(WINDER, Ga.) Gemes Flossie Whaley, 94, of Winder, Ga., formerly of Ranburne, died Sunday, May 31, 2009.Mrs. Whaley was born Aug. 11, 1914, in Cleburne County to the late Homer and Ida Prescott Ford. She was a homemaker and a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Wedowee. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Whaley…

HEFLIN – Mary Catherine Chastain, 71, died on Saturday, May 30, 2009, at her residence. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, June 1, at New Hopewell Baptist with the Rev. John Brown, the Rev. Richard Collins and the Rev. Chris Jackson officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Survivors include two daughters, Shelby…

(OPELIKA) Lorene Key Mason, 89, of Opelika, (formerly of Lanett) died Friday, May 29, 2009, at East Alabama Medical Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. EST Monday, June 1, at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Earl Ballard officiating. Interment will follow at Evangel Temple Cemetery in Lanett.. Mrs. Mason…

(ROANOKE) Services for Altus Huddleston, 94, of Roanoke will be Friday, May 29, 2009, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Ricky Cummings, Rev. Gary Baugh and Richard Laird officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday,…

(OXFORD) Services for Brosco Pool, 86, who died Wednesday, May 27, 2009, will be Friday, May 29, at 11 a.m. at Lakeview Baptist Church. The Rev. Jerry Starling and the Rev. Chris Spurlin will officiate. Burial will be in Forestlawn Gardens. Mr. Pool was a native of Randolph County and a longtime resident of Oxford.…

(LaGRANGE, GA.) James “Jimbo” Welborn, 51, of LaGrange, Ga., died Saturday, May 23, 2009, at his home. Jimbo was born Nov. 10, 1957, in Roanoke, Ala., son of the late Aubrey H. and Jeanette Bailey Welborn. He was a graduate of LaGrange High and was a welder and pipefitter. Jimbo loved racing motorcross in his…

(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Annie Mae Hooks Poythress of LaGrange, Ga., died Sunday, May 24, 2009, at her home. Mrs. Poythress, a native of Chambers County, was born July 6, 1936, and was the daughter of the late Estellar Howe (Hooks) and Scott Cameron. She was a retired housekeeper for Ramada Inn and was a longtime member…

RANDOLPH COUNTY REAL ESTATE SALE NOTICE Pursuant to the Order of the Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, entered on the 21st day of May, 2009, the undersigned, S. Sanford Holliday, Attorney at Law, Roanoke, Alabama, will offer for sale for cash to the highest bidder in front of the Randolph County Courthouse in Wedowee,…

Arrests Howard Cofield Jr., 36, of 335 Seymour Dr., Roanoke – domestic violence – May 24 Michael Scott Gibson, 19, of 740 William St., Roanoke – unauthorized use of a vehicle – May 24 Jessica Lynn “Blue Eyes” Mitchell, 22, of 165 Overton Mountain Dr., Roanoke – failure to appear in court – May 22…

Arrests Teresa Carolyn Briskey, 33, of LaFayette – two counts of failure to appear in court (giving a false name to a law enforcement officer and possession of alcohol) – May 25 Jamie Morgan Forman, 45, of 1449 County Rd. 102, Woodland – harassing communications – May 20 Peggy Wright, 39, of 1647 County Rd.…

I’m not one who follows the NBA very much. Something about playing that many games over the course of the season makes it hard for professional basketball to keep my attention, much like Major League Baseball. However, when spring starts winding down, summer’s getting into full swing and the playoffs roll around, my attention is…

A bunch of geographers at Kansas State University have strayed across the boundary into morality and concluded that we who dwell in the Bible Belt are a bunch of sinners—worse even than those drinking, gambling, cavorting folks out in Las Vegas, which everybody calls Sin City. I wouldn’t argue with their findings, but don’t blame…

It is absolutely amazing how the pollsters for Congressman Artur Davis have been able to bamboozle both the state media and the Washington press with polling numbers in the governor’s race that seem to me more optimistic than realistic. On May 18, the Montgomery polling and political research firm of Anzalone/Liszt released numbers purporting to…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF BEULAH M. SELLERS, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Letters of Testamentary of said deceased have been granted to the undersigned on the 20th day of May, 2009, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama. Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated March 29, 2006, executed by ALLIE ROBINSON, a married woman, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS”) Solely as nominee for BAYROCK MORTGAGE CORPORATION, which mortgage was recorded on May 24, 2006, in Mortgage Book 497, Page 788, and…

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,…

Downtown Wedowee will be an exciting place to be on Saturday, June 13, as there will be art displays all over the street median and maybe on the sidewalks as well. The merchants will be expecting you too, with some wonderful merchandise and bargains. SO plan to spend a Saturday morning or afternoon or even…

Roanoke Municipal Airport was awarded a $251,355 grant to install perimeter fencing and rehabilitate its runway, according to a press release from U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby. Shelby is senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The Roanoke grant was part of $2.4 million awarded from the Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration to regional airports…