(GREENSBORO, N.C.) Abby Lou Poage Skelton, 94, of Greensboro, N.C., died Friday, April 8, 2011, at Liberty Commons, Burlington, N.C.Burial will be at a later date in LaGrange, Ga.Mrs. Skelton was born Nov. 23, 1916, in Roanoke, Alabama to the late Leonard and Susie Turner Poage. She was a dietitian for Troup County (Ga.) Schools.She…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Ruby Charlene Spears, 55, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. S. T. Janney officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Spears died Saturday, April 9, at her home. A lifelong Randolph County resident, Mrs. Spears…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Mary Margrett Windsor, 89, of Roanoke, will be Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at 11 a.m. at Highway Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Vernon Willis officiating. Mrs. Windsor died Saturday, April 9, at Northeast Alabama Medical Center. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Windsor was born Dec. 9, 1921, daughter of…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Louis Gay Key, 59, of Wedowee were at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 10, 2011, at Benefield Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Kenneth Forsyth officiating. Burial followed in Pilgrim’s Rest Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Key died Friday, April 8, at Wedowee Hospital. Mr. Key was born June 30, 1951, the son…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Henry Hugh “Red” Townley, 71, of LaGrange, Ga., died Thursday, April 7, 2011, at LaGrange Nursing and Rehab. Mr. Townley was born Nov. 28, 1939, in Roanoke, son of the late Henry Jefferson Townley and Ella Freeman Townley. He was employed with LaGrange Molding Company until his retirement. Survivors include two daughters, Darlene…
The Roanoke Health Care Authority voted Thursday night to sell the Southern Family Health Care clinic on Price Street to Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center in Anniston. Authority Interim Chairman Trae Wilkinson said they had received two different proposals: one from Regional Medical Center and one from George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital in Valley. The…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Benjamin Oliver Adams, 83, of Roanoke will be Saturday, April 9, 2011, at 11 a.m. at Roanoke First Baptist Church with the Revs. Larry Armstrong and Mike Ramage officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Heard County, Ga. Mr. Adams died Thursday, April 7, at Traylor Retirement Center. Survivors…
A horrific multiple shooting on the Opelika campus of Southern Union State Community College Wednesday triggered a well-oiled plan to inform students of danger and make sure students were protected. According to Matt Knight, EMS Instructor/clinical coordinator, the college practices drills every year, sometimes twice a year, for all disasters such as hurricanes, tornados and…
(HEFLIN) Funeral services for Terry Garland Loveless, 54, of Heflin will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 9, 2011, at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Dwayne Hicks and Jerry Bolt officiating. Burial will follow in Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Woodland. Mr. Loveless died Thursday, April 7, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, Anniston. Mr.…
(PISGAH FOREST, N.C.) Emmett K. “Colonel” Taylor Jr., 77, of Pisgah Forest, N.C., died Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011, at Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard, N.C. He was born on April 6, 1933, to the late Emmett K. and Lillian Dunn Taylor and grew up in Randolph County, Ala. He devoted many hours to Habitat for…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Mevolene French Brown, 83, of Woodland will be at 1 p.m. Friday, April 8, 2011, at Ava Methodist Church with the Rev. Richard Smith officiating. She will lie in state one hour prior to service. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Brown died Tuesday, April 5, at Lineville Health…
(GRAHAM) Joyce Kidd Smith, 61, of County Road 87, Graham, died Monday, April 4, 2011. Mrs. Smith was born in Carrollton, Ga., on March 20, 1950, the daughter of the late James David Kidd and Myrtie Odessa Mobbs Kidd. She was a homemaker and had attended Calvary Baptist Church. Survivors include her daughter, Tabitha Summerville…
(DAVISTON) Janice Marie Meadows, 44, of Daviston, died at the home of her sister on Monday morning, April 4, 2011. Visitation will be Thursday, April 7, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The remains will be in state at the church one hour prior to the services. Funeral services for Ms. Meadows will be Friday, April 8,…
Lucas Ryan Estes made some false starts but he was still born on his due date of Sunday, March 20. Of course his delivery was not supposed to be in the back of a Kia Borrego SUV on the way to Lanier Memorial Hospital. Born about 9:35 a.m. he was the first baby for Ashley…
The overpayment of $48,159 to Roanoke City Schools from 2002-2010 has been resolved. Superintendent Chuck Marcum told the board at a recent meeting that the money that was supposed to go to the county will be paid back at roughly $4,000 a month over the next year. “I am glad to get it resolved once…
A training class for managers of Red Cross Disaster Shelters was held last week at the Roanoke Chapter office. Seven shelter managers from around Randolph County went through the training taught by Calhoun County Red Cross Executive Director Carol Kirk. Shelter managers are responsible for providing supervision and administrative support for Red Cross actions within…
A&M Volunteer Fire Department has great news for residents of its coverage area. It has been awarded a fire protection rating of 5/9 by the Insurance Services Organization (ISO). What this improved rating means is a potential reduction in insurance premiums for homeowners since this rating is one of the factors insurance companies use in…
A Roanoke man is in Columbus Medical Center recovering from a gunshot wound he suffered Tuesday morning during an argument with a neighbor. According to Roanoke Police Department investigator James Bailey, Anthony Arnold Lawson, 38, of 713 Franklin St., was treated by Emergency Medical Transport and taken by helicopter to Columbus. His is now in…
Two Tuskegee men were arrested in Roanoke Monday afternoon for allegedly attempting to pass fraudulent checks at Piggly Wiggly. Herbert Eugene Carter Jr., also known as Tony Norton Anthony, 62, and Eddie Smith, 53, are charged with first-degree possession of a forged instrument. Smith is also charged with giving false information to a law enforcement…
Roanoke City Schools is at the bottom of the list of the state’s schools systems in terms of numbers of employees working in the central office. Central offices are often perceived to be where unnecessary staff members are placed into cushy jobs while that funding could be going to classroom teachers. Not in Roanoke. Only…