(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Thelma Alene Hester, 82, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, at Big Springs Baptist Church with the Rev. Scott Whaley and Rev. Scott Hannah officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery.Mrs. Hester died Monday, Nov. 12, at Roanoke Healthcare.Mrs. Hester was born Dec. 19, 1929,…
(WEAVER) Mary McClendon Nelson, 92, a native and longtime resident of Randolph County, currently residing in Weaver, died Thursday, Nov. 8, at Stringfellow Memorial Hospital, Anniston. The funeral for Ms. Nelson will be Thursday, Nov. 15, at 1 p.m. at Bethel United Methodist Church, Roanoke, with the Rev. Wendell Nails officiating. Burial will follow in…
(GRAHAM) Funeral services for Dalton G. Cofield, 89, of Graham will be Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Billy Fred Lipham and J.L. Sparks officiating. Burial will follow in Harmony Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery, Newell. Mr. Cofield died Sunday, Nov. 11, at his residence after suffering a recent fall.…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Tammie Gail Harmon Taylor, 49, of Roanoke will be Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Wally Rezendes and Steve Dean officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Taylor died Saturday, Nov. 10, at her residence. Mrs. Taylor was born…
(ROANOKE) Shameka Shanea Heath, 30, of Roanoke died Wednesday, Nov. 7, at Wedowee Hospital. The funeral will be Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 1 p.m. at St. Paul Baptist Church in Roanoke with the Rev. Jeffery Rosser, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Skyview Memorial Gardens in the Welch community. Ms. Heath is survived by her…
(BEULAH) Mary F. Deas, 74, of Beulah died Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, at her son’s home. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. EST Saturday, Nov. 10, at Shady Grove Cemetery in Opelika with the Rev. Bobby Deas officiating. Mrs. Deas was born in Randolph County Dec. 20, 1937, to the late Willie Maude Harrison…
(PRICHARD) Ethel Pate “G” Cooper, 80, native of Roanoke and a resident of Prichard, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. Visitation will be Saturday, Nov. 10, from 11 a.m. until the noon funeral hour at Union Missionary Baptist Church in Plateau, where Mrs. Cooper was a member. The Rev. Nathaniel Moore will officiate. Interment will follow…
(ECLECTIC) Billy E. “Pop” Roberts Sr., 73, a resident of Eclectic died Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Funeral services will be Saturday, Nov. 10, at 11 a.m. at White Chapel Funeral Home with pastor Joe Teel officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Mr. Roberts never met a stranger and was loved deeply by his family…
(PENSACOLA, Fla.) Jean Fincher Ricks, 81, of Pensacola, Fla. died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 in Pensacola. A celebration of her life will take place Friday, Nov. 16, at Azalea Trace Chapel at 4 p.m. Her memorial service will be at Rocky Branch Baptist Church, Woodland, at 3 p.m. on Nov. 17. She was a member…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Harry Truman Harmon, 67, of Roanoke will be Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Sonny Kent and Cleve Moore officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Harmon died Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, at his home. A lifelong Randolph County resident, Mr.…
(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Cecil E. Benefield, 84 of Lineville will be Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 at 2 p.m. at Mt. Carmel Christian Church with the Revs. Marion Hill and James Owens officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Mt. Carmel Christian Church Cemetery. Mr. Benefield died Wednesday, Nov. 7, at Clay County Hospital.…
(WEST POINT, Ga.) Glenda Virleen Bagley, 66, of West Point, Ga., died Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, at Emory Hospital in Atlanta. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Hunter-Allen-Myhand Funeral Home with the Rev. Kenneth Cole and Ronald Jones officiating. Interment services will be at Lebanon Cemetery following the services…
(WOODLAND) Robert Anthony Jones, a native of Foley and a resident of Woodland for the past four years, died Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11, from the chapel of Radney Funeral Home in Saraland. Interment will be in Creola Cemetery in Creola. He is survived by…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Eva Escott Swann Cottle, 99, of LaGrange, Ga., died Nov. 2, 2012, at Hospice LaGrange. Funeral services were Sunday, Nov. 4, at 3 p.m. at Higgins LaGrange Chapel Funeral Home with the Revs. Gary Parrish, Randy Nix and Anthony Hovey officiating. Interment followed at Shadowlawn. Mrs. Cottle was born in Randolph County, Ala.,…
A Roanoke woman was killed and her daughter severely injured in a one-vehicle accident on Thursday morning on County Road 65, west of Big Springs Baptist Church. Kelli Ferrell, 43, died of her injuries, and her 16-year-old daughter was taken by Lifesaver helicopter to University Hospital in Birmingham. They were in a 1997 Nissan. Also…
(TEHACHAPI, Calif.) Billy Ray Stevens, 80, of Tehachapi, Calif., died Nov. 2, 2012. A graveside service will be Friday, Nov. 9, at Bakersfield National Cemetery and will start at 10:45. The graveside service will be followed by a memorial service at noon at Tehachapi Valley United Methodist Church. Officiating over both services will be pastor…
Tuesday night’s vote means for the first time since the first of the last century Randolph County citizens will be able to buy alcohol legally in their own county. On a day when 11,473 total votes were cast the vote was 5,363 yes and 4,574 no or 53.7 percent yes to 46.03 percent no. This…
WEDOWEE–The new Wedowee Town Council named Jay Stone as Wedowee’s new police chief during its organizational meeting on Monday. District Judge Pat Whaley swore in returning Mayor Tim Coe and council members Brenda Boone of District 2 and A.J. Sims of District 4 and new council members Gabby Knight of District 1, Brian Cross of…
Friends and family members of Community Life Church Pastor Stephen Dean were elated when a jury found him not guilty last week on the charge he sexually abused a then under 12-year-old child. Fifth Judicial Circuit Judge Tom Young sternly warned the courtroom twice against any kind of display on either side when the verdict…
A Pizza Hut delivery driver in Roanoke was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday night of last week. According to Roanoke police reports, the robbery happened at approximately 10:34 p.m. at the apartments on Avenue A. More than $300 was taken in the robbery. The victim, Jeremy Lowell Wortham, 26, of Roanoke, was at first called…