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Paul Alvin Denson

By Editor | October 19, 2009 |

(ANNISTON) Services for the Rev. Paul Alvin Denson, 84, will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, at K.L. Brown Memory Chapel in Golden Springs with the Rev. Dr. Roland Brown and the Rev. Dr. Don Carroll officiating. Interment will follow at Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery.The family will receive friends on Saturday from…

Abraham Lincoln ‘A.L.’ Robertson

By Editor | October 19, 2009 |

(WEDOWEE) Abraham Lincoln “A.L.” Robertson, 84, of King David Turner Road, Wedowee, died Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, at Wedowee Hospital. The funeral will be Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Union Chapel United Methodist Church, Woodland Drive, Wedowee, at 1 p.m. with the pastor, the Rev. Clarence Foster, officiating, and burial in the adjoining. Visitation and viewing…

Hubert L. Worley

By Editor | October 19, 2009 |

(LaGRANGE, Ga.) The Rev. Hubert L. Worley, 69, of LaGrange, Ga., died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, at his home. Mr. Worley was born June 8, 1940, in LaGrange, son of the late Cecil and Evie Shaddix Worley. He was ordained at Shoal Creek Baptist Church and served as a Baptist minister for more than 30…

Brenda Holloway Kennamer

By Editor | October 19, 2009 |

(NORFOLK, Va.) Brenda Holloway Kennamer, 59, of Norfolk, Va., died Oct. 14, 2009. She was born March 22, 1950, in Randolph County, Ala. She was the daughter of Alford (wife Louise) Holloway and Lillian (husband Harold) Ledbetter of Opelika. She is survived by her children, Nichole Brianna and Scott Brandon Kennamer, many extended family members…

Roger Eugene Sheppard

By Editor | October 19, 2009 |

(STANDING ROCK) Services for Roger Eugene Sheppard, 60, of Standing Rock will be Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 4 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Gerald Sheppard officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:30 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19. Mr.…

Al Willis Jr.

By Editor | October 19, 2009 |

(ANNISTON) Services for Al Willis Jr., 82, of Anniston will be Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Clay County Funeral Home with Dr. Roland Brown, the Rev. James Simpson and the Rev. Alan Cotney officiating. Burial will follow in Clay County Memory Gardens. Mr. Willis died Saturday, Oct. 17, at…

Gary Ralph Brown

By Editor | October 19, 2009 |

(LINCOLN) Services for Gary Ralph Brown, 57, of Lincoln will be Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel in Roanoke. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home beginning at 10 a.m. on Monday. Mr. Brown died Thursday, Oct. 15, at his home.…

Tameka Ani Higgins

By Editor | October 19, 2009 |

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for minister Tameka Ani Higgins, 35, of Roanoke will be Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bishop Donald Lancaster officiating. Burial will follow in Rock Mills Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct.…

Friday Night Football Scores

By Editor | October 16, 2009 |

Handley 28, Saks 0; Woodland 24, Horseshoe Bend 6; Loachapoka 28, Wadley 3; Lineville 26, Randolph County 7 Handley 28, Saks 0 The Handley Tigers earned the region championship with a 28-0 blanking of Saks on the road Friday night. The Tigers’ first score came on a 1-yard run courtesy of Darius Finley with 6:39…

Sales for animal shelter and library this Saturday

By Editor | October 14, 2009 |

The Randolph County Animal Shelter fall book and yard sale will be this Saturday, Oct. 17, and Saturday, Oct. 24, from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the old warehouse across from Cedarwood Cemetery on Main Street. All money raised will go to shelter operations to care for the animals. This year there are several…

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

By Editor | October 14, 2009 |

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated December 21, 2007, executed by DENNIS J. TAFT, JR., sole ownership, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS”) SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR OPTEUM MORTGAGE, A DIVISION OF METROCITIES MORTGAGE, LLC, which mortgage was recorded on January 2, 2008, in…

Winds cause damage in Wedowee

By Editor | October 14, 2009 |

A gust of wind early Wednesday of last week in Wedowee damaged a couple of small metal buildings that were for sale on a lot south of downtown. Across U.S. 431 from the little buildings, a utility pole on the side of a hill gave way and was leaning out across the right of way…

Wadley seeks million dollar grant for water and sewer systems

By Editor | October 14, 2009 |

WADLEY–The town of Wadley, long beset by water and sewer problems, is in the running for an approximately million dollar Community Development Block Grant to improve its antiquated water and sewerage systems. At last week’s meeting the Wadley City Council approved a resolution applying for the economic development grant. State Rep. Richard Laird, said they…

Bobcat defense locks down Tigers

By Editor | October 14, 2009 |

The Woodland Bobcats were excellent on both sides of the ball. They were dominant in the ground game, the passing game and stuffing the opposing offense in a 48-12 win over region and county rival Randolph County in Wedowee Friday night. “I feel like we put four quarters of football together,” Woodland head coach Larry…

City considers pursuing brownfield grants

By Editor | October 14, 2009 |

Ellen Austin, community development director with the East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission, has made three trips to Randolph County recently to explain and help leaders pursue grants to assess and potentially clean up brownfield sites. When she recently spoke to the Roanoke Rotary Club she explained a brownfield is property whose expansion, redevelopment…

Handley wrecks Childersburg

By Editor | October 14, 2009 |

The Handley Tigers kept on rolling with another lopsided victory. This time it was a 49-7 thumping of Childersburg on homecoming Friday night. The story of the win over Childersburg was much the same as it has been week in and week out for the Tigers—a lethal rushing attack and a dominating defensive performance. “The…

CONTINUATION OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

By Editor | October 14, 2009 |

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for Heritage Lending & Investments, LLC on April 12, 2007, by William Mitchum and Theresa Mitchum Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants with Rights of Survivorship, and recorded in…

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

By Editor | October 14, 2009 |

ALABAMA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Default having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Louis Lendon Stinnett and Deborah Elaine Stinnett to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., its successors and assigns, dated March 15, 2007, said mortgage being recorded in Book 512, Page 354,…

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

By Editor | October 14, 2009 |

ALABAMA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Default having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Billy Turner and Amy Turner, Husband and wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for American Pioneer Financial Services, Inc. its successors and assigns, dated November 6, 2002, said mortgage being recorded in Book…

Cook: Tebow leads Gators to big night win in Death Valley

By Editor | October 14, 2009 |

There he was, No. 15 out there on the turf at LSU’s Tiger Stadium last Saturday night taking the first snap. Tim Tebow, two weeks from a concussion, was on the field being Tim Tebow, which means he was directing another Florida victory. OK, so he wasn’t exactly the same Tebow we have been watching…