(WADLEY) Cleveland Roy Hacker, 87, died Sunday, July 19, 2015, at his residence.A double funeral service for Mr. Hacker and his grandson, Jacob Hacker, was at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 25, at E.E. Pickle Funeral Home, Amory, with Bro. Justin Haynes officiating. Burial followed in Hatley Cemetery.Born on Sept. 10, 1927, in Monroe County, he…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Sara Amelia Carpenter Turner, 88, of Wedowee will be Monday, July 27, 2015, at 3 p.m. at Roanoke Church of Christ with Bro. Gerald Romine, Bro. Sam Carpenter and Bro. Lin Turner officiating. Burial will follow at Wedowee City Cemetery. Mrs. Turner passed away Saturday, July 25, at Wedowee Hospital. She…
(MACON, Ga.) Carol Curry Beall, 72, of Macon, Ga., passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Funeral services will be Saturday, July 25, at 3 p.m. at Forest Hills United Methodist Church with Dr. Baxter Hurley officiating. Burial will be private. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the church. In…
(SMYRNA, Ga.) Thelma Louise Chase, 90, of Smyrna, Ga., died Monday, July 20, 2015. The funeral will be at 5 p.m. EDT Friday, July 24, at King Spring Baptist Church with Dr. Al Southerland officiating. A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Kennesaw Memorial Park. She was a member of King Spring…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Letha Mae Mapp Howard, 85, of Roanoke will be Friday, July 24, 2015, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Shannon Mapp officiating. Burial will follow at Wehadkee Cemetery. Mrs. Howard died Tuesday, July 21, at Roanoke Health Care. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Howard was born Nov.…
WADLEY – Cleveland Roy Hacker, 87, died Sunday, July 19, 2015, at his residence. A double funeral service will be held for Mr. Hacker and his grandson, Jacob Hacker, 37, at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 25, at E.E. Pickle Funeral Home, Amory, Miss. Their graveside service will follow in Hatley Cemetery in Amory. Visitation is…
(ROANOKE) Lila Lavern Knight-Rowe, 80, a longtime resident of Stewart Street, Roanoke, died late Friday evening July 17, 2015. The funeral will be Thursday, July 23, at 1 p.m. at Mount Olive United Methodist Church, Wadley. Burial will follow at the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Rowe was born Feb. 8, 1935, in Daviston to the late…
We could get a little bit of a reprieve later this week from the high-90 temperatures we have been experiencing, but forecasters say they expect higher-than-normal temperatures to return by this weekend. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for earlier this week for parts of northern Alabama and all of central and south…
Since I always include my e-mail address with my columns, occasionally one of my intensely ambivalent readers will write to comment on what I have written. Sometimes the letters are better than the columns. Recently two columns drew more than the usual commentary, leading me to believe that of the topics with which I…
The week leading up to the Fourth of July had a lot of fireworks. In fact, my guess is that when we look back at the year 2015, we will look to that week as the most momentous of the year. It was like bang, bang, bang. The declaration by the Supreme Court that same…
An old country store building near the Broughton community was destroyed by fire on Monday afternoon. According to the report from the sheriff’s department, the fire was reported at approximately 12:50, when a passerby stopped at the home of a neighbor in the 800 block of County Road 26. It was fully involved at that…
The old Riley family homestead and Esters family home at 211 Riley Street in Roanoke is now listed on the Alabama Register of Landmark and Heritage. The register is a prestigious listing of historic, architectural, and archaeological landmarks. The home built in 1907 is owned by Lavada Esters, who has big plans for the home…
LAKE WEDOWEE–The search continues this week for a missing fisherman believed to have drowned on Lake Wedowee after his companions reported he jumped from a boat late Monday, July 13. According to Randolph County Sheriff’s Department chief deputy Billy Lane, the call was received around 11 p.m. on the 13th. Friends of the missing man…
Randolph County Foster and Adoptive Parents Association asks for your help in stuffing their bus with supplies for kids going back to school. Below is a list of items needed. You may drop the items off at the Department of Human resources at 865 Hillcrest Ave, Wedowee, or bring them to one of the drop-off…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Board of Education agreed to enter into a contract with McKee and Associates to perform architectural services for the system. Projects will include a Wadley High School classroom addition, Rock Mills Junior High School media center addition and Woodland High School football stadium bleacher replacements. Superintendent Rance Kirby showed sketches of the projects.…
The third suspect wanted in a home invasion robbery last fall in Roanoke has turned himself in to Roanoke Police Department. Yacobian Quintrel “Coby” Floyd, 20, of 1298 County Rd. 16 is charged with first-degree burglary and second-degree theft or property. In October Hanna Heard of Kirk Street reported three males kicked in her door,…
Members of the Roanoke Utiities Board again talked about the clear well at the water plant. It has been a continuing problem and costs money when it leaks treated water. A list of things needed at the water plant was submitted to the board. General manager Jerry Revis said he and Kevin Baldwin, who is…
For many of Woodland’s athletes the summer is devoted to the football offseason conditioning program. But for two weeks in June, boys basketball head coach Robert Jones gets those athletes. And this past June he made the most of it. Woodland squeezed in eight practice sessions and then hosted a unique, all-day basketball marathon that…
Randolph County Chamber of Commerce, Randolph County Extension System and Southern Union State Community College are sponsors for Leadership Randolph County, a program to help identify and educate potential leaders for our communities and county. Sessions will be conducted on the second Thursday of each month, typically from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. from September…
Handley head football coach Larry Strain was not expecting to be selected to coach in last week’s North-South all-star game in Montgomery. But when he got the call from North head coach Lamar Harris, he gladly accepted. “Usually it has to do with coaches that do very well in the playoffs or that have never…