Former State Rep. Richard Laird died Monday afternoon at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga.He represented Randolph, Clay and Chambers counties in Montgomery for 36 years from 1978 to 2014. He was named by his peers as one of the top 15 members of the Alabama House of Representatives for six years and was the…
At the Randolph County Rescue Squad Christmas party last week, an announcement was made that the squad now has a new search dog. The dog used in the past was owned by squad member Cory Strength, but due to some medical issues, the dog had to be put down. The new dog named Survivor is…
Distribution of COVID-19 vaccines began this week nationwide, but don’t expect to see them in Randolph County any time soon. The vaccine is being administered to healthcare workers and long-term care residents first, and just over 40,000 doses were delivered to Alabama in the first wave of distribution earlier this week. The vaccine is being…
WADLEY – At a called meeting on Monday night, Mayor Donna McKay told Wadley Town Council the town is financially sound, but the account for the utility department is falling short and does not have enough to meet expenses. “Our biggest expense is for gas, and we have fallen short since the COVID-19 pandemic. We…
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(WEDOWEE) The funeral for Horace C. “Bobby” Roundtree, 78, of Wedowee will be Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Mr. Roundtree died Tuesday, Dec. 15, at…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Rep. Richard Joel Laird Sr., 81, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, at 3 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with Bro. Martin Brand officiating. Rep. Laird died Monday, Dec. 14, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. A longtime Roanoke resident, Rep. Laird was born in Floyd County, Ga.,…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Henry F. Sharpe, 75, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bill Walden officiating. Burial will follow at Restlawn Memorial Gardens in LaGrange, Ga. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday.…
(WOODLAND) The funeral for Sue Nell Wilson Rampy, 91, of Woodland will be Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Liberty Grove Congregational Methodist Church with the Rev. Greg Norred and Rev. Roger Maddox officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4 to…
(McDONOUGH, Ga.) William Clark “Bill” Hill, 65, McDonough, Ga., died Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, at Piedmont Henry Hospital. The funeral will be Friday, Dec. 18, at 2 p.m. A graveside service will be at Banks Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Bill Manus officiating. Visitation is Friday, Dec. 18, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) The funeral for Nancy Lou Jones of LaGrange will be at Higgins Funeral Home at Hunter-Allen-Myhand on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, at 2 p.m. EST. The committal service will follow at Meadoway Gardens in LaGrange. The Rev. Dan Powell will officiate. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from noon until…
(HEFLIN) Franklin Wayne Smith, 72, of Heflin died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, at his residence. A Rome, Ga., native, Mr. Smith was born March 20, 1948, the son of Frank and Sarah Holder Smith. He was a member of Smyrna Baptist Church and worked as a truck driver for Southwire and Zartran. Survivors include his…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) A graveside service for Stanley Richard Person, 69, was Saturday, Dec. 12, at noon at Southview Cemetery, LaGrange, Ga. He died Tuesday, Dec. 8, at WellStar West Georgia Hospice in LaGrange. Stanley was born Feb. 2, 1951, the second of four children of the late Wylie D. Person and Mary Lou Johnson Person…
(RANBURNE) Sara Gaither Cofield, 87, of Ranburne died Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, at her residence. Graveside services were at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Rev. Cleve Moore officiating. Ms. Cofield was a native of Randolph County and resident of Cleburne County since 1995. She was a member of…
(OXFORD) The funeral for Alma Mitchell Kirby, 87, of Oxford will be Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Bro. Stoney Halsey and Bro. Mike Nobbley officiating. Burial will follow at White’s Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Kirby died Friday, Dec. 11, at her home surrounded by family and friends.…
(LINEVILLE) Graveside services for Carolyn Hamlet Prestridge, 79, of Lineville were Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery in Lineville with the Rev. Mike Hanners and the Rev. Shirley Meddick officiating. Mrs. Prestridge died Friday, Nov. 27, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. She was a native of Tallapoosa…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Perry Oliver Wilson, 80, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Roger Hammett, the Rev. Bobby Duck and Sam Traylor officiating. A private burial service will follow. The family will receive friends at the funeral home prior to the service…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Irene Walker Meredith, 92, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Bro. Gerald Romine officiating. Burial will follow at Highway Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday before services begin. Mrs.…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for the Rev. Louie Lenn Martin, 72, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Robert Barnett and the Rev. Howard Longshore officiating. Burial will follow at Welcome Home Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from…
(FIVE POINTS) Frederick Lyle Moore, 69, of Robertson’s RV Park, Five Points, died Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, at his residence. Mr. Moore was born June 15, 1951, in Orange County, Calif., to the late Dulce Kelly Godley. He devoted over 40 years of his life working in the construction industry as a self-employed general contractor.…