At a Zoom meeting of Roanoke Utilities Board, last week, the board received a clean report on their yearly audit. The audit showed no error of findings resulting in a clean report. The report did show a $316,000 loss and some $600,000 in depreciation. The depreciation means there was some expense but no cash out.Manager’s…
WEDOWEE – At last Tuesday’s Wedowee Town Council meeting, the council approved locations for speed bumps to be installed on Mill Street. After a petition was presented to the council last month concerning excessive speeding and reckless driving on the street and the new need for speed bumps, Mayor Tim Coe and Police Chief Jay…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Maria Belen Velazquez, 80, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Velazquez passed away Saturday, Feb. 6, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. A Dolores Nazas Durango native, Mrs.…
Due to ongoing problems with sewage and the unavailability of bathrooms in the courthouse, child support court that was scheduled for today has been continued to March 4, 2021 at 9:00 a.m.
A graveside service for Juanita Childs, 48, will be Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, at 1 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church in the Bacon Level community. Ms. Childs died Wednesday, Feb. 3. She was born March 23, 1972, in LaGrange, Ga., to Beverly Childs and the late Leon Childs Sr. She was a member of Friendship…
(ATLANTA) Ruth Virginia Kirby Sanders died peacefully after a brief illness on Jan. 30, 2021. She was born Feb. 13, 1931 in Woodland, Ala., to Gertrude and Thomas Kirby, the sixth of seven children. She had an exceptional professional and academic career, but always emphasized that family should come first. Mrs. Sanders graduated from Woodland…
(ROANOKE) Steven David Taft, 47, of Roanoke passed away Feb. 3, 2021, in Oxford. Steven graduated from Handley High School in 1991 and went on to serve four years in the U.S. Navy. He had an amazing, quirky sense of humor, great laugh and radiant smile that will be sorely missed. He is survived by…
(MISHAWAKA, Ind.) Jacqueline Montgomery Lee, 84, passed away peacefully on Feb. 2, 2021, in Tulsa, Okla. She was born Nov. 9, 1936, to the late John and Helen Geneva Montgomery in Marshall, Ill. Jackie spent most of her years living in Mishawaka, Ind., working as a legal secretary. Her friends and family knew her for…
(ROANOKE) A graveside service for Charlie Amos Rowland, 73, of Roanoke will be Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at 1 p.m. at Skyview Memorial Gardens in the Welch community with Ministers Steve Joiner, Luther Phillips and Keith Nolan and Bro. Clarence Hatcher officiating. Mr. Rowland died Tuesday, Feb. 2, at WellStar West Georgia Medical Center in…
(WOODLAND) The funeral for Fayrine Brown Heard, 82, of Woodland was Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Bro. David Daniel and Mark Mitchell officiating. Burial followed at Big Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Heard passed away Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, at her residence. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Heard…
(OPELIKA) Verlie Maydene “Dene” Williams Bence, 86, of Opelika passed away peacefully Feb. 6, 2021, in Opelika. A family graveside service will be at 3 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 8, at Mount Gilead Community Church, Wadley, with the Rev. Zenus Windsor officiating. Dene was born in Randolph County to Malburn Lee and Cora Ellis Caldwell…
(ROANOKE) A graveside service for Earnest Lavertis Baldwin, 83, of Roanoke was Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at 10 a.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with Bro. Richard Baldwin officiating. Mr. Baldwin passed away Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, at West Georgia Hospice in LaGrange. A Roanoke native, Mr. Baldwin was born Sept. 11, 1937, the son of…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Mary Nell Brown, 83, of Roanoke will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Derek Farr and Bro. Parker Barber officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Brown died Feb. 5 at University Hospital – Birmingham. A Chambers County native, Mrs.…
(WEDOWEE) Charles N. Hammond, 91, of Wedowee passed away Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, at his residence. A Georgia native, Mr. Hammond was born March 31, 1929, the son of Virgil and Opalee Cowen Hammond. He was a member of Ava United Methodist Church and a warehouse supervisor for Associated Grocers. Mr. Hammond was also a…
(WOODLAND) The funeral for Dale Lovvorn, 72, of Woodland will be Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Bro. Darnell Teal and Bro. Scott Blake officiating. Burial will follow at Harmony Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1 to 2 p.m. on…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Mildred Earl Lipham, 82, of Roanoke was Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tyler Worthey and Rev. Tommy Burke officiating. Burial followed at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Lipham passed away Friday, Feb. 5, at her residence. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Lipham was…
Per Pam Taylor Revenue Commissioner the Revenue Office is having computer issues this morning and can not issue tags at this time. I T is working to correct to issue. You can still pay property taxes.
(LaFAYETTE) Bob Daniel, 77, of LaFayette died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, at his residence. A graveside service will be Friday, Feb. 5, at 2 p.m. at Chapel Hill Methodist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Wally Armstrong and the Rev. Rusty Williams officiating. Bob was born in Chambers County March 26, 1943, to the late Wyatt…
(WEDOWEE) Frank Dennis Stamper Sr., 73, of Wedowee died Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. The funeral will be Thursday, Feb. 4, at 1 p.m. EST at Bellamy Funeral Home Chapel in Hiram, Ga., with the Rev. Dennis Bellamy officiating. Interment will follow at Gann Cemetery in Smyrna, Ga. The family will receive visitors at the funeral…
(MIDLAND,Ga.) Retha Nette Harris Edmondson, 85, of Midland, Ga., peacefully entered her eternal reward with the Lord on the evening of Jan. 29, 2021, with her daughter by her side. A visitation will be Friday, Feb. 5, from 5 to 8 p.m. EST with a funeral service on Saturday, Feb. 6, at 11 a.m. both…