Like Marty McFly in Back to the Future, I can feel myself fading away. With two county football teams turning in their equipment already and two teams remaining in the playoffs, I can feel the brisk nights of autumn and football season giving way to the cold of winter and moving indoors to the basketball…

(FIVE POINTS) Graveside services for Mary Elizabeth Tomlinson, 75, of Five Points were Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, at 4 p.m. at Union Baptist Church Cemetery (Motley) with the Rev. Ray Dunn officiating. Mrs. Tomlinson died Friday, Nov. 7, at her home. Survivors include a niece, Teresa Moreland of Woodstock, Ga.; a great-aunt, Bulah R. Foster…

(WHITE PLAINS) Services for Mary Frances Braswell Cobb, 84, of White Plains were Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008 at K.L. Brown Memory Chapel in Golden Springs with interment following at White Plains Community Cemetery. The Rev. Sonny Champion officiated. Mrs. Cobb died Nov. 7 at Stringfellow Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Cobb was a member of St. Mark…

(CARROLLTON, Ga.) William Travis Walker, 72, of Carrollton, Ga., died Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008. He was born August 3, 1936, in Cleburne County, Ala., son of the late W.A. Walker and Flora Bell Treadwell Walker. Mr. Walker was a retired co-owner of Printed Fabrics and was a Methodist by faith. Besides his parents, he was…

(ROANOKE) Services for Nellie Ruth Birdsong Slagle, 94, of Roanoke will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 10, 2008, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Floyd Carmack and Anthony Herren officiating. Burial will follow at Antioch Christian Church Cemetery. Mrs. Slagle died Friday, Nov. 7, at Hospice LaGrange. Survivors include one daughter, Eloise Slagle…

(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Robert Lee ‘Toot’ Henderson of LaGrange, Ga., died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008, at Columbus Medical Center. Mr. Henderson, a native of Troup County, Ga., was born Aug. 7, 1953, and was the son of Wesley Henderson Jr. and the late Laura Bell Henderson. He joined Wehadkee Baptist Church at an early age and…

(NEWELL) Services for Louise A. Lovvorn, 84, of Newell, will be Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home Chapel with J.L. Sparks and Hal Simpson officiating. Burial will follow in Pine Hill Church of Christ Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 on Saturday,…

Handley 24, Jemison 0; Woodland 26, Geraldine 20; Billingsley 18, Wadley 10 Handley 24, Jemison 0 The Handley Tigers defense shut down yet another opponent to earn a round-one playoff victory at Wright Field. The Tigers first touchdown came courtesy of Ladarrious Phillips on a 5-yard rumble with 5:09 lef in the opening quarter. Austin…

RANDOLPH COUNTY LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE Default having been made in the payment of the debt secured by that certain mortgage executed by Jimmy Mack Lester and Sandra Jane Lester, Mortgagors to Small Town Bank, Mortgagee, on August 18, 2006, said mortgage being recorded in the Probate Office of Randolph County, Alabama, on…

With heavy voter participation, Randolph Countians rejected a proposal to allow the legal sale of alcoholic beverages in the county. The tally was 4,756 in favor of legal sales to 5,097 against, approximately 48 percent to 52 percent. County voters gave the nod to statewide amendment No. 1 with 64 percent in favor. This amendment…

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for John Everett Connell, 78, of Wedowee, will be Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Upper Cane Creek Methodist Church with the Rev. Charles Glover officiating. Mr. Connell will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will…

(DONALDSONVILLE, La.) Carl Few, 70, of Donaldsonville, formerly of Lanett, died Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008, at Donaldsonville House Nursing Home in Donaldsonville. A graveside service was Monday, Nov. 3, at 11 a.m. at Rock Mills Baptist Church, Roanoke, Ala., with the Rev. Jeffery Rosser officiating. Mr. Few is survived by two cousins, the Rev. Burnett…

Willie Jackson Oakes of Carrollton, Ga., died Nov. 3, 2008, after a courageous battle with lung cancer. A native Atlantan, Mr. Oakes was born Oct. 30, 1927. His military service to the United States of America included the U.S. Army, Navy, Merchant Marine and Air Force. Mr. Oakes was retired as an ironworker foreman through…

(DOTHAN) Services for Mavis Bolt Pike, 86, of Dothan will be Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel in Roanoke with the Rev. Clark Cornelius officiating. Burial will follow at the Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov.…

(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Douglas Junior Teal, 51, of Carrollton, Ga., died Monday, Nov. 3, 2008. He was born April 15, 1957, in Carroll County, Ga., the son of Edna Mae Latimer Teal and the late Frank Junior Teal. Mr. Teal was a pipe welder for Metro Piping and a member of Bethel Church of God. Besides…

(WOODLAND) Linda Gail Goodwin, 44, of 459 County Road 451, Woodland, formerly of Bowdon, Ga., died Nov. 2, 2008. Funeral services will be Thursday, Nov. 6, at 3 p.m. EST at Mt. Carmel Church in Woodland. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Walker Funeral Home, Carrollton.

(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Lewis Neil Walker, 66, of Carrollton, Ga., died Oct. 29, 2008. He was born April 9, 1942, in Dadeville, Ala., the son of the late Elizabeth Sharp Walker and Charlie R. Walker. Mr. Walker was a retired insurance agent, having worked for Georgia Farm Bureau, and a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church.…

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Raymond L. Hodges, 89, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008 at 11 a.m. at Cedarwood Cemetery, with the Rev. Albert D. Perkins officiating. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday. Mr. Hodges died Thursday, Nov. 6, at Randolph Medical Center.…