(RANBURNE) Services for Robert Andrew Jordan, 73, of Ranburne were at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31, 2004, at Crumbley’s Chapel Church of God with the Revs. Harlan Noles, Kenneth Howle, Tony Mahathy and W.H. Ford officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.Mr. Jordan died Wednesday, Dec. 29, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga.Survivors include…

MIDWAY – Two young men were seriously injured in an accident on Tuesday night of last week in the Midway community. According to the Jacksonville post of the Alabama State Troopers, the accident was reported at 11 p.m. on County Road 609, an unpaved road two miles southeast of Wedowee. Steven Kenney, 29, of Wedowee…

Jeld-Wen can’t compete with imported millwork by John W. Stevenson Jeld-Wen Millwork Manufacturing in Roanoke closed its doors Friday after three and a half years here, eliminating 40 jobs in the process. According to Jeld-Wen coordination manager Dan Hees in Sparta, Tenn., milling wooden components for doors and windows as was done at the Roanoke…

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(OXFORD) Services for Wendell B. Key, 53, of Oxford were at noon Monday, Dec. 27, 2004, at Brown and Kughn Memory Chapel, with the Rev. William Nelson officiating. Burial was in Forestlawn Gardens. Mr. Key died Friday, Dec. 24, in Anniston. Survivors include his wife, Kay Nelson Key of Oxford; his parents, Harold and Jeanne…

(LINEVILLE) Wylean Sterling, 64, of Lineville died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004, at her residence. Services were Friday, Dec. 24, at noon at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Delta, with the Revs. Craig McClure, Larry Heard, Robert Welch and Michael Ware officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Survivors include her mother, Ethel Sterling of Lineville; and…

The first thing you think of when you think of the Wadley Bulldog football team is offense. And the first names that come to mind when you think of Wadley’s offense are Terrell Zachery and Terrance Wilkes. Both players put up gaudy numbers for the Bulldogs, and for doing so they were named to the…

Roanoke Board of Education dealt with several minor personnel matters and heard an update of goings-on within the system in its final meeting of 2004. In personnel business, the board: € Hired Felicia Gates as secondary English teacher at Handley High School for the remainder of the school year. Gates has been substituting in this…

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(WEDOWEE) Services for Nettie Creed Hester, 89, of Wedowee were Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004, at 2 p.m. at Iduma Congregational Methodist Church, with the Rev. Tim Craft and the Rev. Dorsey White officiating. Burial was in the Valley Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Hester died Tuesday, Dec. 21, at Wedowee Hospital. Mrs. Hester is survived by one…

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(LANETT) Roy G. Stewart, 74, of Lanett died Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004, at Lanier Memorial Hospital, Valley. Mr. Stewart was a LaFayette native, born May 21, 1930. He was retired from the U.S. Air Force. He was a member of Lanett First United Methodist Church, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, Opelika. He was…

(ROANOKE) Services for Carlos Awbrey Knott Jr., 48, of Roanoke were Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Len Martin officiating. Burial was at Taylor’s Crossroads Church of Christ Cemetery. Mr. Knott died Tuesday, Dec. 21, at Randolph Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Sonya Cagle Knott of…

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(WOODLAND) Services for Carl Keel, 80, of Woodland were Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004, at 2 p.m. at Napoleon Church of Christ, with Bro. Terry Langley and Bro. Jeff Thompson officiating. Burial was in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Keel died Sunday, Dec. 26, at University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham. Survivors include his wife, Mammies Langley…