(LaFAYETTE) Charles J. “Jack” Tomlinson, 89, of LaFayette died Thursday, July 11, 2013, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika.The funeral was Sunday, July 14, at 3 p.m. at Chapel Hill Methodist Church in the White Plains community. Burial followed at LaFayette City Cemetery.Mr. Tomlinson was born in Chambers County on March 16, 1924, and…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Frank R. Jones Jr., 83, of LaGrange, Ga., died Sunday, July 14, 2013, at West Georgia Healthcare in LaGrange. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday at Hunter-Allen-Myhand Chapel with the Rev. Jamie Taylor officiating. Mr. Jones was born June 29, 1930, in Troup County, Ga., son of the late Frank…
(ANNISTON) Memorial services for Audrey Rogers Farrell, 87, of Anniston will be Monday, July 15, 2013, at 11 a.m. in the Acker Chapel at First United Methodist Church of Anniston with the Rev. Pete Hawker officiating. Mrs. Farrell died Friday, July 12, at NHC. A native of Randolph County, Mrs. Farrell taught school in Alabama…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Gerald William Morrison Sr., 89, of LaGrange, Ga., died Thursday, July 11, 2013, at Hospice LaGrange. Graveside funeral services were at 4 p.m. Saturday, July 13, in Restlawn Memory Gardens with the Rev. Wayne Hester officiating. Mr. Morrison was born May 22, 1924, in Randolph County, Ala., son of the late Ligon James…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Geraleene Howard Smith, 82, of Carrollton, Ga., died Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Funeral services were Saturday, July 13, at 1 p.m. at Almon Funeral Home in Carrollton with Rev. Barney Howard and Rev. Keith Jiles officiating. Burial was in Carrollton City Cemetery. Ms. Smith was born in Carrollton on June 14, 1931, the…
(NEWELL) Jean Ellen Green Keaton Hollis, 73, of Newell, formerly of Douglasville, Ga., died Monday, July 8, 2013. The funeral was Wednesday, July 10, at 11 a.m. EDT in the Rosehaven Chapel with pastor Gene Robinson officiating. Interment followed in Rosehaven Memorial Park, Douglasville. She was born March 1, 1940, in Atlanta. Mrs. Hollis was…
(FIVE POINTS) John Haralson Hayes, Ph.D., 79, of Five Points died Thursday, July 11, 2013. Services will be Sunday, July 14, at 11 a.m. EDT at Five Points Baptist Church. Dr. Carl Holladay and Dr. Max Miller will officiate. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday, from 4 to 6 p.m.…
(ROANOKE) Carolyn J. McGuire, 59, of Roanoke died Monday, July 8, at West Georgia Health in LaGrange. The funeral will be Saturday, July 13, at 3 p.m. at Rock Mills Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerone Fanning, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Simon-Seroyer Funeral Home, LaFayette.
(ATHENS, Tenn.) Graveside services for Robert Vann “Robbie” Marshall, 34, of Athens, Tenn., formerly of Roanoke, were Friday, July 12, 2013, at 1 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Roanoke, with the Rev. Brian officiating and Caleb Calhoun delivering the eulogy. Mr. Marshall died Saturday, July 6, in Tennessee. A former Roanoke resident, Mr.…
(STROUD) Rebecca “Beck” Smith died Wednesday, July 10, 2013, at her residence. A memorial service will be at Chapel Hill Methodist Church in White Plains on Saturday, July 13, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Baxter Chisholm officiating. Born July 1, 1926, in Chambers County, Mrs. Smith was a lifelong member of Chapel Hill Methodist…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Opal Verdis Blackmon of Carrollton, Ga., died Wednesday, July 10, 2013. She was 85. Funeral services for Mrs. Blackmon will be Friday, July 12, at Corinth Baptist Church at 2 p.m. EDT with Bro. Gary Stewart officiating. Interment will follow at Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Blackmon was born in Graham, Ala., on…
(STEELE) The Rev. James Neal “Jim” McCord Sr., 73, of Steele died July 9, 2013, at UAB Hospital in Birmingham of multiple myeloma bone cancer. Jim will lie in state at Chandler Mountain Baptist Church from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, July 12. Funeral services will be at 5 p.m. with Bro. Paul Alexander officiating.…
(WEDOWEE) Norma Jean Buckhannan, born Dec. 6, 1942, died at her home in Wedowee on July 6, 2013. Her husband is Kenny Buckhannan; her children, Debbie and Jerome Campbell, Wendell Buckhannan, Vickie Buckhannan and Renee and David Austin. She has seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren and another one on the way. Siblings are Faye Bearden,…
FRANKLIN, Ga.–A Roanoke man is in a medically induced coma at Grady Hospital in Atlanta after a rollover crash on Highway 34 West of Franklin, Ga., Monday evening caused him severe head trauma. According to a report issued by Georgia State Trooper George Cotton, 24-year-old Bradford William Davis was driving a 1997 Honda Accord in…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Mavis Irene Hester Rollins, 66, of Roanoke will be Thursday, July 11, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Rocky Branch Baptist Church Cemetery, Woodland. Mrs. Rollins died Tuesday, July 9, at her home. A lifelong Randolph County resident, Mrs.…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission has dropped its plans for a new Randolph County Jail on the former Hub Trucking property south of Wedowee. During Monday’s meeting, Commissioner Richard Fetner asked the commission to take a discussion of the sewage system for a jail building off the table because the property is no longer available. After the…
ROCK STAND–A single-vehicle crash in Randolph County on the Fourth of July claimed the life of a Heflin man. The crash was reported Thursday at 3:40 p.m. on U.S. 431 north of Rock Stand. Robert Pesnell, 55, was killed when the 2004 GMC pickup he was driving left the highway, struck a tree and overturned.…
WEDOWEE–Kenneth Fordham was approved as the head football coach, physical education teacher and driver’s education teacher at Wadley High School during the Randolph County Board of Education meeting July 2. Fordham comes to Wadley from Roanoke City Schools, where he taught physical education at Knight-Enloe Elementary School and driver’s education at Handley High School. He…
The return to school is approaching, which means it’s time for the Randolph County Foster/Adoptive Parents Association and Randolph County Department of Human Resources back-to-school drive to provide needed school supplies for foster and adoptive children in the county. Supplies will be collected on Friday, July 26 at four county locations. Volunteers will be accepting…
WADLEY–Last week was probably the hardest of the Allende family’s lives. On Monday, daughter Xochitl Sanchez of Anniston, 28, died after fighting leukemia for almost a year and a half. On Wednesday, another daughter, 22-year-old Jazmin Allende, seven months pregnant, was involved in a three-car accident at about 1:45 p.m. in Cleburne County at Hollis…