(WEDOWEE) Services for Barbara Ann Edmondson, 66, of Wedowee, will be Wednesday, May 2, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Midway United Methodist Church, with the Revs. Cloyce Johnson, Gary Henderson and Ed Grooms officiating. Mrs. Edmondson will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery.Mrs.…

(ROANOKE) Services for Odelle Bennett, 84, of Roanoke were Sunday, April 29, 2007, at 4 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Stanley Yarbrough officiating. Burial followed at Randolph Memory Gardens. Ms. Bennett died Saturday, April 28, at Traylor Nursing Home, Roanoke. Survivors include one sister, Rosebud Stanford of Roanoke. Pallbearers were Gerson Bonner,…

HARTSELLE – Funeral services for Herbert James Ogle, 86, of Hartselle, formerly of Weaver, will be at 4 p.m. April 29, 2007, at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Anniston, with the Rev. Walter Blackman officiating. Burial will be at Greenlawn Memorial Cemetery in Jacksonville. Mr. Ogle, who died Friday, April 27, in Hartselle, was born…

(CARROLLTON, Ga.) H.M. Eason Jr., 83, of Park Lane in Carrollton, Ga., died Friday, April 27, 2007. He was born on Sept. 13, 1923, in Randolph County, Ala., to the late Henry Madison Eason Sr. and Mattie Lee Bowen Eason. He retired from Southwire Co. after more than 35 years of service. Survivors include his…

(ROANOKE) Services for Margaret Marion Richardson, 92, of Roanoke will be Sunday, April 29, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with Bro. Gerald Romine and Bro. Sam Carpenter officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday. Mrs.…

(BOWDON, Ga.) Dimont Girturde Sheets-Bennett, 89, of Bowdon, Ga., died April 25, 2007, at the Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. Services for Mrs. Sheets-Bennett will be conducted Saturday, April 28, at 2 p.m. EDT at High Point Church of God. Interment will follow in the Ridgeway Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive guests…

Arrests Ginger JoAnn Perez, 22, of 72 County Rd. 121, Wedowee, was arrested on April 23 and charged with receiving stolen property. Arrested with her was Betty Ann Hill of the same address. Hill is charged with third-degree burglary and first-degree theft. Vickie Jo Tucker, 33, of LaFayette was arrested on April 22 and charged…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Paul Smith and Sandra Smith, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration System, solely as nominee for GMAC Mortgage Corporartion DBA ditech.com, on the 11th day of April, 2006, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge…

WEDOWEE – Randolph County has been awarded a grant for $94,800 that will place six new warning sirens around the county. During Monday’s Randolph County Commission meeting, the commissioners were informed that EMA coordinator Donnie Knight had received notification of the grant, which will put sirens at Roanoke Justice Center, Southern Union State Community College,…

IN RE: RUBYE LEE PINKSTON NOTICE Reginald Murgerson, whereabouts unknown Take notice that on the 10th day of April, 2007, a Petition for the Probate for Probate of Will of Rubye Lee Pinkston, deceased, was filed in the office, and that the 3rd day of May, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. in the Probate Court of…

WADLEY – Wadley Town Council members at last week’s meeting discussed hiring a police officer, finding a place to secure the town’s property, and a town clean-up. Mayor Bruce Albright said city workers are trying to clean up the town but a lot of items, such as shovels, are stolen off city trucks. Some items…

The Woodland Bobcats finished out the season on a positive note with a 4-3 win over Piedmont last Tuesday. Woodland’s victory capped off a season full of ups and downs, including a 6-13 record and a county baseball title. Justin Baldwin led the Bobcats to victory with a stellar game on the mound. Baldwin struck…

WEDOWEE – As is the custom at the end of the school year, Randolph County Board of Education accepted several resignations during its meeting on Monday evening. Pamela B. Jordan, an English teacher at Wadley High School, announced her retirement at the end of the school year. Other teachers resigning are: Saundra W. Barnes, counselor,…

(GRAYSON, Ga.) Jack H. Still, 78, of Grayson, Ga., died Monday, April 16, 2007, at his home. Mr. Still was born May 14, 1928, in Roanoke, son of Walter E. and Eva Walker Still. He was a 1946 graduate of Handley High School and received a degree in aeronautical engineering from Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now…

My buddy Leah has gone out and written a book you should have on your shelf – that is if you are interested in Alabama and Alabama history, which I know you are, since you are discerning enough to read this column. Now for years I have heard folks say that the real history of…

IN RE: DOLLYE MARIE POKE, DECEASED ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the estate of Dollye Marie Poke, deceased, having been granted to Pamela D. Taylor on the 12th day of April, 2007, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having…

The Handley softball team took a hard hit in a 10-0 loss to Dadeville last Tuesday but bounced back in a 12-2 win over Clay County Monday. Dadeville, the strong favorite in the area, kept the Handley defense on its toes the whole game. Head coach Randy Hall said his team couldn’t seem to make…

Notice is hereby given that the Roanoke Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing pursuant to Section 11-52-77 of the Code of Alabama on Tuesday, May 8, 2007, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Roanoke City Hall. The purpose of this hearing shall be to receive public comments on an application submitted by Darrell…

To a newcomer to the area, the significance of this week’s lead story on the front page might be lost. To those of us who have been around awhile it’s a story with which we are all too familiar and one we are glad to see come to an end. What we hope will be…

There are two ways to look at Alabama’s estimated A-Day spring football game crowd of 92,138. The first way is the cynical way, which is the way almost everybody other than Alabama fans will look at it. It shows how obsessed Alabama fans are about football and how desperately they want to have a winner.…