(ROANOKE) The funeral for David Shane Barber, 54, of Roanoke will be Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Johnnie Thornton Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Union Grove Cemetery in Franklin, Ga.The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday.Mr.…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Bobby Hollis, 64, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, at 2 p.m. at Woodland Congregational Methodist Church with Bro. David McPherson officiating. Burial will follow at Shadowlawn Cemetery in LaGrange, Ga. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Mr. Hollis…
(ROANOKE)Eria Mae Hughley, 78, a longtime resident of Heflin Avenue, Roanoke, died Friday evening, Jan. 29, 2021, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. Viewing will be Tuesday, Feb. 2, from 1 to 6 p.m. at Clark Memorial Funeral Service. A graveside service will be Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 2 p.m. at Skyview Memorial Gardens…
(RANBURNE) Verles and Sandra Brown, husband and wife of Ranburne, died Jan. 29, 2021. They were both 75. A graveside service for Mr. and Mrs. Brown will be Wednesday, Feb, 3, at 2 p.m. EST at Union Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Ranburne. Bro. Randall Moore, Bro. Tony McManus and Bro. David Daniel will officiate.…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for the Rev. Otis J. Hodnett, 94, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, at noon at Faith Baptist Church with Bro. Chuck Daniel and Bro. Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4 to 7 p.m. on…
(WEDOWEE) William Robert Hansen, 77, of Wedowee died Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. An Oklahoma City native, Mr. Hansen was born March 28, 1943. He was a member of Jordan’s Chapel Congregational Methodist Church, an electric engineer with the IBEW and a 32nd Degree Mason. Survivors include his wife,…
(ROANOKE) James Curtis “Jake” “J.C.” Houston, 80, of Roanoke died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, at Russell Medical Center in Alexander City. The funeral will be Saturday, Feb. 6, at 1 p.m. at Rock Mills Baptist Church with Pastor L.B. Houston and Rev. Jerone Fannin officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Viewing will be…
(FIVE POINTS) Jessie Lee “Pop” Varner Sr., 75, of Five Points died Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. A graveside service was Sunday, Jan. 31, at 1 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church #2 Cemetery in LaFayette with the Rev. Curtis Spidell officiating He is survived by his wife, Ella Mae Varner of Five Points; two sons, Fredrick…
(WOODLAND) Broderick Frank Head, 63, of Woodland died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, after a brief illness. He was born in Carrollton, Ga., on June 11, 1957, to the late Lola Wright Head and Frank B. Head. For over 40 years, he worked as a taxidermist in the west Georgia area and owned and operated Broderick…
(WARNER ROBINS, Ga.) A graveside service for Magdalene “Maggie” Dollar will be Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at 2 p.m. EST at Magnolia Park Cemetery. The Rev. Jacob Green and Rev. Mike Dorough will officiate. The family will receive friends at the cemetery from 1 to 2 p.m. Mrs. Dollar died Jan. 30, 2021. Maggie was…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Emmett Lamar Smith, 76, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Bro. Scott Whaley and Bro. Shannon Mapp officiating. Burial will follow at Potash Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Feb.…
(WOODLAND) The funeral for Mary Thelma Brand, 73, of Woodland was Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Bro. Keith Benefield and Bro. Allan Daniel officiating. Burial followed at Haywood Cemetery, Wedowee. Mrs. Brand died Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, at Tanner Medical Center in Villa Rica, Ga. A Wedowee native,…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Larry Joe Norred, 73, of Roanoke was Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, at 2 p.m. at Fellowship Baptist Church with Bro. Larry McDaniel and Bro. Tim Whaley officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Norred passed away Thursday, January 28, 2021, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, GA. A Roanoke native,…
(JASPER) The Rev. Tex Lee Ergle, 75, of Jasper died Jan. 26, 2021, from COVID-related causes. A graveside service will be Saturday, Jan. 30, at 11 a.m. at North Oakhill Cemetery in Jasper with Dr. Glenn D. Conner and the Rev. Mike Stonbraker officiating. He served as a Methodist minister for 47 years, serving churches…
(LINCOLN) A graveside services for Mary Jo Wilkerson, 90, of Lincoln was Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Gilead Community Cemetery with the Rev. Zenus Windsor, Rev. Jimmy Brand and Corey Railey officiating. Mrs. Wilkerson died Monday, Jan. 18, at her home. Mrs. Wilkerson was born in Talladega County and also lived…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) A graveside service for June Shelnutt was Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, at 3 p.m. at Shadowlawn Cemetery. She died Jan. 25, 2021. Ms. Shelnutt was born June 17, 1949, in Roanoke to the late Okla Shelnutt and Wilma Cofield Shelnutt. Survivors include her children, Michael Jason Nixon and Lisa Shelnutt Carter; brother, Phillip…
(LINEVILLE) A graveside service for Ezra “Sonny” Whaley Jr., 83, of Lineville was Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, at 1 p.m. at Clay County Memory Gardens with Bro. David Holcombe officiating. Mr. Whaley died Sunday, Jan. 24, at Regional Medical Center in Anniston. Ezra was born March 23, 1937, in Wedowee to Ezra Sr. and Avis…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Oliver Leon Shelton, 84, died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, at West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange. A memorial service will be at 6 p.m. EST Saturday, Jan. 30, in the chapel of Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, LaGrange. The family will greet friends immediately following the service. The family requests face masks and social distancing be…
(BROOKHAVEN, Ga.) Martha Prather Arnett, 81, of Brookhaven, Ga., passed away into heaven on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. She was born in Rock Mills on May 30, 1939, to William “Preacher” Prather and Kate Stewart Prather. Martha graduated from Greenleaf College and was a lifelong homemaker. In the early years of her marriage to her…
(OPELIKA) The funeral for Shannon E. Halsey, 66, of Opelika will be Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Stoney Halsey and Bro. Ed Halsey officiating. Burial will follow at Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.…