(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. 14, 1937,…

(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…

(GRAHAM) Services for William Ray Green, 70, of Graham, will be Saturday, March 19, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Herren’s Grove Baptist Church, with the Rev. Jerry Wiggins and Bro. Harold Forsyth officiating. Mr. Green will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr.…

(WEDOWEE) Graveside services for Anna Marie Mitchell, 46, of Wedowee, will be Saturday, March 19, 2005, at 2:30 p.m. at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Donald Spradlin and the Rev. Charles Woodson officiating. Mrs. Mitchell died Thursday, March 17, at Bethany House. The family will receive friend on Friday, March 18, from…

(ROANOKE) George Henry Ross, 92, of Roanoke died Wednesday, March 16, 2005, at his residence. Services will be Monday, March 21, at 11 a.m. at Hopewell Baptist Church, Abanda, with the Rev. Calvin Trammell officiating. Interment will be in New Zion Cemetery, Lanett. Mr. Ross will lie in state at the church one hour before…

IN RE: THE ESTATE OF BOBBY JOE STEWART, DECEASED Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 11th day of March, 2005, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is herby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required…

Randolph County Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authority (owner) 538 Main Street Post Office Box 954 Roanoke, AL 36274 Separate sealed bids for the construction of Section 11: Gray Hill Water System Improvements on Randolph County Roads 45, 64, 65, 82, 87, 132, 240, 691, Al Highway 48 & US Highway 431 and Section 11T:…

OF CONTRACTORS AND CONSTRUCTION BIDS Project A – A new gymnasium for the Randolph County High School, Wedowee, Alabama Project B – Window/HVAC replacement at Woodland High School, Woodland, Alabama Project C – Window replacement at Rock Mills Jr. High School, Rock Mills, Alabama For the Randolph County Board of Education Wedowee, Alabama Pre-qualification proposals…

COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE 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 ACT Relating to Randolph County; to amend Section 1 of Act 2003-213 of…

RANDOLPH COUNTY IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA NOTICE OF PUBLICATION TO PROBATE WILL IN RE: THE ESTATE OF LEONARD J. NORRED, DECEASED TO: ALL HEIRS OF LEONARD J. NORRED, DECEASED You will hereby take notice, that on this day came Bobby Norred and produced to the Court a paper writing, purporting to…

The Concord Cemetery Board is accepting bids for the job of maintaining the cemetery grounds for the year beginning April 1, 2005. Anyone desiring to obtain this job should submit a written bid no later than March 26, 2005. Bids should be mailed to Mr. Robert Bugg, P.O. Box 16, Wadley, AL 36276. The selected…

The Southern Union Bison continued their scorching start with a 3-game sweep of conference foe Jefferson State in a baseball series over the weekend. SU (14-2, 6-0) kicked things off on Thursday with a 3-2 win in Wadley. Pat Reeves went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI, as Southern Union rallied late for the…

Essentially the same open meetings bill that was introduced in the Alabama Legislature this year, and the year before, is now law, scheduled to take effect Oct. 1 of this year. It unanimously passed both houses of the Legislature and was signed into law by Gov. Bob Riley yesterday afternoon. It replaces a law that…

Citizens of Roanoke will soon be making one less trip to City Hall each month. The Roanoke City Council agreed Monday night to allow the Utilities Board to take control of the billing for the garbage services provided by the city. Mayor Spec Bonner said that beginning as soon as June 1 of this year…

WEDOWEE – A motion to enforce mandatory garbage participation in the county died for lack of a second. Commission Chairman Lathonia Wright said although mandatory garbage participation was adopted by the commission in 1992, it was never enforced. He fears the county’s competitor will eventually take enough of the customers that the county will not…

The Handley Tiger baseball team is still in search of its first win after two more losses last week. On Tuesday the Tigers (0-4) dropped a 7-0 decision to Clay County. Handley committed eight errors behind pitchers Brian Taylor and Ryan Roberts. Handley managed just three hits on the contest – singles by Eric Manning…