(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Nathaniel Phillips, 78, of LaGrange, Ga., died Friday, Oct. 30, 2015.The celebration of life service will be Saturday, Nov. 7, at 3 p.m. at Stateline Baptist Church, Franklin, Ga. Pastor Andre K. McDonald and pastor Earnest Parham will officiate. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.Mr. Phillips was born July 18, 1937, to…
(ROANOKE) Ora Lee Tucker, 74, of Roanoke, died Thursday, October 29, 2015, at her residence. The funeral will be Friday, Nov. 6, at 1:00 p.m. CST at First United Methodist Church in Roanoke with the Revs. William Crawford and Tommy Finley officiating. Burial will follow at Sky View Memorial Gardens in Five Points. Ms. Tucker…
(HUGULEY) Mrs. Willie Jo Nix Newton, 93, of Huguley died Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, at EAMC Lanier Hospital in Valley. The funeral will be Friday, Nov. 6, at 2 p.m. EST at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home chapel in Valley with interment following in Resthaven Cemetery. The Revs. Leon Milton and the Milton Newton will officiate.…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Bobby T. Caldwell, 72, of Wedowee will be Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Wedowee First United Methodist Church with the Revs. Josh Hickman, Jon Tal Murphree and Robert Mount officiating. Burial will follow at New Home Methodist Church. Mr. Caldwell died Tuesday, Nov. 3, at Clay County Hospital.…
Each year’s Fredonia Heritage Day carries with it a fundraiser that reflects the festival’s message, and this year’s offering is getting a lot of attention. It’s a handcrafted quilt in a colorful tulip basket block pattern–a work of art not created by any machine. The quilt is believed to have been made in the late…
Behind-the-scenes work continues on building a new hospital in Wedowee. During the Randolph County Healthcare Authority meeting on Thursday evening of last week, authority chairman Bill Caypless told those in attendance the certificate of need for building a new hospital has been filed. The application is between 60 and 70 pages in length. Caypless thanked…
Winners of Roanoke’s scarecrow contest are: Showstopper – Main Street Theatre; first place – (tie) Roanoke HealthCare and Piggly Wiggly; second place – Burger King; and third place – State Farm. Judging was done by Handley High School Community Studies Class, teachers Meredith Sears and Chris Glass.
R.C. “Speedy” Daniel’s vehicle tags have WWII Battle of the Bulge on them–one of the storied events of the war–but he does not like talking about the war. He said when the battle started and they yelled to get ready he thought they were going to a rest camp. He had not bathed in seven…
Pottery has been made and used for utility purposes in this area for more than 150 years. Today it is valued as art. John Lehman was a German potter who came to the United States and settled in the Bacon Level and Rock Mills area in the 1850s. He produced some of the greatest works…
An accident involving three vehicles plus a camper on Saturday morning took the life of one of the drivers. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, the accident happened about 10:15 a.m. on U.S. 431, just north of Lane’s Chapel Road. A 2011 Chevrolet Malibu driven by Joseph Dion McFarlin, 32, of Roanoke was…
Friday, Nov. 6, at 5 p.m. is the deadline for qualify to run for local elected offices. A number of Democrats and Republicans have qualified to date. Up for re-election are all five county commission seats, the county superintendent of education, and Districts 5 and 7 on the county school board. The newest qualifiers on…
American Legion Post 53 members were looking forward to the annual Veterans Day events but in light of the forecast of rain it may be cancelled. Veterans Day is Nov. 11 but Roanoke planned to celebrate the day Saturday, Nov. 7. If the day’s celebration is held Commander Eugene Martens said the guest speaker will…
Woodland High School band director Dilmos Hamilton said since Woodland’s football season is over, his band will travel to Wadley this week at the invitation of Coach Kenneth Fordham to play the halftime show there in support of the Wadley Bulldogs in a first-round playoff game. Wadley High has not had a band program of…
Between 30 and 35 households will benefit from a recent grant to install water lines around the county. Mark Prestridge of Randolph County Water Authority said the $350,000 Community Development Block Grant through the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) would extend water lines in the following areas: County Road 16, south of…
In Monday’s Chambers County Commission meeting, the commission approved turning a paved road in the Abanda community into a gravel road. It will cost about $2,800 to turn the .18 miles of County Road 139 to gravel vs. $24,939 to resurface it. Presently the road is crumbling and full of potholes.
Superintendent Chuck Marcum updated the Roanoke Board of Education on negotiations with Mayor Mike Fisher about sharing recreation and sports facilities between the two entities. Marcum said he consulted with Handley High Principal Gregory Foster and Coach Larry Strain. It was agreed they would have to provide support for maintaining property and making sure it…
The Randolph County Animal Shelter thanks Modern Woodmen of America for their participation in the successful fundraiser for the shelter, matching the sale of books with $2,500 and increasing the total amount raised to $5,131.47, according to Evelyn Smith, book sale chairwoman. The book sales were held Oct. 10 and 17. “We also would like…
The Wadley Bulldogs snapped a four-game losing streak to county rival Woodland and earned their first victory in the series since 2008 with a 25-12 decision Thursday in Woodland. It was Wadley’s first game since losing senior linebacker and running back Kamaury Avery to an injury, and his absence was felt. Wadley managed a season…
The RCHS Tigers put the final touch on their first 10-0 regular season with a 35-0 win over Beulah that was as easy as they come. The Tigers met little resistance as they bolted out to a 28-0 first quarter lead, and head coach Pat Prestridge was already into his bench after it was 21-0.…
Handley rebounded from a second half collapse the week before and put together a solid all-around performance for a 28-7 win over Central of Clay County Friday. It’s Handley’s first win in four games against the school since it formed in 2012 as a combination of Clay County High School and Lineville High School. Handley’s…