(FIVE POINTS) William Earl Osborne, 77, of Five Points died Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at his residence.Graveside services will be Monday, Feb. 15, at 1 p.m. at the Old Fredonia Cemetery in the Fredonia community with the Rev. Blain Turner officiating.Earl was born in Chambers County on April 15, 1938, to the late William Thomas…
The funeral for Bobby Fred Cooley, 46, will be Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, at 10 a.m. at Deliverance Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic Inc. with Apostle V.A. Black officiating. Mr. Cooley’s remains will arrive at the church one hour prior to his service. Interment will follow in Chulafinnee Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Cooley died Wednesday,…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Katherine “Kathy” Gabriel Kittle of Bowdon, Ga., died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. She was 72. The funeral will be Friday, Feb. 12, at 2 p.m. EST at Bethel East Baptist Church in Woodland, Ala. Bro. Fred Cook and Bro. Keith Runels will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery Mrs. Kittle was…
(ROANOKE) Johnnie Ruth Houston, 66, of Roanoke died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016, at The Inn at Traylor Retirement Community in Roanoke. The funeral will be Friday, Feb. 12, at 1 p.m. Canaan Missionary Baptist Church in Roanoke (Welch community) with the Rev. Dr. Mario McDaniel and Rev. L.B. Houston Officiating. Burial will follow at Mt.…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Betty Joyce Eastwood, 80, of Wadley will be Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Joey Knight officiating. Burial will follow at Pilgrim’s Rest Baptist Church Cemetery, Heflin. Mrs. Eastwood died Monday, Feb. 8, at Wedowee Hospital. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Eastwood was…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Pierce M. “Daddy Pierce” Stewart, 84, of Wadley, will be Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Corinth Christian Church with the Revs. Johnny Bishop and Claude Bennett and Michael Howard officiating. Burial will follow at Corinth Christian Church Cemetery. Mr. Stewart died Tuesday, Feb. 9, at East Alabama Medical…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Jathen Heard, 77, of Woodland will be Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Big Springs Baptist Church with the Revs. Scott Whaley and Keith Benefield officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Heard died Tuesday, Feb. 9, at Wedowee Hospital. A Randolph County native, Mr. Heard was…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Ruth D. Graves, 85, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Pastor Ralph Barrow officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Graves died Monday, Feb. 8, at Wedowee Hospital. A resident of Randolph County most of her life, Mrs. Graves…
Loren Lee Brunner, 71, of Wedowee passed away Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, at Wedowee Hospital. Benefield Funeral Home, Wedowee.
There will be an all future-SEC battery for Handley on the baseball field this spring after junior pitcher Rhett Fetner announced his commitment to the Auburn Tigers last Wednesday. Fetner had an offer on the table from Alabama, which would have given him the chance to play alongside current teammate Will Lumpkin, who signed with…
A separate 20-page section in this issue of The Leader contains an alphabetical listing of every registered voter in Randolph County. But with more than 15,000 names on the list, and with people moving or dying each year, Randolph County’s registrars have a nearly impossible task in trying to keep the list totally accurate. That’s…
You may have read about “The Great Renaming Craze of 2015.” All over this land of ours people are demanding that the names of flawed public figures be removed from the buildings and streets and such, places that were named by people who didn’t know the honoree was flawed, or didn’t think the flaws were…
We are only a few weeks away from our March 1st primary. We have an early primary date this year due to the fact that we are in the SEC Presidential Primary. Therefore, we will have some say in who will be the GOP and Democratic nominees. Indeed, the presidential fray, especially on the Republican…
On Thursday the Wadley Bulldogs basketball team lost their best player to an injury. On Friday the team lost a lot more than that. Wadley has forfeited seven of its nine wins this season after it discovered that a player on its roster had violated the AHSAA’s Bona Fide Move rule and was attending the…
Fire and police vehicles blocked U.S. Hwy. 431 north of Roanoke Thursday morning so an Air Evac Lifeteam helicopter could land on the highway to transport an accident victim. Jeanette Ellen Smith, 65, of Wedowee was the driver and only occupant of a 2006 Honda Civic that left the road at 8:15 a.m. and rolled…
Wadley High School hosted the Randolph County Spelling Bee on Thursday of last week. Emery Norred (left), an eighth-grader at Rock Mills Junior High School, took home first-place honors. Emery will advance to the Alabama Spelling Bee later this spring. Other talented spellers competing in the bee were (from left) Pace Hutchinson, Wadley sixth-grader, second…
WADLEY–On Saturday, Feb. 6, the Foundation for Randolph County Schools held its inaugural Mardi Gras Gala. Guests dressed for the festive occasion began arriving at the Resource Center of Southern Union State Community College at 5:30 p.m. and were given the opportunity to enjoy valet parking provided by Southern Union students. Upon entrance to the…
WEDOWEE–“There are no good solutions without issues, but the insurance company is pushing us to do something,” said Randolph County Sheriff David Cofield of upping courthouse security measures. Brett Peters of Security Device Company of Goodwater was a guest at last Thursday’s workshop meeting of the Randolph County Commission. He told the group there is…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission will request its legislative delegation pass legislation to allow a referendum for the voters of Randolph County to vote on a 1/2-cent sales tax for the construction of a county correctional facility. Sheriff David Cofield said he is presently making the rounds to civic groups and other audiences explaining the problem. The…
People seem resigned to the consolidation of three formerly independent colleges under Central Alabama Community College but they are not resigned to the elimination of the well-known name Southern Union State Community College. Carol Knight, her daughter, Suzanne Brown, and others are working to encourage those wanting to keep the Southern Union name to write…