(ROANOKE) Services for Kermit Desmer Butler, 87, of Roanoke, will be Friday, July 18, 2008, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens.The family will receive friends at the funeral home from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, July 19. .Mr. Butler died…
CORINTH NORTH—The arrest of a Corinth North couple following a crank lab bust last week has led to even more serious charges for the husband. According to Billy Lane of Randolph County Narcotics Unit, Tommy Allen Glasgow, 41, and Leslie Mae Glasgow, 43, of 834 County Rd. 205, were arrested on Wednesday of last week…
10:30 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets behind the former KFC in Roanoke in the building with the blue awning. 11:30 a.m. The Randolph_County chapter of the American Association of_Retired Persons meets at The Galley_Restaurant in Roanoke for a Dutch treat lunch. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, July 17 noon Roanoke…
Numbers of kittens and puppies are skyrocketing at the shelter. Come on out and find your new best friend; there are all types to choose from. On Saturday, July 19, animals will be available for adoption at the “Safety Awareness Day” at Wal-Mart in Roanoke. Plan to join us in August for some exciting skiing,…
COUNTY OF RANDOLPH PROBATE COURT IN RE: ESTATE OF EULA M. BILLINGSLEY, DECEASED NOTICE OF HEARING TO PROBATE WILL TO: Adrione Billingsley Tidwell Elonda Boddie Kisha Billingsley Jones Jarvis Jones Billingsley Anthony Parker You are hereby notified that on this day came Charlie H. West and filed in this Court a certain paper in writing,…
The autopsy report on Hipolito Dominquez has come back and showed the 29-year-old man had no drugs or alcohol in his system, Randolph County Sheriff’s Investigator Jimmy Holmes said. He died from hypertensive cardiovascular disease or congestive heart failure, according to the Department of Forensic Sciences report, Holmes said. Dominquez had recently moved to Clay…
With gas prices averaging over $4 a gallon nationwide, the heat is on for Congress to get a new energy policy in gear. Most folks understand there is no one silver bullet for bringing down high gas prices. One common sense solution—lifting the ban on environmentally-safe energy exploration in the Outer Continental Shelf and the…
(WADLEY) Services for Maureen Lynne Lathrop, 45, of Wadley were Tuesday, July 15, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Brian Yates officiating. Burial followed at Midway United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wedowee. Mrs. Lathrop died Saturday, July 12, at University of Alabama Hospital, Birmingham. Survivors include her husband, Bruce Lathrop of…
(ROANOKE) Services for Lonnie B. Norred, 83, of Roanoke, age 83, will be Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at 4 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Johnny Williams and Greg Norred officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on…
(ROANOKE) Services for Kermit Desmer Butler, 87, of Roanoke, will be Friday, July 19, 2008, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, July 19. . Mr.…
(LINEVILLE) Services for Mrs. Vestula Latham Price, 91, of Lineville will be at 11 a.m. Monday, July 14, 2008, at the Benefield Funeral Home Chapel in Lineville with the Rev. Billy Todd officiating. Burial will follow in the Clay County Memory Gardens. Mrs. Price died Saturday, July 12, at the Dr. C.P. Horn Nursing Home…
(CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.) William Jackson Sr., 92, of Chattanooga died Tuesday, July 8, 2008. Mr. Jackson was born in Randolph County Oct. 24, 1915, son of the late John and Jennie Jackson. He joined First Missionary Baptist Church, Roanoke, at an early age. He moved to Chattanooga in the mid-1950s and worked with Richelson Iron and…
Services for Ima Lou Phillips, 83, of Delta will be Tuesday, July 15, 2008, at 11 a.m. at Center West Baptist Church, with the Revs. Steve Dempsey and Jerry Colquett officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Phillips died Saturday, July 12, at her residence. She was born in Cleburne County but had…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Services for Ruby Smith Patterson, 90, of LaGrange, Ga., formerly of Roanoke, will be Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Stanley Yarbrough and John Dockweiler officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to…
(ROANOKE) Services for Elmer Jr. Fincher, 76, of Roanoke will be held Sunday, July 13, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church with the Revs. Richard Richie and Scott Whaley officiating. Mr. Fincher will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. The family…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Bob Brown, 73, of LaGrange, Ga., died Thursday, July 10, 2008, at his home. Mr. Brown was born Aug. 12, 1934, in Hogansville, Ga. He was a member of Bethel Chapel Baptist and was retired from Dunson Plant. Survivors include a stepdaughter, Debra Costley of Roanoke; stepson, Ronnie Lester of Hardwick, Ga.; several…
A man who went into a grocery store in Lanett got more than groceries. When a Kroger employee, Tony White, spotted the man, Curtis Dale Brooks, 44, of Lanett he was shocked because he was the man who robbed him at a Roanoke florist during June, Roanoke Police Chief Adam Melton said. White called Melton…
The work taking place in the downtown area means the lights will come back on quicker in the event of storms and outages. Bud Heard, who is engineering supervisor with Alabama Power Company, said the power company is converting the downtown area from a 4KV system to a 12KV system, or from a 4,160 kilovolt…
LAKE WEDOWEE – A Georgia man was injured on Sunday when the limb holding up a rope swing over Lake Wedowee broke and struck him. According to Marine Police officer Barry Popham, William Travis, who has a home on the Little Tallapoosa River, was transported by Southern Ambulance to Randolph Medical Center. Travis’s friends could…
It occurs to me that I have under-exploited my relationship to Cousin J.D. Davis, a talented self-proclaimed redneck who lives somewhere in Aiken County, S.C., and like me, was an early disciple of our late Uncle Tom Rains. So it gives me great pleasure to pass along J.D.’s ingenious proposal: to add yellow-jacket nest-robbing to…