(ROANOKE) Services for Luther Fred Edmondson, 76, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, May 31, 2006, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Scott Whaley and the Rev. Barry Harlin officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens.The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday.Mr.…

(ROANOKE) Services for Tucker Bo Whaley of Roanoke were Tuesday, May 30, 2006, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Tucker Whaley died Saturday, May 27, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, Anniston. Survivors include his parents, Ronnie and Holly Whaley of…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Timothy Dewayne Lewis, 19, of Roanoke will be Thursday, June 1, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel, Wedowee, with Bro. Danny Rogers officiating. Burial will follow in White’s Chapel United Methodist Cemetery. Mr. Lewis died Monday, May 29. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 5 until 8…

(ROANOKE) Services for Mr. John Tom Johnson, 60, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, May 31, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Stanley Daniel and the Rev. Stanley Yarbrough officiating. Burial will follow at Bethany Lime Congregational Christian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5…

(ANNISTON) Graveside services for Mary Neal James, 89, of Anniston, will be Monday, May 29, 2006, at 11:30 a.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with Brandon Harris officiating. Miss James died Friday, May 26, in Anniston. She is survived by one sister-in-law, Carolyn James of Birmingham; two nieces, Martha James Thomas of Anniston and Diana Green…

(FIVE POINTS) Mary Louise Foster of Five Points died Thursday, May 25, 2006, at her home. Mrs. Foster was born April 3, 1932, in Randolph County, was a homemaker and a Baptist. Survivors include four daughters, Ervilene Stribling of Panama City Beach, Fla., Deborah Darden and Belinda Griffin of LaGrange, Ga., and Nadia Foster of…

(HOGANSVILLE, Ga.) Bessie Holloway Prescott, 92, of Hogansville, Ga., died Sunday, May 28, 2006, at Franklin Healthcare Center. Mrs. Prescott was born April 28, 1914, in Randolph County, daughter of the late Silas and Queen Strickland Holloway. A resident of Hogansville since 1958, she was a member of Midway United Methodist Church in Wedowee and…

(ROANOKE) Services for William Hoyt Vinson, 86, of Roanoke will be Sunday, May 28, 2006, at 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Roanoke with Dr. William Dean, Dr. Howard Cobble and the Rev. Gene Webb officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from 1 to 3…

(TUSKEGEE) Grace Turnham Moon, 88, formerly of Montgomery and Tuskegee, died Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at the home of her daughter. Graveside services will be Thursday, May 25, at 3 p.m. at Lanett City Cemetery with Dr. Mickey Castleberry officiating. Mrs. Moon leaves to cherish her memories her husband of 65 years, the Rev. John…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Tom Staples Jr., and wife Evelyn J. Staples, to America’s Home Place on February 22, 2002, said mortgage being recorded in Book 425 Page 435, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, the…

The Randolph Leader office will be open all day on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29. The deadline for all advertising and news for the May 31 edition of The Leader will be Monday at 5 p.m., no exceptions.

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated December 02, 1999, executed by PATRICIA ANN CAMERON BROWN and LARRY G. BROWN, to ALLIANCE FUNDING, A DIVISION OF SUPERIOR BANK FSB, which mortgage was recorded on December 8, 1999, in Mortgage Book 394, Page 335, of the mortgage…

IN THE JUVENILE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NUMBER: JU-2004-041.01, JU-2004-040.01, JU-2004-039.01, JU-2004-100.01 IN RE: THE MATTER OF KAYLEE J. RIDDLE, DOB 1/12/99; KEVIN M. MORGAN, DOB 6/12/02; FAITH H. MORGAN, DOB 4/12/03; GABRIEL MORGAN, DOB 8/24/04, MINOR CHILDREN To Fancee Riddle the mother of Kaylee J. Riddle, date of birth: January 12, 1999,…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated May 8, 2000, executed by RHONDA SMITH KIRBY, married woman and husband, MARVIN KIRBY, to FIRST FAMILY FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., which mortgage was recorded on May 10, 2000, in Mortgage Book 402, Page 791, of the mortgage records in…

(WEDOWEE) Services for David Lee White, 40, of Wedowee will be Thursday, May 25, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Bethel West Baptist Church, with the Rev. David Holcombe and Bro. Craig Holloway officiating. Mr. White will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr.…

MONTGOMERY – Every now and then I have this strong urge to share a little political history with you, and what I share with you in this column is very relevant to the 2006 Democratic gubernatorial primary. In 1819 when our forefathers wrote the state’s first Constitution they specified that the president pro tem of…

Northwestern University defensive lineman Barry Cofield was recently selected in the 2006 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. Cofield is the grandson of Joe Cofield, who currently resides in Solon, Ohio – a suburb of Cleveland. Joe Cofield is an alumnus of Randolph County Training School. Barry Cofield was chosen by the Giants on…

A Wadley man recently released from jail on other charges is now charged with vehicular homicide in connection with the death of a Wadley girl. Clinton Joseph Woodgett, 54, of 761 County Rd. 875, was arrested on May 20 and charged with vehicular homicide. The accident that led to the death of Samantha Johnson, 13,…

The Roanoke City Council tabled several items at its May 15 meeting, including purchase of one of the deteriorated downtown buildings. Mayor Spec Bonner asked the council if it wanted to purchase a downtown building for $30,000. The building offered to the city “is in a sad state of repair and it is a building…