(WOODLAND) Services for Clarence Malcolm “Mack” Stewart, 81, of Woodland will be Thursday, May 18, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Pine Hill Christian Church, with the Rev. Ed Pannell and the Rev. David Daniel officiating. Mr. Stewart will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow at Goldridge Baptist…
(ROANOKE) Services for Sara Pauline McCormick, 84, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, May 16, 2006, at 2 p.m. at House of Prayer, with the Rev. Margie Boggs and the Rev. Carol Royster officiating. Burial will follow at Big Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 9:30 a.m. to…
WEDOWEE – The professional development provided by a grant was the “magic touch” when it comes to improving reading scores at Rock Mills School, said principal Patricia Prince. During the May meeting of Randolph County Board of Education, Prince and reading coach Amanda Yarbrough gave a report on the progress made with Rock Mills’ Alabama…
Apparently Audio City on Main Street was the target during the weekend, with apparently unrelated break-ins on Saturday and Sunday nights. But in both cases Roanoke Police officers caught the culprits in the store, according to Chief Adam Melton. “It was pretty good,” he said, adding: “I was very proud of (the officers).” Burglary alarms…
11:30 a.m. The Randolph County chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons meets at The Galley Restaurant in Roanoke for a Dutch treat lunch. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, May 18 8:30 a.m. Randolph County Commission will have an agenda workshop at Randolph County Courthouse Annex. noon Roanoke…
(ALEXANDER CITY) Service for Elton Rayford Murphy, 90, of Alexander City, will be Wednesday, May 17, 2006, at 11 a.m. at the chapel of Radney Funeral Home. Bro. Brent Rice will officiate. Burial will follow in Elk Grove Cemetery in California. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, May 16, from 5 to 7 p.m.…
Jurors convicted Jimmy Collins of assault in the second degree Tuesday in the Nov. 15, 2005 incident that injured Roanoke police investigator Jonathan Heard. Jurors deliberated about 55 minutes in the two-day trial. Presiding circuit Judge Howard Bryan, who oversaw the trial, will sentence Collins June 29. Collins has two prior felony convictions so his…
(ROANOKE) Services for Robert Leon Loyd, 48, of Roanoke will be Friday, May 19, 2006, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Richard Richie officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Mr. Loyd died Tuesday, May…
(DECATUR, Ga.) Allen Culbertson, 68, died Thursday, May 11, 2006, at Odyssey Health Care in Decatur, Ga. Services will be Saturday, May 20, at 2 p.m. at St. Paul Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Revs. William Phillips, Jeffery Rosser, J.D. Darden and Joe Cofield officiating. Interment will follow in the Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery in…
(Carrabelle, Fla.) Josephine Teague Woods, 81, of Carrabelle, Fla., formerly of Rome, Ga., died Saturday, May 13, 2006, at Harbour Breeze Nursing Home in Carrabelle. Mrs. Woods was born in Randolph County on Jan. 22, 1925, daughter of the late Dotridge and Lura Sewell Teague. She was a graduate of Woodland High School and Georgia…
Alabama legislators are working hard to “bring home the bacon.” The bacon, or pork, in this case is around $13.4 million of our tax dollars that have been set aside to be handed out as individual legislators see fit. Getting their hands on that money as soon as possible is especially important in an election…
WOODLAND – It’s been nearly five months since the 2005 football season ended. And Woodland football fans just this past Friday night, finally got their first glimpse of what the 2005 team might have looked like. Trae Strain and Alex Higgins shared the same backfield for the first time since last season’s fall jamboree, and…
Much has been made of the non-campaign Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley is waging for the Democratic nomination for governor, but maybe with the endorsements she got last week she doesn’t need to campaign. In rapid-fire order Baxley was endorsed by the New South Coalition, the Alabama State Employees Association and the Alabama Democratic Conference. The…
DOTHAN – If history repeats itself the Southern Union Bison are not on a good track in the ACCC tournament. Last season the Bison lost their first game, won their next two, then lost the fourth to end their season two games shy of the tournament championship game. This season’s tournament is following the same…
(ROANOKE) Louise G. Staples, 79, of 1311 Satterwhite Street, Roanoke, died Saturday, May 6, 2006, at Randolph Medical Center, Roanoke. Services will be Tuesday, May 9, at 11 a.m. at Peace and Goodwill Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Rev. Lonnie B. Houston officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include one daughter, Lois…
Good books, art, company, prizes and refreshments will dominate the fifth annual Randolph County Animal Shelter book sale, set for Saturday at the warehouse across from Cedarwood Cemetery. It will begin at 8:30 and conclude when there are no more book lovers perusing the shelves. The Randolph County Historical Museum, Inc. down the street is…
(TALLADEGA) Services for Kirby Ray Boyd, 66, of Talladega will be Tuesday, May 16, 2006, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Ridley Herren officiating. Burial will follow in Forrester’s Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Boyd died Saturday, May 13, at Baptist Montclair Hospital, Birmingham. The family will receive friends on Monday from 5…
(ANNISTON) Services for Cornelia Godwin, 82, of Anniston will be Monday, May 15, 2006, at 1 p.m. at Springhill Baptist Church in Bynum with the Rev. Nathaniel McRath officiating. Burial will be in Chulafinnee Cemetery in Chulafinnee with Anniston Funeral Service in charge. The body will be at the church one hour prior. Mrs. Godwin…
ALABAMA PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR WHEREAS, the Alabama Legislature at its Regular Session of 2005 ordered an election to be held on a certain proposed amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, set out herein as Act No. 2005-35, to provide that no marriage license shall be issued in Alabama to parties of the…
(PELL CITY) Services for Charles Millard Mize, 93, of Pell City, will be Saturday, May 13, 2006, at 11 a.m. at Brown & Kughn Memory Chapel with the Revs. Dorsey White and Leron Murphy officiating and Mr. Tracy Chandler speaking. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 Friday, May 12, at the funeral…