(LINCOLN) Services for the Rev. Kenneth Bruce Parker, 66, of Lincoln, were be Monday, Jan. 30, 2006, at 11 a.m. at the Chapel of Radney Funeral Home. The Rev. Dorothy Ann Webster and Rev. Jim Napp officiated. Burial followed in Hillview Memorial Park.Rev. Parker died Thursday, Jan. 26, at Citizens Baptist Medical Center.He was born…
(ROANOKE) Services for Audrey L. Kirby, 88, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Jan. 28, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with Bro. Billy Prince Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Taylor’s Crossroads Church of Christ Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday. Miss…
(LANETT) Mrs. Claudie Hester Smith, 81, of Lanett died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006, at Hospice LaGrange in LaGrange. Funeral services were Tuesday, Jan. 24, at 2 p.m. at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Gordon Brown officiating. Burial will follow at Ebenezer Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Smith is survived by one…
(AUBURN) Ruby Gurtrude Burton Drake, 92, of Auburn died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006, at Care Center of Opelika. Graveside services were at 1 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27, at Wadley Cemetery, with the Rev. George Mathinson officiating. Surviving are two sons, James Bob Drake and Dennis Cecil Drake of Auburn; a granddaughter, three great-grandsons; a…
(LANETT) Ellen Wade Gordon, 76, of Lanett died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006, at her residence. Services were Saturday, Jan. 28, at 2 p.m. at Happy Valley Baptist Church in Lanett with the Revs. Rusty Letson, Floyd Aikens and Mark McGee officiating. Burial followed at Resthaven Memorial Gardens in Lanett. Mrs. Gordon is survived by three…
(HUEYTOWN) Clyde McGill, 78, of Hueytown died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. Mr. McGill was a Wadley native, son of the late Jimmy and Mozell McGill, and a 1946 graduate of Wadley High School. He was a retired Liberty National Life Insurance agent with 27 years of service. He was a member of First United Methodist…
(ROCKY MOUNT, N.C.) Louise M. Mitchell, 77, died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006, at the home of her daughter in North Carolina. Born in Randolph County to the late Thomas Leroy and Grace Morrison, she was the loving wife of the late Rev. Warren Mitchell. She retired from the Coca-Cola Bottling Company with more than 25…
(WEDOWEE) Services for Annie Gaston Greene, 86, of Wedowee were Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Corinth United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Tommy Burke and Chad Lee officiating. Burial was in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Greene died Friday, Jan. 27, at Sylacauga Health Care. Mrs. Greene is survived by one daughter, Emmie…
(ROANOKE) Services for Michael Anthony Sheppard, 46, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Revs. Gerald Sheppard, Roscoe Weaver and David Weaver officiating. Burial will follow at Liberty East Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8…
(ANNISTON) Services for Ora D. Tolbert, 68, of Anniston will be 12 noon Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006, at New Jerusalem AFM in Anniston with Bishop T.C. Tolbert, Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery in Wedowee The body will lie in state at the church 1 hour prior to service. Mr. Tolbert…
(ROANOKE) Kevin Lamar Rowe, 49, of Roanoke died Monday, Jan. 2, 2006, at Randolph Medical Center, Roanoke. Memorial services were held on Saturday, Jan. 7, at Mt. Olive United Methodist Church in Wadley (Dickert), with the Rev. Jeffery Rosser and Bishop William Heard officiating. Mr. Rowe is survived by a son, Shannon Fincher of Roanoke;…
(ROANOKE) Cornelia Louise Barnes, 80, of Roanoke died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006, at Randolph Medical Center in Roanoke. Services will be Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 2 p.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church in Five Points, with the Rev. Sanford Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in Skyview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Barnes is survived by her husband Charlie…
(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) Lorene Rice Davis, 78, of Jacksonville, Fla., died Friday, Jan. 20, 2006. Mrs. Davis was born March 31, 1927, in Randolph County, Ala., daughter of the late Ezra and Julia Rice. She had lived in Jacksonville for the past seven years, but lived most of her life in LaGrange, Ga. She was a…
(ANNISTON) Services for Julia Ware, 90, of Anniston were at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, 2006, at Oak Grove Methodist Church in Randolph County with the Rev. David Thomas officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Ware died Saturday, Jan. 21, at Jacksonville Health & Rehab in Jacksonville. Survivors include one son, Robert Ware…
(NEWELL) Services for Clara Norred Miles, 96, of Newell will be Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006, at 11 a.m. at Cavers Grove Congregational Christian Church, with the Revs. Gordon Taylor, Stanley Yarbrough and Phillip Waites officiating. Mrs. Miles will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the adjoining…
(WADLEY) Services for Raymond Luther Barber Sr., 66, of Wadley were Friday, Jan. 27, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Cloyse Johnson and the Rev. Tommy Burks officiating. Burial was at Midway Methodist Church Cemetery. Mr. Barber died Tuesday, Jan. 24, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, Anniston. Survivors include…
At high noon Friday, Roanoke Police intercepted a drug-making operation and began a chase at the Budget Inn that ended late that night with one of the culprits still on the run. Police are still searching for Kenny Steeley of Roanoke, who was one of the drivers of one of the vehicles involved. While fleeing,…
WOODLAND – The pipeline between Woodland and Southern Union is wide open. After Amanda Denny (softball and volleyball) and Meghan Rollins (volleyball) both signed scholarships in 2004, two more Lady Bobcats are following in their path. Brooke Herren and Kasey Morris put their signatures on letters of intent to play for the Lady Bison beginning…
WEDOWEE – Randolph County’s state representative and senator asked the county’s elected officials what was on their minds during a breakfast meeting Monday at The Hub Restaurant. Rep. Richard Laird welcomed the group, saying he hopes to have a meeting like this at the beginning of each legislative session. Alabama has the lowest unemployment rate…
Gov. Bob Riley has proposed a $500-million capital improvement plan for schools, taking the money from the state’s suddenly well funded Education Trust Fund to spend on repairs and new school facilities throughout the state. Each school district would get at least $200,000 for capital improvements, with additional money based on enrollment figures. A sudden…