(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Wilbur Dale Harman, 88, of LaGrange, Ga., died Saturday, April 26, 2014, at Piedmont-Henry Hospice in Stockbridge, Ga.The funeral will be Saturday, May 3, at 1 p.m. EDT at Benefield Funeral Home in Wedowee. Graveside services will be at Green’s Chapel Methodist Church in Wedowee.Mr. Hardman is survived by his dear wife of…
(WADLEY) Graveside services for Julian M. Knight, 72, of Wadley were Sunday, April 27, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Forrester’s Chapel Cemetery with the Rev. Bobby Burroughs and Bro. Donnie Perry officiating. Mr. Knight died Friday, April 25, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. A lifelong Randolph County resident, Mr. Knight was born June…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Jackie O’Neal South of Bowdon, Ga., died Friday, April 25, 2014, at his home. He was 65. The funeral was Sunday, April 27, at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of Rainwater Funeral Home. The Revs. Roy Wysner and Doug Porter officiated. Music was provided by Todd Freeman and Avery Arrington. Interment followed in…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Joseph Henry Nix, 99, of Wedowee will be Monday, April 28, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Terry Graham officiating. Burial will follow at Wedowee City Cemetery. Mr. Nix died Friday, April 25, at Lineville Health & Rehabilitation in Lineville. A Randolph County native, Mr. Nix…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Catherine McCord Prestridge, 83, of Roanoke will be Saturday, April 26, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Roanoke First United Methodist Church with the Revs. Harold Bonner and Ralph Barrow officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Prestridge died Thursday, April 24, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. A…
(LaFAYETTE) Dorothy Annette Bell, 59, of LaFayette died Sunday, April 20, 2014, at her residence. The funeral will be Saturday, April 26, at 2 p.m. CDT at Christian Memorial Baptist Church in Roanoke with the Revs. Jerome Trammell and Lathonia J. Wright officiating. Burial will follow at New Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery in LaFayette. Ms.…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Glynda Strickland Chisolm, 66, of Wedowee will be Saturday, April 26, 2014, at 11 a.m. CDT at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Cade Farris and Bro. Bobby Malone officiating. Graveside services and burial will follow at 2 p.m. CDT at Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery at the intersection of Tyree Road…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Ruby Brooks Ward, 73, of LaGrange, Ga., died Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at her home. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 24, at the graveside in Campground United Methodist Church Cemetery in Graham, Ala., with the Rev. Van Brown officiating. Born Sept. 14, 1940, in LaGrange, Mrs. Ward was the…
(GRAHAM) Louise Landry Wiggins of Graham died Monday, April 21, 2014. She was 89. Graveside services for Mrs. Wiggins will be Thursday, April 24, at 3 p.m. EDT at Campground Methodist Church Cemetery in Graham with Bro. Jerry Wiggins and Bro. Ed Grooms officiating. Mrs. Wiggins was born in Gardner, Mass., on March 22, 1925,…
(COLUMBUS, Ga.) Retired Staff Sgt. Jessel “Jay” Callaway, 60, of Columbus, Ga., died Tuesday, April 15, 2014, at his residence. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, April 23, at Forrest Park Baptist Church with the Rev. Donovan Coley, pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in Main Post Cemetery, Ft. Benning, Ga. Retired Staff…
After spending most of his life with an instrument in his hands, and 27 years of professional touring and recording with many famous artists, Barry Waldrep is now getting national recognition for his own artistry, original music and style. His brand new CD/DVD, Smoke From the Kitchen, was released on April 15. This totally original…
The semi-annual book sale for the Randolph County Animal Shelter raised the most money ever on Saturdays April 12 and 19, according to fundraising chairwoman Evelyn Smith. “We did great. We made $8,467. The raffle has been the biggest draw,” she said. Chris Mitchum, who allows the shelter use of his warehouse for the book…
The 7th Annual Randolph County Career Expo Tuesday was a big success according to those there. Cotina Terry said more than 150 people went through the Trinity Baptist Church fellowship hall in three hours. “Employers are hiring again, and that is a good thing. Some people came who were prepared and were anxiously seeking employment,”…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Healthcare Authority will meet Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Randolph County Commission Annex. Wedowee Hospital administrator Mike Alexander would like to address some common questions and answers and share other information with the community before the meeting. He encourages the public to attend this important meeting to show support for Wedowee Hospital.…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Board of Education met Thursday evening in a marathon 2-hour, 45-minute session, marked by a lengthy executive session and a larger than usual audience. Many of those in the audience were present because of the current state of the system in which several grievances have been filed by employees in recent weeks. AEA…
WEDOWEE–An uneventful guilty plea date turned tense when Fifth Judicial Circuit Judge Tom F. Young attempted to arraign Danny Foster on a first-degree escape charge. Foster, who was convicted of assault charges in November of 1996 and was awaiting transfer to state prison to serve a 30-year sentence, escaped by sawing through his jail cell…
LAKE WEDOWEE–Two campers were destroyed by fire on Sunday morning at Messer’s Campground behind Pop’s Landing. According to the report, Johnnie Steven Puckett of Douglasville, Ga., the owner of a 34-foot Keystone camper, had gone to Jack’s for coffee. A witness called and said the camper was on fire. She heard a noise like the…
The Roanoke City Board of Education moved its Tuesday evening meeting to morning and took care of several important items, including recognizing the Handley High School Academic Team. Superintendent Chuck Marcum said many good things are going on at the end of the school year, and he commented on many of those including the 2014…
ROANOKE–Fumes from raw sewage in the basement of a Randolph County house sent the homeowner to the hospital Friday. Charles Ester said sludge started to spew into the bottom floor of his house on April 11. There was some sewer repair work up the hill from Ester’s home at Handley High School, and tubing ran…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Shenikia D. Nelson, a single woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for SunTrust Mortgage Inc., on the 13th day of March, 2007, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the…