MONTGOMERY — Not many of you are old enough to remember a popular song of years ago that opened with the words: “It seems to me I’ve heard that song before.”That would be appropriate background music for the legislative budget hearings now underway in Montgomery. The lawmakers are hearing the same song they have heard…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: John Robert Johnson, deceased Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 23rd day of Dec., 2004, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Shirley (Pate) Shephard, to GE Capital Mortgage Services Inc., on the 7th day of April, 2000, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Book 402, Page 316; said mortgage…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NUMBER DR2004-085 DENNIS ADAMSON, PLAINTIFF VS. SHANDA L. ADAMSON, DEFENDANT NOTICE OF DIVORCE ACTION Shanda Lee Adamson, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer Dennis Adamson’s petition for divorce and other relief by March 14, 2005, or, thereafter, a judgment be default may be rendered against her in Case No. DR2004-085, Circuit…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Sam L. Stevenson and Earlene J. Stevenson in favor of Jim Walter Homes Inc., dated June 7, 1987, and recorded July 10, 1987, Book 230, Page 573 in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County,…

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…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF JOHN SEEGAR, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Letters of Testamentary of said deceased have been granted to the undersigned on the 28th day of December, 2004, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama. Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said…

ROANOKE – The Handley Lady Tigers won their sixth straight game in come-from-behind fashion as they topped Beauregard 51-44. The win avenged Handley’s loss to Beauregard back on December 14, and put them into first place in Area 7. “We’re warm now,” said Handley head coach Jimmy Askew. “I just hope we keep getting hotter.”…

Two and eight.Those are two numbers in a sequence (as in 2-8) that most football coaches would prefer not to see next to their team’s name at the end of a football season. Yet despite his best intentions, and those of his players, that is exactly what Woodland head coach Larry Strain had to deal…

Needs 5 acres to put it on by Vanessa Sorrell Burnside WEDOWEE – Donald Bain of Randolph County Health Department informed Randolph County Commission on Monday that the county will soon get a new health department facility. Bain said he just learned the news last week. The state will refinance a bond issue, which will…

(ALEXANDER CITY) Services for Mary Adell Dalrymple, 84, of Alexander City will be Thursday, Jan. 13, 2005, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Ridley Parmer officiating. Burial will follow at Bethel East Baptist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday.…