(AUBURN) Graveside services for Dorothy Davis Bailey, 88, of Auburn will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at Hillview Memorial Park Cemetery in Alexander City. The Rev. Charles Cummings is officiating.Mrs. Bailey died Monday, June 17, at Crown Health & Rehab in Montgomery.She was born Dec. 20, 1924, in Randolph County. She had…
(SMITHS STATION) George Carter Lewis Sr., 94, of Smiths Station died Sunday, June 16, 2013, at Parkwood Nursing Home in Phenix City. A graveside service will be at noon EDT on Wednesday, June 19, at Lakeview Memory Gardens with Bro. Wayne Ivey officiating. Mr. Lewis was born in Chambers County, son of the late Edward…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Mary Fern Turner May, 85, of LaGrange, Ga., died Saturday, June 15, 2013, at the home of her daughter. Mrs. May was born in Randolph County, Ala., to the late Frank B. and Bessie Mae Cooper Turner. During her life, Mrs. May worked for several years for the Callaway Company in LaGrange, Ga.,…
(ANNISTON) Funeral services for Justin Wayne Norris, 30, of Anniston were Sunday, June 16, 2013, at 4 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Revs. Barry Cosper, Roland Brown and Richard Richie officiating. Burial followed at Bethel East Baptist Church Cemetery, Woodland. Mr. Norris died Thursday, June 13, in Douglasville, Ga. Mr. Norris was…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Brittani Renea Williams Turner, 25, of Carrollton, Ga., died Sunday, June 16, 2013. Memorial services will be Saturday, June 22, at 3 p.m. EDT at Shiloh Baptist Church in Graham, Ala., with the Rev. Harold Hamrick officiating. Mrs. Turner was born in Wichita, Kan., on Dec. 23, 1987. She was a homemaker. Survivors…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Edith Gwendolyn “Gwen” Meadows, 79, of Woodland will be at 2 p.m. Monday, June 17, 2013, at Harmony Congregational Methodist Church with the Revs. Jerry Wiggins and Bobby Jones officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Meadows died Saturday, June 15, at her residence. Mrs. Meadows was born March…
No one was injured Thursday night when a sweet gum tree was apparently struck by lightning and plunged into this mobile home on County Road 900 in the Mount Zion area, west of Roanoke. Resident Clara Royster was in the bedroom, when between 8:30 and 9 p.m. the lightning popped loudly, apparently striking the tree,…
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Funeral services for Daniel Akins, 95, of Franklin, Ga., formerly of Valley, will be Sunday, June 16, 2013, at 2 p.m. CDT at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, Roanoke, with the Revs. Mark Moore and Bill Calhoun officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery, Lanett. Mr. Akins died Thursday, June 13, at West Georgia Hospice,…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Elder George Neal, 78, of Carrollton, Ga., died June 8, 2013. Services will be Saturday, June 15, at noon EDT at Victory Cathedral Church in Woodland, Ala. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The viewing and pre-homegoing service will be Friday, June 14. The viewing will be at Walker Funeral Home Chapel…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission assured the two local school systems that they would receive the 1-percent sales tax for education for another three years. The superintendents of Randolph County and Roanoke City schools were at the Randolph County Commission workshop on Thursday of last week to update the commissioners on how the school systems are benefiting…
(ANNISTON) Funeral services for William L. “Chief” Morrow, 85, of Anniston will be Friday, June 14, at 3 p.m. at Gray Brown Service Chapel with chaplain George Gray and minister Jim Harrington officiating. Burial will follow at Edgemont Cemetery. Mr. Morrow died Tuesday, June 11, at his residence. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Morrow of…
(ANNISTON) Funeral services for Dessie Mae Bible, 92, of Anniston were at 11 a.m. June 13, 2013, at K.L. Brown Memory Chapel in Golden Springs with the Rev. Alan Jenkins and Tim Rollins officiating. Burial followed at Forestlawn Gardens. Mrs. Bible died Tuesday, June 11. Mrs. Bible was a member of Pilgrim’s Rest Baptist Church…
(ASHEVILLE, N.C.) Paul Newman Kirkland, 42, of Asheville, N.C., died Sunday, June 9, 2013. A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 13, in the chapel of the Prodigal, Montreat College, Montreat, N.C., with the Rev. Edwin H. Olson Jr. officiating. Interment will follow. The family will receive friends one hour prior to…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Andrew Ray “Andy” Pinkard, 30, of Wadley will be Friday, June 14, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Jimmy Sprayberry and Derek Farr officiating. Burial will follow at Milltown Cemetery. Mr. Pinkard died Sunday, June 9, in Milton, Fla. A lifelong Randolph County resident, Mr. Pinkard…
During the events at Summer on Main, the Community Studies Class of Handley High School autographed and sold the book, Coming Home to West Point Street. During the previous school year, the students researched, interviewed local citizens, and wrote the book under the direction of their teachers, Merredith Sears and Rhonda Baldwin. The students were…
Recently Joe Hill traveled from DeSoto, Texas to look at the Martin Theatre and what structural work needs to be done. He is a long-time friend of architect Doug Carithers, who lives in Georgia and has a home with his wife, Pam, on Lake Wedowee. Carithers read an article about the Roanoke Rotary Club’s plans…
PENTON–A Penton man was found dead of a gunshot wound early Sunday morning. According to a press release from Chambers County Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 3:30 a.m., Chambers County deputies responded to a residence in the 2000 block of County Road 153, located in the Penton community. Upon arrival, deputies found the body of a…
WADLEY––The town of Wadley again wrestled with its water pressure problem with a discussion of a water tank upgrade. Stan Nelson, president of Nelson & Company, gave the mayor and town council members several options, ranging from a high cost of $1,392,942 that would include a new storage tank to a low of $69,250 to…
The Roanoke Board of Education made two major changes in its Wednesday called meeting. One is the move of Dr. Kim Hendon to the position that will be vacated when Dr. David Crouse retires this year. The other was hiring an assistant principal for Handley Middle School. Hendon, the Knight-Enloe Elementary School principal, will move…
Mayor Mike Fisher read a letter to the Roanoke City Council from Cotina Terry, executive director of the Randolph County Industrial Development Council, thanking it for the allocation of alcohol-related tax monies to the RCIDC. The RCIDC/Randolph County Economic Development Authority received the following deposits: 4/19-$102.69; 4/19-$55.05; 5/17-$116.91; 5/28-$87.26 and 5/31-$1,283.39 for a total of…