(ELLICOTT CITY, Md.) Margaret W. Chastain, 85, of Ellicott City, Md., died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, at the home of her daughter in Warrenton, Va.Born on June 18, 1924, in Cragford, she was the daughter of the late James and Stella Wilkinson of Roanoke and the sister of the late Annette Green of Knoxville, Tenn.…

(WEDOWEE) The funeral for Fred Huey, 87, of Wedowee will be Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Liberty Grove Congregational Methodist Church with the Revs. Greg Norred and Bobby Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Wedowee City Cemetery. Mr. Huey died Friday, Jan. 22, at Wedowee Hospital. Mr. Huey is survived by a…

(CUSSETA) Gerald “Goob” Craven, 61, of Cusseta died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, at his residence. The funeral will be Saturday, Jan. 23, at 11 a.m. EST at Beulah Baptist Church with the Revs. Steve Langley and Jim Dykes officiating. Burial will follow at Shady Grove Cemetery. Mr. Craven is survived by his wife, Judy Craven;…

(MANVEL, Texas) The funeral for Maceo Smedley Sr., 58, of Manvel, Texas, will be Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, at 11 a.m. at First United Missionary Baptist Church, Freeport, Texas, with the Rev. Ondra Waddy officiating and the Rev. Ricky Campbell eulogizing. Burial will follow at Houston Memorial Gardens in Pearland, Texas. He died Tuesday, Jan.…

(LANETT) Nan Elizabeth Sims Gillenwaters, 52, of Lanett died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, at home after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Chambers County, Nov. 1, 1957. She is survived by her husband, Donnie Gillenwaters; her parents Jack and Ramona Sims of Buchanan, Ga.; one brother, Scott Sims; a nephew; in-laws Clarice…

Arrests Alvin Rogers, 49, of 1400 County Rd. 310, Roanoke – public drunkenness and criminal mischief – Jan. 18 Troy Ware, 40, of 527 Cotney Line, Roanoke – DUI, violation of the prohibition law and leaving the scene of an accident – Jan. 15 Kevin Rufus Watts, 29, of 5451 County Rd. 26, Wadley –…

10 a.m. A program “Making College & Career Count” will be conducting a presentation for the Handley High School seniors and juniors. Call 863-2054 for more information. 10:30 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets behind the former KFC in Roanoke in the building with the blue awning. 11 a.m. The Randolph_County chapter of the American Association of_Retired…

The man was sure his wife was alive within the tomb created by last week’s earthquake in Haiti. As he desperately sought someone to help get her out a Los Angeles rescue team arrived. As these heroes worked, periodically they would stop and listen. Her husband would call her name. Then, finally, she answered. He…

Greg Varner plans to qualify for the District 13 Senate seat; Revenue Commissioner Josh Burns is still considering the race and former Sen. Gerald Dial says he is extremely busy with projects in his job as executive director of the Alabama Rural Action Committee and is not committing yet. Varner, an Ashland attorney, said District…

State Sen. Kim Benefield admits it was a hard decision but wanting to spend time with her three grandchildren won out in her decision not to run again for her District 13 Senate seat. Struggling with the decision she said, people who are commenting on how happy she looks might also be referring to the…

“Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there? Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they crucified my Lord?” The early African-American songs, which developed out of a need to express sorrow, fear or grief, were some of America’s earliest laments. “The spirituals came from deep…

COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Angelique Rhnea Mitchem AKA Angelique Fincher Mitchem and spouse, Donald L. Mitchem, Jr. on the 5th day of September, 2008 to Bank of Wedowee which said mortgage is recorded in the…

The coaching landscape of the Southeastern Conference underwent a dramatic shakeup last week. Even though there was only one coaching change, it was a big one with Tennessee’s Lane Kiffin jumping off Rocky Top and landing in Heritage Hall at USC. But believe it or not, that was not the big deal. Losing Kiffin is…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ALBERT CINCOTTI, DECEASED NOTICE OF PETITION FOR LETTERS OF TESTAMENTARY To: Richard Cincotti, Atlantic City, New Jersey Deborah Ann Cincotti, Savannah, Georgia You are hereby notified that Chere Brown Toland has this day filed in this Court her Petition to Probate the Last Will and Testament of Albert Cincotti, deceased.…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Bernadette Miller, to National City Mortgage, a division of National City Bank, on the 14th day of February, 2008, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Book 528, Page…

Plans are underway to organize a soup kitchen in the former downtown Roanoke location of Commercial Bank. A meeting is planned for Thursday, Jan. 28, at 6:30 p.m. at the McDonald Family Life Center of First United Methodist Church. Anyone who is interested in serving the community with a soup kitchen is encouraged to come.…

Well, she’s not exactly my baby. She’s my first born. Now she’s all grown up, educated, married, job with benefits, living over in Georgia. And back around Thanksgiving I turned her into a bootlegger. Let me explain. By now you have probably heard how the Alabama Beverage Control Board—Ole ABC to its friends—has assumed the…