(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Jimmy T. Wright, 69, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery.The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Friday.Mr. Wright died Monday, Jan. 29, at Noland Hospital in Anniston.A Randolph…
(GRAHAM) Dera Ann Merrill of Graham died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018. She was 69. The funeral will be Tuesday, Jan. 30, at 1 p.m. CST at Smyrna Baptist Church, Newell. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Prior to the service, Mrs. Merrill’s body will lie in state at the church from noon till the…
(ROANOKE) Marianne Harp Jordan, 70, long-time resident of Johnson Street, Roanoke, died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, at University of Alabama Medical Center in Birmingham. Visitaiton will be Wednesday, Jan. 31, from 1-6 p.m. The funeral will be Thursday, Feb. 1, at 1 p.m. at Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, (Welch community) Roanoke, with the Rev. Calvin…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Lovie Lee Calhoun, 87, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev Mike Brewer officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday. Mrs. Calhoun died Sunday, Jan.…
(ROANOKE) A graveside memorial service for Sarah Ann Chappell Hanvey, 86, of Roanoke, will be held at a later date at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Hanvey died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, at her home in Roanoke. A Randolph county native, Mrs. Hanvey was born July 12, 1931, the daughter of Prince Bowen Chappell and Eucal…
(LaFAYETTE) Louise Chappell, 78, of LaFayette died Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at Bethany House Hospice. The funeral was Wednesday, Jan. 24, at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in LaFayette with burial at Resthaven Memorial Gardens in Lanett with the Rev. Paul Howard officiating. Mrs. Chappell was born in Tallapoosa County on July 3, 1939, to the…
(LINEVILLE) The graveside funeral service for Mary Sue McKay Morris, 95 of Lineville will be Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, at 11:30 a.m. at New Harmony Christian Church Cemetery with the Rev. Zenus Windsor officiating. Mrs. Morris died Saturday, Jan. 27, at Lineville Health and Rehabilitation Center. A native and lifelong resident of Clay County, she…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Ina Bovene Stewart Langley, 97, of Wadley will be Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Corinth Christian Church with the Revs. Jimmy Brand and Ricky Cummings officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery with Quattlebaum Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends at the…
(SMYRNA, Tenn.) Don Kirby, 78, of Smyrna, Tenn., died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018. Family members will receive friends on Monday, Jan. 29, from 5-8 p.m. at Lawrence Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Tuesday, Jan. 30, at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Lawrence Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Swanson Cemetery in Chapel Hill,…
(WEDOWEE) Sheilah Hall Beasley, 70, of Wedowee died Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. The family will receive friends at Benefield Funeral Home on Sunday from 3-5 p.m. A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 24, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Roger Hammett officiating. A Douglasville, Ga., native, Mrs. Beasley was…
WEDOWEE – Firefighters from all over Randolph County responded to a call on Thursday morning at American Steeples on U.S. 431, just south of Wedowee. Witnesses reported at least two explosions at the start of the fire at approximately 9:48 a.m. American Steeples manufactures not only fiberglass church steeples, but also baptistries and crosses for…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Fannie Gilmore, 90, of Carrollton, Ga., died Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. Viewing and funeral services will be Saturday, Jan. 27, at Victory Cathedral Church in Woodland. The viewing will be at 12 p.m. EST and her service will be at 1 p.m. EST. Walker Funeral Home, Carrollton.
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Myra Nell Wilson Dunnavant, 90, of Wedowee will be Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. David Little officiating. Graveside services will be Tuesday, Jan. 23, at 2 p.m. at Old Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetery in New Brockton. Mrs. Dunnavant died Saturday, Jan. 20,…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for James Hughmiller “Hugh” Baker, 88, of Roanoke, will be Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Revs. Charles Franklin McCook and Colin Devin Dacus officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10-11 a.m. on Saturday. Mr. Baker died Wednesday, Jan. 24,…
(ANNISTON) Betty Ann Wright Bolt died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, at the age of 89. A memorial service will be held at First United Methodist Church of Anniston at 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 26. The family will receive friends at the church from 10 a.m. Friday morning until the service. She was a native…
The RCHS boys and girls split with Beulah Monday as high school basketball resumed in the county following multiple game cancellations and postponements due to last week’s snow. Monday’s games were a reschedule of games that were snowed out last Tuesday. In the girls game, Beulah rallied in the second half to take a 47-44…
Roanoke Police Department is investigating three suspected arsons and a break-in at Fort McClellan Credit Union. According to Chief Adam Melton, a citizen walked into Roanoke Police Department at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Saturday to report a house fire on Gulf Street. Roanoke firefighters were dispatched from Stations 1 (Chestnut Street) and 2 (Industrial Avenue).…
Handley’s boys will have to wait another year to seek their record 11th straight county tournament title, and the rest of the county will have to wait for their shot to end that streak after last week’s snow and icy road conditions forced the cancellation of the tournament. The weather put the entire school week…
Jesse Walsh, assistant manager at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Troup County, Ga., is excited about another ReStore being opened in Wedowee. The one in LaGrange covers Troup, Heard, Chambers and Harris counties in Georgia, as well as Randolph County, Ala. “We are very excited to announce we are opening a ReStore in Wedowee,…
WEDOWEE–During a lengthy meeting on Monday, Randolph County Commission approved paying certified landfill operators time and a half to work at the landfill on Saturdays. Commission Chairman Derek Farr said despite much recent conversation, they are still having trouble with staffing the landfill on Saturdays. He repeatedly gets calls about it not being open and…