(LaFAYETTE) Sarah Liles, 89, of LaFayette died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, at Bethany House Hospice.The funeral was Saturday, Nov. 5, at LaFayette City Cemetery with the Rev. Tom Leverett officiating.Born June 16, 1922, in Clay County, Mrs. Liles was a member of First Baptist Church of LaFayette. She and her husband Jack operated Jack Liles…
(JACKSON’S GAP) Memorial service for Warren Fred Stewart, 88, of Jackson’s Gap, were Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, at 3 p.m. at Hillabee Baptist Church. The Revs. Mike Bailey and Vince Lee will officiate. Mr. Stewart died Friday, Oct. 28, at Chapman Healthcare Center. He was born on Jan. 14, 1923, in Randolph County to William…
(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Rufus James Scales, 60, will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, at Shiloh Baptist Church in Wedowee with the Rev. Willie Kidd officiating. Burial will be in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Scales died Oct. 31 at his residence. Survivors include his daughter, Keisha (husband Shawn) Gabriel of…
(LaFAYETTE) Elizabeth Smith, 67, of LaFayette died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011, at her residence. The funeral will be Saturday, Nov. 5, at noon CST at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in LaFayette with the Rev. Melvin Owens, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Handy Cemetery in LaFayette. She is survived be three daughters, Tandy Finley…
(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Frances Gladys Loveless McKay, 90, of Lineville will be Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with the Rev. Claude Bennett officiating. Burial will follow in Barfield Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. McKay died Thursday, Nov. 3, at Clay County Hospital. She was a native of…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Virginia Brazell Adcock, 81, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Rev. Don Quick officiating. Mrs. Adcock died Wednesday, Nov. 2, at Traylor Nursing Home. Mrs. Adcock was born Oct. 1, 1930, the daughter of John and Odessa Lancaster Brazell. She was…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Lavern Johnson Warren, 91, of Carrollton, Ga., died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2011. Funeral services will be Saturday, Nov. 5, at 11 a.m. EDT at Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel in Carrollton with Barry Shoemake officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. She was born May 4, 1920, in Carroll County,…
(LANETT) Clovis Vera Triplett Moore, 79, of Lanett died Monday, Oct. 31. 2011, at Columbus Regional Medical Center in Columbus, Ga. The funeral will be Thursday, Nov. 3, at 2 p.m. at Plant City Baptist Church with the Rev. Brad Reed officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Moore is survived by her…
(MACON, Ga.) Annie Maudine Mote McCollough, 94, of Macon, Ga., died Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. Services and inurnment of her cremains will be at Barrancas National Cemetery, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. Mrs. McCollough was born in Randolph County, Ala., Sept. 21, 1917. She spent the early years of her career in Lineville as a…
In a workshop meeting of Roanoke City Council last Thursday, attorney John Tinney presented a proposal from First Baptist Church of Roanoke, an anonymous donor, and a property owner, which would change the face of downtown. That is if the city can fund the demolition of the buildings under consideration. They are all on the…
WOODLAND––Leon Enloe Mote, 92, has had a wonderful life. He lives in a wonderful nook in the forest on land he bought when he came home from the war in 1944. He bought it with the money he had sent home to his thrifty wife, Jewell, who had saved it for his return. They will…
The Wadley Town Council is now faced with replacing two of its members but will continue to conduct business, Mayor Jim Dabbs said. It had been expected Lynn Newsome would resign when her term ends but she and her husband, Ron, have already moved outside the town limits and she resigned last week. Members have…
The Roanoke Schools Association fifth annual bazaar will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Fort Charles M. Clack armory on LaFayette Highway. As usual they will serve various biscuits and coffee for breakfast and hamburgers and hot dogs grilled by Harry and Brenda Botsford for lunch, but new will be the…
American Legion Post 53’s third Veterans’ Day Parade is this Saturday. Alan Workman and Wayne Ward are hoping more veterans will participate this year. “All veterans, from anywhere, are welcome to participate, here or from surrounding counties. We will have floats furnished for the veterans and we will have a van standing by if it…
Alabama’s newest birding trail will officially open on Nov. 17, when representatives from nine east-central Alabama counties launch the Piedmont Plateau Birding Trail. A ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. CST at Horseshoe Bend National Military Park near Alexander City. The nine counties that make up the trail are Autauga, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Coosa,…
Prior to the regular Roanoke Board of Education meeting last week board members met in executive session on a disciplinary matter regarding a student at Handley High School. Supt. Chuck Marcum would give few details about the situation but released the following written statement: “Legal constraints prevent me from giving specific information on what actions…
Those of us who have spent our entire lives here and are old enough to remember when downtown Roanoke was a bustling place, it’s sad to think about buildings that have always been there being torn down. Yet the only specific proposal for restoring the area calls for just that. We realized long ago that…
“Summer’s back is broken.” That’s the way old folks in old times used to say it. Cool in the morning but hot as nine kinds of hell up in the day. Things go to seed. Corn is drying out (if a drought had not gotten it already). Gardens won’t be producing for long. Cotton bolls…
State Attorney General Luther Strange has taken the prosecution of a homicide against former Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine from Baldwin County’s District Attorney, Hallie Dixon, after the victim’s family contacted his office. Strange has told the media it wasn’t “a hostile takeover,” but his actions clearly sent a signal contradicting that assertion. He said…
“You Can’t Go Home Again,” a novel by Thomas Wolfe, was published posthumously in 1940. It is a poignant, bittersweet reference to how things change, and what you remember from your childhood and growing up is not what exists now. The novel tells about a writer whose book makes frequent references to his hometown and…