LAKE WEDOWEE – It is time again for the annual lake clean-up sponsored by Lake Wedowee Property Owners’ Association (LWPOA) and Alabama Power Company as a part of the Renew Our Rivers Campaign.The lake clean-up will be a three-day event, Tuesday through Thursday, Oct. 23-25.Boats and volunteers are needed. Contact Betty and Marlon Glover if…
(FIVE POINTS) Lee Alan LaFollette, 80, of Five Points died Sunday, Oct. 14, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. The funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, at Trinity Baptist Church in Roanoke with the Rev. Jeff Burns officiating. Interment will follow at Five Points Cemetery on County Road 258. Visitation will be…
(ROANOKE) Jimmy Ray East, 64, of Roanoke died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, at Rehab Select in Talladega. Mr. East was born April 23, 1954, to the late William and Gladys East. He was a lifetime resident of Roanoke and attended Handley High School. Mr. East is survived by three sisters, Juanita Harmon, Linda Cunningham and…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Pam Brown Burks, 60, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday. Mrs. Burks died Monday, Oct. 15,…
(GRAHAM) Funeral services for Mack McManus, 84, of Graham will be Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, at 11 a.m. CDT at Gold Ridge Baptist Church with Bro. T.J. Morgan, Bro. David Daniel, Gerry McManus and Bro. Tony McManus officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 15. Mr.…
(LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.) Funeral services for Shirley Huey Gantt, 82, of Lawrenceville, Ga., were Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Rev. Mark Tanner officiating. Burial followed at Cedarwood Cemetery in Roanoke. Ms. Gantt passed away Saturday, Oct. 13, at Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville. A former resident of Randolph County,…
(ROANOKE) Memorial services for Tommy Frank Pike, 64, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, at 4 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tyler Worthy officiating. Mr. Pike died Friday, October 12, at his residence. A Roanoke native, Mr. Pike was born April 25, 1954, the son of Recel E. and Willie…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for R.Z. Bailey, 91, of Woodland will be Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Mt. Carmel Church of Christ with Bro. Ricky Murphy, Bro. Mark Carpenter, Bro. Willbur Bass, Bro. Lee Messer and Bro Allen Daniel. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the…
Handley’s 30-14 loss to Lincoln last night was pretty much a snapshot of the unpredictable nature of Class 4A’s Region 4. One week after losing to perennial doormat Holtville, Lincoln rebounded for a convincing win over Handley and now finds itself in a tie for first place in the region with Talladega. Lincoln owns the…
(GREENWOOD, Miss.) Virginia Caver Camp of Greenwood, Miss., died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, at her home. She was 94. Mrs. Camp was born Oct. 12, 1923, in Randolph County, Ala., to Royce and Audrey Caver. She attended Flint Ridge School and graduated from Randolph County High School in Wedowee. Mrs. Camp was a full-time wife,…
The crafters goods will include: bee catchers, bird houses, book folding, candles, furniture, goat soap, gourd art, jewelry, planters, porch swings, pottery, quilting, salves, solar chandeliers, vine sculptures, wood carvings, wood crafts, wreaths and more. East Alabama Arts Society is pleased to bring this event at no cost to the public.
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Renee Richardson Wood, 55, of Wedowee will be Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, at 3 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. John Roberts officiating. Burial will follow at Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday. Mrs. Wood…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Walter “Tim” Maddox, 80 of Carrollton, Ga., died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date. Inurnment will be in Carroll Memory Gardens. Mr. Maddox was born in Randolph County, Ala., on May 27, 1938, the son of the late David Maddox and Helen Bonner…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Ronnie Hogan, 55, of Wadley will be Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, at 1 p.m. at Community Baptist Church with the Revs. Claude Bennett and Dennis Farr officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday. Mr. Hogan will…
RCHS got five touchdowns from Atario Hester, and the Tigers’ defense held Weaver scoreless in the fourth quarter as they rallied for a critical 38-28 win Friday in Wedowee. That win keeps RCHS alive for a region title after Piedmont lost to Saks on the same night. Hester was the difference maker all night for…
A man the Handley coaches were scared to throw to caught the game winning touchdown. A 6-foot-7 defensive end finished the game as his team’s second leading rusher on offense. Of Handley’s four top skill players one didn’t dress out, two left the game due to injury in a span of eight nightmarish second-quarter plays,…
Wadley continued its march toward a second-place finish in 1A, Region 4 with another blowout win Friday. This week’s edition of Wadley dominance came at the expense of Billingsley, which kept the game within reason for a half before Wadley cruised to a 50-6 homecoming win. “They had a pretty good team, and we knew…
The Central of Clay County Volunteers found themselves on the wrong end of one of the most bizarre plays of the season Friday, and the result was a gut-wrenching 32-27 loss to Mortimer Jordan. Central gained the upper hand late in a back-and-forth contest with a touchdown that put them ahead 27-26 with less than…
All of our area teams have played at least three region games, so we’re starting to get an idea of how the playoff situations are starting to take form for each of them. Some of those situations (Ranburne, Wadley) are much more clear cut than others (Handley, Central, RCHS), but let’s dive in and see…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EVELYN TOMBLIN, DECEASED Letters of Administration on the Estate of Evelyn Tomblin, deceased, having been granted to Haley Tomblin on the 31st day of August, 2018, by the Hon. George Diamond, Judge of Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, notice…