(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Larry Wayne Rice, 76, of Roanoke will be Saturday, May 12, 2018, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Roanoke with the Revs. Scott Hannah and Mark McGhee officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens.The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 til 7 p.m. on…
(VALLEY) Lavonia Tatum Osborn, 85, of Valley died Saturday, May 5, 2018, at East Alabama Medical Center Lanier Hospital in Valley. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 9, at Abanda Methodist Church in Abanda with burial to follow in the Tatum Family Cemetery in Milltown with the Revs. Mark Rasbury and…
(OPELIKA) Funeral services for Lonza Wilford “Billy” Harper, 75, of Opelika, formerly of Randolph County, will be Monday, May 7, 2018, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Phil Gore officiating. Burial will follow at Wadley City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11 a.m. – 1…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Rayford Dabbs, 82, of Roanoke will be Monday, May 7, 2018, at 4 p.m. at Heritage Baptist Cemetery with the Revs. Stanley Daniel, Steve Williams and Billy Joe Fetner officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 3-3:30 p.m. on Monday. Mr. Dabbs died Sunday, May 6, at…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Jerrell Calvin Cottle, 79, of Roanoke will be Sunday, May 6, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Scott Whaley and Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday. Mr. Cottle…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Ronald D. Stephens, 73, of Wadley will be Saturday, May 5, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Malone Baptist Church with the Rev. Zenus Windsor officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Friday. Mr. Stephens will lie in…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Vera Faye Smith Mulkey, 76, of Roanoke will be Saturday, May 5, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Mike Brewer officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Friday. Mrs. Mulkey died Thursday, May 3, at her home.…
(VALLEY) Mary Ussery Morgan, 97, of Valley died Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at EAMC Lanier Nursing Home in Valley. The funeral will be Saturday, May 5, at 11 a.m. EDT in the Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Keith Gambill and the Rev. Russell Williams officiating. Interment will follow in Shawmut…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for O. C. Knight, 87, of Wadley will be Friday, May 4, 2018, at 3 p.m. at Corinth Christian Church with the Revs. Ricky Cummings and Bobby Burroughs officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-9 p.m. on Thursday. Mr. Knight…
When Bradley Bozeman showed up at Alabama in the summer of 2013 as a 3-star recruit among a sea of 4- and 5-stars, few expected him to even carve out a spot on the two-deep. He ended up as a two-year starter, a team captain and a second-team All American. Now the Handley High School…
The Handley Lady Tigers closed their regular season schedule with a 9-1 win over Woodland Friday. Handley had 13 hits as a team, while starting pitcher Morgan Whaley scattered five hits over seven innings to earn the win in the circle. Handley led just 2-0 through four innings before the Tigers put together a sustained…
The legislature has approved four constitutional amendments for voters to decide on the November 2018 ballot.One amendment provides that any legislative seat becoming vacant after October 1 of the year before a regu-lar election will remain vacant.Another makes changes in the University of Alabama Board of Trustees, removing the superintendent of education from the board,…
Last week we made you aware that five of the nine seats on our State Supreme Court are up for election this year. In addition, our Court of Civil Appeals and Criminal Appeals have several members up for election. The folks who sit on these courts essentially have zero name identification. Even when polling is…
Evelyn Norton watched the funeral of Barbara Pierce Bush closely, not only because she had met her and thought highly of her, but because her son-in-law, Russell J. Levenson Jr., was delivering the homily at her funeral. He was at her bedside, praying with her, when she died April 17, Evelyn said. Evelyn’s daughter Laura…
Some time back two distinguished members of our local religious community offered their opinions on whether or not dogs have souls. Well, if my vote counts for anything, I cast mine with the one who concluded that yes, they do. More to the point, I agree with Mark Twain who observed that “Heaven goes by…
Students got a tough lesson when the Choice Bus visited Handley Middle School Friday. Statistics were thrown at them first: Every 26 seconds a student drops out of school. Three out of every 10 students, or 70 percent, in America’s public schools fail to finish high school with a diploma. That amounts to 1.3 million.…
A Roanoke family lost their home to fire on Monday afternoon. According to the report, the fire was reported at about 4:15 p.m. at 1091 Bud Cummings Rd. The owner was Jeremy David Cummings and the tenant was Meagan Reynoso and her family. When responders arrived, the home was fully engulfed with one adult and…
State Senator Gerald Dial (R-Lineville) and Secretary of State John Merrill held a press conference at the State Capitol to sign a proclamation announcing that Amendment One on the November 6 ballot will be a proposal to authorize the display of the Ten Commandments on state property. Dial shepherded the proposed state constitutional amendment through…
WEDOWEE–As the end of the school year is fast approaching, Randolph County Board of Education accepted several resignations from personnel at the meeting on Wednesday afternoon of last week. These resignations included: Andrea Robinson, pre-K teacher at Rock Mills Junior High School. Chris Dillard as social studies teacher at Wadley High School. Nicole Sprayberry, bus…
State Rep. Bob Fincher said two historic markers commemorating the early pottery industry here will be unveiled in the Bacon Level and Rock Mills areas Friday, May 11, as part of the state’s bicentennial. The first unveiling will be at Bacon Level at 11:30 a.m. on the side of the road at County Road 16.…