(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Milton “Sherrell” Richardson, 75, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, at 4 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Charlie Bolt officiating.Mr. Richardson died Tuesday, Feb. 1, at Pruitt Health in Franklin, Ga.A lifelong resident of Randolph County, Mr. Richardson was born May 4, 1940, the son of…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Willard Earl Sr., 76, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Stanley Yarbrough and Mark Aills officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Earl died Sunday, Jan. 31, at UAB Hospital. A lifelong resident of Randolph County, Mr.…
(HEFLIN) The funeral for Sandra Florence Bonds Haynes, 69, of Heflin will be Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Gray Brown-Service Mortuary with the Rev. Ron Lesley officiating. Burial will follow at Anniston Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Thursday from noon-2 p.m. Sandra died Sunday, Jan. 31, in Auburn. Sandra was…
(ASHLAND) Funeral services for Rosie Lee “Tootie” Miles, 51, of Ashland will be Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Dingler’s Chapel Christian Church, Lineville, with Brother James Davis and Sister Alice Watts officiating. Burial will follow in the Dingler’s Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. Ms. Miles died Sunday, Jan. 31, at Grandview Medical Center…
(VESTAVIA HILLS) David Richard “Dave” Belcher, 78, died in his Vestavia Hills home on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, after an extended illness. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5, at Shades Mountain Baptist Church, Vestavia Hills. The family will receive friends at the church following the memorial service. Dave was…
(LANETT) Funeral services for Walter Leroy “Roy” Pike, 84, of Lanett, formerly of Randolph County, will be Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Kenneth Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Zion Christian Church Cemetery. Mr. Pike died Sunday, Jan. 31, at Chattahoochee Hospice. A Randolph County…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for William Edward “Bill” Ford Sr., 67, of Roanoke will be Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Roanoke First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ralph Barrow officiating. Mr. Ford will lie in state at the church one hour prior to services. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. Mr. Ford…
(VALLEY) Sylvia W. McCollough, 82, of Valley died Friday, Jan. 29, at her residence. Graveside services will be Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 2 p.m. EST at New Hope Congregational Christian Church Cemetery, Roanoke. Mrs. McCollough was born Nov. 5, 1933, in West Point, Ga. She was a member of Shawmut United Methodist Church. She is…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Andy Eli Knight, 60, of Roanoke were Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Vayden Pate officiating. Mr. Knight died Friday, Jan. 29, at Wedowee Hospital. A lifelong resident of Randolph County, Mr. Knight was born Dec. 12, 1955, the son of Clifford and Sarah Jemima…
(WOODLAND) Anna Louisa Green Wells, 66, of Woodland died peacefully in her home Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. The service will be Saturday, Jan. 30, at 2 p.m. EST in the chapel of Hightower Funeral Home in Bremen, Ga., with the Rev. Roy Hartley officiating. She was born Feb. 4, 1949, in Tuscaloosa, daughter of the…
On Wednesday, Jan. 27, at approximately 6:47 p.m., a black male entered Welch One Stop in northern Chambers County. The suspect asked for cigarettes, and when the clerk opened the cash drawer, the suspect presented a handgun and aimed it at the clerk’s face. He then reached into the drawer and removed the money. The…
On Wednesday, Jan. 27, around 7:30 a.m., a resident on County Road 75 in Rock Mills returned home after leaving for work and noticed a small red Toyota Corolla with no tag sitting in his yard. The homeowner went to the door of the residence, noticing it had been kicked in. About that time, he…
(HEFLIN) Linda Faye Russell, 60, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2015, at her residence. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 29, at Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church #2 with Steve Dempsey and John Roberts officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Russell was a native of Cleburne County and resident of…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Beuna Knight Brooks, 87, of Wedowee will be Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, at 3 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland with the Revs. Glen Ward and Chris Ward and Bro. Jimmy Carter officiating. Burial will follow in Clay County Memory Gardens. Mrs. Brooks died Monday, Jan. 25, at Wedowee Hospital.…
(ANNISTON) The funeral service for Nathan Ward of Anniston will be at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, at K.L. Brown Memory Chapel in Golden Springs with the Rev. Steve McGinnis officiating. Burial will follow at Big Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Roanoke. Mr. Ward died Monday, Jan. 25, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center.…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission again made an effort this week to keep heavy trucks off of county roads when they are not doing business on those roads. A motion was approved to put County Road 56–which was at some point taken out of a 2011 resolution–back in. In an effort to protect rural roads that were…
Average retail gasoline prices in Alabama have fallen 5.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.60/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 6.5 cents per gallon in the last week to $1.82/g, according to gasoline price website…
WADLEY–Leah Stinespring was crowned as the 2016 Miss Southern Union during the college’s annual pageant held Jan. 21. Stinespring will now go on to compete in the Miss Alabama Pageant, which will be held in Birmingham in June. This year, three young women competed for the title of Miss Southern Union. Contestants were judged in…
MONTGOMERY–The trip by Randolph County residents to support the Certificate of Need (CON) being transferred from Wedowee Hospital to the new hospital was successful. It was another step in the process, and people supporting the new hospital did not want to leave it to chance. Thirty-one traveled by bus last Wednesday–others by car–to the Certificate…
Election day is about a month away. To register to vote an application must be received by the Board of Registrars by hand by Friday, Feb. 12. Registrar Louree Richardson said they are in the office next to the commission office in Wedowee Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., including lunch. Other…