(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Ryder William Banks, infant son of Tim and Wendi Williams Banks, died Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008, at The Medical Center, Columbus, Ga.Survivors in addition to his parents, Tim and Wendi Banks, include a sister, Haley Banks; brother, Jake Banks, all of LaGrange; grandparents, Phil and Carol Williams of Pine Mountain, Ga., and Mike…

(ROANOKE) Funeral service for Barbara Ann Baldwin, 56, of Roanoke were Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Sister Linda Baughtman and Sister Carolyn Hanner officiating. Burial followed at Highway Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Baldwin died Friday, Nov. 28, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Survivors include her husband, Richard…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Haywood Roger Wade, 63, of Roanoke were Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008, at 3:30 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Johnny Williams and Rev. Jody Overton officiating. Burial followed at Center Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Wade died Friday, Nov. 28, at his home. Survivors include three daughters, Tina Landreth…

(LAFAYETTE) Dorothy Caldwell, 76, of LaFayette died Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Services were at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 29, at Powell Chapel United Methodist Church, LaFayette, with the Rev. Charlene Harvey officiating. Interment was in Handy Cemetery in LaFayette. Mrs. Caldwell was born Jan. 14, 1932, in Chambers…

(LINEVILLE) Services for John Bryant “Mac” McCord, 86 of Lineville were Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008, at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church of Lineville with the Revs. James Nance and Don Cross officiating. Graveside military honors followed in Lineville City Cemetery. Mr. McCord died Wednesday, Nov. 26, at Clay County Hospital. He was a…

(ROANOKE) Shawn Maurice Gordon of Roanoke died Nov. 21, 2008, in Kuwait. Shawn was born May 14, 1965, in Selma and was the son of Cora Tate Weeks and the late David R. Gordon Sr. He attended Morning Star Baptist Church in Selma at an early age. He graduated from Niceville High School, Niceville, Fla.,…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Patricia W. “Patti” Huey, 57, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Roanoke First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Steve Baccus officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday,…

(VALLEY) Blonnie Lee Burdette Carter, 97, of Valley died Friday, Nov. 28, 2008, at Bethany House in Auburn. Services were Monday, Dec. 1, at 2 p.m. at McCarthy Funeral Home in West Point, Ga., with the Revs. Mike Hawkins, Michael Stiggers, Joel Levins, Robert Crutchfield and Eddie Crutchfield officiating. Burial followed in Cedarwood Cemetery, Roanoke.…

(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Hattie Creed, 89, of LaGrange, Ga., died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, at Hospice LaGrange. Mrs. Creed was born Feb. 22, 1919, in Wedowee, Ala., and was the daughter of the late William Augustus and Onnie Ann McManus Boyd. She was a charter member of Calvary Family Worship Center in Mountville and a homemaker.…

(ROANOKE) Services for Kenneth Perry, 72, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Elder Ken Milner officiating. Burial will follow at Zion Rest Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 1. Mr.…

(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Ethel O. McGill, 83, of LaGrange, Ga., died Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at her home. Mrs. McGill was born Dec. 9, 1924, in Tallapoosa County, Ala., daughter of the late Henry Franklin Storey and Pearl Moran Storey. She had lived in LaGrange most of her life and was a member of Ayres Memorial…

UMS Wright 38, Handley 12 UMS Wright rolled up 21 unanswered points in the first half before cruising to victory in the second half over the Handley Tigers in Mobile Friday night. Handley scored twice on connections from quarterback Darius Finley to Jay Bray. The first was a 59-yarder with 9:57 left in the third…

I grew up in a news-focused household. My folks subscribed to weekly newspapers, daily newspapers, Time, Life, Progressive Farmer, National Geographic, and VFW Magazine. And we watched TV. Television news fit neatly into the family routine. Every evening around 6:00, Mama cleared off the supper table and we watched 15 minutes of local happenings followed…

WEDOWEE—”Politics is the art of compromise,” said Commission Chairman Lathonia Wright, as the commission agreed to alter its meeting schedule and means of addressing the county’s governing body. Commissioner Doyle Allen made a motion for the commission to move its fourth-Monday meeting to an evening meeting every other month, starting in January. This meeting, as…

(HAMPTON, Ga.) Catherine Phillips Harrington, 81, of Hampton, Ga., died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. She was born in Carroll County, Ga., to the late Wilburn and Ola Kate Turner Phillips and was preceded in death by a brother, W.T. Phillips, and her husband, John Lewis Harrington. Catherine was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church…

Arrests Willie John Nunn, 44, of 258 County Rd. 456, Woodland – two counts of failure to appear in court (giving false information to a law enforcement officer and violation of the prohibition law) – Nov. 22 Tasha Gray, 23, of 319 County Rd. 893, Wedowee – failure to appear in court and probation violation…

The Music Department of Southern Union State Community College will present its annual Christmas concert Dec. 2, 3, 4 and 5 in Brazeal Auditorium on the Wadley Campus. Performances will begin each night at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6 p.m. Under the direction of Dr. Michael Marcades, who began his tenure as director…

The response to the Share-A-Meal project for Thanksgiving and increased demand at area food banks are evidence that economic conditions are growing worse for many area people. That’s why it’s more important than ever that the Alabama Legislature finally take action to remove the state’s 4 percent sales tax on groceries. This tax costs state…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Vickie East and Randy East, a married couple, to Citifinancial Corporation, LLC, on the 9th day of July, 2007, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 518,…

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, November 27 Thanksgiving Day 1 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Faith, Hope & Charity Church, Roanoke. FRIDAY, November 28 6 p.m. Canaan Baptist Church in the…