(JACKSONVILLE) Funeral services for Jewell Virginia Howle, 93, of Jacksonville will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2006, at Dryden Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Roland Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Morrison Chapel Cemetery.Mrs. Howle was a native of Randolph County and resident of Cleburne County for most of her life. She had…
“We do need blood. This week we are down to about half what we normally collect,” Aimee Waters said. She is donor recruiter for LifeSouth Community Blood Centers. The organization normally collects about 200 units in this region but so far has collected 100 units. Each unit – 500 milliliters – is slightly more than…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF OPALENE LOVELESS, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Letters of Testamentary of said deceased have been granted to the undersigned on the 29th day of Dec., 2005, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama. Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said…
WOODLAND – While the Woodland and Handley girls teams were still among the contenders for the Woodland Christmas Tournament title by the event’s second day, the county boys teams were simply trying to avoid going winless. All three teams managed to win one game by the end of the tournament, but they were forced to…
(ROANOKE) Services for William Frank Thomas, 44, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, at 4 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mike Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 4. Mr. Thomas…
The Woodland Lady Bobcats and the Handley Lady Tigers were on a fast track toward a showdown for the tournament championship heading into the second day of the Woodland Christmas Tournament. But that’s when they both ran into separate juggernauts in the semifinals that knocked them out of the running for the title. The two…
(LINEVILLE) Services for Ethel W. Sterling, 97, of Lineville will be Saturday, Jan. 7, 2006, at 11 a.m. at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Delta, with the Revs. Craig McClure and Robert Welch officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Ms. Sterling died Tuesday, Jan. 3, at Lineville Nursing Facility. Survivors include two daughters, Elleanor…
You don’t want to end up ice cold while trying to stay warm. People will take chances while trying to cut heating costs but still stay warm. They may lose their homes or they may lose their lives. Alabama is entering its coldest time of the year while heating costs are skyrocketing. The Old Farmer’s…
Randolph County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Kevin Allen Puckett Sr., 25, of 10219 Highway 431, Roanoke, Monday, Jan. 2, at the intersection of County Roads 67 and 65, Roanoke, and charged him with failure to appear and possession of drug paraphernalia (a glass tube smoking device and a clear plastic bag.) Deputies arrested Margaret Leigh Davis,…
(ROANOKE) Services for Andrew Gay Langley, 88, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Zenus Windsor officiating. Burial will follow at Forrester’s Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 4. Mr. Langley…
(Dayton, Ohio) Funeral services for James H. Lewis, 55, of Dayton, Ohio, formerly of Anniston, will be 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, at the County Line Baptist Church in Wadley. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Goodson Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Lewis died Dec. 29, 2005, at his residence.
WEDOWEE – Fifth Judicial Circuit Judge Ray Martin recently sentenced Armando Mejia, 47, to substantial time in a case involving sexual abuse of children. Mejia had pleaded guilty to rape in the first degree involving a child less than 12 years of age and to multiple counts of sexual abuse, Assistant District Attorney Amy Newsome…
Three people were injured in an early morning accident on U.S. Highway 431 Friday and the second police car in a week was damaged, likely totaled. But Police Chief Adam Melton said, “I’m just so thankful. Someone could have been seriously hurt. I have so many times just thanked the good Lord for sparing them.”…
Like a perfect storm, when a tree limb fell on a power line on Louina Street Monday night it fell on the only place in Roanoke where two substations come together, according to Baxter Turley, supervising engineer for Alabama Power. He said both substations feed Piggly Wiggly. The fairly good-sized dead limb fell on a…
Back at the beginning of the football season our family and some friends went to see Auburn play Ball State, a team that came all the way from Indiana to get whupped up on by the Tigers. A few weeks later I was tailgating in Jacksonville, eating chili, waiting for the game to start and…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF CAL LEDBETTER, DECEASED NOTICE TO CREDITORS Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 27th day of December, 2005, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against…
ALABAMA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Default having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Bobby Carson and Sherry Carson, husband and wife to Colonial Bank, dated April 11, 2001, said mortgage being recorded in Book 412, Page 196, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama. Said Mortgage…
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…