(CARROLLTON, Ga.) James Howard Holliday, 73, of Carrollton, Ga., died Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011.Mr. Holliday was born in Roanoke, Ala., on Dec. 30, 1937, the son of the late William “T” Holliday and Virginia Sherman Holliday. Mr. Holliday was a retired 1st Sgt. with the U.S. Army and also a retired mechanic with Southwire Company.…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Benjamin Earnest “Square” Johnson, 95, of Woodland will be at 1 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bobby Burroughs officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Newnan, Ga. Mr. Johnson died Thursday, Feb. 3, at Lineville Health and Rehabilitation. Mr. Johnson was born July…
(MICAVILLE) Funeral services for Jordan E. Akles, 73, will be Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, at 1 p.m. at Canaan Baptist Church with the Rev. Wallace Cooley officiating. Burial will be in Chulafinnee Cemetery. The body will arrive at the church two hours prior to service. Mr. Akles died Monday, Jan 31, at Regional Medical Center,…
(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) Loy Elaine Chapman, 70, of St. Petersburg, Fla., died on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harvey Chapman. Elaine, Harvey and their children, Karen and Michael, were formerly residents of Newell. Years ago, Elaine was an employee of Randolph Publishers. She is survived by her daughter…
Trey Fetner signed a letter of intent to play football at the University of South Alabama Wednesday afternoon. Fetner was recruited to play quarterback after starting at the position for the Woodland Bobcats for the past two seasons. Woodland football coach Larry Strain said there is also a possibility Fetner will play baseball as well.
Every year about this time appeals go out for blood donors to come forward since collections always fall over the holidays. This year, though, the extreme weather that hit the eastern U.S. caused the loss of around 14,000 units of blood nationwide due to blood drive cancellations and impassable road conditions for potential donors. The…
I wonder what makes people so hateful and cruel. Stories of bullies touch me because I know what it is like to be bullied and to see others bullied. I never put up with much but I saw others who were harassed unmercifully. But, I will never forget the embarrassment in elementary school when the…
I read where the Japanese are planning to use cloning technology to bring the woolly mammoth back to life. Why they chose the mammoth over the mastodon is a question I’ll leave to the Japanese. I suspect they did it the same way Noah decided which species to bring aboard the ark, which is probably…
The details of the deals engineered by outgoing Gov. Bob Riley will slowly be revealed in full over the next several months, many of them concocted during the waning weeks of his official tour of duty as our governor, and at least one in the final days. Perhaps the most significant of them all is…
I love the beach in winter, a time, as Jimmy Buffet put it, “when the coast is clear.” Well, not completely clear, but clearer than it is in summer. I didn’t care for the winter beach when I was younger. My grandmother’s Florida Panhandle cottage, built in 1956, was not designed for cold weather. It…
CSX Railroad workers have been working in this area laying new rails. But, Monday Jeremy Duke of Mobile was working at the old depot location trying to repair the collapsing road so it can be re-opened. It has been barricaded off since before Christmas. A huge 10 foot hole was dug out to replace drainage…
The city of Roanoke has been notified the Streetscape Transportation Grant deadline for downtown has been extended to 2013, according to City Clerk Penny Holloway. The $579,795 Alabama Department of Transpor-tation Enhancement Grant has been extended from March of this year to Jan. 17, 2013. The monies were not available and DOT wanted to make…
Most members of the Roanoke City Council, the Randolph County Commission and Boys and Girls Club board of directors met Monday night to try find a way to repair the roof and perform other needed work on the building being used. The commission owns the old health department building on Price Street being used for…
The winning word “establishment” established Jennessa Bryson as Randolph County’s top speller during the Randolph County Spelling Bee held on Friday of last week at Wedowee Middle School. Bryson is a sixth-grader at Wedowee Middle School and the daughter of David and Kathy Bryson of Wedowee. She will compete at the state spelling bee in…
City School Superintendent Chuck Marcum played a videotape at the Jan. 25 board meeting explaining the financial difficulties that lie ahead for Alabama schools. On the videotape are Sally Howell, executive director of the Alabama Association of School Boards, and Craig Pouncey, deputy state superintendent of education, talking about how bad financially it is now…
Showing up at one of the two cardboard boat-making clinics might net you one of the 60 cardboard pieces ideal for the boat’s hull, according to organizer Patt High. The clinics will help you get a head start on boat-making whether you are a novice or experienced, she said. She knows some people who enjoyed…
Mayor Mike Fisher said since losing investigator Billy Lane to the sheriff’s department, investigator James Bailey is working a lot and doing an excellent job, but needs help. He suggested to the city council they look at hiring a replacement and everyone agreed. Fisher said he thought they should take care of those already working…
By an act of the Legislature of Alabama on Dec. 18, 1832, the County of Randolph was created and named for John Randolph of Petersburg, Va. It was originally somewhat larger than it now is. In 1867 an act of the General Assembly of Alabama reduced its size by the creation of Cleburne County from…
The Handley Tigers suffered only their third loss of the season to Lanett this week, but picked up two big wins to bounce back. The Tigers were in control of the game against Lanett on the road through the first half. Handley led 14-10 at the end of the first quarter and 28-23 at the…
The Woodland Lady Bobcats strolled through a few wins, but fell to 1A powerhouse Spring Garden last week as well. Woodland began by throttling Beulah, 85-23, in a game that was essentially over in the first quarter. The Lady Cats jumped out to a 30-4 lead in the opening quarter, setting the tone for an…