The flights have been booked and the brackets have been set.And for the first time ever the Lady Bison will be on that plane, and the words “Southern Union” will show up on that bracket.Southern Union softball will play for the national championship starting next Wednesday in St. George, Utah, after claiming its first state…
The Handley Lady Tigers will lead a three-team contingent from Randolph County into Troy for the softball South-Central Regional. Handley and Wadley each won area titles to advance in class 4A and 1A, respectively. RCHS finished as the runner up in its area tournament and will be in the eight-team 2A field. Handley will be…
The RCHS Tigers are out of the playoffs, but based on the team’s success this year and the current makeup of its roster it’s safe to say they are ahead of schedule. Section made quick work of the Tigers in last Friday’s doubleheader, winning the games 11-0 and 8-2. “Sometimes you’ve just got to tip…
I’ve held off as long as I could. It has been exactly three weeks, and I think the Leader sports pages are starting to revolt. It’s like they are tapping on the monitor from inside of the computer like Biff Tannen saying, “Hello! Altork. Anybody home? How can you have a sports page without mentioning…
The Handley Lady Tigers came up short in the Class 4A state track and field meet Friday and Saturday in Gulf Shores. When everything was totaled up Handley had eight points and finished the season as the no. 19 ranked team in class 4A. Handley may have came up short of its goal this year,…
The Southern Union Bison have earned a spot in the ACCC baseball tournament and will begin play at 9 a.m. on Friday versus Calhoun. SU (31-21) finished the regular season as the second place team from the ACCC Central Division behind the nation’s No. 1 team Chattahoochee Valley. Calhoun (23-28-1) earned third place in the…
(ROANOKE) Salina Wiggins Hare, a longtime resident of Auburn, died peacefully Sunday, May 4, 2014, at Traylor Nursing Home in Roanoke. A memorial service will be Thursday, May 8, at 11 a.m. at Jeffcoat-Trant Chapel. Tina, as she was known to her family and friends, was born on Jan. 31, 1924, to Georgia Byrd and…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for James Kenneth Carter, 74, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Mountain Springs Baptist Church, Wadley, with the Rev. Jimmy Sprayberry and Bro. Harry Collins officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. A Washington, D.C., native, Mr. Carter was born June 2, 1939, the son…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Wendell Keith Smith, 55, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Cedarwood Cemetery with the Rev. Ben Bailie officiating. Mr. Smith died Saturday, May 3, at his residence. A Vienna, Ga., native, Mr. Smith was born March 15, 1959, the son of Windal Roy and Frances…
(DOUGLASVILLE, Ga.) Virginia Thrower, 83, of Douglasville, Ga., died Friday, May 2, 2014. Funeral services were Sunday, May 4, at 3 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church in Roosterville, Ga., with the Revs. Wayne Webb and Lance Snipes officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. She was born Aug. 23, 1930, in Franklin, Ga., to the…
(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Louise T. Hill, 86, of Lineville will be Monday, May 5, 2014, at 3 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with the Revs. David Holcombe and Dan Keith officiating. Burial will follow in Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Hill died Friday, May 2, at her home. She was…
(ATLANTA) Mattie Lou Zachery Hines, 89, of Atlanta (formerly of Five Points) died Friday, April 25, 2014, at her residence. The funeral was at Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, Five Points, on Saturday, May 3, at 11 a.m. with Elder L. Clark officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Hines is survived by one…
A memorial service for Mary Diane Wood, who died April 8, 2014, will be Saturday, May 10, at 12 p.m. CDT at Standing Rock Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to Standing Rock Methodist Church Cemetery.
(ROANOKE) Elizabeth Mosley-Smith, 37, of Roanoke died Saturday, April 26, 2014, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. The funeral will be Saturday, May 3, at 1 p.m. CDT at Peace and Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church in Roanoke with the pastor, Rev. L.B. Houston, Eulogist, and Rev. Jeffery Rosser officiating. Burial will follow at the church…
(ROANOKE) Waymon L. Taft, 67, of Roanoke died Thursday, May 1, 2014, at his residence. A memorial service will be held at a later date. A Randolph County native, Mr. Taft was born Jan. 31, 1947, the son of William Ray and Bernice Stillwell Taft. He was a U.S. Air Force Veteran and worked for…
(WEDOWEE) James Francis Mobus, 60, of Wedowee died Friday, April 25, 2014, at Gentiva Hospice in Columbus, Ga. A New Jersey native, Mr. Mobus was born Oct. 10, 1953, the son of Woodrow and Helen Elizabeth Chase Mobus. He was a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran of the Vietnam War and was a forklift operator for…
The Handley Lady Tigers punched their ticket to Troy with a 2-0 win over Beauregard in the 4A, area 5 tournament Thursday at Hall Field in Roanoke. Handley got a complete-game, two-hit performance from pitcher Brianna Fluharty and scored the only run they would need on an RBI single by catcher Haylee Stokley in the…
It was the first time an Airport Appreciation Day was held, but as popular as it was it is unlikely to be the last. More than 170 people flew, and some families were disappointed when time ran out before they could go up. The plane rides ended at 6 p.m. Financially, it was also successful,…
On Friday of last week, gubernatorial candidate Dr. Parker Griffith of Huntsville visited Wedowee Hospital after reading of the hospital’s plight on line. He toured the hospital and visited with employees there. Griffith said Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley had the ability to keep things like this from happening but didn’t expand Medicaid, which would have…
WADLEY–Music, food, fellowship, fun and preaching made for a lively experience in what became the Wadley town square Saturday. The beautiful day brought together assorted churches wanting to do good, people needing help, and people wanting to help. Rick Whelan, who helped organize the Hands of Hope event and is planning for the future, said,…