LEGAL NOTICEIn accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Forsyth Building Company, Inc., Contractor, has completed the Contract for Improvements of Window/HVAC Replacement at Woodland High School at 24574 Highway 48, Woodland, Alabama 36280 for the State of Alabama and the Randolph County Board of Education, Owner(s),…
Please accept my apologies for the lack of an animal shelter report for the past few weeks. I have been away visiting with my granddaughters and then having their family here to visit us. While I had good intentions of writing articles and emailing them to the Leader, somehow there was never enough time. However,…
(ROANOKE) Services for Edna Garrett Pinkard, 98, of Roanoke were Saturday, Aug. 13, 2005, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Cecil Halsey and the Rev. Harold Bonner officiating. Burial was at High Pine Church Cemetery. Mrs. Pinkard died Thursday, Aug. 11, at Traylor Nursing Home, Roanoke. Survivors include two daughters, Doris…
(LAFAYETTE, Ga.) Bernice Leona Bailey Cofield, 85, 46-year resident of Lafayette, Ga., died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005, in a local hospital. She was a native of Morgan County, Ala., served as a teacher in the Walker County School System for over 20 years, and was a member of Lafayette Church of Christ. She and her…
(ROANOKE) Services for Dillie Mae Marshall, 100, of Roanoke will be Monday, Aug. 15, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, with the Rev. Tim Craft and Thomas Waldrep officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Marshall will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to services. Mrs.…
(ROANOKE) Services for Dillie Mae Marshall, 100, of Roanoke will be Monday, Aug. 15, 2005 at 11 a.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, with the Rev. Tim Craft and the Rev. Thomas Waldrep officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Marshall will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to…
(ROANOKE) Services for Handley Manley McDaniel, 79, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Aug. 14, 2005 at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Vernon Willis officiating. Burial will follow at Highway Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery. Mr. McDaniel died Saturday, Aug. 13, at his home. Survivors include his wife, Runette Perry McDaniel of Roanoke;…
Members of Randolph County Board of Education and Roanoke Board of Education gathered together last week to discuss Randolph-Roanoke Career Technology Center, which is utilized by students from both systems. Director Stanley Clarke updated the group on improvements made at the center. These include new stethoscopes and a renovated restroom for the health science program;…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE ACTION: CV-2005-131 Stanley Cofield and Sandra Cofield Plaintiffs Vs. Certain parcel of land located in Randolph County, Alabama, and more particularly described as follows: Tract 3 according to the map and plat recorded in Plat Cabinet B Slide 550 in the Office of the Probate Judge of Randolph County, Alabama. And…
A once booming downtown Roanoke has been slowly diminishing for the past 30 years. Most of the locally-owned businesses that formerly existed in downtown have either chanced a move to the bypass to better compete with the large chain retailers or closed altogether due to their impossible competition. Today, 92 buildings that once comprised downtown…
IN THE JUVENILE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF NAOMI BURKES, MAQUAN BURKES, DENASIA NICOLE BURKES, MINOR CHILDREN JU-2003-066 JU-2003-065 JU-2003-079 To the father, whose name is unknown, of Naomi Burkes, date of birth: November 22, 1999, and Maquan Burkes, date of birth: November 27, 2001, and Denasia Nicole Burkes, date of…
RCHS second-grader Bethany Meeks of Big Springs turned 9 on Aug. 5. Her birthday present? A truly magic moment. At birth Bethany was diagnosed with occipital encephlocele, a disease causing 50 percent of Bethany’s brain to be outside of her head when she was born. “She was expected to be a vegetable all her life,”…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE ACTION: CV-2005-130 James Bryant and Linda Bryant, Plaintiffs Vs. Certain parcel of land located in Randolph County, Alabama, and more particularly described as follows: Tract 1 and Tract 2 according to the map and plat recorded in the Plat Cabinet B at Slide 550 in the Office of the Probate Judge…
GADSDEN – After winning two of their first three games in the ASA Class B East national tournament’s first two days, the Woodland Twisters knew they had an uphill climb ahead of them if they were going to make any more noise in the event. Had they continued to win, the team would have faced…
MT. PLEASANT – A Georgia woman drowned on Friday evening while playing in the water with her children at their weekend home on Lake Wedowee. According to Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Chris May, Jil Cain, 40, of Acworth, Ga., was playing with her husband, John, and children, Abigail and Austin, on a large inner…
WEDOWEE – Court costs in Randolph County circuit and district court cases will increase by $25, according to a resolution adopted on Monday by Randolph County Commission. Legislation allows for the county to raise the fee up to an additional $50, but the commission members opted for just $25 to be used to operate and…
Signups for fall youth sports programs throughout the county have been scheduled. Here’s what’s happening in your area. WOODLAND The Woodland youth football program will hold its final registration Saturday August 13 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. behind the Woodland School lunchroom. Registration is $40 for one child and $25 for each additional child…
COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Red Hawk Ventures, LLC on the 3rd day of October, 2001 to Bank of Wedowee which said mortgage is recorded in the Probate Office of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book…
Last week’s story about downtown Roanoke generated several phone calls and emails, each with differing views about what caused the problem of a dying commercial center and with differing solutions. One opined that city government can do something, if not about bringing businesses back, at least about requiring those who own run-down store buildings to…
Arrests Billy Ray Wiggins, 47, of 10101 County Rd. 92, Newell, was arrested on Aug. 7 and charged with probation violation. Angela Noles Ponder, 40, of Franklin, Ga., was arrested on Aug. 6 on County Road 134 and charged with public intoxication. Delaney Bonner, 39, of Childersburg was arrested on Aug. 6 and charged with…