Level the playing field on sales tax collectionsBlack Friday, the day after Thanksgiving when retailers kick off the holiday shopping with discounted prices on a wide variety of items, was followed by Cyber Monday, on which online sellers offered numerous discounts. This year’s Cyber Monday was predicted to bring in more than $2 billion in…
Elijah McFarland had 31 points and 13 rebounds as RCHS opened its basketball season with a convincing 64-38 rout of Cleburne County Monday. McFarland, who struggled through injuries last season after a fast start, is poised for what could be a monster senior season. He was the only Tiger in double figures on Monday, but…
Yep, I missed it. So busy thinking about camp stew and eating “eatin’ dirt,” that I let it slip up on me and before I knew it, it was gone. October 2, was National Poetry Day. Now a lesser man might hide behind the fact that National Poetry Month is not until April, so it…
As I returned from the Iron Bowl game in Tuscaloosa this past Saturday, my thoughts drifted to what we could energize for our state if over 100,000 people crowded into Bryant-Denny Stadium to support education in Alabama as was done last weekend to finance two college football programs. Would that get the attention of state…
I’m going to squib kick this column just to be safe. What could possibly go wrong? I know there was an Iron Bowl last week, and the Alabama and Auburn defenses probably made Bear Bryant smack his head in his grave. And I’ll pick the championship games and get to the Great Crimson Elephant in…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Mary Reeves, 88, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Roanoke United Methodist Church with the Revs. Ralph Barrow and Paul Messer officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Reeves died Sunday, Nov. 30, at Hospice LaGrange. A Covington County native, Mrs. Reeves was…
(FIVE POINTS) Joyce Brown, 76, of Five Points died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014, at her residence. The funeral was Sunday, Nov. 30, at 2 p.m. at Jeff Jones Funeral Home with burial in Resthaven Memorial Gardens in Lanett with the Rev. Linwood Brown officiating. Mrs. Brown was born Aug. 28, 1938, in Chambers County. She…
(WEAVER) The funeral for Robert Ray Wiggins, 84, of Weaver will be Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, at 2 p.m. Graveside services will be at Maple Grove Cemetery with the Rev. Jerry Butler officiating. Mr. Wiggins died Friday, Nov. 28, at St. Vincent Hospital. Mr. Wiggins was a retired U.S. Navy submariner serving more than 20…
(ANNISTON) The funeral for Gwendola Teague, 102, was Sunday at 12 p.m. at Gray Brown-Service Chapel with the Rev. Bill Snow officiating. Burial followed at Corinth Church Cemetery in Wadley. Mrs. Teague died Thursday, Nov. 27, in Anniston. Mrs. Teague was a native of Randolph County and a resident of Calhoun County. She retired from…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Peggy Ruth Hudson, 74, of LaGrange, Ga., died Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, at West Georgia Hospital. The funeral was Sunday, Nov. 30, at 3 p.m. at Trinity on the Hill United Methodist Church with the Rev. Meg Morrison officiating. Inurnment will follow at a later date at Randolph Memory Gardens, Roanoke. Mrs. Hudson…
(OXFORD) Graveside services for Sonny Gortney, 74, of Oxford, were Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Mt. Ararat Cemetery with the Rev. Richard East officiating. Mr. Gortney died Tuesday, Nov. 25, at his home. Born in Clay County and a resident of Oxford, he worked for Ed Hopson Produce for 20 years and…
(OPELIKA) The funeral for Amanda Holloway, 69, of Opelika will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, at Harris Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Evergreen Cemetery with the Rev. J.C. Winters officiating. Mrs. Holloway died Tuesday, Nov. 25, at East Alabama Medical Center. She was born March 15, 1945, in Chambers County. Survivors…
(WEST POINT, Ga.) Joyce Juanita Chipman. 70, of West Point, Ga., died Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, at West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange. The funeral for Mrs. Chipman was Friday, Nov. 28, at 11 a.m. EST at Reeds Chapel Baptist Church, West Point, with the Rev. Jeff McCartney officiating. Burial followed at Hillcrest Cemetery, Lanett.…
WADLEY–Tickets are now on sale for the annual Christmas Concert presented by the Music Department of Southern Union State Community College. Performances of On with the Snow will be presented Dec. 2-5 beginning at 7 p.m. each night. All shows will be held in Brazeal Auditorium on Southern Union’s Wadley campus. Under the direction…
The “Share-A-Meal” Thanksgiving dinner will be served to all who would like come on Thursday, Thanksgiving day, from noon to 1 p.m.. People have the option of eating at the McDonald Family Life Center at Roanoke First United Methodist Church or having a meal delivered. It is not necessarily about needing a meal but about…
(BEAUREGARD) Mary Joyce Hall Simpson, 62, of Beauregard died at her home surrounded by family on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. The funeral will be Friday, Nov. 28, at 12:30 p.m. in the chapel at Frederick-Dean Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Garden Hills Cemetery. Mrs. Simpson was a member of Community Baptist Church in LaFayette.…
(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Freda Butler Baker Horne, 87, of Lineville will be Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with Jeff Adams officiating. Burial will follow in Liberty Church of Christ Cemetery in Randolph County. Ms. Horne died Monday, Nov. 24, at Lineville Health and Rehabilitation Center. A…
(WEDOWEE) Tiffney Nichole Parker, 30, of Weathers Heights, Wedowee, died Saturday morning, Nov. 22, 2014, at the University of Alabama Medical Center in Birmingham. The funeral will be Friday, Nov. 28, at 1 p.m. at Turnaround Christian Center, Roanoke, with her pastor, Rev. Craig McClure, officiating. Burial will follow in Union Chapel United Methodist Church…
Absalom “Hawk” Nixon has been gone for many years, but he left descendants and perhaps signs behind. He was not among the first Native Americans the Europeans met, but on this Thanksgiving week it is appropriate to remember one of Roanoke’s earliest settlers. In Sid and Susan Hare’s back acreage on Main Street in Roanoke…
Roanoke City Schools were expecting to be $399,000 in the hole at the end of the fiscal year Sept. 30 but due to work of staff the school sytem actually ended up $50,000 to the good, Supt. Chuck Marcum said in his financial report to the board last week. The board approved Assist Continuous Improvement…