7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department.THURSDAY, June 30noon Roanoke Rotary Club meets at The Galley Restaurant.FRIDAY, July 19 a.m. The Low Vision Group meets at Wedowee Hospital cafeteria. Anyone with low vision problems is invited.11:45 a.m. Wadley Kiwanis Club meets at Southern Union State Community College cafeteria.7 p.m. The Randolph County…
CASE ACTION: CV-2005-101 Major R. Wilson, Plaintiff, Vs. Certain Parcel of Land Located in Randolph County, Alabama and more particularly described as follows: Being NW Corner of SW 1/4 of Section 30; thence Easterly 2640 feet South; thence South 1960 feet South; thence West 1100 feet to Creek; thence Northwesterly along creek 1700 feet South;…
(HEFLIN) Arsulla Stephens, 104, who had been residing at Cleburne County Nursing Home, Heflin, died Tuesday, June 28, 2005, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, Anniston. Services will be Sunday, July 3, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, Newell, with the Rev. David Staples and the Rev. William H. Trammell officiating. Interment will…
(ROANOKE) Services for Eugene R. Longshore Jr, 70, of Roanoke will be Thursday, June 30, 2005 at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Revs Harold Bonner and Ricky Cummings officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Mr.…
IN RE: AMOS AARON RICE, DECEASED NOTICE OF REAL ESTATE AUCTION By order of the Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, Chad Lee, administrator of the estate of Amos Aaron Rice, deceased, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder the real property of Amos Aaron Rice, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at…
CASE NO. CV-2005-092 MATTHEW BOYD, PLAINTIFF Vs. CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: 5 acres, more or less described as: The W 1/2 of the South 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Section 24, Township 19 South, Range 10 East in Randolph County,…
(WADLEY) Willie Fred Lowe, 65, of 6843 County Road 26, Wadley, died Friday, July 1, 2005, at V.A. Medical Center, Birmingham. Services will be Wednesday, July 6, at 1 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church, Wadley, with the Revs. Calvin Trammell, Robert L Heflin and Claude Cobb officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Public…
As of Thursday, Randolph County Healthcare Authority regained possession of Randolph Medical Center in Roanoke. According to RCHA office manager Gerald McCord, RCHA assumed $2.1 million in debt – the same debt it originally gave to Gilliard Health Services when Gilliard, a for-profit company, took over the hospital in October 2003. According to the sales…
An armed gunman robbed the Roanoke branch of Small Town Bank Friday afternoon and apparently made his get-away in an older model small blue pickup truck driven by a female accomplice. The white male robber was armed with a small black handgun when he entered the bank at approximately 4 p.m. He was reported to…
As most know in the spring months, churches around Randolph County have observed their homecomings, also known as memorial days or decoration days, at which time the members and their families make it a point to clean the church cemeteries and decorate the graves with flowers. A cemetery is a place where one can learn…
Here’s something that might make your head swim. Doctors in Pittsburgh have developed a process by which they successfully froze dead dogs and revived them to fully functional status three hours later. The process consists of draining the dogs’ veins of blood and filling them with an ice-cold saline solution that preserves the animals’ tissues…
Charges are pending in the theft of an all-terrain vehicle stolen on Tuesday morning of last week from Alan Williams of County Road 16. According to investigator Billy Lane of Roanoke Police Department, the four-wheeler was recovered when Heard County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant on Lipham Road just inside the Georgia line and…
The Randolph County Emergency Radio Club conducted the annual ARRL Field Day event at Rice Pavilion on Saturday and Sunday During the event the local hams made 202 contacts. Forty-six of these contacts were made using international Morse Code. The other 156 contacts were made on the voice segment of the ham bands. The local…
Anyone who has ever wondered why small towns like Roanoke spend so much time and resources trying to attract new businesses can find an answer in two stories on this week’s front page. The announced closing of Winn Dixie unless a buyer is found is a reminder that nothing in business stays the same. Through…
Roy Terry, former long-time president and CEO of Terry Manufacturing Company in Roanoke, pleaded guilty Monday morning in federal court to 13 counts of felony fraud. Prior to its bankruptcy filing and closing in July 2003, Terry Manufacturing was listed among the largest black-owned businesses in the country and was a major government contractor, making…
On Friday morning, Randolph County Sheriff’s Office made seven arrests in connection with break-ins at neighboring lake homes on the weekend of June 10-12. According to investigator James Bailey and reports from RCSO, three of those arrested were 18-year-olds from Georgia: Holman “Max” Fulbright of Carrollton, charged with three counts of third-degree burglary; James Allen…
Despite a few clouds and the imminent prospect of rain, the RCHS second-annual girls softball camp went off without a hitch Tuesday afternoon. Forty-six girls showed up for the one-day event, up from 26 in the event’s inaugural season last summer. “This is the second year that we’ve done it,” said camp coordinator and RCHS…
The Randolph County Sheriff’s Department Rodeo will be Friday, July 1, and Saturday, July 2, at 7 p.m. in the field just north of Wedowee Building Supplies on U.S. 431 north of Wedowee. Rodeo tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 4 to 10. (Children 3 and younger get in for free.)…
(HEFLIN) Services for Inez Noles, 88, of Heflin, will be held Thursday, June 30, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Prospect Congregational Methodist Church with the Rev. Ridley Parmer and Bro. Bill Calhoun officiating. Mrs. Noles will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in Bethlehem Campground United Methodist…
(SPINDALE, N.C.) Elizabeth Hines Whitworth, 80, departed this life Sunday, June 10, 2005, at Rutherford Hospital. Born April 4, 1925, in LaGrange, Ga., she was a daughter of Beatrice Dennis Hines Allen of Anniston and the late Odell Hines. She was married to the late Ulysses G. Whitworth, former agriculture teacher at Carver High School,…