With area tournaments in the books, we are left with four county basketball teams in the postseason.Woodland’s boys and girls and Handley’s boys and girls will all be playing at least one more game.Woodland gets the toughest draw with 2A’s top ranked team, Vincent, on the road. Woodland’s girls will hit the road after losing…
It was an interview last week on 107 The Fan radio in Indianapolis with a retired football coach that offered a real insight into the state of college football past and present. The retired football coach was Urban Meyer, although he is still a young man in regard to the normal working lifespan of the…
(VALLEY) Warner Rainwater, 72, of Valley died Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. The funeral will be Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 2 p.m. EST at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley. Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. EST at Randolph Memory Gardens, Roanoke. Born Sept. 30, 1938, in Randolph…
(LANETT) Dennis Ray Pilgrim, 59, of Lanett died Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, at his residence. Memorial services will be Saturday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m. CST at Roanoke Church of the Nazarene. A native of Roanoke, Mr. Pilgrim was born July 5, 1951. He attended Roanoke Church of the Nazarene. Mr. Pilgrim is survived by…
(ROANOKE) Stanley Cole Bailey, 75, of Roanoke died at his home on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. He was survived by one son, Brandon Bailey of Augusta, Ga.; one brother, Warner Bailey of Roanoke; and one grandchild. Mr. Bailey had been a teacher for the Columbus, Ga., school system and served in the U.S. Navy. He…
(HEFLIN) Funeral services for Myrtice White Loveless, 94, of Heflin were at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, at Dryden Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. John D. Collins and Junior Jones officiating. Burial followed at Morrison’s Chapel. Mrs. Loveless died Friday, Feb. 11, at NHC Healthcare. Mrs. Loveless was a native of Randolph County…
(ALEXANDER CITY) Graveside service for Mary Wallace McWhorter, 90, of Alexander City were Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Hillview Memorial Park. Dr. John Watkins officiated. Mrs. McWhorter died Thursday, Feb. 10, at Chapman Healthcare Center. She was born Oct. 28, 1920, in Tallapoosa County to George Perry Huey and Lellier Thomas Price…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Mary Emma Ward, 97, of Carrollton, Ga., died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. Mrs. Ward was born in Graham, Ala., on May 19, 1913, the daughter of the late Alexander Higgins and Sarah Jordan Higgins. She was former owner of Tallapoosa Flower Shop in Tallapoosa, Ga., and was a member of Bethlehem Campground United…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) J.H. Rice, 91, of LaGrange, Ga., died Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Rice was born June 24, 1919, in Randolph County, Ala., son of the late James P. and Ida Jane Lovvorn Rice. He was a member of East LaGrange Baptist Church and taught Sunday school and served as song…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Mary Velma Veal, 94, of Roanoke will be Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Bill Dean and Mike Ramage officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Veal died Saturday, Feb. 12, at LaFayette Nursing Home. Survivors include one sister, Hattie Nichols…
(LaFAYETTE) Jewell Teel, 89, of LaFayette died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, at Twin Fountains Nursing Home in LaGrange, Ga. The funeral will be Saturday, Feb. 12, at 2 p.m. at Penton Church of God with chaplain Sidney Tate and her grandson, Richard Howard, officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Born Feb. 7, 1922,…
(BIRMINGHAM) Neal Ridget Jr., 78, of Birmingham died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011. He retired after 24 years of service. Mr. Ridgel was a veteran, having served in the armed forces before receiving an honorable discharge. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Eddie B. Ridgel of Birmingham; daughters and sons-in-law, Catherine and Robert Staples of Roanoke, Patricia…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Mattie Kay Holloway, 90, of Wedowee will be Friday, Feb. 11, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Darren Anglin and Bobby Burroughs officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Holloway died Wednesday, Feb. 9, at Lineville Health and Rehab Center. Mrs. Holloway…
Prior to the removal of the remaining Creek tribes in 1836, natives of the Muscogee Indians inhabited the area, which became Roanoke, Ala. The region was covered with virgin forests; chinquapin grew sometimes for miles in length, bent into umbrella shape loaded down with fruit, and when ripened, the grandest and most interesting sight the…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commissioners met with representatives of Wedowee Quarry on Thursday of last week to discuss road conditions and truck routes near the quarry. A centerpiece for the meeting room table was a large chunk of County Road 58, which is disintegrating because of the amount of truck traffic. County Road 58 runs from Old…
WEDOWEE–The Town of Wedowee conducted a public hearing as part of its council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 1, and approved rezoning of three parcels of property north of downtown. According to Mayor Tim Coe, the properties are known as the Kerr property north of WM Grocery, the mini-warehouses behind NAPA and a parcel behind the…
WEDOWEE–On a cold, windy day in December drinking and riding met up at the intersection of County Roads 692 and 45 and the death of Roger Bailey, 57, resulted. Bailey was driving a white Dodge truck out the dirt road and met Alan Truman Higgins’ blue truck head to head from CR 692. In Tuesday’s…
The Woodland Lady Bobcats upset 2A’s top-ranked team, North Sand Mountain, in the first round of regional play Wednesday at Jacksonville State. Trailing by about 10 points at the half, the Lady Cats poured it on in the second half to tie the score at 59-59 at the end of regulation, sending the game into…
EAST POINT, Ga.–Student leaders and administrators announced Wednesday to the student body of Atlanta Christian College the 2012 relocation of its main campus to West Point, Ga., an expansion of athletics to include football, and a new name–Point University. Point University’s first semester of classes in West Point, located an hour southwest of Atlanta near…
Cotina Terry has been selected to replace Gerald Huddleston as acting executive director of the Randolph County Industrial Development Council. She took office as director effective Feb. 1 but has served on the board since July of 2008. The organization works to recruit industry and help it in any way it can. Jerry Cotney, who…