(NEWNAN, Ga.) Rev. Tony Landers, 65, of Newnan, Ga., died Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015.A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 26, at Unity Baptist Church with the Rev. Andy Hannah, Dr. Phil Pilgrim and Dr. David Hammonds officiating.Rev. Landers was born in Roanoke on Jan. 6, 1950, to Agnus…
(PIEDMONT) Sara Davis Newsome, 93, of Piedmont died Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, at Piedmont Health Care Center. Services will be at Thompson Funeral Home at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, with visitation from 11:30 a.m. until time of services. Burial will follow at Piedmont Memory Gardens. Mrs. Newsome was born Jan. 28, 1922, in Wadley.…
(LINEVILLE) The funeral for Gene R. Boyd, 73, of Lineville was Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, at 3 p.m. at the Russell H. Williams Memorial Chapel. Interment was in New Hope Cemetery, Barfield. Mr. Boyd died Feb. 19 at Clay County Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Betty Jean Boyd; children and their spouses, Freddy L. and…
(HEFLIN) Funeral services for Mr. Shelly McClain Smith, 35, of Heflin will be Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Gary Cox officiating. Burial will follow at Harmony Congregational Methodist Cemetery. Mr. Smith died Monday, Feb. 23. A Randolph County native, Mr. Smith was born June 6, 1979,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Hattie Jennell Glass, 77, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Horace Harper and Donald Harper officiating. Burial will follow at Standing Rock Cemetery. Mrs. Glass died Monday, Feb. 23, at East Alabama Medical Center. A lifelong resident of Randolph…
(FIVE POINTS) The funeral service for Jeffere Daniel Young, 51, of Five Points will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, at Jeffcoat-Trant Chapel. The Rev. Shirley Medica is officiating. Burial will be held in Garden Hills Cemetery, Opelika. Mr. Young died at his home Sunday, Feb. 22. He was born Sept. 30, 1963,…
(TUSCALOOSA) Luke James Kelly of Tuscaloosa died Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, at the age of 5. The funeral was Saturday, Feb. 21, at 3 p.m. at Hunter Street Baptist Church Worship Center with associate pastor Brian Hinton officiating. Interment was in Jefferson Memorial Gardens, South. Luke is survived by his parents, Will and Rachel Kelly;…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Annie K. White, 77, of Wedowee will be Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Union Hill Congregational Methodist Church with the Revs. David Holcomb, Jimmy Howthorne and David Waldrop officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. White died Sunday, Feb. 22, at her residence. A Wedowee native,…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Doris Boyd Craven, 90, of Carrollton, Ga., died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. The funeral will be Monday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m. EST at the chapel of Almon Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Fowler officiating. Interment will be in Clem United Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Craven was born in Malone on March 18,…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Jimmie Price Ertzberger of Bowdon, Ga., died Friday, Feb. 20, 2015. She was 67. The funeral will be Monday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m. EST in the chapel of Rainwater Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Tyus Baptist Church with the Rev. G.W. Burson officiating. Mrs. Ertzberger was born in Woodland, Ala., on…
(WELLINGTON, Texas) Albert Fulcher, 93, a lifelong resident of Wellington, Texas, died Friday, Feb. 20, 2015. The funeral was at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Derwin Comer, retired Baptist minister of Oklahoma City, and Keith Martin officiating. Interment was in Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Mr. Fulcher was born July…
(ROANOKE) Mr. Limmie L. ‘Lim’ Rowe, 83, a resident of Stewart Street, Roanoke, died Tuesday evening, Feb. 17, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Tuskegee. The funeral will be Monday, Feb. 23, at 1 p.m. at Mount Olive United Methodist Church, Wadley, with the Rev. William Crawford officiating, joined by the Rev. Scottie McLain,…
(ROANOKE) Irene Smith Todd, 81, of Roanoke died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, at Wedowee Hospital. There will be no public services. A resident of Roanoke most of her life, Ms. Todd was born July 14, 1933, the daughter of Omer and Amzie Rice Smith. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church and was a…
(WEDOWEE) Donald E. Benefield, 79, of Wedowee died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be Sunday, Feb. 22, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Greg Norred officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at Wedowee City Cemetery. The family will receive…
(LaFAYETTE) Funeral services for Benjamin Keith Mapp, 56, of LaFayette will be Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Shannon Mapp officiating. Burial will follow at Penton Church of God Cemetery. Mr. Mapp died Thursday, Feb. 12, at Sweeney Hospital in Sweeney, Texas. A Chambers County native, Mr.…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Gwendolyn Rainwater Pike, 79, of Roanoke will be Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, at 11 a.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Pike died Wednesday, Feb. 18, at her residence. A longtime Marietta, Ga., resident, Mrs. Pike was born in Atlanta on July 23, 1935, the daughter of Harvey Lee and Margaret Baggett…
The Handley Tigers proved on Monday that it will take more than a 40-point performance in order to eliminate them from the state tournament. The Tigers fended off a huge game from Holt guard Dontydrick Hughes to eke into the Central Regional finals with a 65-64 win in Montgomery. The game was as close as…
Rock Mills firefighters responded to a call on Wednesday morning around 8:40 at 66529 Hwy. 22, the home of Wallace Burson, located on the east side of the bridge in Rock Mills. The fire, which was first discovered by a passerby, had fully engulfed the house when firefighters arrived at the scene.
Randolph County Ag and Equine Center hosted the first Randolph County Swine Show and Sale on Friday, Feb. 6. This is something that is done all over the country, but is new for this area. Eleven students presented 22 pigs to show, followed by an auction, with all money going directly to the student-owner. Chris…
Students got a lesson in living history Monday when they listened to Sheyann Webb-Christburg tell about her march into history as the youngest participant in the first attempted Selma to Montgomery march now known as “Bloody Sunday.” The students watched a documentary on the civil rights struggle and sang, “Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me…