Handley’s backcourt duo of Dreion Patterson and Joey Jordan proved to be the county tournament’s lone unstoppable force as the Tigers beat Woodland and RCHS en route to their seventh county championship in a row.Handley clamped down defensively on RCHS for a 51-26 win in the title game Saturday, in which Jordan and Patterson combined…
(WOODLAND) Graveside services for Earnest L. Cagle, 81, of Woodland will be Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Union Baptist Church Cemetery with Bro. Ray Fields and Bro. Hugh Walton officiating. Mr. Cagle died Monday, Jan. 20, at his home. Mr. Cagle was born June 11, 1932, son of Roy Zeb and Ethel…
(MEBANE, N.C.) Thurman “Bob” Snyder, 78, of Mebane, N.C., died at Alamance-Caswell Hospice House in Burlington, N.C., on Jan. 18, 2014, after a brief battle with advanced lung cancer. Funeral services will be at Efland United Methodist Church in Efland, N.C., on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at 11 a.m. Bob was born Sept. 2, 1935, in…
(ASHLAND) Graveside services for Willis O. Gortney, 64, of Ashland will be Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Mt. Ararat Cemetery with the Rev. Richard East officiating. Mr. Gortney died Saturday, Jan. 18, at Russell Medical Center in Alexander City. A native and lifelong resident of Clay County, he worked as a skidder…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Betty Jeanette Treadwell, 71, of Roanoke will be Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Johnny Williams and Ricky Etchison officiating. Burial will follow at Rock Stand Congregational Christian Church Cemetery. Mrs. Treadwell died Saturday, Jan. 18, at Regional Medical Center in Anniston. A Randolph…
(LaFAYETTE) Alma Clark, 81, of LaFayette died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, at her residence. The funeral will be Monday, Jan. 20, at 2 p.m. at Rock Springs Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery with the Rev. James Caulfield officiating. She was born July 19, 1932, in Chambers County to Walter Fred Harmon and…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Jesse “Ray” Madden, 65, of Carrollton, Ga., died Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. The funeral will be Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 2 p.m. at Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel with the Rev. Greg Nabors officiating. Interment will follow in Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Madden was born May 17, 1948, in Carrollton…
(ABILENE, Texas) Joe Frank Hines, 71, of Abilene, Texas, died Jan. 13, 2014, at Abilene Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 11:30 a.m. at Abilene City Cemetery with the Rev. Mack Moye as eulogist. Joe was born on July 6, 1942, in Roanoke, Ala., to Charlie Frank and Lera Mae…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Christopher Earl Tyler, 29, of Roanoke will be Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Sister Carolyn Hanner and Rev. Keith Benefield officiating. Burial will follow at Potash Cemetery. Mr. Tyler died Friday, Jan. 17, at Wedowee Hospital. A Randolph County native, Mr. Tyler was born…
I’ve watched hundreds of high school sporting events in my life, and I’ve seen plenty of amazing feats. I’ve seen teams celebrate state championships. I’ve seen future collegians dominate the high school ranks and do things that most 18-year-olds can only dream of. But nothing grabs me by the shirt and says “Look at this!”…
(DAVISTON) Willie Claude Clanton Jr., 74, of Daviston died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at Lake Martin Community Hospital in Dadeville. The funeral will be Friday, Jan. 17, at 2 p.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church in LaFayette with burial in the church cemetery with the Rev. Benny Yates officiating. He was born June 20, 1939, in…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Wilma Jean Whaley, 84, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at Rock Mills Methodist Church with the Revs. Stanley Yarbrough and Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Whaley died Wednesday, Jan. 15, at Bethany House in Auburn. A Randolph County…
(AUBURN) John Hal McFarlin, 80, of Auburn died Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. The funeral will be at Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, in the Welch community, on Friday, Jan. 17, at noon with the Rev. Mario McDaniel officiating. Burial will be in Westview Cemetery, Auburn. The remains will lie…
(FIVE POINTS) Catherine Billinglea, 94, of Five Points died Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, at her residence. The funeral will be Friday, Jan. 17, at noon at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in LaFayette with the Revs. Michael Stiggers, Gregory Sutton and James Wright officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church Cemetery, Five Points.…
(ROANOKE) Gail Christine McGuire, 59, of Roanoke died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, at Gentiva Hospice in Columbus, Ga. A Springfield, Ohio, native, Mrs. McGuire was born April 6, 1954, daughter of Carson and Elizabeth Ann Casey Rice. She had previously lived in LaGrange, Ga. Survivors include two daughters, Alaina McGuire and Cami McGuire, both of…
The Lighthouse is bustling on this morning as students from the Randolph County Learning Center and other volunteers arrive to pack Buddy Bags for students in area schools. The students pack the bags to go into the waiting hands of Glenda Ziglar for Rock Mills Elementary, Bob Steele for Knight Enloe Elementary and Elliott and…
This year there not as many applications for the Pilots Club’s Christmas for Kids, said Linda Hurst, planner and coordinator of applications. They extended the deadline for a week because they were coming in so slowly, but she believes there may be more help out there. The negative is some churches or other organizations are…
In 2013, the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) designated the Forever Wild Land Trust’s Coldwater Mountain tract near Anniston as a Bronze Level Ride Center, a large-scale mountain bike facility that offers a wide variety of ride options for riders of all skill levels. The IMBA has also inducted Oak Mountain State Park’s mountain bike…
FOSTER’S CROSSROADS–An accident in the pouring rain early Saturday morning sent an 18-wheel tanker truck off U.S. 431 into a ravine and responders from Randolph and Cleburne counties into action. Randolph County E-911 received the call at 5:50 that morning that the tanker, containing 6,000 gallons of gasoline in three compartments and 2,500 gallons of…
The Louina Street CSX bridge has been closed for safety reasons since July but there is hope that may change. City Attorney John Tinney told the council he told CSX Railroad officials last week if he did not hear from them by Monday he planned to file suit. He did not want to sue but…