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Sarah Perry Matthews

By Editor | October 20, 2008 |

(BIRMINGHAM) Sarah Perry Matthews, age 80 of Birmingham, died Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008.Services will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 21 at Irondale United Methodist Church, with burial at Forest Crest Cemetery in Irondale.Mrs. Matthews was preceded in death by her parents, Walter Hugh Perry and Sarah Lemerle Mashburn, both of Wedowee, and by…

Cora Jean Carter

By Editor | October 20, 2008 |

(ROANOKE) Cora Jean Carter, 61, of 649 Cotney Line, Roanoke, died Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Services will be Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 2 p.m. at East Roanoke Church of God, Roanoke, with Pastor Timothy Wright officiating. Burial will be in East Roanoke Cemetery. Survivors include a sister, Mary Louis…

Joe Ben Borders Jr.

By Editor | October 20, 2008 |

(ROANOKE) Services for Joe Ben Borders Jr., 84, of Roanoke were at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008, at First Baptist Church in Roanoke, with the Rev. Jeff Holder officiating. Burial was at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Borders was born Nov. 6, 1923, son of Essie and Joe Ben Borders Sr. Mr. Borders died…

William Gordon Davis Sr.

By Editor | October 20, 2008 |

(TALLADEGA) William Gordon Davis Sr., 84, of Talladega died Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, at Bill Nichols Veteran’s Home, Alexander City. Mr. Davis was a native of Wadley and a resident of Talladega since 1942. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Talladega, Adult Men’s Sunday School Class and Masonic Lodge 261. He was…

William Thomas Johnson Jr.

By Editor | October 20, 2008 |

(ROANOKE) Services for William Thomas Johnson, Jr., 80, of Roanoke will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008 at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at the Napoleon Church of Christ cemetery. Mr. Johnson died Saturday, Oct. 18, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Survivors include three daughters,…

Medal of Honor is brother’s ongoing quest

By Editor | October 17, 2008 |

Two brothers went to war. One came back. But, he’s still fighting for his brother. Brosco Pool of Oxford will be 86 in January. He knows he does not have a lot of time left to try finish one last thing for his brother, Braxton, who died at the Battle of the Bulge in December…

Pauline Moore Beeker

By Editor | October 17, 2008 |

(MELBOURNE, Fla.) Pauline Moore Beeker, 87, died Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008, at Indian River Center in Melbourne, Fla. Survivors include one daughter, Rosalyn Garland of Melbourne; one grandson; two sisters, Emily Knight Sanders and Annette M. Elliott of Fredonia, Ala. Ms. Beeker was born Aug. 16, 1921, in Roanoke, the daughter of Paul C. Moore…

Eileen O’Malley Rogers

By Editor | October 17, 2008 |

(WEDOWEE) Services for Eileen O’Malley Rogers, 48, of Wedowee will be Saturday, Oct. 18, at 1 p.m. at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Mt. Pleasant Baptist Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 17. Mrs. Rogers will lie in state…

High School Football Scores

By Editor | October 17, 2008 |

Wadley 28, Loachapoka 12; Handley 9, Saks 7; Woodland 27, Horseshoe Bend 9; Lineville 40, Randolph County 21 Wadley 28, Loachapoka 12 Wadley made a strong statement with a 28-12 win over region foe Loachapoka Friday night in Wadley. Loachapoka got off to a quick start with a 30-yard touchdown pass on the second play…

Ivey King

By Editor | October 17, 2008 |

(COLUMBUS, Ga.) Mr. Ivey King, 92, of Columbus, Ga., died Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, Magnolia Manor. Services will be at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 16, at First Baptist Church with Dr. Jimmy Elder officiating. Interment will follow at Concord Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Wadley, at 4:30 p.m. EDT. The family will receive friends Wednesday…

Hunter-Allen-Myhand Funeral Home

By Editor | October 17, 2008 |

506 Hill Street ~ LaGrange, Georgia 30241 (706)884-5626 ~ Fax: (706)884-2599 Dewey Morris (LAGRANGE, Ga.) Dewey Morris, 83, of LaGrange, Ga., died Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008, at his home. Mr. Morris was born July 13, 1925, in Randolph County, Ala., son of the late Martin and Janie Brown Morris. He was a member of Callaway…

Woodie Fred Morman

By Editor | October 17, 2008 |

(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Woodie Fred Morman, 74, of LaGrange, Ga., died at home on Thursday, Oct. 9. Mr. Morman was born Sept. 13, 1934, in Randolph County, Ala. He was a contractor and a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean War. Survivors include three sons, Pete Morman, Mike Morman and Scott Morman; a daughter, Hope Chiles,…

Rachel White Colson

By Editor | October 17, 2008 |

(WEST POINT, Ga.) Rachel W. Colson, 97, of West Point, Ga., died on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008, at West Georgia Medical Center. Mrs. Colson was born Sept. 13, 1911, in Rock Mills, Ala., daughter of the late John White and Martha Ann Brand White. She had lived in LaGrange all her life and was a…

Laird: Energy costs create numerous problems

By Editor | October 15, 2008 |

One of the main problems for regular folks in this troubled economy has been the price of energy. It impacts our family budgets, drains money from other important purchases, and is a dead weight on our state economy. Whoever the next president will be, he will have to put us on a different road on…

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF

By Editor | October 15, 2008 |

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO: CV 2008-0115 Lowell Hill, Plaintiff Vs. Lot 6, Kimlar Subdivision, as described and recorded at Plat Cabinet B, Slide 56, being a portion of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4, Section 33, Township 18 South, Range 10 East, Randolph County, Alabama. Less and except all rights and easements owned…

STATE OF ALABAMA

By Editor | October 15, 2008 |

RANDOLPH COUNTY LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the debt secured by that certain mortgage executed by James T. Sellers and wife, Lesa C. Sellers, Mortgagor(s) to Bobby Ray Baker and Charles R. Johnson, Mortgagee, on December 10, 2007, said mortgage being recorded in the Probate…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF

By Editor | October 15, 2008 |

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: KENNETH E. BURSON, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Ancillary Letters Testamentary of said deceased have been granted to Ollie Belle Burson on the 10th day of October, 2008, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama. Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said…

STATE OF ALABAMA

By Editor | October 15, 2008 |

RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF L.C. STEWART, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of L.C. Stewart, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 10th day of Oct. 2008, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons…

LEGAL NOTICE

By Editor | October 15, 2008 |

NOTICE OF COMPLETION In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, notice is hereby given that Giddens Inc., Contractor, has completed the contract (Water Distribution System Improvements for the Randolph County 2007 Funded Water Facilities Program Water Main Extension on County Roads 49, 132, 806 & 887, Randolph County, Alabama)…

Police Reports

By Editor | October 15, 2008 |

Roanoke arrests Rachel R. Myers, 26, of Valley – failure to appear in court – Oct. 10 Mathew James McCard, 20, of 115 Overton Mountain Dr., Roanoke – failure to appear in court – Oct. 9 Patrick George Sr., 48, of 64181 Hwy. 431, Roanoke – leaving the scene of an accident – Oct. 9…