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Steve Wilbur Teel

By Editor | April 13, 2009 |

(FIVE POINTS) Services for Steve Wilbur Teel, 60, of Five Points, will be Saturday, April 11, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Stiles Akins and Rev. Clifford DeLee officiating. Burial will follow at Community Baptist Church Cemetery, LaFayette.The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8…

Southern Union

By Editor | April 13, 2009 |

Roanoke City Schools Randolph County Schools Chamber of Commerce Randolph Medical Center Lake Wedowee POA SIFAT United Way City of Roanoke Randolph Co. Website Randolph Co. Extension Office State Rep. Richard Laird Senator Kim Benefield US Rep Mike Rogers Local History Sex Offenders

Beulah Mize Sellers

By Editor | April 13, 2009 |

(WEDOWEE) Services for Beulah Mize Sellers, 86, of Wedowee will be Sunday, April 12, 2009, at 3 p.m. at Union Hill Congregational Methodist Church with the Rev. Dorsey White officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Sellers died Friday, April 10, at her residence. Mrs. Sellers is survived by a nephew, John Haynes…

Curtis ‘Gunsmoke’ Morrow

By Editor | April 13, 2009 |

(WOODLAND) Services for Curtis “Gunsmoke” Morrow of Woodland will be held Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at 3 p.m. at Mt. Prospect Baptist Church with the Rev. Alan Hurst officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14. Mr.…

Robert Kimble

By Editor | April 13, 2009 |

(TERRE HAUTE, Ind.) Robert Kimble, 52, of Terre Haute, Ind., died Monday, April 6, 2009, in Union Hospital. He was born April 8, 1956, in Wedowee, to James Kimble Sr. and Vicie Knight Kimble. He was a press operator at Digital Audio Disc Corporation in Terre Haute. _ Survivors include his wife, Valerie Harris Kimble…

Roger Dale Turner

By Editor | April 13, 2009 |

(ANNISTON) Services for Roger Dale Turner, 57 of Anniston were Monday, April 13, 2009, at noon at Anniston Funeral Service Chapel with Pastor Ray Morris officiating. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery. Mr. Turner died Friday, April 10, at his residence. Survivors include three sons, Tommy Turner of Alexandria, Jonathan Stanton of Anniston and…

Steve Wilbur Teel

By Editor | April 10, 2009 |

(FIVE POINTS) Services for Steve Wilbur Teel, 60, of Five Points, will be Saturday, April 11, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Stiles Akins and Rev. Clifford DeLee officiating. Burial will follow at Community Baptist Church Cemetery, LaFayette. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to…

Sarah Hudson Nelson

By Editor | April 10, 2009 |

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Sarah Hudson Nelson, 84, of Roanoke, will be Sunday, April 12, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Steve Baccus officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 11. Mrs.…

Conan Doyal Spence

By Editor | April 10, 2009 |

(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Conan Doyal Spence, 50, of Carrollton, Ga., died Wednesday, April 8, 2009. Mr. Spence was born on April 20, 1958, in Carroll County, Ga., the son of the late Virgie Howard Spence and Woodrow Wilson Spence. He served in the U.S. Navy and was a Baptist by faith. Survivors include his sister and…

Nancy Bass Cason

By Editor | April 10, 2009 |

(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Nancy Bass Cason of Carrollton, Ga., died Tuesday, April 7, 2009. She was 63. Mrs. Cason was born in Coweta County, Ga., on March 7, 1946, to Horace and Sybil Bass. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Rickey Cason; her children, Donna Thompson of Carrollton, Chris Wright of Tallapoosa, Ga., and…

Jewel Robinson Taylor

By Editor | April 10, 2009 |

(COLUMBUS, Ga.) Services for Jewel Robison Taylor, 82, of Columbus, Ga., formerly of Malone, will be Saturday April 11, 2009, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Brian Moore officiating. Burial will follow in Pinetucky Baptist Church Cemetery, Micaville. Mrs. Taylor died Monday, April 6, at Heritage Hills Nursing Home in…

Southern Union

By Editor | April 9, 2009 |

Roanoke City Schools Randolph County Schools Chamber of Commerce Randolph Medical Center Lake Wedowee POA SIFAT United Way City of Roanoke Randolph Co. Website State Rep. Richard Laird Senator Kim Benefield US Rep Mike Rogers Local History Sex Offenders

Randolph County earns win over Ohatchee

By Editor | April 8, 2009 |

Randolph County took a hard 10-3 loss to Clay County and a 12-5 loss to Ranburne last week, but remains in the playoff hunt after an 8-4 win over Ohatchee. The Tigers played tough with Clay County up until the fourth inning when Randolph County gave up nine runs to seal the win for the…

Jackson: A clear case of age discrimination

By Editor | April 8, 2009 |

From time to time friends send me clippings or articles or links to web sites that contain something that they just know I am gonna want to comment on. Like my buddy Ted, retired JSU history professor, who lives large and loud in beautiful Fort Myers, Florida and who, apparently, spends almost as much time…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF

By Editor | April 8, 2009 |

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF GLADYS FAYE WALDREP, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GLADYS FAYE WALDREP, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Gladys Faye Waldrep, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 3rd day of April, 2009, by the Judge of Probate of…

Owens: Michelle Obama and a touch of royalty

By Editor | April 8, 2009 |

Elizabeth II seems to be a nice lady. She has been the embodiment of British decorum and values for more than six decades, keeping above the fray during the nastiness over Northern Ireland, keeping a stiff upper lip as her prime ministers presided over the dismantling of the British Empire, and remaining reasonably cool while…

Bulldogs sniffing postseason

By Editor | April 8, 2009 |

The Wadley Bulldogs may have taken a hard 11-1 loss to Lineville last week, but the Bulldogs rebounded nicely with a 15-1 area win over Edward Bell. Against Lineville, Wadley hung tough through three innings, entering the fourth inning tied 0-0. The Aggies put up a pair of runs in the top of the fourth…

Traffic stop yields pot

By Editor | April 8, 2009 |

Two Villa Rica, Ga. women face drug charges in Roanoke following a traffic stop on Sunday. Hysie Marlene Allen, 33, is charged with first-degree possession of marijuana, and Christie Lea Hodges, 35, is charged with second-degree possession of marijuana. A search warrant conducted on March 31 at 3159 Louina Rd., resulted in drug charges for…

City schools look for energy savings

By Editor | April 8, 2009 |

At last week’s Roanoke Board of Education meeting Superintendent Chuck Marcum gave a construction update; presented the 2009-2010 school calendar for approval and asked the board to give him authority to sign a letter of interest for an energy saving firm. He said they had a good dedication day dedicating the new girls’ softball field…

Martin: Chalk one up for the rascals

By Editor | April 8, 2009 |

The antics of Alabama legislators may be unsurpassed in the annals of history: physical assaults on the Senate floor, sex after midnight in the old House chamber, smoking pot in the capitol dome, driving drunk on the wrong side of I-65, packing pistols during House debate, all those nasty DUIs and traffic infractions. And the…