(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Anthony Wayne Bozeman, age 35, of Woodland will be Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Donald Spradlin and Keith Benefield officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Wedowee.The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on…
(LaFAYETTE) Mary Lynn Nelson, 62, of LaFayette died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, at University Hospital in Birmingham. The funeral was Thursday, Aug. 4, at 3 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Christian Church in the Union Hill community with burial in the church cemetery with the Revs. Ricky Cunningham and Jimmy Allen officiating. Mary Lynn was born…
Southern style and creativity were on display at the Mobile Convention Center during the Alabama Farmers Federation’s 44th Annual Commodity Producers Conference July 28-31. The conference included a contest sponsored by the Federation Women’s Leadership Committee and featured quilting, tablescapes and table runners. Competition entries were on display at the committee’s luncheon Saturday. “These contests…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Board of Education met on the Tuesday evening before school started on Monday and ironed out a few last-minute details. In personnel matters, the board: • Approved the principal contract for Chad Kendrick at Rock Mills Junior High School. • Approved the transfer agreement of Kerry Moore from gifted teacher for the system…
Wadley native Shanna Lockwood is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, covering the 2016 Summer Olympics. An Auburn alumna, Lockwood is the Digital Media Manager of Special Projects at USA Today Sports Images, a career that includes generating content for major league sports, providing setup and support for clients, serving as photo editor and shooting photography.…
The Randolph County Chamber of Commerce will host a Public Candidate Forum at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 16, at Roanoke City Auditorium. The purpose of the event is to introduce the public to candidates running for mayor and city council seats in Roanoke, Wadley, Wedowee and Woodland in the August 23 election. The objective…
WEDOWEE–“The lifespan of the jail has run out,” said Sheriff David Cofield. “We can either do it ourselves (replace it) or be forced to.” Cofield was discussing the jail during the regular meeting of Randolph County Commission on Monday afternoon. He said there were 80 inmates that day–in a building built for 36. With double-bunking,…
For the second straight season a county school will christen a brand new set of bleachers when football begins later this month. And that trend isn’t going to stop this year, as Wadley and Handley have plans in the works for renovations at their fields following the 2016 football season. Woodland High School has new…
The local state legislative delegation is working to terminate and reorganize the Randolph County Industrial Development Council (Economic Development Authority). Sen. Gerald Dial and Rep. Bob Fincher have been running a legal notice repealing the bill that created the council. Fincher said the first bill is already satisfying the legal requirements of running in the…
Three Roanoke men were arrested on Saturday and charged with attacking a couple on their own property and then dragging the male victim across the street onto the suspects’ property during the fight. Arrested were: Emanuel Travis “Trap” Owensby, 29, of 1444 Main St., Roanoke – third-degree assault and trespassing Jermont Johnson, 34, of 158…
Randolph County Chamber of Commerce, Randolph County Extension System and Southern Union State Community College are sponsors for Leadership Randolph County, a program to help identify and educate potential leaders for our communities and county. Sessions will be conducted on the second Thursday of each month, typically from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. from September…
Average retail gasoline prices in Alabama have fallen 1.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.85/g on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,348 gas outlets in Alabama. This compares with the national average that has fallen 0.5 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.12/g, according to gasoline price website…
Knee-jerk opposition by Congressional Republicans to anything President Obama proposes already has given us a U.S. Supreme Court stalemate, with the lawmakers refusing to even hold a hearing on the suitability of Merrick Garland, the president’s nominee to fill a vacant seat. The potential for much more damage lies in the decision of Congress to…
In July of 1827, the National Gazette and Literary Register of Philadelphia reported how “a nest of runaway negroes . . . in the fork of the Alabama and Tombeckbe Rivers . . . were attacked and after a severe action they were conquered.” The fugitives had built “two cabins and were about to build…
As anticipated, a special legislative session has been called by Governor Robert Bentley. The session is set to begin this Monday, August 15. Dr. Bentley has bemoaned the fact that the legislature refused to grant Medicaid the $85 million they said they needed in the budget fiscal year, which begins October 1. In the governor’s…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BARBARA JEAN HOLLOWAY CARPENTER, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Barbara Jean Holloway Carpenter, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 5th day of Aug., 2016, by the Judge of Probate of said County,…
(ROANOKE) George Louis Davis of Roanoke died Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, at the age of 78. Graveside services will be Tuesday, Aug. 9, at Randolph Memory Gardens. Louis was born in Rock Mills, attended school in Rock Mills and graduated from Handley High School in Roanoke in 1956. After attending Auburn University, he lived in…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Edythe Spears Bowen, 84, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Potash Church of God with Charley Bolt and Carolyn Hanner officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday. Mrs. Bowen will…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Verna Lee “Bunch” Burdette, 105, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, at 11 a.m. at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with Ricky Cannon officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church for 9:30-11 a.m. on Thursday. Mrs. Burdette died Sunday, Aug. 7,…
(ALEXANDER CITY) Aileen M. Cotney, 87, of Alexander City, formerly of Valley, died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, at Chapman Health Care in Alexander City. The funeral will be at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel on Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 11 a.m. EDT with Pastor Mathew Reams officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the…