PUBLIC NOTICEThe Randolph County Commission is considering the feasibility of closing a section of roadway in the Braswell Crossroads Community being more particularly described as follows:Commencing at the intersection of US Highway 431 and County Road 210, for a point of beginning, thence run westerly along said County Road 210 a distance of 0.406 miles…

(FIVE POINTS) Graveside services for Sara Nell Pitts Crenshaw, 83, of Five Points will be Thursday, May 7, 2020, at 11 a.m. at Five Points Belcher Cemetery with the Rev. Chuck Anderson and Rev. Stoney Halsey officiating. Mrs. Crenshaw died Monday, May 4, at Traylor’s Nursing Center. A Chambers County native, Mrs. Crenshaw was born…

(WOODLAND) The homegoing for Leon Enloe Mote was May 4, 2020. He was 101. Mr. Mote was born March 21, 1919, in the Delta community of Clay County to the late William and Sidney Mote. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served during World War II. During his service, he was awarded…

(LaFAYETTE) Bettye Jean Shaver, 77, of LaFayette (White Plains community) died Friday, May 1, 2020. A private graveside service will be Wednesday, May 6, at 1 p.m. at Pine Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in the White Plains community with Pastor Cecelia Broome officiating. Ms. Shaver is survived by her two sons and one daughter,…

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Peggy T. Wilford, 84, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at 11 a.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Rev. Frank Foster Jr. and Rev. Stanley Yarbrough officiating. Mrs. Wilford died Saturday, May 2, at West Georgia Hospice in LaGrange. A lifelong resident of Randolph County, Mrs. Wilford was…

(BREMEN, Ga.) Glenda Hammond Scott, 75, of Bremen, Ga., died peacefully with her family at her side on May 2, 2020, at Tanner Medical Center, Carrollton, Ga., of respiratory failure. Glenda’s body was cremated and no public service or visitation is planned. Graveside services for the immediate family will be at a later date at…

(LaFAYETTE) Marlene Wilson, 80, of LaFayette died Tuesday April 28, 2020, at Elmore Community Hospital in Wetumpka. Mrs. Wilson was born in Summerville, Ga., on Dec. 14, 1939, to the late James Franklin Brown and Addie Viola Wooten Brown and was a homemaker. She is survived by her seven children, Rosa Hamer of Valley, Ruby…

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Peggy T. Wilford, 84, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at 11 a.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Rev. Frank Foster Jr. and Rev. Stanley Yarbrough officiating. Mrs. Wilford died Saturday, May 2, at West Georgia Hospice in LaGrange. A lifelong resident of Randolph County, Mrs. Wilford was…

(PALMETTO. Ga.) James F. “Jimmy” Wellborn of Palmetto, Ga., (formerly of Wedowee) died May 2, 2020. Due to recent health concerns, a private graveside services will be held Tuesday, May 5, at 2 p.m. at Holly Hill Memorial Park with Minister Ross Anderson officiating. Mr. Wellborn was a retired commercial painter with C.A. Wellborn and…

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Brandon Reed Rushton, 10, of Roanoke will be Monday, May 4, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with Bro. Danny Lewis and Bro. Eric Lester officiating. Brandon died Thursday, April 30. A lifelong Roanoke resident, Brandon was born in Valley on March 28, 2010, the son of Kennon Rushton…

(WACO, Ga.) Graveside services for Jimmy Duane Braswell, 68, of Waco, Ga., will be Saturday, May 2, 2020, at noon CDT at Herren’s Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Woodland, with the Rev. Ricky Shirley officiating. Mr. Braswell died Thursday, April 30, at his residence. A Carrollton, Ga., native, Mr. Braswell was born July 27, 1951, the…

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Lucy Bonner, 75, of Roanoke will be Saturday, May 2, 2020, at 3 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with Pastor Darren White. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1-2:45 p.m. on Saturday before services begin. Mrs. Bonner died Thursday, April 30, at Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham,.…

Alabama governor Kay Ivey issued new orders regarding staying at home during the Covid-19 outbreak in the state. The new order replaced the current stay at home order that had been in effect since the first of April. The new order will be in effect from April 30th until May 15 at 5:00 pm. You…

(WOODLAND) Wayne Smith, 66, of Woodland died Wednesday, April 29, 2020, at his residence. A Roanoke native, Mr. Smith was born Aug. 20, 1953, the son of Calvin James and Allie Ruth Madden Smith. He was a member of Woodland First Congregational Methodist Church and worked as a supervisor for Randolph County Solid Waste for…

(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Faye Morgan of Carrollton, Ga., died April 27, 2020. She was 79. Faye was born Dec. 4, 1940, in LaGrange, Ga., to the late Winford and Metha Geneva Nixon. She was retired from Bowdon Area Hospital, where she worked as a dietician. Survivors include her children and their spouses, Melissa Faye Runyan (Gerry),…

Roanoke Urgent Care Rural Health Clinic on Main Street will have drive-thru COVID-19 testing on Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (while supplies last) in the front parking lot. You must be experiencing symptoms to be eligible for testing, which might include: fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, chills, headache, sore throat,…

The Alabama Department of Corrections’ (ADOC) Office of Health Services confirmed two inmates incarcerated at St. Clair Correctional Facility (St. Clair) in Springville and one inmate incarcerated at Bullock Correctional Facility (Bullock) in Union Springs have tested positive for COVID-19. These three positive tests are the first verified COVID-19 cases among ADOC’s inmate population. While…