(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Donya Marie Glenn, 18, of Carrollton, Ga., died July 29, 2007.She was born Aug. 15, 1988 in Carrollton.Survivors include her mother and stepfather, Shelia and Willie Thomas; father and stepmother, Marcus and Michelle Glenn; sisters, Jessica Smith of Woodland, Jasmine Glenn of Bowdon, Ga., and Brittany Dumas and LaRissa Glenn of Carrollton; brothers,…
(PENSACOLA, Fla.) Fred Moses, 81, of Pensacola, Fla. died Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Born in Pulaski, Tenn. On Feb. 15, 1926, he had been a resident of Pensacola for 50 years. He was an army veteran of the Korean War and an employee of Wesley’s Refrigeration for 38 years.…
(ROANOKE) Services for Bobby Wayne Smith, 62, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Johnny Williams and the Rev. S.T. Janney officiating. Burial will follow at Center Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8…
(LANETT) Services for Herman Autry, who died on Sunday, July 29, 2007, at George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital, will be held Saturday, Aug. 4, at St. John Baptist Church on Cherry Drive at 2 p.m. EDT. The Revs. Walter Darden, Thomas Stafford, Billy Drakes, Frank Kennedy Jr. and John Frederick will preside. Burial will follow…
(WEDOWEE) Services for Maudene Ball Jordan, 78, of Wedowee will be Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007, at 2 p.m .at Zion Church of God, with the Rev. Chuck Jaggers officiating. Mrs. Jordan will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the Sellers Family Cemetery. Mrs. Jordan died Thursday,…
(ALEXANDER CITY) Mrs. Elma Knight, 93, of Alexander City, died Tuesday, July 31, 2007, at Chapman Healthcare Center. Services will be held Friday, Aug. 3, at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of Radney Funeral Home in Alexander City with the Revs. Joe Mallory and George Stewart officiating. Graveside services will follow in Hillview Memorial Park.…
Months of practice and play paid off well for the Randolph County 10-and-under travel baseball team. The team went to Lexington, S.C. last week for the USSSA World Series and came home with a third-place title. “The boys did real good,” head coach Jeffery Henderson said. “I was real proud of them.” The Randolph County…
MONTGOMERY — Electronics and shoes are expected to be big sellers as families nationwide begin to stock up for the 2007-2008 school year. This bodes well for Alabama’s second sales tax holiday as some items in both categories are covered in the state’s three-day sales tax holiday. Families with school-aged children are expected to spend…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Dorothy “Ilene” Fling, 84, of LaGrange, Ga., wife of the late Woodrow Fling Sr., died Thursday, July 26, 2007, at Hospice LaGrange. Mrs. Fling was born Nov. 8, 1922, in Randolph County, Ala., daughter of the late Jasper Leon and Ara Belle Bowen Bailey. She had lived in LaGrange most of her life…
A Knight Avenue man was arrested on Friday of last week after Roanoke police officers found several pieces of crack cocaine in his home. According to investigator James Bailey, Jimmy Lamar McCowan, 21, of 714 Knight Ave., is charged with possession of cocaine. Pardons and Paroles assisted RPD with executing a search warrant at McCowan’s…
(CARTERVSILLE, Ga.) David Brannon Crockett Jr., 59, of Cartersville, Ga., formerly of Heard County, Ga., died Friday, July 27, 2007. Services for Mr. Crockett were Monday, July 30, at 2 p.m. at Mount Zion Methodist Church in Glenn, Ga., with the Rev. Fred Mills officiating. Music was provided by Kim Crockett and Bryan Owensby. Pallbearers…
Congressman Mike Rogers congratulated the men and women of the County Line Volunteer Fire Department and Morrison Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department for receiving grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, funding Rogers said would help the Randolph County fire departments purchase new firefighting operations and safety equipment. “Randolph County’s first responders are our first…
(ROANOKE) Vincent A. Martin, 67, of Roanoke, and long-time LaGrange, Ga., resident, died on Thursday, July 26, 2007, at his home. Mr. Martin was born July 26, 1940, in Indiana, son of the late Orville Maurice Martin and Edna Jewell McDougal Martin. He was raised in the Methodist church and was currently attending Community Life…
The Cleburne County Water Authority sprang into action, requested emergency bids, and Strain Construction Company will soon be moving dirt, according to Terry Butler, CCWA operations manager. Running lines to hook up with Randolph County has been a project a long time in the making, he said, probably dating from drawing up plans in 1996,…
From now on, when I am confronted by someone who wants to revisit and re-fight the Civil War from either side or both, I’m gonna tell them about Tom Watson Brown. Brown died in Atlanta last January. Two days before the MLK holiday, six days before the birthday of Robert E. Lee. Had he lived,…
An unsolicited piece of mail that arrived yesterday serves as a reminder that a lot of creativity continues to go into devising ways to separate people from their money. This one came in an official-looking envelope from a Montgomery business that points out the “monetary penalties” and “civil liability actions” that can be imposed for…
Roanoke City Council made several important decisions about a variety of issues at Monday night’s heavily attended meeting. Barry Johnson attended in opposition to the amendment to the ordinance governing rotation of wrecker service; a number of senior citizens attended about a proposal involving the senior citizen center on West Point Street and contractors attended…
Arrests July 26 – Joshua Ricky Kirby, 22, of 2424 County Rd. 91, Roanoke – third-degree assault. July 26 – Kenneth Scott Kirby, 38, of 880 County Rd. 78, Roanoke – third-degree assault. July 24 – Caleb Clemons, 18, (no address given) – harassment. July 24 – Michael Whitten Clemons, 44, of 2098 County Rd.…
(RANBURNE) Bessie Gay Barnes of Ranburne died Thursday, July 26, 2007. She was 92. Mrs. Barnes was born on Aug. 24, 1914, in Cleburne County to the late Newell and Mary Ellen Batchelor Gay. She was a member of Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church and was a retired technician at Tyson Poultry. Survivors include her…
At the recent SEC Football Media Days, the writers and broadcasters who gathered for the three-day football fest cast their lot with Kentucky quarterback Andre Woodson as the best quarterback in the league. Tennessee’s Erik Ainge was named to the second team. When you look at Woodson’s numbers from last season, it is an easily…