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MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed on May 29, 2006, by Robert Jerry Birdsong, originally in favor of Cleveland Farms, Inc., and recorded in Mortgage Book 498 at Page 204 on May 30, 2006, in the Office of the Judge of Probate…

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Skeletal remains found in Malone

Skeletal remains were discovered outside a camper in the Malone community on Sunday morning during a welfare check. According to the report from the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, the victim’s son reported that he had not heard from Derald Owen Copp, 57, for three weeks, since he had been discharged from the hospital. After deputies…

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Criminal trial session to begin Sept. 5

Seven cases are listed on the docket for the start of next week’s criminal trial session at the courthouse in Wedowee. Circuit Judge Kevin Hall will preside over the hearings. This session was originally designated for civil cases, but none were ready for trial, so the court pivoted to use the time to clear some…

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Aviation maintenance course underway at SU

The sky’s the limit for 22 students who began coursework this fall in Aviation Maintenance Technology, a brand-new certification and degree program offered by Southern Union State Community College. The six-semester program, based at SU’s Opelika campus, is designed to take students and the aviation industry to new heights in Alabama and beyond. “Alabama is…

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Jacqueline Giffone

(WEDOWEE) Jacqueline Giffone passed peacefully at her home in Wedowee on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. “Jackie” (to those dear to her) was born Oct. 19, 1939, to Ernest and Sarah Genett McCord and raised in Woodland with her sister, Judy Shouse (pre-deceased) and brother Steve McCord. Jackie met her beloved John Giffone (pre-deceased) in Albuquerque,…

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Ampmeko Zyquan Trammell

(LANETT) Ampmeko Zyquan Trammell, affectionately known as “Meko,” 19, died Aug. 25, 2023. Meko was born July 29, 2004, as the eldest son to his mother, Megail Trammell, and father, Anthony Whitlow in Lanett, where he lived as a resident. Meko spent his younger years in Roanoke, where he attended Knight Enloe Elementary and later…

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Franklin Jerome Jackson

(HUNTSVILLE) Franklin Jerome Jackson, 86, of Huntsville, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. He is survived by his beloved wife of 62 years, Jeannette Sue Bragg Jackson; his daughter, Alison Bowden (spouse, Carlos); his son, John Jackson (spouse, Jennifer); his sister, Nan Bonner (spouse, “Spec”); and eight grandchildren, Diana Bowden, Cole Bowden, Alan…

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Peter Brunner

(WEDOWEE) Peter Brunner, 78, of Wedowee, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at his home. Survivors include his wife, Badea Brunner of Wedowee; sons, Jason Brunner and David Knight of Wedowee and Mel Brunner of Atlanta; and cousins, Herbert and Rita Brunner. Maya, Edith, and Rolph Aschwanden, of Zurich, Switzerland, and Rosemarie Breeding of…

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Thomas W. Fitzgerald

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Thomas W. Fitzgerald, 82, of Roanoke, were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Parker Barber officiating. Burial followed at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Fitzgerald passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 23, at his home. Survivors include one daughter, Stella Fitzgerald of Roanoke; one son,…

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