Birmingham attorney Lenora Pate has a resume that would wow just about anybody. Besides being a top-rated lawyer in the areas of health and physician-oriented law, business law, governmental/public policy areas, and real estate/health care development, she served in Gov. JimFolsom Jr.’s cabinet as the first female director of the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations…

(ROANOKE) Services for Eris Poore Cottle, 85, of Roanoke will be Thursday, July 19, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Doug Brown officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 18. Mrs. Cottle…

The Randolph County Solid Waste Authority will accept competitive bids to construct a concrete slab at the Transfer Station located at 1938 County Road 811, Wedowee, AL 36278. The Plans and Proposals can be obtained at the Randolph County Commission Office, 12 Broad Street East, Wedowee, AL 36278. Bids will be opened on Monday, August…

Arrests July 16 – Alan Truman Higgins Jr., 26, of Sebastian, Fla. – bad check and failure to appear in court (bad check). July 16 – Adam Scott Green, 19, of 50383 Hwy. 22, Roanoke – three counts of writing bad checks. July 13 – Rochelle Calloway, 31, of 124 Dallas Circle, Roanoke – DUI…

IN RE: FLORA HOWLE, DECEASED ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the estate of Flora Howle, deceased, having been granted to Barry Howle and Mary Davis on the 3rd day of July, 2007, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having…

Saturday as workers were dismantling a small appendage to the old bus station/NAPA building between Main and Louina streets the wall fell in, knocking a worker on a ladder backwards into Louina Street, according to Fire Chief Bill Ford. Ford was working on reports, heard the call and rushed to the scene thinking it was…

A Roanoke man who died on July 8 in Manchester, Ga., apparently was struck by a train as he was trying to climb aboard a freight train leaving the switching station there. According to Major Bobby Rogers of the Manchester Police Department, the body of Curtis Wayne Owens, 38, was discovered at 10:30 a.m. by…

(ROANOKE) Services for William Sanford Holliday, 16, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Richie Farrow officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday. William died Monday, July…

(ROANOKE) Services for Clarence Cecil Hodges, 70, of Roanoke, will be Thursday, July 19, 2007, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Mickey Skipper, the Rev. Mark Tatum and Richard Laird officiating. Burial to follow in the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from…

(ROANOKE) Services for Fred Rotton, 89, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Roanoke, with Dr. William Dean officiating. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from 1 to 2 p.m. on Wednesday. Mr. Rotton died Tuesday, July 17,…

(WADLEY) Bennie Reese, 79, of Wadley, died Saturday, July 14, 2007, at Care Center of Opelika. Services will be Wednesday, July 18, at 1 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Wadley with the Rev. Cornelius Reese, the Rev William Phillips and Bishop Lathonia Wright officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Olive United Methodist Church Cemetery.…

(WEDOWEE) Katie Stone, 87, of Wedowee, died Saturday, July 14, 2007, at Wedowee Hospital. Services will be Tuesday, July 17, at 1 p.m. at Union Chapel United Methodist Church, Wedowee, with the Revs. William Crawford, Percy Nolan, William Phillips and Bruce Williams officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include two sons, Joe…

(ROANOKE) Services for Lucille Mitchell Pike, 88, of Roanoke, were Sunday, July 15, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Home, with the Rev. S. T. Janney and Rev. Carl Partin officiating. Burial was in the Welcome Home Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Pike died Friday, July 13, at Traylor Nursing Home. Survivors include a daughter,…

(BOWDON, Ga.) Billy Joe Robinson, 76, of Bowdon, Ga., died Sunday, July 15, 2007. Mr. Robinson was born July 11, 1931, in Carroll County, Ga., to the late Ruth McIntyre Robinson and Melvin Robinson. He was a television repairman having worked for Kenmore Electronics. He also enjoyed fishing and was member of Indian Creek Baptist…

(ROANOKE) Services for Curtis Wayne Owens, 38, will be Saturday, July 14, 2007, at 10 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Linda Baughtman officiating. Burial will follow in the Flat Rock Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday and 8 a.m.…

(BOWDON, Ga.) William Alton Robinson, 86, of Bowdon, Ga., died Tuesday, July 10, 2007, at Countryside Health Center in Buchanan, Ga. Mr. Robinson was born July 31, 1920, in Cleburne County, to the late William Henry and Viola Abercrombie Robinson. Having lived in Carroll County for 60 years, he was a member of Bethlehem Primitive…

10:30 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets behind the former KFC in Roanoke in the building with the blue awning. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, July 12 noon Roanoke Rotary Club meets at The Galley Restaurant. 2 p.m. Sheri Rollins, field representative with Congressman Mike Rogers’ office, will be at Wedowee…

Anyone who complains about being overtaxed had better be glad he lives in Alabama. A report out this week reveals that the state and local tax burden here is the lowest in the nation. The figures for 2005 reveal that the combined state, county and city taxes on an Alabama resident comes out to $2,569…

WEDOWEE – The members of Randolph County Commission were introduced to the new manager of the Randolph County Animal Shelter, Laura Gasser, during Monday’s meeting. A Birmingham native, Gasser earned her Ph.D. from the University of Georgia and has been a partner in a metal business in Atlanta for 10 years. She bought a house…

(ROANOKE) Services for infant Zachary Joseph Estes-Shirah were Saturday, July 7, 2007, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home Chapel in Lineville with Dr. Tharel Shirah officiating. Burial followed in Wadley City Cemetery. Zachary died Wednesday, July 4, at Randolph Medical Center. He is survived by his parents, Stephanie Estes and Mitchell Shirah of Roanoke;…