(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Norine R. Barganier, 91, of Woodland will be Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. David Daniel officiating. Burial will follow in Zion Baptist Church Cemetery.Mrs. Barganier died Thursday, Dec. 20, at her residence.Mrs. Barganier was born Dec. 9, 1921, the daughter of Alfred…
(VALLEY) Mark Oral Smith, 78, of Valley died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. The funeral will be Saturday, Dec. 22, at 11 a.m. at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Fran Irmiter officiating. Burial will follow at Beulah Cemetery. Born Nov. 13, 1934, in Randolph…
(ROANOKE) Dorothy Ann Turner, 70, of Roanoke died Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, at Bethany House in Auburn. Funeral services will be Friday, Dec. 21, at 1 p.m. CST at Hopewell Baptist Church in Wadley with the Rev. Calvin Trammell officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Ms. Turner is survived by her daughter and…
(COLUMBUS, Ga.) Mary L. Ambrose, 83, of Columbus, Ga., died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 at Vista Care Hospice. The funeral will be at noon Friday, Dec. 21, at Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church. The Rev. J.C. Harris will officiate and burial will follow in Ft. Benning Cemetery. Mrs. Ambrose was born Aug. 22, 1929, in Wadley,…
(LANETT) James Edwin McLain, 90, of Lanett died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, at his residence. Graveside services will be Friday, Dec. 21, at 2 p.m. EDT at Marseilles Cemetery in West Point, Ga., with Dr. Thomas Tucker officiating. Born April 21, 1922, in Roanoke, Mr. McLain was the son of the late Annie Rebecca Ozley…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Finis Bobby Wortham of Bowdon, Ga., died Dec. 18, 2012. He was 80. Funeral services will be Thursday, Dec. 20, at 2 p.m. at the chapel of Rainwater Funeral Home. The Revs. Eugene Robinson and Gary Stewart will officiate. Ashley Wortham will provide the music. Interment will follow the funeral services at Union…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Gerald “Jerry” Traylor, 77, of Carrollton, Ga., died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012. The funeral was at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel with the Revs. David Daniel and Malcolm Harris officiating. Interment followed in Heflin Memorial Gardens in Heflin. He was born July 18, 1935, in Woodland, Ala.,…
(HUNTSVILLE) Mary Camp Hollingsworth died Dec. 14, 2012, in Huntsville. A visitation will be Thursday, Dec. 20, at 1 p.m. prior to the funeral service at 2 p.m. at Parker Memorial Baptist Church. Burial will take place at Highland Cemetery. Being a wife and mother was the most important role she chose in life. She…
The Roanoke City Council approved an ordinance at Monday night’s meeting allowing alcohol sales in the city. By Tuesday morning Roanoke resident Ron Cameron was seeking to open the first store to sell alcoholic beverages since the beginning of the last century. Cameron is Roanoke’s fire chief and chairman of the Roanoke Water, Sewage, Gas,…
The Roanoke City Council, after meeting with Lt. Stanley C. Ray of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and holding another meeting to discuss ordinance details, on Monday night approved an ordinance regulating the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages. Wyner Phillips asked the council that a proportionate share of money brought in by the…
Ladarious (DaDa) Phillips is gone but his caring heart continues with the Ladarious Phillips Foundation through the efforts of those who love him. The first scholarship from the foundation will be given next May to a graduating senior. This non-profit organization founded to bring honor and remembrance to Phillips’s accomplishments is focusing on raising $10,000…
It is the kind of first aid that doesn’t require a bandage, but over the next decade, the training for it is predicted to be as commonplace as medical first aid and CPR. Called Mental Health First Aid, it is a program that is sweeping the country and the world as an effective means of…
It’s Christmas time again, and the Randolph County Animal Shelter is celebrating with its third annual Santa Paws Giveaway! Wouldn’t it make your Christmas more memorable to watch your child’s face light up with joy at the gift of a new best friend? Or bring a sparkle to a lonely person’s eyes when you present…
WADLEY–A mobile home near Wadley burned on Monday morning. According to Randolph County E-911, the call for the fire came in at 8:02 a.m. to 344 County Rd. 24, the home of Randy and Susan Lashley McGill and daughter Madison. According to Waymon Hodges of Dickert Volunteer Fire Department, the McGills were not home…
The mother of a rape suspect was arrested by Roanoke police earlier this week and charged with hindering prosecution. Kathryn Foster Tucker, 61, of 874 West Ave., Roanoke, was arrested on Dec. 17 for allegedly helping to hide her son, Jeremiah Jerome “Jason” Tucker, 33, of West Street, from law enforcement. Mr. Tucker is wanted…
Many of us have been looking forward to Christmas and the end-of-year holidays. It’s always a special time of the year. For many this year, specifically those touched most closely by the mass slaughter of first-graders in a Newtown, Conn., classroom, this time of year will forever be a time of loss and mourning. Christmas…
NOTICE OF INTENT TO OPERATE A PACKAGE (LIQUOR) STORE This is to give notice that Ronald Cameron who resides at 172 Johnson St., Roanoke, AL intends to seek a license to operate a store selling alcoholic beverages (spirits, beer and wine) at 3187 Highway 431 in the Bonner’s Point Shopping Center, Roanoke, AL. Any person…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF JOSEPHINE HINDS NOTICE OF DAY SET FOR HEARING PROBATE OF WILL OF JOSEPHINE HINDS TO: ALL KNOWN HEIRS OF JOSEPHINE HINDS, namely: Jane H. Phillips; Teena Wallen; Trudy Molina; Tammi Hughes; Fred Hinds; Franklin Hinds; Robert L. Hinds, Jr.; Lynda Jane Hinds…
NOTICE OF SALE The following vehicles have been abandoned at 2547 Country Club Road Roanoke, AL. 36274 and will be sold on January 22, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. at the same address. 1993 Ford Explorer 1FMDU32X8PUD16410 (51-52p)
As she approaches her 97th birthday Mama is doing much better. Thanks for asking. As some of you know, a few weeks ago I took Mama to Mobile where she had a couple of 90-plus-year-old-teeth extracted, a procedure that would have set anyone back, and in her case, it did. Then she had a fall…