(ROANOKE) Shirley Ann Henry, 40, of Border Street, Roanoke, died Sunday evening, Oct. 5, 2014, at Wedowee Hospital.The funeral was Friday, Oct. 10, at 11 a.m. at Wehadkee Missionary Baptist Church with the pastor, Rev. Elijah Jackson Jr., officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery.Mrs. Shears was born in Randolph County on Dec. 15, 1973…
(ALEXANDER CITY) Grady Ware, 92, a native Randolph Countian and longtime resident of Adams Nursing Home in Alexander City, died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at Adams Nursing Home. The family is planning a private memorial service to be announced later. Mr. Ware was born in Abbotsford, Ga., on July 4, 1922, to the late John…
(GRAPEVINE, Texas) Alton Bruce Bailey, 82, of Grapevine, Texas, died Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014, in Irving, Texas. Funeral serves were held Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 10 a.m. at Lucas Funeral Chapel in Grapevine with Allen Bailey officiating. Burial took place in Grapevine Cemetery. Mr. Bailey was born Feb. 10, 1932, to Leon and Ara Bowen…
Funeral services for the Rev. James Carlisle were Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Wadley. He died Oct. 8, at Ansley Park Health and Rehabilitation in Newnan, Ga. Rev. Carlisle was born Jan. 23, 1944, to the late Della Mae Kelley and the late Odell Carlisle. He was…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Ina Mae Cagle, 86, of Roanoke will be Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Trinity Baptist Church with the Revs. Jeff Burns and Frank Sledge officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Cagle died Saturday, Oct. 11, at Traylor’s Nursing Facility. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Cagle…
(WOODLAND) Twila Susie Fleming, 46, died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at Dryden Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jeff Layton officiating. Burial will follow in Edwardsville City Cemetery. Mrs. Fleming was a lifelong resident of Alabama. Survivors…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Mr. Hope William Cofield, 87, of LaGrange died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at his residence. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 2:30-3:30 p.m. at Hunter-Allen-Myhand Funeral Home in LaGrange. A graveside service will be at Shadowlawn Cemetery mausoleum with Rev. Meg Morrison officiating. Mr. Cofield was born in Randolph County, Ala., on…
(LANETT) Mrs. Gradie Bell Browning, 94, of Lanett died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. The funeral will be Monday, Oct. 13, at 2 p.m. EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home in Valley with the revs. Tim Campbell and Robert Huff officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Mrs.…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Edna Ida Miles, 86, of LaGrange, Ga., died Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, at Hospice LaGrange. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. EDT Monday, Oct. 13, at Shadowlawn Cemetery with S.T. Janney officiating. Mrs. Miles was born Sept. 25, 1928, in Graham, Ala., the daughter of the late Jim and Dewey…
(COLUMBUS, Ga.) Brenda Loree Walden, 85, of Columbus, Ga., died Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, at Magnolia Manor. A memorial service will be Tuesday, Oct. 14, beginning at 3 p.m. graveside at Parkhill Cemetery. Mrs. Walden was born March 11, 1929, in Randolph County, Ala., daughter of the late William Laney and Eris Vowell Laney. She…
(FIVE POINTS) Viola Peterson, 96, of Five Points died Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, at Traylor’s Nursing Facility. Survivors include one daughter, Theresa Bradskey of Kansas City, Mo.; two sons, Charles Johnson of Suttons Bay, Mich., and Dr. Russell Doak Peterson of Five Points; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A Flint, Mich., native, Mrs. Peterson was…
(WADLEY) Jessie Will “Sam” Heard of Wadley died Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, at his residence. The funeral will be Saturday, Oct. 11, at 1 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church #2 in the White Plains community with pastor Curtis Spidell officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Heard is survived by four sisters, Bernice…
(ROANOKE) Kenneth “K.C.” Weathers, 26, of Roanoke died Sept. 27, 2014, at University Hospital in Birmingham. He left behind his sisters, Larkin Weathers and April Cameron, both of Panama City Beach, Fla.; his parents, Tommy and Lissa Weathers of Roanoke; a nephew and a niece. His family and friends will celebrate his life in a…
(LaFAYETTE) Joe Adcock, 58, of LaFayette died Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014, at the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Newnan, Ga. The funeral will be Saturday, Oct. 11, at 1 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Christian Church with burial in the church cemetery. The Revs. Ricky Cummings and Tim Whaley will officiate. He was born in…
(ROANOKE) Shirley Ann Shears Henry, 40, of Roanoke died Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014, at Wedowee Hospital. The funeral will be Friday, Oct. 10, at 11 a.m. at Wehadkee Missionary Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the pastor, Rev. Elijah Jackson Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Clark Memorial Funeral Service, Roanoke.
(DOTHAN) Dorsey Lanier “DL” Haynes, 91, of Dothan died Oct. 4, 2014, in Birmingham. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 10, at Byrd Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mike Golson officiating. Graveside services will follow at Memory Hill Cemetery. Mr. Haynes was a native of Wedowee, the youngest of eleven children…
Both of the ambulance service owners in the county hope Wedowee Hospital remains open. They dealt with the aftershocks of Randolph Medical Center closing and they know the difficulty of operating without one of the county’s hospitals, much less having none. Matthew Knight, co-owner of Emergency Medical Transport (EMT) in Roanoke with Mandy Stone, said…
WEDOWEE–Most of the local candidates gathered for a well-attended political forum on Thursday evening of last week at Wedowee City Hall, sponsored by the Woman’s Study Club of Wedowee. Darrell Turner of Heflin, Democratic nominee for state senator, is in the construction industry and now represents building trade workers. He is a regular guy who…
Sentencing will be Wednesday for Desmonte Leonard, who was convicted on Tuesday of capital murder in the June 2012 shooting deaths of DeMario Pitts of Opelika and former Auburn football players Ladarious Phillips and Ed Christian. Leonard’s attorney claimed that he acted in self-defense when he shot six people at a pool party at an…
Roanoke Trade Day The city of Roanoke is holding a Trade Day Saturday, Oct. 11, in downtown, Mayor Mike Fisher said. People can buy, swap, trade or sell from daylight to dark, he said. Free spots are available on the grass lots belonging to the city and to First Baptist Church. Church Street will be…