(HEFLIN) Funeral services for Hattie Pearl Baker Caver, 65, of Heflin will be Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006, at 1 p.m. at Anointed Deliverance Christian Center in Heflin, with pastor Joseph Brown officiating. Interment will be at Flint Hill Cemetery in Randolph County.Mrs. Caver is survived by a daughter, Patricia Pilot of Heflin; two grandchildren; six…

(LANETT) Vela Mae Heflin Roberson, 96, of Lanett died Monday, Jan. 9, 2006, at Beverly HealthCare. Surviving are one son, Hershel Roberson; two stepsons, Haldor Roberson and Hardy Roberson; one daughter, Laura Barfield Johnson; two stepdaughters, Ann Schleusner and Betty Mason; two grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; five step-great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; four step-great-great-grandchildren; and several…

(PELL CITY) Opal Joyce Yarbrough, 73, of Pell City died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006. Services were at Fellowship Baptist Church, Roanoke, on Wednesday, Jan. 4, at 2 p.m. Interment was in the Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters, Shelia Garrett of Pell City, Brenda Gail Mapp of Roanoke and Debbie Castleberry of Rainbow…

(WOODLAND) Services for the Rev. Thomas P. Allen, 74, of Woodland will be Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Woodland Church of God, with the Revs. Wendell Patterson, Phillip Patterson, Carolyn Hanner, Billy Kennedy and Paul Conway officiating. Mr. Allen will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial…

(HENDERSONVILLE, N.C.) Russell E. Cutting, 68, of North Carolina, formerly of Tolland, Conn., husband of Roanoke native Betty (Nix) Cutting, died Friday, Jan. 6, 2006, at Manchester Memorial Hospital. Born in Kezar Falls, Maine, Feb. 6, 1937, son of the late Russell and Frances (Sawyer) Cutting, he lived in Tolland 32 years and most currently…

(STANDING ROCK) Services for Robert Murray Green, 50, of Standing Rock will be Monday, Jan. 9, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Frank Foster and Mr. Madison G. Blackwell officiating. Burial will follow at Standing Rock Methodist Church Cemetery. Mr. Green died Sunday, Jan. 8, at his home. Survivors include…

(WEDOWEE) John David Rowland Jr., 53, of 121 Robbin Road, Wedowee, died Friday, Jan. 6, 2006, at his home. Services will be Thursday, Jan. 12, at 1 p.m. at New Harmony Baptist Church, LaFayette, with the Revs. Jerome Trammell, William H. Trammell and Gilbert Staples officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include…

(EDWARDSVILLE) Services for Willie Mae Hanvey, 78, of Edwardsville, were at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005, at Pinetucky Baptist Church, with Leron Murphy, Arlin Ashley and Billy Williams officiating. Burial was in Pinetucky Cemetery. Mrs. Hanvey died Friday, Dec. 23, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, Anniston. Survivors include four daughters, Brenda “Sissy”…

(WEDOWEE) John David Rowland Jr., 53, of 121 Robbin Road, Wedowee, died Friday, Jan. 6, 2006, at his home. Services will be Wednesday, Jan. 11, at 1 p.m. at New Harmony Baptist Church, LaFayette, with the Revs. Jerome Trammell, William H. Trammell and Gilbert Staples officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include…

(WEDOWEE) Services for Vera Lindley Mitchell, 84, of Wedowee will be Monday, Jan. 9, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel, with the Revs. Donald Spradlin and Billy Puckett officiating. Burial will follow in Wedowee City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 3:30 to 7 p.m. on Sunday. Mrs.…

(ROANOKE) Services for Brunette Elizabeth Ramsey Brewer, 83, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Gary Baugh and the Rev. Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 5 until 8 p.m.…

(NEWELL) John Henry Maffett, 79, of Newell died Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005, at West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. Services will be at Weathers Heights Church of Christ, Wedowee, on Saturday, Jan. 7, at 1 p.m., with Pastor Henry Nelson officiating. Interment will be in Mt. Gilead Cemetery, Newell. Mr. Maffett was a native of Randolph…

(WEDOWEE) Alline Cooper, 98, of Wedowee died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005, at Roanoke Health Care Center. Mrs. Cooper was born in Chambers County on June 5, 1907. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, Opelika. Survivors include two daughter, Vire Turner of Wedowee and Geraldine Doughty of Philadelphia, Pa.; 37 grandchildren, 45…

(CUSSETA) Andrew “Dennis” Cannon, 77, of Cusseta died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Montgomery. Graveside services will be Friday, Jan. 6, at 11 a.m. at Resthaven Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Rusty Letson officiating. Mr. Cannon is survived by his wife, Jackie Cannon; two sons, Dennis Joe Cannon of…

1 p.m. The Downtown Merchants Development Committee will meet at City Hall. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, January 5 7-10 a.m. LifeSouth Community Bloodmobile will be at Candlewick Yarns, Roanoke. noon Roanoke Rotary Club meets at The Galley Restaurant. 4 p.m. The Water, Sewerage and Gas Board of the…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: TERESA BAILEY, DECEASED Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 29th day of Dec., 2005, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said Estate are hereby required…

MONTGOMERY — Of the 14 gubernatorial elections I have covered or been involved with, there is no doubt that none was quite so significant as 1986. It changed forever the political landscape in Alabama. The Democratic primary that year included four well-known contenders, all who held or had held high state office. They were Lt.…

ALABAMA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Default having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Sidney Bletcher, a married man, as his sole and separate property to Long Beach Mortgage Company, dated March 15, 2005, said mortgage being recorded in Book 482, Page 141, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF AUBREY BOWEN BURNS Jr. Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to James M. Adams Jr. on the 28th day of December, 2005, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said…

The “three strikes and you’re out” habitual offender law put into place by the Alabama Legislature years ago was a popular piece of legislation that few legislators dared oppose. With the public concerned about rising crime rates, stiff mandatory sentences for repeat offenders were popular with voters. What legislators did not realize, or chose to…