Each Thanksgiving as we sit around a table containing enough food to feed three or four times the number of people there to eat it, we are reminded that there are those in this country who are going hungry. And their number has risen over the past five years. The USDA reports that as many…

MONTGOMERY — Former First Lady Martha Brewer, who died last week after a long bout with cancer, occupies a place in Alabama political history that is almost too shameful to remember. In the very ugly gubernatorial campaign of 1970 between her husband, Gov. Albert Brewer, and former Gov. George C. Wallace, she was the target…

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) Rufus Calvin Marable, 85, of Nashville, Tenn., died Saturday, Nov. 11, 2006. Rufus was the fifth of seven children to the late George and Ellie Marable, born in Roanoke. He was a graduate of Tuskegee Institute and a member of Greater Bethel AME Church, where he served in several capacities. After serving in…

(NEWELL) Services for Mellie V. (Bonnet Lady) Meacham,76, of Newell will be Monday, Nov. 20, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Union Baptist Church, with the Rev. Ray Runyan and the Rev. Eugene Robinson officiating. Burial will follow at the adjoining cemetery. Miss Meacham died Friday, Nov. 17, at her home. Miss Meacham will lie in…

(FIVE POINTS) Funeral services for Vanessa Culbertson Autrey, of Five Points, age 47, will be held Wednesday, November 22, 2006, at 1:00 p.m. CST from Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Todd Henderson officiating. Burial will follow at Wehadkee Baptist Cemetery with Quattlebaum Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends at…

(HEFLIN) Services for Archie Harmon, 50, of Heflin will be Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Brian Moore officiating. Burial will follow at Zion Baptist Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4 to 8 p.m. on Saturday. Mr. Harmon died Friday, Nov.…

(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Effie P. Walls, 93, of LaGrange, Ga., died Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006, at Hospice LaGrange. Mrs. Walls was born March 15, 1913, in Woodland, daughter of the late Joe and Viola Wilson Parker. She had lived in LaGrange most of her life, where she was an active member of Rosemont Baptist Church and…

(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Nancy Elizabeth Brand, 60, of LaGrange, died Tuesday, November 14, 2006, at Hospice LaGrange. Nancy was born May 7, 1946 in Roanoke, Ala., daughter of the late George Raymon Purcell and Annie Lee Sheets Purcell. She had lived in LaGrange most of her life and was a member of East Vernon Baptist Church.…

(ROANOKE) Memorial services for Master James Harold Fisher Jr., 3 months, of Roanoke will be at Trinity Baptist Church in Roanoke, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006, at 2 p.m. The infant died Monday, Nov. 13, at his residence. Infant Fisher is survived by his parents, James “Herbie” Fisher Sr. and Tiffany Sims Fisher of Roanoke; a…

(STANDING ROCK) Graveside services for Emily Durham Hudson, 94, of Standing Rock will be Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens, with the Rev. Paul Messer and the Rev. Bill Williams officiating. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Mrs. Hudson died…

(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Services for Ida Mae Brightwell, 77, of Franklin, Ga., will be Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Mike Reeve officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2 to 7 p.m. on Monday. Mrs. Brightwell died…

(GRAHAM) Flora B. Howle, 81, of Graham died Friday, Nov. 10, 2006, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, Anniston. She was born in Carroll County, Ga., Oct. 24, 1925, the daughter of the late Sampson and Jewell Jones Bentley. She was employed by Bremen-Bowdon Investment Company for more than 40 years. In addition to her…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. on September 24, 2004, by John H. Maffett, Jr., a single man, and recorded in Mortgage Book 471, Page 41; said mortgage was transferred and assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as…

WOODLAND – Woodland won their first-round playoff game for the third consecutive season and in so doing made a strong statement to the rest of the state with a 39-15 win over Piedmont on Friday. The Bobcats put together one of their best performances of the season, compiling 428 yards of total offense while limiting…

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES VINSON, DECEASED Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 9th day of Nov., 2006, by the Hon. George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court of Randolph County, notice is hereby given that…

The Wadley Bulldogs and the Woodland Bobcats both defeated their first-round opponents and after this week should still be in the state title hunt. by Tim Altork Wadley (9-2) at Sunshine (7-3) The Wadley Bulldogs have now won a playoff game in eight straight seasons under head coach Randy Sparks. But here’s an interesting note…

Roanoke police made two arrests for cocaine this week while investigating suspicious activity on Wilkie Clark Drive. According to Police Chief Adam Melton, his officers were observing activity on the street when they saw Philip Arthur Jacobs, 51, of 160 Cook Rd., come out of a residence with what appeared to be cocaine in his…

(WEDOWEE) Bobby Dwayne Hickey, 29, of Wedowee, formerly of Williamsburg, Ky., died Wednesday, Nov.8, 2006, in Wedowee. He is survived by his wife, Kristin Hickey of Wedowee; one stepson, Jacob; mother and stepfather, Barbara Sue and Burly Hammons of Corbin, Ky.; four sisters, Ralona Hall, Anitra Wright and Christina Messer of Corbin and Joy Begley…