IN RE: ORBIN NOBLES, DECEASEDNOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENTTake notice that the 15th day of Feb., 2007, at 9:30 a.m. has been appointed by the Court as the date and time for the Final Settlement of the Estate of Orbin Nobles, deceased, by the Administrator of said Estate, Larry Nobles.George DiamondJudge of ProbateRandolph County, Alabama(4-6)

(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Roger “Veal” Williams Sr., 45, died Monday, Jan. 22, 2007, at West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. Services will b at Rehope Missionary Baptist Church, LaFayette, on Saturday, Jan. 27, at 1 p.m., with the Rev. H.L. Jones officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The remains will lie in state at the…

(WOODLAND) Graveside services for Allie Ruth Brown, 69, of Woodland will be Friday, Jan. 26, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Highway Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery, with the Rev. Earl Rollins and the Rev. Rob Scholl officiating. Mrs. Brown died Wednesday, Jan. 24, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, Anniston. The family will receive friends on…

7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, January 25 9 a.m. Sheri Rollins, field representative with Congressman Mike Rogers’ office, will be at Roanoke City Hall until 11 a.m. to meet with constituents. Citizens may make an appointment by calling (256) 235-5655. noon Roanoke Rotary Club meets at The Galley Restaurant.…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ERNEST E. WILKINSON, SR., DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 18th day of January, 2007, by the Hon. George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court of Randolph County,…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Charles J. Jordan and Linda S. Jordan, husband and wife, to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., on the 30th day of January, 2004, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama,…

(WEDOWEE) Services for Florence Pool Mitchell, 74, of Wedowee will be Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Grove Baptist Church, with the Rev. Claude Bennett and the Rev. Donald Spradlin officiating. Mrs. Mitchell will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery.…

When Leader reporter Penny Pool voiced an objection to the Roanoke City Council’s secret meeting Monday night, Mayor Spec Bonner said he did not know what the state’s open meetings law said about such meetings. This leads one to wonder how many other public officials may be ignorant of the basic state law that governs…

(WEDOWEE) Services for Vennon Varron Johnson, 80, of Wedowee will be Friday, Jan. 26, 2007, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Zenus Windsor and the Rev. Gordon Taylor officiating. Burial will follow at Forrester Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on…

The Handley Tigers are becoming notorious for barely losing those close games. Well after last week’s triple overtime thriller against Central Coosa, that stigma should be gone. “That’s just part of being a young basketball team, learning how to finish games,” head coach Clifton Drummond said. Central Coosa led most of the game, and by…

Wadley Town Council passed a one-percent sales tax increase at last week’s meeting, bringing the tax to 8 percent, more in line with nearby towns. Town Clerk Marsha Poe said the council passed the tax to bring the city more in line with area towns and to try to fulfill the needs of the city.…

Didn’t run out of pins this year. Got to Isaac and didn’t need any more. And Isaac barely made it on the map before it squirted out into the Atlantic and was gone. If it hadn’t been for Alberto, Beryl and Ernesto, the big wigs that run the Weather Channel would have had to lay…

I’ve had the opportunity to meet a lot of new people around here in the last couple of weeks. The end result of these various introductions and greetings is that people know what I look like now. This can be a good thing or a bad thing. It’s good because, as my girlfriend recently put…

Registration for Roanoke Girls’ Softball League will be held Saturday, Feb. 10, 17 and 24 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Roanoke Nutrition Center for girls ages 5-16. The cost of registration is $40 for the first child and $25 for each child thereafter. A $5 late fee will be added to each child…

Randolph Medical Center Administrator Tim Harlin talks about the hospital like grandparents talk about their grandchildren. Every step forward, every new skill, everything new to brag on, he does it. During a recent interview, he mentioned every positive element he could and did not sugarcoat the problems. Three steps forward are hiring a new director…

Three Roanoke teenagers, missing for more than 48 hours, were found safe on Thursday of last week. According to investigator Billy Lane of Roanoke Police Department, the three 14-year-olds, two males and female, were missing from the start of school Tuesday morning until approximately 10:20 Thursday. They stayed in Wedowee the two nights they were…

WEDOWEE – The design for a much-needed new Randolph County Jail was the topic of a presentation by David Deaton of Domes International following Monday morning’s regular Randolph County Commission meeting. Deaton presented the commissioners with a sketch of a 200-bed facility in a wagon wheel-type design on about 2 acres. That facility would run…