Natural disasters are something Alabama is all too familiar with.We can remember the hurricanes vividly, Ivan and Katrina, slamming into the coast and proceeding to bring disastrous winds and heavy rains right up to the Tennessee line.We see the storm systems that bring tornados, hitting homes and communities. There were more twisters just last week…
On May 5 at Southern Union State Community College in Wadley, 23 graduates were presented plaques during the Leadership Randolph County graduation ceremony. The graduating class includes Tamara Terry, Pamela Knudsen, Jamie Lovvorn, Dr. Amelia Pearson, Patricia Taft, Melissa Traylor, Lisa Arrington, Margaret Sprayberry, Mary Evelyn Ward, Debra Bowen, Mary Ann Engstrom, Jim Dabbs, Valerie…
Spring training will culminate this week in Randolph County with a slate of high profile jamboree games this Friday night. The Handley Tigers will host 2008 Class 4A state runners-up, Cherokee County, at 7:30 p.m. In Wadley, the Bulldogs will host both the Woodland Bobcats and the Randolph County Tigers. Each team will play the…
For the second year in a row, the Randolph County Lady Tigers surprised the competition by earning the runner-up spot in the area tournament after defeating the Woodland Lady Bobcats to see who would play Ranburne for the championship. And although the Lady Tigers lost to Ranburne in the title game, Randolph County still earned…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: FRANCES WEATHERS, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Frances Weathers, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 7th day of May, 2009, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, are…
(LAFAYETT) Charles Wayne Hooper Jr., 18, of LaFayette died Saturday, May 9, 2009, in LaFayette. Services will be Wednesday, May 13, at 2 p.m. at Jeff Jones Funeral Home with the Revs. Aubrey Adams and Iris Adams officiating. Burial will be in LaFayette City Cemetery. Mr. Hooper was born June 15, 1990, in Roanoke. He…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Edward Lee Creed Sr., 66 , of Wedowee will be Monday May 11, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Iduma Congregational Methodist Church with the Rev. Bobby Burroughs officiating. Burial will follow in Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Creed will lie in state one hour prior to services at the…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Judy S. Railey, an unmarried woman, on February 29, 2008, to First State Bank, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 529, Page 185, Record of…
(NEWNAN, Ga.) Jessie Wayne Waldon, 71, of Newnan, Ga., formerly of Carrollton, Ga., died Saturday, May 9, 2009. Mr. Waldon was born Nov. 11, 1937, in Carroll County, Ga., to the late Jessie Waldon and Nanny Lee Wright Waldon. He was a retired truck driver and served his country in the U.S. Air Force. Besides…
(ROANOKE) Callie Clark, 64, of Satterwhite Street, Roanoke, formerly of Carrollton, Ga., died Thursday, May 7, 2009. She was born on Feb. 16, 1945, in Carroll County, Ga., to the late Walter James and Lucille Brown. Her parents, three brothers and one sister preceded her in death. She is survived by her husband, Lucious Clark,…
After convincingly winning the area title, the Wadley Lady Bulldogs bowed out of the post season after a pair of losses to Maplesville and Faith Christian. Wadley suffered its first post-season loss to Maplesville, a 20-8 decision. Wadley head coach Chad Kendrick said that some of the problems the Lady Dogs faced in the regular…
The Handley Lady Tigers weren’t able to hang on to win the area tournament last week after the swine flu layoff and finished their season by losing two of three games in the regional round of the state playoffs. Handley won its first two games of the area tournament over Munford and Central Coosa before…
Baseball is finished. Softball season is in the books. The only thing left to be played in county sports this school year is football. How fitting is it that football begins the year and ends the year. Unfortunately, spring football games count for little more than a big scrimmage, but football is football, so I’m…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA TO: DAVID MARTY MARTINEZ JR. On the 11th day of May, 2009, a petition was filed in this court for the name change of a minor child whose date of birth is December 8, 2003. A hearing upon this petition has been set for June 4, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. in the…
It’s only May and already football fans in the Southeastern Conference are looking ahead at depth charts, returning starters, rosters and, of course, schedules. When you start looking at SEC schedules it’s hard to find any of the nation’s top teams unless you are looking at conference games. Once again SEC teams are not going…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SANDRA FAYE WARE, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Geneva W. Bledsoe on the 2nd day of April, 2009, by the Hon. George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court of Randolph County,…
(ROANOKE) Services for Pearl Horn Whaley, 87, of Roanoke will be Saturday, May 9, 2009, at 2 p.m. at North Main Congregational Christian Church with the Rev. Billy Watts officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 9.…
The second annual Randolph County Job Fair brought in people needing jobs. Some employers ran out of application forms. And there were people actually hiring. Brenda Flowers, a member of the JOBS TASK Force, said one job seeker arrived at 7:30 and said he needed a job. When he learned the fair did not open…
When preparatory work begins May 12 to replace the Pumphouse Creek bridge Louina Road will be blocked until work is completed, according to Streets Supervisor Donnie Cash. Weather permitting, the utilities department will begin rerouting the water line that is suspended alongside the bridge, but actual work on removing and replacing the bridge will start…
And you don’t know about sadness ’til you faced life alone, You don’t know about lonely ’til it’s chiseled in stone. NASHVILLE—Country singer-songwriter Vern Gosdin, 74, a native of Woodland, died on Tuesday of last week in a Nashville, Tenn., hospital following a stroke. Public visitation was Saturday at Mt. Olivet Funeral Home in Nashville…