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(FIVE POINTS) Graveside services for Tommie Lee “Pete” Culbertson, 84, of Five Points will be held on Friday, June 30, 2023, at 10 a.m. at the Old New Hope Cemetery in Fredonia with Todd Henderson and Nick Pilgrim officiating. Mr. Culbertson passed away Tuesday, June 27, at his residence. Survivors include one son, Gregg Culbertson…

(ROANOKE) Private graveside services for Randall Frazier Golden, Sr., 83, of Roanoke were held on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at Randolph Memory Gardens with Bro. Scott Whaley officiating. Mr. Golden passed away Sunday, June 25, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, GA. Survivors include two daughters, Vickie Cummings (Steve) and Robin Romine (Paul), both of…

(BOWDON, Ga.) Mr. Lindsey Ervin Smith, of Bowdon, Ga., passed away on June 28, 2023. He was 96. Mr. Smith was born on April 28, 1927 in Bowdon to the late Joe and Eula Mae Smith. He worked for 33 years at Roop Wholesale until its closing and then retired as a clerk from Lamar…

At Monday’s meeting of Randolph County Commission, a number of roads were approved for upcoming projects. County Engineer Justin Rush recommended the list of roads. Gary Ingram Paving will be doing the work. The roads approved for chip sealing were county Roads 47, 132, 967 and 101. Full reclamation removal of current asphalt and new…

ROCK STAND — The attorney for a man who killed his parents in Rock Stand over 20 years ago said his client paid the price for a flawed system. Oliver Kitchens represented Michael Travis Head, who is currently serving time in prison for the murder of his father, 43-year-old Michael Leon Head, and his stepmother,…

The Roanoke recreation center and the work being done outside of it on West Point Street became something of a sore subject at the Roanoke City Council meeting Monday night. The night began with the council voting on a new set of rules for people who use the recreation center. Councilmember Tammi Holley had previously…

The summer’s first significant heat wave is expected to hit the state starting Thursday, with forecast high temperatures expected to be in the upper 90s through Sunday. The heat will be less intense here in Randolph County than it will be toward the western half of Alabama, but heat watches could be issued for our…

STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GERALD RAY YARBROUGH, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Gerald Ray Yarbrough, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 22nd day of June, 2023, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…

STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that Mortgage executed on the 10th day of November, 2006, by Roger Chambers and Amanda M. Chambers to Small Town Bank, which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama in Mortgage…