(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Pauline Garrett, 84, of Roanoke were Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, at 3:30 p.m. at High Pine Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Bobby Burroughs officiating.Mrs. Garrett died Friday, Jan. 9, at Hospice LaGrange.A lifelong Randolph County resident, Mrs. Garrett was born Oct. 8, 1930, the daughter of Johnnie and Herd Pool…
(LANETT) Funeral services for Billy Ray Mapp, 69, of Lanett, formerly of Roanoke, will be Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Derek Farr, Sonny Harris and Rev. Shannon Mapp officiating. Burial will follow at Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Mapp died Friday, Jan. 9, at Bethany House…
HAWK – A single-vehicle crash at 9:59 a.m. Thursday has claimed the life of a Randolph County man. Johnny Will Ingram Jr., 64, of Newell was critically injured when the 2006 Ford Ranger he was driving left the roadway and overturned into a cornfield. Ingram, who was not using a seat belt, was ejected from…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Judy Owens, 68, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Fitzgerald Brown and Sonny Kent officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Owens died Thursday, Jan. 8, at Traylor Nursing Center. A Roanoke native, Mrs. Owens was born…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Thomas Andrew Morrow, 27, of Woodland will be Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, at noon at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. David Daniel officiating. Burial will follow at Providence Baptist Cemetery. Mr. Morrow died Wednesday, Jan. 7. A Woodland native, Mr. Morrow was born in Carrollton, Ga., on Jan. 3, 1988,…
(GRAHAM) Funeral services for Donny Ray Smith, 63, of Graham will be Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Gold Ridge Baptist Church with the Revs. T.J. Morgan and Tony McManus officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Smith died Tuesday, Jan. 6, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center in Anniston. A…
(ANNISTON) The funeral for Thomas P. Yates, 79, of Anniston was at 10 a.m. Jan. 6, 2015, at Parker Memorial Baptist Dr. B Locke Davis Christian Life Center Chapel with Dr. Mack Amis and Dr. Billy Harris officiating. Committal service will be in the CLC Chapel. Burial will follow at Ranburne First Baptist Church Cemetery.…
(KERMIT, Texas) Lloyd Hill, 84, of Kermit, Texas, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015 in Odessa, Texas. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, at First United Methodist Church in Kermit with the Rev. Dr. Ruth Fowler officiating. Interment will follow at Kermit Cemetery. He was born Feb. 23, 1930, in Randolph County,…
(SAN ANTONIO, Texas) Martha Joan Cofield Fields, 73, of San Antonio, Texas, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, at Northeast Baptist Hospital after a long illness. Visitation will be Monday, Jan. 12, at Colonial Funeral Home at 11:30 a.m. with a chapel service at 12:30 p.m. Interment will follow at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. A…
The first meeting between Woodland and Handley ended in a blowout win for the Handley Tigers at home. The second meeting, the Dec. 29 championship game of the Handley holiday tournament, started where the first left off. But after that Woodland came alive, forced overtime and nearly pulled the shocker of the season before eventually…
According to the Alabama Retail Association (ARA), Alabama experienced an increase of almost 2.7 percent in retail sales through October of 2014 and averaged 2.6-percent growth each month in 2014 over the same month a year earlier. Although the totals for the final two months are not yet in, ARA predicted, based on the numbers…
Back when I was in col-lege I played the guitar.There was nothing unique about this. It was the Sixties and just about anyone who could cobble together the chords for “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” played guitar. It was a great way to meet girls.Some folks said I was pretty good. I believed them.Until one…
David Bronner the long-time CEO of the State Retirement Systems (RSA) doesn’t hesitate to gloat and this week he has good reason to do so. Both the TRS (teachers’ system) and ERS (employees’ system) have posted 15 percent gains since the gloomy days of 2008-09 when the bottom was falling out in the nation. The…
A hard freeze is expected across large sections of Alabama later this week, with temperatures dropping into the single digits overnight Wednesday in some areas, and wind chills making it feel even colder. Here are some tips on how you can stay warm while saving energy: • If you use portable electric heaters, use them…
A fire on Dec. 30 damaged a home at 32898 Hwy. 48 in Graham. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, the residence is owned by Bernice Bowen Noles of Graham and rented by Cindy Jean Taylor and her family. The fire started in the back bedroom of the home around 4 p.m.…
Ebenezere “Eb” Ware, born Dec. 31, 1912, died in February 1997. However, his death date is listed on his tombstone as Feb. 31. There is no such date. The month of February has 28 days in common years or 29 days in leap years. (Ware actually died on Feb. 13.) His grave is in East…
Average retail gasoline prices in Alabama have fallen 9.2 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.07/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,348 gas outlets in Alabama. This compares with the national average that has fallen 7.7 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.19/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.…
FRANKLIN, Ga.–According to a press release issued Saturday evening by Lt. Investigator Tino Brooks of Franklin Police Department, a total of nine warrants have been issued for the arrest of two suspects in connection with a Dec. 29 shooting in Franklin. Sharome Watts, 29, of Franklin was shot in the arm during a robbery and…
WEDOWEE–The East Alabama Antique Tractor Club Pavilion, located in the Wedowee Kiwanis Park in Wedowee, was the setting for this year’s Randolph County Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting. Annual awards were presented at the meeting. The well-attended event was a celebration of the chamber’s successes for 2013-2014. Dorothy Tidwell, executive director of the chamber, welcomed…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Christina W. Sherard and William Scott Sherard, husband and wife, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for GMAC Mortgage Corporation DBA ditech.com, on the 12th day of April, 2004,…