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By Editor | December 28, 2010 |

LEGAL NOTICEIn accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Ronald Finch Inc., Contractor, has completed the Contract for Mechanical Improvements to Knight Enloe Elementary School for the Roanoke City Board of Education at Knight Enloe School for the State of Alabama and the City of Roanoke, AL,…

Sports in 2010: The year in review

By Editor | December 28, 2010 |

January Basketball season was in full swing in January 2010, with the annual county tournament headlining the action. The Handley Tigers defeated the Woodland Bobcats, 76-54, to win the county title in Wadley. The Woodland Lady Bobcats took home the girls’ county title by defeating the Handley Lady Tigers, 90-59. In late January, Courtney Strain…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

By Editor | December 28, 2010 |

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Kentovian Rowland, an unmarried man, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., on the 7th day of May, 2008, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 532, Page…

Virginia Hester Clark

By Editor | December 27, 2010 |

(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Virginia Hester Clark, 80, of LaGrange, Ga., died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, at Hospice LaGrange. Mrs. Clark was born Jan. 27, 1930, in Rock Mills, daughter of the late John Robert and Josie Kittle Hester. She was a member of the Spirit-Filled Ministries Church. Mrs. Clark was a homemaker most of her life,…

Fannie Bell Wood Spratling

By Editor | December 27, 2010 |

(WADLEY) Fannie Bell Wood Spratling, 74, Wadley at her home on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. Visitation will be Tuesday, Dec. 28, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. The funeral for Ms. Spratling will be Wednesday, Dec. 28, at 1 p.m. Cogar Hill C.M.E. Church, Daviston. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery.…

Two family members shot to death

By Editor | December 27, 2010 |

BETHEL EAST—Two people are dead following a Christmas weekend shooting at a home in the Bethel East community. According to Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Gregg Dendinger, the shooting happened on Sunday at 11:34 a.m. at 21273 County Rd. 87, which is between Bethel East and Graham. The victims are Christeen Whitley, 66, and her…

Chasity Ann Whaley Smith

By Editor | December 27, 2010 |

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Chasity Ann Whaley Smith, 36, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m., Monday, Dec. 27, 2010, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tim Whaley and Coach Jimmy Askew officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from noon to 2 p.m. at the funeral home…

Rachel Williams Runyan

By Editor | December 27, 2010 |

(GRAHAM) Rachel Williams Runyan of Graham died Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010, at her residence. She was 82. Mrs. Runyan was born May 10, 1928, in Cleburne County to the late Jessie J. and Mariah Whitley Williams. She retired as a seamstress from Sewell’s Manufacturing in Bowdon, Ga., after 44 years and was a member Bethlehem…

United States Department of Agriculture

By Editor | December 27, 2010 |

Farm Service Agency Notice of Availability Construction of Poultry Houses Finding Of No Significant Impact (FONSI) The United States Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (FSA) issues FONSI for the construction of two broiler houses at 833 County Road 673, in Section, Township 20 South, Range 12 East, in Randolph County, Alabama. The property owners…

Magdelene Rollins Olson

By Editor | December 27, 2010 |

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Magdelene Rollins Olson, 72, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010, at Welcome Home Baptist Church with the Rev. Fitzgerald Brown officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining church cemetery. Mrs. Olson will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. The family will…

Norma Mildred Parrish Dudley

By Editor | December 27, 2010 |

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Norma Mildred Parrish Dudley, 96, of Roanoke will be at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010, at Cedarwood Cemetery with the Rev. Ed Grooms officiating. Mrs. Dudley died Sunday, Dec. 26, at Randolph Medical Center. Mrs. Dudley is survived by two sons, Danny Parrish Dudley of Norcross, Ga., and Norman Mike…

Ann Hinton Wilder

By Editor | December 27, 2010 |

(MONTGOMERY) Funeral services for Ann Hinton Wilder, 80, of Montgomery, formerly of Randolph County, will be Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Michael Northcutt officiating. Burial will follow at Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Woodland. Mrs. Wilder died Saturday, Dec. 25, at her residence. Survivors include two daughters,…

Hubert Armour Bonner Jr.

By Editor | December 27, 2010 |

(CLANTON) Funeral services for Hubert Armour Bonner Jr., 81, of Clanton will be at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mike Ramage officiating. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery. Mr. Bonner died Friday, Dec. 24, at Shelby Baptist Medical Center. Mr. Bonner was born Aug. 8, 1929, the…

Larry James ‘LJ’ Johnson

By Editor | December 27, 2010 |

(PALMETTO, Ga.) Larry James “LJ” Johnson, 58, of Palmetto, Ga., formerly of Roanoke, died at his residence on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. Services for Mr. Johnson will be Monday, Dec. 27, at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Rev. Timothy Huguley, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Johnson was born…

Dorothy ‘Dot’ Thomas Huey

By Editor | December 27, 2010 |

(CANTON, Ga.) Dorothy “Dot” Thomas Huey, 85, of Canton, Ga., died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. Services will be at 2 p.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 28, at the Chapel of Darby Funeral Home, with the Rev. Max Vincent officiating. Interment in Cherokee Memorial Park. Family will receive friends on Monday, Dec. 27, from 4-7 p.m. Survivors…

Mary Faye Clark Earl

By Editor | December 27, 2010 |

(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Mary Faye Clark Earl, 78, of Lineville will be at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. S.T. Janney, Jeremy Holder, Stanley Yarbrough and Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. at…

Edward Pierson

By Editor | December 23, 2010 |

(WEDOWEE) Edward Pierson, 63, a resident of County Road 297, Wedowee, died at his residence on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. Visitation will be Friday, Dec. 24, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Services will be Sunday, Dec. 26, at 1 p.m. at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in the Swagg community, Wedowee, with the Revs. Willie…

Second murder suspect jailed

By Editor | December 22, 2010 |

Two men have been arrested in connection to Monday’s death of an Omaha man. Herman Roosevelt Green Jr., 38, of Woodland was picked up Thursday of last week in Douglas County, Ga., for probation violations there. Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Gregg Dendinger said, at this time, Randolph County has a hold on Green for…

More plead guilty in circuit court

By Editor | December 22, 2010 |

WEDOWEE–Fifth Judicial Circuit Judge Steve Perryman recently took more guilty pleas in Wedowee. One of them is a U.S. Department of Agriculture castle rustling case. One of the defendants, Meiko Cannon, 32, of 1110 21st Ave E., Apt. 1, Tuscaloosa, pleaded guilty to first-degree theft of property in this multi-county, multi-defendant enterprise that is believed…

Handley tops Coosa, leads area

By Editor | December 22, 2010 |

The Handley Tigers overcame a major hurdle in their hunt for an area title by defeating Central Coosa last Tuesday on the road. Handley took down Coosa, 62-47, improving to 3-0 in area play this season. “It’s real big for us because now we’re in the driver’s seat at 3-0,” Handley head coach Cliff Drummond…