(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Mary Lynn Taylor, 74, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow in Forrester’s Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Wadley.The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug.…

7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, August 5 8:30 a.m. Randolph County Commission will have an agenda workshop meeting at Randolph County Courthouse Annex. Those wishing to address the commission should call (256) 357-4980 by 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. noon Roanoke Rotary Club meets at The Galley Restaurant. 4 p.m.…

Those words were part of the lyrics in the song (Going down to) “Jackson” written by Jerry Leiber and Billy Edd Wheeler and made into a Grammy-award winner by Johnny Cash and June Carter in 1968. The words weren’t used in the song to describe the weather, but they would sure be appropriate for the…

We live in the state of Alabama. A place where summer starts early and ends late. But it’s a place where football talk is welcome no matter what time of year it is. I want to take a couple of weeks to go over my predictions for the SEC. I’m no Ben Cook, but predicting…

News from around the Southeastern Conference… Ole Miss dropped a bombshell last weekend when Rebel coach Houston Nutt invited former Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli to Oxford in hopes of luring him into attending graduate school—and while he’s there playing a little football—at Ole Miss. This is the quarterback who pled guilty to stealing a laptop…

I’ve just decided to embark on a new and potentially lucrative career: the practice of not complaining. The idea comes from a New York Times article I read about a company that is trying to silence the people around Ione, Ore., who may not like the noise of its wind-powered electric generators. To quote The…

A young Roanoke man has petitions across Randolph County in hopes of getting a movie theatre to come back to Roanoke. Michael Fielder, 22, said he spoke with a representative of Carmike Cinemas who advised him to get signatures, get the city’s approval and call them back. The representative did not say how many signatures…

A Roanoke man was caught just after midnight Monday allegedly siphoning gas from the Center Chapel church bus. Billy Eugene Brooks, 29, of 143 Price St. was arrested at the scene on County Road 87. He is charged with third-degree criminal mischief and theft by deception. Another male subject escaped and is being sought by…

Students across Randolph County will head back to school on Monday. Here are the details for each county school: Handley High School Handley High School welcomes several new faces this school year: principal Greg Foster, assistant principal Amy Fetner and guidance counselor Kelli Hendon. Students at Handley must be dropped off on Randle Street next…

It seems much too early to be August. It seems much too early for school to start back Monday. I liked school, but I loved summer vacation. It was great sleeping late, going swimming, and reading all day once I got my chores done. I loved summer when I was young and still do. Sure,…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Teresa J. Olson, an unmarried woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Coldwell Banker Mortgage, on the 28th day of February, 2006, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF JEWELL FOWLER, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Jewell Fowler, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 29th day of July, 2010, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Michael L. Henderson, 32, of Roanoke will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, at Macedonia Baptist Church in Roanoke, with the Rev. Timothy Hughley, pastor, and Rev. Claude Bell officiating. Burial will follow in Macedonia Church Cemetery. Public visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4,…

(VALLEY) Beulah Ray Rice, 103 of Valley died Saturday, July 31, 2010, at Lanier Nursing Home in Valley. The funeral will be Monday, Aug. 2, at 4 p.m. EDT at Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, LaGrange Chapel, with Dr. Paul R. Baxter and Rev. Clifford DeLee officiating. Burial will follow Restlawn Memory Gardens. Mrs. Rice is survived by…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Real Estate Mortgage executed by Tamekia Wright, an unmarried woman, to the United States of America, United States Department of Agriculture, acting by and through the Farmers Home Administration, or its successor, dated January 23, 2001, recorded January 24, 2001, in…

(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Charles H. Scantlin, 72, of Newnan Road, Carrollton, Ga., died Friday, July 30, 2010. Mr. Scantlin was born June 16, 1938, in Randolph County, Ala., the son of the late James A. Garfield Scantlin and Mary Potts Scantlin. He served in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam era and…

(LAFAYETTE) John Kimball “Kim” Cox, 45, of LaFayette died Sunday, July 25, 2010, at his home. Graveside services were Tuesday, July 27, at 6:30 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Congregational Christian Church Cemetery. Chaplain Mark McGee officiated. Pallbearers were Grant Patterson, Joshua Cox, Dean Smith, Daniel Smith, Stephen Jackson and John Smith. Survivors include his mother,…

(ASHLAND) Funeral services for Hanley H. Loveless, 79, of Ashland will be Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home Chapel with Ryan Robertson officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Clay County Memory Gardens. Mr. Loveless died Saturday, July 31, in the Nolen Long Term Care Facility at Regional Medical…

RENEWAL AND CONTINUATION OF THE LEVY OF THE ONE (1) MILL COUNTYWIDE SCHOOL TAX IN RANDOLPH COUNTY Notice is hereby given that the Randolph County Commission has called and ordered a special election to be held in Randolph County on September 21, 2010, at which there will be submitted to the qualified electors of said…

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Rusty Ray Sheppard, 48, of Wedowee will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010, at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Roger Hammett and Bro. T. W. Wortham. Burial will follow in Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to…