Gladys Ferrell Elston, 97, died Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017.The funeral will be Tuesday, Jan. 2, at noon at Greater Calvary Baptist Church, Anniston.Gladys was born Feb. 7, 1920, in the Wehadkee community to Jimmy Green and Leola Ferrell. She was a member of Wehadkee Missionary Baptist Church. Upon moving to Anniston, she joined Mt. Calvary…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Roy “Tom” Nappier, 83, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Wally Rezendez and Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at White’s Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-7:30 PM on Tuesday,…
Funeral services for Lucile Corley Nichols, 103, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at noon at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Wayne Carter and Mark R. Lowry officiating. Burial will follow at Restlawn Memory Gardens in LaGrange, Ga. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11 a.m.-noon on…
(DAVISTON) The funeral for Mary Cu Moran Shivers, 87, of Daviston will be Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Rocky Mount Primitive Baptist Church. Elder Ben Keeble and the Rev. Bennie Lee Yates will officiate. She will lie in state for one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will follow…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Sara J. “Patsy” Smith, 66, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mike Brewer officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday. Mrs. Smith died Sunday, Dec.…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Evelyn Graham Tomblin, 84, of Wadley will be Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jimmy Sprayberry officiating. Burial will follow at Wadley City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday before services begin. Mrs. Tomblin…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Norman Wade, 70, of Roanoke were Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, at 3 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Rev. David Glass officiating.. Mr. Wade passed away Saturday, Dec. 30, at his home. A lifelong resident of Randolph County, Mr. Wade was born Aug. 30, 1947, the son of Leroy and…
Richard Arnix ‘Chuck’ Thrasher (WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Richard Arnix “Chuck” Thrasher, 60, of Wedowee will be Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Gary Brown and Stanley Pethel officiating. Burial will follow at Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home…
(STANDING ROCK) Leona Adell Farrar, 101, a resident of Florence Hand Home, LaGrange, Ga., and a former resident of Standing Rock, died Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. Graveside services for Mrs. Farrar will be at 2 p.m. EST Saturday, Dec. 30, at Standing Rock United Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs.…
(DAVISTON) Clifford Slaughter, 61, of Daviston died Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, at his residence. The funeral will be at Leander Baptist Church, Daviston, on Thursday, Dec. 28, at 1 p.m. with the Rev. James Whetstone officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The remains will lie in state at the church from noon until…
Nancy Coleman Moss (DANVILLE, Va.) Nancy Coleman Moss, 76, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2017, after a brief illness. A graveside service will be Saturday, Dec. 30, at 2 p.m. at Highland Burial Park with the Rev. Susan Hannah officiating. Nancy was born Sept. 29, 1941, to the late Lillian and Custer Coleman. A 1960 graduate…
(CHICAGO) Melvin Lewis Houston Sr., 85, of Chicago, (formerly of Wadley) died Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, at Kindred Hospital in Hammond, Ind. The funeral will be at Vines Funeral Home Chapel, LaFayette, on Thursday, Dec. 28, at 11 a.m. with Senior Pastor Bob Rice officiating. Interment will be in Mt. Olive United Methodist Church Cemetery,…
(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) Wanda Greene Overstreet, 69, of Jacksonville, Fla., formerly of Roanoke, died Saturday, Dec. 23, 2017, at Heartland Health Care. Services will be Friday, Dec. 29, at 11 a.m. at Town and Country Funeral Home. Ms. Overstreet was born in Roanoke on Jan. 19, 1948, to the late Thomas Herman and Fay Windsor Greene.…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Irma Elmira Ricks Davis, 86, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Scott Hannah officiating. Burial will follow at Big Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:30-3 p.m. prior to services on…
Wadley’s Quae Drake landed a spot on the 1A All-State football team for the third straight season and second straight as a first-teamer to lead 11 local players on the ASWA’s all-state team. Wadley’s 12-1 season was rewarded as the Bulldogs had three first-teamers on the 1A team and four players total. Drake made first…
Wadley came up with the signature win of this young basketball season when it knocked off 6A Opelika 58-54 last Wednesday in the final day of the Handley Christmas Classic in Roanoke. Wadley had lost its previous two games in the tournament by lopsided scores to LaFayette and Valley. If Opelika, fresh off of a…
Randolph County Sheriff’s Department and friends helped more than 50 Randolph County families with their children’s Christmas gifts last week. Here, (standing) RCSO clerk Casey Adamson, Barry Johnson of A Call Away Bail Bonding, deputy Bernard Sheppard, chief deputy Billy Lane, jail administrator Stacy Clark and (in truck) Sheriff David Cofield prepare to sort out…
National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage near Roanoke on Wednesday of last week and determined it was the result of a tornado. A brief EF-0 tornado moved along an eastward track just north of Highway 22 in southern Randolph County for about 3.2 miles from 10:40 to 10:45 a.m. Several metal roof panels were blown…
Influenza activity levels are increasing across Alabama. Several positive influenza (flu) specimens in north Alabama have been reported in the previous three weeks. While the flu season is just getting started in much of the country, activity is already elevated in Alabama with providers reporting 3.59 percent of outpatient visits due to influenza-like illness. Flu…
Vice President Rosalyn Houston presided over last Tuesday’s Roanoke Board of Education meeting in the absence of President Marianne Jordan, who is having health issues and is in UAB. Board member Steve Burns was also out with some health problems. Making a presentation at the meeting was Larry Perrin, account executive with Schneider Electric. Superintendent…