(ANNISTON) Samanthy Catherine Parrish Wilkinson of Anniston died Sunday, July 9, 2017.The funeral will be Tuesday, July 11, at 2 p.m. at Dryden Funeral Home Chapel in Heflin with visitation from noon till time of service.Mrs. Wilkinson was born in Randolph County near Wadley on July 1, 1923, the daughter of George Samuel Parrish and…
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Matt Albert Faktor, 83, of Franklin, Ga., died Saturday July 8, 2017. The funeral will be Tuesday, July 11, at 11 a.m. EDT in the chapel of Stutts Funeral Home with the Rev. David Huckeba officiating. Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery in Clay County, Ala. The family will accept guests at Stutts…
(RANBURNE) Hoyt Earl Tumlin, 74, died Friday, July 7, 2017, at Tanner Medical Center. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 11, at Herren’s Grove Baptist Church, Woodland, with the Revs. David Taft and Chris Jackson officiating. Burial will follow in Herren’s Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 5-7 p.m. Mr.…
(LANETT) Daniel Lavin “Danny” Carter, 71, of Lanett died at his residence Sunday, July 2, 2017. Services were at 11 a.m. EDT Saturday, July 8, in the chapel of Carson McLane Funeral Home in Valdosta, Ga. Burial followed at McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens in Valdosta. He was born July 2, 1946, in Ashland, Ky., to…
(WADLEY) Marian Ravonne Smith Edge, 85, of Wadley died Sunday, July 9, 2017, at Bethany House Hospice in Auburn. Funeral services will be Wednesday, July 12, at 2 p.m. at Beulah Congregational Christian Church with the Rev. Jamie Butts officiating and eulogy delivered by the Rev. Phil Gore. Burial will follow at Wadley Cemetery. The…
(OXFORD) Funeral services for Bobby Nappier, 81 of Oxford will be Saturday, July 15, 2017, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Miller Funeral Home. Entombment will follow in Anniston Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. The family will receive friends on Friday from 6 till 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Nappier died Friday, July 7,…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Wanda Sue Keaton McIntosh, 60, of Woodland will be Monday, July 10, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Gray Hill Church of God with the Rev. Mark Moore officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. McIntosh will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to services beginning…
(OXFORD) A graveside service for Zana Young, 94, was Wednesday, July 5, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Forestlawn Memorial Gardens. The Rev. David Allison officiated. Mrs. Young died Monday, July 3, at RMC Stringfellow. Mrs. Young was a native of Roanoke. She worked at the original AOD Credit Union for a while then retired as…
(ROANOKE) Mattie Ruth Burrow Lee of Lucky Street, Roanoke, died Saturday, July 1, 2017, at her residence. The celebration of life was Thursday, July 6, at 1 p.m. at Rehope Baptist Church in the Doublehead community with the Rev. Dr. H.L. Jones, Pastor Calvin Trammell, Pastor Douglas Jones and others officiating. Burial will follow in…
(WADLEY) Graveside services for William Thomas Duke, 73, of Wadley were Sunday, July 9, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Rev. Scott Whaley officiating. Mr. Duke died Thursday, July 6, at LaFayette Nursing Home. A Michigan native, Mr. Duke was born Dec. 14, 1943, the son of George and Dorothy Baker…
(DAVISTON) Services for Willie Ronald Smith, 68, of Daviston will be Friday, July 7, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Beulah Christian Church, with the Rev. Jamie Butts and the Rev. Benny Lee Yates officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at Wadley City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home, Roanoke, from…
(VALLEY) Mae Dean Mann, age 84, of Valley, formerly of Roanoke, passed away Tuesday, July 4, 2017, at her residence. Survivors include two daughters, Rita Smith of Valley and Linda O’Leary of Exeter, N.H.; one son, Tim Mann (wife, Gerry) of Roanoke; three grandchildren, Jonathan and Kera Smith of Valley, Christopher and Kelli Bailey of…
(WADLEY) Services for Betty Dubose, 73, of Wadley will be Friday, July 7, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, Roanoke, with the Rev. Fred Flowers officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Mrs. Dubose died Monday,…
Sealed bids for equipment and furnishings from the closed Randolph Medical Center building were opened on Thursday. Mayor Mike Fisher opened the envelopes and read the bid amounts. assistant city clerk Pat Truitt listed all bids for a particular item on a large poster board, and Councilwoman Tammi Holley made sure bids being filed were…
Roanoke Police Department and Randolph County Sheriff’s Office ask for the public’s help in locating missing juvenile JulieAnn Lathinghouse, 16, of just outside Roanoke city limits. Julieann is 5-foot-3, 109 pounds with reddish brown hair and blue eyes. She left home on June 26. Her family believes a black SUV picked her up, possibly going…
Tanner Health System is burnishing its reputation as a top healthcare employer with its latest accolades from one of the industry’s leading magazines. Modern Healthcare has named Tanner one of the nation’s 2017 Best Places to Work in Healthcare. There are 150 employers on Modern Healthcare’s list, including healthcare providers, biotech companies, laboratories, staffing agencies…
The tick is a hideously ugly pest that begets exactly what you might expect from such a blood-sucking creature – a variation of 14 different nasty, infectious diseases. The good news is tick-borne diseases are usually easily treatable. The bad news is that they can often be difficult to diagnose. Tick bites and the diseases…
Those without an approved photo identification card–which is now required for voting in Alabama–may obtain one at no charge. The office of Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill will make this more convenient for area residents with a couple of stops here on Wednesday, July 26. Free Alabama photo ID cards can be obtained at…
Members of the Woodland Volunteer Fire Department are proud to welcome their new fire truck. It has been dedicated and blessed by Brother David Daniel and is now in full service to serve the community.
One only has to pick up a copy of The Randolph Leader on nearly any week to realize we have a problem with illegal methamphetamine here–use, manufacture and sale. We don’t hear that much about abuse of opioids–pain relievers and other prescription drugs that are addictive–though we do hear about the opioid “epidemic” that is…