(FAIRFAX) Vera Mae Patton, 99, of Fairfax died Monday, Feb. 21, 2005, at Traylor Nursing Home, Roanoke.Mrs. Patton was born in Chambers County July 29, 1905, daughter of the late Dora Alice Brown Osborne and William Robert Osborne. She was a lifelong resident of Chambers County and a retired employee of West Point Pepperell with…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV2005-034 STATE OF ALABAMA, ex. rel. E. PAUL JONES, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT PLAINTIFF VS. Two Thousand six hundred ninety two dollars and thirty cents (2,692.30) in lawful currency of the United States of America and Steven Winston and A, B, and C, said defendants being those persons, known…
(WADLEY) Services for Mildred L. Perry, 88, of Wadley will be Friday, Feb.25, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Revs. Don Quick, Ricky Cummings and Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Midway Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 5 to 8 p.m. on…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Lamar Wadsworth of LaGrange, Ga., died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005, at West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. Mr. Wadsworth was born March 13, 1928, in LaGrange and was the son of the late Lawrence W. Wadsworth and Mary Salmon Wadsworth. He live d in LaGrange all his life and was a graduate of LaGrange…
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…
Misuse of the state law allowing governmental bodies to meet in executive, or closed, session has done more to keep citizens in the dark about what their elected representatives are up to than anything else. Although only one exception to meetings being open exists – discussion of an individual’s “good name and character” – the…
(WADLEY) Services for Ralph Taylor Jones, 76, of Wadley, will be Thursday, Feb. 24, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Wadley First Methodist Church, with the Rev. Abigail Wilke officiating. Mr. Jones will lie in state one hour before the service. Burial will follow at Wadley City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral…
No one was injured on Tuesday morning, when a car driven by a rural mail carrier ran up under a school bus on County Road 59, northwest of Woodland. The trooper’s report had not been turned in to the trooper post by press time, but Randolph County Schools Superintendent Wayne Wortham reported that another bus…
MONTGOMERY—Only one word can describe the long-running racial discrimination suit against the State Department of Transportation — disgraceful. There is plenty of blame to go around for this shameful litigation, but it is difficult not to place most of it at the feet of U. S. District Judge Myron Thompson. As important as the issues…
I mentioned last week that I had the flu, and what a pleasurable experience that was. What I did not mention was that I probably got it from Atlanta Hawks legend Dominique Wilkins. Let me explain. I had the opportunity to sit down with ‘Nique two weeks ago in a one-on-one conversation for an Atlanta…
The family and friends of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wilkie Clark gathered at First Baptist Church, 549 Riley St., on Saturday evening, Feb. 19, to join in an observance of the 36th anniversary of the company he established during the late 1960s, now doing business in Roanoke as Clark Memorial Funeral Service. This program…
(WOODLAND) Services for Gertrude Prescott Smith, 88, of Woodland will be Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. David Daniel officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Mrs. Smith died Monday, Feb.…
7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, February 24 8:30 a.m. Randolph County Commission meets at 9 a.m. Lamar Denkins with Congressman Mike Rogers’ office will be at Roanoke City Hall until 11 a.m. to meet with constituents. noon Roanoke Rotary Club meets at The Galley Restaurant. 6:30 p.m. Randolph County…
WADLEY – The Southern Union Lady Bison raised their ACCC South-leading record to 8-1 as they ran away with an 84-63 win over second-place Bishop State. The win puts SU at 17-8 overall with three games left in the regular season. The Lady Bison led 38-29 at halftime, but they saw their lead dwindle to…
The oldest known resident of Randolph County, Arrie Smith, 106, of Roanoke died Saturday, Feb. 12, at Wedowee Hospital. Mrs. Smith was born March 24, 1898, near the Randolph County-Georgia line. She was the second of 24 children of Pierce and Lula Smith and the last survivor. As a young girl, she went to school…
WADLEY – Southern Union won their second straight game after dropping two in a row with a 77-68 win over Bishop State on Monday night. Jacoby Stockdale led the Bison with 22 points in a game that saw them nearly blow a 22-point second-half lead. Spurred by a 14-2 run late in the first half…
The new Handley High School band room is really taking shape. The new band room portion of the construction project at HHS that is being built where West Point Street and the old catwalk used to be. Work also continues inside the City Auditorium. The gymnasium looks to be ready for tip-off with its shiny…
Joanna Stewart is going to show us. She’s going to show us all. She doesn’t have to stay here. She doesn’t want to stay here. Even though her mother and father and sister and brother and nieces and nephews are all here and have been virtually all of their collective lives, she’s going to show…
WEDOWEE – The ninth-ranked RCHS Tigers ran into a well-oiled machine that proved to be stronger than a brick wall Friday night. RCHS saw their season slip away in a 55-50 upset loss to upstart Gaston in the sub-regional round of the state playoffs. The Tigers cruised through the area tournament last week and looked…
February is Black History Month. History teaches different lessons to different people. This has proved especially true when we have tried to make sense of the relations between black and white Americans over the years. Because we seldom have all the facts in any particular story, we are left to speculate as to why people…