With dry weather persisting, Alabama Power has received federal approval to temporarily boost water storage at Harris Lake (Lake Wedowee) on the Tallapoosa River by one foot from the current level, beginning immediately. The company has also requested permission to raise the current levels at Weiss and Logan Martin lakes on the Coosa River by…
(PHENIX CITY) Lillie Mae Martin, 91 , of Phenix City died Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, at her home. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20, in the chapel of Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Phenix City, with the Rev. Billy Dickerson officiating. Interment was in Lakeview Memory Gardens. Mrs. Martin was born March 13, 1919, in…
(LILBURN, Ga.) Shelby Jean Smith, 73, of Lilburn, Ga., died Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. EST Monday, Feb. 21, at Floral Hills Memory Gardens in Tucker, Ga. Mrs. Smith was a native of Rock Mills and was a homemaker. Survivors include her sisters and brothers-in-law, Gwen and…
(CARROLLTONG, Ga.) Genever Faye Collins Bozeman, 71, of Carrollton, Ga., died Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. She was born May 16, 1939, in Carrollton to the late Louise Ferguson Collins and Amos Collins. Mrs. Bozeman was retired from Douglas & Lomason with 24 years of service and was a member of Christway Baptist Church. Survivors include…
(VALLEY) Virginia LaMural Earles Moore, 86, of Valley died Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, at LaFayette Extended Care in LaFayette. The funeral was Sunday, Feb. 20, at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Jerry Cole officiating. Burial followed at Shawmut Cemetery. Mrs. Moore is survived by two daughters and their husbands, Tommie…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) C.P. Towler, 84, of LaGrange, Ga., died Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, at West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Katherine Bailey Towler; a daughter, Becky and husband Larry Mitchell; two sons and their wives, Ron and Reba Towler and Randy and Lisa Towler; and five grandchildren, all of…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Wynette Weathers Bailey, 81, of LaGrange, Ga., died Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, at West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. Mrs. Bailey was born June 11, 1929, in Rock Mills, daughter of the late William Handley Weathers and Thelma Knight. She and her late husband of 59 years, W. Glynn Bailey, owned and operated Glynn’s…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for infant Zoey Ann Grayc’lyn Ivey, age 2 days, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jason McDaniel officiating. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery. Zoey died Sunday, Feb. 20, at Russell Medical Center. Zoey was born Feb. 18. Zoey is…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Miss. Katherine Louise Barnes, 87, of Roanoke, will be at 2 p.m., Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Ed Grooms officiating. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery. Miss Barnes died Saturday, Feb. 19, at Traylor Retirement Community. Miss Barnes was born, Nov. 8, 1923, the daughter…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Lottie Harris Yarbrough, 87, of Woodland will be Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Providence Baptist Church with the Revs. David Daniel, Tony Morris and Wendell Ford officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Yarbrough died Saturday, Feb. 19, at Cleburne County Nursing Home. Mrs. Yarbrough was…
(BIRMINGHAM) Funeral services for Julia Mabel Hodges Story, 80, of Birmingham, will be at 10 a.m., Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, at Concord Primitive Baptist Church, Wadley, with the Revs. Todd Henderson and Ed Grooms and Elder Barry Cordes officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Story died Friday, Feb. 18, at Golden Living…
(ROANOKE) Jackie Ray Kelley, 69, of Roanoke died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law in Fayetteville, N.C. Mr. Kelley was born April 3, 1941, in Roanoke, son of the late Loyd Kelley and Alma Mitchell Kelley. He was self-employed in the construction industry before retiring. In addition to his…
(COLUMBUS, Ga.) Robert Lee Wilder Jr., 90, died peacefully at his home on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Funeral services will be held at Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Columbus, on Saturday, Feb. 19, at 10 a.m. Mr. Wilder was born April 9, 1920, to the late Robert Lee Wilder Sr. and Myrtie Ann Parrish in Wadley, Ala. Mr.…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Georgie Mae Key, 84, of Wadley will be Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Dale Jones and Donna Thornburg officiating. Burial will follow at Midway Methodist Church Cemetery, Wedowee. Mrs. Key died Thursday, Feb. 17, at Traylor Retirement Community, Roanoke. A native of…
(JACKSONVILLE) Funeral services for Theodore Vernon Herron, 66, of Jacksonville will be at 2 p.m., Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Rev. David Phillips officiating . Mr. Herron died Wednesday, Feb. 16, in Jacksonville. Mr. Herron was born Sept. 14, 1944, the son of Theodore Roosevelt and Elizabeth Verna Phillips Herron. He…
WADLEY–The Wadley Council discussed many issues at its last meeting but Mayor Jim Dabbs made the most impact by announcing his plans to cut back his hours. Dabbs told the council he is not going to be as accessible as he has been the past two and a half years for 24 hours a day,…
Thomas Lendon Kiker, 31, now of Carrollton, Ga., was charged with capital murder by the Randolph County Grand Jury. Kiker was originally charged with the Aug. 25 beating death of his girlfriend, Ashley Lyn Young, 25, of Graham. However, Young was pregnant at the time of her death, so the grand jury has changed the…
Three people were arrested on drug charges Tuesday morning after a suspicious vehicle was reported in the Big Chic parking lot. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, the vehicle with subjects inside was reported sitting there before the restaurant was open. A backseat passenger, Travis Lamar Hughley, 23, of LaFayette was at first…
(STOCKBRIDGE, Ga.) Lucy Mae Hinton, 91, of Stockbridge, Ga., died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. She was born in McDonough, Ga., to Ward and Bessie Mae Coker Foster. Mrs. Hinton was a member of Stockbridge Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Hinton is survived by her children, Eleanor Buttrill of Woodland, Ala., Patsy Carol Keeten of Jacksonville, Fla., and…
(BOSSIER CITY, La.) Funeral services for Etta Frances Dobson Sikes will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, at First United Methodist Church of Wedowee with the Revs. Russell Hessley and Gary Henderson officiating. Mrs. Sikes will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in Wedowee City…