RANDOLPH COUNTYPROBATE COURTNOTICE TO FILE CLAIMSIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NELL WHALEY, DECEASEDLetters Testamentary on the estate of Nell Whaley, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 18th day of August, 2005, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said…
(NEWNAN, Ga.) Mrs. Clyde Welborn Smith, 92, of Newnan, Ga., formerly of LaGrange, Ga., died Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, at Dogwood Health and Rehabilitation Center in Fairburn, Ga. Mrs. Smith was born Nov. 18, 1912, in Randolph County, Ala., and was the daughter of the late Warner Jackson and Fannie Mary Frances Hester Heard. She…
(ASHLAND) Charlie B. Fetner, 79, of Ashland died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005 at his residence. Mr. Fetner was a native of Alabama, born May 27, 1926, son of the late Effie Ashley Fetner and Franklin Tillman Fetner, He loved gardening and being with his grandchildren and was a big Auburn fan. He was a member…
(FIVE POINTS) Services for Myrtis H. Monteil, 84, of Five Points will be Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Russell H. Williams and the Rev. James Harper officiating. Burial will follow at Five Points Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to…
WEDOWEE – Randolph County Chamber of Commerce hosted a meeting on Friday afternoon at The Hub Restaurant in which representatives of Randolph County agencies and municipalities gathered to discuss how local resources could best be used to cope with evacuees from Hurricane Katrina who may be headed toward our area. “We want to know all…
Randolph County is unfortunately part of a sweeping trend of dramatically increasing gas prices. The most recent increases are due in part to gas shortages as a result of Hurricane Katrina. “It’s critical on a day-to-day basis,” says Mayor Spec Bonner of the gas crisis. Mayor Bonner owns Handley Distributing Company, which provides gasoline to…
PARAN – “Most every need we have has been met,” said Allen Smith, the grateful pastor of Biloxi River Baptist Church. Smith and 31 other members of his church family fled Gulfport, Miss., Sunday afternoon headed for the Faith Baptist Church Camp in the Paran community, just east of Rock Mills. The group of refugees…
MONTGOMERY — Mobile County Commissioner Sam Jones came within a couple of percentage points of becoming the city of Mobile’s first black mayor last week. Jones polled about 48 percent of the votes in a four-candidate race but he now faces City Councilman John Peavy, who is white, in a run-off on Sept. 13. Peavy…
(FIVE POINTS) Services for Myrtis H. Monteil, 84, of Five Points will be Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Russell H. Williams and the Rev. James Harper officiating. Burial will follow at Five Points Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to…
Speaking about the devastation and deaths caused by Hurricane Katrina, Mayor A.J. Holloway of Biloxi, Miss. told the Biloxi Sun Herald yesterday, “This is our tsunami.” In the area of Mississippi that took the hurricane’s direct blow it is hard to imagine a tsunami causing any more destruction. In Harrison County, where Biloxi is located,…
(WOODLAND) Services for Marshall Blake Bates, 66, of Woodland will be Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005, at 1 p.m. at Ava United Methodist Church with the Rev. Richard Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Bates died Wednesday, Aug. 31, at his residence. The family will receive friends on Friday from 5 to…
It is upon us. Football season is here. It is 75 degrees hot before dawn and we have got kids out there wearing stuff that ought not to be worn in this kind of weather. And running. Into each other. Don’t you just love it? Like so many of you, I grew up playing football.…
(ROANOKE) Services for Aubrey Clinton Bailey, 76, of Roanoke will be Friday, Sept. 2, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Richard Baldwin and the Rev. Keith Benefield officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on…
(HEFLIN) Graveside services for Josephine S. Murray, 89, of Heflin will be Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Pinetucky Baptist Church Cemetery, with the Rev. John D. Collins and the Rev. Keith Raisanen officiating. Mrs. Murray died Wednesday, Aug. 31, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, Anniston. The family will receive friends on…
Although Christian rock band Skillet was the headliner for the Aug. 20 Rock, Water and Soul Music Festival, their opening band, DocRock, certainly kicked the beat up a notch. The festival was an all-day Christian music concert, featuring seven bands, including Exodus, Twelve, Precipice, Skillet and DocRock. Dedicated fans endured the blistering sun for hours…
Kristie Michelle Patterson, 19, of 408 Rebecca Lane, Apt. 1, Roanoke, was arrested on Aug. 29 and charged with making a false report to a law enforcement officer. Benjamin Keith Mapp, 46, of LaFayette was arrested on Aug. 29 on U.S. 431 South and charged with DUI and violation of the prohibition law. Shane Travis…
7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, September 1 noon Roanoke Rotary Club meets at The Galley Restaurant. 4 p.m. The Water, Sewerage and Gas Board of the Town of Wedowee meets at the utilities board office. FRIDAY, September 2 9 a.m. The Low Vision Group meets at Wedowee Hospital cafeteria.…
Well, Joe Johnson must have really wanted to come to Atlanta. After the self-promoting shenanigans of Steve Belkin and the ensuing spat over the Johnson deal it’s a wonder that the sane portion of the Hawks’ brass didn’t start getting some knocks on their doors. Tap, tap, tap. Owners: Who is it? Marvin Williams (poking…
Last Monday Randolph Medical Center hosted a public hearing on the advantages and disadvantages of switching from its current acute care status to critical access status. An estimated 50 people showed up at the hospital’s cafeteria to voice their opinions about the hospital and the possible change. The attendees received all the facts about what…
LINEVILLE (0-1) at No.5 RCHS (1-0) Let’s hope the RCHS Tigers got all that fumbling out their system for awhile. Because if they hold the football as loosely against Lineville as they did against Piedmont, we could be looking at an embarrassing night for the Tigers. Lineville is fast, but they’re not overly large and…