(WEDOWEE) Ronald Eugene Benallo, 79, of Wedowee died Sunday, April 28, 2019, at UAB Hospital in Birmingham.Memorial services will be held on Saturday, May 4 at 3 p.m. at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with the Rev. Corky Addison officiating.A Colorado native, Mr. Benallo was born Jan. 28, 1940, the son of John and Louise Gaccetta…
(FIVE POINTS) Graveside services for Cooper Hodge, 73, of Five Points will be Sunday, April 28, 2019, at 3 p.m. at Resthaven Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Jerry Ledbetter officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12-1 on Sunday before services begin. Mr. Hodge died Friday, April 26, at his residence.…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Rodney Little, 70, of Roanoke will be Sunday, April 28, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Welcome Home Baptist Church with Bro. Terry Holder and Bro. Harold McCain officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Saturday. Mr. Little…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for William Thomas “Tommy” Huey Jr., 69, of Roanoke will be Sunday, April 28, 2019, at 3 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with Bro. Bart Lester officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday. Mr. Huey died Thursday, April 25, at his residence. A long-time…
(ROCK MILLS) The funeral for Monta S. Wilkinson, 72, of Rock Mills will be Friday, April 26, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Stanley Yarbrough officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday. Mrs. Wilkinson died Tuesday,…
(WEDOWEE) The funeral for Gordon Dallas Taylor, 96, of Wedowee will be Friday, April 26, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Bro. Theron Hendrix, Bro. Doug Brown, Bro. Dean Hendrix and Bro. Stanley Yarbrough officiating. Burial will follow at Forrester’s Chapel Cemetery, Wadley. The family will receive friends at the funeral home…
(TUSCALOOSA) Joyce Baird Lane Mizer, 87, of Tuscaloosa died April 2, 2019. A celebration of life reception will be May 18 at 2 p.m. at Sunset Funeral Home in Northport. Joyce was born in Roanoke, the daughter of James Thomas Baird Sr., and Mamie Belcher Baird. She graduated from Handley High School in 1949 as…
An oak tree fell on a passing SUV on County Road 140 in Wedowee on Friday afternoon of last week. Curtis Spidell,76, of Wedowee was traveling westbound in a 2013 Cadillac Escalade near Ava United Methodist Church when the tree fell into the road and on top of the car, causing major damage. Neither Spidell…
Handley will face one of its toughest opponents of the season in its quest to advance beyond the second round of the state playoffs for the first time in school history. The Tigers will travel to Montgomery Friday to take on Trinity Presbyterian and its elite pitching staff for a second-round series that starts at…
The Alabama Community College System launched its new user-friendly, student-focused website on Friday, April 5. With just a click, the website makes available information about the education, training, and community support at the state’s 24 community colleges. The site’s URL is www.accs.edu. “The Alabama Community College System is laser-focused on the student experience and it…
Wadley held a lead in both games of its first-round playoff series against South Lamar Friday, but the Bulldogs ultimately lost both games to see their season come to a close. The first game was tied 1-1 going to the seventh inning, but South Lamar pushed four runs across in their half of the final…
Don’t miss the flurry of activity that will be taking place at Southern Union State Community College’s Wadley campus this June! Children entering the first through the sixth grades are invited to attend the annual Kids Kollege day camp. Held June 10-13, Kids Kollege gives the youth of east central Alabama an opportunity to explore…
In one of the least dramatic first-round playoff series in recent memory Handley needed a total of seven innings to dispatch Greensboro by scores of 18-0 and 14-0 Monday. The first game went the required five innings, but the coaches agreed to end the second game after just two innings as Greensboro was clearly in…
The 2019 statewide “Don’t Drop It on Alabama” spring cleanup will be held on April 20-27. The cleanup is held annually and coordinated by Alabama PALS (People Against a Littered State), which also coordinates and implements the Alabama Coastal Cleanup, Alabama Clean Campus Program, Alabama Adopt-a-Mile and Adopt-a-Stream programs statewide. Each of these efforts are…
ROOPVILLE, Ga. – A private lab has confirmed that a raccoon in southern Carroll County recently tested positive for rabies. It was sent for testing after fighting with someone’s dog in Roopville. Confirmatory testing from the Georgia Public Health Laboratory (GPHL) is pending. All residents are encouraged to take precautions to protect their families and…
Area tournament play begins next Tuesday for all four county softball teams. RCHS will be the lone county school to host its area tournament as the other three teams will have to travel. Here are the schedules, locations and first-round matchups for all four tournaments Wadley The 1A, Area 8 tournament will take place at…
Fred’s Inc. announced last week it will close 159 under performing and unprofitable stores in 13 states by the end of May, including the store in Roanoke. “ I am saddened to learn about the closing of Fred’s here in Roanoke. It helped fill an empty building when Walmart moved across town,” said Bryant Whaley, executive…
On Monday evening, Roanoke City Council meeting opened with old business on a city drainpipe issue at Lakeview Drive. The council decided the street department would handle the labor and the city would buy the supplies, instead of contracting the job out. During the meeting, the council: Discussed re-zoning three properties. The council voted unanimously…
All four county softball teams got in some final regular season tuneups as the area tournaments begin next week. Here’s how the week went for all four teams. Woodland Woodland fell to Reeltown 4-3 after giving up a pair of runs in the sixth inning. The Lady Cats held a 3-2 lead heading to the…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES BENEFIELD, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Wilma Ann Lipham on the 16th day of April, 2019, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the…