(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Louise Pike Knight, 89, of Roanoke will be at Randolph Memory Gardens on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Paul Pratt officiating.The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday.Mrs. Knight died Monday, March 9, in Dalton, Ga.A Randolph County…
(POWDER SPRINGS, Ga.) Kelly Colin Greer, 53, of Powder Springs, GA., passed away on March 5, 2020. The funeral will be Friday, March 13, at Carmichael Funeral Home, 1130 Whitlock Ave., Marietta, Ga. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. EDT with the funeral immediately following in the chapel. Kelly was born in Pequot…
(ROANOKE) James Frank Wilson, 81, of Roanoke died Friday, March 6, 2020, at Traylor’s Nursing Home in Roanoke. Mr. Wilson was born April 12, 1938, the son of J. Buren and Lonie M. Wilson. He Wilson was a carpenter by trade and served as a military police officer for the army during the Korean War.…
(HUGULEY) Doris Buchanan Haynes, 89, of Huguley died Saturday, March 7, 2020, at her residence. Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 10, at noon EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley. Interment will follow at Friendship Christian Church Cemetery in Roanoke. The Rev. Derrick Rutledge will officiate. The family will receive friends Tuesday…
(WOODLAND) The funeral for Danielle Florence, 41, of Woodland was Sunday, March 8, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Kenneth Johnson and Bro. Stanley Yarbrough officiating. Burial followed at Highway Congregational Methodist Cemetery. Ms. Florence died Friday, March 6, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. A Randolph County native,…
(WEDOWEE) Graveside services for Rebecca Ann Scroggins, 68, of Wedowee will be Saturday, March 7, 2020, at 1 p.m. at Wedowee City Cemetery. Mrs. Scroggins died Thursday, March 5, at her residence. A Maryland native, Mrs. Scroggins was born July 4, 1951, the daughter of Theodore and Helen Myers Robey. She was Baptist by faith…
(LINEVILLE) The funeral for Vickie Lynn Carter Kabetzke, 53, of Lineville will be Saturday, March 7, 2020, at 11 a.m. at Pine Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Billy Taylor and Rev. Claude Bennett officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Kabetzke died Monday, March 2, in Lineville. Born in Wedowee, she spent…
(TEMPLE, Ga.) Willie Higgins, 62, of Temple, Ga. (formerly of Roanoke) died Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. The funeral will be at Canaan Baptist Church, Welch, on Saturday, March 7, at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Calvin Trammell officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The remains will…
(DAVISTON) The funeral for Huey GrifÞn, 76, of Daviston will be Friday, March 6, 2020, at 2 p.m. at BeneÞeld Funeral Home in Ashland with the Rev. David Holcombe and Rev. Kenneth Fuller officiating. Burial will follow at Clay County Memory Gardens. Mr. GrifÞn died March 3 at his residence. A lifelong resident of Clay…
(PENTON) Larry Zane Edge, 86, of Penton died Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at his residence. The funeral will be Saturday, March 7, at 3 p.m. at Penton Church Of God Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery, with the Rev. Mike Campbell and the Rev. Steve Powell officiating. Visitation will be held at…
(BAY MINETTE) Jane Huey Dickson, 79, a native of Roanoke and resident of Bay Minette, died Wednesday, March 4, 2020, at her residence. She was a homemaker, a social editor for The Baldwin Times and the owner of 3D Investments. She was a longtime member of First Baptist Church. She is survived by her son,…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for James Donald Fincher, 70, of Roanoke will be Friday, March 6, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Denise White and Jacob White officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Mr. Fincher…
WEDOWEE – The first Saturday in March is cause for celebration in Wedowee. For this town, jubilation doesn’t come with receiving -it’s giving that creates joy. On March 7, local residents will give their time, talent and treasures to the 5th annual Bingo for Boobies event to raise money for Tanner’s Mammogram Assistance Fund. Admission…
The new basketball areas are set, and both Handley and RCHS will find themselves face to face with some big-time competition over the course of the next two regular seasons, while Wadley and Woodland will have to climb over each other for area supremacy. The AHSAA on Tuesday released the basketball area alignment for the…
Over 6,000 Randolph County voters braved the rainy election-day weather to cast their votes in Tuesday’s primary, and the results are in. The main local elections were for the five seats on the Randolph County Commission and for the job of Randolph County Revenue Commissioner. Two of the five seats on the county commission have…
Bison Weekly: Women’s basketball falls in conference tournament, baseball goes 1-3 in South Carolina
The Southern Union women were underdogs coming into the ACCC basketball tournament, but they were unable use that status to their advantage as they lost their tournament opener 76-66 to Wallace-Selma Friday at Shelton State. SU actually held a one-point lead at halftime, but Selma outscored the Lady Bison 20-10 in the third quarter and…
This spring Alabamians have a big opportunity to affect the state’s future in a major way. The 2020 Census will dictate the distribution of more than $675 billion in federal funding to local and state governments. This funding supports schools, healthcare, infrastructure, community assistance and more. And its impact can last for decades to come…
Everyone interested in the Tallapoosa River should fill out a questionnaire and pass the link https://www.surveymonkey. com/r/tallapoosauser to family and friends who have enjoyed the river life over the years. This is the opportunity citizens have to express their opinions/tell their experiences that will be on record for the next 50 years. Although most Randolph…
WADLEY – At Monday’s Wadley Town Council meeting, the council unanimously approved some $4,600 to get the town’s recreation fields ready for the upcoming season. Nikkie Houston, director of parks and recreation for the town, addressed the council concerning the poor condition of the town’s baseball and softball fields. “They are in really bad shape…
Amy Smith and Leah Williamson did the heavy lifting at the plate, and Josie Cross allowed just two hits in a complete-game victory as Woodland opened its softball season with an emphatic 10-1 win over Valley last Thursday. Outside of a three-batter stretch in the fourth inning Cross was un-hittable. Valley got a leadoff double…