(ROANOKE) Services for Mrs. Willie Stillwell, 95, of Roanoke will be Friday, Sept. 29, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Henry Sheppard officiating. Burial will follow at Welcome Home Baptist Church Cemetery.The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 4:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday.Mrs. Stillwell died Wednesday,…

Arrests continue of those indicted by the fall Randolph County Grand Jury. They include three indictments on rape charges. Grand jurors indicted James Gordon Waters, 41, of 460 Pine Valley Drive, Lot 19, Roanoke on a rape first-degree charge. Jurors returned a second-degree rape indictment of Travis “Andy” Bourgeois, 23, of Lane’s Chapel Road, Roanoke.…

ROANOKE – There may be a pattern developing here. For the fourth straight game this season Handley managed to score just one touchdown when they squared off with region foe Central, Coosa Friday night. This time it was enough to give them their first halftime lead of the season, but it still wasn’t enough to…

ALABAMA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Default having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Leslie Steeley and Sandra Steeley, husband and wife. to H & R Block Mortgage Corp, dated October 28, 2005, said mortgage being recorded in Book 488, Page 620, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph…

WEDOWEE – Following a crowded and sometimes chaotic public hearing, Randolph County Commission voted to close the end of County Road 90, which dead ends into Lake Wedowee. Among the most vocal opponents to closing the road were Sam and Naomi Wreyford, who operate D&S Marine on Highway 48 West and who also reside on…

MONTGOMERY — You have to be an AARP card-carrying member to remember it, but there was a popular song of decades ago which opened with the words: “It seems to me I’ve heard that song before…” Those lyrics came to mind when Jim Folsom Jr. launched his TV campaign last week. Folsom, the Democratic nominee…

Randolph County High School will sponsor a varsity and junior high cheer competition on Saturday, Oct. 28, at 10 a.m. in the new RCHS gym. Entry fee is $75 per squad, and entry deadline is Oct. 25. First through third-place trophies will be awarded for a five-minute routine. Squads may incorporate dance, cheers, chants, stunts…

Notice is hereby given that Tank Pro Inc., 5500 Watermelon Road, Northport, AL 35473, has completed all work on 324,000 Gallon Standpipe Water Tank at Roanoke, Alabama. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify the above named Contractor, the Utilities Board of the City…

According to Wedowee Mayor Tim Coe, the State Department of Transportation has decided not to replace the traffic lights downtown. The DOT will instead erect more permanent stop signs on U.S. 431 (Main Street), Highway 48 (Broad Street) and the street between Randolph County Courthouse and Perryland Foods. The control box to the lights went…

There has been a interesting development in the Southeastern Conference in regard to quarterbacks. This was the season that saw three of the hottest freshman quarterback recruits land in the conference with the promise of great things to come. Mitch Mustain at Arkansas, Matthew Stafford at Georgia and Tim Tebow of Florida were the instant…

Roanoke City Council received its first complaint about the nuisance ordinance at Monday night’s meeting when Shelia Vowell spoke to the council. She felt she had not been treated right when she received a call that the police were on her property towing a vehicle on Williams Street in the Mill Village. The truck was…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Billy M. Bell, an unmarried man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Ameritrust Mortgage Company, on the 16th day of October 2003, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph…

NOTICE OF COMPLETION In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, notice is hereby given that Giddens Inc., Contractor, has completed the contract (Highway 431 South Sewer Extension, for the City of Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama) CDBG Project No. #0400-19. Owners have made request for final settlement of said contract.…

(ESTILL SPRINGS, Tenn.) Donna Jean Partin, 47, of Estill Springs, Tenn., died Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006, at Southern Tennessee Medical Center. Services were Sunday, Sept. 24 at Moore-Cortner Chapel, Winchester, Tenn., with Bro. Jinks Partin officiating. Burial was in Franklin Memorial Gardens, Winchester. Mrs. Partin was a native of Huntsville, Ala., and a homemaker. Surviving…

(MONTGOMERY) Patricia Potts Walker, 63, a resident of Montgomery and a native of Roanoke, died Saturday, Sept. 23, 2006, after a battle with cancer. Services were Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 1 p.m. at Leak-Memory Chapel, with Pastor Ronnie Knight officiating. Burial followed at 5 p.m. at Mt. Zion Church Cemetery in Roanoke. Mrs. Walker is…

(ROANOKE) Robert Lee Magby, 78, of 750 Seymour Drive #14, Roanoke, died Sunday, Sept. 24, 2006, at Randolph Medical Center, Roanoke. Services will be Thursday, Sept. 28, at 2 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church, Bacon Level, with the Revs. William Dillard, Terry Magby and Ruben Simpson officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors…

(HARRISVILLE, Utah) Virgil W. Yarbrough, 59, died Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2006, at his home of natural causes. Mr. Yarbrough was born Feb. 9, 1947, in Ashland, Ala., to Dorothy Clegg and Paul Yarbrough. He attended school at Wadley. In 1966 he joined the Air Force, serving in Vietnam in 1971 and having a distinguished career…

(SEMINOLE, Fla.) Memorial services for Betty Jo Steven Strickland, 90, of Seminole, Fla., formerly of Randolph County, will be held Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Ava United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Richard Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Strickland died Monday, Sept. 18, in Largo, Fla. Survivors…

(ROANOKE) Services for Tommie Ann Head, 91, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006, at 11 a.m. at Bethany Lime Christian Church, with the Rev. Stanley Yarbrough officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Mrs. Head died…

(FREDONIA) Retired Sgt. 1st Class Hoyt Gay Benefield, 60, of Fredonia died Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006, at his home. Mr. Benefield, born Dec. 14, 1945, was born in Randolph County and retired after 20 years in the U.S. Army as a highly decorated sergeant first class, who was very proud to have served his country.…