(GARY, Ind.) Jessie Ruth Trammell Rose, 83, of Gary, Ind., died Thursday, May 22, 2008.She was born Nov. 21, 1924 in Roanoke. She graduated from Randolph County Training School and Alabama State University, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the baccalaureate address as she received her bachelor’s degree in education. After teaching at RCTS…
(HUNTERSVILLE, N.C.) Linda Grant Meacham, 51, died suddenly in her home in Huntersville, N.C., on June 17, 2008. A memorial service is planned for 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 21, at Lake Norman Baptist Church in Huntersville. After the service, the family will host a reception at their home in Cambridge Grove in celebration of…
(ROANOKE) Services for Tammy Lynn Campbell, 36, of Roanoke will be Sunday, June 22, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Fitzgerald Brown and Rev. Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday,…
(DAYTON, Ohio) Roy Dunson, 90, of Dayton, Ohio, died Friday, June 13, 2008, at Hospice of Dayton. Born in Roanoke, Ala., Mr. Dunson was a member of True Vine Missionary Baptist Church, where he served on the Laymen’s Northwestern Auxiliary, Missionary Group, Music Department of True Vine, Senior Mission Auxiliary and Local 1552 Steel Workers.…
10:30 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets behind the former KFC in Roanoke in the building with the blue awning. 11:30 a.m. The Randolph_County chapter of the American Association of_Retired Persons meets at The Galley_Restaurant in Roanoke for a Dutch treat lunch. Guest speaker will be Randolph Leader publisher John Stevenson. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at…
(HUNTERSVILLE, N.C.) Linda Grant Meacham, 51, died suddenly in her home in Huntersville, N.C., on June 17, 2008. A memorial service is planned for 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 21, at Lake Norman Baptist Church in Huntersville. After the service, the family will host a reception at their home in Cambridge Grove in celebration of…
(ALEXANDRIA) Services for Kelli Raisanen Best, 40, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 19, 2008, at Saks Baptist Church with the Rev. Daniel Harper officiating. Burial will follow at Rocky Branch Cemetery in Randolph County. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Mrs. Best will lie…
(OXFORD) Services for Cloyse B. “C.Y.” Yates, 83, will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 20, 2008, in the chapel of Miller Funeral Home & Crematory with the Rev. Jerry Starling officiating. Burial will follow in Dogwood Trails Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Thursday from 6 – 8 at the funeral home.…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Lizzie Magby Datcher, 96, died Thursday, June 12, 2008, at Twin Fountains Home. Mrs. Datcher, a native of Troup County, Ga., was born April 10, 1912, and was the daughter of the late Lee Oliver Magby and Beulah Mae Cosby Magby. She was a homemaker and devoted member of First Baptist Church, Fannin…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated May 26, 2004, executed by Neill Ansbro and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., which mortgage was recorded on June 1, 2004, in Volume 465, Page 341 of the mortgage records in the…
Gov. Bob Riley says he has never had a conversation with anybody in an attempt to influence Don Siegelman’s case, and said he told Siegelman that in person before the former governor’s trial. Riley said recently on a Tuscaloosa News town hall web cast that his comments were at a ceremony they both attended at…
High school sports in the county are on a break, with students and coaches out for the summer. But that doesn’t mean the athletes and coaches themselves are taking a break. For a lot of county athletes, particularly the football players, the summer is a time to improve. The players at Randolph County High School…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGE FELTON FULLERTON, JR., DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of George Felton Fullerton, Jr., deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 12th day of June, 2008, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…
Roanoke Rotarian Bruce Brownlee, who is spearheading the Downtown Roanoke project for the club, is attending a conference on “2008 Your Town Alabama: Designing Our Future” this Wednesday-Friday, June 18-20, at Camp McDowell, near Jasper. The retreat is the camp and conference center for the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Alabama. The focus of…
Arrests Edward Lamar Rhodes, 32, of 238 Berry St., Roanoke – attempting to elude – June 15 Eddie Todd Whaley, 41, of 135 Pinetucky Lane, Graham – domestic violence – June 15 Jack Wayne Herren Sr., 69, of 20649 Hwy. 48, Woodland – DUI and violation of the prohibition law – June 14 Jermaine Dalashun…
This Wednesday night, June 18, former Southern Union dancer Stephen “Twitch” Boss will perform in the second round of finals competition on the FOX TV hit “So You Think You Can Dance.” The 25-year-old Boss came to Southern Union from Montgomery and now lives in Santa Ana, Calif. He transferred from Southern Union to Chapman…
Normally I try to stick to some kind of sports topic in this column space every week because I know I hate to read a non-sports column in the sports section myself. But I feel I have to tell this story. Have no fear though, I’ll do my best to draw some kind of parallel…
Approximately 200 guests took advantage of a lovely June day to enjoy the art on the median in downtown Wedowee on Saturday. Among the Wedowee artists displaying their works were Tom Scott, who paints scenes of Wedowee and the lake area, Michele Kopytchak, whose booth was filled with her colorful folk paintings, fancifully painted furniture…
“Faith I ran when I saw others run.” King Henry IV, Part I, Act II I tell this as a cautionary tale for older fathers. Or younger fathers who think they are younger than they really are. Read and learn. A few weeks back my son announced that he wanted to get up early and…
Randolph Medical Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Glodys C. St-Phard, M.D., as the new medical director of the Senior Connections Behavioral Unit. St-Phard is board certified with the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology. A native of Haiti, St-Phard completed his medical degree at the University of Haiti School of Medicine &…