(ANNISTON) Services for Marzie Hall, 73, of Anniston will be Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007, at Gray Brown-Service Mortuary. Burial will follow at Eden Hills Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening, from 6 to 8, at the funeral home.Mrs. Hall died Thursday, Feb. 1, at Regional Medical Center.Survivors include a daughter, Angela Hall Jackson…
(VALLEY) Mary Frances Ingram, 85, of Valley died Monday, Feb. 5, 2007, at her residence. Services will be Wednesday, Feb. 7, at 2 p.m. EST at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Steve York officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Ingram is survived by many nieces and nephews,…
(WEDOWEE) Services for Christopher Bruce McKay, 49, of Wedowee, formerly of Douglasville, Ga., will be Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel in Roanoke, with Dr. John Pennington, the Rev. Don Paris and the Rev. Jim Battles officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Roanoke. The family will…
Local businessman George Condy presented a third check to city hall Friday to repay part of the check given to him to represent the city of Roanoke in Korea and it has cleared the bank. Citizens and the city council are questioning why he was given a check in March 2006 for a trip he…
A Roanoke man was critically injured on Saturday evening during a propane explosion at his home at 1091 County Rd. 59. Authorities at the scene said 84-year-old Sam Little was transported by LifeFlight to University Hospital in Birmingham. Firefighters from Rock Stand Volunteer Fire Department were assisted by those from Roanoke, Rock Mills and Tin…
(LINEVILLE) Services for Willard Fuller, 85, of Lineville will be Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Liberty Church of Christ, with J.L. Sparks officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Fuller died Sunday, Feb. 4, at Clay County Hospital. He was a native and lifelong resident of Randolph County, a saw…
(DECATUR) Services for Charles R. Lipham, 66, of Decatur, formerly of Oxofrd, will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007, at Gray Brown-Service Mortuary, with the Rev. Steve Dutton officiating. Burial will follow at Forestlawn Gardens. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Lipham died Sunday,…
(ROCK MILLS) Services for Lamerle Benefield Yarbrough, 82, of Rock Mills will be Monday, Feb. 5, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Stanley Yarbrough, Rev. Tommy Burke and Rev. S.T. Janney officiating. Burial will follow at Wehadkee Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:30…
Local businessman George Condy presented a third check to city hall Friday to repay part of the check given to him to represent the city of Roanoke in Korea and it has cleared the bank. Citizens and the city council are questioning why he was given a check in March 2006 for a trip he…
(ROANOKE) Services for Nola Banks Bartlett, 101, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Frank Foster officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday. Mrs. Bartlett died Saturday, Feb.…
ROCK MILLS – A Rock Mills woman was arrested on Thursday and charged in connection with the death of her 4-year-old daughter. According to Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Jimmy Holmes, the child, Tamera Allen, was found to be unresponsive at her home on Thursday morning. She was taken by ambulance to the Randolph Medical…
Investigators with the state fire marshal’s office have been in Roanoke this week looking into the scene of a fire that occurred on Monday at approximately 5 p.m. at 132 East Ave., in Roanoke’s mill village. Police Chief Adam Melton said that the fire has been ruled a set fire. Although there are some strong…
(VALLEY) William C. Davis, 85, of Valley died Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007, at Bill Nichols State Veterans Home in Alexander City. Graveside services will be Saturday, Feb. 3, at 3:30 p.m. EST at Fairfax Cemetery with Dr. Kenneth Overby officiating. Mr. Davis is survived by his daughters, Debbie Sue Davis and Betty Carol Workman, both…
(LAGRANGE) Ruth F. Bassett, 85, of LaGrange died Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007, at Florence Hand Home. Mrs. Bassett was born Sept. 29, 1921, in Roanoke, daughter of the late James Thomas Fincher and Maggie Florence Whatley Fincher. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Roanoke and was the owner and operator of Ruth’s…
(WEDOWEE) Services for William Alton “Bill” Cochran Jr., 63, of Wedowee will be Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Prospect Baptist Church, Clayton, Barbour County, with the Rev. Brian Moore officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at Benefield Funeral Home from 4 to 8 p.m. on…
State Rep. Richard Laird and Randolph County Industrial Development Council president Lamar Davis hope their trip to Seoul, South Korea during the holidays planted a seed. They said there is no way to know if this planted seed will grow into Randolph County getting a supplier industry to the planned Kia plant in West Point,…
(NEWELL) Services for Morris H. Baker, 83, of Newell will be 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, at Flint Hill Baptist Church in Micaville with the Rev. Raymond Angel officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Public visitation will be Thursday from 12 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Survivors include wife, Alma…
(WOODLAND) Services for Roy Lee Yates, 80, of Woodland will be Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, at 11 a.m. CST at Shiloh Baptist Church, with the Revs. Tony Morris, Ronnie Puckett and David Haag officiating. Mr. Yates will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in Shawmut Cemetery. Mr.…
A devastating motorcycle crash that occurred on Seymour Drive in Roanoke last Friday severely injured the driver of the bike. The driver, 32-year old Willie Reed Jr., was taken by Emergency Medical Transport to the helicopter pad at Randolph Medical Center and then flown to UAB by Alabama Life Flight. Reed’s shin was torn to…