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Jackson: Some thoughts on tax reform

By Editor | March 23, 2005 |

The other night when I spoke to a group about our sorry constitution there was this nice man in the audience who wanted to talk about taxes. Then a couple of days later a letter from him appears in the local paper complaining that while folks like me “repeatedly called for tax reform” all we…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF

By Editor | March 23, 2005 |

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ALBERT EDWARD HAY, DECEASED ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Albert Edward Hay, deceased, having been granted to Stacy Mapp on the 17th day of March, 2005, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having…

County school board approves next year’s calendar

By Editor | March 23, 2005 |

WEDOWEE – In a brief meeting Monday evening, Randolph County Board of Education approved the calendar for the 2005-2006 school year. The following dates are included in the calendar: Aug. 8 — 1st trimester begins Sept. 5 — Labor Day Oct. 10 — Parenting Day activities Oct. 31 — Teachers’ in-service/workday Nov. 1 — 2nd…

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

By Editor | March 23, 2005 |

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated March 16, 2001, executed by MICHAEL P. BOWYER and THERESA S. BOWYER, husband and wife, to DREAM HOUSE MORTGAGE CORPORATION, which mortgage was recorded on March 28, 2001, in Mortgage Book 411, Page 552, of the mortgage records in…

Pauline V. Messick Willey

By Editor | March 22, 2005 |

(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…

Ivis Wilner ‘Joe’ Pike

By Editor | March 22, 2005 |

(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…

Robert Ernest Brady

By Editor | March 22, 2005 |

(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…

Lillian Anna Reda Newton

By Editor | March 22, 2005 |

(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…

Jessie Spradlin Foster

By Editor | March 22, 2005 |

(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…

Mary Ellen Williams

By Editor | March 22, 2005 |

(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…

SIFAT preparing team for tsunami relief

By Editor | March 21, 2005 |

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…

Clarence Tucker Sr.

By Editor | March 21, 2005 |

(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,…

Awbrey Bowen Burns Jr.

By Editor | March 21, 2005 |

(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…

Randy Gerald Crowder

By Editor | March 21, 2005 |

(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.…

Ivis Wilner ‘Joe’ Pike

By Editor | March 21, 2005 |

(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…

Sara Elender Meacham

By Editor | March 21, 2005 |

(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.…

Effie Lene Stallings

By Editor | March 21, 2005 |

(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…

Lila Marie Lipham

By Editor | March 21, 2005 |

(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…

Patricia Brown Kaylor

By Editor | March 20, 2005 |

(ROANOKE) Services for Patricia Brown Kaylor, 50, of Roanoke will be Monday, March 21, 2005 at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Revs. Frank Foster and Jody Overton officiating. Burial will follow at Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:30 to 8 p.m. on Sunday.…

Joe Allen

By Editor | March 20, 2005 |

(WEDOWEE) Services for Joe Allen, 67, of Wedowee were Sunday, March 20, 2005 at 2 p.m. at Wedowee First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Gary Henderson and the Rev. Harold Bonner officiating. Burial was in Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Allen died Thursday, March 17, at Palmyra Hospital, Albany, Ga. Mr. Allen was born Dec.…