(WADLEY) Forrest J. Reaves Sr., 48, of Wadley died Monday, June 12, 2017, at Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation.The family held a memorial service Saturday, June 17, at 4 p.m. CDT at Mountain Springs Baptist Church in Wadley.Forrest was born March 27, 1969, in Wiesbaden, Germany, the son of Frank Bell Reaves and Vicky…
(ALEX CITY) Graveside services for Mixon “Nicky” Nichols Jr., 64, of Alex City will be Saturday, June 24, 2017, at noon at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10 a.m. – noon on Saturday. Mr. Nichols died Friday, June 16, at Merry Wood Lodge in Elmore. A Dadeville…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Emily Geraldine “Peggy” Wilson Rampy, 92, of Woodland will be Thursday, June 22, 2017, at 1 p.m. at Liberty Grove Congregational Methodist Church with the Revs. Greg Norred, Bobby Jones, Danny McGouirk and Brian Moore officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church…
Billy Doyle Smith passed to his eternal rest on Friday, June 16, 2017, in Decatur, at Decatur Morgan Hospital following a courageous battle with cancer. Mr. Smith’s funeral will be June 20 at First Baptist Church of Wedowee with the Rev. David Little officiating. Burial will follow in Wedowee City Cemetery. Billy retired from ATT…
(ANNISTON) The funeral service for James Harold Williams, 93, of Anniston was at noon on Friday, June 16, 2017, at K.L. Brown Memory Chapel in Golden Springs with Dr. Roland Brown officiating. Burial followed at 2 p.m. at Cedarwood Cemetery in Roanoke. Mr. Williams died June 13 at Jacksonville Health and Rehabilitation. Mr. Williams was…
(HELENA) Funeral services for Ruth Bishop Bailey, 88, of Helena, formerly of Roanoke, will be Monday, June 19, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Doug Click officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home beginning at 10 a.m. on Monday. Mrs.…
(ROANOKE) Memorial services for Anthony “Wayne” Brackett, 58, of Roanoke will be Saturday, July 8, 2017, at 1 p.m. at Welcome Home Baptist Church with the Rev. Terry Holder officiating. Mr. Brackett died Friday, June 16, at Tranquility at Kennesaw Mountain in Marietta, Ga. A Cobb County, Ga., native, Mr. Brackett was born Feb. 26,…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Velma Knight Albright Nolan, 91, of Wadley were Friday, June 16, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Corinth Christian Church with the Revs. Ricky Cummings, Johnny Bishop and Tim Taylor officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Nolan passed away Wednesday, June 14, at her residence. A Roanoke native, Mrs. Nolan…
It’s a fool’s game to attempt to surmise what a team would be without one player, but it’s safe to say that Handley’s season would have taken a much different path without Rhett Fetner sitting atop the rotation and at the number three spot in the batting order. He was the undisputed ace on a…
Two county softball players and one baseball player earned their place among the state’s elite when the ASWA announced its all-state teams last week. Handley’s Addie Robinson and Emilie Brown received honorable mention honors on the class 4A softball team, while Wadley’s Connor Fordham was an honorable mention on the class 1A baseball team. Brown,…
The annual Art on the Median, sponsored by East Alabama Arts Society, was held Saturday in downtown Wedowee. There were approximately 30 artists displaying their works, including paintings in a variety of mediums, pottery and photographs.
BIRMINGHAM–Allison Davis never saw the snake. The Mountain Brook elementary school teacher was pulling weeds from a planter on her deck when she felt a sharp stab of pain in her left hand. “I was pulling out some monkey grass, and suddenly there was a sharp pain on the little finger of my hand,” she…
FLAT ROCK–A woman and child from Bowdon, Ga., drowned on Friday evening at Flat Rock Park on Lake Wedowee. The 911 call came in at 7:22 p.m. to the area where Hannah Tucker, 6, had been playing in the water with her mom’s close friend, Courtney Long, 28. The girl’s mom was close by. Randolph…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission approved taking out a $400,000 loan to help make up a budgeting shortfall. Other measures to be taken will include cutting out overtime, having a hiring freeze, reducing expenditures and having no evaluation raises. County administrator Kellie Graff explained at the special called meeting on Thursday that fewer ad valorem taxes came…
Roanoke City Council held a workshop Monday to clarify its abatement policy on abandoned or vacant buildings or unkept yards that have overgrown weeds. City attorney John Tinney and his colleague Laura Morgan answered the council’s questions. It was agreed page 3 of the ordinance needed to be changed from 120 days to 45 days…
ROCK STAND–Five people were arrested on drug charges on Monday morning following the execution of a search warrant in the Rock Stand community. After months of complaints about Bobby Lee Sheppard allegedly selling methamphetamine, Randolph County Narcotics agents obtained a search warrant for 405 County Rd. 692, Roanoke, in the Rock Stand community. On Monday…
A Roanoke man was arrested on Wednesday of last week, charged with shooting into an occupied vehicle. According to the report from Roanoke Police, the victim, John Lee Najmeh of Roanoke, reported that Dennis Brannon Arnett, 35, was parked and standing in the middle of Johnson Street. When he saw Najmeh approach in his truck,…
On Tuesday, June 13, at 1 p.m. Roanoke Police Department investigators James Bailey and Lorenzo Foster and officer Marquise Watkins assisted Randolph County Narcotics Unit agents Randy Moore, Aris Murphy and Larry Clark on a search warrant at 640 LaFayette Hwy., Lot 3, Roanoke. Cheri Nicole Simons, 26, was apprehended in the front yard. A…
WADLEY–Don’t miss the flurry of activity taking place at Southern Union State Community College’s Wadley campus this June. Older students will also have a chance to have some fun at Southern Union this summer. Fine Arts Camp, scheduled for June 21-22, is open to students in grades 7-12 or college age. At a cost of…
WADLEY – The East Alabama Commission’s Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) will host a free benefit screening for area residents on June 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Wadley Town Hall. Staff from the ADRC will meet individually with residents to screen and assist with application for helpful benefits, such as free…