RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMAIN RE: THE ESTATE OF LEONARD J. NORRED, DEC.Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Bobby Norred on the 31st day of March, 2005, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. DR-2005-058 GRETA TRAMMELL HARRISON, PLAINTIFF VS. CHARLIE J. HARRISON DEFENDANT NOTICE OF COMPLAINT FOR DIVORCE Charlie J. Harrison, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer Greta Trammell Harrison’s Complaint for Divorce and other relief by the 30th day of May, 2005, or thereafter, a judgment by default may be rendered against…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV 05-13 CAROLYN E. SAYERS PLAINTIFF VS. CAPITAL RECOVERY INC., AN ALABAMA CORPORATION DEFENDANT NOTICE Notice is hereby given to Capital Recovery Inc. that a Bill of Complaint to Quiet Title to certain real estate located in Randolph County has been filed against you in the Circuit Court of Randolph…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF GEORGE THOMAS SMITH, DEC. Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Martha J. Smith on the 28th day of March, of 2005, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said…
Randolph County’s fund raising for United Way exceeded $100,000 in the recently completed campaign. The final total of $100, 534 easily surpassed the goal of $92,000 set for this year’s effort. “Although we fell a little short of our goal last year, we still wanted to set an aggressive goal of $92,000 for this year’s…
Two full days of rain last week could not hold off what seems to have become the inevitable – Southern Union winning a conference series. The Bison opened with a 5-4 win on Saturday in a game that was originally scheduled for Thursday. They then traveled to Tuscaloosa and split a doubleheader with Shelton to…
ALPINE – The 6th-ranked Wadley Bulldogs earned at least a tie for first place in class 1A, Area 7 as they swept Winterboro in dominant fashion on Tuesday of last week. Wadley (6-2, 3-0) opened the afternoon with a 5-inning 20-0 pasting of the host Bulldogs. Brandon Brown pitched a complete-game 1-hitter to pick up…
Handley, which has struggled all season, scored 10 runs on 11 hits against Coosa Central on Tuesday of last week. This was the most hits in a game for the Tigers this season, but still it was not enough as Coosa held off the Handley rally to win 11-10. “We showed a lot of determination…
WEDOWEE – By adding a half-cent sales tax and appointing members to a Wedowee Hospital Authority, the town of Wedowee prepared to lease the hospital from Randolph County Healthcare Authority with a target date of May 1. During the regular council meeting on Tuesday afternoon, the council appointed Brenda Boone, Brenda Beasley and Dinah Lee…
Randolph County Historical Museum is proud of its recent donation from Rex Ballenger, postmaster of Roanoke. A series of photographs and related papers document the construction of the former post office on Main Street from October 1940 to April 1941. According to the information, the lot was purchased for $11,917, and the cost to build…
MONTGOMERY — In his best-selling book Tom Brokaw described the men and women who wore the suit of their country in World War II as the “Greatest Generation,” and you could not find two men who epitomized that accolade more than Howell Heflin and Tom Bevill. It seemed hardly fair that these two giants —…
Want to help find a cure for cancer? Then gather your friends and family, put on your walking shoes and joine in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life, the nation’s largest fund-raiser. Relay For Life is an overnight fund-raising event where participants walk, run, stroll and shuffle around a track. Anyone who wants to…
Opening day for French-Hammond Park will be Saturday, April 16, with activities beginning at 10 a.m., weather permitting. An opening day ceremony with the “first pitch” thrownwill be held. There will be a home run derby between high school baseball players from Handley, Woodland, Wadley and Randolph County high schools. At 1 p.m. a high…
(ROANOKE) Services for Lester Lee Wyatt, 59, of Roanoke will be Thursday, April 7, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Gary Baugh, Mickey Skipper and Scott McKay officiating. Burial will follow at Gray Hill Church of God Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to…
To kick off Confederate Heritage Month, descendants of the men of the 38th Alabama Regiment held a reunion. I am one of those descendants. My great-grandfather, George Fontaine, was an officer in the 38th. I wasn’t able to attend. I went to my daughter’s birthday party instead. But I think Pappa Fontaine would understand. One…
A bill being introduced in the state Legislature would put some teeth (pun intended) in the law regarding dangerous dogs. Such dogs have been in the news lately, the most familiar to us here being the cases of a boy in Cleburne County who was seriously mauled by a chained pit bull and the elderly…
Randolph County High’s softball team won two out of three games in the past week to improve its record to 3-7 for the season. “We started out kind of rough, but it’s turning around,” said Coach Robin Wortham, whose young team downed Talladega County Central and Donoho by large margins while dropping a closer decision…
I scored a major victory over the weekend in the ongoing battle between me and my spacious, weed-infested yard. A couple of months ago the yard threw me a sucker punch when it tag-teamed with my dead, rotten trees and a bunch of ice to bring down no fewer than 11 million branches on its…
(LANETT) Dolphus C. “Buddy” Williams, 70, of Lanett died Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. Funeral services will be Thursday, April 7, at 4 p.m. at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Jimmy Brown officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Mr. Williams is survived…
(ROANOKE) Pamela Yvette Whitlow, 34, of Roanoke died Friday, April 1, 2005 at Randolph Medical Center, Roanoke. Services will be Friday, April 8, at 2 p.m. at New Harmony Baptist Church, LaFayette, with the Rev. Jerome Trammell and the Rev. William Phillips officiating. Burial will be in Skyview Memorial Gardens. Survivors include her husband, Roy…