. Last month the chief confirmed utility board employees had filed complaints with the police department alleging certain…
“Come back to me.” (From the movie, Cold Mountain”) Louisa May Alcott’s book, Little Women, emerged only five years after the close of the Civil War. With its appearance in 1870, it quickly became one of the best-selling books of the 19th century. Alcott delivers a portrait of domesticity as the five women in the…
The Randolph Leader has won awards in eight categories of the Alabama Press Association’s 2010 Better Newspaper Contest and Better Newspaper Advertising Contest. The Leader competes in Division C, Large Non-Dailies. News In the Better Newspaper Contest Penny L. Pool won first place in the Best In-Depth News Coverage category for her months-long reporting on…
The Handley Lady Tigers justified their perfect area record during the regular season by throttling their opponents in the area tournament, giving them the area title. Handley defeated Munford 13-3 in the first game, then defeated Childersburg twice, 11-1 and 15-8, catapulting the team into the regional round of the playoffs this week. In the…
After a tough year for manufacturers, Candlewick Yarns is adding jobs. The weekend of April 24 workers returned to a fourth shift and this week are expecting to work four 12-hour days, according to Lisa Wise, director of human resources. “All of a sudden in April we started getting orders. To fill them we had…
“We have met the enemy, and he is us,” said Pogo, Walt Kelly’s immortal possum philosopher of the Okefenokee Swamp. Those words, first inked in 1971, echo across the decades. Environmental disasters repeatedly drain Mother Earth of resources and vitality as 7 billion hungry offspring tug at her overextended breasts. All fingers point toward the…
I love oysters. Love ’em, as they say at Mobile’s famous Wintzell’s Oyster House, “fried, stewed, nude.” But I love ’em best raw. Which is why I always hate to see April come and go, because April is the last “R” month until September and we all know that you can’t eat raw oysters in…
The Wadley Lady Bulldogs rolled through the area tournament last week every bit as easily as they did area play during the regular season. Wadley outscored its opponents in the tournament 47-7 to win its second consecutive area title. The Lady Bulldogs started their tournament run with a 15-0 trouncing of Notasulga last Wednesday in…
It was only a coincidence that last week, two days after Mark Emmert, Nick Saban’s buddy, was named the new executive director of the NCAA that Tiger Prowl was given a death penalty by that organization. No, really, it just worked out that way. What killed Tiger Prowl was that it was too flashy; it…
Southern Union State Community College will hold its spring commencement Friday, May 7, in the Sports Arena on the Wadley Campus. Two hundred twenty-five students are scheduled to participate in the ceremony. A free concert will be held in the Arena in honor of all graduating students and their families and friends, beginning at 11…
The Randolph County Animal Shelter’s book sale is all about the animals. It buys their bread and butter, so to speak. It is this Saturday, May 8, and Saturday, May 15, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. both days. Chris Mitchum donates the use of his warehouse on Main Street across from Cedarwood Cemetery in…
Late Friday afternoon the Roanoke Water Sewer Gas & Filter Plant Board selected local businessman Jerry Revis as the new general manager. The vote was 4-1, with board member Chris Holloway abstaining, saying, “I think we’re rushing into it.” The position has been vacant since the resignation of Donna Tucker to accept a job at…
Arrests William Devon Clark, 27, of 1345 Satterwhite St., Roanoke – public drunkenness – April 29 J.T. Hatcher, 22, of 802 Industrial Blvd., Roanoke – nine counts of failure to appear in court – April 29 Antonio Sebastian Reid, 33, of Franklin, Ga. – simple assault – April 25 Howard Cofield Jr., 37, of 335…
I attempted one foreign language in college, German, but performed miserably. It was, as I recall, the only course I failed…even though the professor gave me two “incompletes” before dropping the ax. Despite my inability to perfect Germanic linguistics, I did remember three things about the language: how to count to ten, how to ask…
Randolph County Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the 3rd Annual Prayer Breakfast in celebration of the National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 6, at 7 a.m. at Roanoke First United Methodist Church McDonald Family Life Center. Breakfast will be served from 7-8. There will be no charge for the breakfast, but a reservation is…
The removal of asbestos from the outside of Knight-Enloe Elementary School was a non-issue and completed in less than a day, Superintendent Chuck Marcum told Roanoke Board of Education members at the last meeting. He told the board he hoped within the next couple of weeks to have grading plans ready to bid for the…