(DOUGLASVILLE, Ga.) Margaret Ann Messer Cooper, 91, of Douglasville, Ga., died peacefully at home with her children holding her hands on Saturday, March 9, 2019.The funeral was Tuesday, March 12, at 11 a.m. EDT in Rosehaven Chapel with Shane Lord and Dr. Billy Godwin officiating. Interment followed at Georgia Memorial Park Cemetery.She was born Dec.…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Willie Wesley Pertillo Jr., 77, of Roanoke will be Saturday, March 16, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. William Phillips officiating. Burial will follow at Rocky Mount Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. on Friday.…
(WADLEY) The graveside service for Bill Ragon, 81, of Wadley, will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at Union Baptist Church at Motley with Rev. Jason Watkins and Bro. David Holcombe officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Ragon died Sunday, March 10, at his residence. A former resident of…
(WADLEY) Jim Wood Cleveland Jr. died peacefully at his home in Wadley on March 10, 2019. He was predeceased by his wife, Betty Sue Cotney Cleveland. He is survived by his three sons, Jim W. Cleveland III (Cindy), William A. Cleveland (Nancy) and John C. Cleveland (Mary Ann); sister, Carol Cleveland; nine grandchildren and six…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Dwain Waldrep, 77, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Mike Waldrep, Bro. Darren White, Bro. Lynn Janney and Bro. Gary Baswell officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Broughton. The family will receive friends at the…
(OPELIKA) Graveside services for Charlotte Ann Miller, 59, of Opelika will be Saturday, March 9, 2019, at 11 a.m. at Potash Cemetery with Dr. Mike King officiating. A celebration of life service will be held at First Baptist Church of Opelika at 2 that afternoon. Ms. Miller died Sunday, March 3, in the devastating storms…
(LaFAYETTE) Huey Slay, 89, of LaFayette died Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at Bethany House Hospice in Auburn. The funeral will be Friday, March 8, at noon at New Hope Christian Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery with the Rev. Zenus Windsor officiating. Visitation will be Friday from 11 a.m. until noon. Mr.…
(VALLEY) Julius Banks, 73, of Valley died Sunday, March 3, 2019, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. The funeral will be Saturday, March 9, at 1 p.m. CST at Pine Grove United Methodist Church in LaFayette with Pastor Cecelia Broome and the Rev. George McCulloh officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery._ _Mr.…
(VALLEY) Harold Grant May Sr., 96, of Valley died peacefully in his sleep on March 6, 2019. The funeral will be Saturday, March 9, at 11 a.m. EST at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home in Valley with the Rev. Chuck Anderson officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Cemetery in Lanett with military honors. Visitation will be…
Handley senior Jaxon Whaley took matters into his own hands when it came to securing his team’s first win of the season Monday. Whaley threw a complete-game no-hitter and drove home the first two runs of the game with a third-inning double as Handley won 4-0. Whaley needed just 84 pitches to mow through the…
RCHS broke a 1-1 tie with a pair of runs in the third inning then held on for a 4-1 victory over Woodland Friday. RCHS’s four-headed pitching monster of J.D. Till, Jake Smith, Nick Sims and Noah Turner out-dueled the Woodland duo of Dalton Bolan and Hunter Braswell to secure the victory. Woodland managed just…
Handley lost a pair of games in a tournament hosted by Saks Friday, and RCHS lost a game at Saks on Monday leaving both Handley and RCHS still in search of their first wins of the season. Here’s how those games went for the county teams. Clay Central 7, Handley 5 Central scored all seven…
Over the last few years the baseball and softball landscape has changed very little among the four county schools. Here’s what you could pretty much count on: • All four softball teams would reach a regional and probably win a few games in that tournament, with Handley being the one team that had real expectations…
Ben and Bethany Johnson of Randolph County were named finalists in the 2019 Outstanding Young Farm Family contest March 2 during the Alabama Farmers Federation Young Farmers Conference in Montgomery. As part of the Top 3, they will compete for over $70,000 in prizes during on-farm judging this summer. Federation Executive Director Paul Pinyan is…
Winners of the Handley Middle School Dr. Seuss Bake-Off are first place – Ben Martin, eighth grade, Cat in the Hat cupcakes; second place – Belal Thompson, eighth grade, Cat in the Hat cupcakes; third place – Addison Sudduth, fourth grade, 1 Fish, 2 Fish cupcakes; Most Creative – Cammie Crockett, eighth grade, Green Eggs…
This Thursday and Friday the theatre department of Handley High will perform Addams Family the Musical. It is a classic send up of the beloved television show from the 1960s. In this version, the daughter, Wednesday, has fallen in love and has made her father, Gomez, swear not to tell the mother, Morticia. This secret…
A Roanoke local will compete on the season premiere of “Master Chef Junior,” a Fox network cooking competition. Young home cooks between the ages of 8-13 will compete in the Season 7 competition. Kate Hendon is among the top 24 “most talented young home cooks in America,” says judge and executive producer Gordon Ramsey. Kate…
BEAUREGARD – While most of those watching coverage of the devastation left by Sunday’s tornado in Beauregard can’t help but be touched emotionally, there are some people from Randolph County who were directly affected by the storm. Roanoke native Charlotte Miller, 59, is listed as one of the fatalities. Miller was a 1978 graduate of…
Roanoke Mayor Mike Fisher declared Arbor Week Feb. 17-23. The proclamation lists some of the environmental, economic and aesthetic benefits of trees and forestland. Trees provide jobs, products, wildlife habitat and recreational opportunities. Trees provide oxygen, help purify the air, play an important role in the water cycle and stabilize soil. Trees provide shade, cool…
Mental Health Services, which is a collaboration between the Alabama Department of Mental Health and the Alabama Department of Education. The stated goal of the program is “to ensure that mental health needs of children and adolescents in the public schools are identified early on and addressed in a competent manner,” according to the program’s…