RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMACASE NO. JU09-005.01AMANDA GAIL POWELL SNIDER, PLAINTIFFVS.BILLY DON POWELL, DEFENDANTNOTICETo: Billy Don PowellNotice is hereby given that Amanda Snider has filed a Petition to Terminate the parental rights of Billy Don Powell. A hearing will be held on this in the Juvenile Court of Randolph County, Alabama, on the 3rd day of December,…
My birthday is coming up this Sunday, and I will celebrate 26 wonderful years on planet earth. To celebrate my birthday, I’m going to look back on some of the coolest things that have happened in sports since October 18, 1983. Some have shaped my love of sports and some are just cool. In 1983,…
The Woodland Lady Bobcats ended their season with an 18-2 record—not to mention county and area championship titles. Woodland defeated both Handley and Randolph County in the county volleyball tournament, staking their claim as the county’s best team on the court. In the title game against Randolph County, Woodland defeated the Lady Tigers in two…
10:30 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets behind the former KFC in Roanoke in the building with the blue awning. 1 p.m. Until further notice, Wadley First United Methodist Church Food_Bank will be open the second Wednesday of each month from 1 to 2 p.m. Recipients must meet federal guidelines. Applicants should bring one of the following:…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN M. SCHUESSLER, DECEASED NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATE Letters Testamentary on the Estate of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on the 5th day of Oct., 2009, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of said county in said State, notice…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain mortgage executed by Carron Meadows Sparks, a single woman to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) acting solely as nominee for Pensacola Guarantee Mortgage dated the 15th day of June, 2007, and Recorded in Mortgage Book 517, Page…
WEDOWEE—Randolph County Commission heard from several citizens during its workshop last week, all addressing other recent commission meetings. Former Randolph County Republican Party Chairman Sam Carpenter began by saying, “Randolph County deserves better government than it has had in recent weeks.” Of the jail committee, Carpenter said, “We elected you to do that… You can…
City of Roanoke utilities workers from Wednesday to Saturday afternoon worked to locate a water leak that drained more than 3 million gallons of water from the system, according to utilities operations supervisor Brent Wilson. When it was located in a creek bed around 1:30 p.m. Saturday they made a temporary repair, but by Monday…
WADLEY–Gene Crouch is general manager of Wadley Holdings, LLC, doing business as Meadowcraft. In a brief interview he said the new company is working hard to get its feet on the ground and move forward. “Our official position is we want to get as many people back to work as soon as possible, but the…
The Wadley Bulldogs couldn’t stop Winterboro from getting away with the big plays, leading to a 28-7 loss at home Friday night. Wadley was able to hold its own defensively against the athletic Winterboro team for the most part but gave up touchdown runs of 63, 50 and 74 yards. “We did not play consistently,”…
(WADLEY) We Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay! will open the 2009-2010 theater season at Southern Union State Community College. The show runs Tuesday through Thursday, Oct. 20-22, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 25, at 2 p.m. All shows are presented in Brazeal Auditorium on SU’s Wadley campus. The play, written by Nobel Prize winner…
There has been plenty of bad economic and infrastructure news lately. Fortunately, there is reason for hope for the future. In Wadley, where the greatest economic hit took place with the closing of Plantation Patterns, operations are resuming under the Meadowcraft name. Though it will take some time for the company to reach previous high…
Our daughter Michelle hangs her laundry on a backyard clothesline. It isn’t that she can’t afford a dryer. She has one; she just prefers sunshine to Duke Power. She and husband Derrick also have a few laying hens, along with a Welsh Corgi puppy that gets her kicks from herding stray chickens into their pen.…
On March 26, 1910, Orville Wright soared above the cotton fields west of Montgomery. It was the first flight of an airplane in Alabama and one of the first few flights in the world. On March 26, 2010, a group of dedicated aviation buffs, headed by Floyd McGowin Jr. of Chapman, will dedicate The Wright…
In the late 1930s, the Roanoke city government confirmed Ordinance Number 313a. The city’s aim was to “protect the public health and to provide for the disposal of human excreta, the installation and maintenance of sanitary pit privies and water closets…and to regulate the type, location, and capacity…” In other words, those outhouses without holes…
(WADLEY) Services for Iva Lee Jones, 90, of Wadley will be Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Rev. Tim Craft officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct.…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Nellie D. Fargason of Bowdon and Lithia Springs, Ga., died Aug. 18, 2009. She was 88. Mrs. Fargason was born in Carroll County, Ga., to the late Rufus and Mae Holloway. She was a lifelong resident of Carroll County until 2005 when she moved to Laguna Woods, Calif. Mrs. Fargason was a seamstress…
I am a creature of habit. And one habit I have is that every fall, as the air begins to chill, I read something by William Faulkner. Or listen to it—I’ll get to that in a minute. Only this year I started early. Let me explain. My 16-year old son was supposed to read three…
(ANNISTON) Graveside rites for LeRoy Doc Angel Sr., 79, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, at Eden Hills Cemetery with the Rev. Harry Roger Malone officiating. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Angel died on Oct. 7 at Regional Medical Center. Survivors include three…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Wilma Lee Pritchard, 90, of Carrollton, Ga., died Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, in a Carrollton hospital after a three-year battle with cancer. She was born March 2, 1919, in Randolph County, Ala., to the late Lee Andrew Cosper and Addie Mae Holliday Cosper. Mrs. Pritchard was a homemaker and member of the Order…