Editing Roanoke, Alabama (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Edward A. Burkhalter|Admiral Edward A. Burkhalter]], Chief of Naval Intelligence; Director of Intelligence Community, CIA
*[[Wilkie Clark]], African-American [[entrepreneur]] and [[civil rights]] activist
*[[Jake Daniel]], former [[Major League Baseball]] player
*[[George Eddy]], American-French basketball commentator and professional basketball player
*[[Horace Gillom]], former [[Cleveland Browns]] football player, who contributed to the evolution of punting by standing farther back from the center than was normal at the time
*[[William Anderson Handley]], former [[United States House of Representatives|congressman]]
*[[Fred Hyatt]], former [[Auburn University]] and professional football wide receiver
*[[Odell McLeod]], country-gospel singer, radio entertainer, and songwriter
*[[Stanley O'Neal]], former chairman and chief executive officer of [[Merrill Lynch]]
*[[Clare Purcell]], former [[bishop]] of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church, South]], and the [[Methodist Church (USA)|Methodist Church]]
*[[Ella Gaunt Smith]], doll manufacturer
*[[David Vann (mayor)|David Vann]], mayor of [[Birmingham, Alabama]]
*[[Bradley Bozeman]], former University of Alabama football player and current NFL football player with the Los Angeles Chargers.
*Henry Spec Bonner, former mayor of Roanoke and owner of the old Bonner hotel.
*Ronald L Traylor, MVP 1961 1A Alabama State Basketball Tournament, 1A Alabama State Tournament Record Holder (1961 vs. Notasulga, 39 points).  University of Alabama sophomore redshirt, 1963.