(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Otis Wright Jr., 70, of Roanoke will be Monday, June 29, 2020, at 12:30 p.m. CDT at Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery in Ft. Mitchell with military honors with Bishop Gregory Beck Foster officiating. Those attending the service are encouraged to meet at the funeral home no later than 10:30 a.m. to…
(MT. ZION, Ga.) Waymon Lee Jacobs, 81 of Mt. Zion, Ga., went home to be with the Lord and the love of his life on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. The funeral will be Saturday, June 27, at 1 p.m. EDT at Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel with the Rev. Anthony Puckett officiating. Interment will follow…
Derek Farr’s job status with the Roanoke Police Department will be determined at a closed hearing in a called meeting of Roanoke City Council July 9. That hearing was originally scheduled to take place this Thursday, but Farr has reportedly hired legal representation and was granted a two-week continuance in order for his legal counsel…
On Tuesday evening of last week, Roanoke City School Board swore in a new member to the board to begin a new term. Tracy Brown had been appointed to fill the unexpired term of Lisa Reed. Roanoke City Council appointed Brown to serve a full five-year term at a recent meeting. Superintendent Chuck Marcum administered…
WEDOWEE – Randolph County Commission blazed through a handful of agenda items in a brief meeting Monday in Wedowee. The county moved forward with a handful of road projects, made an appointment to a state committee and handled some housekeeping in the revenue department in a meeting that lasted just 30 minutes and proceeded in…
The city will open up Kids’ Town Park, the Kids’ Town building and the National Guard Armory for rental. All city facilities will require following CDC regulations and practicing social distancing. NAACP visitor Delvan Houston of the NAACP came before the mayor and Roanoke City Council at Monday evening’s meeting asking that two volunteer chaplains…
WEDOWEE – Wedowee Town Council held the first of two public hearings during their meeting last week concerning a grant application for repairs and improvements to the city’s sewer system. According to Mayor Tim Coe, the work will cost an estimated $1,009, 230. It is not known at this time when and if the grant…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Michael David Hyatt, 57, of Roanoke will be Saturday, June 27, 2020, at 11 a.m. EDT at Shadowlawn Cemetery in LaGrange, Ga. Mr. Hyatt died Sunday, June 21, at his residence. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 26. A Georgia native,…
Public Hearing Notice AltaPointe Health is applying to the Alabama Department of Transportation for a federal capital funding Award under Section 5310 of the Federal Transit Act. This funding is for capital assistance to help meet the transportation needs of seniors and individuals with disabilities in Talladega, Clay, Coosa, and Randolph counties. A public hearing…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGE HUNTER GEDDA, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Gordon Hunter Gedda on the 16th day of June, 2020, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Susan Nelson, 73, of Roanoke will be Thursday, June 25, 2020, at noon at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Dan Waller and the Rev. Paul Messer officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Mrs.…
Wallace Hardy Crouch died June 17, 2020. Services were held in Savannah, Ga., on June 20. Wallace was born Nov. 30, 1985, in Newnan, Ga. He is a graduate of Randolph County High. Wallace is survived by his wife, Stephanie Simms Crouch; son, Nolan; daughter, Langley; mother, Dee Crouch; father, Gene Crouch and stepmother, Ramonda…
(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) Carolyn Heard Thompson, 73, of St. Petersburg, Fla., died Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Sanford, Fla. The funeral will be Monday, June 22, at 1 p.m. at Mitchell’s Funeral Home in Orlando, Fla. Born in Roanoke, Carolyn was married to Marvin Thompson of St. Petersburg for over 50 years. Carolyn leaves behind…
(ROANOKE) James L. Phillips, 91, of Roanoke died Saturday, June 13, 2020, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. Graveside services will be Saturday, June 20, at 11 a.m. at Mt. Olive United Methodist Church Cemetery in Wadley with Pastor Marian Royston and the Rev. William Phillips officiating. He is survived by his wife, Mary…
(WEDOWEE) The funeral for James Garl Yarbrough, 76, of Wedowee will be Saturday, June 20, 2020, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Bro. Zenus Windsor officiating. Burial will follow at Clay County Memory Gardens. Due to COVID-19, the family requires that everyone in attendance at the visitation and/or funeral wear a mask. Temperatures…
(LANETT) Private family graveside services for Morgan McQueen “Mac” Schuessler, 84, of Lanett, formerly of Roanoke, will be at Cedarwood Cemetery in Roanoke on Friday, June 19. A memorial service will be Saturday, June 20, at 2 p.m. EDT at Spring Road Christian Church in Lanett with Pastor Ron Lewis, Pastor Dan Garrett and Pastor…
(GRAHAM) Cecil W. Cosper, 92, of Graham died June 14, 2020, at Tanner Medical Center. Graveside services were at 3 p.m. CDT June 17, at Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery in Graham with his son, Dr. Barry F. Cosper, officiating. He was born April 3, 1928, to the late Charlie Clayton Cosper and Gladys Turner Cosper.…
LAKE WEDOWEE – Lake Wedowee claimed another life on Saturday as a result of drowning. According to Randolph County Sheriff David Cofield, the victim was identified as Christopher Michael Sterley, 22, of Hoover. Sterley had jumped from what is known as “the jumping rock” below Lonnie White boat ramp. Family members lost visibility of him…
Last Wednesday Roanoke was a small-town home to an experience that is typically reserved for the big city – a traffic jam. The morning congestion was the result of something that has universal appeal – free food. A morning rainstorm did not deter hundreds of local folks from driving to the Randolph County Economic Development…
A Newell man said he was beaten and robbed in a Roanoke pasture by men wanting to steal his income tax refund. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, on May 2, the victim asked Tirell Lamar Hughley, 25, of Government Street, Roanoke, to drive him to World Finance to get his income tax…