Johnny William Whitlow, 76, died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika.The funeral was Saturday, Jan. 26, at 1 p.m. at Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church in Tuskegee, with the Rev. Gregory A. Sutton, pastor, officiating. Burial was in the Damascus Baptist Church Cemetery in Holloway, Ala.Mr. Whitlow was born May 7, 1936,…
(CALHOUN, Ga.) James Daniel “Big Danny” Holden, 45, of Calhoun, Ga., died Saturday morning, Jan. 26, 2013, at Gordon Hospital. The funeral will be Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church with the Rev. Bob Osterle officiating. Burial will follow in Oothcalooga Baptist Church Cemetery near Adairsville. Danny was born in…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Geneva Henry, 83, of LaGrange, Ga., died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at Hospice LaGrange. Miss Henry was born April 21, 1929, in Randolph County, Ala., the daughter of the late Robert Lee Henry and Elizabeth Hill Henry. She had worked at Duracell and she loved church and listening to Bible tapes at home.…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Memorial services for Johanna Manning, 75, of Carrollton, Ga., were Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at 2 p.m. CST at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Rev. Scott Whaley officiating. Ms. Manning died Friday, Jan. 25, at Wedowee Hospital. A Nuremburg, Germany, native, Ms. Manning was born March 9, 1937, daughter of Heinrich Rahm. She was…
(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) Willie Belle Clegg, 97, who was born the daughter of Sam and Eunice Parrish of the Abanda community, died peacefully at her home in Jacksonville, Fla., on Jan. 23, 2013. Mrs. Clegg and her husband, Cliff, were pioneers in the poultry business. They started hand-processing a few hundred birds a day at the…
(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) King Lewis Smith Jr., 76, of Charlotte, N.C., died on Jan. 22, 2013, at his residence. Funeral services will be Monday, Jan. 28, at noon in Grier Memorial Chapel. Interment will be on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 11 a.m. at the Veterans Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C. Born in Roanoke, Ala., he was a police…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Kermit Douglas Hanson, 87, of Wedowee will be Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Cade Farris and Matt Browning officiating. Burial will follow in Wedowee City Cemetery. Mr. Hanson died Wednesday, Jan. 23, at Lineville Health and Rehab. Kermit is survived by his…
(NEWNAN, Ga.) John David Abernathy Sr., 75, of Newnan, Ga., died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, in Wedowee. The funeral will be Saturday, Jan. 26, at 11 a.m. EST in the chapel of McKoon Funeral Home with pastor Ron Conger officiating. Entombment will be in Shadow Lawn Cemetery in LaGrange, Ga. He was born on May…
(RANBURNE) Martha Irene Mobley of Ranburne died Jan. 22, 2013. She was 95. Funeral services for Mrs. Mobley will be Thursday, Jan. 24, at 2 p.m. CST at Pine Hill Christian Church with pastor Scot Akin, pastor David Screws and pastor Adam Peeler officiating. Internment will follow at the church cemetery. She will lie in…
(FIVE POINTS) Earnest Hambrick, 87, of Five Points died Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, at his residence. The funeral will be Saturday, Jan. 26, at 1 p.m. CST at Rehope Baptist Church in in the Doublehead community with the pastor, Rev. H.L. Jones, officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Mr. Hambrick is survived by…
(TALLADEGA) Funeral services for Thelma Brown Dark will be Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Smith Chapel United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Dark died Jan. 19, 2013. Thelma was a faithful member of Smith Chapel United Methodist Church. Survivors are a special friend, Emanuel White; four daughters…
(HEFLIN) Peggy Sue Cheatwood, 66, of Heflin died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, at her residence. The funeral was at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at Dryden Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Chester Pesnell officiating. Burial followed in Hooper Family Cemetery. Mrs. Cheatwood was a native of Haralson County, Ga., and a resident of Haralson…
(ALEXANDER CITY) Funeral services for Patricia Ann Lewis will be at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Wadley, on Friday, Jan. 25, 2013 at 1 p.m. CST with the Rev. William Russell and the Rev. Stanford Benson officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. She will lie in state at the church one hour before the…
(LaFAYETTE) Nina L. Burney Powell, 91, of LaFayette died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at her residence. The funeral will be Thursday, Jan. 24, at noon at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in LaFayette, with the Rev. Michael Stiggers, pastor, and pastor Cecelia Broome officiating. Burial will follow at Handy Cemetery. Born Feb. 12, 1921, in East…
Begun in the warmth of last spring, the Roanoke Streetscape project of the Alabama Department of Transportation wound down with a walk through by some of those involved last week, most wearing coats, as the group found what needed to be corrected before signing off on the project. They left no stone unturned as they…
Three people were arrested on Thursday of last week in connection with a robbery the weekend before in Roanoke. A woman was robbed on Jan. 13 in Hillcrest Subdivision and her Kindle Fire and wallet with cash were stolen. Michael Wallace Patillo, 18, of 225 Ave. A, Apt. 2, Roanoke, Olivia Marie Mitchell, 19, of…
WEDOWEE–Waiting and hoping for better things, Randolph County Commission voted to reject the plumbing bids for Randolph County Jail. Commission Chairman Lathonia Wright said he doesn’t feel comfortable putting $70,000 into Randolph County Jail. The county attorney has said they could reject the plumbing bid because the specs turned out not to be for a…
A Wedowee businessman was arrested on Wednesday of last week in connection with an altercation with a Randolph County Commissioner. Sammy Odell Wreyford, 72, of 205 County Rd. 90, Wedowee, is charged with third-degree assault. On condition of bond he must refrain from contact with the victim, a standard condition of being released on bond.…
A home in the Springfield community burned in the early morning hours of last Friday. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, the house was fully involved when the first responders arrived at 3600 County Rd. 79 just after 2 a.m. The tenant, Daren Lee Thomas, 46, had been served warrants the night…
Randolph County celebrated the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday with two very successful activities. The first was the annual MLK Jr. Memorial Breakfast at 431 Banquet Hall sponsored by the Randolph County Chapter of ADC. The speaker was Ron Collier of Florence, who is also chairman of the Lauderdale County ADC chapter. Collier…