(WADLEY) Graveside services for Walter Wayne “Swampdog” Hudson, 49, of Wadley were Tuesday, June 2, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Cedarwood Cemetery in Roanoke with the Rev. Phillip Jenkins officiating.Mr. Hudson died Wednesday, May 27, at his home in Wadley.Born in Clay County and a resident of Roanoke for most of his life, Mr. Hudson…
John Robert “Johnny” Sanders, 92, died May 31, 2020, at the home of his daughter, Susan. A private family memorial will be held on Lake Wedowee at a later date. Johnny was born Nov. 4, 1927, in Buchanan, Ga., to the late Homer Sanders and Grace Edwards Sanders. He retired from the Ford Motor Company,…
(HEFLIN) Betty Jean Turner, 83, died Thursday, May 28, 2020, at Tanner Medical Center. The funeral was at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 31, at Dryden Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bobby Garner officiating. Burial followed in Heflin City Cemetery. Betty was a loving mother and grandmother. She was a member of Edwardsville Baptist…
(WOODLAND) John Joseph Kara Jr., 76, of Woodland, formerly of Iowa and Georgia, died Thursday, May 28, 2020, at his residence. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. A Pittsburg, Pa., native, Mr. Kara was born May 31, 1943, the son of John Kara Sr. and Sara Beck Kara. He was…
(HOGANSVILLE, Ga.) Lura Esther Walker Fincher, 104, of Hogansville, Ga., died May 25, 2020, at the Florence Hand Home. Family graveside services will be Thursday, May 28, at Shadowlawn Cemetery in LaGrange, Ga., with Pastor Benjie Dukes officiating. Mrs. Fincher was born May 21, 1916, in Randolph County, Ala., to the late Soloman Felix Walker…
(WADLEY) Willie T. Allen, 60, of Wadley died Friday, May 22, 2020. Graveside services will be Friday, May 29, at 3 p.m. CDT in Ozias Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Dadeville with Pastor Derrick Vines officiating. He leaves to cherish his memories his wife, Rebecca Pitts Allen of Wadley; five children, Latasha Ann Finley of…
In the ever evolving aftermath of the coronavirus-induced sports shutdown, the resumption of high school sports activities – in an abridged form – appears to be at hand. Last week the AHSAA announced that schools could return to off-season conditioning programs on campus starting June 1, and alongside that announcement, laid out a series of…
For the next three weeks, The Leader will feature articles on three registered nurses that are originally from Randolph County and still have family here. These three nurses volunteered to go work on the frontline in the hot spots of New York and New Jersey in hospitals that are in dire need of help and…
At Thursday’s meeting of Randolph County Commission, the commissioners agreed to reopen the courthouse and related buildings with limited access by passing a resolution, but approval of the resolution did not come without disagreements. There are 20 measures that must be followed by the public, security personnel and department heads, such as the revenue commissioner,…
Loved ones’ involvement in patient care leads to better outcomes. Tanner Health System is, however, obligated to also protect patients, visitors and staff to exposure to infectious diseases, including influenza and COVID-19. To promote social distancing, Tanner Health System encourages loved ones to utilize Facetime, Zoom or Skype to virtually visit with patients. To promote…
Roanoke City School Board met online with Zoom last Tuesday evening to close out the 2019-2020 school year. It started off as a smooth year back in August, but the last three months of the school year turned out to be some of the most difficult ever with students having to study and learn from…
As of today the Randolph County Republican Party has given away over 1200 masks to almost every nursing home, clinic, doctors office and hospital in our area. They have also supplied masks to the Police and VFDs of Roanoke, Wedowee and Wadley as well as The Sheriff’s Office. They have just received another shipment of…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Era Maude Smith, 94 of Bowdon, Ga., died May 24, 2020. The funeral will be at Bowdon Baptist Church on Wednesday, May 27, at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in the Bowdon City Cemetery. Those wishing to attend the service are asked to observe proper social distancing procedures. She was born May 19,…
(AUBURN) The Rev. Joseph Eugene “Gene” Ware, 92, of Auburn (formerly of LaGrange, Ga.) died Friday, May 22, 2020, at UAB-Palliative Care Unit, Birmingham. The funeral will be Wednesday, May 27, at Vines Funeral Home Chapel, LaFayette, at 12:30 p.m. with the Rev. Eric Ware officiating. Interment will be in Friendship Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery,…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Wilma Jean Williams Hughes, 89 of Carrollton, Ga., died Saturday, May 23, 2020. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 27, at Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery in Carrollton with the Rev. Mike Reeves officiating. Mrs. Hughes was born in Randolph County, Ala., on Oct. 15, 1930, the daughter of…
(ROANOKE) Eleanor Droll Anker, 101, of Roanoke died Tuesday, May 19, 2020, after an extended illness. Graveside services will be held at a later date in Paris, Ill. She was born to the late Sarah and Cyril Droll Nov. 7, 1918. Eleanor graduated from the University of Iowa with a B.S. in business administration degree…
(ROANOKE) Willie B. Foster, 75, of Jackson Avenue, Roanoke, died Wednesday morning, May 20, 2020, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. Viewing will be Wednesday, May 27, from 1 to 6 p.m. at Clark Memorial Funeral Service. A graveside service will be Thursday, May 28, at noon at Skyview Memorial Gardens in the Welch…
(DULUTH, Ga.) Edward Heath Sr., 72, of Duluth, Ga., died Monday, May 18, 2020. A graveside services will be Sunday, May 24, at noon at Canaan Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Roanoke (Welch community) with the Rev. Calvin Trammell officiating. Mr. Heath is survived by his seven children, Edward J. Heath (Veronica) and Ritchie Z.…
(FORTSON, Ga.) Willard E. Brown, 68, of Fortson, Ga., passed away peacefully at home after a long battle with cancer on May 21, 2020. Graveside services will be at Wedowee Cemetery on Monday, May 25, at 2 p.m. Willard was born in Rotan, Texas, on Feb. 17, 1952, the son of Neal and Margie Brown.…
(ANNISTON) Robert Blake McLeroy, 33, of Anniston died Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Calhoun County. An Anniston native, Mr. McLeroy was born Sept. 19, 1986, the son of Warren Blake and Linda Dunnett McLeroy. He was Baptist by faith and worked as a truck driver. Survivors include his son, Matthew Jacob McLeroy; mother, Linda Dunnett…