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Ruthie Lee Houston Wright

By Editor | January 19, 2009 |

(WEDOWEE) Ruthie Lee Houston Wright, 78, of County Road 33, Wedowee, died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika.Public visitation and viewing hours for Mrs. Wright will be Tuesday, Jan. 20, from 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.Services will be Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 11 a.m. at Friendship Baptist Church, 5979 County Rd.…

James Mark Henry

By Editor | January 19, 2009 |

(ROANOKE) Services for James Mark Henry, 43, of Roanoke will be Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, at noon at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Steve Dean officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Henry died Friday, Jan. 16, at LaFayette Nursing Home. Survivors include his parents, Jerry and Faye Henry of Roanoke; a…

Kathryn Thomason McBryde

By Editor | January 19, 2009 |

(HEFLIN) Services for Kathryn Thomason McBryde, 90, were at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, at Dryden Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Grover Robinson officiating. Burial followed at Ranburne Cemetery. Mrs. McBryde died Friday, Jan. 16, at Regional Medical Center, Anniston. Pallbearers will be nieces and nephews. Mrs. McBryde, daughter of Lilla Stewart and…

Bular Lee McKee

By Editor | January 19, 2009 |

(ROOPVILLE, Ga.) Bular Lee McKee, 91, of Roopville, Ga., died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. Mr. McKee was born April 20, 1917, in Randolph County, Ala., the daughter of the late Hubert McCormick and Julie Simmons McCormick. She was a homemaker and a member of Red Oak Baptist Church. Besides her parents, she was preceded in…

WEDNESDAY, January 14

By Editor | January 15, 2009 |

10:30 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets behind the former KFC in Roanoke in the building with the blue awning. 1 p.m. Until further notice, Wadley First United Methodist Church Food_Bank will be open the second Wednesday of each month from 1 to 2 p.m. Recipients must meet federal guidelines. Applicants should bring one of the following:…

FORECLOSURE NOTICE

By Editor | January 14, 2009 |

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain mortgage executed by Angelia F. Smith, an unmarried woman to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., (MERS) acting solely as nominee for SouthStar Funding, LLC dated the 7th day of February, 2007, and Recorded in Volume 511, Page 491…

STATE OF ALABAMA

By Editor | January 14, 2009 |

RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CARLOS AWBREY KNOTT, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Carlos Awbrey Knott, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 6th day of Jan. 2009, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that…

WEDNESDAY, January 14

By Editor | January 14, 2009 |

10:30 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets behind the former KFC in Roanoke in the building with the blue awning. 1 p.m. Until further notice, Wadley First United Methodist Church Food_Bank will be open the second Wednesday of each month from 1 to 2 p.m. Recipients must meet federal guidelines. Applicants should bring one of the following:…

Nine arrested in drug raids

By Editor | January 14, 2009 |

Nine people were arrested on Wednesday afternoon of last week in two separate drug raids. Officers with Roanoke Police Department and Randolph County Narcotics Unit teamed up to execute the search warrants at 138 Cynthia Circle and on County Road 18, Roanoke. According to Roanoke Police Chief Adam Melton, officers found a substantial amount of…

PUBLIC NOTICE

By Editor | January 14, 2009 |

Effective immediately Timber Harvesting and Heavy Equipment Usage Permits will be issued at the Randolph County Engineer’s Office, 817 Woodland Avenue West in Wedowee, Monday-Thursday, 6 a.m.-4:30 p.m. For information phone (256)357-2311 or toll-free at (877)247-4099. (2-3)

STATE OF ALABAMA

By Editor | January 14, 2009 |

COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE is hereby given that a bill substantially as follows will be introduced in the 2009 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama and application for its passage and enactment will be made: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to Randolph County; to amend Sections 3 and 6 and to…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF

By Editor | January 14, 2009 |

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: WILLIAM LEON GLASS, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of William Leon Glass, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 6th day of January, 2009, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF

By Editor | January 14, 2009 |

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF JOHN CHIEF BENEFIELD, DECEASED NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that the 29th day of January, 2009, at 10 a.m. has been appointed by the Court as the date and time for the Final Settlement of the Estate of John Chief Benefield, deceased, by the Executor of…

Search for Woodland bank robber continues

By Editor | January 14, 2009 |

The FBI is assisting Randolph County Sheriff’s Office in the search for the man who robbed the Bank of Wedowee’s Woodland branch at 10 a.m. on Thursday of last week. According to investigator Donnie Strain, the black man was wearing a light gray or white hoody sweatshirt and armed with a handgun when he passed…

PUBLIC NOTICE

By Editor | January 14, 2009 |

Effective Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009, the Randolph County C/D Landfill will be open on Wednesdays from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. and continue normal operations on Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Randolph County Commission (2-3)

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

By Editor | January 14, 2009 |

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed to Long Beach Mortgage Company on June 5, 2003, by Kenya Owensby, a married man, and recorded in Book 446 Page 112; said mortgage was transferred and assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach…

Winner of FOX dance show teaches classes at Southern Union

By Editor | January 14, 2009 |

Joshua Allen, reigning champion of the FOX acclaimed dance competition So You Think You Can Dance, brought his unique hip-hop style of dance to Southern Union this weekend. More than 100 students from throughout Alabama and Georgia took part in the master classes taught by Allen on SU’s Wadley campus. He offered a class for…

Shelley: Sports’ best friend

By Editor | January 14, 2009 |

Do you ever have those times when a series of things you see or hear inspires you to do something? Well in my case, it’s not so much do something as write something, but you get the idea. It seems I’ve been barraged with stories in the news and in my own life about cats…

STATE OF ALABAMA

By Editor | January 14, 2009 |

COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE is hereby given that a bill substantially as follows will be introduced in the 2009 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama and application for its passage and enactment will be made: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to Clay, Cleburne, and Randolph Counties; to repeal Act 93-365, 1993…

LaGrange group works on local Habitat houses

By Editor | January 14, 2009 |

An industrious group from First United Methodist Church of LaGrange poured into the Habitat homes near completion on West Point Street Saturday, doing many of the finishing touches from appliance installation to nailing baseboards. Friends of Steven W. Brown, who is executive director of the the Troup/Chambers County Habitat for Humanity, the group immediately responded…