(LaFAYETTE) Leeta Higgins Thomas, 74, of LaFayette died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, at U.A.B. Medical Center.A memorial service will be Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church of LaFayette. Interment will be private.Leeta was a native of LaFayette, who spent more than 35 years teaching in several area schools. She loved music…
(LANETT) Funeral services for Emmett M. Almon, 85, of Lanett will be Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, at 3 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Donald Spradlin and John Samino officiating. Burial will follow at Napoleon Church of Christ Cemetery, Woodland. Mr. Almon died Sunday, Feb. 3, at his residence. Mr. Almon was born…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Graveside services for Dorothy B. Smith, 85, of LaGrange, Ga., will be at 1 p.m. CST, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at Shadowlawn Cemetery with the Rev. S.T. Janney officiating. Mrs. Smith died Saturday, Feb. 2, at Tanner Medical Center. Mrs. Smith was born Jan. 14, 1928, the daughter of Ezra and Eva Barker…
(ASHLAND) Funeral services for Ruby Lee Browning Mitchell, 76, of Ashland will be Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland with Bro. Richard East and Bro. David Rozelle officiating. Burial will follow in Shiloh Baptist Church (Lineville) Cemetery. Mrs. Mitchell died Saturday, Feb. 2, at Clay County Hospital. She…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Dessie Mae Puckett, 95, of Roanoke will be Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Ricky Emery and Billy Puckett officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Wedowee. Mrs. Puckett died Saturday, Feb. 2, at George H. Lanier Nursing Home in…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Wilburn Jack Chandler, 79, of Wedowee will be Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Cade Farris officiating. Graveside services will be held at Carroll Memory Gardens in Carrollton, Ga., at 1 p.m. CST. Mr. Chandler died Friday, Feb. 1, at Lineville Health and…
(HEFLIN) Hubert Wesley Smith, 83, died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at Stringfellow Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Feb. 1, at Dryden Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tracy Mayfield officiating. Burial will follow in Heflin City Cemetery. Mr. Smith, a native of Randolph County, had lived in Cleburne County since 1966.…
(LINEVILLE) Ollie “Dee Dee” McClendon Tyson of Lineville, formerly of Roanoke, passed away Jan. 28, 2013, at Russell Medical Center in Alexander City. She was the daughter of Ollie D. “Pete” and Jimmie Weathers McClendon. She is survived by her husband, Roy Michael Tyson; sons, Jim McMichael Tyson and Alex Ford Tyson; and daughter, Juliana…
Dorothy Lee Jones died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013. She was born Dec. 26, 1945, in Aliquippa, Penn., to Warren and Mary Mobley Strickland. She is survived by two daughters and one son, Clarissa Strickland (husband Jay Dee) of Hogansville, Ga., and Lynette Stevens and Clarence Jones Jr. (wife Tamecia), all of Roanoke; seven grandchildren; two…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Louis Lendon “Sam” Stinnett, 49, of Roanoke, formerly of Marietta, Ga., will be held Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Ben Milan and Rev. Mike Vowell officiating. Mr. Stinnett died Tuesday, Jan. 29, at his home. A Marietta native, Mr. Stinnett was born March…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Eunice Obelee Hood, 77, of Roanoke will be at 1 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tim Whaley officiating and Dardin Arrington delivering a eulogy. Burial will follow in Ridgeway Baptist Church Cemetery near Franklin, Ga. Mrs. Hood died Tuesday, Jan. 29, at her home.…
(DAYTON, Ohio) Thelma D. Thornton, 69, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, at Omega Baptist Church with the Rev. Arnita Peavy officiating. Born July 5, 1943, to James and Louise Cofield in Roanoke, she attended Omega Baptist Church. She is survived by three children Lymoris…
The Roanoke City Council approved a package store license for Ron Cameron at its Monday night meeting as well as a distributor application for LaGrange Grocery Company. Cameron said he did not yet know when his store would be open for business. Tim Towry, the manager of Walmart, said they have applied for a license…
WEDOWEE–It looks as though Randolph County will be wet in time for Super Bowl Sunday. During the regular Randolph County Commission meeting Monday afternoon, the commission approved the retail alcohol licenses for Weigel’s Country Corner, Lakeside Market and Grill, Wedowee South convenience store and Scoop’s Campground convenience store. They also approved restaurant licenses for Scoop’s…
The group of local leaders who took a bus trip to Thomasville last Thursday came back with some new ideas. Randolph County Economic Development Authority board members, representatives of the city councils and county commission, chamber of commerce members and the media went on the trip which was sponsored by the Economic Development Authority. Following…
Roanoke City Schools Superintendent Chuck Marcum thanked board of education members for their agreement to move forward to hire two police officers so all three campuses will be covered. “Nothing in my 45 years has bothered me as much as what happened in Connecticut,” he said of the shooting massacre of 20 kindergartners and six…
One person was arrested on Monday of this week in connection with a stabbing that stemmed from a fight. Roanoke police were responding to a report of a fight on Old Lafayette highway when they were flagged down by Timothy Lynn Parker of Seymour Drive, Roanoke. Parker, who was bleeding profusely, got out of his…
Kayla McCosh of Bowdon, Ga. was crowned Miss Southern Union during the college’s annual pageant January 24. McCosh will now go on to compete in the Miss Alabama Pageant, which will be held in Birmingham in June. This year, six young women competed for the title of Miss Southern Union. Contestants were judged in private…
With all of the many worthy causes engaging in fundraising activities locally, there is one organization that often is overlooked or taken for granted. That’s the county presence of the American Red Cross. Most associate the Red Cross with blood drives. It is the nation’s largest blood collection organization, supplying more than 40 percent of…
CONTINUATION OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Branch Banking and Trust Company on May 29, 2007, by Jason Andrew Blom and wife, Allison Blom, and recorded in Mort Book 516, Page…