A Randolph County Sheriff’s Department deputy narrowly missed injury when a third-party driver nearly took off the door of his patrol vehicle while he was conducting a traffic stop.Just past midnight Saturday, Deputy James Tyler Mastin had a vehicle pulled over on Highway 431 in Roanoke and had gone back to his patrol vehicle –…
WEDOWEE – Good financial news has come to Randolph County again in the form of COVID relief funds. In the Randolph County Commission workshop last Thursday and the regular meeting on Monday, Chief Financial Officer Travis Heard announced in the latest stimulus package, the county has been awarded $4.4 million dollars in COVID relief money.…
WEDOWEE – In last Thursday’s Randolph County Board of Education meeting, some surprises came as the board approved the personnel action list. All total, the county schools are losing a principal, nutrition specialist, librarian, bus driver/custodian and four teachers. “We are losing some good people, some that I have known for many years and some…
WADLEY – An ordinary traffic stop last Tuesday in Wadley resulted in an out of the ordinary case for Wadley Police Department. A vehicle was pulled over because of its tag light, and after the officer smelled marijuana, a search of the vehicle was conducted. Corbin Jamar Smith, 32, of Pine Valley Drive, Roanoke, was…
WEDOWEE – In a short meeting last Tuesday, Wedowee Council approved moving forward in dedicating a street in honor of former County Commissioner Lathonia Wright. Wright served more than 30 years, and the Randolph County NAACP Chapter had requested the street leading to the new county jail be named in honor of Wright. Mayor Tim…
(MILLTOWN) David Laney, 79 of Milltown died Tuesday, March 16, 2021. A graveside service was Monday, March 22, at noon at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Wadley with the Revs. Calvin Trammell Douglas Jones Sr. officiating. He is survived by his four sisters, Catherine Davenport of Brookhaven, Ga., Rebecca Askew (Henry) of Wadley, Nancy…
(HUGULEY) Reba Joy Dunaway, 67, of Huguley died Sunday, March 21, 2021, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. The funeral will be Wednesday, March 24, at 11 a.m. EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley. A graveside service will follow at 1 p.m. CDT at Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery in Wadley.…
(LINEVILLE) The funeral for Geraldine Nolen Headrick, 88, of Lineville was Saturday, March 6, 2021, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with the Rev. Claude Bennett and Rev. David Holcombe officiating. Burial followed at Concord Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Headrick was a lifelong resident of Clay County and one of seven girls…
(YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio) The Rev. Charlie L. Ellis, 93, of Youngstown, Ohio, died Saturday, March 6, 2021. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 23, at L. E. Black, Phillips & Holden Funeral Home and from 11 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, March 24, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, with funeral…
(WOODLAND) A graveside service for James Edgar Doan Jr., 82, of Woodland, formerly of Mobile, will be Thursday, March 25, 2021, at 11 a.m. at Pine Crest Cemetery in Mobile with the Rev. David Hudson officiating. Mr. Doan passed away Friday, March 19, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. Mr. Doan was a native…
(ROCK MILLS) The funeral for James Wallace Burson Sr., 84, of Rock Mills will be at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Milford McClain and Bro. Keith Benefield officiating. Burial will follow at Liberty East Baptist Church Cemetery, Woodland. The family will receive friends at the funeral…
(DECATUR, Ga.) Geneva S. Appleby Williams, 82, of Decatur, Ga., passed away Thursday, March 11, 2021. Viewing will be Friday, March 19, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Silmon-Seroyer Funeral Home Chapel in LaFayette. A graveside services will be Saturday, March 20, at noon at Skyview Memorial Gardens Cemetery in the Welch community with the…
(ROANOKE) A graveside service for Hugh Eudorsey Pike, 92, of Roanoke will be Sunday, March 21, 2021, at 1 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with Bro. Mike Brewer officiating. Mr. Pike passed away Thursday, March 18, at WellStar West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange. A longtime Randolph County resident, Mr. Pike was born in Newnan,…
(WEDOWEE) Sarah Frances Arrington Gentry, 85, of Wedowee passed away March 17, 2021. A graveside service will be Saturday, March 20, at 2 p.m. EDT at Franklin City Cemetery with the Rev. Dean Smitherman officiating. The family will accept guests at Stutts Funeral Home Saturday afternoon from 1 p.m. until departing for Franklin City Cemetery.…
(WADLEY) The Southern Union State Community College (SUSCC) Student Government Association (SGA) has a full week of activities planned to celebrate Homecoming 2021 at SUSCC. Alumni and friends of the college are invited to visit campus and enjoy the home athletic events on the schedule. The week will kick off on March 19 as the…
(DECATUR, Ga.) Geneva S. Appleby Williams, 82, of Decatur, Ga., passed away Thursday, March 11, 2021. Viewing will be Friday, March 19, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Silmon-Seroyer Funeral Home Chapel in LaFayette. A graveside services will be Saturday, March 20, at noon at Skyview Memorial Gardens Cemetery in the Welch community with the…
(ROANOKE) A graveside service for Hugh Eudorsey Pike, 92, of Roanoke will be Sunday, March 21, 2021, at 1 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with Bro. Mike Brewer officiating. Mr. Pike passed away Thursday, March 18, at WellStar West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange. A longtime Randolph County resident, Mr. Pike was born in Newnan,…
(WEDOWEE) Sarah Frances Arrington Gentry, 85, of Wedowee passed away March 17, 2021. A graveside service will be Saturday, March 20, at 2 p.m. EDT at Franklin City Cemetery with the Rev. Dean Smitherman officiating. The family will accept guests at Stutts Funeral Home Saturday afternoon from 1 p.m. until departing for Franklin City Cemetery.…
A Wadley police officer has been charged with DUI and violation of the open container law after being arrested in Summerville, Ga., March 9. Robert Moore III, 27, was reportedly involved in an altercation at an establishment named Jefferson’s in the small town in Northwest Georgia. The altercation prompted calls to local law enforcement, who…
(WADLEY) The funeral for Barbara Rogers Bates, 77, of Wadley will be Saturday, March 20, 2021, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. John Roberts and Bro. John Bates officiating. Burial will follow at Concord Primitive Baptist Church in Wadley. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8…