(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Jerry Matthew Rollins, 70, of Woodland, were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, at Rocky Branch Baptist Church with Bro. Clayton Scott officiating. Burial followed at the adjoining cemetery.Mr. Rollins passed away on Thursday, Aug. 10, at Diversicare Nursing Home in Oxford.Survivors include one sister, Linda Farmer of…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Patsy Love Hodges Durham, 86, of Roanoke, were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church at 809 Rock Mills Road in Roanoke, with John Saunders and Gerald Romine officiating. Burial followed at Randolph Memory Gardens with Quattlebaum Funeral Home in charge. Mrs. Durham passed…
(FIVE POINTS) Beatrice Geneva (Ward) Bledsoe, 95, the former mayor of Five Points,, died Sunday, Aug. 6 in Gadsden, surrounded by the love and prayers of family. Funeral services were held at First Missionary Baptist Church in Roanoke on Saturday, Aug. 12, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Dr. Melvin Owens officiating. Interment was at…
Period ending August 7th Desmond Jerod Foster, 47, of 1545 Bacon Avenue, Anniston – Unlawful possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance – August 7 Junior Lee Hughley, 60, of 237 Ave A, Roanoke – Aggravated Assault (Attempted Murder) – August 7 Kimberly Hernandez, 39, of 135 Louina St, Roanoke – Obstructing Government Operations…
A Wedowee gas station will soon be home to the county’s first electric car charging station. The Exxon service station on Highway 431 next to Tanner Medical Center on the south end of Wedowee was one of five stations statewide to receive grant money for the installation of the charging station. The grants are awarded…
The rules for the Roanoke Recreation Center have struck a nerve within the city, and based on the citizen turnout at Monday’s Roanoke City Council meeting and the discussion that took place inside, progress appears to have been made in bringing the issue to a resolution. That work is not yet complete, however. The recreation…
Period ending August 7th Incidents A property owner reported items taken from a house on County Road 35 near Broughton and two vehicles missing from there, a 2000 Chrysler Town and Country van and 1991 Chrysler Imperial. This is under investigation. A red 2003 GMC truck was reported stolen on County Road 92, Newell, along…
At last week’s meeting of Wedowee Town Council, District 5 Council Member, Willie Maude Brown, was officially removed from her position on the council. Mayor Tim Coe said that according to state law, “any member who had not attended a meeting or participated in council activities in 90 days shall be removed from the council.”…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE. Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Sumitra K Kendall, single woman, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Mortgage Research Center, LLC dba Veterans United Home Loans, on December 10, 2021, said mortgage recorded in the…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: CECIL GLENN BROWN JR. NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR SUMMARY DISTRIBUTION Notice is hereby given that a Petition for Summary Distribution of the above named estate has been filed by Ann Brown Austin on the 3rd day of August, 2023, and that 30 days…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Ray Benford Fields, 84, of Roanoke will be held on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, at 2 p.m. at Highway Congregational Methodist Church with the Rev. Thomas Cochran and the Rev. Eddie Denson officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8…
(LAFAYETTE) Charles Finney Burton, 90, known to most as Buddy, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by loved ones, on Aug. 4, 2023. Funeral services will be held at First Baptist Church, LaFayette on Tuesday, Aug. 8. The visitation will begin at 1 p.m. immediately followed by the funeral at 2 p.m. Buddy was born…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Gearld Gosdin, 80, of Roanoke were held on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Carl Rider and Bro. Bill Calhoun officiating. Burial followed at Gray Hill Church of God Cemetery. Mr. Gosdin passed away Tuesday, Aug. 1, at home surrounded by his family.…
(WEDOWEE) Amauri Nevaeh.Lawson, 16, of Wedowee passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023 at Benjamin Russell Children’s Hospital in Birmingham. Public viewing will be observed on Friday, Aug. 11 from 4-7 p.m. in the chapel of Grace Memorial Chapel Funeral Home in Lineville. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 12 at 2 p.m.…
Sheriff’s arrests ending July 31st July 26 Amanda Leigh Adamson, 40, of Heflin – third-degree domestic violence Christopher Ray Marshall, 30, of Roanoke – first-degree escape (Community Corrections Program) Michael Darnell Allen, 56, of Opelika – failure to appear in court (third-degree assault) July 27 Roy Gene Brown, 40, of Roanoke – failure to appear…
A grass fire burned out of control on County Road 518 near Big Springs last Wednesday afternoon and eventually spread to about 40 bales of hay on the property. Volunteer firefighters from New Hope, Tin Shop and East Randolph VFDs responded to the blaze and got it under control.
It has been a well-known fact in Randolph County that if you own a cell phone and live in Wadley, your options for a service provider are basically AT&T or no one. Until now. And if you came to this article looking for a definitive reason why that has changed, you are probably going to…
At last Thursday’s meeting of Randolph County School Board, the board continued to hire personnel for the upcoming school year. Following recommendations by Superintendent John Jacobs the board approved the following: Donna Moates as Substitute Support Personnel. Ezell Potter as a substitute bus driver. Rescind the recommendation for Adam Butler. effective immediately. Rescind the recommendation…
Roanoke First United Methodist Church has received a new name and a new pastor. Reverend Matthew Colburn has joined to serve at Roanoke’s First Methodist Church, after the church disaffiliated from the United Methodist denomination earlier this year. Rev. Colburn grew up in Decatur, Alabama as apart of the United Methodist Church at St. Luke…
With the start of school for the new year just days, Roanoke City Board of Education met last week to fill vacancies in their staff. The board approved the following actions on recommendations from Superintendent Greg Foster. Taylor Bowen as 4th grade Science Teacher at Handley Middle School. Deavin Foreman as Physical Education Aide at…