Like most high schools, the one my daughter attends holds a senior prom.However, in addition to the senior prom that honors the senior class, there is another.The Student Government Association sponsors “Senior Citizens Prom” for old folks–which to the kids is anyone over 50.For the SGA it is a community event to raise money for…

In early 2009 Dr. Robert Bentley came to see me about his race for governor of Alabama. Bentley was finishing his second term in the Alabama House of Representatives and closing down his very successful dermatology practice in Tuscaloosa. I liked Bentley immediately and thought it was magnanimous that he would want to spend his…

(GRAHAM) Bobby Lee Parmer Sr. of Graham died Monday, April 4, 2016. He was 78. A graveside service will be Wednesday, April 6, at 11 a.m. CDT at Bethel East Baptist Church Cemetery in Woodland. The Rev. J.W. Daniel will officiate. Mr. Parmer was born in Woodland on Nov. 12, 1937. Visitation will be Tuesday…

(ROANOKE) Elizabeth Suetta Hawkins, 38, of Roanoke died Saturday morning, April 2, 2016, at Wedowee Hospital. The celebration of life will be Thursday, April 7, at 1 p.m. at Pure Holiness Church of God with Elder John C. Greathouse officiating. Burial will follow in East Roanoke Cemetery. Miss Hawkins was born in Roanoke on March…

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Joseph Earnest “Ernie” Falco, 65, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at 10 a.m. at Rosehill Cemetery on Falco family property in Roanoke with the Rev. William Phillips officiating. Mr. Falco died Sunday, April 3, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. A New Orleans native, Mr. Falco was…

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Phyllis Marie Sikes Hall, 63, of Roanoke, will be Monday, April 4, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Rev. Ralph Barrow officiating. Mrs. Hall died Saturday, April 2, at Wedowee Hospital. A lifelong Randolph County resident, Mrs. Hall was born Nov. 28, 1952, in LaFayette, the daughter…

(LANETT) Kenneth Eugene Ledbetter Sr., 49, of Lanett died Saturday, April 2, 2016, at Bethany House in Auburn. A memorial service will be at Shawmut First Baptist Church on Tuesday, April 5, at 1:30 p.m. He was born Dec. 3, 1966, in Chattooga County, Ga., and moved to Lanett as a child. He was a…

(HEFLIN) James Wheeler Cavender, 80, died Saturday, April 2, 2016, at Regional Medical Center. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 5, at Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church #2 with the Dr. Steve Dempsey and the Rev. John D. Collins officiating. Burial will follow in Pilgrims Rest #2 Cemetery. Mr. Cavender was born…

(PENSACOLA, Fla.) Wallace Sherald Craven died Friday, April 1, 2016, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Fla. A visitation will be Wednesday, April 6, from 10-11 a.m. at Oak Lawn Funeral Home Chapel with a service at 11 a.m. and burial to follow at Barrancas National Cemetery with Chaplain Ken Griffin officiating. Mr. Craven was…

(LOCUST GROVE, Ga.) Funeral services for Olita Grace Gay Tweedell, 59, of Locust Grove, Ga., were Saturday, April 2, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Nathan Sikes officiating. Burial followed at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Tweedell died Thursday, March 31, at Piedmont-Henry Hospital in Stockbridge, Ga. An Albany, Ga., native,…

(CRAGFORD) Funeral services for James D. “Pete” Mask, 85, of Cragford were Sunday, April 3, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church (South) with the Revs. Andy Kinman and Zenus Windsor officiating. Burial with military honors followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Mask died Friday, April 1, at Clay County Nursing Home. A native…

(ASHLAND) The funeral service for Irene Reaves Ingram, 85, of Ashland were Saturday, April 2, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with the Revs. Zenus Windsor and Sonny McCollum officiating. Burial followed in Ashland City Cemetery. Mrs. Ingram died Thursday, March 31, at Clay County Hospital. She was a native of…

(TALLADEGA) The funeral for Milford H. Green, 86, of Talladega was Saturday, April 2, 2016, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Usrey Funeral Home of Talladega. The Rev. Kevin Jones officiated and burial followed in Pine Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Green died Tuesday, March 29, at Citizens BMC. He was a native of Randolph…

The funeral for Dorothy Mae Robertson, 82, was Saturday, March 2, 2016, at 1 p.m. at Canaan Missionary Baptist Church in Wedowee with the Rev. A.J. Sims officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Ms. Robertson died Monday, March 28. She was born April 4, 1933. Ervin Funeral Chapel, Anniston.

(BOWDON, Ga.) Betty Ora McElroy of Bowdon, Ga., died surrounded by her loved ones and lifelong friends on Tuesday, March 29, 2016. She was 78. The funeral will be Friday, April 1, at noon EDT in the chapel of Rainwater Funeral Home with the Rev. Tommy Bailey officiating. Interment will be in Carroll Memory Gardens.…

(LANETT) Margaret Huey Fuller, 96, of Lanett died Monday, March 28, 2016. Graveside services will be Friday, April 1, at 2:30 p.m. EDT at Oakwood Cemetery in Lanett. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday beginning at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. Ronnie Jordan is officiating. Mrs. Fuller was born March 19,…

(WADLEY) Mary Whitlow Boyd, 56, of Wadley died Friday, March 25, 2016, at Wedowee Hospital. The funeral will be Friday, April 1, at 2 p.m. at Greater Pine Hill Missionary Baptist Church in the Penton community with the Revs. Rodney Thomas and Calvin Trammell officiating. Burial will follow at Handy Memorial Cemetery in LaFayette. Mrs.…