(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Todd Willis Wilson, 24, of Woodland will be Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Frank Foster, Rev. Scott Hannah, Rev. Scott Whaley and Rev. David Marcum officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens, Roanoke.The family will receive friends at the funeral home…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Audrey Lee Barfield “Maw Maw” Lentz, 96, of Charlotte, N.C., died Thursday, July 30, 2009, at CMC Main. She was born on May 2, 1913, in Randolph County, Ala., to the late Robert and Sally Barfield. Survivors include her daughters, Peggy Taylor of Kings Mountain, N.C., Phyllis Bagwell of Charlotte and Carolyn…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EVA RICHARDSON, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Edward Richardson on the 22nd day of July, 2009, by the Hon. George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court of Randolph County, notice is…
I love this little community known as Randolph County. Let’s get that out there first. But being pretty much in the middle of nowhere can be taxing on the people living and working here, particularly the younger crowd. It’s taxing because there’s just not that much to do. That’s why I was so excited when…
Sickness was bearing down. Folks in the Mill Village called it “the fever.” The newspaper called it “influenza.” Kate Bassett’s mama called it “the devil.” No matter what they called it, they were scared of it—and for good reason. The influenza epidemic began at Fort Riley, Kansas in March of 1918. It came in three…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE ESTATE OF HERMAN RALPH MURRAY, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Gertrude Frances Murray, Executrix, on the 22nd day of July, 2009, by the Honorable George Diamond, Probate Judge of Randolph County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against…
CASE NO: JU-2009-30.01 IN THE MATTER OF CHRISTIAN LEE MCLENDON NOTICE Clomer Lewis McLendon and Sylvia Marie Dennis, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer Donna Benefield’s Petition for Termination of Parental Rights and other relief by Sept. 3, 2009, or, thereafter a judgment by default may be rendered against him/her in Case Number JU-2009-30.01 in…
Last week at the SEC Football Media Days, one of the biggest topics of conversation was which coach didn’t vote for Tim Tebow as the first-team All-SEC quarterback on his preseason ballot. Of course, the offending coach didn’t speak until the final day so the question dominated the first two days. On Friday Steve Spurrier…
Last week I got this e-mail from my buddy JL (no periods) alerting me to the news that “PETA (was) peeved over Pike Place fish-throwing demo.” Normally I wouldn’t get into this. A few years ago PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and I locked horns over the ethical treatment of chickens. I…
A 17-year-old Roanoke juvenile was arrested on Wednesday of last week and charged by Roanoke police with felony burglary of a residence on Chemical Avenue. Other arrests are pending. Other Roanoke Police Department arrests were: Eugene Harold Tucker, 39, of 740 Bell Rd., Roanoke – public drunkenness – July 26 Kelvin Lenard Bradford, 23, of…
The governor just called for an additional two percent proration for education, effective immediately. This increases proration to a whopping 11 percent for the fiscal year that ends September 30, a massive cut for our schools not seen in decades. Unfortunately, the future does not seem much brighter. State officials believe that there will be…
The Roanoke City Council approved accepting the more than half million dollar grant from the Alabama Department of Transportation for a downtown streetscape and providing almost $145,000 for the city’s matching portion. Councilman Mack Arthur Bell voted against the project, which Mayor Mike Fisher and the other council members voted for. After the meeting Fisher…
Apparently the Selma plant portion of Meadowcraft sold in the Monday auction under the auspices of a Delaware bankruptcy court, but as of Tuesday the fate of Plantation Patterns in Wadley and the Birmingham headquarters is unknown. Meadowcraft was forced into bankruptcy by creditors Wells-Fargo and Wachovia Bank last March and has been struggling to…
BIRMINGHAM – Thomas Jackson “Tom” Morrison, 84, died July 26, 2009, in Birmingham. Visitation will be at Radney-Smith Funeral Home in Sylacauga Thursday, July 30, from 5 until 7:30 p.m. The funeral service will be at First Baptist Church in Sylacauga Friday, July 31, at 1 p.m. Graveside service will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. Mr.…
The crowd knows the names. Even though this is the first event of its kind in Randolph County, the crowd goes crazy every time their names come across the PA. “Representing Team Kudzu,” seems to be the phrase that brings the already rowdy crowd at the Roanoke Recreation Center to a bellowing roar. With their…
A Randolph County man was arrested on Thursday of last week for allegedly hitting another man in the head with a metal pipe. Leroy Jeffery O’Neal, 57, of 728 County Rd. 862, Wadley, is charged with second-degree assault and failure to appear in court (driving with a revoked license). O’Neal’s victim is Sammy Hill of…
Bill Henderson and his yellow speedster dragboat team suffered a setback this past weekend at a race in Highpoint, N.C. when Henderson lost in the first round of eliminations Sunday. Henderson had been fighting an illness since last Wednesday, but still managed to make it to the race weekend. “They pumped all kinds of stuff…
Sexual blackmail can now be added to the list of the misconduct charges made against federal prosecutors in the Don Siegelman case. In a filing in support of Siegelman’s request for a new trial, Alabama businessman Stan Pate of Tuscaloosa describes how federal prosecutors and investigators threatened to disclose innuendo about the sexuality of a…
A successfully completed electronic health record pilot project at Randolph Medical Center in Roanoke proves that even a small rural hospital can convert to electronic health records. The 18-month project was funded by a grant through the Health Resources and Services Administration and managed by the Office of Primary Care and Rural Health Development of…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Twanda W. Calloway, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Countrywide Bank, FSB, on the 14th day of March, 2008, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County,…