“Take my license, all that jive. I can’t drive 55”-Sammy HagarI got my driver’s license just in time for the speed limit to be lowered to 55 miles per hour.55 probably saved my life. I was not only a fast driver but a stupid one. It took several speeding tickets, but I eventually learned my…
(FIVE POINTS) Graveside services for James Kennedy “Kenny” Martin, 45, of Five Points will be Thursday, Aug. 17, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Standing Rock Methodist Church Cemetery, with the Rev. Phillip Johnson officiating. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday. Mr. Martin died Tuesday,…
This summer my son and I watched the World Cup, which I enjoy because soccer reminds me of Scotland and Scotland reminds me what it takes to be Southern. Let me explain. I managed to make it almost 19 years without soccer. Then, in the winter of 1962, my junior college football coach decided the…
Season tickets for the upcoming Woodland varsity football season are now available to past season ticket holders for $50. The tickets will be available strictly to past season ticket holders until Friday, August 18 when the remainder will be sold on a first come, first serve basis. Roanoke youth football The following dates remain for…
Handley High School is offering a 12-week elective this year called “Community Studies.” Team teachers Christy Fordham and Merredith Sears are working in conjunction with city and county leaders to offer students a variety of learning experiences, most of which take place outside the traditional classroom. One of their main objectives is for their students…
Arrests Joseph Dewayne “Wayne” Whaley, 44, of Lanett was arrested on Aug. 14 and charged with probation violation. William Lee “Sonny” Norred, 65, of 4626 County Rd. 16, Roanoke, was arrested on Aug. 13 at Moore’s Quick Stop and charged with DUI, driving with a suspended license and no tag. Jimmy Winford Dunn, 50, of…
The Roanoke Rotary Club is very appreciative of the people who came out and supported its fundraiser Friday night, said Chad Prince. Traylor Retirement Community and Therapy Resources of East Alabama, where Prince works, sponsored the concert, along with the Rotary Club. Rotarians and volunteers cleared $1,500 towards its $140,000 goal to provide an imaginative…
MONTGOMERY — There is an unwritten rule that general election campaigns in Alabama don’t begin until Labor Day weekend. One reason for this is that the party nominees need to catch their breaths from their primary campaigns. Another is that the voters of Alabama would like a break from the constant campaigning before the fall…
FORT HOOD, Texas – Alabama’s 1st Battalion, 131st Aviation Regiment from Hope Hull was honored Sunday, July 30, during a deployment ceremony at Leo Buckley Stadium in nearby Killeen, Texas. The Alabama Army Guard battalion, with a motto “Where Eagles Dare,” was part of more than 2,700 soldiers that comprise the 36th Combat Aviation Brigade…
Thursday morning was not the best time to be catching a flight, British authorities only hours earlier having broken up a plot to blow up U.S.-bound flights from Great Britain using liquid explosives. Yet there I was at the Atlanta airport for a flight to Washington, witnessing first-hand the pandemonium that ensued as Transportation Security…
(MODESTO, Calif.) Sidney Cofield, 57, of Modesto, Calif., died Saturday, July 15, 2006, at Doctors Medical Center following an automobile accident. Mr. Cofield was a native of Roanoke, born Feb. 9, 1949, to the late James and Louise Cofield. He had lived in Modesto since 1991. Mr. Cofield worked at General Motors in Milwaukee, Wis.,…
(WEDOWEE) Fred Andrews, 71, of Wedowee died Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006. Services will be Saturday, Aug. 19, at 11 a.m. at Union Chapel United Methodist Church, Wedowee, with the Rev. William W. Crawford officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Earme Andrews of Chicago, Ill.; his mother, Lula Andrews of…
(OWENSBORO, Ky.) Joseph Howard Pearl Sr., 76, of Owensboro, Ky., died Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006, at Owensboro Medical Health System. Born Jan. 19, 1930, to the late Jessie and Oda Lucas Pearl, he was a member of Precious Blood Catholic Church; retired from Fields Packing where he worked for 39 years; was an Army veteran…
(WOODLAND) Services for Jesse E. Shelton, 81, of Woodland will be Thursday, Aug. 17, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Bear Creek United Methodist Church, with the Revs. Cloyse Johnson, Gary Henderson and Jerry Wiggins officiating. Shelton will lie in state at the church one hour before the service. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.…
(ROANOKE) Services for Frank Alcocer, 64, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Damian Romero and the Rev. Derick Farr officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m. on Monday.…
WADLEY) Services for Patricia Gail Harris, 73, of Wadley will be Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, Roanoke, with the Rev. Brian Lee and the Rev. Mark McGee officiating. Burial will follow in Wadley City Cemetery. Mrs. Harris died Friday, Aug. 11, at Bethany House. Survivors include three sons, Randy…
(ATHENS, Ala.) Arthur Joseph Bailey, 78, of Athens, Ala., died Friday, Aug. 11, 2006, At Huntsville Hospital. Services will be Sunday, Aug. 13, at 2 p.m. at Oak Grove Church of Christ, Woodland, with Allen Daniel officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday, Aug. 12, from 6 to 8 p.m.…
(WEDOWEE) Rachel Corrine Elwell, 83, of Wedowee, formerly of Fayetteville, Ga., died Aug. 3, 2006. She was a member of Inman United Methodist Church. She is survived by her daughter, Gloria J. “Dodie” Winslett of Wedowee; one son, W. Larry Elwell of Douglasville, Ga.; four grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; one sister, Marie Carlisle; brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law; nieces…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Mary Edith Bryan, 89, of LaGrange, Ga., died Thursday, Aug. 10, 2006, at the Florence Hand Home. Mrs. Bryan was born June 1, 1917, in Randolph County, Ala., daughter of the late Lant and Ella Costley Hester. She was a charter member of Grace Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter, Lucille…
(WEDOWEE) Wildred W. West, 86, of Wedowee died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006, at Wedowee Hospital. Services will be Saturday, Aug. 12, at 11 a.m. at Union Chapel United Methodist Church, Wedowee, with the Rev. William W. Crawford officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Survivors include two sisters, Della Phillips of Atlanta and Alzadia…