Roanoke Police Chief Adam Melton asks that during this period of unusually cold weather, which early forecasts say will include snow on Thursday, that the public look out for other people.The Roanoke Police Department will be glad to check on anyone who needs to be checked on during the next several days of extremely cold…
10:30 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets behind the former KFC in Roanoke in the building with the blue awning. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, January 7 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…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Martha Faye Davis, 60, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mark Raughton officiating. Burial will follow in Sims Cemetery in Wadley. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 6.…
(CULLMAN) The funeral for Anna Mae Gasser, 92, of Cullman will be Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Moss Service Chapel with the Rev. Steve Baccus officiating. Burial will follow in Cullman City Cemetery. She died Sunday, Jan. 3, at Woodland Village Health Care. She was born Dec. 3, 1917, to Johnny and…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Mrs. Leoneda “Bob” Estes, a resident of Carrollton Manor and formerly of Bowdon, Ga., died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009. She was 88. Mrs. Estes was born July 26, 1921, in the Rock Mills community of Randolph County, Ala., to the late William and Mattie Bailey Manley. She was retired from Sewell’s Manufacturing in…
(ROANOKE) Annie P. Wilkinson, 93, of Roanoke died Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009, at Wedowee Hospital in Wedowee. Services were Saturday, Jan. 2, at noon CST at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Standing Rock with the Rev. William H. Trammell officiating. Burial followed at the church cemetery. Mrs. Wilkinson is survived by two sons, William Wilkinson of…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Mary Jean Brooks, formerly of Graham, Ala., died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. She was 87. Mrs. Brooks was born on March 28, 1922, in Randolph County, Ala., to the late James Monroe and Mary Green Daniel. She was a homemaker and a member of Bethlehem Campground Methodist Church. In addition to her parents,…
Roanoke Police Chief Adam Melton asks that during this period of unusually cold weather, which early forecasts say will include snow on Thursday, that the public look out for other people. The Roanoke Police Department will be glad to check on anyone who needs to be checked on during the next several days of extremely…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Albert Cincotti, 82, of Roanoke will be Monday, Jan. 4, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jamie Taylor officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Cincotti died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Survivors include his wife, Beulah Jo Todd…
(PENSACOLA, Fla.) Robert Kenneth Upchurch, 85, of Pensacola, Fla., died Jan. 4, 2010, after a lengthy illness. Robert, a native of Manchester, Ga., who grew up in Roanoke, joined the U.S. Navy during World War II. He retired in 1963 after 20 years of service; however, he continued to work for the School of Aviation…
(HOGANSVILLE, Ga.) Harlis J. Driver, 72, of Hogansville, Ga., died Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010, at LaGrange Nursing and Rehab Center. Mr. Driver was born Nov. 17, 1937, in Randolph County, Ala., son of the late Garfield and Ora Butler Driver. He lived in Troup and Heard counties most of his life, was Baptist by faith,…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Cathryn Dye Madden, 74, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Providence Baptist Church, Woodland, with the Rev. Vernon Willis officiating. Mrs. Madden will lie in state at the church one hour before the service. Burial will follow in Providence Cemetery. The family will receive friends…
(WADLEY) The funeral for James Wesley “J. W.” Sealey, 84, of Wadley will be Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with the Rev. Claude Bennett officiating and Wendy Sealey Gaylord delivering the eulogy. Burial with military honors will follow in Mt. Gilead Church Cemetery. Mr. Sealey died Monday,…
(FIVE POINTS) A memorial service for Michael C. Scott, 47, of Five Points will be Monday, Dec. 28, 2009, at 1 p.m. CST at the chapel of Alabama Funeral Homes and Cremation Centers in Dadeville with the Rev. Stephen King officiating. Mr. Scott was born Oct. 11, 1962, in Atlanta and died Tuesday, Dec. 22,…
Former President George W. Bush can’t catch a break. Rather than give his administration a slick name like “The New Deal” or “The Fair Deal” or “The Great Society,” Time magazine has declared the years when he was in office “The Decade from Hell.” How would you like that to be the title of your…
10:30 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets behind the former KFC in Roanoke in the building with the blue awning. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, December 31, New Year’s Eve 10 a.m. LifeSouth Community Blood Centers will have a blood drive at the Roanoke Walmart until 4 p.m. in the bloodmobile.…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: MATTHEW BILLY FRED WILLIAMS, DECEASED NOTICE OF PETITION FOR SALE OF PROPERTY BY PUBLIC AUCTION TO: MARCUS JAMAL WILLIAMS MATTHEW BILLY WILLIAMS GEORGE CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS You are hereby notified that Randy Gibbs, President of Gibbs Services, Inc., has this day filed in this Court for Petition for Sale of Property…
Arrests Daniel Justice, 19, of 481 Twin Lakes Dr., Roanoke – menacing with a gun – Dec. 24 Matthew T. Perry, 19, of 368 Twin Lakes Dr., Roanoke – menacing with a gun – Dec. 24 Madeline Margaret Evans, 20, of 340 Field St., Apt. 40, Roanoke – simple assault (domestic violence) – Dec. 23…
The Roanoke City Council formalized selection of Ron Cameron as fire chief to replace Bill Ford, who resigned and has already begun work as a patrolman with the police department. Mayor Mike Fisher had appointed 15-year veteran assistant chief Cameron as interim fire chief until this week’s council meeting. Fisher asked the council if there…
When Dr. Parker Griffith, serving as a Democrat in the Alabama Senate from Huntsville, decided to seek election to Congress two years ago the political operatives from the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee (RNCC) opened up a “no holds barred” smear campaign against him. They accused the doctor of failing to give cancer patients proper treatment…