(LaFAYETTE) Charles E. Williams, 46, of LaFayette died Friday, Jan. 14, 2005, at his residence.Services are scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 18, at 1 p.m. CST at Greater Poplar Springs Baptist Church in LaFayette with the Rev. Jerone Fannin officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The remains will lie in state at the church…
(DOCENA) Services for Mary Ann Morgan, 52, of Docena, will be Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Brown Service West Chapel. Burial will follow in Forest Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends 5-8 Tuesday night at the funeral home. Mrs. Morgan died Friday, Jan. 14. Survivors include her husband, Donald Morgan Sr.;…
The Handley Tigers got back on the winning track while the Woodland Bobcats struggled once again to hold an early lead as Handley beat the Bobcats 66-59 Monday night in Roanoke. Woodland came out of the gate with the hot hand as they opened up a 12-point lead midway through the second quarter. But a…
(BLOOMBURG, Texas) Services for Wilma Jean Melton Kennedy, 64 of Bloomburg, Texas, were Monday, Dec. 27, 2004, at 2 p.m. at Hanner Funeral Chapel in Atlanta, with the Rev. David Kennedy and the Rev. Chuck Stevenson officiating. Burial was at Salem Cemetery in Cass County, Texas. Mrs. Kennedy died, Thursday, Dec. 23, at her home…
WOODLAND – A Ranburne man was arrested in connection with the armed robbery of a Woodland store on Saturday. According to Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator James Bailey, Scottie Robin Harris, 30, of Ranburne is in Randolph County Jail charged with first-degree burglary. At about 2:30 Saturday afternoon, a white male with a long gun…
Members of Randolph County volunteer fire departments that are usually first on the scene of accidents or medical emergencies are known as first responders. In order to share experiences and facilitate continuing training, they have gotten together and formed the Randolph County First Responders Association. These fire department members require almost as much medical training…
(VILLA RICA, Ga.) Services for Myrtie Lee Thomas, 89, of Villa Rica, Ga., formerly of Randolph County, will be Sunday, Jan. 16, 2005 at 2 p.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church, with the Rev. Mickey Vaughn and the Rev. Tommy Gene Young officiating. Mrs. Thomas will lie in state one hour before the service. Burial will…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Tommy D. Davis, 62, of LaGrange, Ga. died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005 at West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. Mr. Davis was born March 17, 1942 in Randolph County, son of the late Ora Dee and Bela Willingham Davis. He was a member of Long Cane Lodge 424, F&AM, and had retired from CAFI.…
WADLEY – Nostalgic Southern Union alumni can once again catch a case of cabin fever as the old log cabin – a part of the college campus for 50 years – has returned home. The cabin was sold to Mrs. Irene Knight of the Frogeye community Chambers County in the late ’80s or early ’90s.…
Like a bored teenager on a Saturday night, Wadley just kind of hung around in Thursday’s contest against Handley. But in the end Handley played the role of the party-crashing parent and sent them home. The final score – 57-45 – was typical of the entire game. Wadley within shouting distance, but seemingly not really…
The Wadley Lady Bulldogs made an early statement to the RCHS Lady Tigers in their County Tournament game Thursday night. The Lady Bulldogs jumped out to a 20-point lead early in the second quarter and never looked back as they knocked off the defending county champions 58-30. Last season fourth-seeded RCHS upset top-seeded Wadley in…
(ROANOKE) Rosa Lee Rowland, 58, of Roanoke died Thursday, Jan. 13, 2005, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Services will be Monday, Jan. 17, at 2 p.m. at East Roanoke Church of God, with the Rev. Timothy Wright, Minister Steve Joiner and Minister Rodney Wright officiating. Burial will be in Skyview Memorial Gardens. Survivors include…
(ROANOKE) Ramonia M. Drake, 74, of Roanoke died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2005, at her residence. Services will be Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, Welch, with the Rev. Melvin Owens officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The remains will lie in state at the church one hour…
RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN H. HARDY, DECASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of John H. Hardy, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 6th day of Jan., 2005, by the Judge of Probate of said county, notice is hereby given that…
COUNTY OF RANDOLPH PROBATE COURT IN RE: ESTATE OF CARL J. HOLDER, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Carl J. Holder, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 23rd day of Dec., 2004, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons…
(ROANOKE) Services for Maude Ellen Moore, 90, of Roanoke will be Friday, Jan. 14, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Ed Grooms and the Rev. Harold Bonner officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday.…
The first issue of The Leader in 2005 brought some news we’d rather not have – the loss of 40 manufacturing jobs with the closing of Roanoke’s Jeld-Wen plant. That was something that had been announced earlier in 2004, though, and wasn’t really a 2005 event. Many of the stories that are new to the…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Kevin Burgess, to Peoples Independent Bank, on the 23rd day of October, 2002, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Book 435 Page 235; said mortgage having subsequently been…
McCartney Construction Company Inc. hereby gives notice of completion of contract with the State of Alabama for the construction of Project No. NH-0001(510) in Randolph & Cleburne County. This notice will appear for four consecutive weeks beginning on January 12, 2005, and ending on February 2, 2005. All claims should be filed at 331 Albert…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by John D. Duncan, an unmarried man, to Mortgage Investors Inc., on the 16th day of August, 1999, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Book 389, Page 70; said…