RCHS advanced to the second round of the state playoffs for the third straight season as they disposed of Fayetteville in relatively easy fashion on Saturday.Perhaps the most difficulty the Tigers faced was actually getting on the field to play the games. The series was rescheduled twice before the weather finally allowed the teams to…
Before Handley’s first round state playoff series against Montevallo began, head coach Todd Cole spelled out his team’s quest for a state championship in simple terms. “I told them this morning, you’ve got to win 10 games to win a state championship,” Cole said. “Basically it’s a 10-game season. You win 10, you win it.”…
RCHS, Handley and Wadley each finished in first place in the regular season in their respective areas and will host their area tournaments starting next week. Handley and Wadley each went unbeaten in area play to win first place outright. RCHS finished in a three-way tie with area foes Ranburne and Woodland, but coach Robyn…
We elect our representatives to the Alabama Legislature to represent our interests and competently manage state government for our benefit. The looming cuts in highway safety, mental health services, courts, prisons and nearly every other necessary function of state government would indicate they have let us down. We’ve heard from many of the agencies, spelling…
I am inspired by people who keep rolling, no matter their age.” Jimmy Buffett The other day my buddy Dana “tagged” me in a post on Facebook. It was an announcement that Jimmy Buffett was on the road. Sixty-eight years old, scores of franchises and endorsements, millions in the bank, and here he goes again.…
We have all been told that one should never watch either legislation or sausage being made. Having grown up long ago on a south Alabama farm, I took part in more than a few “hog killins” and know all about making sausage. I’ve also witnessed legislation being birthed in more than 40 years of visiting…
On a picture perfect sunny January day Governor Robert Bentley was sworn in for his second term as governor, along with all of the other constitutional state officeholders. Taking their oath of office on the same day were Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey, Attorney General Luther Strange, State Treasurer Young Boozer, and State Agriculture Commissioner John…
(KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C.) James Carroll, 81, a resident of Wales Road, Kings Mountain, N.C., died April 20, 2015, at Kings Mountain Hospice House. Graveside services will be at Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings Mountain, on Thursday, April 23, at 4 p.m. with Dr. John Sloan officiating. Mr. Carroll was born in Roanoke, Ala., to the late…
(OXFORD) Funeral services for retired Senior Master Sgt. John C. Hurley, 71, of Oxford will be Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Wedowee with Dr. Tommy Miller and the Rev. Ken Ballard officiating. Interment with military honors and Masonic graveside rites will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr.…
(WADLEY) Funeral services are pending for Howard Fennie, 65, of Wadley, who died Saturday, April 18, 2015, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. Silmon-Seroyer Funeral Home, LaFayette.
(WEST POINT, Ga.) Donald “Don” Bennett, 76, of West Point, Ga., died Saturday, April 18, 2015, at West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange. Funeral services will be Tuesday, April 21, at Old Pathway Baptist Church in LaGrange at 11 a.m. EDT with interment following in Marseilles Cemetery in West Point with the Rev. Sam Mitchell…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Judy Ann Lawson Harmon, 65, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, April 22, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Heritage Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Johnny Williams officiating. Mrs. Harmon died Saturday, April 18, at Wedowee Hospital. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Harmon was born May 26, 1949, the daughter of Raymon…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Barbara Ann Norred, 64, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Jamie Taylor and F.W. Sheppard officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Norred died Saturday, April 18, at her residence. A Fulton County, Ga., native, Mrs. Norred…
(LaFAYETTE) Resa Fant Ison, 82, of LaFayette died Friday, April 17, 2015, at her residence. The funeral was Sunday, April 19, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with the Rev. Steve Powell officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Mrs. Ison was born in Abanda on Jan. 19, 1933, to the late Olin…
(WOODLAND) Marvolene Burke Kirby, 74, of Woodland died at her home on Thursday, April 16, 2015. The funeral was Saturday, April 18, at 4 p.m. at Stutts Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Pat Gosdin officiating. Interment was in Rock Stand Christian Church Cemetery, Roanoke. Mrs. Kirby was born Sept. 4, 1940, in Franklin, Ga.,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Annette Jackson Mitchell, 57, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Roanoke First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ralph Barrow officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Mitchell passed away Friday, April 17, at West Georgia Health Center, LaGrange. A lifelong Randolph County…
(ROCK MILLS) Irene “Puddin” Strickland of County Road 17 in Rock Mills died Friday, April 17, 2015, at Wedowee Hospital. The celebration of life service will be Wednesday, April 22, at 2 p.m. EDT at Stateline Baptist Church in Glenn, Ga. The Rev. William R. Terry will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery.…
(ANNISTON) Funeral services for Patsy Morrison Kilgore, 84, were Sunday, April 19, at 3 p.m. at Gray Brown-Service Mortuary with Dr. Jerry Cobb and Rev. Rodney Gilmore officiating. Private burial will follow at Forestlawn Gardens. Mrs. Kilgore died Thursday, April 16, in Birmingham. Mrs. Kilgore was a member of Alexandria Baptist Church and a 1949…
(JASPER) Funeral services for Jimmy Ray Haynes, 59, of Jasper, formerly of Roanoke, will be Saturday, April 18, 2015, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bobby Burroughs officiating. Burial will follow at Union Baptist Church, Newell, with military graveside honors. Mr. Haynes died Friday, April 10, at his residence. An Erwin,…
Despite winning 18 games in a row and boasting a 29-2 overall record, the Handley Tigers had somehow avoided cracking the weekly top 10 rankings released by the Alabama Sports Writer’s Association. The Tigers’ continued omission from the poll had little impact on the team, according the head coach Todd Cole. “I think they think…