Earlier this summer I was standing in waist deep warm Gulf water, June weed gone and it was so clear I could count my toes, when this big guy wades out to me and asks, “Ever see any sharks?”Now there is a certain beach protocol that says that grown men don’t just wade out to…
There is a proven theory espoused by political scholars that has prevailed in southern political history for decades. The premier political scholar, Dr. V.O. Key, first illustrated this repetitious theme that has weaved its way through the southern electorate. He called it “Friends and Neighbors” politics. It is not a complicated hypothesis. It simply means…
It was the final phase of a three-year county-wide project to update the football facilities at the three county high schools, and now it is complete – sort of. The bleachers on the visitors’ side of Curtis Lynch Memorial Field in Wadley have been replaced, with construction of the new seats coming to an end…
Cows, donkeys, ducks. Oh, and butts. Lots and lots of (Boston) butts. These are just a few of the things you’ll see as part of the methods that county schools have concocted in their efforts to raise money for their football teams and athletic clubs, particularly this time of year when school is about to…
(HUNTSVILLE) Norman “Norm” Eugene Wirts of Huntsville died Thursday morning, July 27, 2017, at his home surrounded by his family. A celebration of life memorial service will be Sunday, Aug. 6, at 1 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, Huntsville. Family visitation will be held prior to the memorial service at noon at the church.…
(LINEVILLE) Arthur Louis Berry, 47, McCrary Street, Lineville, sometime around Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at his residence. The homegoing service will be Wednesday, Aug. 2, at 2 p.m. at New Beginning Outreach Ministries, Roanoke, with Bishop Tom Staples officiating. Burial will follow in Skyview Memorial Gardens, Welch. Visitation will be Tuesday, Aug. 1, from 1-6…
(WEDOWEE) Martha Eliott “Ellie” Edgar, 82, of Wedowee received her angel wings on July 28, 2017, with loved ones at her side. Funeral services for Ellie will be Tuesday, Aug. 1, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Wedowee with the Rev. Bobby Malone and Paul Hall officiating. Burial will follow at Pray’s Mill…
(DELTA) Funeral services for Kimberly Gail Brooks Traylor, 38, of Delta will be Saturday, July 29, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Dorothy Ann Webster, Holly Woodall and Anthony Caldwell officiating. Burial will follow at Corinth Cemetery North. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m.…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Donald R. Bolt, 64, of LaGrange, Ga., passed away Saturday, July 29, 2017, at West Georgia Medical Center. Celebration of life services will be at 11 a.m. CDT Wednesday, Aug. 2, at Liberty East Baptist Church, Woodland, with the Rev. Greg Arrington and Pastor Chuck Redmond officiating. Burial will follow in the church…
(HUGULEY) Johnny P. Taunton, 79, of Huguley, died Friday, July 28, 2017, at his residence. Funeral services will be Monday, July 31, at 11 a.m. EDT at Happy Valley Baptist Church in Lanett with the Rev. John Samanie officiating. Interment will follow in Hillcrest Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday from 10 a.m. until…
(PENSACOLA, Fla.) Mary Ada Whitten Wise died Thursday, July 27, 2017, in Pensacola, Fla. Visitation will be at Pensacola Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home Wednesday, Aug. 2, from 5-7 p.m. The funeral will be Myrtle Grove Methodist Church on Thursday, Aug. 3, at 12:30 p.m. She will be interred at Barrancas National Cemetery on Thursday…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Grace M. Bates, 83, of the Louise community near LaGrange died Wednesday evening, June 26, 2017, at Wellstar West Georgia Hospice. Memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. EDT Friday, June 28, in the chapel of Hunter-Allen-Myhand Chapel. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday from 5 until 6…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Glenda Griffin Hale, 78, of Roanoke will be Monday, July 31, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Roanoke First United Methodist Church with the Revs. Ralph Barrow and Chris Martin officiating. Burial will follow at Wedowee City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from 1-2 p.m. on Monday before…
(ROANOKE) Alan “Doodle” Fetner, 60, of Roanoke died Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at LaFayette Nursing Home. Graveside services will be Thursday, July 27, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Zion Christian Church Cemetery with the Rev. Johnny Bishop officiating. Mr. Fetner was born Nov. 4, 1956, in Randolph County to the late James Howell Fetner and…
Randolph County was well represented – both in numbers and in performance – at last week’s AHSAA All-Star Sports Week in Montgomery. A record four county athletes appeared in the all-star games of four different sports across three days of the weeklong event that features all-star teams from the north and south of Alabama competing…
Handley High Handley High School will have orientation in the auditorium on Monday, July 31. Orientation for ninth grade is at 5:30 p.m., and at 6:30 p.m. for all other grades. Rock Mills Jr. High Rock Mills Junior High School will have open house on Friday, Aug. 4, from 1-3 p.m. This is for grades…
A Roanoke teen was transported to Grady Hospital on Saturday morning following a one-vehicle accident. Jacob Wyatt East, 16, of County Road 663, had been traveling east on County Road 79 in a 1996 Toyota Tacoma pulling a utility trailer. He apparently ran off the right side of the road, went down an embankment, struck…
The special primary election for a U.S. Senate seat is Tuesday, Aug. 15. This was Jeff Sessions’ seat, but it was left vacant when he was appointed to be U.S. attorney general. Former Alabama attorney general Luther Strange was appointed to the seat by former Gov. Robert Bentley, and he is the incumbent. If necessary,…
ROCK STAND–On Tuesday night, June 18, Randolph County Narcotics Unit agent Larry Clark received a phone call that William Scott Slaughter was in the Wedowee Hospital emergency room with burns over 70 to 80 percent of his body and that the helicopter was en-route to fly him to University Hospital in Birmingham. He was also…
Randolph County Foster and Adoptive Parent Association and Randolph County Department of Human Resources will host Stuff the Bus on Friday, July 28. They are asking for school supplies for the foster children of Randolph County. There will be four donation locations in the county. The association members will be at Wadley High School from…