IN RE: ESTATE OF MAYE C. STRAIN, DEC.NOTICE OF HEARING TO PROBATE WILLTo: Winnie Harrison, Mark Hendon, Lorry Wallace, Griffin Hendon, Karen H. Warhola, Kevin Hendon, Bettye H. Mayfield, Ann Grimmitt, Jeffrey Stewart Cofield, Betty Sue C. Gouge, Jane CofieldYou will take notice that on the 2nd day of November, 2006, a certain paper in…
Arrests Teresa Margarette Pinkard, 30, of 1160 W. Broad St., Wedowee, was arrested on Nov. 27 near the intersection of U.S. 431 and County Rd. 33, Wedowee, and charged with probation violation. Roger Goss, 50, of Roanoke was arrested on Nov. 27 on Riley Street and charged with DUI. LaShondra Sheree Almond, 26, of 1185…
CASE NO. CV-2006-180 RANDOLPH PROPERTIES, INC. PLAINTIFF, VS. THE SE1/4 OF THE NE1/4 WHICH LIES SOUTH OF BLAKE’S FERRY ROAD IN SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 20 SOUTH, RANGE 10 EAST, IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA; THE ESTATE OF J.P. HEARD, ESTATE OF RUBY HEARD DAVENPORT, WARNER MARABLE, THOMAS L. DAVENPORT, JOHN MILLIST, NORMA JEAN HEARD, MARY HEARD…
Tired from a trip to watch the Wadley football team in Fort Payne, and on to a visit to Ashville, N.C., to take the Biltmore Estates Christmas tour, and then the long return home, Ellen Sims was minutes away from heading to her house when the agitated young man showed up. She had just pulled…
Woodland (11-2) at Lineville (12-1) These two teams met late in the regular season with the region championship on the line, and Lineville came out on top with a 14-7 victory. It was not a dominant Aggie effort, however, as they scored two big touchdowns on their first two possessions then never sniffed the end…
IN RE: ESTATE OF ELBERT JUNIOR FOWLER, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Letters of Administration of said deceased have been granted to Larry Wayne Fowler, Administrator, on the 21st day of November, 2006, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against…
WEDOWEE – Randolph County Sheriff’s Office warns residents to be wary of a scam involving fraudulent cashier’s checks from The Bank of Wedowee. Investigator Jimmy Holmes said residents have received bogus cashier’s checks that appear to be from the bank, along with information about how to become a “mystery shopper.” Some of the letters instruct…
MONTGOMERY — While Republicans won by far the most statewide races in the recent general election, Democratic Party officials were encouraged by the fact that more Alabamians voted a straight Democratic ticket in that election than did Republicans. The Montgomery Advertiser reported that 279,231 Alabamians voted the straight Democratic ticket while only 210,231 voted a…
(LAFAYETTE) Jimmy Rodger Ray, 55, of LaFayette died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006, at LaFayette Nursing Home in LaFayette. Services were Friday, Nov. 24, at 2 p.m. at Pine Grove United Methodist Church, LaFayette, with the Rev. Cecelia Broome officiating. Burial followed at the church cemetery. Mr. Ray is survived by his mother, Susie L. Clark…
The Roanoke City Council passed ordinance #918 at Monday night’s meeting, declaring 6.72 acres in the Roanoke Industrial Park excess property and agreeing to sell it to Roanoke Electronic Controls. The going price for property at the entrance of the park off U.S. Highway 431 is $5,000 an acre. The deed includes a stipulation that…
WEDOWEE – More than 100 motorcyclists gathered on a Saturday morning at Choo-Choo Bar B-Q south of Wedowee for the fifth annual Toy Drive and Motorcycle Run. Riders paid $10 (passengers $5) or brought a toy to participate. Activities included a bike show, 50/50 drawing, door prizes and music by a disk jockey, Tommy Digby…
LifeSouth Community Blood Centers will hold four blood drives in Randolph County over the next week. The bloodmobile will be at the Roanoke Wal-Mart on Sunday, Dec. 3, from noon until 5 p.m. It will return on Tuesday, Dec. 5, and be parked at Traylor Nursing Center from 8 to 11:30 a.m. On Wednesday, Dec.…
WADLEY – Five young men were arrested following a shooting that killed Wadley High School senior and star athlete Terrance Wilkes, 18, and seriously injured his cousin, Jasper Buchannan. The shooting occurred at about 2:15 p.m. Saturday at an outdoor basketball court in Wadley near Wilkes’s home. Charged in the shooting are Rodney Woodgett, 23,…
WEDOWEE – Dedicating the school’s auditorium in his honor will memorialize a principal who served Randolph County High School for more than two decades. Jim Gross, a 1954 graduate of RCHS and chairman of the Yarbrough Memorial Committee, spoke to Randolph County Board of Education at its regular meeting on Nov. 20 to ask them…
(WADLEY) Terrance Dylan Wilkes, 18, of Wadley died Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006, at Randolph Medical Center, Roanoke. Services will be Thursday, Nov. 30, at noon in the Wadley High School Gymnasium. Officiating will be the Revs. Jacob Colbert, Tom Staples Jr., Bradley Gibson, Larry Wyckoff and Darryl Woods. Burial will be in Cogar Hill C.M.E.…
(WEDOWEE) Services for Winnie Rae Spears, 70, of Wedowee were Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, with the Rev. Barrett Holloway officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Spears died Wednesday, Nov. 22, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, Anniston. Mrs. Spears is survived by one daughter, Patty…
(ROANOKE) David Peyton Beck, infant son of David and Angel Beck of Roanoke, was born Nov. 3 at Columbus Medical Center and died the same day. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother, Gaberial, of Columbus, Ga.; grandparents David Beck of Woodland, Marie McDaniel of Roanoke, and Homer and Glenda Medley…
(OAKLAND, Calif.) Graveside services for Resa Lee Tortolani, 86, of Oakland, Calif., formerly of Randolph County, will be Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006, at 3 p.m. at Cedarwood Cemetery in Roanoke, with the Rev. Ricky Etchison officiating. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 1 to 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Mrs. Tortolani died…
Five young men were arrested early Sunday morning in a shooting that killed Wadley High School senior and star athlete Terrance Wilkes, 18, and seriously injured his cousin, Jasper Buchannan. The shooting occurred at about 2:15 p.m. Saturday at an outdoor basketball court in Wadley near Wilkes’s home. Charged in the shooting are Rodney Woodgett,…
(FREDERICKSBURG, Va.) Michael Alan Heard, 52, of Fredericksburg, Va., died Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2006. A native of Huntsville, Ala., he was a graduate of the University of Maryland. Mr. Heard was a U.S. Navy veteran, president of Para-tech Inc. and a member of Spotswood Baptist Church. He was an avid tennis player and a member…