(AUGUSTA, Ga.) Services for Esther Lena Grier Longshore, 95, of Augusta, Ga., will be 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 8, 2005, at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Augusta with the Rev. Thomas Walker officiating.Mrs. Longshore died Tuesday, August 2, at National Health Care in Anniston.Survivors include two sisters, Eldora Magby and Alar Mae Morris of…
(ROANOKE) Services for Ruth Birdsong Dunn, 91, of Roanoke will be Monday, Aug. 8, 2005 at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Floyd Carmack officiating. Burial will follow in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Sunday. Mrs. Dunn died…
Travelers on U.S. 431 north of Roanoke at around 8:30 Wednesday night saw an unusual sight. The highway was blocked off by two Roanoke fire trucks as a Lifeflight helicopter from Columbus Medical Center landed in the center of the road. The makeshift landing pad was at the scene of a one-car accident that injured…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: FOUNT LEE WHITTEN, DECEASED Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 29th day of July, 2005, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby…
The City of Roanoke will be accepting bids on the specifications for a pre-fabricated shell-type structure or equal to house inmates. Specifications for the building of this facility may be obtained at the Roanoke City Hall, 809 Main St., Roanoke, Alabama, within the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, beginning Wednesday,…
(WOODSTOCK, Ga.) Funeral services for Berma Edna Smith, 94, of Woodstock, Ga., formerly of Woodland, will be Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Providence Baptist Church with the Rev. David Daniel and Rev. Franklin McPherson officiating. Mrs. Smith will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow…
IN THE JUVENILE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ANGELA VICTORIA FLORES, A MINOR CHILD CASE NO.: JU2005-73 Pedro Flores Icquierdo, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer Armando Mejia and wife, Kathy Mejia’s petition for termination of parental rights and other relief by no later than fourteen (14) days after the last publication of…
ALABAMA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Default having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Lewis Lee and Yolanda Lee, husband and wife as joint tenants to Long Beach Mortgage Company, dated October 2, 2002, said mortgage being recorded in Mortgage Book 435, Page 165, in the Office of the Judge of Probate…
The Wadley Bulldogs once again find themselves as one of the preseason favorites to challenge for the class 1A state championship. Wadley is one of three county teams that received recognition this week from the Alabama Sports Writers Association in the group’s preseason high school rankings. The Bulldogs come in at number three with two…
Roanoke Board of Education hired several new personnel on Thursday night of last week in preparation for the new school year. These include: William Nix as sixth-grade social studies teacher at Handley Middle School. Yulanda Terry as first-grade teacher at Knight Enloe Elementary School. Brent Meadows as counselor at Knight Enloe. (The post-secondary science vacancy…
Football season is rapidly approaching. We’re less than a month away from experiencing those things that true football fans just can’t get out of their minds all year long – crisp autumn afternoons, the smell of tailgaters firing up the bar-b-que, and large shirtless men with letters painted on their chests. And all anyone in…
What has gradually happened to downtown Roanoke through the years is not a new story, although the fact that 51 of 92 storefronts now stand empty is a new and shocking revelation for many, us included. We thought it was a story worth telling, so those who have been around awhile can reflect on the…
Randolph County Sheriff’s Department, the Alabama Bureau of Investigation, Alabama National Guard, Roanoke Police Department, Wedowee Police Department and RCSO Reserves conducted a series of marijuana eradication exercises in the county on July 28 and 29. As a result of these flyovers, two arrests were made. Debbie Bass, 44, of 662 County Rd. 4801, Woodland,…
(LAFAYETTE) Gay “Egg Man” Newman, 75, of LaFayette died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005, at his residence. Services will be at Jeff Jones Funeral Home, LaFayette, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 4, with interment in Rock Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. DuWayne Bridges and the Rev. Rusty Williams will officiate. Surviving are his wife of…
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer Those days of soda and pretzels and beer “Roll Out Those Lazy, Hazy Crazy Days” Hans Carste and Charles Tobias Now I figure Hans and Charles aren’t from around here. “Soda” is not a Southern expression. And pretzels, though popular, are not the first things that…
WEDOWEE – Randolph County Board of Education hired seven interim teachers Monday evening. These teachers include: Susan A. Fleming, fourth grade at Wedowee Middle School. Cisgo L. Jordan, fifth grade at WMS. Pam Benefield, third grade at Randolph County High School (due to maternity leave of Laura Robbins). Julian Thornton, English at RCHS. Dr. Joseph…
Roanoke Police Department arrested two young women on Thursday night of last week and charged them with possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and violation of the liquor law. They are Heather Victoria Hyche, 18, of 424 Yellowhammer Rd., Roanoke, and Jessica Laine Clack, 21, of 1380 County Rd. 61, Roanoke. H.S. Whaley, 73,…
MONTGOMERY — In my 50-plus years in the trade I have seen a lot of political writers come and go. But the standout of all those members of the capitol press corps, as we were once called, was Hugh W. Sparrow. Few of you perhaps even recognize the name, but for 40-plus years Sparrow prowled…
The Amateur Softball Association’s Class B, 12-and-under Alabama state champion Woodland Twisters will begin their quest for a national championship today when they take the field in Gadsden, Alabama, to open the tournament. The Woodland team is one of 23 teams in the tournament from across the eastern half of the country who will vie…
New York, L.A. and Roanoke. Huh? These cities don’t seem to have too much in common, but they were all on the itinerary for two young Swedish guys traveling abroad from their homeland this summer. Gustav Peterson, 25,and brother David, 23, recently spent several days in Roanoke staying with Philip and Karene Henson. The Hensons,…