(LaGRANGE, Ga.) The funeral for Travis “Bo” Wilson, 60, of LaGrange, Ga., will be Saturday, July 11, 2020, at 1 p.m. CDT at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Jack Maxwell officiating. Burial will follow at Ridgeway Cemetery.The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday.Mr. Wilson died…
(CRAGFORD) Masonic graveside services for Jimmy Lee Moncus, 78, of Cragford will be Saturday, July 11, 2020, at 11 a.m. at Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery with Bro. Jimmy Brand and Bro. Kenneth Fuller officiating. Mr. Moncus died Tuesday, July 7, at his home. A lifelong resident of Clay County, he graduated from Mellow Valley High…
(MONTEVALLO) Ann Eloise “Weezy” Edwards, 82, of Montevallo died July 7, 2020, at St. Vincent’s, Birmingham. Graveside services will be Saturday, July 11, at 1 p.m. at Enon Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Bill Traywick officiating. Services will be live-streamed on Martin Funeral Home’s Facebook page. Mrs. Edwards was born Oct. 31, 1937, in…
(PELL CITY) Guy Samuel Sellers, 102, died Friday, July 3, 2020, at Col. Robert L. Howard State Veterans Home in Pell City. Graveside services were Saturday, July 11, at 10 a.m. at Union Hill Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery in Wedowee. Born Feb. 28, 1918, Guy was raised in Randolph County. He married Hazel Ramsay on…
MONTGOMERY – The AHSAA met with its Fall Sports and Football Coaches’ Committees Tuesday through an online virtual meeting and heard updates from the AHSAA Medical Advisory Board Committee and the Alabama State Department of Education. ALSDE State Superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey gave a brief update concerning the Roadmap to Reopening Schools plan. AHSAA Medical…
For the first time in 10 years Handley High School will have a new principal after Greg Foster announced his resignation in a Facebook post Tuesday morning. Foster has accepted the job as principal at Pike Road High School in the suburb of Montgomery. For Foster the move is about being closer to home and…
FRANKLIN, Ga. – Authorities with Heard County Sheriff’s Office are searching for a missing Heard County woman last seen in Alabama at 12:52 a.m. early Sunday morning, July 5. According to a BOLO issued by HCSO investigator Lt. Dan Boswell, 27-year-old Natalie Pearl Jones/Sheppard was last seen in the near 269 River Chase Dr., Jackson’s…
As cities and states reopen, people, including children, are being asked to wear masks when out in public. Children may not understand why they have to wear a mask or the right way to wear it. Tedra Smith, DNP, nurse practitioner and an assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing,…
OPELIKA – Southern Union State Community College (SUSCC) hosted its inaugural Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) signing last week welcoming nine students into the program. Southern Union’s FAME Program is known as FAME on the Plains and is a five-semester program that allows students the opportunity to earn wages while completing an associate of…
Qualifying for municipal offices began July 7 and will end July 21 at their respective city halls. The elections for mayors and council members will be Tuesday, Aug. 25. The following candidates have qualified so far: In Roanoke – Mike Fisher (incumbent), Jill Patterson and Micah Farr for mayor; Tammi Holley (incumbent) for council member…
(ROANOKE) Weslyon L. Adamson Sr., 61, of Roanoke died Friday, July 3, 2020. Graveside services will be Thursday, July 9, at noon at Canaan Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in the Welch community with the Rev. Calvin Trammell and Rev. Joe Cofield officiating. Mr. Adamson is survived by his wife, Gertrude Drake Adamson of Roanoke; daughter,…
(ROANOKE) Steven Wayne Redd, 52, of Roanoke passed on Thursday, June 25, 2020, at his residence. Mr. Redd was born March 5, 1968, to Donna Redd and the late Colie Gibbs in Wayne County, Mich. He grew up in Detroit, where he graduated from Osborn High School. Steven will be remembered as a kind person…
(WEDOWEE) Dorothy Mitchell Huddleston, 77, of Wedowee died Friday, July 3, 2020, at her residence. The family will hold a private memorial service at a later date. A Wedowee native, Mrs. Huddleston was born March 13, 1943, the daughter of Bert and Lessie Bradley Mitchell. She was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and…
(ALEXANDER CITY) Melissa Ann Carson, 53, of Alexander City died Monday, June 29, 2020, from injuries sustained in an accident. She was born Oct. 14, 1966, in Yakima, Wash., to William Jerald Aills and Barbara Drozdik Leach. She had lived in many places and had a best friend at every location. Melissa enjoyed growing flowers…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Charlie Woodrow Wilson, 100, of LaGrange, Ga., died July 4, 2020. Graveside services were Tuesday, July 7, at 9 a.m. ET at Meadoway Gardens. Mr. Wilson was born in Woodland, Ala., on March 5, 1920, to the late Wiley Thomas Wilson and Sarah Moore Wilson. He attended Little Mount Carmel School. Mr. Wilson…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Samuel Leonard “Skinny” Lewis, 87, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at noon at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Steve Williams, Bro. Keith Benefield and Bro. S.T. Janney officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10 a.m. to…
(WOODLAND) The funeral for Doris Edmondson, 82, of Woodland will be Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with burial to follow at Liberty East Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Mrs. Edmondson died Saturday, July 4, at…
(BREMEN, Ga.) Dan Allen Driskell, 78 of Bremen, Ga., passed away Friday, July 3, 2020. Due to COVID occupancy restrictions, a private funeral service will be held with the Rev. Scott Hannah officiating. The funeral service will be recorded and posted online. A public graveside service will be Wednesday, July 8, at 12:30 p.m. CT…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Glenda Ann Benefield Woodham, 77, of Roanoke were Saturday July 4, 2020, in Wedowee Masonic Cemetery in Wedowee with Pastor Shirley Meddick officiating. Ms. Woodham died June 30. Glenda was born in Augusta, Ga., to William Ralph and Sara Zel Burdette Benefield and had lived most of her life in Randolph…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Nadine Hull Henry, 84, of Roanoke will be Thursday, July 2, 2020, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Scott Whaley officiating and burial at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5to 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Mrs. Henry died Monday, June 29,…