Summer on Main Street was a resounding success. The usually empty streets of Saturday afternoon were filled with people, vehicles and the sound of music. People enjoyed eating offerings of the various vendors, from hamburgers to homemade ice cream.Vendors said they could not believe the turnout when this was the city’s first downtown festival. Greg…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated March 4, 1999, executed by BILLIE JANICE BASSETT, an unmarried woman, to CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, which mortgage was recorded on March 9, 1999, in Mortgage Book 378, Page 114, of the mortgage records in the Office of the…
Y.E. Tech, Alabama Corp. officers and local officials held an opening ceremony Thursday at the business location, 182 Industrial Ave., and cut the ribbon to the new business. Speaking at the ceremony were Y.E. Tech chief technical officer Ki-seon Oh, Y.E. Tech chief executive officer Kyong-Nam Park, and Y.E. Tech president Michael Park. Their remarks…
Time has run out on three properties that the city of Roanoke wants cleaned up. They are on Government Street, Handley Avenue and the downtown property where the roof fell in. The city council at its Monday night meeting voted to turn the properties over to city attorney Clay Tinney to get his input on…
The signs went up went up saying “Do Not Enter” and “One Way.” They came down the next day. Mayor Mike Fisher said he and Police Chief Adam Melton looked at Railroad Street between Jon Boy’s Smoke House and Main Street Animal Hospital, talked to the restaurant owners Jon Taylor and Chris Rombokas, and Councilman…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GERALD LOVVORN, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to JoAnne Lovvorn on the 2nd day of June, 2009, by the Hon. George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court of Randolph County, notice is…
It was so exciting to see Roanoke come to life Saturday. Summer on Main Street was truly a success. It was obvious people were hungry for something to do, and the Randolph County Chamber of Commerce provided something. As colorfully dressed people in summer attire flooded the downtown area, taking every parking place, it was…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Jackie L. Brown and Caysie E. Brown, husband and wife, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, on the 24th day of June, 2005, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in…
(WADLEY) Services for Rhodia Irean Abercrombie, 67, of Wadley will be Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Pastor Bryan Lee Yates and Pastor Mickey Vaughn officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Grove Congregational Christian Church Cemetery, Chambers County. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from…
(WEDOWEE) A visitation will be held for Joseph W. Husbands, 64, of Wedowee will be Saturday, June 13, 2009, at 2 p.m. in the Family Life Center of First United Methodist Church in Lineville. Mr. Husbands died Monday, June 8, at his residence after a lengthy illness. Mr. Husbands graduated from Jacksonville State University receiving…
(ORANGE, Texas) Pama Jo Cook McMillen, 59, of Orange, Texas, died May 31, 2009, in Galveston, Texas. Mrs. McMillen was born Jan. 31, 1950, in Atlanta, daughter of Harry Cook and the late Patty Lou James Cook. She was a member of Central Baptist Church in Vidor, Texas, and was a homemaker. Survivors in addition…
(WADLEY) Graveside services for Sallie L. Cummings, 95, of Wadley were Sunday, June 7, 2009, at 1 p.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Ricky Cummings officiating. Mrs. Cummings died Saturday, June 6, at her home. Survivors include a daughter, Martha Mayfield (husband, Donnie) of Roanoke; one sister, Docia Taylor of Atlanta; seven grandchildren;…
(ROANOKE) Services for Jane “Sissy” Scott Keele, 62, of Roanoke will be Sunday, June 7, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Welcome Home Baptist Church with the Rev. J. D. Bearden and the Rev. Ridley Herren officiating. Burial will follow in Big Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from…
(ROANOKE) Services for Steve Stevens, 42, of Roanoke will be Thursday, June 4, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Wehadkee Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Elijah Jackson Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in Wehadkee Cemetery. Mr. Stevens will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Mr. Stevens died Sunday, May 31,…
(SLAPOUT) Roy Childress, 83, of Slapout died Tuesday, June 2, 2009. A native of Sylacauga, Mr. Childress served in the Army Air Corps in Germany in World War II. He was a proud graduate of Auburn University, and for many years a regional sales manager for the Ralston Purina Company. He is survived by his…
(NEWELL) Grady Brantley Traylor, 74, of Newell died at his home on Wednesday, May 27, 2009. Mr. Traylor is survived by two daughters, Debbie Diane Brooks of Douglasville, Ga., and Ann Bradley of Villa Rica, Ga.; five sisters, Julie, Margie, Marvelene, Janice and Carolyn; three brothers, Quinton, Carson and Frank; five grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.…
Summer on Main Street in downtown Roanoke will have music, food, giveaways and a number of vendors, according to Randolph County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Dorothy Tidwell. The chamber is sponsoring the event. Just bring your enthusiasm and a lawn chair or quilt. Country music songwriter and singer Tim Dugger has been added to…
Governor Benjamin Meek Miller arrived at the Montgomery mansion with his cow. While ‘Betsy’ supplied milk and butter, Miller’s one light bulb and several oil-filled lamps provided light—but dark days were coming. In the spring of 1932, the tight grip of the Great Depression had Alabama by the throat and when it didn’t seem it…
Ever sit inside a house while someone set it on fire? Me neither. Until last Thursday. No, it wasn’t the act of some homicidal arsonist enraged by something he read in The Leader. It was the Roanoke Volunteer Fire Department. The occasion was a training exercise. The chance to train volunteer firefighters on how to…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. SM 2009-175 PRESTIGE PUPS, PLAINTIFF VS. REBECCA CLARY, DEFENDANT NOTICE OF COMPLAINT Rebecca Clary, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer Prestige Pups complaint for unpaid balance on account by July 9, 2009, or thereafter, a judgment by default may be rendered against him in Case No. SM 2009-175, Small Claims…