(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Mr. Dee McCormick Sr., 90, of Franklin, Ga., died Saturday, May 4, 2013, at West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange.The funeral will be at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 8, in the chapel of Striffler-Hamby Mortuary with Dr. Mike Reeves officiating. Burial will follow in Potash Church of God Cemetery, Roanoke.Mr. McCormick was born…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Janet Louise Medders Schatz, 66, of Woodland were at 11 a.m. Monday, May 6, 2013, in the chapel of Miller Funeral Home and Crematory with the Rev. Wayne King officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery in Alexandria. Mrs. Schatz died Friday, May 3, at RMC-Jacksonville. She was…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Eunice Idella Parmer, 87, of Woodland will be Monday, May 6, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Gray Hill Church of God with the Rev. Mark Moore and David Parmer officiating. Burial will follow in Gray Hill Church of God Cemetery. Mrs. Parmer died Friday, May 3, at Traylor’s Nursing Center. Mrs.…
(DUNCANVILLE) William John Nemeth, 94, of Duncanville died May 2, 2013, at Glen Haven Nursing Home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, May 6, at Dockery Cemetery in Duncanville with Andy Dockery officiating. Mr. Nemeth was born May 23, 1918, in Toledo, Ohio. As a youth, he served in the Civilian Conservation Corps…
(HUNTSVILLE) Sarah Ann Heard Calhoun, 88, of Huntsville, formerly of Arab, died Thursday, May 2, 2013, at Crestwood Hospital. Mrs. Calhoun was born Sept. 14, 1924, in Randolph County. Funeral services were at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 5, at Arab Heritage Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Ron Lynch officiating. Burial was in Gilliam Springs Cemetery.…
(OXFORD) Funeral services for Peggy Lee Luke, 75, of Oxford were at 11 a.m. May 4, 2013, at Dryden Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Benny Abney officiating. Burial followed in Corinth Cemetery. Mrs. Luke died Thursday, May 2, at Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Luke was a native of Randolph County and a resident of…
(WHITE, Ga.) Dorothy Knight Brooke was born April 5, 1925, in Randolph County, Ala., and died May 2, 2013, at her home in White, Ga. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 4, at Heritage Baptist Fellowship with the Revs. Jake Hall and Nathan Brandon officiating. Interment will be Monday, May 6, at…
A Wedowee area teenager is in custody, charged in connection with a shooting spree Sunday night that left two men dead and one woman in critical condition. According to Roanoke Police Chief Adam Melton, the story unfolds starting around 8 p.m. when a call came in regarding a multiple shooting at 431 Fuel Connection in…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Barbara Ann Ramsey, 58, of Roanoke will be Saturday, May 4, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Trinity Baptist Church with the Revs. Jeff Burns and Frank Sledge officiating. Burial will follow at High Pine Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Ramsey died Wednesday, May 1, at Wedowee Hospital. A Randolph County resident for…
(ANNISTON) Funeral service for Elizabeth Poole Simmons, 81, of Anniston will be on Friday, May 3, 2013, at noon at St. John United Methodist Church with the Rev. Frederick Durant officiating. Burial will be in Eden Hills Cemetery. Mrs. Simmons remains will arrive at the church one hour prior to her services. Mrs. Simmons died…
(ROOPVILLE, Ga.) Rev. Lendferd Grady “L.G.” Parmer of Roopville, Ga., died Monday, April 29, 2013. He was 81. Funeral services will be Thursday, May 2, at 11 a.m. EDT in the chapel of Rainwater Funeral Home with the Revs. Ridley Parmer and Jamie Meeks officiating. Interment will follow at Carroll Memory Gardens in Carrollton, Ga.…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Mark Elliot Holloway, 51, of Carrollton, Ga., died April 27, 2013. Homegoing services will be at 1 p.m. CDT Thursday, May 2, at Union Hill Baptist Church, Woodland, Ala., with pastor Charlie Thurman, eulogist. Viewing will be Wednesday starting at 3 p.m. at Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home, Carrollton Chapel.
(LANETT) Carolyn Ferguson, 70, of Lanett died Sunday, April 28, 2013, at Nolen Hospital in Birmingham. The funeral was Wednesday, May 1, at 11 a.m. EDT at Resthaven Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tim Bass officiating. Entombment will follow at Resthaven Mausoleum. Born Feb. 26, 1943, in Goodwater, Mrs. Ferguson was a homemaker. She…
Randolph County head baseball coach Pat Prestridge likes to keep things simple when talking about the game he oversees. “Whichever team hits, throws and catches the best is going to be the team that wins,” he said. On Friday that team was his Tigers as they took both games of a doubleheader against Horseshoe Bend…
No one likes to pay taxes, and often when we’ve ordered merchandise online we haven’t had to. Only if an online retailer has a physical presence in the state is it required to collect and remit sales taxes to the state. Sure, we’re supposed to declare our online purchases for the previous year when we…
The 2013 Handley High School track team traveled to Beauregard High School to compete in the Class 4A, Area 2 Sectional Track Meet on Friday and Saturday. The team in cardinal and white was bent on proving that the Handley track team could make its mark on school history. Winning individual and group honors were:…
George Arington “Arin” Howell of Wadley was recently awarded and recognized as the Bryant-Jordan Scholar Athlete Regional Winner for Class 1A, Region 3 of the Alabama High School Athletic Association. He, along with family and faculty, attended the 28th Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony on Monday, April 8 at the Sheraton Birmingham Ballroom. A reception…
Spring Break 2013 started out cold, so everyone with a car decided to drive around. You took your life in your own hands if you tried to cross the street. Then the sky cleared and, with the sun, the Breakers left the roads and began wandering to the beach. It was still windy so their…
How would you like to be able to purchase the finest health care coverage in the world at a 72-percent discount? Then get elected to Congress and you can also draw a $174,000 salary, have access to a host of travel and expense allowance perks and still earn up to 15 percent of your salary…
The RCHS Tigers haven’t been this far in the state playoffs since the ‘90’s. (I’ll spare you the nostalgic ‘90’s references such as Monica Lewinsky, Curt Cobain and good Yankees teams. So you don’t feel so old.) And they are facing a team in Sheffield that hails from Muscle Shoals, an area of the state…