(FAIRHOPE) Services for Arzelia Brown Messer, 86, of Fairhope, formerly of Wedowee, will be Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, at 2 p.m. at First Methodist Church of Wedowee, with the Rev. Gary Henderson and the Rev. Robert Mount officiating. Mrs. Messer will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the service. Burial will…

(ROANOKE) Services for William Louis Harmon, 87, of Roanoke were Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funearl Chapel, with the Rev. Don Quick and the Rev. Sandy Crosslin officiating. Burial was in Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Harmon died Friday, Setp. 14, at his home. Survivors include his wife, Helon Lyles Harmon of…

(FAIRHOPE) Services for Arzelia Brown Messer, 86, of Fairhope, formerly of Wedowee, will be Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, at 2 p.m. at First Methodist Church of Wedowee, with the Rev. Gary Henderson and the Rev. Robert Mount officiating. Mrs. Messer will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the service. Burial will…

(WADLEY) Graveside services for Sharon McCormick Mitchell, 46, of Wadley will be Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Big Springs Baptist Cemetery, with the Rev. Margie Boggs officiating. The family will received friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Mrs. Mitchell died Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Randolph Medical…

(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Charles Edwin Willis, 80, of Carrollton, Ga., died Monday, Sept. 10, 2007. Mr. Willis was born July 10, 1927, in Carroll County, Ga., to the late Hepsie Wallis Willis and John Willis. He was a retired welder having worked for The Southwire Company and was a member of Word of Life Gospel Ministry.…

It seems every year we get a new health warning, and it ends up either making us feel guilty or forcing us to change our lives. Back in the ’70s, cholesterol warnings were all over television and newspapers. We were told to watch our intake of things we loved like eggs and bacon, and some…

Congressman Mike Rogers congratulated the men and women of the Bethel East and East Randolph County volunteer fire departments for receiving grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, funding Rogers said would help the fire departments purchase new firefighting equipment. “Randolph County’s first responders are our first line of defense,” Rogers said. “I congratulate…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY B. GRAHAM, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Wylodene G. Bates on the 5th day of Sept., 2007, by the Hon. George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court of Randolph County,…

(ORLANDO, Fla.) Services for Lillie Odessar Crawford, 91, of Orlando, Fla., and former resident of Anniston, will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007, at Chapel Hill Funeral Home. Interment will be at Maple Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, at the funeral home. Mrs. Crawford died…

P.O. Box 30l463 Montgomery, Alabama 36l30-l463 (334) 27l-7700 PROPOSED ORDER Account Code: 605 Pursuant to the provisions of the Alabama Environmental Management Act, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management is proposing to issue an Order to the Water, Sewer and Gas Board of the Town of Wedowee, which operates a facility located on Woodland Lane…

What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculties! Hamlet, Act II, scene ii Been thinking recently about how far the human race has come, considering where it started and all it has been through to get here. Been thinking about my buddy Jerry, whose fascination with the origins…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF HARVIE J. SEARS, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Letters of Administration of said deceased have been granted to Janice Sears, Administrator, on the 4th day of Sept., 2007, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Michael E. Etheridge and Victoria L. Quinones, to James Dupree on the 27th day of June, 2006, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in real estate records Book…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DAVID LOFTON RUTLEDGE, JR., DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Kathleen R. LeBlanc on the 4th day of Sept., 2007, by the Hon. George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court of Randolph…

The Randolph County Grand Jury in its August session indicted a local minister, the Rev. William Heard, pastor of New Covenant Christian Church on Main Street. The charge is theft of lost property resulting from a cross-country investigation that led from Arizona to Tampa, Fla., to a small business, Exotic Autos, in Wedowee, according to…

(GRAHAM) Zettie Noles, 92, of Graham died Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007, at her residence. She was born in Cleburne County Oct. 14, 1914, the daughter of the late Shelly and Rada Parker McDaniel. Mrs. Noles was a member of Bethlehem Campground Methodist Church and was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded…

(WEST POINT, Ga.) Gleemer Irene Borden, 65, of West Point, Ga., died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007, at her home. Mrs. Borden was born May 27, 1942, in Randolph County, Ala., daughter of the late Gloomer McCormick and Rosa Ella Aldridge. She had been a LaGrange area resident all her life and was a member of…