STATE OF ALABAMACLAY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATIONINVITATION FOR BIDS FOR LAND SALE OF CERTAINLANDS KNOW AS BARFIELD SCHOOL PROPERTY AND LOCATED IN LINEVILLE, ALABAMANotice is hereby given to all interested parties that sealed bids for the purchase of 7.00, more or less, acres of Barfield School lands will be received by the Clay County Board…
The Randolph County Tigers kept their hopes of an area championship intact Friday as they split a doubleheader with Horseshoe Bend. Elijah McFarland pitched eight shutout innings for the Tigers in the first game, and RCHS scored two unearned runs on a pair of Horseshoe Bend errors in the eighth to win it 2-0. The…
The Woodland Bobcats find themselves in the thick of the class 2A, area 12 playoff race after a doubleheader sweep of Wellborn last Thursday. The victories pulled Woodland out of last place in the area and into contention for one of the top two spots in the area and one of the resulting state playoff…
The Handley Tigers swept through Friday’s county tournament in Wadley in convincing fashion, blasting Woodland and Wadley (twice) to claim the title. Handley beat Woodland in the first round of the double elimination tournament, then took on Wadley, which beat RCHS 10-3 in the first round. Handley beat Wadley 14-0 to advance to the tournament…
Wanna feel old fast? Agree to be “house-daddy” for eight college men on spring break. Yet that is what I did. My son, the scion of the family, the one on whom I depend to carry on the family name and defend its honor, is a junior at Auburn. He is also a member of…
The Pew Research Center reports that as the four-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act approaches, the law remains unpopular with the American people by a 12-percent margin, 53 percent to 41 percent, virtually unchanged from a year ago. The new survey conducted during the past month among 3,335 adults finds that when opponents of…
(ROANOKE) Billy Wayne Watson, 46, of Roanoke died on Saturday, March 22, 2014, at Grady Hospital in Atlanta. Private family services will be held at a later date. A lifelong resident of Roanoke, Mr. Watson was born March 10, 1968, the son of John Wayne and Patricia Ann Duke Watson. He had worked as a…
(RICHMOND, Va.) Frances Seroyer Buckalew, 102, died March 21, 2014. A memorial service will be at First Baptist Church, Monument Avenue, on Thursday, March 27, at 1 p.m. The memorial service will be followed by a reception at Spring Arbor (9991 Ridgefield Pkwy., Richmond). Burial will be scheduled for a later date at Arlington National…
(CRAGFORD) Funeral services for Bobby Ray Fables Sr., 72, of Cragford will be Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland with the Revs. Harold McCain and Scott Jordan officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Clay County Memory Gardens. Mr. Fables died Sunday, March 23, at his home.…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Jerusha Braden, 88, of Wedowee will be Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Charles Williams officiating. Burial will follow at Corinth Cemetery. Ms. Braden died Sunday, March 23, at her residence. A Randolph County native, Ms. Braden was born Feb. 8, 1926, the…
(WOODLAND) Jody Stapler Thrower, 38, of Woodland died Saturday, March 22, 2014, at her home. Funeral services will be at 7 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 25, at Hunter-Allen-Myhand Chapel in LaGrange, Ga., with the Rev. Sonny Kent and nurse manager Cathy Phillips officiating. Ms. Thrower was born June 11, 1975, in Birmingham, the daughter of…
(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for the Rev. James W. Duke, 89, of Lineville will be Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Lineville with the Revs. Dorothy Ann Webster, Dan Keith and Sarah Corson officiating. Burial will follow in Lineville City Cemetery. Rev. Duke died Saturday, March 22, at his…
(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for the Rev. James W. Duke, 89, of Lineville will be Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Lineville with the Revs. Dorothy Ann Webster, Dan Keith and Sarah Corson officiating. Burial will follow in Lineville City Cemetery. Rev. Duke died Saturday, March 22, at his…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Billie Ruth Hobson Brown, 87, of Roanoke, will be Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Gerald Romine and minister Lynn Bullard officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Brown died Saturday, March 22, at Traylor Nursing Center in Roanoke. A long-time Roanoke…
(ROOPVILLE, Ga.) William Rance Cantrell, 76, of Roopville, Ga., died Friday evening, March 21, 2014, at his home surrounded by his family. Graveside funeral services will be at 3 p.m. EDT Monday, March 24, at Big Springs Baptist Church Cemetery with Bro. Mike Marshall officiating. Music will be by Judy Hunnicutt and Nikki Sponseller. He…
(CULLMAN) Mitch Smith of Cullman died Friday, March 21, 2014, at his residence at the age of 72. The funeral will be Monday, March 24, at Moss Service Funeral Home Chapel at 11 a.m. with interment in Cullman City Cemetery. He was born in Roanoke on Jan. 9, 1942, to Claud H. and Thelma Mitchell…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for James Albert “Jimmy” Kirby, 80, of Roanoke will be Saturday, March 22, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Don Quick and Gary Henderson officiating. Burial will follow at White’s Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Kirby died Wednesday, March 19, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. A Roanoke…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Coy D. “Buck” Bailey, 94, of Roanoke will be Saturday, March 22, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Cedarwood Cemetery with the Rev. Steve Dean officiating. Mr. Bailey died Wednesday, March 19, at Bill Nichols’ Veterans Home in Alexander City. A Talladega County native, Mr. Bailey was born Aug. 29, 1919, the…
(BOWDON, Ga.) The Rev. Charles C. Chambers, 75, of Bowdon, Ga., died Wednesday morning, March 19, 2014. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. EDT on Friday, March 21, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with Revs. Jamie Meeks and Roy Wysner officiating. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. on Friday.…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Katherine Phillips, 84, of Carrollton, Ga., died March 18, 2014. Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. EDT Friday, March 21, at Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel in Carrollton with the Rev. Russell Wyatt and Danny Butler officiating. Interment will follow in Kansas Baptist Church Cemetery. She was born March 18, 1930, in…