WEDOWEE – Wadley High School’s assistant principal Todd Wilson was approved as the next principal during Monday evening’s Randolph County Board of Education meeting.Wilson will take over the position from Joe Wilkerson, who is retiring effective Oct. 1.Melody Phillips was hired as special education teacher at Woodland High School. Board member Wendell Morrison abstained from…
WEDOWEE – Randolph County Animal Shelter hosted a tour of its half-finished facility for local elected officials on Friday afternoon of last week. Shelter president Carol Nicholson welcomed County Commission Chairman Kevin Spears, Roanoke Mayor Spec Bonner, Woodland Mayor Tim Prince and Woodland Town Clerk Lucy Arrington. The building is located at the end of…
Here’s my preview of the 2006 Falcons broken into three basic categories. Things that have me concerned: 1. Ed Hartwell is not healthy. Having both your knees scoped less than three weeks before the season starts after sitting out the last three-fourths of the previous season is not a good sign of impending productivity. That’s…
MONTGOMERY — If you are one of those political junkies who likes mud-slinging campaigns, it would appear you are going to be in hog’s heaven — pun intended — for the next two months. A day rarely passes that Gov. Bob Riley and Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley are not throwing one mud ball after another…
(WADLEY) Harry Worthey, 59, of Wadley died Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Services will be at Hope Memorial Christian Church at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12, with interment at Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Bobby Burroughs will officiate. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at…
(WOODSTOCK, Ga.) Services for Richard K. Spradlin, 59, of Woodstock, Ga., formerly of Woodland, will be Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Grey Hill Church of God with the Rev. Bill Calhoun and the Rev. Billy Kennedy officiating. Mr. Spradlin will lie in state at the church one hour before the service. Burial…
(ASHLAND) Services for Ann Elliott Futral, 86, of Ashland will be Friday, Sept. 15, 2006, at 10 a.m. at Pensacola Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, with Ricky Elliott and Bran Futral officiating. Burial will follow at Pensacola Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at Pensacola Memorial Gardens Funeral Home from 9 to 10 a.m. on…
(ATLANTA, Ga.) Millie Longshore, 79, of Atlanta died Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006, at Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta. Services will be Saturday, Sept. 16, at 11 a.m. at Rock Mills Baptist Church, with the Rev. Jerone Fannin and the Rev. R.L. Heflin officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include a son, Aaron Longshore of…
(LAFAYETTE) Edna Williamson Bledsoe, 78, of LaFayette died Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006, at LaFayette Extended Care in LaFayette. Graveside services were held Monday, Sept. 11, at 11 a.m. at LaFayette City Cemetery with the Revs. Iris Adams and Joe Schuck officiating. Mrs. Bledsoe is survived by her husband, William “Bill” Bledsoe of LaFayette; three children,…
(RIVERDALE, Ga.) Robert Berry, 63, of Riverdale, Ga., died Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006, at Southern Regional Medical Center, Riverdale. Services will be Thursday, Sept. 14, at noon at Rehope Baptist Church, LaFayette, with the Rev. Dr. H.L. Jones officiating. Burial will be in Peace and Goodwill Baptist Church Cemetery, Roanoke. Survivors include a daughter, Andrea…
(WADLEY) Harry Worthey, 59, of Wadley died Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Services will be at Hope Memorial Christian Church at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12, with interment at Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Bobby Burroughs will officiate. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at…
(WETUMPKA) Graveside services for James Alton Sanders, 77, of Wetumpka, formerly of Roanoke will be Monday, Sept. 11, 2006, at 11 a.m. at Cedarwood Cemetery, with the Rev. Tony Slay officiating. Mr. Sanders died Friday, Sept. 8, at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. Survivors indclude three daughters, Uveda Tidwell of Pinson, Christine Little of Wetumpka and…
(ROANOKE) Charlie Herbert Whitlow, 71, of 623 Coleman Street, Roanoke, died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Services will be Saturday, Sept. 9, at 11 a.m. at Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Revs. Jeffery Rosser (pastor), J.D. Darden (eulogist), Calvin Trammell, W.C. Houston and William Phillips officiating. Burial…
(ANNISTON) Services for Floyd M. Clark Jr., 81, of Anniston will be 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10, 2006, at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Woodfin Grove and Bobby Green officiating. The family will receive friends after the memorial service at the church in the narthex. Mr. Clark died Friday, Sept. 8, at NHC.…
(ANNISTON) Services for Annie Pearl Moore, 89, of Anniston will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Wadley with the Rev. Cornelius Reese officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. The body will be at the church one hour prior. Mrs. Moore died on Friday, Aug. 25, at Regional…
(WADLEY) Services for the Rev. Johnny Ray Foster, 64, will be Saturday, Sept. 9, at 11 a.m. at Midway United Methodist Church in Wedowee with the Revs. Mickie Vaughn, Zenus Windsor and Marlin Miller officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Foster died Wednesday, Sept. 6, at Lineville Health and Rehabilitation Center. He…
(LANETT) Bud Hester, 85, of Lanett died Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006, at Lanier Memorial Nursing Home in Valley. Services were Friday, Sept. 8, at 2 p.m. at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home in Valley. Burial followed at Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Mr. Hester is survived by his wife, Sara W. Hester; his daughter, Wanda Askew of Lanett;…
(ROANOKE) Charlie Herbert Whitlow, 71, of 623 Coleman Street, Roanoke, died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Services will be Saturday, Sept. 9, at 11 a.m. at Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Revs. Jeffery Rosser, J.D. Darden, Calvin Trammell, W.C. Houston and William Phillips officiating. Burial will be…
Employees and supporters of Randolph County Health Department helped to celebrate the groundbreaking for a new building on Wednesday of last week on Main Street in Roanoke. The new building will be next door to Roanoke Electronic Controls, across the street from Pizza Xpress. Whereas the present building on Price Street has less than 8,000…
Among recent indictments the Randolph County Grand Jury indicted four defendants on murder charges and four defendants in a methamphetamine drug laboratory case. After arrests are made other indictments will be announced. Grand jurors indicted Cecil Gunn, 48, of 485 Lucky St., on a charge of murder in the April 14 death of his girlfriend,…