I cannot recall, in my over half-a-century of following politics–state, local, and national–such a general disgust with the quality of the folks who govern us. How, I hear it asked repeatedly, did these people get elected? The answer, of course, is that they got the most votes. But that is not the answer most people…
You would have to have been under a rock for the past six months to not have heard that the state General Fund has a shortfall and Gov. Robert Bentley has proposed a $540-million tax increase solution to resolve the problem. This crisis has been formulating for close to a decade now. It is under…
(WADLEY) Funeral arrangements are pending for Cornelius Staples, 70, of Wadley died Friday, May 8, 2015, at Roanoke HealthCare. Silmon-Seroyer Funeral Home, LaFayette.
(ROANOKE) Funeral arrangements are pending for Stacy A. Callahan, 56, of Roanoke, who died Monday, May 11, 2015, at LaGrange Hospice. Silmon-Seroyer Funeral Home, LaFayette.
(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for JoAnn Johnson Taylor, 84, of Lineville will be Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Lineville Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerry Colquett officiating. Burial will follow in Lineville City Cemetery. Mrs. Taylor died Monday, May 11, at Clay County Nursing Home. A Randolph County native, she lived most of…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for J.C Rampy, 92, of Woodland will be Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at 1 p.m. at Liberty Grove Congregational Methodist Church with the Revs. Greg Norred and Bobby Jones officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Rampy passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015, at Wedowee Hospital. A Woodland native, Mr.…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Ressa Faye Carden, 68, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at 10 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Anthony Herren officiating. Burial will follow at Antioch Congregational Christian Church Cemetery. Mrs. Carden passed away on Friday, May 8, at Tanner Medical Center, Carrollton, Ga. A lifelong resident…
(MILLBROOK) Funeral services for Jimmie Dale Moore, 72, of Millbrook will be Monday, May 11, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Scott Whaley and S.T. Janney officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Moore died Friday, May 8, at his residence. A Talladega County native, resident of Roanoke…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Howard Basil Spradlin, 88, of Woodland were Sunday, May 10, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Carmel Church of Christ with Ricky Murphy and Mark Carpenter officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Spradlin died Friday, May 8, at his residence. A Woodland native, Mr. Spradlin was born Sept. 29,…
(ROANOKE) Memorial services for Geneva J. Adams, 69, of Roanoke will be Saturday, May 16, 2015, at 1:30 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Minister Butch Jones officiating. Mrs. Adams passed away Thursday, May 7, at her residence. Born in Whitfield County, Ga., Mrs. Adams grew up in the Cashes Valley area of Gilmer County…
The Randolph County High School Tigers defeated Mars Hill Bible two games to none on Friday in Wedowee to advance to the class 2A state finals. It is the first state finals appearance in baseball for the Tigers, who also reached the semifinals in 2013. RCHS won the first game 13-2 in five innings, thanks…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Lynn Longshore, 72, of LaGrange, Ga., died May 6, 2015, at Hospice LaGrange. The funeral will be Sunday, May 9, at 1 p.m. at Grace Baptist Church with the Rev. Donnie Benefield officiating. Interment will follow at Bethel Baptist Church near Roanoke. Mrs. Longshore was born June 13, 1942, in Montgomery. Along with…
The Wadley Lady Bulldogs are now two wins away from a state tournament berth after a 10-8 win over Verbena on Friday morning at the South Central Regional tournament in Troy. Wadley split a pair of games on Thursday, as they lost to Isabella 15-1 in the tournament opener and defeated Loachapoka 15-4 to stay…
(LaFAYETTE) Calvin Barfield, 82, of LaFayette died Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at LaFayette Nursing Home. Graveside services will be Friday, May 8, at 2 p.m. at LaFayette City Cemetery with the Rev. Wayne Barrett officiating. Mr. Barfield was born in Rock Mills on July 16, 1932, to the late Hoyt Barfield and the late Essie…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Stephen Thomas Furtick, 55, of Wedowee, formerly of South Carolina, will be Friday, May 8, 2015, at 3 P.M. EDT in the chapel of McDougald Funeral Home in Anderson, S.C. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Mr. Furtick died Tuesday, May 5, at his residence. A South Carolina native,…
(ROCK MILLS) Funeral services for Lila Ruth Tidwell Mapp, 72, of Rock Mills will be Friday, May 8, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Fellowship Baptist Church with the Rev. Shannon Mapp officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Mapp passed away Tuesday, May 5, at her residence. A Clay County native, Mrs. Mapp…
(EPHESUS, Ga.) Ilene Hill Gosdin of Ephesus, Ga., died Tuesday, May 5, 2015. She was 76. The funeral will be Friday, May 8, at 2 p.m. EDT at Gray Hill Church of God in Woodland. The Revs. Ridley Herren and Edward Herren will officiate. Interment will follow at the church cemetery. Mrs. Gosdin was born…
(GRAHAM) Wilford Franklin Yates of Graham died Sunday, May 3, 2015. He was 74. Funeral services for Mr. Yates will be Wednesday, May 6, at 10 a.m. EDT in the chapel of Rainwater Funeral Home in Bowdon, Ga. In accordance to his wishes, Mr. Yates will be cremated following the funeral services. Mr. Yates was…
(JESUP, Ga.) Betty Moncus, 79, of Jesup, Ga., formerly of Roanoke, died Friday morning, May 1, 2015, at Hospice Savannah House. Funeral services were Monday, May 4, at 11 a.m. at Red Hill Baptist Church with Dr. Darrell Rentz and the Revs. Wayne Williamson and Wayne Higginbotham officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. She…
Rescue groups are the savior of animals at Randolph County Animal Shelter who are not easily adopted. Those associated with the shelter work hard on a number of sites to get animals adopted but sometimes they have special needs or are elderly. “Because of rescue groups we’ve not had to put down a well animal…