The State Attorney General’s office has impaneled a special grand jury in Lee County but won’t divulge the target or targets. Jurors were impaneled last week and the move by AG Luther Strange set off much speculation by State Capitol wags. The jurors will meet over the next several months to review what the…
Even without a good scouting report, Woodland proved to be marginally better than White Plains for a half. Once the coaches caught on to the White Plains defensive schemes, the floodgates opened. The Bobcats poured on the offense with three touchdowns in the first 14 minutes of the second half of their preseason game Friday…
For first-year head coach Ken Fordham, Wadley’s preseason game against Mt. Zion of Georgia was more of a viewing party than a quest for victory. Fordham played everyone on his roster and used many of his players in multiple positions. The end result was less about the score – a 27-13 win for Mt. Zion…
Football season begins anew this week, and for all the faces, new and old, that will make this year what it is, I think it’s important to reflect on one man that will not be a part of the 2013 season. For the first time since 1994, Randy Sparks will not be on the sideline…
(ROANOKE) Starling Lamar Smallwood, 56, of Roanoke died Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, at his home in Roanoke. A former resident of Carrollton, Ga., Mr. Smallwood was born Dec. 29, 1956, in Atlanta, the son of Charles Samuel and Faye Martin Smallwood. He had been employed as an electrician with Henderson Electric. Survivors include one daughter,…
(NEWNAN, Ga.) Earlene Johnson Stevenson, 60, of Newnan, Ga., died Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. The funeral will be Saturday, Aug. 31, at 3 p.m. at Flint Hill Baptist Church in Heflin. Burial will be at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Heflin. Mrs. Stevenson was born June 30, 1953. She was…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Edward Luke Bartlett, 73, of Carrollton, Ga., died Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Mr. Bartlett was born in Buffalo Valley, Tenn., on Sept. 21, 1939. He was the son of the late Bryan Luke Bartlett and the late Rebecca Doris Turman Bartlett. Mr. Bartlett was a retired carpenter. Survivors include three daughters, Brenda Smith…
(DAVISTON) Cleaster Walls, 51, a native and lifelong resident of Daviston died Monday morning, Aug. 26, 2013, at Roanoke Rehabilitation and HealthCare Center. The home going service for Ms. Walls will be Thursday, Aug. 29, at 1 p.m. at Leander Baptist Church, Daviston, with the Rev. Whetstone officiating. Ms. Walls will be at the church…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Jerry Lamar Boggs, 69, of LaGrange, Ga., died on Aug. 24, 2013, at LaGrange Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Services will be Saturday, Aug. 31, at 11 a.m. CDT at Rock Mills Church of the Nazarene in Roanoke. Mr. Boggs was born in Randolph County, Ala., on Dec. 13, 1943, to the late James…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Adriana Emileigh Sims, infant daughter of Tonia Sims and Matthew E. Kepner of Roanoke, will be Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mike Robinson officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. The infant died Thursday, Aug. 22, at University Hospital in Birmingham.…
(ROANOKE) John Lee Atkinson, 69, of Roanoke died Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, at Wedowee Hospital. The funeral will be Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 2 p.m. CDT at Peace and Goodwill Baptist Church in Roanoke with the pastor, Rev. L.B. Houston, officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Atkinson is survived by his wife,…
(VALLEY) Mary Lowe Milner, 93, of Valley died Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, at Arbor Springs Health and Rehab Center in Opelika. The funeral was at 3 p.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 25, at First Christian Church of Riverview in Valley. Interment followed at Fairview Cemetery in Valley. Mrs. Milner is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law,…
(JACKSONVILLE) Graveside services for Robert Alexander MacRae, 77, were Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, at 4 p.m. at Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery, Heflin (Randolph County), with the Rev. Dr. Bob Ford officiating. Mr. MacRae died Thursday, Aug. 22, at his residence. A memorial service for Mr. MacRae will be announced at a later date. In lieu…
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Eugene Burnham, 89, of Franklin, Ga., died Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, at his home. The funeral service was at 4 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 25, in the chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville, Ga. The Rev. L. T. Hogan officiated and interment was in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Mindy Lee Brown, 32, of Woodland will be Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Ridley Parmer and Stiles Akins officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Wedowee. Mrs. Brown died Thursday, Aug. 22, in Atlanta. A Randolph County native, Mindy…
(MONTEVALLO) Jimmy Spain, 86, died peacefully on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, at Shelby Baptist Hospital, Alabaster, with loved ones surrounding him. Services will be at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24, at Rockco Funeral Home, Montevallo. Burial will be at Moore’s Cemetery, Hwy. 119, Montevallo. Mr. Spain is lovingly known to family and friends by…
(HEFLIN) Earl Langley, 70, died Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, at his residence. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at Dryden Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Billy Morris, Ricky Kilgore and Bobby Burroughs officiating. Burial will follow in Pinetucky Cemetery. Mr. Langley was a lifelong resident of Cleburne County and a…
WEDOWEE – A Woodland woman died Thursday morning from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on U.S. 431 in front of Lake Wedowee Motel & Cabins. The accident around 7:48 a.m. involved a silver 2001 Pontiac Firebird car and an unloaded cattle truck. It is said the cattle truck was trying to avoid a flatbed…
(ROANOKE) Visitation for Walter Don McLeod, 71, of Roanoke will be Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Wedowee. Mr. McLeod died Wednesday, Aug. 21, at his residence. A Randolph County native, Mr. McLeod was born on Sept. 2, 1941, the son of Walter Frank and Lois…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Reuben Allen “Billy” Self, 88, of Roanoke will be Friday, Aug. 23, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Steve Dean officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Chambers County. Mr. Self died Wednesday, Aug. 21, at Wedowee Hospital. Survivors include his wife of…