NOTICEThis is to inform Misty Bledsoe and Greg Hendricks your belongings have been abandoned at 1800 Co. Rd. 67, Roanoke. You have until Oct. 28 to claim them or they will be sold unless you pay outstanding debts.Jerry Mitchell334-646-1380(39-41p)
A column came to the office the week of the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, stating that this tragic event generated more Internet rumors than any single event ever has. It was written by Rich Buhler, creator of the web site TruthOrFiction.com Buhler discusses some of the Internet hoaxes that circu-lated. One of the first after…
Every Sunday morning, when I turn on the TV to hear some football “analysts” tell me what I saw the day before, I know that sooner or later one of them will sagely observe that the winning team won because it was able to “dictate the tempo of the game.” Once I agreed. Now I…
Even though the administration of Gov. Robert Bentley claims that whatever work, if any, done by a seemingly non-existent company that received a $13-million contract from former Gov. Bob Riley is not being used, the odor of that deal still permeates the halls of government in Montgomery. Work done by Paragon Source, the company winning…
I couldn’t be prouder of the students in Roanoke City Schools for their desire to write letters to servicemen and women, wishing them success in their endeavors and a happy homecoming after their tour of duty is over. The Community Studies Class, once again, is heading up an extremely worthwhile project. This class has done…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for John W. “Bill” Davis, 79, of Wedowee were Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, at First Baptist Church with the Revs. Robert Karcher and Rev. Cade Farris officiating. Burial followed in Wedowee City Cemetery. Mr. Davis died Friday, Sept. 23, at his home. Mr. Davis was born Nov. 24, 1931, the son of…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for John L. Bailey, 84, of Wedowee will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Craig McClure eulogist and Pastor William Dillard officiating. Burial will be in Mountain Cemetery. Mr. Bailey died Saturday, Sept. 24. Public visitation will be Thursday from 1 p.m.…
(WADLEY) Mack Welch, 67, of Wadley died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, at his residence. The funeral will be Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 3 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Christian Church, LaFayette, with Ruth Coggins and the Revs. Paul Howard and Donald Jones officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Born Sept. 19, 1944, in Chambers…
(FIVE POINTS) Funeral services for Richard Thomas Kelley, 42, of Five Points will be Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, at 11 a.m. CST at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Rusty Letson officiating. Burial will follow at Standing Rock Methodist Church Cemetery. Mr. Kelley died Sunday, Sept. 25, at his home. A Chambers County native, Mr.…
(WARTBURG, Tenn.) Hazel Bingham, 91, died at the Life Care Center of Morgan County, Tenn., on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. Mrs. Bingham was a member of Liberty Baptist Church, Wartburg, for 75 years. She was a faithful member and served as a teacher there for many years. Mrs. Bingham was a well-known, beloved substitute teacher…
(ASHLAND) Funeral services for Sherrl Willingham Sparks, 52, of Ashland will be at 2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, at Benefield Funeral Chapel with J.L. Sparks officiating. Burial will follow in Hepsebah Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Sparks died Thursday, Sept. 22, at Clay County Hospital. Mrs. Sparks was born Nov. 15, 1959, the daughter of…
(AUBURN) Funeral services for William Wesley Walker, 76, of Auburn, formerly of Roanoke and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., will be at 2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, at Big Springs Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Rev. Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining church cemetery. Mr. Walker died Wednesday, Sept. 21, at Bethany House.…
(ROANOKE) Ethel Tatum Turner, 89, of Roanoke died Wednesday, Sept. 21, at Arbor Springs Nursing Home in Opelika. The funeral will be Saturday, Sept. 24, at 1 p.m. at Hopewell Baptist Church, Wadley, with the Rev. Sanders Higgins officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. She is survived by a son, Eddie Turner of…
(DOUGLASVILLE, Ga.) Wilma Broome Walker, 88, of Douglasville, Ga., died Sept. 19, 2011. She was born May 20, 1923, in Douglasville, Ga., to the late John E. Feltman and Lydia Faith Fowler Feltman. She was a beloved mother, wife and homemaker and a member of Cowan Mill Baptist Church. Survivors are her sons and daughters-in-law,…
(LANETT) John Ben ‘Bill’ Earl Sr., 88, of Lanett died Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, at Lanier Memorial Hospital, Valley. The funeral will be Friday, Sept. 23, at 2 p.m. at Lanett First Church of the Nazarene with the Revs. Frank Foster and Steven Spencer officiating. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Gardens. He is survived…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Robert J. Wright, 63, of LaGrange, Ga., died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, at his home. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. EDT Saturday, Sept. 24, in Pine Mountain (Ga.) Cemetery with Dr. Michael Reeves officiating. Mr. Wright was born Jan. 13, 1948, in Randolph County, Ala., son of the late Thomas Whitney Wright…
(ANNISTON) Funeral services for Gladys H. Dethrage of Anniston will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, at Anniston’s First Baptist Church at McClellan with the Rev. Buddy Nelson officiating. Interment will follow at Forestlawn Gardens. Mrs. Dethrage’s died Sept. 20. Mrs. Dethrage was born in Wedowee on July 6, 1929, and was…
(TYLER) James Michael “Turtle” Cottle, 64, of Tyler died Sept. 19, 2011. Graveside services will be Saturday, Sept. 24, at 1 p.m. in Pineview Memory Gardens with the Rev. Larry Noles officiating. He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Linda Cottle; son, James M. “Mike” and wife Ann Cottle; brother, Greg Cottle; sister,…
A group gathered last Wednesday to celebrate additions at Annie L. Awbrey Library, to honor Vivian Morris with a new mural, and renaming of the children’s section in her honor. Lynn Robertson, who spent a lot of time in the Morris home when growing up, spent more than 100 hours painting the mural with a…
The Randolph County Homeland Security Exercise will be this Saturday, Sept. 24, beginning at 8 a.m. at Southern Union in Wadley. Many emergency vehicles will be on the roads throughout the county. A full-scale exercise is a two- to three-hour emergency response drill to an incident scenario as directed by the controller/evaluation team. Changing situations…