(WEDOWEE) Janice Yarbrough Lawson, 64, of Wedowee died Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, at Hospice Atlanta following a courageous battle with metastatic breast cancer.A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. EST on Monday, Jan. 31, at Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, Ga.The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb.…
(WADLEY) Tamiya Spraddling, 23, of Wadley died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011, at University Hospital in Birmingham. The funeral will be Thursday, Feb. 3, at 1 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Wadley, with the Rev. Veresia Houston officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Spraddling will lie in state at the church one…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Hilda Prather Cummings, 88, of Roanoke was at 2 p.m., Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Tim Whaley and Michael Overton officiating. Burial followed in Welcome Home Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Cummings died Friday, Jan. 28, at Traylor Nursing Home. Mrs. Cummings was born Nov. 13,…
(ROANOKE) Linda Lee Clark Noles, 68, formerly of Newnan, Ga., now residing in Roanoke, died Jan. 25, 2011, at her residence. Mrs. Noles was born in the Sargent Community on Jan. 9, 1943, to the late Henry Ray Clark and Opal Johnson Clark. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her…
(HEFLIN) Funeral services for Mrs. Jetty L. Forman, 73, of Heflin were at 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011, at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. David Taft officiating. Burial followed in Pilgrim’s Rest Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Forman died Wednesday, Jan. 26, at Wedowee Hospital. Mrs. Forman was born March 22, 1937, the daughter…
(PURVIS, Miss.) Services Bonnie Jean Whiddon Holland, 76, of Purvis, Miss., were at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011, at Hulett-Winstead Purvis Chapel. Burial was in Lee Cemetery. Mrs. Holland died Sunday, Jan. 23, at Forrest General Hospital. Mrs. Holland was a homemaker and member of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by…
(ROANOKE) Mrs. Willie Lee Smith, 93, of Roanoke died Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, at Randolph Medical Center, Roanoke. Services were at Canaan Baptist Church, Welch, on Saturday, Jan. 29, at 1 p.m. CST with the Rev. L.B. Houston officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Smith is survived by four daughters and their husbands,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Willie B. Butts, 70, of Roanoke, formerly of Wadley and Lakeland, Fla., will be Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Gideon Baptist Church with the Rev. Ray Franklin officiating. Burial will follow at South Cemetery, Blountsville. Mr. Butts died Friday, Jan. 21, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika.…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Winnie Mae Crumpton Murphree, 100, of Wedowee will be at 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Elvis North officiating. Burial will follow in Wedowee City Cemetery. Mrs. Murphree died Monday, Jan. 24, at Clay County Nursing Home. Mrs. Murphree was born May 17,…
(WACO, Ga.) Myra Joyce Faulkner, 63, of Waco, Ga., died Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011. Mrs. Faulkner was born in Roanoke on May 17, 1947, to the late James Benjamin and Barbara Parker Adamson. She worked at Higgins General Hospital in Bremen, Ga., in the cafeteria. She is survived by her husband, Barry Faulkner Sr.; her…
(LINEVILLE) Thelma Louise DeJarnette, 83, a native of Randolph County and resident of Lineville, died Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, at the home of her daughter, Linda Garrett, in Lineville. Visitation will be Friday, Jan. 28, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mrs. DeJarnette will be in state at the church one hour prior to the…
(CRAGFORD) Funeral services for Kay Looser Thompson, 63 of Cragford will be on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, at 1 p.m. at Mt. Gilead Community Church with Bros. Ray Franklin, Jimmy Brand and Col. Flem B. Walker Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the Resthaven Memorial Park in Lanett. Ms. Thompson died Sunday, Jan. 23, at…
(ATLANTA) Walter Lee Slay, 77, of Atlanta, formerly of Roanoke, died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011, at Kindred Hospital in Atlanta. The funeral was Saturday, Jan. 22, at 11 a.m. at Willie A. Watkins Historic Westend Chapel, Atlanta, with the Rev. Willie Trammell officiating. Interment was at Chattanooga National Cemetery. Mr. Slay was born Sept. 14,…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Willie Brown, 90, of LaGrange, Ga., died Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Brown was born March 3, 1920, in Wedowee, son of the late Robert Lee Brown and Annie Bolt Brown. He was a part of the greatest generation serving his country in the Pacific during World War II. He…
Work on the new baseball complex continues as Roanoke City Schools is trying to complete the work in order to start the baseball season on the new field. Superintendent Chuck Marcum said he never goes into the high school without a baseball player asking him if the field will be ready this year. He said…
Butterflies of Alabama is a full-color, richly illustrated guide to the 84 known “true” butterfly species found within the state’s borders. For more than 14 years, the authors have made a close study of these showy, winged stars of the insect world, pursuing them in a great variety of habitats, rearing them and photographing their…
If the teenage years can ever be re-captured, it became a reality on Saturday night at the Soul Tymes Nine reunion concert in Roanoke at the former National Guard Armory building. Approximately 600 people came out to support the boys of the band and to visit with old friends and former classmates. Thorkild Hanser once…
U.S. Highway 431 was shut down for a little while Monday morning as a Lifesaver helicopter landed on the center line to transport an accident victim to a medical facility. LeJeana Wright, 18, of Roanoke was injured when her car left the road, overturned and crashed into some trees. According to Alabama State Trooper public…
A fire Monday night destroyed the mobile home of a father and son in the Tin Shop community. According to Randolph County E-911, the fire was reported at 11625 County Rd. 65. Tin Shop Volunteer Fire Department Chief Tony Richardson said the home was owned by Robert Earnest. His son was at home and woke…
Donnie Cash, supervisor of the streets department, warned at Monday night’s council meeting the Louina Street bridge may have to be closed after 90 days, but by the next day the news had improved. Concerned about the wooden bridge for a long time, Cash had talked with the city’s bridge inspector from Childersburg, and subsequently…