Albert Pujols may be the best baseball player ever to grace the diamond, ladies and gentlemen.He hits home runs, he has a career batting average of .334 and he’s considered one of the best first basemen in the game right now. What’s not to like?Not only that, he hasn’t been busted for using banned substances.Yet.You’ll…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Joseph M. Smith, and his wife Theresa Binion Smith, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., on the 12th day of May, 2005, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the…

Once again I returned to Foggy Hollow. As many of you know, twice a year—in the fall and about now—musicians gather at the Foggy Hollow Farm, tucked into the heart of Pleasant Valley, almost in downtown Webster’s Chapel, to pick and sing and entertain the audience and each other. Now friends, and you are my…

It is great to see Kesa Johnston in a renovated, wonderful old building downtown. She and her friends worked wonders on the building. While we will have to wait on the coffee shop that many of us hoped for, there may be hope for something else downtown. It may not be a sandwich shop or…

IN THE ESTATE OF FRED MCCAIN, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Jimmy McCain, Executor, on the 16th day of July, 2009, by the Honorable George Diamond, Probate Judge of Randolph County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby granted…

The Alabama unemployment rate hit 10.1 percent for June, up from 9.8 percent in May, for the first time since May, June and July of 1984. Consequently, the unemployed are experiencing difficulty getting through on telephone lines or by computer to Montgomery. Unemployment claims must be filed by telephone or computer. “We’ve never seen anything…

[email protected] War can be good for the economy, as was the case in 1918. The Lowell Mill Village exploded in growth! The cotton mill ran three shifts, seven days a week, turning out war materials to the fullest capacity. The factory built a handsome six-room office and two additional industrial buildings. It also added 5,000…

The federal minimum wage will go to $7.25 an hour this Friday, July 24 from its current level of $6.55, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. If the pay period for your business encompasses the week prior to July 24 as well as the week after, the new minimum hourly rate only applies to…

(WOODLAND) Graveside services for William Smith, 83, of Woodland will be Thursday, July 23, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Napoleon Church of Christ Cemetery with Allan Daniel officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 23. Mr. Smith died Monday, July 20, at Regional…

(WADLEY) James Arthur “Pooky” Battle, 46, a resident of Cooledge Street, Wadley, died at his residence on Friday, July 17, 2009. Services for Mr. Battle will be Saturday, July 25, at 1 p.m. at County Line Baptist Church, Nelson Glen Road, Wadley, with the pastor, Rev. Sanders Higgins, officiating and burial in the adjoining cemetery.…

(LINEVILLE) Services for Gordon L. Butler Jr., 78, of Lineville will be Thursday, July 23, 2009, at 11 a.m. at Lineville Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerry Colquett officiating. Burial will follow in New Harmony Christian Church Cemetery. Mr. Butler died Monday, July 20, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was a native…

(CLEAR LAKE, Texas) William Durwood “Bill” Wallace died after a brief illness on Thursday, July 16, 2009, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Houston, Texas, at the age of 74. He was born Dec. 25, 1934, in Randolph County, Ala., to Durwood and Ruth Taylor Wallace. He was a 1956 graduate of Georgia Tech in Atlanta…

(OXFORD) Services for Dan C. Anderson, 55, of Oxford, formerly of Wedowee, will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at St. Mark United Methodist Church with the Rev. Sonny Champion and the Rev. Hal Noble officiating. Burial will be at Bethlehem Baptist Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday from 5-8 p.m. at Miller…

(WEDOWEE) Services for Randy Wayne Pool, 45, of Wedowee will be Monday July 20, 2009, at 11 a.m. at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church with the Rev. Barrett Holloway officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Pool died Saturday, July 18, at his residence. Mr. Pool is survived by his wife, Debbie C. Pool…

(WOODLAND) Services for Joseph Lovvorn Holmes, 83, of Woodland will be held Tuesday July 21, 2009, at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Wedowee with the Rev. Don Paris officiating. Burial will follow in Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Holmes died Friday, July 17, at his residence. Mr. Holmes is survived by a daughter,…

(HEFLIN) Service for Donnie Ray “Don” Smith, 67, of Heflin will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at Pinetucky Baptist Church with the Rev. Billy Morris officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from 12-2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21. Mr. Smith died…

(ROANOKE) Services for Myrtice Faye Richardson, 62, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Revs. Sonny Kent and Derick Farr officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21. Mrs. Richardson died Sunday, July 19, at…

(WOODLAND) Graveside services for Floyd Greene Mitchell, 81, of Woodland will be Sunday, July 19, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Liberty East Baptist Church Cemetery, with Rev. A.W. Kent officiating. Mr. Mitchell died Friday, July 17, at West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange. Mr. Mitchell is survived by his wife, Sara Plaster Mitchell of Woodland;…

(ROANOKE) Johnnie R. Bell, 55, of Roanoke died Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at Lanier Memorial Hospital in Valley. She was born May 8, 1954, in Franklin, Ga., and was a member of Deliverance Temple Church of the Living God in Roanoke. Survivors include five sisters, Faye Harris, Gwen Phillips, Mary Jean Truitt and Irene Leak,…

(ALEX CITY) Services for William Henry “Willie” Parrish, 93, of Alex City will be Friday, July 17, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Hillabee Baptist Church with the Rev. Vince Lee officiating. Burial will follow in Hillview Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Thursday, July 16, from 5-8 p.m. at Bass Funeral Home. Mr. Parrish…