RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMAIN RE: THE ESTATE OF FRED HUEY, DECEASEDNOTICE OF PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENTTO: Shelby CalmesCanton, GeorgiaYou are hereby notified that on the 2nd day of November, 2010, Janie Austin, Executrix, filed in this court a petition for final settlement of the estate of Fred Huey, deceased. A hearing on the petition for final…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: PAUL PIRKLE JR., DECEASED ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Paul Pirkle Jr., deceased, having been granted to Melissa Pirkle on the 8th day of Dec., 2010, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having…

(ROANOKE) Winfred “Wimp” McGuire, 48, of Roanoke died Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, at his residence. Services will be at Sweet Home Baptist Church, Five Points, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, at 1 p.m. with Dr. A.L. Parkmond Sr. officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mr. McGuire will lie in state at the church one…

The Town of Wadley is soliciting proposals from qualified firms to provide professional administrative services in connection with the Town’s FY 2010 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Small City Fund Project #SM-CM-PF-10-038. Administrative services will require the overall management and administration of the CDBG grant project in accordance with all applicable rules and regulations of…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Rod Arrington, a single man, to SouthTrust Bank of Alabama, National Association, on the 21st day of February, 1997, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Book: 339 Page:…

(WADLEY) Funeral services for Jimmie Ann Knight, 78, of Wadley will be Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010, at noon at Corinth Christian Church with the Revs. Ricky Cummings and Bobby Burroughs officiating. Burial will follow at the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday. Mrs. Knight died…

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Ervin Randall Smith Jr., 56, of Roanoke, formerly of Valley, will be Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Cedarwood Cemetery with the Rev. Greg Norred officiating. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 14. Mr. Smith died Monday, Dec. 13, at…

ALABAMA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Default having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by John Terry and Yulonda Terry, for and during their joint lives then to the survivor of them to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc acting solely nominee for EquiFirst Corporation, its successors and assigns, dated July 24, 2007, said…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Joseph M. Smith and his wife, Theresa Binion Smith, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., on the 12th day of May, 2005, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the…

(WADLEY) Funeral services for Curtis G. Calhoun, 86, of Wadley will be held Thursday, December 16, 2010, at 11:00 am from Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Rev. Jack Womack officiating. Burial will follow at Providence Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15. Mr. Calhoun died…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Nadine Prescott, an unmarried woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Molton, Allen, & Williams Mortgage Co. LLC, on the 9th day of May, 2006, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the…

(ROANOKE) Graveside service for Jerry Alton Horne, 78, of Roanoke will be at 1 CST Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, at Ft. Mitchell Cemetery, Phenix City, with the Rev. Brian Moore officiating. Mr. Horne died Tuesday, Dec. 7, at his home. Mr. Horne is survived by his companion, Karen Stone of Roanoke; one daughter, Cynthia D.…

(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Janice Smith Williams, 66, of Woodland will be Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Bro. Clayton Scott and the Rev. Tony Morris officiating. Burial will follow in Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m.…

(ROANOKE) Graveside service for Jerry Alton Horne, 78, of Roanoke will be at 1 CST Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, at Ft. Mitchell Cemetery, Phenix City, with the Rev. Brian Moore officiating. Mr. Horne died Tuesday, Dec. 7, at his home. Mr. Horne is survived by his companion, Karen Stone of Roanoke; one daughter, Cynthia D.…

The Auburn Tigers just came the biggest underdog in America last Saturday when they romped past South Carolina and won their way into the BCS National Championship Game. While the title game win over South Carolina was lopsided, by the end of the evening the Tigers could have been feeling the wrath of the nation…

WEDOWEE—Randolph County Commission will ask for bids to remodel the former Wedowee Volunteer Fire Department building and other spaces, just down the block from commission chambers, to be used as county office space. Commissioner Lathonia Wright said the county needs to find out what it will cost to do it by the architect’s plans. He…

Alabama Republicans have the opportunity of a lifetime—compliments of the voters on Nov. 2—to give the people what they asked for, which is an overhaul of the Alabama Legislature and the entire political process. On Nov. 1, Democrats had a firm grip on the Alabama Senate—20 Democrats, 14 Republicans and one Independent. On Nov. 2,…

Plenty has been written about the upcoming special session of the Alabama Legislature, called to address ethics reform. Bob Martin on this page and Gerald Dial on the facing page are just two of those weighing in. Making state government more open and accountable to the public and less dependent on lobbyists and often unknown…