(COTTONDALE) Services for Gerald L. Kirby, 57, of Cottondale will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005, at Miller Funeral Home of Oxford and 7 p.m. Tuesday at Magnolia Chapel South in Tuscaloosa. The family will receive friends in Tuscaloosa from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Forestlawn Mausoleum.Mr. Kirby…
(ROANOKE) Services for Elsie Halsey Brewer of Roanoke were Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2005, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Cecil Halsey Sr., the Rev. Stoney Halsey and Dr. Fred Bassett officiating. Burial followed at Rock Stand Christian Cemetery. Mrs. Brewer died Sunday, Jan. 9, at Wedowee Hospital. Survivors include two sons,…
(ROANOKE) Geneva Staples, 87, of Roanoke died Friday, Jan. 21, 2005, at her residence. Services were Monday, Jan. 24, at 2 p.m. at Peace and Goodwill Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Revs. Lonnie B. Houston, Calvin Trammell and Robert L. Heflin officiating. Burial was in Skyview Memorial Gardens. Survivors include a sister, Lucille Clark of…
(VALLEY) Ertis Bowen Hammock, 85, of Valley died Friday, Jan. 21, 2005, at Lanier Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Hammock was born in Randolph County Dec. 12, 1919, daughter of the late Hattie Glema Robinson Bowen and Homer Levi Bowen. Mrs. Hammock loved to walk and care for her garden. She was a Bible scholar and a…
(WOODLAND) Marion Arthur Cox, 78, of Woodland died Friday, Jan. 21, 2005, in Wedowee Hospital. He was born in Randolph County, July 24, 1926, son of the late Luther Edward and Meddie Bell Stevens Cox. He was a retired employee of Trentix. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers,…
ROANOKE – Roanoke’s National Guard Armory sprang to life over the weekend as the host of an amateur boxing tournament that saw three prize fighters go home with $1,000 each. David Klumpp from LaGrange, Brandon Fehring from Carrollton, and David Cole from Opelika each took top honors in their respective weight classifications at the first-ever…
Two Randolph County volunteer fire departments were awarded grants last week totaling more than $240,000. Rock Stand Volunteer Fire Department will receive $189,000 in federal funds to assist with the purchase of a new fire truck. The department will match these funds to total $210,000. The type of funds received by Rock Stand are available…
WEDOWEE – Eddie Duffey of Sportsplex in Wedowee will probably tire of those joking about his gym’s new drive-thru. On Friday at 11:30 a.m., the accelerator evidently became stuck on a 1985 Cutlass driven by Janice Marsh of Wedowee. The vehicle plowed into the right-hand side of the business located in the Wedowee Village shopping…
(GRAHAM) Bessie C. Breed, 88, of Graham died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2005, in Tanner Medical Center, Carrollton, Ga. She was born in Talladega County on June 2, 1916, daughter of the late John H. and Lou Ola Walker Vinson. She was a member of Rock Springs Baptist Church and was a homemaker. In addition to…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Nonnie Key, 90, of LaGrange, Ga., died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005, at West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange. Mrs. Key was born Sept. 10, 1914, in Randolph County, Ala., daughter of the late Rufus Jackson and Clara Evelyn Hood Whatley. She had lived in LaGrange most of her life and was a member…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Lois Mae Stillwell, 87, of LaGrange, Ga., died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2005, at her home. Mrs. Stillwell was born April 23, 1917, in Randolph County, Ala., the daughter of the late Jack and Ella Smith Spradlin. She lived in LaGrange most of her life and was a member of East Vernon Baptist Church.…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Irma C. Holloway, 85, of LaGrange, Ga., died Monday, Jan. 17, 2005, at Hospice LaGrange. Mrs. Holloway was born Nov. 6, 1919, in Randolph County, Ala., the daughter of the late Will and Lena McClendon Cook. She lived in LaGrange for most of her life and retired from the Dunson Division of West…
(NEWELL) Services for Frances Williams Haynes, 85, of Newell will be Friday, Jan. 21, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church with the Rev. Ridley Herren and the Rev. Donald Triplett officiating. Burial will follow at the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Williams will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to services.…
(HOGANSVILLE, Ga.) Joyce Wiggins, 66, of Hogansville, Ga., died Monday, Jan. 17, 2005, at her home. Born Aug. 13, 1938, in Randolph County, Ala., Miss Wiggins was the daughter of the late William Columbus Wiggins and the late Ila Mae Embry Wiggins. She lived in Hogansville most of her life and was a member of…
Any Alabamian who wishes to reduce the risk of contracting influenza is now eligible to receive influenza vaccine. Previously, only high-risk persons in specific priority groups were to be vaccinated. Dr. Donald Williamson, state health officer, said, “This offering will help decreased the transmission of influenza in the state and should help clinics utilize the…
(LaFAYETTE) Sallie Woody, 72, of LaFayette died Friday, Jan. 14, 2005, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. Funeral services are scheduled Thursday, Jan. 20, at 1 p.m. CST at New Mt. Sellers Baptist Church in LaFayette with the Rev. Terry Magby, pastor, and Elder Gerald Richardson officiating. Burial will follow in Handy Cemetery. Ms.…
(HEADLAND) Flossie Granberry Richards, 94, of Headland died Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, in a Dothan hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, at First Baptist Church of Headland, with Dr. Cecil M. Sanders Jr. officiating. Committal services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in the New Hope Christian Church Cemetery in Abanda,…
LEGAL NOTICE In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Eagle Logistics/dba Eagle Construction, contractor, has completed the contract for renovation to Woodland High School, Woodland, AL, for the state of Alabama and the county of Randolph, city of Woodland, owners, and have made request for final…
MONTGOMERY — Former Gov. Don Siegelman is going to wet his finger, hold it up in the air, and see which way the wind is blowing. The political wind, that is. Siegelman has announced he will hold a series of what he calls “listening post” meetings throughout Alabama, the first one scheduled in Huntsville this…
The Randolph County Commission is considering the feasibility of closing a section of unpaved roadway in the Wehadkee area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the intersection of Randolph County Road Number 87 and Randolph County Road Number 640 running thence easterly along said County Road 640 a distance of .580 miles more…