I’ve just come across a cutie on the Internet who threatens to reshape all our concepts about gender relationships—male, female and neuter.Her name is HRP-4C, and her designers call her a “cybernetic human.” I use the feminine pronoun advisedly. She certainly looks feminine, although she has no heart to win and she has no x…

Wedowee Police are investigating break-ins that happened Monday night at Dollar General, Subway and Package Plus in Wedowee Village Shopping Center. The front doors of all three were forcibly entered and property and cash stolen. The burglaries are under investigation, and anyone who saw someone suspicious or who has any information is asked to call…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. DR2009-041 DAVID GENO THORNTON, PLAINTIFF VS. MARY ANN FOSTER THORNTON, DEFENDANT NOTICE OF COMPLAINT FOR DIVORCE To Mary Ann Foster Thornton, whose whereabouts are unknown: Mary Ann Foster Thornton, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer David Geno Thornton’s Complaint for Divorce by May 18, 2009, or thereafter, a judgment by…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATER OF THE ESTATE OF OPAL L. PERRY, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Joel Scott Perry on the 17th day of March, 2009, by the Hon. George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court of Randolph County,…

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…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Larry Paul Campbell as a single man and Tonya Tarpley, as a single woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Premier Mortgage Funding, Inc., on the 15th day of March, 2007, said mortgage recorded…

Here’s a memo to all the basketball writers and talking heads on radio and television who have been knocking Southeastern Conference basketball all season: I was wrong and you were right. SEC basketball was lousy this year. You called it. Just a week ago after Selection Sunday I was sure that you were all wrong…

The Randolph County Lady Tigers scored a couple of big wins, taking a 9-8 victory over Clay County and a 3-2 area victory over Ohatchee. Randolph County began area play in style with a close win over Ohatchee that took international tie-breaking rules to decide. With the two teams tied at 2-2 after seven innings,…

You know all those sayings that people use to make themselves feel better when the thought of losing their youth starts to creep up? Age ain’t nothing but a number. You’re only as old as you feel. Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative. Sayings like that have began to enter my…

(ATHENS, Ala.) Jimmie H. Cummings, 75, a native of Wadley, died Friday, March 13, 2009, in Athens. Graveside services were Monday, March 16, at 10 a.m., with Chaplain Gordon Baggett officiating. Mr. Cummings is survived by his mother, Sallie Cummings of Wadley; four sons, Mike, Darrell and Brian Cummings of Roanoke and Steve Cummings of…

Leader Staff A fire destroyed a mobile home in the Potash community Monday afternoon. See this weeks Randolph Leader for the full story.

Penny L. Pool In Monday’s rain and mud Davis Housemovers, Inc. did what they know how to do—they moved a house. I.L. Davis Jr., assisted by his wife, Pat, and cousin, Jack Davis, and their relatives and employees moved the house on Handley Avenue, formerly owned by Ralph Richardson, to Abanda. They were in constant…

(RANBURNE) Carolyn Hendrix English of Ranburne died Monday, March 16, 2009, at West Georgia Hospice in LaGrange. She was 72. Mrs. English was born in Randolph County on June 10, 1936, to the late Cicero and Drucilla Wiggins Hendrix. After 29 years of service, she retired as human resources director for Lab Corp. She was…

(ROANOKE) Services for Doris Rogers Gray, 73, of Roanoke will be Monday, March 23, 2009, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bobby Burroughs officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Gray died Saturday, March 21, at her home. Survivors include her husband, Howell Gray of Roanoke; one daughter, Nina…

(DECATUR) John Robert Harris Jr., 82, of Decatur died March 16, 2009. A memorial service was at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18, at First United Methodist Church of Decatur with Rev. Terry Greer officiating. A private family burial will be held in Forest Home. Survivors include his dedicated and loving wife of 54 years,…

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Mary Faye Bailey Prather, 77, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Rev. Stanley Yarbrough officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Monday, March 23. Mrs. Prather died Saturday, March 21, at…

(VALLEY) Sarah Lou White, 83, of Valley died Friday, March 20, 2009, at her daughter’s residence. Services were Sunday, March 22, at 2 p.m. at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Mike Hawkins officiating. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery. Mrs. White is survived her son, William Edward Ronnie White of Fredonia;…

(TACOMA, Wash.) Services for Winnie Lee Gillam, 81, formerly of Anniston, will be Monday, March 23, 2009, at 11 a.m. at Greater Thankful Baptist Church with the Rev. P.Q. English officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery in Roanoke. The body will be at the church one hour prior to services. Mrs.…

WADLEY_The president and chief financial officer of Meadowcraft, the parent company of Plantation Patterns, have allegedly been terminated and are under investigation for alleged improprieties, according to what Wadley Mayor Jim Dabbs said he has been told by a Plantation Patterns official. He was seeking information, he said, in his interest of protecting the people…