In 2006 you didn’t just elect me to public office; you hired me to do a job. You expect three things. One, you expect results. Two, you expect me to go to Montgomery to work for your interest, not special interests. And three, you expect me to make the legislative session about people, not about…

ROCK STAND—A Roanoke teenager was wounded Saturday night when her boyfriend shot her. According to Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Greg Dendinger, Kimberly Deann Moon, 18, and boyfriend Christopher Jackson, 22, had been involved in domestic altercations throughout the day. At approximately 10 p.m. that night, they were at Jackson’s mother’s house at 197 County…

(WEDOWEE) Services for Syblene Johns Henderson, 63, of Wedowee will be Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, at 11 a.m. at Taylor’s Crossroads Church of Christ will Bro. Bill Prince Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in Levens’ Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday, Feb. 23, from 4 to 8…

(ROANOKE) Services for Jimmie Lou White Whatley, 66, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, at 3 p.m. at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev. Ricky Emery and Rev. Derek Farr officiating. Mrs. Whatley will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery. The…

(HEFLIN) Jackie W. “Poppy” Beason died Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. Services for Mr. Beason were at 2 p.m., Feb. 21, at Dryden Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Chris Jackson, the Rev. Jody Overton and the Rev. Shane Leggett officiating. Burial followed at Heflin City Cemetery. Pallbearers will be nephews. Survivors include two sons, Jackie…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Pearl E. Sims, 88, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Feb. 22, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Lanita Cotney officiating. Burial will follow in Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Hogansville, Ga. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21.…

(WOODLAND) Nichole Simmons of Woodland died Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. She was 20. Miss Simmons was born in Carroll County, Ga., on March 1, 1988, to Jackie D. and Linda Carol Herren Simmons. She was employed by BBI in Bowdon, Ga., and was a member of Bethel East Baptist Church in Woodland. She was preceded…

(LANETT) Edward Earl “Bill” Lynch, 80, of Lanett died Monday, Feb. 16, 2009, at George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital in Valley. Services were Thursday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m. at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Milton Newton and Sherree Smith officiating. Burial followed at Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Mr. Lynch is…

(BIRMINGHAM) Felix Meacham Jr., 77, of Birmingham died Feb. 16, 2009. Born in Roanoke, he served in the U.S. Air Force. He was a member of AL Acct Association and retired from Pemco. He was preceded in death by his parents, Pierce Meacham and Lorie Cooper; son, Doug; and brother, Tom. He is survived by…

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Ralph Lavelle Gooden, Sr., 79, of Roanoke were Monday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Rev. Richard Richie officiating. Mr. Gooden died Saturday, Feb. 21, at Randolph Medical Center. Survivors include one daughter, Jane Wylie of Oxford; one son, Ralph Gooden Jr. of Wadley; two sisters,…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Pearl E. Sims, 88, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Feb. 22, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Lanita Cotney officiating. Burial will follow in Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Hogansville, Ga. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21.…

(WEST POINT, Ga.) Gary L. Davis, 52, of West Point, Ga., died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009 at West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. Gary was born Dec. 28, 1956 in LaGrange, son of Mrs. Lillar Reeves Davis of LaGrange and the late George L. Davis. Gary owned and operated Davis Industrial Machine. Survivors other than his…

(ROANOKE) Margaret Staples Ross, 74, of Roanoke died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, at Northeast Regional Medical Center, Anniston. Services will be at Hopewell Baptist Church, Wadley, on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 1 p.m. with the Rev. William Phillips officiating. Interment will be at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Wadley. The remains will lie in state…

(ROANOKE) Services for Jimmie Lou White Whatley, 66, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, at 3 p.m. at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev. Ricky Emery and Rev. Derek Farr officiating. Mrs. Whatley will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery. The…

(ATLANTA) Hamp Hunter, 61, of Atlanta died Feb. 8, 2009. Funeral services were Saturday, Feb. 14, at 2 p.m. EST at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church in Newell. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Walker Funeral Home, Carrollton, Ga.

(ROME, Ga.) Erma B. House, 90, formerly of Rome, Ga., died Saturday morning in Roanoke following an illness of several years. A native of Roanoke, Mrs. House was born Dec. 24, 1918, one of 11 children of the late Thomas Jefferson Bassett III and Josephine Sherrer Bassett. She was married to John W. House Dec,…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Charles Edward Shirey, 71, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jamie Taylor and Rev. Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow in the Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m.…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage and security agreement executed by Gary Roberts and Debra Roberts to Branch Banking & Trust Co., on May 6, 2005, which mortgage is recorded in the Probate Office of Randolph County, Alabama, in Real Book 481, Page 42, the undersigned,…

The Scott Stantis cartoon below asks the question we all have been wondering. If oil prices to the refineries have been dropping so steeply in recent months, why have gas prices to the consumers been going up? In parts of Alabama there was an increase in gas prices of 19 percent in January. We have…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE BOBBY JOE STAPLER, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Thelma Stapler on the 9th day of Feb., 2009, by the Hon. George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court of Randolph County, notice is…