(ALEXANDER CITY) Services for Mrs. Jimmie Jeannettee Alewine, 77, of Alexander City will be Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 at 1 p.m. at the Chapel of Radney Funeral Home. Dr. John Watkins and the Rev. Rick Worthy will officiate. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Radney Funeral Home.Mrs.…
(ROANOKE) Mary T. Bell, 95, of Roanoke died Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 at Traylor Retirement Community. Services were Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 549 Riley Street, Roanoke, with the Rev. Elijah Jackson Jr. officiating and Pastor Gilbert Staples giving the eulogy. Interment followed at East Roanoke Cemetery. Mrs. Bell was…
(ALEXANDER CITY) Services for Wynoma M. Porch, 89, of Alexander City will be Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 at 11 a.m. at the Trinity Branch of First United Methodist Church. The Rev. Mike Densmore will officiate. A private burial will follow in Hillview Memorial Park. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 9:30 to 10:30…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Thomas H. “Rusty” Arrington, age 61, of Woodland will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. David Daniel and the Rev. Jerry Long officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Feb.…
(Flowery Branch, Ga.) Harold Edward McCarley, 74, of Flowery Branch, Ga. died Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. He was preceded in death by his father, Landers H. McCarley. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Linda Davis McCarley of Flowery Branch; children James David McCarley of Conyers, Ga., and Suzanne McCarley and Jeff Ray…
(LANETT) Carolyn Shelnutt Johnson, 70, of Lanett died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017 at her daughter’s residence in Roanoke. Mrs. Johnson was born March 27, 1946 in Randolph County to the late Corbin Lee Shelnutt and Elizabeth Aldora Key Shelnutt. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Junior Johnson; and siblings Abigail Strain, William…
(VALLEY) Ann Young, 80, beloved wife of Johnny L. Young and loving mother of John William (Leslie) and Patrick Wayne Young, died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. Survivors also include three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Ann was born Nov. 28, 1936, one of seven children in her close knit family in the Appalachian foothills to a…
Funeral services for Mildred Cottle Waller, 95, of Roanoke, will be held Monday, February 6, 2017, at 12 noon from Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with Tom Waldrep officiating. Burial will follow at the adjoining cemetery with Quattlebaum Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:00 to…
(ATLANTA) Services are pending for Wiley F. Johnson of Atlanta, formerly of Woodland, Ala., who died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home, Carrollton, Ga.
(FIVE POINTS) Mary Todd Smith, 90, of Five Points died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 at her residence. Services were at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Five Points, on Saturday, Feb. 4, at noon with the Rev. Andre Reynolds officiating. Interment was in Skyview Cemetery, Welch. Mrs. Smith was born in Chambers County on Sept. 5, 1926,…
(ROANOKE) Jim G. Joiner, 73, of Roanoke died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Birmingham. The funeral was at Peace & Goodwill Baptist Church, Roanoke, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. L.B. Houston, officiating. Interment was in Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Roanoke. Mr. Joiner was…
(OXFORD) Graveside services for Gloria Rebecca Boyd, 76, of Oxford will be Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, at 3 p.m. at Levens Baptist Church Cemetery, Wedowee, with Bro. Ricky Cummings officiating. Mrs. Boyd died peacefully Monday, Jan. 30, at National Health Care. Mrs. Boyd was a native of Randolph County. She has been a resident of…
(DAYTON, Ohio) Jimmy Lee Phillips, 76, died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at Thomas Funeral Home, Trotwood, with the Rev. Coetta Bynum, officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to services. Interment will be in Jeffersonview Cemetery, Dayton. Mr. Phillips was born Feb. 15,…
Carolyn Mitchell Lane, 95, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 31,2017, in Birmingham. Mrs. Lane was born in Roanoke on Sept. 15,1921, to William Doss and Lula Morris Mitchell. She was preceded in death by her parents; her twin brother, William Doss Mitchell Jr.; her husband, James Snuggs Lane; and her grandson, Wiley Dennis Wood III. She…
(BREMEN, Ga.) Linda Lucille Bowling of Bremen died Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in a local hospital. Services will be Thursday, Feb. 2, at 1 p.m. EDT in the chapel of Hightower Funeral Home with Brother Herman Parker and the Rev. Scott Robinson officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive…
(NORTH CHICAGO) Velvet Bailey Graves, 94, a resident of North Chicago, Ill., died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Lake Forest, Ill. A celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, at Bradshaw & Range Funeral Home, Waukegan, Ill, with Pastor Alton Bailey officiating. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Interment will be…
Wadley’s boys lost a game, but won a tiebreaker, and for the first time since 2009 they finished as the first-place team in their area and will host the area tournament. Notasulga forced a first-place tie with Wadley with a 62-53 win over the Bulldogs Thursday. The teams met the following morning to flip a…
The requirement to reach the state playoffs in basketball is straightforward. Finish as one of the top two teams in your area tournament, and a spot in the first round (also known as the sub-regional) is yours. For 11 straight years the Woodland girls basketball team has accomplished this task, dating back to the 2004-05…
They drove, rode the bus, took the Metro and walked for hours, but Mellie H. Parrish, her granddaughter Wesli Simmons and Wesli’s roommate at Jacksonville State University, Lisa Hall, were determined to be at the Women’s March Jan. 21 in Washington, D.C. Parrish, the president and CEO of New Journeys Consulting, said, “Women have to…
Abby Edwards of Salem was crowned as the 2017 Miss Southern Union during the college’s annual pageant held January 19. Edwards will now go on to compete in the Miss Alabama Pageant, which will be held in Birmingham in June. This year, five young women competed for the title of Miss Southern Union. Contestants were…