COUNTY OF RANDOLPHNOTICE is hereby given that a bill substantially as follows will be introduced in the 2005 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama and application for its passage and enactment will be made:A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACTRelating to Randolph County; to amend Section 1 (2) of Act 2003-213 of the 2003…
Gov. Bob Riley’s proposal to give education employees a 4-percent pay raise while also increasing education funding in other areas was good and reasonable. His proposal to pull $70 million from the currently healthy Education Budget to prop up the ailing General Fund budget was not, because it represents another band-aid approach that would have…
MONTGOMERY — First it was the “We Luv Lucy” bumper stickers that showed up a few months ago. Now comes the more subdued “Riley 2006” bumper stickers. Which is to say the 2006 gubernatorial campaign is off and running. The Riley stickers were considered surprising by some, many thinking that there was still some doubt…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF CHESTER BAYLOS PRIMM, DEC. Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Susan Primm Farris and Thomas M. Primm on the 16th day of March, 2005, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given to all persons having…
(GEORGETOWN, Del.) Pauline V. Messick Willey, 79, of Georgetown, Del., died Tuesday, March 15, 2005, in Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Seaford, Del. Mrs. Willey was born Feb. 19, 1926, in Dagsboro, Del., daughter of the late Edward C. and Hazel V.W. Helm Smith. She was a self-employed seamstress for many years and a homemaker. She enjoyed…
(ROANOKE) Services for Ivis Wilner “Joe” Pike, 61, of Roanoke will be Monday, March 21, 2005 at 2 p.m. at Paran Baptist Church, with the Revs. Gerald Sheppard and Jamie Taylor officiating. He will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to services. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family…
(ANNISTON) Services for Robert Ernest Brady, 81, of Anniston will be Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Parker Memorial Baptist Church Christian Life Center with Dr. Billy Harris officiating and Brown & Kughn Memory Chapel in charge. Burial will be at Forestlawn Gardens. Visitation will be tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. at…
(ROANOKE) Services for Lillian Anna Reda Newton, 91, of Roanoke will be held in Baltimore, Md., with burial at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery. Mrs. Newton died Tuesday, March 21, 2005, at Randolph Medical Center, Roanoke. Survivors include one son, Ron Newton of Roanoke; two sisters, Catherine Kahler and Agnes Hedges of Baltimore; two…
(HOGANSVILLE, Ga.) Graveside services for Jessie Spradlin Foster, 82, of Hogansville, Ga., formerly of Roanoke, will be Thursday, March 24, 2005, at 1 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens, with the Rev. Ronnie Fuller officiating. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Mrs. Foster died Monday, March…
(FRUITHURST) Services for Mary Ellen Williams, 82, of Fruithurst will be Tuesday, March 22, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Camp Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. Chester Pesnell, the Rev. James Owen and the Rev. Darryl Robinson officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery with Dryden Funeral Home in charge. The body will be…
To paraphrase an old saying, if you give a man a bottle of purified water, you can quench his thirst for a day. If you teach a man to purify water, you can quench his thirst for the rest of his life. Teaching water purification methods to tsunami-ravaged victims will be the goal of a…
(ROANOKE) Clarence Tucker Sr., 62, of 1419 County Road 16, Roanoke, died Sunday, March 20, 2005, at West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange, Ga. Services will be Thursday, March 24, at 2 p.m. at Wehadkee Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. Elijah Jackson Jr. officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife,…
(WEDOWEE) Services for Awbrey Bowen Burns Jr., 76, of Wedowee will be Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel, with the Revs. Gary Henderson and Greg Norred officiating. Burial will follow in Wedowee City Cemetery. Mr. Burns died Saturday, March 19, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. The family will receive…
(CLANTON) Services for Randy Gerald Crowder, 52, of Clanton, formerly of Roanoke, will be Tuesday, March 22, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Fellowship Baptist Church, with the Rev. Michael Morris and the Rev. Derrell Jones officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 10 a.m.…
(ROANOKE) Services for Ivis Wilner “Joe” Pike, 61, of Roanoke will be Monday, March 21, 2005 at 2 p.m. at Paran Baptist Church, with the Revs. Gerald Sheppard and Jamie Taylor officiating. He will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to services. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family…
(ROANOKE) Services for Sara Elender Meacham, 93, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, March 22, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Cecil Halsey officiating. Burial will follow at Bethany Lime Congregational Christian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Monday. Mrs.…
(ROANOKE) Services for Effie Lene Stallings, 82, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Highway First Congregational Methodist Church, with the Rev. Carolyn Hanner officiating. Burial will follow in Potash Cemetery. Mrs. Stallings died Sunday, March 20, at LaFayette Nursing Home. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 4…
(WEDOWEE) Services for Lila Marie Lipham, 81, of Wedowee will be Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Wedowee, with the Rev. Don Paris and the Rev. Ray Runyan officiating. Mrs. Lipham will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in Wedowee City…
(ROANOKE) Services for Marie Hay, 69, of Roanoke were Sunday, March 20, 2005 at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Shannon Mapp officiating. Burial was at Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Hay died Saturday, March 19, at her home. Surviving are four daughters, Stacy Mapp of Roanoke and Sherry Conville , Vicky…
(ROANOKE) Services for Ivis Wilner “Joe” Pike, 61, of Roanoke will be Monday, March 21, 2005 at 2 p.m. at Paran Baptist Church, with the Revs. Gerald Sheppard and Jamie Taylor officiating. He will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to services. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family…