(WADLEY) Services for Leila Izora Belcher, 90, of Wadley will be Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, Roanoke, with the Rev. Zenus Windsor and the Rev. Bryan Lee Yates officiating. Burial will follow at Wadley City Cemetery.The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m.…
(WOODLAND) Services for Dolly M. Pollard, 72, of Woodland will be Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Rocky Branch Baptist Church, with the Rev. Lendon Fields and the Rev. Tommy Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends on Monday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Benefield…
(WILLIAMSON, Ga.) Alesha Delores Bailey, 24, of Williamson, Ga., died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007 at her residence. Alesha was born on June 21, 1983, in LaFollette, Tenn. She was a 2005 graduate of Griffin High School and was a member of New Beginnings Christian Church. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Rev. James…
(WADLEY) Services for Gussie “Boe” Clark, 70, of Wadley will be Friday, Dec. 7, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Rock Springs Christian Church, with the Rev. Leon Beasley officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Mr. Clark will…
(ROANOKE) Services for Shelby Jean Ward, 68, of Roanoke will be held Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, at 2 p.m. from Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Gerald Romine officiating. Burial will follow at Napoleon Church of Christ Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7.…
(CUMMING, Ga.) Susie M. Bennett, 84, of Cumming, Ga., passed away Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007 at Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, Ga. She was born Feb. 27, 1923 in Wedowee to Elius Clyde Parker and Lela Mae Nix Parker. Survivors include her husband of 52 years, Everett Bennett, Sr.; two sons, Everett Bennett, Jr. of Cumming; Jimmy…
(ROANOKE) Services for Alais Cofield, 88, of Roanoke will be Satruday, Dec. 8, 2007, at 11 a.m. at Center Chapel Baptist Church with the Revs. Jody Overton and Rdiley Herren officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday,…
(ROANOKE) Services for Alais Cofield, 88, of Roanoke will be Friday, Dec. 8, 2007, at 11 a.m. at Center Chapel Baptist Church with the Revs. Jody Overton and Rdiley Herren officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday,…
(LANETT) Services for Donaldleen “Donnie” Knight Sorrell, 81, of Lanett will be Friday, Dec. 7, 2007, at 11 a.m. (Eastern time) at Community Chapel Church of God in Lanett, with the Rev. Lauren Sutton officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Lanett from 6 to…
(ROANOKE) Services for Shelby Jean Ward, 68, of Roanoke will be held Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, at 2 p.m. from Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Gerald Romine officiating. Burial will follow at Napoleon Church of Christ Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7.…
(WADLEY) Services for Gussie “Boe” Clark, 70, of Wadley will be Friday, Dec. 7, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Rock Springs Christian Church, with the Rev. Leon Beasley officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Mr. Clark will…
(WEDOWEE) Memorial services for Myra Jo Lovvorn Kelley, Wedowee, 62, were held Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007, at 2 p.m. from her home, 2338 Co. Rd. 29, Wedowee. Mrs. Kelley died Wednesday, Nov. 28, at her home. Survivors include her mother, Louise Ayers Lovvorn of Newell; two daughters, Melissa K. and Donna Benefield both of Wedowee;…
Sixty years after he got his first broken banjo, James Watson of Roanoke was inducted into the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame for his years of accomplishment on the instrument. The induction ceremony was Saturday, Nov. 24, and was the most recent of a number of awards Watson, now 72, has received through the…
Two down, two to go. Christmas parades in Wadley and Wedowee put local folks in a holiday mood, with parades in Woodland and Roanoke still to come. Woodland’s parade will be this Saturday, and the Woodland event is much more than just a parrade. Live entertainment will begin at 10 a.m., and Bank of Wedowee…
The Randolph County girls’ basketball team is full of youth. But this young group of Tigers is an aggressive one. Randolph County returns no seniors to this year’s squad, three juniors (one of which has never played) and a handful of lower classmen who should make the backbone of this season’s squad. “Being with a…
“Put Christ back into Christmas,” say those who think the holiday should be a pious celebration of the birth of Jesus and who resent the term “Xmas” as a cave-in to those who want to take the religious element out of the holiday. I surfed the Internet in search of the roots of Christmas traditions.…
On a windy Monday the Roanoke Beautification Committee and the city’s garden clubs turned out to plant the pots in downtown Roanoke to start beautifying where they can. Beautification members are Dorothy Tidwell, Freddie Hill, Suzanne Kniffen, Doris Handley, Ann Hammond and Evelyn Norton. Members of the Roanoke Garden Club, Crape Myrtle Garden Club and…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF JUDITH R. COOLEY, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned Dwight T. Cooley on the 3rd day of Dec., 2007, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court of Randolph County, notice is hereby given…
Ann Caldwell is one of those rare people who completely loves her job but after 33 years she is preparing to turn the director of music position at Southern Union State Community College over to someone else. She seems like someone who would be comfortable on Broadway instead of producing performances in rural Alabama but…
From the beginning of our friendship at Clarke County Elementary School, Ted and I had something in common – we read. There was no TV back then. No video games. And very little on the radio to appeal to youngsters. So we read, and from our reading drew inspiration for the games we played. But…