The Woodland Lady Bobcats have been on a roll so far this season, mounting an 11-1 record.Woodland’s lone loss so far has come to 6A Opelika last Thursday on the road. In fact, out of 27 matches played in those 12 games, the Lady Bobcats have lost only five.Woodland’s wins have come over Beulah 3-0,…

When I was a senior in high school, something tragic happened during our homecoming week. It just so happens that we as a nation solemnly remembered those events over the weekend. It was ten years ago. Ten years ago, I was a high school senior enjoying my last season playing football. We were a slightly…

Okay, it’s time to give Gene Chizik and his Auburn coaching staff some credit. After a second consecutive comeback victory this season, perhaps we should realize that all those come-from-behind victories last season were maybe a little more than the work of Cam Newton and Nick Fairley. They were certainly the on-field stars that held…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for William Deryle Petty, 57, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Bud Stiltner and E.C. Chatham officiating. Mr. Petty died Sunday, Sept. 11, at his home. Mr. Petty was born July 26, 1954, the son of Peyton and Nellie Pearl…

(GRAHAM) Hazel Noles of Graham died Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. She was 91. Mrs. Noles was born Feb. 21, 1920, in Graham to the late Ira Lindon and Ola Cornelia Treadwell Cosper. She retired after more than 30 years of service with Lamar Manufacturing Company, where she worked as a seamstress. She also worked with…

(WEDOWEE) Graveside services for Terry Wayne Bonner, 59, of Wedowee will be at noon, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at New Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. B.F. Cofield officiating. Mr. Bonner died Friday, Sept. 9, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Mr. Bonner was born Feb. 13, 1952, the son of Doyce Edward and…

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Imogene Hester Green, 79, of Wedowee were at 2 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, at Napoleon Church of Christ with Brother Terry Langley officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Green died Thursday, Sept. 8, at Northeast Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Green was born Aug. 19, 1932, the daughter of…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for James T. McCormick, 64, of Roanoke were at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Stephen Dedman officiating. Burial followed in Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Wedowee. Mr. McCormick died Thursday, Sept. 8, at his home. Mr. McCormick was born Sept. 2, 1947, the son…

(WADLEY) Services for Essie A. Houston, 96, of Wadley will be Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011, at 1 p.m. at Mt. Olive United Methodist Church with the Rev. William Crawford officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Houston died Thursday, Sept. 8, at LaGrange Hospice in LaGrange, Ga. Mrs. Houston was born March 30,…

(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Hattie Mae Stevens Russell, 87, of LaGrange, Ga., died Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, at West Georgia Heath. Mrs. Russell, a native of Roanoke, was the daughter of the late Jerry and Mittie Treadwell Stevens. She was the wife of the late Charlie Russell. She was a member of Solomon Grove Baptist Church, where…

(WADLEY) Rev. Frank Bell Reaves (Lt. Col., Retired), 77, of Wadley died Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, at his home. Rev. Reaves was born in Wedowee on Jan. 23, 1934. He retired from the U.S. Army after 26 years of service and had served as pastor for several churches in the area. He was active in…

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Ann Carlton Rorke McDonald, 90, of Roanoke will be at 4 p.m., Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Rev. Walter Turner officiating. Mrs. McDonald died Friday, Sept. 9, at LaFayette Nursing Home. Mrs. McDonald is survived by one daughter, Ann McDonald Boyd of Roanoke; and one grandchild,…

(WOODLAND) Graveside services for Greg Alsabrook, 37, of Woodland will be Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, at 11 a.m. at Caver’s Grove Christian Church Cemetery, with the Rev. Jimmy Brand officiating. Mr. Alsabrook died Wednesday, Sept. 7, at his residence. Mr. Alsabrook was born Aug. 5, 1974, the son of William Jr. and Sandra Miles Alsabrook…

(KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) Sarah Belle Williams Sudduth, 78, of Knoxville, Tenn., formerly of Roanoke, died Wednesday, Sept 7, 2011, after a courageous battle with cardiovascular dementia. Graveside services will be at Randolph Memory Gardens. She graduated from Handley High School as valedictorian in 1951 and was awarded the Good Citizenship Certificate from the Daughters of the…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Edna Sue Cunningham Swann, 79, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m., Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Gerald Romine officiating. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery. Mrs. Swann died Wednesday, Sept. 7 at her home. Mrs. Swann was born Oct. 15, 1931, the daughter of Weathers…

(GOODWATER) Memorial service for Bobby Wayne Hutcherson, 63, of Goodwater will be Friday, Sept. 9, 2011, at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of Radney Funeral Home. Mr. Hutcherson died Wednesday, Sept. 7, at his residence. He was born on March 22, 1948, to Haywood Hutcherson and Mary Evalene Nelson Hutcherson. He worked as a millwright…

(BOWDON, Ga.) Flora Rice Williams died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, at Tanner Memorial Hospital in Carrollton, Ga., after an extended illness. She was 75 years old. Flora was the daughter of the late Wiley and Rosie Daniel Rice of Newell, Ala. Flora worked diligently for 42 years at Lamar Plunkett’s in Bowdon, where she was…

The motivation for terrorist attacks are many. Whether ethnic, tribal, religious, political or other, these motivations are sure to continue and intensify. Today’s mass communications provide the terrorists an almost instantaneous means for spreading their message of fear and intimidation. We don’t yet know the motivation behind yesterday’s horrible attacks in New York City and…

Occasionally folks find fault with what I write. That’s OK. Comes with the territory. And I respect their opinions, eloquently wrong though they may be. What is disturbing is that every once and a while I find myself agreeing with those who disagree with me. This is one of those times. Last year, as the…

Sometime back when I was working in the State Judicial System as a court administrator, then Chief Justice Clement Clay “Bo” Torbert, called to say he had a task for me to carry out the following day. It seems that a fellow who was the Constitutional Law Officer for the country of Austria was visiting…