(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Adilene Cobb Cottle, 84, of Roanoke were Sunday, June 15, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Cedarwood Cemetery with the Rev. Ryan Conger officiating.Mrs. Cottle died Friday, June 13, at Magnolia Manor in Columbus, Ga.A Roanoke resident for most of her life, Mrs. Cottle was born Dec. 2, 1929, in Etowah County,…
(NEWELL) Funeral services for Danny Ray Roberts, 54, of Newell will be Saturday, June 14, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Steve Dempsey officiating. Burial will follow at Union Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Roberts died Wednesday, June 11, at his residence. A Randolph County native, Mr. Roberts was born July…
(NEWELL) Elizabeth Maffet, 81, of Newell died Thursday, June 5, 2014. The funeral will be Monday, June 16, at noon at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church in Newell. Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home, Carrollton, Ga.
NEWELL–Responders at the scene of a fire on Wednesday evening found the homeowner’s body behind a neighboring house. According to Randolph County Sheriff David Cofield, the fire call came at 5:39 p.m. at 2650 County Rd. 134 in the Newell community. The mobile home, which belonged to Danny Roberts, 54, was secure when they got…
A single-vehicle crash Thursday, June 12, claimed the life of a Roanoke woman. Brenda Watts, 54, was killed when the vehicle she was driving left the roadway and overturned. Watts was not using a seat belt. The crash occurred at 12:10 a.m. on U.S. 431 (northbound) at the 186 mile marker, five miles north of…
(WADLEY) Graveside services for Tony Lamar Tomblin, 60, of Wadley will be Saturday, June 14, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Wadley Cemetery with the Rev. Jimmy Sprayberry officiating. Mr. Tomblin died Wednesday, June 11, at Wedowee Hospital. A Canton, Ga., native, Mr. Tomblin was born Oct. 19, 1953, the son of Billy Lamar and Evelyn…
(ROANOKE) Winnie Inez Shaw Stephens, 96, of Roanoke died Monday, June 9, 2014, at Traylor Nursing Home in Roanoke. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. EDT Saturday at First Baptist Church on the Square in LaGrange, with the Rev. Paul Blair officiating. Graveside services will be at 4:30 at Kennesaw Memorial Park in Marietta…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Emory Steve Brown, 58, of Roanoke will be Thursday, June 12, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Keith Benefield and David Glass officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Brown died Tuesday, June 10, at Stringfellow Hospital in Anniston. Mr. Brown was born Aug.…
(OPELIKA) Arlene Johnson Carpenter, 89, was born June 22, 1924, in Randolph County and died June 8, 2014, at Arbor Springs in Opelika. The funeral was Tuesday, June 10, at 11 a.m. in the Chapel at Frederick-Dean Funeral Home with the Rev. Randy Woodham and Chaplain Paul Greger officiating. A graveside service was at 3…
(FIVE POINTS) Thelma Hazel, 74, of Five Points died Saturday, June 7, 2014, at her residence. The family will hold a memorial service at a later date. She was born in Lavonia, Ga., on May 1, 1940, to Charlie and Minnie O’Donald and was retired from the J.P. Stevens Mills in Whitmire, S.C. Survivors are…
New Auburn University head men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl will be the speaker at the Randolph County Auburn Club meeting on Tuesday, June 24, at 6 p.m. at Rice Pavilion. Persistence by local AU fan Pat Awbrey helped get him. “I never thought it could happen; I was really trying to make the point…
Blondell Potts requested a chocolate cake for her birthday party on Sunday. This is not just any birthday–it’s Mrs. Potts’ 105th–so chocolate it was. That’s right, Mrs. Potts, now a resident of Roanoke HealthCare Center, was born June 11, 1909, in LaGrange, Ga., the daughter of farmer Elijah Oliver Gray and Hasseltine Dollar Gray. Her…
“Fun was truly in the air at this year’s Kids Kollege. Southern Union appreciates the support that our communities shows this program each year,” said Southern Union president Dr. Glenda Colagross. Last week Southern Union hosted more than 50 first through sixth graders at the annual Kids Kollege, which was reintroduced in 2007 and sponsored…
A cloudy day in downtown Roanoke turned into a sunny bright day for the 6th Annual Summer on Main and the opening of the old Martin Theatre space for the well-received Wild Knights concert. Dorothy Tidwell, executive director of the Randolph County Chamber of Commerce who hosted Summer on Main, said it was a very…
The Martin Theatre location is now an amphitheater due to a restoration project spearheaded by the Roanoke Rotary Club. Saturday evening it held its first entertainment event of any type since the theatre burned in 1980. The band Wild Knights and a near capacity crowd gave it a fitting re-opening. The Martin Theatre is a…
Gene Thornton is looking for anything that was once part of the Randolph County Training School for exhibit at the the National Museum of African-American History of Culture next to the Washington Monument. A RCTS alumnus, he is looking for everything from a desk used in the school to a tassel worn at graduation, but…
Downtown Wedowee will once again welcome Art in the Median on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The seventh annual show, sponsored by East Alabama Arts Society, is free to both artists and patrons of the arts. Exhibitors will bring their original paintings, sketches, pottery, photographs and more. Just down the street, Wedowee Hospital…
The Secretary of State Elections Division has confirmed Guy Kelly had enough voters’ signatures on petitions to get him on the November ballot running as an Independent for the District 37 state representative position. That means there will be an Independent, a Republican and a Democrat running for the seat being vacated by retiring veteran…
Six people were injured in vehicle accidents in the county over the past two weekends. Two Roanoke residents were injured in an accident on Friday, May 30, in front of Walmart. Cory Cornell Johnson, 29, was traveling U.S. 431 north in a 2000 Ford Taurus. Carley L. Neel, 24, was attempting to turn left into…
Mayor Mike Fisher commented on the ribbon cutting of the Streetscape Project Saturday as a project all people can enjoy. The icing on the cake was the opening of the old Martin Theatre the same day. It was good to see so many people downtown. The people have the council to thank for voting to…