So Alabama played again Saturday, which is another way of saying “Alabama completely destroyed the human spirit of a fellow SEC team and its fans.”Alabama’s latest victim was Texas A&M, which actually led the game 14-13 before Alabama decided to stop toying around and go ahead and win by three touchdowns.And don’t tell me Alabama…
(LANETT) Syble Strain Spears, 88, of Lanett died Monday, Oct. 24, 2016, at Northside Hospital in Atlanta. The funeral will be Thursday, Oct. 27, at 2 p.m. EDT at Shawmut First Baptist Church in Valley with the Revs. Chuck Anderson and Mark McGee officiating. Burial will follow at Marseilles Cemetery in West Point, Ga. The…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Thelma Lorene Braswell, 96, of Wedowee will be Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, at 1 p.m. at Corinth Baptist Church with the Revs. Anthony Caldwell and Braden Morrison officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday. Miss Braswell…
(ROANOKE) Peggy Ann Chase Hammond, 83, of Roanoke died Sunday, Oct. 23, at her residence. The funeral will be Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, at 11 a.m. at Higgins LaGrange Chapel. Interment will follow at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Fredonia. Family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday evening from 6-8 p.m.…
(WINSTON, Ga.) James Edward “Ed” Jones, 81, of Winston, Ga., died Thursday, Oct. 20. The funeral was Saturday, Oct. 22, at 2 p.m. EDT in the chapel of Friendship Baptist Church in Winston with the Revs. Eric Evans and Jason Suits officiating. Interment followed at Friendship Cemetery. He was born June 28, 1935, in Douglasville,…
(NEWELL) Debra Ruth Jacobs Ogle, 58, of Newell died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Funeral services will be arranged by the family, and will be announced at a later date. Mrs. Ogle was born Oct. 30, 1957, in Craighead County, Ark., to Nina Ruth Huckabee Nichols and the late Robert…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Cody Joshua Staples, 25, of LaGrange, Ga., formerly of Lanett, died Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, at West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange. The funeral was Sunday, Oct. 23, at 4 p.m. EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Milford McClain officiating. Burial followed at Hillcrest Cemetery in Lanett.…
(OPELIKA) Cloie Cunningham Noles of Opelika died Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Garden Hills Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before the service beginning at 1 p.m. on Tuesday at the funeral home. Mrs. Noles was born June…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Dee Mae Brown, 78, of Wedowee were Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Bro. Chris Mitchell officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Cemetery. Ms. Brown died Friday, Oct. 21, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. A Wedowee native, Ms. Brown was born…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Donald R. Alsabrook, 74, of Roanoke, were Sunday, Oct. 23, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Wade Price and Jackie Simmons officiating. Burial followed at Prospect Church Cemetery in Franklin, Ga. Mr. Alsabrook died Wednesday, Oct. 19, at University Hospital in Birmingham. A Fulton County, Ga., native,…
(ROANOKE) Dennis James Funke, 66, of Roanoke died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, at Wedowee Hospital. A Detroit, Mich., native, Mr. Funke was born March 5, 1950, the son of James Funke and Betty White. Mr. Funke was an avid British sports car enthusiast. He won first place two years in a row at the Atlanta…
(CHARLESTON, S.C.) Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Ben A. Wadsworth Jr., 86, of Charleston, widower of Patricia Ann Wadsworth, died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, at Brookdale Senior Living. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 24, at St. Andrew’s Church, Mt. Pleasant, S.C. Burial with military honors will follow at Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens.…
(ROANOKE) Paul David Foster, 49, of Jackson Avenue, Roanoke, died following a tragic automobile accident early Saturday morning, Oct. 15, 2016. The funeral will be Saturday, Oct. 22, at noon at Deliverance Temple Church with Pastor Michael Goss and Bishop Gregory Foster officiating. Burial will follow in Sweet Home Baptist Church Cemetery, Five Points. Mr.…
(FIVE POINTS) Mae Doris Wright, 89, of Five Points died Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, at EAMC-Lanier Hospital in Valley. The funeral will be Thursday, Oct. 20, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church in Five Points with the Rev. James S. Wright, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Wright…
(DAVISTON) The funeral for Clifford Meigs, 87, of Daviston was Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016, at 3 p.m. at Daviston Baptist Church. The Revs. Shane Dye, Bennie Lee Yates and Jacob Wilkerson officiated. Burial followed in church cemetery. Mr. Meigs died Friday, Sept. 30, at his residence. He was born May 7, 1929, in Tallapoosa County…
(HUNTSVILLE) Annabel Cheney Trapp Morris, 89, passed away peacefully on Tuesday morning, Oct. 18, 2016, at Brookshire Heathcare Center in Huntsville. Mrs. Morris was born June 3, 1927, in Macon, Ga., the daughter of Horace Wesson Trapp and Annie Belle Cheney Trapp. Married on Sept. 30, 1950, for 52 years she was a loving wife…
(WOODLAND) A memorial service for Archie Lewis Kemmerlin, Jr., “Pa”, 81, of Woodland will be Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, at 11 a.m. at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Roanoke. Mr. Kemmerlin died Monday, Oct. 17 at his residence. Survivors include his wife, Doris Kemmerlin of Woodland; three daughters, Carol K. Pittman, Kelly Kemmerlin-Cleere, and Kerri Kemmerlin-Gay;…
Roanoke police blocked one lane of U.S. Hwy. 431 near Crystal Lake early Friday afternoon as firefighters battled a blaze alongside the roadway that threatened a home at the top of a hill that the fire was burning. This fire may have begun by someone tossing a cigarette out of the window of a passing…
As Pat and Linda Awbrey extend their business ventures down Main Street in Roanoke, their investments also extend the life of the historic downtown business district. The recent ribbon-cutting at Awbrey’s Downtown Roanoke Meeting and Conference Center saw the opening of another freshly renovated building. The center has already hosted the Randolph County Chamber of…
Working as a college mathematics and teacher education instructor left Cherry Ward with little free time. That all changed when she and her husband of 23 years, Lance, retired and moved to the shores of Lake Wedowee in 2012. First, Ward joined the women’s chorus where she befriended a fellow singer who belonged to…