Many people in Roanoke and the county probably already feel they got what they wanted for Christmas.It was a thrilling game. I went to lunch to watch the fourth quarter on a television. Kudos to Tom Tetreault, who as I understand, worked to have the game telecast on the LaGrange TV station. He is general…
For a minute there, it looked like all hope was lost for the Handley Tigers’ quest for a 3A state championship. The Madison Academy Mustangs halted the Tigers on a fourth-and-four play from the Madison Academy 8-yard line. Behind 13-7, Handley turned the ball over on downs at nearly arm’s length from the goal line.…
Last Thursday marked the end of one of the most remarkable football seasons I’ve ever witnessed. Ever since I arrived here to work at The Leader, the Handley Tigers have been on the cusp of winning a state championship. This was their year, though. Nothing could stop them. Clay County couldn’t do it. Not even…
The LSU Tigers are a worthy SEC champion and it is likely they will soon be the national champions. It would be their third in the last nine years and their second under Les Miles. Miles has avoided talking about the national championship for the past few weeks while the rest of the nation was…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Omie Hester Burgess, 92, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, at 1 p.m. at Rock Mills Methodist Church with the Revs. Jamie Taylor and Bill Boggan officiating. Mrs. Burgess will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs.…
(VALLEY) Latha Etchison, 82, of Valley died Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, at Lanier Memorial Hospital in Valley. The funeral will be Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m. EST at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Revs. Floyd Aikens and Franklin Foster officiating. Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. EST at Randolph…
(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Kellie Clieland “KC” Langford, 86, of Lineville will be at 10 a.m. Dec. 7, 2011, at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Ross Kilpatrick officiating. Burial will follow in Arlington Memorial Gardens. Mr. Langford died Sunday, Dec. 4, at Lineville Health and Rehab. Mr. Langford was born May 25, 1925, the…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Selena Melody Phillips, 51, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Stanley Yarbrough officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Phillips died Saturday, Dec. 3, at Hospice LaGrange. A Chambers County native, Ms. Phillips was born Dec. 30,…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Mary Lemerle Sims, 65, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Cedarwood Cemetery with the Revs. Cleve Moore and Johnny Williams officiating. Mrs. Sims died Saturday, Dec. 3, at Roanoke Health Care. A Dadeville native, Mrs. Sims was born July 16, 1946, daughter of Russell and…
(RANBURNE) Shadrick Thomas “S.T.” Brown of Ranburne died Dec. 2, 2011. He was 75. Mr. Brown was born Jan. 12, 1936, in Woodland to the late Reuben Shadrix and Versie Buchanan Brown. He was the owner of R.S. Brown Grocery in the Union Hill Community of Cleburne County. He was a member of Union Hill…
(McCALLA) The Rev. Ewell Paul Davis, 57, of McCalla died Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. Brother Paul was a 1972 graduate of Tarrant High School and then obtained his undergraduate degree from Livingston University. He received his master’s degree from the University of Montevallo and received his master’s of divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Daisy Hall Stewart, 80, of Wedowee were Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Smith officiating. Burial followed in Bear Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Woodland. Mrs. Stewart died Friday, Dec. 2, at Northeast Alabama Regional Center, Anniston. Mrs. Stewart was born Jan. 27,…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Mary Pearl Rollins Denny, 83, of Woodland will be Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Rocky Branch Baptist Church with Clayton Scott officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Denny died Thursday, Dec. 1, at Traylor Nursing Home, Roanoke. Mrs. Denny was born April 19, 1928, the…
(ROANOKE) Hazel Smith Hines, 75, a former resident of Seymour Drive Apartments in Roanoke, died at Roanoke Health Care Center on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. The funeral will be Saturday, Dec. 10, at noon at East Roanoke Pure Holiness Church of God with church pastor Timothy Wright officiating and Bishop Lathonia J. Wright as eulogist.…
(WEDOWEE) Paul R. Parker Jr., 66, of Wedowee died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, in a local hospital after a brief battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease. The funeral will be Sunday, Dec. 4, at 1 p.m. EST at Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel with minister Mike Mallory officiating. Interment will follow in Bethel East Baptist Church…
(DELTA) Funeral services for June Lindsey Reeves, 85, of Delta will be Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville. Burial will follow in the Mt. Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery in the Ofelia community. Mrs. Reeves died Wednesday, Nov. 30, at Southland Health and Rehabilitation Center in Peachtree City, Ga.…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) The funeral for Anthony William Heath, 38, of LaGrange, Ga., formerly of the Welch community, will be Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, at 1:30 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Chris King officiating. Burial will follow at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Welch. Mr. Heath died Friday, Dec. 2, at West Georgia…
(VALLEY) Mary Jo Bowen Black, 83, of Valley died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, at her daughter’s home. The funeral will be Sunday, Dec. 4, at 2 p.m. EST at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Bill Parker officiating. Burial will be in Langdale Cemetery. Born June 30, 1928, in Randolph County,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for W.D. Parmer, 77, of Roanoke will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Darren White, Bud Stiltner and Otis Hodnett officiating. Burial will follow in Bethel East Baptist Church Cemetery, Woodland. Mr. Parmer died Wednesday, Nov. 30, at Renaissance Care and Rehab in…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Charles Walter Putman, 72, of Carrollton, Ga., died Nov. 30, 2011, at his home. He was the son of Ralph and Mary Rushing Putman. Mr. Putman is survived by his four daughters and three sons-in-law, Charlene and Dennis Hibbins of New Port Richey, Fla., Yvette and Jeff Longsworth of Roanoke, Patty Putman of…