Even when consumers use due diligence and read terms and conditions, there is no guarantee that they will get an accurate picture of the real cost of free or discounted services offered by some businesses, according to Better Business Bureau.The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced two cases of deceptive advertising that it says put…
Of all of the ways Southerners are stereotyped and slandered, few are more insulting than what “they” say about our rituals of courtship. Jeff Foxworthy, who made a fine living off of “you must be a redneck” one-liners, had a stock of ’em. “If you go to family reunions to pick up girls, you must…
Alabama’s senior and premier political reporter, Phil Rawls, has retired. Phil spent 35 years reporting on Alabama politics for the Associated Press. He was simply the best. He was fair and accurate. His 40 years of covering the State Capitol made him easily the longest serving member of Alabama’s Capitol press corps. Phil is a…
(NEWPORT, Vt.) Keith Alan “Scruffy” O’Keefe, 27, of Newport, Vt., died suddenly in Jay, Vt., on April 3, 2015. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday April 11, at Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, Island Pond, Vt. He was born Aug. 17th, 1987, in Newport to Roger O’Keefe and Kimberly Ovitt Henderson. He was employed…
(LANETT) James E. Martin, 80, of Lanett died Thursday, April 2, 2015, at EAMC-Lanier Hospital in Valley. Graveside services will be Tuesday, April 7, at 2 p.m. CDT at Forrester’s Chapel Cemetery, Wadley. Mr. Martin was born Aug. 30, 1934, in Langdale to the late James Barness Martin and the late Ada Adell White Martin.…
(GADSDEN) Services for Charlie Will Yarbrough, 82, of Gadsden will be Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home with the Rev. Rodney Ledbetter officiating. Burial will follow at Gnatville Cemetery, Piedmont. Mr. Yarbrough died Thursday, April 2. Mr. Yarbrough was a native of Randolph County and a graduate of Randolph County…
(ALBERTVILLE) Benson “Benny” Burke, 65, of Albertville, formerly of Roanoke, died Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at his residences. The funeral will be Friday, April 3, at 11 a.m. at Adams Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Lynn Parker and Bro. Russell Pinyan officiating. Burial will follow in Douglas Cemetery. Mr. Burke is survived by his…
Funeral services for King David Herring, 67, will be Saturday, April 4, 2015, at 1 p.m. EDT at Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church in Woodland with the Revs. Crawford, Sims and Lane officiating. Mr. Herring died Monday, March 30. The first of nine children, he was born Dec. 13, 1947, in Woodland to Evelyn and…
The funeral for John Edward Cooley, 76, was Friday, April 3, 2015, at 1 p.m. at Rhema Christian Center with the Rev. Joseph R. Brown officiating and the Rev. Chris Jacobs, eulogist. Interment will follow in Chulafinnee Cemetery. Mr. Cooley died Wednesday, April 1, at Regional Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Shirley A. Cooley;…
Let me say, up front, that I was never much of a basketball fan. Slight of height and slow of foot, basketball was not my sport. In high school I played football and baseball. My coach made me play basketball to stay in condition between the two. Recognizing my talents, or lack thereof, they put…
(WEDOWEE) Graveside services for Randy Joe Chandler, 63, of Wedowee will be Thursday, April 2, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Union Hill Congregational Methodist Cemetery with the Rev. Bobby Burroughs officiating. Mr. Chandler died Wednesday, April 1, at Stringfellow Memorial Hospital in Anniston. A Calhoun County native, Mr. Chandler was born July 25, 1951, the…
(BYNUM) Funeral services for Colleen Brady Bentley, 82, of Bynum will be at 1 p.m. Friday, April 3, 2015, at Gray Brown-Service Chapel with the Rev. Randy Bentley officiating. Burial will follow at Antioch Cemetery. Mrs. Bentley died Tuesday, March 31, after an extended illness. Mrs. Bentley was a graduate of Randolph County High School…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Mary Evelyn Gentry died Tuesday, March 31, 2015. She was 75. The funeral will be Friday, April 3, at 2 p.m. EDT in the chapel of Rainwater Funeral Home in Bowdon. Interment will follow at Corinth Baptist Church in Bowdon. Mrs. Gentry was born in Woodland, Ala., on Jan. 4, 1940, to the…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Aaron Nathaniel Waldrep, 30, of Wadley will be Friday, April 3, 2015, at 11 a.m. at Mt. Olive Baptist Church with the Rev. Alan Hurst officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Waldrep passed away Tuesday, March 31, at his residence. A Randolph County native, Mr. Waldrep was born…
(ROANOKE) Earnestine Whitten Williams, 67, of Roanoke died Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at Noland Hospital in Anniston. Services will be announced by the family. A lifelong Randolph County resident, Mrs. Williams was born Feb. 6, 1948. She was a member of Roanoke Church of the Nazarene and had been employed as a seamstress. Survivors include:…
Work on the The Main Street Theatre continues as Roanoke Rotary Club president Vickie Cummings and past president David Denton demonstrate by showing the new bathrooms. The original green tile bathroom walls of the old Martin Theatre were preserved in one wall of the new bathrooms. The grand opening is set for May 2, but…
The City of Roanoke and the Randolph County Chamber of Commerce will host the Fourth Annual Highway 22 Yard Sale this Saturday, April 4, from daylight to dark. It will be held rain or shine. In case of rain inside spaces are available at the Fort Charles M. Clack National Guard Armory in Roanoke, according…
WEDOWEE–Wedowee Hospital administrator Mike Alexander delivered an ominous message to those at the Randolph County Healthcare Authority meeting on Thursday evening of last week. Alexander said that if the sale tax vote for a new hospital fails to pass, some have asked how long Wedowee Hospital will stay open. Answers floating around have been until…
Roanoke City Council did not have a quorum at the last meeting so members could only take department head reports following a healthcare presentation by Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center. The council now requires department heads to give reports in person rather than written reports. In a subsequent called meeting this Monday purchasing agent/zoning administrator…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission will check into the possibility of industrial access funds to pave the southern section of County Road 811, the road to the landfill from County Road 33. During the March 23 meeting, Commissioner Terry Lovvorn said this would be treating the southern end the same as the northern end. His motion was…