(NEW BERN, N.C.) Harlice Hall Green died peacefully on Friday, Dec. 19, 2008, at Craven Regional Medical Center after a year of declining health.Mr. Green was born in Woodland, Ala., on Dec. 12, 1918, to the late Virgil Berry Green Sr. and Pearl Beddingfield Green. He joined the U.S. Marine Corp as a young man…

(NEWELL) Services for Girtrude Brown Mitchell, 95, of Newell, will be Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008, at 1 p.m. at Liberty East Baptist Church with the Revs. Doris Williamson and Clayton Scott officiating. Mrs. Mitchell will lie in state at the church one hour before the service. Burial will follow in the adjoining church cemetery. The…

I know it is rather corny, but with Christmas right around the corner I thought it might take a look at some of the Christmas wishes from some of the coaches around the Southeastern Conference this year. Urban Meyer at Florida has just one Christmas wish-another national title, which would be his second in three…

(OPP) James Lawrence Nolen, 88, of Opp died Dec. 19, 2008, at Mizell Memorial Hospital following an extended illness. Services were Tues., Dec. 23, at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church of Opp with burial to follow at Peaceful Acres Memorial Gardens. Mr. Nolen was born July 4, 1920, in Roanoke, the son of…

(ROANOKE) Services for Eulette Kirby Ward, 70, of Roanoke, will be Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Whites Chapel Methodist Church with the Revs. Don Quick and Gary Henderson officiating. Mrs. Ward will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the adjoining church cemetery. Mrs.…

(LINEVILLE) Services for Mae Camp McLeod, 91, of Lineville will be Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, at 3 p.m. at Smyrna Baptist Church, Newell, with the Revs. Zenus Windsor and Dan Keith officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. McLeod died Saturday, Dec. 20, at her home. Survivors include a daughter, Jean Foster of…

(ROANOKE) Services for Mary Nell Brown Daniel, 84, of Roanoke, will be Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008, at 2 p.m. at El Bethel Baptist Church with Pastor Fred Flowers and the Rev. Otis Hodnett officiating. Mrs. Daniel will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the Center Chapel…

(BIRMINGHAM) Atha Harman Kriby, 80, of Birmingham died Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. She is survived by her husband, Kelley M. Kirby; a son, Ken Kirby of Wilmington, Del.; a daughter, Jan Stroud of Madison; a sister, Blanche Armstrong of Ocala, Fla.; three grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and a special sister-in-law, Ruth Sanders of Atlanta.…

(ROANOKE) Pierre Yeves Huot, 66, of Roanoke, formerly of Belleview, Fla., died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008, at his home. Survivors include his wife, Jennifer Brown Huot of Roanoke; one daughter, Lisa Scott of Westland, Mich.; one son, Andre Huot of Ocala, Fla.; two stepsons, Charlie McClendon and Daniel McClendon of Roanoke; one brother, Ronald Huot…

(NEWELL) Services for Girtrude Brown Mitchell, 95, of Newell, will be Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008, at 1 p.m. at Liberty East Baptist Church with the Revs. Doris Williamson and Clayton Scott officiating. Mrs. Mitchell will lie in state at the church one hour before the service. Burial will follow in the adjoining church cemetery. The…

(RANBURNE) Derrell Wiggins, formerly of Ranburne, died Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008. He was 77. Mr. Wiggins was born Jan. 26, 1931, in Cleburne County to the late Willie and Faye Skinner Wiggins. He was a retired electrician with Silvey Enterprises, was an army veteran of the Korean Conflict, and was of the Baptist faith. In…

(LINEVILLE) Services for Willie James McLain, 73, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008, at Bethel Baptist Church in Ashland with the Revs. Daryl Wood, Larry Heard and Cutis Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Lineville Cemetery. Mr. McLain will lie in repose at the church one hour prior to the service. Mr.…

(OPP) Graveside services for LaRue Stewart Dunaway of Opp, formerly of Randolph County, were Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, at 11 a.m. at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Fran Irmiter officiating. Mrs. Dunaway died Friday, Dec. 19, at North Okaloosa Medical Center in Crestview, Fla. Survivors include two daughters, Barbara Scofield of Opp…

(CRAGFORD) Services for Teddy Freeman, 67, of Cragford will be Sunday, Dec. 21, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home Chapel in Lineville with the Rev. Braden Morrison officiating. Burial will follow in McDaniel Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Freeman died Thursday, Dec. 18, at his residence. He was a native of Roanoke but had lived most…

(ROANOKE) Services for Eula May Hester, 88, of Roanoke, formerly of Five Points, will be Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Zenus Windsor and Rayford Edmondson officiating. Burial will follow at Midway Methodist Church Cemetery, Wedowee. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5…

(DAYTON, Ohio) Burrell “Grey Eyes” Heath, 93, of Dayton, Ohio, died Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, at his residence. He was born April 15, 1915, to the late Jim and Almeeta Dansby Heath in Wedowee, Ala. Mr. Heath attended school in Rome, Ga. In 1952, he and his wife moved to Dayton and became members of…

(BROOKSVILLE, Fla.) Lorene H. Morgan, 81, of Brooksville, Fla., died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008. She was born in Randolph County, Ala., and moved to the Brooksville area 53 years ago from Fort Payne, Ala._Mrs. Morgan was a homemaker and a member of Church of the Holy Spirit. Survivors include a son, Millard Hodges of Floral…

(WEDOWEE) Services for Lena Gray Holloway, 97, of Wedowee will be Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008, at 11 a.m. at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with the Revs. Vernon Willis and J. C. Holloway officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4 to 8 p.m. on…

“You must have sold a lot of papers on that” someone will often say about a news story. Or someone will say “Oh, they just want to sell newspapers,” as if that is a big money maker. I think most people know what pays the bills for newspapers is not paper sales or subscriptions but…