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Roanoke school board elects officers

By Editor | June 30, 2010 |

Roanoke City Schools Superintendent Chuck Marcum swore in board member Penny Bradshaw for a new five-year term and the board elected officers for the 2010-2011 school year at last week’s meeting.Calvin Trammell Jr. thanked the board for the confidence they have had in him as president. He has loved serving as president but thought it…

STATE OF ALABAMA

By Editor | June 30, 2010 |

COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Ray Yarbrough and wife, Deborah Yarbrough on the 3rd day of October, 2009, to Bank of Wedowee which said mortgage is recorded in the Probate Office of Randolph County, Alabama, in…

Ruby Marie Rice Fournier

By Editor | June 28, 2010 | Comments Off on Ruby Marie Rice Fournier

(BOWDON, Ga.) Ruby Marie Rice Fournier of Bowdon, Ga., died June 23, 2010. She was 61. Mrs. Fournier was born July 28, 1948, in Bowdon to Floyd and Mary Davis Rice. She was an employee of West Georgia Pest Control in Bremen. Mrs. Fournier was preceded in death by her father. In addition to her…

Madge Cadenhead Daniel

By Editor | June 28, 2010 |

(WEST POINT, Ga.) Madge Cadenhead Daniel, 92, of West Point, Ga., died Thursday, June 24, 2010, at Twin Fountains Nursing Home. Mrs. Daniel was born in Gabbettville, Ga., on March 13, 1918. She was a former employee of West Point Stevens Langdale Mill and a member of Bethel United Methodist Church. She loved cooking, quilting…

Ruby Lee Prickett Maples

By Editor | June 28, 2010 |

(ASHLAND) The funeral for Ruby Lee Prickett Maples, 86, of Ashland will be Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland with Bro. Steve Prickett officiating. Burial will follow in Springhill Baptist Church Cemetery. Ms. Maples died Saturday, June 26, at Clay County Nursing Home. She was a native of…

Tommy Allen ‘Pete’ Sanders

By Editor | June 28, 2010 |

(ATLANTA) Tommy Allen “Pete” Sanders, 68, of Atlanta, formerly of Valley, died Thursday, June 24, 2010, at his residence. The funeral was Sunday, June 27, at 2 p.m. EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley. Burial followed at Langdale Cemetery. Mr. Sanders is survived by his children and their spouses, Terri and Carl…

Ucal Smith, 105

By Editor | June 28, 2010 |

(ROCK MILLS) Funeral services for Miss Ucal Smith, 105, of Rock Mills will be Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Billy Allen officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday. Miss Smith…

Columbus Barto Mitchell

By Editor | June 28, 2010 |

(LINEVILLE) The funeral for Columbus Barto Mitchell, 82, of Lineville will be Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at 4 p.m. at New Hope (West) Baptist Church with the Revs. Billy East and Junior Estes officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Mitchell died Sunday, June 27, at his residence. He was born and lived…

Billy Frank Thornton

By Editor | June 28, 2010 |

(WEDOWEE) Services for Billy Frank Thornton, 72, of Wedowee were Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 2 p.m. at Midway Methodist Church with Roger Hammett officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Thornton died Friday, June 25, at his residence. Survivors include one sister, Judy Bassett of Wedowee; two nieces, Lisa B. Cheatham of…

James E. Messer

By Editor | June 28, 2010 |

(LAGRANGE, Ga.) James E. Messer, 75, of LaGrange, Ga., died Sunday, June 27, 2010, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Messer was born in Wedowee Oct. 25, 1934. He was a retired employee of West Point Homes Fairview Mill and had also worked at Dixie Mills. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of Levens…

James H. Williams

By Editor | June 28, 2010 |

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for James H. Williams, 52, of Wedowee will be at 11 a.m., Monday, June 28, 2010, at Union Chapel Baptist Church with the Revs. Spidell, William Phillips and William Crawford officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:30 to 8 p.m.…

Noel Franklin Morris Jr.

By Editor | June 28, 2010 |

(BREMEN, Ga.) Noel Franklin Morris Jr., 75, of Bushmill Road, Bremen, Ga., died June 23, 2010. Mr. Morris was born on Jan. 9, 1935, in Haralson County, Ga., the son of the late Noel Franklin Morris Sr. and Dera Nixon Morris. He was a retiree of Georgia Department of Transportation, was a veteran of the…

Gabriela Grace Taylor (infant)

By Editor | June 24, 2010 |

(DADEVILLE) Graveside service for infant Gabriela Grace Taylor, 25 days old, of Dadeville will be Friday, June 25, 2010, at 11 a.m. at Daviston Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Wayne Cowhick officiating. Infant Gabriela died Wednesday, June 23, at Children’s Hospital of Alabama. She was born on May 29, 2010, at 8:28 p.m. in Birmingham…

Virginia M. Marks

By Editor | June 24, 2010 |

(WEDOWEE) Graveside service for Virginia M. Marks, 94, of Wedowee will be at 10 a.m., Friday, June 25, 2010, at Green Lawn Cemetery, Atlanta, with the Rev. John Mackey officiating. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m., Thursday, June 24, at the funeral home. Mrs. Marks died Wednesday, June 23, at Clay County Hospital.…

John Clinton Davenport

By Editor | June 24, 2010 |

(SHARPSBURG, Ga.) A celebration service honoring the life of John Clinton Davenport of Demaret Drive, Sharpsburg, Ga., will be Friday, June 25, 2010, 1 p.m. EDT at Westview Abbey, 1680 Westview Dr., Atlanta. The Rev. L. B. Houston, pastor of Peace and Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church, Roanoke, will officiate. Survivors are: a loving wife, Mrs.…

Billy Pat Ayres

By Editor | June 24, 2010 |

(HEFLIN) The funeral for Billy Pat Ayres, 75, of Heflin will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 27, 2010, at Pinetucky Baptist Church with the Revs. Donald Tripplett, Vann Williamson and Billy Morris officiating. Mr. Ayres will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the adjoining church…

Helen Marie ‘Reesie’ Norris Horton

By Editor | June 24, 2010 |

(WOODLAND) Helen Marie Norris “Reesie” Horton, 73, of County Road 439, Woodland, died Wednesday, June 23, 2010, at Emory Hospital. She was born Oct. 5, 1936, in Carroll County, Ga., the daughter of the late Lora Hightower Norris and William Thomas Norris. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by a grandson. Survivors include…

Cora Etherene Smith Williamson

By Editor | June 24, 2010 |

(RANBURNE) The funeral service for Cora Etherene Smith Williamson, 81, of Ranburne will be at 2 p.m. CDT Friday, June 25, 2010, at Smyrna Baptist Church, Newell. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. She died Tuesday, June 22. Mrs. Williamson was born on May 16, 1929, in Newell to the late Onie and Frances…

Cecil Denson Pollard

By Editor | June 24, 2010 |

(GREENVILLE, Ga.) Cecil Denson Pollard, 80, of Greenville, Ga., died Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Hospice LaGrange. Born Sept. 15, 1929, in Randolph County, Ala., Mr. Pollard was the son of the late Auby and Zula Stewart Pollard. He lived in Troup County, Ga., most of his life and retired as a trainer from the…

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

By Editor | June 23, 2010 |

STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH Default having been made in payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Barbara Owensby, an unmarried woman, to SECURITY SOUTH MORTGAGE, INC., dated the 21st day of March, 2000, recorded in Book 401, Page 216, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph…