Seeing Terrell Zachery at Wadley and Tyler Hall at RCHS as coaches has done a nostalgic number on me, so bear with me while I reminisce.As years go, 2003 was a big one for me because it was a year of firsts.It was the first (and only) time I ever got married.It was the first…

SaNBoC will broadcast Friday’s football jamboree games live over cell phones. Dial 857-232-0114 and select Option 5 for the Handley at Randolph County game, Option 7 for the Wadley at Mt. Zion, Ga., game, and Option 8 for the Woodland at White Plains game. All games begin at 7 p.m.

Last week we ran the annual back-to-school safety tips, emphasizing the laws about approaching and passing the school buses with which we are again sharing our roads. This year, though, there is a whole new set of laws regarding school buses, prompted by violent incidents that have occurred right here in Alabama. The Charles “Chuck”…

It was one of those headlines that simply dared me to write a column. “Alabama cities lead list of porn-loving religious places, poll says” Now my first reaction was not to take the dare. As we say down in South Alabama, “some swamps don’t need draining,” even if the swamp is al.com, the face of…

State Democratic Chairperson and former Secretary of State Nancy Worley’s denial that she didn’t receive notice of a deadline to certify candidates in the special Congressional election to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Congressman Jo Bonner just doesn’t pass the smell test. So what would have been a one-day news story at…

(FIVE POINTS) Marie Stephens, 87, of Five Points died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. The funeral will be Wednesday, Aug. 21, at Five Points Baptist Church at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Paul Howard officiating and burial in Five Points Cemetery. Mrs. Stephens was born Nov. 28, 1925, in new…

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Alvis Wayne Dubose, 76, of Wedowee will be Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Steve Dyess and John Hoggle officiating. Burial will follow in Wedowee City Cemetery. Mr. Dubose died Saturday, Aug. 17, at Piedmont Healthcare Center. Mr. Dubose was born July 5,…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for James Brittian Ramsey, 76, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Mike Brewer and Bill Parker officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Ramsey died Sunday, Aug. 18, at his home. A lifelong Randolph County resident, Mr. Ramsey…

(LaFAYETTE) Junior Crawford Prestridge, 70, of LaFayette died Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. The funeral will be Monday, Aug. 19, at 4 p.m. EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Freddie Whitley officiating. Burial will follow at Cusseta Cemetery. Born Feb. 26, 1943, in…

(POWDER SPRINGS, Ga.) Dilmas H. Morris Jr., 76, of Powder Springs, Ga., died Aug. 16, 2013. The funeral was Sunday, Aug. 18, at 3 p.m. at Bellamy Funeral Home, Powder Springs Chapel, with the Rev. Dennis Bellamy officiating. Interment followed at Powder Springs Cemetery. Mr. Morris graduated from Osborne High School, class of 1955, and…

(WEDOWEE) Services for Ann Denise Albritton, 49, of Wedowee will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Rev. Scott Whaley officiating. Mrs. Albritton died Friday, Aug. 16, at her residence. Mrs. Albritton was born Feb. 11, 1964, in Ft. Bragg, N.C, the daughter of Harold and Johanna Rahm Manning. Survivors…

(ROANOKE) Benny Farrar, 62, of Roanoke died Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, in LaGrange, Ga. Mr. Farrar, son of the late Herman Turner Farrar and Betty Reese Farrar, was born Sept. 22, 1950, in LaGrange. He was employed with Kimberly Clark until his health failed. Survivors include his wife, Dorris Hines Farrar of Roanoke; daughter, Heather…

(ROANOKE) The funeral for Charlotte Ann Baggin, 51, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013, at 1 p.m. at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in Roanoke with the Rev. Calvin Trammell officiating. Interment will be at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Wadley. She died Wednesday, Aug. 14, at her home. Leaving to cherish her memories…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Runette Perry McDaniel, 84, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Vernon Willis officiating. Burial will follow at Highway Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. McDaniel died Thursday, Aug. 15, at Wedowee Hospital. A Randolph County native, Mrs. McDaniel was born July…

(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Mamie Ruth Harrilson Harrilson died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, at Hospice LaGrange. The celebration of life service will be Monday, Aug. 19, at 1 p.m. at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church on the Mount Zion Road. Dr. V. F. Williams will officiate. Burial will be in Southview Cemetery. Mrs. Harrilson was born Feb.…

A vision, which presented itself to W.P. Clegg Jr. while he was quite a lad, kept growing and expanding. In October 1941, it began to materialize. With four modern machines in an old building at Almond three miles west of Wadley, where he grew up, he began to make men’s clothing. In February 1942, he…

(WEDOWEE) Memorial services for Karen Marie Brunner, 67, of Wedowee will be Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, at 4 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Elvis North officiating. Mrs. Brunner died Wednesday, Aug. 14, at Kindred Hospital in Rome, Ga. A Milwaukee, Wis., native, Mrs. Brunner was born on March 3, 1946, the daughter…

(MARIANNA, Fla.) Rebecca Stevens McGill of Marianna, Fla., born Dec. 5, 1921, died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, at the age of 91, at Jackson Hospital with her family by her side. The funeral will be Friday, Aug. 16, at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church of Marianna. Internment will be in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens…

(ATLANTA) Jewelene “Jean” Traylor Smith, 83 of Atlanta died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. The funeral will be at Holy Cross Catholic Church Friday, Aug. 16, 11 a.m. EDT with Father Patrick Kingery officiating. Burial will follow at Floral Hills Memory Gardens. Jean was born in Malone to George Henry and Rosa Lynch Traylor on June…

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Sara Jane Thomaston, 75, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, at Veal Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery, Bowdon, Ga., at 11 a.m. CDT with the Rev. Bobby Burroughs officiating. Mrs. Thomaston died Tuesday, Aug. 13, at her home. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Thomaston was born Nov. 18, 1937, daughter…