(FIVE POINTS) Ralph J. Brooks, 78, of Five Points died Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika.An Alamo, Ga., native, Mr. Brooks was born Aug. 13, 1937, the son of James W. and Daisy Column Brooks. He was an army veteran, serving in the Vietnam War, and had been employed with Millican…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Robert J.L. Richardson, 85, of Woodland will be Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Welcome Home Baptist Church with the Revs. Jody Overton, Billy Puckett and Terry Holder officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Richardson died Monday, Aug. 24, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga.…
(NEWELL) Funeral services for Syble Gore Traylor, 91, of Newell were Monday, Aug. 24, 2015, at 11 a.m. at Pine Hill Christian Church, Graham, with the Rev. Dick Hollis officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Traylor died Saturday, Aug. 22, at Carrollton Manor. A Cleburne County native, Mrs. Traylor was born July 30,…
(OXFORD) The funeral for Judy F. Green, 61, of Oxford will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, at K.L. Brown Memory Chapel, Anniston, with the Rev. Roger Woodard and Dr. Roland Brown officiating. Burial will follow at Forestlawn Gardens. Mrs. Green died Saturday, Aug. 22, at her home. Mrs. Green was an employee…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Ruby Janell Parmer, 79, of Roanoke was Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. S.T. Janney officiating. Burial followed at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Parmer passed away Friday, Aug. 21, at West Georgia Health, LaGrange. A lifelong resident of Randolph County, Mrs. Parmer was…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Hal Patrick Williamson, 59, died Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, at West Georgia Health Care, LaGrange. The funeral was at 6 p.m. EDT on Monday, Aug. 24, at Hunter-Allen-Myhand Funeral Chapel. Mr. Williamson was born in Wedowee on May 17, 1956, the son of the late Curtis Williamson and Oletha Chaffin Williamson. He had…
(TYRONE, Ga.) Gordon Clinton Albright, 86, died Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, surrounded by family at his home in Tyrone, Ga. The funeral was Monday, Aug. 24, at 11 a.m. EDT in the chapel of McKoon Funeral Home in Newnan, Ga., with Pastor Bobby Totten officiating. Graveside services were at 1:15 p.m. at Forest Home Church…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Emma Lou Johnson, 95, of Bowdon, Ga., died Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, at a local hospital surrounded by family. The funeral was at 3 p.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 23, at Rainwater Funeral Home in Bowdon, with the Rev. Ron Huggins officiating. Interment was in the Johnson family plot at Shiloh Baptist Church,…
(FIVE POINTS) Mildred Banks Swanson, 94, of Five Points died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, at EAMC-Lanier Memorial Hospital in Valley. The funeral will be Tuesday, Aug. 25, at noon at Pine Grove United Methodist Church in LaFayette with the Rev. Cecelia Broome and the Rev. James E. Gresham officiating. Burial will follow in the church…
(WEDOWEE) Graveside services for Lucero Flores Sanchez, infant daughter of Joser Flores Torres and Arcabia Sanchez Flores of Wedowee, were Saturday, Aug, 22, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Wedowee City Cemetery with Pastor Reymunbo Barerra officiating. Survivors include her parents; paternal grandparents, Cornelio Flores Perez and Isaias Torres Allendes; maternal grandparent, Simon Sanchez Hernandez; three…
(GRAHAM) Karen Elaine Crews of Graham died Monday, Aug. 17, 2015. She was 51. The funeral will be Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 2 p.m. EDT in the chapel of Rainwater Funeral Home, Bowdon, Ga. Bro. Chad Burdette will officiate. In compliance to her wishes, Mrs. Crews will be cremated following the funeral services. Mrs. Crews…
(ROANOKE) Stryker Stephen Spooner, infant son of Jeremiah Ott and Tiffany Elaine Bennett Spooner, died Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, at West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. Graveside services will be Thursday, Aug. 20, at 1 p.m. at Rock Mills Cemetery with the Rev. Frank Foster Jr. officiating. Survivors include his parents, Jeremiah Ott and Tiffany Elaine…
(VALLEY) Debbie Bowling Black, 61, of Valley died Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. The funeral will be Thursday, Aug. 20, at 11 a.m. EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home in Valley with interment in Johnson Memorial Gardens. The Rev. Rusty Letson will officiate. Mrs. Black was born in LaFayette…
(MONTGOMERY) Deborah Cottle Dent, 66, beloved wife and mother, died Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. Debbie leaves behind her husband of 39 years, E. Paul Dent; daughter and son-in-law, Amanda and Christopher Norris of Atlanta; brother, Gregg Cottle of Roanoke; nephew, Mike Cottle; and numerous other close family and friends. Visitation will be Tuesday, Aug. 18,…
(LaFAYETTE) Brenda Ann Floyd, 53, of LaFayette died Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015, at LaFayette Extended Care. The funeral will be Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 1 p.m. at Chosen Generation International Church in LaFayette with pastor Willie Eva Hicks officiating. Burial will follow at Handy Memorial Cemetery in LaFayette. Mrs. Floyd is survived by her husband,…
No matter what happens on the court this year, the 2015 Southern Union women’s volleyball season is almost guaranteed to be better than 2014. Yes, there is room for improvement on last year’s 8-20 record. And, yes, the team has a solid group of experienced sophomores and talented freshmen. But those things aren’t the reasons…
Local attorney Kesa Johnston-Dunn hopes to be in the old Merchants and Farmers Bank building by the end of the year, if not before, vacating her wonderful law office next to Gerson’s Garden on Main Street. But she will move her office into the space once occupied by Paul Hooton, who was said to have…
Needed property has been bought for the Alabama Highway 22 project, buildings demolished, utilities moved, environmental and archaeological studies done, engineering work completed. At this point all that is needed is money. Mike Corley, the Alabama Department of Transportation area operations engineer in the Alexander City office, said, “The funding. That’s what is holding this…
United Methodist Women of First United Methodist Church in Roanoke presented school supplies to Knight Enloe Elementary School. This is the second year for this project, which is a joint effort of church members under the project chairman, Linda Hurst. Teachers can go to the supply closet to get supplies for children who are in…
The body of a Roanoke man was discovered on Sunday morning after relatives unable to get in touch with him contacted Roanoke Police. Roanoke Police Chief Adam Melton said Gerald Wayne “Hawk” Thomas, 62, of 975 Louina Rd. was found in the bathtub with multiple gunshot wounds. Thomas had not been taking a bath at…