(UNION HILL) Agnes Adams Mangram, 95, of Union Hill died Friday, Feb. 22, 2008, at Traylor Nursing Home, Roanoke.Mrs. Mangram was a native of Chambers County, born October 11, 1912. She was a retired textile employee and a member of Pleasant Grove Christian Church, Union Hill.Services were at Pleasant Grove Christian Church on Sunday, Feb.…

(ROANOKE) Lera Mae Hines, 84, of Roanoke died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, at Hospice LaGrange. Services will be Saturday, Feb. 23, at 1 p.m. at Canaan Baptist Church, Welch, with the Revs. Mario McDaniel, Jocephus Cofield and Gilbert E. Staples officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include her husband, Charlie Hines of…

(STOCKBRIDGE, Ga.) Services for Charles Earl Benefield, 64, of Strockbridge, Ga., will be Friday, Feb. 22, 2008, at 11 a.m. at Woodland Church of God, with the Rev. Keith Benefield and the Rev. Carolyn Hanner officiating. Mr. Benefield will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in Potash…

There are two things that irritate me more than anything else in this world lately. The first is the Bowl Championship Series. The second is Congress devoting countless hours to investigating sports issues. If you’ve tuned into ESPN or CNN, listened to the radio, picked up a newspaper or magazine or overheard a conversation in…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE ALABAMA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Default having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by James T. Messer and wife, Deborah B. Messer to Household Finance Corporation of Alabama, dated September 26, 1996, said mortgage being recorded in Book 331, Page 325, in the Office of the Judge of Probate…

The rules makers are at it again. Every season the NCAA Football Rules Committee has to justify its expense vouchers by meeting and tinkering with the rules in an attempt to reinvent the perfect wheel. Of course, one of their annual buzzwords is time, as in how much time it takes to play the games.…

Last year, the Handley Tigers took a trip down to Ashford for a sub-regional playoff game and came back victorious. This year was a different story. The Ashford Yellow Jackets administered a 61-48 defeat to the Handley Tigers Friday night. Handley head coach Cliff Drummond said he was not happy with the way the Tigers…

First Bank, 312 Main Street, Wadley, Alabama, intends to establish a branch office in Goodwater, Alabama, at 105 North Main Street, Goodwater, Coosa County, Alabama. Any person wishing to comment on this application may file his or her comments in writing with the regional director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at the appropriate FDIC…

CASE NUMBER CV-2008-0014 STATE OF ALABAMA, ex. rel. E. PAUL JONES, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT PLAINTIFF VS. Shekia Paige, Alias; Cashaundra Hicks; alias; Eight hundred sixteen dollars In U.S. Currency ($816.00); And A, B, and C, DEFENDANTS NOTICE Notice is hereby given that any and all parties claiming an interest in the property sought…

(BREMEN, Ga.) Lonie Mae Camp McCain of Bremen, Ga., died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008. Mrs. McCain was born in Carroll County, Ga., April 25, 1913, daughter of the late Noah B. Camp and Ellen Martin Camp. She was a retired employee of the Sewell Manufacturing Co. and was a member of the Bremen First Baptist…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: JAMES CHARLIE CREED, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the Estate of James Charlie Creed, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 14th day of Feb., 2008, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: MARY W. O’NEAL, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Mary W O’Neal, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 15th day of Feb., 2008, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF WAYNE LITTLE, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Letters of Testamentary of said deceased have been granted to the undersigned on the 14th day of Feb., 2008, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama. Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said…

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. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, February 21 8:30 a.m.…

Randolph County Sheriff’s Office is seeking a father and son for burglary. On Monday morning, a teenager who resides on County Road 16 in Roanoke hid in his home and witnessed the burglars, who thought no one was home, said Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Jimmy Holmes. In addition to reporting the burglary, the family…

An automobile accident in Roanoke Sunday night caused a major water leak. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, the driver of a 1996 Lexus, Robin Elaine Kilpatrick, 34, of 520 Border St., Roanoke, attempted to make a right turn from LaFayette Highway onto Main Street when she lost control of her car. Kilpatrick…

(ROANOKE) Services for Mamie Bowen Bailey, 85, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Andrew Dressler officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Mrs. Bailey died Tuesday,…

The Roanoke Healthcare Authority last week passed a resolution authorizing Authority Chairman Matthew Knight to sign all documents, agreements and loan documents which basically moved forward the city’s purchase of Randolph Medical Center. “That is the sole intent of the resolution — approval by the authority for me to sign off on the paperwork that…