(CRAGFORD) Services for Virginia “Jenny” Griffin, 63 of Cragford will be Thursday, June 18, 2009, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland with the Revs. Edward Brown and Kenneth Fuller officiating. Burial will follow in Clay County Memory Gardens.Mrs. Griffin died Monday, June 15, 2009 at Trinity Medical Center in Birmingham.A Collinwood, Tenn.,…
A Roanoke woman was killed in an early morning fire Wednesday. According to Roanoke Volunteer Fire Department Chief Bill Ford, the body of Carolee Ann Sanders, 37, was found by firefighters in the utility room near the back door. The fire at 203 Handley Ave. across from the old Palm Beach plant was reported at…
Railroads provided the steel thread that stitched a continent together during the 19th and 20th centuries, and the Southern Railroad shops at Spencer, N.C., were among the sewing machines that kept the trains on track. I wallowed in nostalgia last weekend when I joined more than 3,000 folks in Spencer for “Rail Days” at the…
A Russell County woman was arrested on Saturday night and charged with shooting her husband while at a family member’s Lake Wedowee home. According to Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Donnie Strain, the incident happened on Saturday between 7:30 and 8 p.m. at 580 Creek View Drive in the Mt. Pleasant community. Paula Riddle Hill,…
RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM TUCKER, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATRIX Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 11th day of June, 2009, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate Court of Randolph County, notice is…
Work on Knight-Enloe Elementary is moving at a fever pitch, with Superintendent Chuck Marcum shooting for a July 15 completion date. The contractor’s official deadline is Aug. 1. Teachers will be eager to move into the new classrooms and set them up and decorate them for the new school year, he said. First Team Construction…
I always get a little nostalgic around graduation time. All those hopeful young folks, certifiably educated, picking up their diplomas, promising to keep in touch, and scattering. I thought about this the other day when I came across the “Pew Social & Demographic Trends” survey that set out to find “Who Moves? Who Stays Put?…
Although the rainy skies kept some of the artists from displaying their wares, Art on the Median held Saturday in Wedowee still had a fun gathering of about 15 talented artists, and many in the community enjoyed coming on Saturday to check out the show. Organizer Jo Kicker of East Alabama Arts Society said the…
I have a picture hanging on the wall of my office just to the left of my computer. It’s a picture that I will treasure for as long as I live. Oddly enough, at the time it was taken I was in no mood for a photo op. The photo is of me in my…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congressman Mike Rogers announced he has sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner requesting the Treasury Department closely examine the concerns of local employees of Meadowcraft, a major Randolph County employer which has recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Rogers pointed out in the letter that Meadowcraft’s assets were secured by a…
During the term of progressive Alabama Governor Thomas Kilby (1918-1922), many in the state pushed for reforms of child labor and female labor. The reformers were aware that the increase of textile mills in the South during the first half of the twentieth century was partly due to the advantage of a large pool of…
(ANNISTON) Services for James A. Moates, 76, of Anniston will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at Life Tabernacle in Anniston with the Rev. Robert L. Hall officiating. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery. Mr. Moates died Sunday, June 14, at Regional Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Yvonne Annette Moates of…
Alabama’s teacher tenure law has been under attack for many years. It undoubtedly has served what we assume is its intended purpose on a number of occasions by keeping an occasional vindictive school administrator from arbitrarily terminating a good teacher for personal or political differences. On the other hand, it has served to keep poor…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Lyle/Yarbrough Construction Co., on March 7, 2007, to Bank of North Georgia, successor in interest to Citizens Bank & Trust of West Georgia, which mortgage is recorded in Mortgage Book 512, Page 214, in the Office of the…
10:30 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets behind the former KFC in Roanoke in the building with the blue awning. 11 a.m. The Randolph_County chapter of the American Association of_Retired Persons meets at The Galley_Restaurant in Roanoke for a Dutch treat lunch. Margy Israel is guest speaker. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department.…
NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ISHMAEL KIRBY, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Ishmael Kirby, deceased, having been granted to Otis Bowen, Executor, on the 11th day of June, 2009, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against…
A Roanoke man and juvenile were arrested on drug charges following a traffic stop during the early morning hours of last Wednesday. Gary Lamar McGuire, 35, of 168 South St., Roanoke, is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and distribution of drugs to a minor. A 15-year-old female juvenile with McGuire was charged with possession…
There has been a hot debate going on around the state of Alabama since the NCAA handed down its latest punishment to the University of Alabama for the school’s latest venture outside the NCAA rules. Three more years of probation and the vacating of 21 football victories between 2005-2007 was the latest penalty given the…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA NOTICE OF CREDITORS Letters of Administration on the estate of Kenneka Houston, deceased, having been granted to Charlotte Houston on the 8th day of June, 2009, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are hereby required…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF IRENE NOLES SCARISBRICK, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Letters of Administration of said deceased have been granted to Peggy Noles Hall, Administratrix, on the 11th day of June, 2009, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons…