(DOUGLASVILLE, Ga.) Bill “Pop” Butler, 94, of Douglasville, Ga., died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012.The funeral will be at Hightower’s Memorial Chapel in Douglasville on Monday, Dec. 31, at 2 p.m. EST with pastor Dexter Landers and the Rev. Johnny White officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery.He was born on Oct. 5,…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Vernard Eugene Harper of Bowdon, Ga., died Dec. 28, 2012. He was 79. The funeral will be Monday, Dec. 31, at 2 p.m. at the chapel of Rainwater Funeral Home. Bro. Darnell Teal and Bro. Gerald Rogers will officiate. Interment will follow at Shiloh Baptist Cemetery in Graham, Ala. Mr. Harper was born…
(SPARTANBURG, S.C.) Margie Jeanette Foster Adams, 87, of Spartanburg, S.C., died Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, at Valley Falls Terrace. Born in Wadley, Ala., on Jan. 5, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Joe Reed and Lillian Taylor Foster. Mrs. Adams was a member of First Baptist Spartanburg and retired from Milliken & Company,…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Glenda Runell Runyan Simpson, 77, of Carrollton, Ga., died Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. Funeral services were Monday, Dec. 31, at 11 a.m. EST in the chapel of Almon Funeral Home with the Rev. Hal Simpson and Cathy Gambrell officiating. Interment will be in the Pine Hill Church of Christ Cemetery in Newell, Ala.,…
(OHATCHEE) Funeral services for Charles W. Ray, 86, of Ohatchee were Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, at 11 a.m. at Gray Brown Service Chapel with Jerry Turner and the Rev. Keith Slick officiating. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery. Mr. Ray died Friday, Dec. 28, in Jacksonville. Mr. Ray was a native of Calhoun County.…
(WEDOWEE) John Henry “Head” Langston, 71, a lifelong resident of Wedowee, died at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika, on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. Mr. Langston will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to the funeral services, which will be Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at 1 p.m. at Pine Flat Primitive Baptist…
(WADLEY) Curtis James Buchanan, 56, longtime resident of Cooledge Street, Wadley, died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. The funeral will be Sunday, Dec. 30, at 2 p.m. at Cogar Hill C.M.E. Church, Daviston. Officiating will be the Rev. Bradley Gibson. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Buchanan will…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Bobbie Dawn Bennett, 48, of Wadley will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at Hope Memorial Christian Church with the Rev. Bobby Burroughs officiating. Ms. Bennett will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in Forrester’s Chapel Cemetery. Ms. Bennett died Wednesday,…
(ROSWELL, Ga.) Dorothy Swann Gill, 72, of Roswell, Ga., died on Christmas Day 2012. She was born on Valentine’s Day in 1940 to Adolph and Ruby Waller Swann in Roanoke and grew up in Birmingham. After graduating from Auburn University in 1962, she traveled the world for 26 years as an Air Force wife, then…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Eunice T. Lovvorn, 93, of Woodland will be Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, at 1 p.m. at Zion Baptist Church with the Revs. David Daniel and Traylor Lovvorn officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Lovvorn died Wednesday, Dec. 26, at Traylor Nursing Home, Roanoke. Mrs. Lovvorn was born Nov.…
(NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C.) Winford E. Brown, 77, husband of Annette Calhoun Brown, died Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, at his residence. The funeral will be Thursday, Dec. 27, at 2 p.m. EST in the chapel of Rowland Funeral Home with the Revs. Mark Owens and Roy Kiser officiating. Burial will follow in Pineview Memorial Park. Mr.…
(CONYERS, Ga.) Visitation for Jerry Crawford Coggins, 84, of Conyers, Ga., will be from 2-3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at Quattlebaum Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery. Mr. Coggins died Sunday, Dec. 23, at Halcyon Hospice House. Mr. Coggins was born March 19, 1928, the son of Allen Johnson and Nettie O’Dell…
(WACO, Ga.) Clarence Leon Parmer Sr., 72, of Waco, Ga., died Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Memorial services were Wednesday, Dec. 26, at 2 p.m. at the family residence at 855 Campground Road, Waco, with Raymond Ivey officiating. Mr. Parmer was born in LaGrange, Ga., on Feb. 12, 1940. He was the son of the late…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for James Danny Fisher, 55, of Roanoke were Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Lane’s Chapel Cemetery with the Rev. Ricky Cummings officiating. Mr. Fisher died Sunday, Dec. 23, at Columbus Regional Medical Center. Mr. Fisher was born in Chambers County on Aug. 11, 1957, the son of Charles Curtis…
(ROANOKE) Karen Ann Moore, 62, of Roanoke died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. A memorial service for family and friends will be held at the warehouse on Main Street in Roanoke across from The Randolph Leader office on Thursday, Dec. 27, at 5 p.m. A devotional will begin at…
(BRYCEVILLE, Fla.) Loventrice Lindley Huckeba, 81, died December 14, 2012. A memorial service will be Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013 at 10 a.m. at Eden Baptist Church, Hawthorne, Fla. Interment will follow in Hawthorne Cemetery. She was born May 23, 1931, in Wedowee to Wiley and Ora Lindley. Mrs. Huckeba lived most her life in Waldo,…
When Roger Thomas is asked why he built his non-profit Roger’s Gospel Music Barn he simply says “God told me to.” He said God told him to build the building and he would get the people. Like the family of Noah, regarding the ark, “family couldn’t see it but eventually they did.” Now it is…
OFELIA–The Fox Creek site of the Piedmont Plateau Birding Trail officially opened Friday, Dec. 21, at a ceremony attended by county government and business leaders. The trail, located off Highway 48 three miles west of the Lake Wedowee bridge, is a joint effort of Lake Wedowee Property Owners Association, Randolph County Chamber of Commerce and…
Re and Sandy Holliday and workers last Wednesday were finishing up the site of the huge cross erected on Will’s Way property in preparation for the “Happy Birthday, Jesus” dedication on Friday. Re said they had planned on dedicating it on Thanksgiving but it worked out to be completed days before Christmas, which was fitting.…
A fire on Friday afternoon claimed the home of Harold and Sandra Hall in the Center Chapel community. Just after 2 p.m., the fire was reported by the homeowners at 2924 County Rd. 16. According to Tony Moore of Rock Mills Volunteer Fire Department, the fire appeared to be electrical in nature. The couple was…