7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, March 31 noon Roanoke Rotary Club meets at The Galley Restaurant. 6:30 p.m. The Randolph County Historical Museum Committee meets at Awbrey Public Library, Roanoke. FRIDAY, April 1, April Fool’s Day 9 a.m. The Low Vision Group meets at Wedowee Hospital cafeteria. Anyone with…

It’s rare when Alabama leads the nation in any statistic. On those rare cases when we do, it’s usually some statistic in which we can take no pride. Alas, that’s the case in statistics recently circulated by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. It’s official. Alabama residents lead the country in body fat.According to several studies…

After a year when everybody in Washington was talking about religion but no one was doing anything about it, it has been comforting to look over my Gone South Award nominees and find numerous cases to show that if we aren’t doing something about religion down here in Dixie we are sure as heck doing…

The Roanoke City Council has agreed that the time to take action on the damaged Whiteside house on College Street has come. The unkempt and decrepit property has been an eyesore for the College Street neighborhood for nearly three years since a tree fell on the house and destroyed the front porch and portions of…

The cream of the crop in boys’ high school basketball in Randolph County. FIRST TEAM TRAVIS HUGHLEY – Sr., Handley – Hughley was the quintessential point guard for a Handley squad that struggled this season. In his first year on the varsity squad the 5’9″ Hughley averaged 16 points and five assists per game and…

(LAGRANGE,Ga.) Dorsey L. Benefield, 86, of LaGrange, Ga., died Sunday, March 27, 2005, at West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. Mr. Benefield, born Nov. 10, 1918, in Randolph County, Ala., was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Benefield. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during World War II and was…

(FIVE POINTS) Quinton L. Bell, 21, of Five Points died Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in LaFayette. Mr. Bell was born Oct. 23, 1983. He was a member of New Life Worship Center of Roanoke. Survivors include his mother, Christella Bell of Five Points; his father, Donald Bell of LaFayette; three sisters, Miranda Bell and Latonya…

(LANETT) Bobby O’Neal Adams, 74, of Lanett died Saturday, March 26, 2005, at his residence. Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 29, at 2 p.m. at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Blake Lockhart officiating. Burial will follow at Garden Hill Cemetery. Mr. Adams is survived by five daughters, Sonja Wiseman…

(LANETT) Lillie Siggers Hill Merritt, 89, of Lanett died Saturday, March 26, 2005, at Florence Hand Home in LaGrange, Ga. Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 29, at 2 p.m. at Lanett First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Donnie Erwin-Brown and Steve Jenkins officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Lanett. Mrs. Merritt…

(HEFLIN) Services for Johnny Wayne Cobb, 64, of Heflin were Monday, March 28, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Cedar Creek Baptist Church in Heflin, with the Rev. Bo Hendon and the Rev. Franklin Turner officiating. Burial was in Cedar Creek Cemetery, Heflin, with Dryden Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Cobb died Friday, March 25, at…

(RALEIGH, N.C.) Dr. Roy L. Lovvorn, 95, of Springmoor Retirement Community in Raleigh, died Saturday, March 26, 2005. Services will be at Springmoor Retirement Community at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29. Burial will follow at Montlawn Memorial Park. Dr. Lovvorn was born in Woodland on Jan. 24, 1910 and was a graduate of Auburn…

(ROANOKE) Services for Robert Ford Davidson, 77, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, March 29, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Keith Benefield officiating. Burial will follow at New Harmony Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday. Mr. Davidson died Sunday,…

(OPELIKA) William Howard Coleman, 65, of Opelika died Saturday, March 26, 2005. The family will receive friends at Frederick’s Funeral Home in Opelika Friday, April 1, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. followed by a private burial ceremony near the family home in Randolph County. Mr. Coleman was born April 23, 1939, in Randolph County, to…

(EAST PRAIRIE, Mo.) Herman Grady Jacobs, 93, died Sunday, March 13, 2005 at this residence in East Prairie, Missouri. Burial was March 16 in Missouri. Mr. Jacobs was born Sept. 17, 1911 in Cleburne County, Ala. Survivors include two sons, John Jacobs of Woodland and Dan Jacobs of Chattanooga, Tenn.; one daughter, Jo Alice Mospan…

(ROANOKE) Wooten Elliott “Red” Duncan Jr., 67, of Roanoke died Monday, March 28, 2005, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Memorial service arrangements will be released later. Survivors include his wife, Jennifer Duncan of Roanoke; two daughters, Cindy Oliver of Auburn and Bethany Yates of Wetumpka; two step-daughters, Rikki Lynn Snyder of Ft. Walton, Fla.,…

(FIVE POINTS) Susie Mann Miles, 83, of Five Points will be held Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Sonny Kent and the Rev. Adam Bishop officiating. Burial will follow at Rocky Mount Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4…

(MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho) Wylee Burl Yates, 75, of Mountain Home, Idaho, died Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at a Boise hospital. Memorial services will be at 5 p.m. Monday, March 28, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home. Wylee chose to be cremated, and his remains will be interred beside his mother and father…

(WADLEY) Celestine B. Heard, 78, of 1754 County Road 838, Wadley, died Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at Randolph Medical Center, Roanoke. Services will be Tuesday, March 29, at 1 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Wadley, with the Revs. Cornelius Reese, Timothy Heard and James Carlisle officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors…