ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSSealed bids for airfield pavement rehabilitation, to be constructed for the CITY OF ROANOKE at the Roanoke Municipal Airport, in Roanoke Alabama, will be received at ROANOKE CITY HALL, 809 MAIN STREET, ROAOKE, AL 36274 until 2:30 PM, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2021, at which time the bids shall be publicly opened and read…
(WEDOWEE) A celebration of life for Chaquanna Charmaine Prothro, 26, of Wedowee will be Saturday, May 1,2021, at 1 p.m. at Grace Community Church. Burial will follow in Pine Flat Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Viewing will be Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. at Grace Community Church in Wedowee. Chaquanna passed away in Carrollton, Ga.,…
(MONTGOMERY) A celebration of life service for Mike Cameron Weaver, 70, of Montgomery will be Saturday, May 1, 2021, at 2 p.m. at Liberty Grove Congregational Methodist Church in Woodland with Bro. Greg Norred officiating. The family will receive friends at the church from 1 to 2 p.m. on Saturday before services begin. Mr. Weaver…
(ROANOKE) Stephen “Stevo” Bradley, 61, died at home on Pine Valley Drive in Roanoke on Thursday, April 22, 2021. He was born Sept. 3,1959. He is survived by his wife, Melissa Bradley; daughter, Nakita Bradley of LaGrange Ga.; son, Roy Feingold of LaGrange; two stepsons, Nicholas Dewberry (Rosemary) and Damon Hann (Sarah), both of Roanoke;…
(PISGAH FOREST, N.C.) On April 20, 2021, Emily Sheppard Brown, 73, of Pisgah Forest, N.C., peacefully left this worldly life. A memorial service will be held at Rocky Branch Baptist Church in Woodland, where Emily was a member and church pianist. Emily loved life and was loved by everyone she knew. She was born and…
(WOODLAND) The funeral for Frankie Lynn Taylor, 66, of Woodland will be Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Jamie Taylor officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Zion Congregational Christian Cemetery, Roanoke. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from noon to 2 p.m. on Tuesday before…
(VERONA, Miss.) Sara Carr Baker, 84, died April 23, 2021, at her residence in Verona, Miss., after an extended illness. A celebration of life was Sunday, April 26, in the Tupelo Chapel of Holland Funeral Directors with Bro. Jerry Ford officiating. Burial followed in Verona City Cemetery. She was born May 14, 1936, in Cullman…
(WEDOWEE) The funeral for T.J. Earwood, 86, of Wedowee will be Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at 1 p.m. at Ava United Methodist Church with Bro. Hunter “Blue” Vardaman and the Rev. Steve Dempsey officiating and Michael J. Earwood delivering the eulogy. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the…
(WOODLAND) Peggy Louise Harmon of Woodland passed away on April 22, 2021. She was 68. The funeral will be Monday, April 26, at 11 a.m. EDT in the chapel of Rainwater Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Beulah Baptist Church. Mrs. Harmon was born January 11, 1953, in Roanoke to the late William Parker and…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Pearlie Dorothy Shelnutt Thompson, 99, of LaGrange, Ga., died April 21, 2021, at WellStar West Georgia Hospice. The funeral will be Friday, April 23, at 2 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home at Hunter-Allen-Myhand with Ryan McArthur and Ben Williamson officiating. Interment will follow at Shadowlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Thompson was born March 14, 1922,…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Jeanette Nation, 66, of Carrollton, Ga., died April 14, 2021. A celebration of life will be Saturday, April 24, at 11 a.m. EDT at Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home’s Carrollton Chapel with Pastor Bradley Bell officiating. Interment will follow in Carrollton City Cemetery. Viewing will be Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. EDT…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Celia Ann Whaley, 86, of Roanoke will be Friday, April 23, 2021, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday. Mrs. Whaley passed…
(WADLEY) The funeral for Cappie Vaughn Carlisle, 69, of Wadley will be Friday, April 23, 2021, at 11 a.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church with the Revs. Mickey Vaughn and Tim Calloway officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday,…
(AUTELL, Ga.) A graveside service for Betty Jean Farlow Phillips, 85, of Austell, Ga., formerly of Cleburne County, will be Thursday, April 22, 2021, at 1 p.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery in Cleburne County with the Rev. Kris Henderson officiating. The family will receive friends at Macedonia Baptist Church from noon to 1 p.m.…
Rainouts, blind umpires, dirty uniforms, apoplectic coaches. There are plenty of things that you can almost always count on during high school baseball season in Alabama. While we’re making this list we might as well add “RCHS going to the playoffs” because it has been a long time since that hasn’t happened. The Tigers swept…
LAKE WEDOWEE – Lake Wedowee Property Owners Association, in cooperation with the Alabama Marine Police, has installed ten hazard buoys atop shoals in Lake Wedowee. The buoys mark areas that are too shallow to safely operate a boat at summer or winter water levels. Boaters are urged to avoid areas marked with the new buoys…
Roanoke City Council unanimously voted Monday to spend $25,000 to potentially make a major improvement on Main Street. The council agreed to purchase the property at 803 Main St., recognizable for its “Security Pest Control” sign, in an effort to address what has long been considered a nuisance property on the city’s primary thoroughfare. The…
In Monday’s meeting of Roanoke Utilities Board, manager Jerry Revis told the board the city’s utilities board had received the highest award given by Alabama Municipal Insurance Corporation and the Municipal Workers’ Compensation Fund. The award recognizes members who have instituted risk management and loss control activities in an effort to reduce their loss ratio.…
Alabama gas prices have fallen 1.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.61/g, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,348 stations in Alabama. Gas prices in Alabama are 5.5 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand $1.04/g higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MILDRED COTTLE WALLER, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Vanessa Burnside on the 13th day of April, 2021, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the…