(SMITHS STATION) James Wilmer McLendon, 91, of Smiths Station died peacefully on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, while at his home.The funeral will be at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City with Dr. Wayne Scarborough and the Rev. Rodney Mitchell officiating. Interment with military honors will follow at Lakeview…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Charlie Ford Gann, 87, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Baptist Church with the Rev. Jeff Burns officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Gann died Saturday, Sept. 21, at St. Vincent’s St. Clair in Pell City. Mr. Gann was born Feb.…
(NEWELL) Funeral services for Randy Cofield, 59, of Newell will be Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Ed Halsey officiating. Burial will follow at Union Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Cofield died Friday, Sept. 20, at his residence. A Randolph County native, Mr. Cofield was born Jan. 6,…
(RUSTIN, La.) Christopher Lee Shears, 30, of Rustin, La., died Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport. The funeral will be Tuesday, Sept. 24, (his birthday), at 2 p.m. at Christian Memorial Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the pastor, Rev. B.J. Jackson, officiating, Bishop L.J. Wright, eulogist, and the Rev. Bobby Edwards. Burial…
(OAK HARBOR, Wash.) Claxton R. Johnson Sr., 76, died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, at his Oak Harbor, Wash., home with Barbara, his loving and supportive wife of 51 years by his side. His funeral was Thursday, Sept. 12, at 2 p.m. at Church of the Rock, Oak Harbor, with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Norfolk,…
The First Bear Creek United Methodist Church was a log structure, which also served as a school. A frame building was built between 1910-1913. The present building was erected in 1953 and an education annex, which will include central air conditioning and heating, is under construction. Bear Creek was a Methodist Episcopal church, which sometimes…
(ATHENS, Ga.) T. Lamar Phillips, 65, of Athens, Ga., died at his residence on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 22, at Lord & Stephens East Chapel. Born in Athens, Lamar was the son of the late Theatus Abe and Maggie Mae Carson Phillips and brother…
(WOODLAND) Graveside services for Ruthie “Dean” Madden Holloway, 80, of Woodland will be Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, at 10 a.m. at Highway Congregational Methodist Church, Roanoke, with the Rev. Roger Florence officiating. Mrs. Holloway died Thursday, Sept. 19, at her residence. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Holloway was born July 11, 1933, the daughter of…
(ROANOKE) Martha Winston Cameron, 58, of Roanoke died Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. The funeral will be at Friendship Baptist Church, Roanoke, on Sept. 21, at 1 p.m. with the Rev. L.B. Houston officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Cameron is survived by her husband, Sandy Cameron;…
(HEFLIN) Neal Reaves, 86, died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, at his residence. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 20, at Beason Grove Baptist Church with the Revs. David Reaves and J.R. Morris officiating. Burial will follow in Beason Grove Cemetery. Mr. Reaves was a native and lifelong resident of Cleburne County.…
Brigam Carl Weyerman, 51, of a Heflin address that is located in Randolph County, was found dead after a single-vehicle accident at the intersection of State Lake Road and Center Hill Road in Clay County around 11 a.m. last Saturday. It was believed the victim may have died before the accident occurred, not as a…
Handley students uncover county’s past with archaeological dig Handley High School history teachers Merredith Sears and Rhonda Baldwin spent the week of Sept. 9-13 on an archaeological dig with their students who are members of the community studies class. Weeks leading up to the dig, students were required to study Native American (Muscogee) Creek culture…
A Roanoke man was killed in a two-car accident on Monday morning in front of his workplace. Wendell Wayne “Boots” Heard, 72, was attempting to cross U.S. 431 from County Road 333 to the driveway of Randolph Farmers Co-op at 6:55 a.m., when his Toyota collided with a southbound Randolph County deputy’s patrol vehicle, driven…
Veteran state representative Richard Laird will not seek re-election next year–a decision he said he made before he ran the last time. His term will end at midnight on election night–Nov. 14, 2014. Whoever is elected will take over the seat at that time. June 4, 2014 he will be 75 years old. He will…
Zac Simpson, project engineer with Garver Engineering, recently presented a nairport master plan to Roanoke City Council for their approval. He also showed a film emphasizing the importance of having a local airport such as Roanoke Municipal Airport. Company and industrial leaders throughout the state stated on the film that without a local airport they…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Board of Education heard from some of the system’s nurses during its meeting on Thursday evening of last week. School nurses Crystal Rampy and Tasha Higgins addressed the board about being placed in the category of professional rather than paraprofessional. Rampy said in any other location, they would be considered professionals. School nurses…
The city of Roanoke Water, Sewage, Gas and Filter Plant board members discussed whether to pay Crowder Construction Company on the wastewater project. The company has completed the project 99.9 percent, Greg Thompson, engineer with AME Engineers, Inc., said in report at Monday’s board meeting. The question is what else may be needed done since…
A Roanoke man was arrested after allegedly hitting another man with a gun and shooting at him for being on “his street.” Cedrick Lamar Heard, 29, of 733 Chestnut St., Roanoke, was arrested on Tuesday of last week and charged with second-degree assault. Officers responded to a call that Heard had shot at Earl Eugene…
Mayor Mike Fisher wrote a letter about the closure of the CSX bridge to Shelby Stevenson at CSX Friday, Sept. 13. In it he said it had been several weeks since he had contacted him about the CSX bridge on Louina being closed “because the bridge inspector deemed it unsafe to travel due to holes…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DON M. KING, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Don M. King, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 9th day of Sept., 2013, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…