COUNTY OF RANDOLPHPROBATE COURTIN RE: ESTATE OF EULA M. BILLINGSLEY, DECEASEDNOTICE OF PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENTTo: Adrione Billingsley TidwellElonda BoddieKisha Billingsley JonesJarvis Jones BillingsleyYou are hereby notified that on the 16th day of June, 2010, Charlie H. West, Executor, filed in this court a petition for final settlement of the estate of Eula M. Billingsley,…

Southrons, hear your country call you! Up, lest worse than death befall you! Albert Pike, “Dixie” “Southrons.” I have always liked that. Has a ring that “southerner” lacks. But that’s probably just me. Anyway, to the point. Over the years “Southrons,” of whom I often count myself one, have shown a perchance for getting mixed…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY ALICE WILLIS DAVIS, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY CO-EXECUTORS Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 16th day of June, 2010, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Joseph Chad Green and wife, Brianna Green, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Greater United Home Funding, Inc., on the 30th day of July, 2007, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Charlie Fred May of Roanoke will be Thursday, June 24, 2010, at 11 a.m. at Roanoke Church of Christ with Brother Gerald Romine officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. May died Monday, June 21, at his residence. Mr. May is survived by his wife, Vera James May of…

The Randolph County Commission is considering the feasibility of closing a section of roadway in the Wadley area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the intersection of Alabama Highway 77 and County Road 838, thence run easterly along County Road 838 a distance of 0.88 miles to a point, for a point of…

You have to wonder if Derek Dooley has looked around him and wondered just whether he had been a little too anxious to take an SEC coaching job. He had a pretty good thing going at Louisiana Tech where he was 17-20 in three years despite a 4-8 record last season. He had some pretty…

Default having being made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Fannie Poole and Willie J. Phifer, both unmarried in favor of Jim Walter Homes, Inc., dated July 25, 2007 and recorded September 27, 2007 in Book 522 Page 321, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of…

RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that certain Mortgage executed by Joseph Halker and Mollie Halker to Small Town Bank recorded on March 11, 2002 in Mortgage Book 425 at Pages 636-643 which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama,…

(SENECA, S.C.) Faye Heard Stephens League, 74, of Seneca, S.C., died Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Cottingham Hospice House. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, June 24, at Davenport Funeral Home, West Union, S.C. The funeral will be at Big Springs Baptist Church, Roanoke, with burial in the church cemetery. A native of Woodland,…

The Roanoke City Council is to be commended for actually moving forward on improving downtown. Talks has been going on for years but it appears finally there is action. Covering up a fallen-in building is not resolving the problem but it is a step forward in regaining our self-respect as citizens of Roanoke. It is…

WADLEY–A handful of citizens showed up for public hearings about what to do with the old Wadley city hall and the old water tower property and a vigorous discussion occurred among those who were present. Dawn R. Landholm of the East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission also presented an extensive overview of what would…

(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Funeral services for Daryl Eugene Bailey, 46, of Lagrange, Ga., (formerly of Wedowee) will be 1 p.m. Thursday, June 24, 2010, at Union Chapel Methodist Church in Wedowee. The Rev. Clarence Foster Jr., pastor, will officiate along with the Rev. John T. Parkmond, eulogist. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Public visitation…

(ROANOKE) The funeral for Myra Keeble French Williamson, 70, of Roanoke will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Roanoke First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Larry Armstrong officiating. Mrs. Williamson will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will…

(VALLEY) Sara Francis Hodnett McDaniel, 87, of Valley died Sunday, June 20, 2010, at Gardens of Calvary, Columbus, Ga. Mrs. McDaniel was born in Daviston on Oct. 20, 1922. She had been a homemaker and was a member of West End Baptist Church. Surviving are a son, Lee and wife Linda McDaniel of Columbus; one…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Alzona P. Hands, 97, of Roanoke will be at 1 p.m. Friday, June 25, 2010, at Canaan Baptist Church in the Welch community with pastor Mario F. McDaniel officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Public visitation will be Thursday, June 24, from 1-8 p.m. at the funeral home. She…

(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Sandra Lynn Sutton, 61, of LaGrange, Ga., died Saturday, June 19, 2010, at West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. Born Jan. 24, 1949, in LaGrange, Mrs. Sutton was the daughter of the late William and Louise Haynes Terrell. She lived in LaGrange most of her life, was employed for a number of years by…

(FIVE POINTS) Arlies Guy “A.G.” East, 72, of Five Points died Friday, June 18, at his daughter’s home in LaGrange. Mr. East was born Feb. 27, 1938, in Randolph County, son of the late Albert Gaines East and Mary Grace Henderson Dunn. He was a U.S. Coast Guard veteran. He owned and operated East Auto…

(PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga.) Lindsey Glenn Fetner, 80, of Pine Mountain, Ga., died Friday, June 18, 2010 at Northside Hospital in Atlanta. Mr. Fetner was born Feb. 6, 1930, in Roanoke, son of the late Charles Clayton Fetner and Odie Hallman Fetner. He was retired from Milliken and Company and had worked for Security Forces. Mr.…

(BOWDON, Ga.) David Trammell “Buddy” Barrow, native of Bowdon, Ga., died Thursday, June 17, 2010, at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. He was 81. “Mayor Barrow,” as he was known to all in Bowdon, was born March 30, 1929, and was the loving son of Virginia and Hugh W. Barrow and brother of Hugh W. “Bill”…