(ABANDA) Ronald Nathan Stephens, 83, of Abanda passed away peacefully in his home on Wednesday, June 2, 2021.Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until noon on Saturday, June 12, at Trinity Baptist Church in Roanoke with funeral services following at noon. Burial will follow at the Mt. Olive Cemetery in Chambers County.Mr. Stephens was born…
(LINEVILLE) The funeral for Harold R. Horton, 85, of Lineville will be Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Brandon Owens officiating. Burial will follow at Bethel East Baptist Church Cemetery, Woodland. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from noon to 2 p.m. on Wednesday before services…
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Gerald George “Gerry” Bass Jr., 59, of Franklin, Ga., passed away June 3, 2021. His memorial service will be Tuesday, June 8, at 6 p.m. in the chapel of Stutts Funeral Home. Gerry was born July 10, 1961, in Randolph County, Ala., to the late Gerald George Bass Sr. and Thelma Joyce Hopson.…
(WEDOWEE) The funeral for Dwight Brown, 72, of Wedowee will be Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at 2 p.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church, Wadley, with Bro. Donald Spradlin officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, June 7. Mr. Brown…
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Ralphard Tim Brown, 77, of Franklin, Ga., died June 3, 2021. His funeral was Sunday June 6, at 2 p.m. at Heard County Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Rodney Roquemore officiating. Mr. Brown was born Oct. 27, 1943, in Randolph County, Ala., to the late Guy Charlie Brown and Ethel Estelle Crenshaw Brown.…
(ROANOKE) Asa Boyce Williams, 82, of Roanoke passed away Saturday, June 5, 2021, at his residence. A Georgia native, Mr. Williams was born April 23, 1940, the son of Asa and Juanita Arron Williams. He was a member of Midway United Methodist Church in Wedowee and served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam…
(WADLEY) The funeral for Billy Lee Knight, 86, of Wadley will be Saturday, June 5, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. at Corinth Christian Church with Bro. Ricky Cummings officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Saturday. Mr. Knight passed away…
Billy Lee Knight (WADLEY) The funeral for Billy Lee Knight, 86, of Wadley will be Saturday, June 5, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. at Corinth Christian Church with Bro. Ricky Cummings officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Saturday. Mr.…
Wedowee native Joe Ray has been inducted into the USA Water Ski and Wake Sports Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2020. Ray was inducted at a ceremony April 24 after the 2020 ceremony was postponed due to COVID-19. Ray announced his retirement from competition at age 59 following the conclusion of the…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Mortgage executed by CALVIN R. HUDDLESTON, a married man, to AOD FEDERAL CREDIT UNION on August 25, 2020, said Mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Book 655, Page 365,…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH PROBATE COURT IN RE: ESTATE OF JOHN WILLIAM HEARD, DECEASED NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION TO ADMIT WILL TO PROBATE TO: JOHNATHAN HEARD LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: UNKNOWN You are hereby notified that on this day came Patricia Heard and filed in this Court a certain paper in writing, purporting…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: BRODERICK FRANK HEAD, DECEASED ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Broderick Frank Head, deceased, having been granted to Theresa Rose Head on the 27th day of May, 2021, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
FRANKLIN, Ga. – A second person is facing charges in the death of 47-year-old Regina Trotter whose body was found on Mason Road in western Heard County on the morning of Feb. 1. Heard County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, already made one arrest in the case in late February. 28-year-old…
The Bike Hike, the annual fundraiser for the Randolph County Learning Center, set an alltime record for money raised through this year’s event, with a grand total of $135, 733 generated throughout the county and beyond. Here’s a breakdown of the contributors that made this year’s event such a ringing success: Day Care / Preschool…
Roanoke Police are investigating a shooting that happened on Tuesday afternoon in the Seymour Drive trailer park. A suspect told police that the victim, Christopher Foster, 21, of College Street was sitting at a table outside the trailer when the suspect walked up and began to argue with him. When the suspect pulled a gun…
After being involved in a minor traffic accident, two 17-year-olds were arrested on Thursday afternoon of last week, charged with being in possession of stolen guns. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, one of the teens is from Roanoke and the other from Woodland. One was recently accused of stealing a gun from…
Roanoke City Board of Education spent the majority of their meeting on Tuesday evening of last week approving a lengthy personnel action sheet to make sure all three city schools will be staffed for the 2021-2022 school year that will begin in August. The board approved the following: the retirement of Jean Smith, kindergarten teacher…
At last Thursday’s Randolph County Board of Education meeting, the board met in executive session for some 50 minutes before approving the personnel action recommendations. A number of students and parents from Woodland were in attendance at the meeting and one student representing students at the school was called into the session with the board.…
(WOODLAND) The funeral for Clyde Adkins, 82, of Woodland will be Thursday, June 3, 2021, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Bro. Tyler Worthey and Bro. Phillip Heard officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Hill Church of Christ Cemetery at 5525 County Rd. 51, Newell. The family will receive friends at the funeral…
(McDONOUGH, Ga.) Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Wheeler Harvey Alsabrook Jr., 78, of McDonough, Ga., passed away after a short illness on May 26, 2021. He was a 1961 graduate of Wadley High School and received his undergraduate degree from Southern Mississippi University in Hattiesburg. Lt. Col. Alsabrook was a 30-year army veteran, having served…