(BOWDON, Ga.) Michael Q. Hughes, 74, died Saturday, March 25, 2017, of congestive heart failure at West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange.The funeral will be at Benefield Funeral Home Chapel in Wedowee on Friday, March 31, from 10 a.m.-2p.m.Born Sept. 17, 1942, in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late Alfred Q. and…

(FIVE POINTS) Martha Elizabeth Dodgen, 95, of Five Points died Monday, March 27, 2017. A celebration of life service will be at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, March 30, at Standing Rock United Methodist Church with the Revs. Paul Messer and Milton Newton officiating. The gathering of family and friends will be Wednesday from 6-8 p.m.…

(CRAGFORD) The funeral service for Callie Maddox, 88, of Cragford will be Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Moriah Church at Bluff Springs with Bros. David Holcombe, Jim Sims and Kenneth Fuller officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Mrs. Maddox died Saturday, March 25, at her home. She was a…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Harlin Sheppard, 85, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Charles Fetner officiating. Burial will follow at Liberty East Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Monday. Mr. Sheppard died Sunday,…

(FRANKLING, Ga.) Bessie Ernestine Miller, 97, of Franklin, Ga., died peacefully at her home Saturday, March 25, 2017. A celebration of life service will be at Franklin First Baptist Church on Monday, March 27, at 2 p.m. EDT. Mrs. Miller, born in Glenn, Ga. (Heard County), on Nov. 16, 1919, the daughter of the late…

(SYLACAUGA) Funeral services for Doris Pinkard Hickman Chappell, 87, were Saturday, March 25, 2017, at 2 p.m. in the Radney-Smith Chapel with the Revs. Neal Hodo and Rodney Frost officiating. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery in Sylacauga. Mrs. Chappell died Thursday, March 23, at Talladega Health Care. Mrs. Chappell was a graduate of Handley High…

(NEWNAN, Ga.) Ben Dunlap, 36, of Newnan, Ga., died Thursday, March 23, 2017, at Piedmont Newnan Hospital. The funeral service will be at 4 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, March 28, in the chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville, Ga. The Revs. Randall Dunlap and Jody Overton will officiate. The family will…

In a special called meeting on Friday afternoon, Randolph County Board of Education approved former Handley High School basketball coach Clifton Drummonds as the new assistant principal of Randolph County High School, effective June 1.

(LANETT) Loyd Bernie Akins, 90, of Lanett died Thursday, March 23, 2017, at EAMC-Lanier Memorial Hospital in Valley. The funeral will be Sunday, March 26, at 3 p.m. at Welcome Home Baptist Church, Roanoke, with Bros. Terry Holdr and Claude Bennett officiating and burial in the adjoining cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday from 6-8 p.m.…

(FIVE POINTS) John Eddie James, 58, of Five Points died Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at EAMC-Lanier Hospital in Valley. The funeral will be Monday, March 27, at noon CDT at Friendship Baptist Church No. 2 in LaFayette (Buffalo community) with the Revs. Curtis Spidell officiating and Robert Ray officiating. Burial will follow at the church…

(ROANOKE) Lelia Jackson, 79, of Roanoke died Thursday, March 23, 2017, at LaFayette Nursing Home. The funeral will be at New Beginning Outreach Ministries in Roanoke on Thursday, March 30, at 1 p.m. with Pastor Tom Staples officiating. Interment will be in Peace and Goodwill Baptist Church Cemetery, Roanoke. The remains will lie in state…

(BOWDON, Ga.) Marilyn Denise Bonner, 50, of Bowdon, Ga., died Monday, March 20, 2017, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. The funeral will be Saturday, March 25, at 11 a.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church in Wedowee with the Rev. Willie L. Kidd officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Ms. Bonner is survived…

(OPELIKA) The funeral service for Sebeana Ann East, 75, of Opelika will be Saturday, March 25, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland with the Rev. David Holcombe officiating. Burial will follow in Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland on Friday from 5:30-8…

In the early morning hours of Wednesday, March 15, 2017, Thomas W. Carvalho, 68, slipped away quietly at his home from natural causes. Thomas had fought a long battle with a chronic heart condition. He was currently employed full time by the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta as mechanical designer – CAD Team. Thomas was helping…

(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Freddy Donald Arrington, 65, of LaGrange, Ga., died Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at Wellstar West Georgia Hospice. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. EDT Friday, March 24, at Baptist Tabernacle Church with the Rev. Jimmy McMillian officiating. Burial will follow in Restlawn Memory Gardens. The gathering of family and friends will be…

(FIVE POINTS) Funeral services are pending for John Eddie James, 58, of Five Points, who died Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at EAMC-Lanier Hospital in Valley. Silmon-Seroyer Funeral Home, LaFayette.

(ROANOKE) Memorial services for Ellen Head Price, 76, of Roanoke, formerly of Valley and Port St. Joe, Fla., will be at 1 p.m. Friday, March 24, 2017, at Roanoke First United Methodist Church with Pastor Chris Martin officiating. The family will receive friends at the church beginning at noon on Friday. Ms. Price died Wednesday,…

(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Sallie Davis Arrington Timmerman, 93, of Franklin, Ga., died Monday, March 20, 2017. The funeral will be Wednesday, March 22, at 3 p.m. in the chapel of Stutts Funeral Home with Kim Hinely and the Rev. Brett Mathews officiating. Interment will follow in Franklin City Cemetery. The family will accept guests at Stutts…