(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Don Lewis Sr., 67, of Wedowee will be Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Wedowee First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Josh Hickman officiating. Burial will follow at Oakhill Cemetery in Talladega.The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. on Friday.Mr. Lewis died Sunday,…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Andrew Phillip Burden, 55, a native of Roanoke and current resident of LaGrange, Ga., died following a tragic accident on Airport Road, Roanoke, on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. The homegoing service for was Saturday, Nov. 10, at 1 p.m. at Sword of the Spirit Ministries at Christian Memorial Baptist Church, Roanoke. Pastor Mark…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Funeral services for Mary Overton, 88, of LaGrange, Ga., will be Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Claude Bennett, Jody Overton and Elton Overton officiating. Burial will follow at Welcome Home Baptist Church Cemetery, Roanoke. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from…
(NEWELL) Funeral services for Angela Kerr Murphy, 68, of Newell will be Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Jordan Chapel Congregational Methodist Church with the Rev. Chris Mitchell officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Ms. Murphy died Monday, Nov. 12, at Regional Medical Center in Anniston. A lifelong Randolph County resident,…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Robert Wilson, 88, of Wedowee will be Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Bear Creek United Methodist Church in Woodland with the Revs. Jacob Wilkerson, Stanley Yarbrough and Chad Eason officiating. Burial will follow at Noon Day Christian Church Cemetery, Wedowee. The family will receive friends at the funeral…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Robert Wilson, 88, of Wedowee will be Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Bear Creek United Methodist Church in Woodland with the Revs. Jacob Wilkerson, Stanley Yarbrough and Chad Eason officiating. Burial will follow at Noon Day Christian Church Cemetery, Wedowee. The family will receive friends at the funeral…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Lurlene Walker Brown Pierce, 80, of Woodland will be Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018 at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Wade Price officiating. Burial will follow at Big Springs Baptist Cemetery, Roanoke. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. on Friday. Ms. Pierce…
(WEDOWEE) Memorial services for Fred Leon Brown Jr., 72, of Wedowee will be Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home Chapel in Wedowee with the Rev. Matt Browning officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1-2 p.m. on Saturday. Mr. Brown died Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Bobby Burroughs, 69, of Wadley will be Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Hope Memorial Christian Church with the Revs. Stanley Yarbrough and Randy Anderson officiating. Burial will follow at Ava United Methodist Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:30-8 p.m. on Thursday. Bro.…
Those who came to the RCHS-Wadley game Friday night in Wedowee in search of an offensive showdown were sorely disappointed. Those who came to the game hoping for an RCHS victory came away happy anyway. RCHS handed Wadley its first shutout loss since 2012 as the Tigers completed a 9-1 regular season with a 28-0…
Businesses closing for Veterans Day Monday, November 12th. TEC OpenBanks Closed Courthouse Closed County Water Authority Closed Roanoke City Hall Closed Roanoke Utilities Closed Awbrey Library Closed Saturday & Monday Wedowee Town Hall Closed Wadley Town Hall Closed State & Federal Offices Closed Post Offices Closed County Schools Closed City Schools Closed The Randolph Leader…
The Handley High School marching band has been selected to perform at the Sugar Bowl next January, and band director Matthew Goodman is going the extra mile -literally – to make sure every one of his band members gets the opportunity to make the trip. In an effort to help foot the estimated $80,000 that…
Voter turnout for this gubernatorial election was strong with 7,658 of Randolph County’s registered voters exercising their right on Election Day. Looking over the results, the percentages are similar across all races with about 25 percent of the vote going to the Democratic candidate and 75 percent going to the Republican candidate. Here are the…
Roanoke Police investigators discovered a body while assisting Chambers County officers with a missing person case last week. According to Roanoke Police Chief Adam Melton, Chambers County investigators met with Roanoke investigators regarding a woman who had been missing for several weeks, Brandy Elizabeth Soncrant Jones, 24, of Valley. On Tuesday, Oct. 30, they located…
Airport Road accident The driver of an SUV was killed in an accident on Airport Road in Roanoke on Saturday afternoon. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, Andrew Phillip Burden, 55, of LaGrange, Ga., was traveling east on Airport Road at approximately 3:38 p.m. when his 2003 Oldsmobile Bravada ran off the road…
(LINEVILLE) The funeral service for Mary Joyce Creed Campbell, 66, of Lineville will be Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland with Sis. Alice Watts and Bro. David Davis officiating. Burial will follow in Shady Grove Christian Church Cemetery. Mrs. Campbell died Monday, Nov. 5, at Clay County Hospital.…
Last year RCHS earned the No. 2 seed in its region and then proceeded to advance all the way to the state finals, where they took a hard-fought loss to Hillcrest Evergreen and finished as class 3A’s state runner up. This year the Tigers, and four other area teams, will try to follow that same…
Clay Central’s defense continued its dominant run through the second half of the season, and the Vols built a 38-0 lead by halftime before cruising to a 45-7 win over Handley in the regular season finale for both teams Friday in Roanoke. Handley got a 1-yard touchdown run from Devontae Houston in the third quarter…
Ranburne fell behind 14-7 after the first quarter, but the Bulldogs seized control of the game with 21 unanswered points in the second and third quarters to propel them to a 35-20 win over White Plains Friday in Ranburne. The win gives the Bulldogs an 8-2 finish to the regular season, which is their best…
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