RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMANOTICE TO FILE CLAIMSIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFRALPH D. BLAIR, DECEASEDLetters Testamentary on the estate of Ralph D. Blair, having been granted to Freddy J. Pitts on the 20th day of July, 2010, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against…

AND CONTINUATION OF THE LEVY OF THE THREE (3) MILL DISTRICT SCHOOL TAX IN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2 (ROANOKE CITY) IN RANDOLPH COUNTY Notice is hereby given that the Randolph County Commission has called and ordered a special election to be held in School District No. 2 on September 21, 2010, at which there will…

(VALLEY) Jim Frank Smith, 81, of Valley died Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at his residence. Funeral services will be Tuesday, Aug. 3, at 2 p.m. EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Ben Hewitt officiating. Burial will follow at Johnson Memorial Gardens in Valley. Mr. Smith is survived by all…

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Roy H. Mitchell, 85, of Wedowee will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Donald Spradlin officiating. Burial will follow in Wedowee City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 4. Mr.…

(ALEX CITY) Funeral services for infant Martie Marie Smith of Alex City were Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jeff Freeman and Heydin McDaniel officiating. Burial will follow in Wadley City Cemetery. Martie Marie died Friday, July 30, at East Alabama Medical Center. Survivors include her loving…

RENEWAL AND CONTINUATION OF THE LEVY OF THE THREE (3) 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…

AND CONTINUATION OF THE LEVY OF THE THREE (3) MILL DISTRICT SCHOOL TAX IN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 IN RANDOLPH COUNTY Notice is hereby given that the Randolph County Commission has called and ordered a special election to be held in School District No. 1 on September 21, 2010, at which there will be submitted…

AND CONTINUATION OF THE LEVY OF THE FIVE (5) MILL DISTRICT SCHOOL TAX IN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 IN RANDOLPH COUNTY Notice is hereby given that the Randolph County Commission has called and ordered a special election to be held in School District No. 1 on September 21, 2010, at which there will be submitted…

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…

(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,…

(CARROLLTON, Ga.) The Rev. Leroy McCormick, a resident of the Oaks Nursing Home in Carrollton, Ga., died Thursday, July 29, 2010. He was 78. The Rev. McCormick was born on April 7, 1932, in Randolph County, Ala., to the late Rev. Lewis and Estelle Benefield McCormick. He was employed by Tidwell Construction and was an…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Naomi Crews ” Nay Nay” Bradley, 87, of Roanoke will be Thursday, July 29, 2010, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Wedowee with the Rev. Gordon Taylor officiating. Burial will follow in Wedowee City Cemetery. Mrs. Bradley died Tuesday, July 27. Mrs. Bradley is survived by a daughter and…

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Buford Bishop, 83, of Wedowee will be Saturday, July 31, 2010, at 1 p.m. at Noonday Christian Church with the Revs. Harold Bonner and Zenus Windsor officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Bishop died Thursday, July 29, at Wedowee Hospital. The family will receive friends at Benefield Funeral…

(LANETT) Emily Pinkard Henson, 99, of Lanett died Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at Lanier Nursing Home in Valley. The funeral will be Saturday, July 31, at 2 p.m. EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home, Valley, with the Rev. Howard Merchant officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Zion Christian Church Cemetery near Roanoke. The family will…

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Merle Kirby Boyd, 65, of Roanoke will be Friday, July 30, 2010, at 11 a.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Rev. Tommy Burke officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 29. Mrs. Boyd died Tuesday, July 27, at her…

PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE TO THE CREDITORS OF ESTATE OF: VERNON L. DENSON, DECEASED Letters Testamentary upon the estate of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on the 21st day of July, 2010, by Honorable George Diamond, the Probate Judge of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons…

From now on, I’ll never hear a Glenn Miller classic in the same mood as before. The Independent-Mail, our local newspaper, sponsored a concert by the present-day Glenn Miller Band, and Miss Peggy surprised me with a couple of tickets and an evening in the company of dear friends, Alan and Carol Bailey. You can’t…

WEDOWEE—You can’t have a meeting without an agenda, so Randolph County Commission did not have one this week. During Thursday’s workshop meeting, Chairman Doyle Allen stated that he had consulted with the Association of County Commissions of Alabama, the county attorney and the county administrator on the application of the rules. Commensurate with that meeting,…

(DAVISTON) Funeral services for James John “Johnny” Walker, 66, of Daviston will be Monday, July 26, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Daviston Independent Methodist Church. Bro. Ray Dunn and Rev. Ray Hallman will officiate. Burial will follow in Daviston Independent Methodist Church Cemetery. Mr. Walker died Saturday, July 24, at his residence. He was born…

What do Miss Emerald Coast USA, Miss Northwest Florida, Miss Panhandle, Teen Miss Panhandle, Teen Miss Gulf Shores, Miss Pensacola USA, Miss Pensacola Teen USA, and Abita’s Save Our Shores Charitable Pilsner have in common? Give up? They all want to help clean up the beaches, but BP, Alabama and Mississippi won’t let them. Along…