(SAKS) Graveside services for Ethelene Morrow Forbus, 78, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009, at Forestlawn Gardens with the Rev. Russell Hestley officiating.The family will receive friends from 12:30 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Saturday at K.L. Brown Memory Chapel in Golden Springs.Mrs. Forbus died Thursday, Jan. 1.Mrs. Forbus was an LPN…
The Randolph County Tigers found some success in the Handley Christmas tournament after losing to White Plains in the first round by defeating Woodland in the second round. Randolph County fell to the perennially strong White Plains team, 64-49, Saturday. Randolph County head coach Rick Coleman said he thought the Tigers gave a great effort…
The Handley Tigers have fought their way through a pair of tough opponents so far in the Handley Christmas Tournament, earning a spot in the championship game against Lanett Tuesday night. The results from the championship game were not available at press time. Handley started its tournament run with a 63-31 dismantling of Beulah Saturday…
Handley dominates county tournament The Handley Tigers boys and girls basketball teams dominated the 2008 county basketball tournament in Woodland. Handley’s boys made a statement, outscoring their tournament opponents, Woodland and Wadley, 139-54 on their way to a tournament championship. The Lady Tigers found similar success, dismantling the Randolph County Lady Tigers, 78-30, and narrowly…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Mrs. Lynn Parmer, 49, of LaGrange, Ga., died Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, at West Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Parmer was born June 22, 1959, in Carroll County, Ga., daughter of Gene and Linda Parmer. She was co-owner of Parmer-Traylor Monument Company in Roanoke. Mrs. Parmer graduated from LaGrange College, with degrees in business…
(GARDENDALE) James Arthur Henry, 82, of Gardendale died peacefully in his sleep on Dec. 29, 2008. Mr. Henry was born in Roanoke on Jan. 15, 1926, to Winston David and Maggie Smith Pittman Henry. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy, who returned from the service to graduate from Handley High School. Mr.…
The Woodland Lady Bobcats had a successful holiday tournament season, winning the Van Deerman Classic and placing second in the Curry Christmas Tournament in Jasper, Ala. The Lady Cats advanced to the championship round of the Van Deerman Classic last Tuesday to take on Ohatchee in a rematch from earlier in the tournament. Woodland once…
I hate New Year’s resolutions. I hate them in part because I recognize, like so few do, that they are extremely short sighted and mostly done for vanity. This year, I’m not pledging to lose weight or volunteer more, because I should be striving to do those things anyway. No, this year I’m resolving to…
The Crystal Ball went 71-26 over this past football season, which is a .732 winning percentage. This week it is time to tackle the eight SEC bowl games. Vanderbilt finally plays that long-awaited bowl game, and they have to play at home in the Music City Bowl on New Year’s Eve against Boston College. The…
(FAIRBURN, Ga.) Ronald Allen McManus, 61, of Fairburn, Ga., died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. A native of Randolph County, Ala., he was the son of the late Joseph Floyd McManus and Martha Kate French. Those left behind to cherish his memory include his mother, Martha McManus; one son, Angel Boev; and two grandchildren. The family…
My daddy still isn’t sure what college professors actually do. Any of you watch “The Big Bang Theory”? Funniest show on TV. All about a bunch of nerdy theoretical physicists trying to get along in the real world, which seems to understand them even less than they understand it. A few weeks ago there was…
10:30 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets behind the former KFC in Roanoke in the building with the blue awning. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, January 1, New Year’s Day 1 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Faith, Hope & Charity Church, Roanoke. FRIDAY, January 2 6 p.m. Canaan Baptist Church in…
Not only was 2008 a tough year for retailers, the holiday shopping season so many merchants count on to get them through was a bust. Even sale pricing rarely seen in the weeks leading up to Christmas was not enough to get shoppers into stores in normal numbers. Some of the early surveys estimate the…
Like hospitals across the country, Randolph Medical Center is struggling with its bottom line, but recent trips to the Roanoke City Council for money may prove fruitless in these tough economic times. Even after RMC Administrator Tim Harlin issued a desperate plea for financial assistance the council said it didn’t have the funds. Going into…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Joe George, unmarried, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for GMAC Mortgage , LLC DBA ditech.com, on the 2nd day of November, 2006, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of…
Christmas is the most wonderful time of year but this may be the saddest. People talk about love and show it in the most amazing ways as they donate money, buy presents and use perhaps the most precious resource, time, to help others have a better Christmas. This is a most caring community. There were…
It’s time to put on my time-penetrating binoculars and share with my readers my annual foregleams of the new year—foregleams that have proved in the past to be 99.44 percent baloney. Here’s what I see for 2009: January: Barack Obama is inaugurated as the first president who wasn’t born on the mainland of North America.…
Buddy and Diane Harpole, owners of Industrial Pallet Supply Inc., started small and are now one of three such companies in the United States “that does what I do,” he said. What they do is recycle everything they can. Stacks and stacks of a variety of materials are located throughout the huge building, but he…
Dr. Karen Corson, a native of Randolph County, has been named Environmental Health Officer of the Year 2008 for the U.S. Navy, where she serves as a lieutenant commander. This award recognizes the Navy environmental health officer who exhibits the highest Navy core values, professionalism, initiative, leadership, and dedication to the practice of Navy environmental…
The following events occurred in the county during the past year. From the beginning: Jan. 9 Plantation Patterns’ parent company, Meadowcraft in Birmingham, moved all its wrought iron manufacturing to its facility in Wadley, creating an unknown number of new jobs. Jan. 9 Lucy Green, of Woodland, celebrated her 107th birthday. The oldest known Randolph…