(WEDOWEE) Services for Harold Bozeman, 66, of Wedowee will be Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Grove Baptist Church, with the Revs. Donald Spradlin, David Taft and Lynn Janney officiating. Mr. Bozeman will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery.Mr. Bozeman…

Arrests Jason Travis Holloway, 31, and Sarah Mitchell, 26, of 11344 Hwy. 48 W., Wedowee, were arrested at on June 3 and charged with willful abuse of Mitchell’s 4-year-old child. Kevin T. Parker, 42, (no address given) was arrested on June 3 and charged with failure to appear in court (child support). Reginald Dewayne Wright,…

(ROANOKE) Suggs B. (Sugar) Strickland, 88, of 1044 County Road 461, Roanoke, died Friday, June 1, 2007, at Randolph Medical Center. Services for Ms. Strickland will be at Saturday, June 9, at 11 a.m. at Peace and Goodwill Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Rev. L.B. Houston and the Rev. Steve Joiner officiating. Burial will be…

The Southeastern Conference had a chance to do something good for college football last week at the SEC meetings, but in the end the conference rolled over and played dead. Again. Florida president Bernie Machen came to the SEC meetings with a plan for a college football playoff, which would be more popular than the…

The city of Douglas is deep in the pine thickets of south Georgia, midway between Tifton and Waycross. With nearly 11,000 population, it is the county seat of Coffee County. Years ago tobacco and turpentine drove its economy. Today the economy is much more diverse. For example, it has a 1,400-employee Wal-Mart distribution facility, even…

The most popular item on Time Magazine’s web site at the start of this week was a story titled “Karl Rove linked to prosecution of ex-Alabama governor.” It’s the story of an alleged Justice Department-connected plot against former Gov. Don Siegelman based on an affidavit provided by a Rainsville lawyer and Republican operative named Dana…

(ROANOKE) Services for Cleo Cummings Young, 91, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at 2 p.m. a Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Tommy Gene Young officiating. Burial will follow at Welcome Home Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Mrs.…

(LAFAYETTE) Dewey Bremen Smith, 86, of LaFayette died Sunday, June 3, 2007, at LaFayette Extended Care. Military graveside services will be at Ava Methodist Church Cemetery on Tuesday, June 5, at 11 a.m. The Rev. Michael Stiggers will officiate. Pallbearers will be from a military honor guard. Surviving are three sons, Dewey Lamar Smith of…

(ROANOKE) Katheryn Aurelia Owensby of Roanoke died Monday, May 28, 2007, at West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange. Mrs. Owensby, a native of Heard County, Ga., was born June 26, 1925, daughter of the late Rev. Joe Mitchell Strickland and Mrs. Clevia Broome Strickland. She was the fourth child of 12. She was employed with…

(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Olene Hester, 75, of Franklin, Ga., formerly of LaGrange, Ga., died Saturday June 2, 2007, at West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange. Mrs. Hester was born in 1932 in Randolph County, Ala., daughter of the late Jabe and Lillian Knott Woodard. She was retired and was a member of New Community Church and…

(JACKSON’S GAP) Services for Johnie A. “Spot” Jones, 68, of Jackson’s Gap, will be Monday, June 4, 2007, at 11 a.m. at Victory Baptist Church with Dr. John Watkins officiating. Burial will follow in the Hillview Memorial Park. Mr. Jones died on Friday, June 1, at his residence. He was born on July 2, 1938…

ROCK STAND – A respected county minister was arrested on Thursday evening and charged with rape and other sexual offenses. According to Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, the Rev. Robert Stanley Daniel, 59, of 2509 County Rd. 87, Roanoke, is charged with rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree and several other misdemeanor…

(HUNTSVILLE) Joyce Yates Keeble, 78, of Huntsville died Friday, June 1, 2007. Survivors include a son, Bill Keeble, and a daughter, Rebecca Martin of Huntsville; two granddaughters; and a sister, Janet Willis of Apache Junction, Ariz. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, June 4, at Aldersgate United Methodist Church with visitation one hour prior…

(VALLEY) Elvis L. “Chief” Wilson, 78, of Valley died Sunday, May 27, 2007, at George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital, Valley. Services are planned for Wednesday, May 30, at 9 a.m. at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. at Crain Cemetery near Milton, Fla. Mr. Wilson is…

(BISHOP, Ga.) Winnie Bradley Washington, 93, of Bishop, Ga., died Tuesday morning May 29, 2007. Mrs. Washington was born in Randolph County, Ala., on Aug. 2, 1913, the daughter of the late George Bradley and Verna Adcock Bradley. She was a homemaker and member of the Bowdon First Baptist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Betty…

The Troup/Chambers affiliate of Habitat for Humanity would like to start building Habitat houses in Randolph county if there is local interest and support. Habitat for Humanity seeks to eliminate substandard housing by building new homes and selling them to qualified applicants with affordable payments. Approved families are required to join other volunteers in building…

Tired of the stalling tactics in the state Senate, Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom, Jr. last week used the power of his gavel and a procedural maneuver to force senators back to work, a move that will likely save the necessity and the half-million dollar cost of a special session later this year. This means the…

WEDOWEE – During its meeting last week, Randolph County Board of Education approved several amendments to the Student Code of Conduct, including several new policies. New policies allow the use of metal detector searches and the use of trained drug-detecting dogs for school disciplinary or law enforcement purposes. State law permits law enforcement agencies to…

Only two amendments will be on the ballot for Tuesday’s election but both are important. Passage of Amendment 1 is key to future economic development in the state, according to state Rep. Richard Laird, (D-District 37) and state Sen. Kim Benefield (D-13), who both supported passage of the legislation that voters have to approve under…

The local Red Cross board is looking for a local manager to handle Red Cross activities here. The position has been vacant for about two weeks, and two people have already applied, according to Wyner Phillips, who serves on the board. It is a part-time position of only 20 hours a week. Connie Hensley is…