(ROANOKE) Minnie Clyde Brewer, 86, of Roanoke died Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika.Services will be Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church on Riley Street in Roanoke, with the Rev. Gilbert E. Staples officiating. Burial will be in Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery.Mrs. Brewer was born Dec. 5,…

(ROCK MILLS) Services for Lisa Faye Boggs, 44, of Rock Mills will be Monday, Jan. 26, 2009, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Clifford DeLee and Rev. Keith Benefield officiating. Burial will follow at Rock Mills Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m.…

(WEDOWEE) Services for Wornell R. Bozeman, 69, of Wedowee will be Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009, at 2:30 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Donald Spradlin officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Bozeman died Friday, Jan. 23, at Randolph Medical Center. Mr. Bozeman is survived by one sister…

(NEWELL) Services for Bonnie Bostick Ware, 83, of Newell will be Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Smyrna Baptist Church with the Rev. Brian Keith officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24. Mrs. Ware…

(ROANOKE) Minnie Clyde Brewer, 86, of Roanoke died Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Services will be Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church on Riley Street in Roanoke, with the Rev. Gilbert E. Staples officiating. Burial will be in Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery. Survivors include three sisters,…

(ROANOKE) Services for Eurtis Puckett, 89, of Roanoke, will be Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Donald Spradlin officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Grove Church Cemetery, Wedowee. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23. Mr.…

(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Nicholas E. “Nick” Smith, 51, of LaGrange, Ga., died Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, at Hospice LaGrange. Born Aug. 24, 1957, in Mt. Pillier, Vt., Mr. Smith was a lifelong resident of LaGrange and was employed as an electrician. He was a member of Friendship Baptist Church in LaGrange. Survivors include his daughters, Ashley…

A rabid fox has been found in the Country Club Road area near Roanoke. Some important things to remember: € Don’t feed or attempt to pet wild animals € Don’t let children play with strange dogs or cats € If your pet comes in contact with a suspected rabid animal, don’t handle your pet. The…

(WEST POINT, Ga.) Ruedeen Carter Shockley, 77, of West Point, Ga., died Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, at Bethany House in Auburn. Services will be Thursday, Jan. 22, at 2 p.m. at Lanier Baptist Church in the Lakeview community with the Revs. Mike Hawkins and Michael Stiggers officiating. Burial will follow at Marseilles Cemetery in West…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Jane M. Forbes, an unmarried person, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Wachovia Mortgage Corporation, on April 19, 2006, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama,…

Know what a “nanometer” is? Me neither. Until I looked it up and found that a nanometer is “a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one billionth of a meter.” Huh? It “equals ten angstrom.” Oh. And “is the most common unit to describe the wave length of light.” Ah. If light…

The Marine Corps is always looking for a few good men, but they have nothing on Auburn coach Gene Chizik. He went looking for a few good men, and he found them. In doing so he has flipped his world. Remember the outcry among Auburn fans over hiring a new head coach with a 5-19…

With the start of a new year and tough economic times at home, Congress certainly has its hands full. From a massive Economic Stimulus plan for our economy to an important children’s’ healthcare bill to help struggling families, there is plenty up for debate. For my part, I’m working to hit the ground running to…

Two bills printed in the public notices section of The Randolph Leader will cease funding of two local offices, while one provides funding for other causes. The first piece of legislation affects Clay, Cleburne and Randolph counties and repeals the act that created the Emerald Triangle Commission. It becomes effective three months from its passage…

A second teenager has been arrested on connection with a New Year’s Eve home invasion robbery on Guy Street in Roanoke. On Tuesday afternoon of last week, Deundra Lamar “Man” Gray, 17, of 141 County Rd. 823, Wadley, turned himself in to Roanoke police. Tevin Cordarryal Henderson, 18, of 562 Strozier St., Roanoke, is also…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: CAREY BETH TAYLOR, DECEASED Administratrix Notice to File Claims Letters of Administration on the Estate of Carey Beth Taylor, deceased, having been granted to Lynn Jacobs on the 13th day of January, 2009, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having…

Watching the county basketball tournament last week, a couple of things became clear to me. The first is that basketball in Randolph County is alive and well. Parking was quite limited near the Randolph County High School gym by the time I arrived Thursday and Friday nights for starters. But when you get inside the…