Toward the end of last year’s high school football season, I lamented that my chosen profession made it hard to be a fan.For starters, I’ve managed to instill a sense of objectivity in my coverage of high school football. Secondly, working Friday nights gives me precious little opportunity to see my old high school team…
With the opening of the football season less than two weeks away it is time to talk about what we think will happen on the playing fields around the Southeastern Conference. I’m not talking about who will win the East or the West or who will win the individual awards such as the Heisman, the…
(WADLEY) Jimmy Hall, 68, of Wadley died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Services for Mr. Hall will be Thursday, Aug. 23, at 2 p.m. at Beulah Christian Church with the Rev. Phil Gore officiating. Son of the late Wesley and Anne Hall, Mr. Hall was born May 9, 1944, in…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Ethel Vera May, 87, of Roanoke will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at Roanoke Church of Christ with Bro. Sam Carpenter officiating. Mrs. May will lie in state on hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. May died Sunday, Aug.…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Debra Laverne Smith Greene, 58, of Carrollton, Ga., died Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Villa Rica, Ga. Mrs. Greene was born in Gastonia, N.C., on Oct. 12, 1953. She was the daughter of the late John Smith and…
(OXFORD, Ga.) Barbara Greathouse of Oxford, Ga., died Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, at the age of 67. The funeral will be Wednesday, Aug. 22, at 2 p.m. EDT at the chapel of Caldwell & Cowan Funeral Home, 1215 Access Rd., Covington, Ga., with Pastor Raymond Hardy officiating, and interment following in Lawnwood Memorial Park. Mrs.…
(DAVISTON) Barney Gene Bass, 80, of Daviston died peacefully at his residence on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. A memorial service for Mr. Bass will be at 1p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, at Fellowship Baptist Church with Brother Tim Bass officiating. Mr. Bass was born on May 28, 1932, in Elmore County to the late Curtis Bass…
(ANNISTON) Evelyn Carpenter Smith died Aug. 16, 2012. She was 91 years old. Services were at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, at First Baptist Church of Oxford chapel. A native of the New Hope community in Wedowee, she and her husband made their home in Anniston in 1945. Mrs. Smith was a seamstress and worked…
(RED BAY) Helen Morris Fears, 84, of Red Bay died Saturday, Aug. 17, 2012, at Southern Magnolia Estates in Golden, Miss. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 20, at Cameron United Methodist Church Cemetery in Gurley with Rev. Billy L. York officiating. She was born July 8, 1928, in Madison County. She…
(TEMPLE, Ga.) Funeral services for Bettyjo Greene Parker, 79, of Temple, Ga., will be Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Midway Methodist Church, Wedowee, with the Rev. Tim Wautlet officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Parker died Friday, Aug. 17, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton. Ga. Mrs. Parker was…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Lawson Earl Rollins, 55, of Woodland were at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Terry Graham and Jason Owens officiating. Burial followed in Woodland First Congregational Methodist Cemetery. Mr. Rollins died Tuesday, Aug. 14, at Wedowee Hospital. Mr. Rollins was born Nov. 11, 1956,…
(OPELIKA) Homer Duffie, 91, a longtime resident of Opelika, died Thursday, Aug. 16, at the home of his son and daughter-in-law in Dothan. Mr. Duffie’s funeral will be at Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral home in Opelika at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, with interment to follow in Garden Hills Cemetery. Pastor Tom Grantham is officiating. The visitation…
(ABANDA) Royce White, 75, of Abanda died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, at Northeast Regional Medical Center, Anniston. The funeral will be Sunday, Aug. 19, at 3 p.m. at LaFayette Heights Baptist Church with the Revs. Paul Howard and Mickey Vaughn officiating. Interment will be in Abanda Cemetery. Born in Tallapoosa County on Feb. 10, 1937,…
(NEWELL) Funeral services for William Cleveland “Billy” Toney, 72, of Newell will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, at Antioch Baptist Church with Revs. Gary Stewart and Ken Bowman officiating. Mr. Toney will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Toney…
(WADLEY) Memorial services for Mary R. Rinehart of Wadley will be at Langley Funeral Home Chapel on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012, at 2 p.m. Ms. Rinehart was born on Nov. 10, 1945, to the late Thomas and Lena Rinehart and died Aug. 15, at the age of 66. She is survived by a son, Eric…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Brooksie N. Gosdin Harrington, 89, of Woodland will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, at Herren’s Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Matt Browning officiating. Mrs. Harrington will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Harrington died…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Brooksie N. Gosdin Harrington, 89, of Woodland will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, at Herren’s Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Matt Browning officiating. Mrs. Harrington will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Harrington died…
Summer vacation for students in Randolph County winds to a close this week with students in Roanoke City and Randolph County schools returning to class on Monday, Aug. 20. Breakfast in county schools is 75 cents (reduced price 30 cents). Lunch is $1.85 (reduced 40 cents). RCHS Randolph County High School principal Tammy Culbertson want…
The board of the Roanoke Water, Sewage, Gas and Filter Plant awarded the $6.5-million bid to Crowder Construction Company for construction of the wastewater treatment plant on Aug. 2. This is an all-inclusive bid but some items may be dropped such as the kitchen equipment, filters and the equipment shed to get the bid to…
Rerouting Alabama Highway 22 to U.S. Highway 431 has been on the table for awhile, but Steve Haynes said there is movement now. He is pre-construction engineer with the Alabama Department of Transportation. The plans are close to 90 percent complete. They recently received the all-important authorization to begin working on the right-of-ways necessary for…