County engineer Burrel Jones is trying to find out from ALDOT what herbicide to use on Johnson grass that has totally grown up over signs in some areas.The herbicide needs to be on there a couple of weeks before the vegetation is cut down. Jones said that an employee may have to be certified to…
This Thursday and Friday marks the beginning of the 2011 high school football season with all four county teams playing in preseason jamborees. Thursday night, Woodland will travel to White Plains and Wadley will travel to Lineville for exhibition tests. Friday night, Beulah will visit Randolph County and Bowdon will visit Handley for preseason contests.…
This week I feel a bit like an Israelite being led out of the desert after wandering for 40 years. The time from the end of the high school football season to the start of actual competitive high school football seems like a 40-year desert trek every year. Sometimes I have some NFL and college…
Just when you thought it was safe to read the sports pages again… Like that great white shark in Jaws, realignment has reappeared to take a bite out of the euphoria that accompanies the start of the college football season. When our thoughts should be on things like who will step up and pick up…
(THE VILLAGES, Fla.) Funeral services for Pauline Wilson Dean, 78, of The Villages, Fla., formerly of Randolph County, will be at 1 p.m., Friday, Aug. 19, 2011, at East Napoleon Church of Christ, Woodland, with Bro. Richard O’Connor officiating. Mrs. Dean will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will…
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Billy Rogers Scarborough III, 17, of Franklin, Ga., died suddenly on the evening of Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, as the result of an automobile accident. Funeral services for Mr. Scarborough will be conducted at an undetermined time on Thursday, Aug. 18, at his home at 1333 Hull Rd., Franklin. The interment will follow…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Modenia Harden Smith, 76, of LaGrange, Ga., died Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, at The Medical Center in Columbus, Ga. Mrs. Smith was born July 9, 1935, in Randolph County, Ala., daughter of the late Cliff and Effie Harden. A member of Callaway Baptist Church, she had lived in Troup County, Ga., since 1969.…
(SAN ANTONIO, Texas) Lt. Col. Thomas J. “Tom” Hester, 94, a native of Woodland, died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. Mr. Hester was born Dec. 25, 1916, the oldest of 12 children, to Hugh N. and Minnie P. Hester. He received a B.A. in accounting from Berry College in Rome, Ga., and was commissioned as a…
(WEWAHITCHKA, Fla.) George Daniel Knight, 76, of Wewahitchka, Fla., died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20, at Dalkeith Baptist Church in Wewahitchka. Mr. Knight was born on July 28, 1935, the son of the late Ben and Maude Knight of Roanoke, where he lived…
(LINEVILLE) Funeral service for Josephine Cosby, 94, of Lineville will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Delta with the Rev. Darren Ackles officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Randolph County. Mrs. Cosby died on Aug. 7 at Clay County Hospital. She leaves…
(GREENWOOD, Miss.) Clarence Camp, 92, of Greenwood, Miss., died of respiratory failure at home Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011. Mr. Camp was born in Randolph County and graduated from Woodland High School. He was a veteran of World War II. In the army, Mr. Camp was trained in civil engineering and fought and reconstructed bridges in…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Janis Faye Abernathy Butler, 64, of Wadley will be Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with Bro. Ray Franklin officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Gilead Community Cemetery. Mrs. Butler died Sunday, Aug. 14, at Clay County Hospital. She was a native of St.…
(ROANOKE) Sara Crutchfield Paschal of Roanoke died Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, at West Georgia Hospice of LaGrange, following a brief illness. Mrs. Paschal was 84 years old and had been a resident of Roanoke for 57 years. Funeral services for Mrs. Paschal will be Monday, Aug. 15, at 2 p.m. in the Quattlebaum Funeral Home…
(OPELIKA) Imogene Murphy, 84, of Opelika died Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, at Ozark Health and Rehab in Ozark. Mrs. Murphy was born in Wedowee on August 4, 1927, daughter of the late Ellie and Floyd Wilson. She was a graduate of Beulah High School and worked for West Point Stevens for 50 years at the…
WADLEY––Mayor Jim Dabbs relayed good news at the last council meeting. He told council members the lawsuit by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, pursued by the attorney general’s office, dealing with sewage pollution of the Tallapoosa River was finally settled. In other good news he said they actually broke even on utilities in July.…
An elderly Roanoke woman was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday night of last week inside her mill village home. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, the incident happened at approximately 9 p.m. at the Mulberry Street home of Junior and Flonnie Robinson. According to the report, the Robinsons’ daughter had just left, and…
WELCH–Three people were arrested on Thursday of last week after a Chambers County burglary led to a chase in Randolph County. Chambers County Sheriff Sid Lockhart reported that on Thursday, Aug. 4, deputies responded to a burglary call in the Welch community. The victim gave an accurate description of the vehicle, and deputies notified surrounding…
The Roanoke Board of Education made some final hires in a called meeting last Wednesday, including selecting Christy Fordham to fill the position of system technologist for Roanoke City Schools. Fordham, who has previously served in several different capacities, will oversee the maintenance of 1,100 computers but will also spend time teaching teachers how to…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Sheriff David Cofield has tallied it up and said the sheriff’s department cleared $21,000 on its annual rodeo. The department has used this money to buy tasers for everyone, including holsters and extra cartridges. All are now taser-certified. There were some deputies who needed flashlights and batteries. Other specialized equipment was also purchased…
CRAGFORD–Two women visiting Randolph County Sunday afternoon nearly drowned after they slipped into the Tallapoosa River while Alabama Power Company was releasing water from R.L. Harris Dam. Meghan Heard, 23, of Valley and Lindsay Robinson, 23, of Auburn were visiting in Randolph County off of County Road 888 near the dam when they decided to…