(WOODLAND) Graveside services for Paul Daniel Herren, 81, of Woodland will be Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, at 2 p.m. CT at Harmony Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery with Bro. Brian Moore and Bob Fincher officiating.Mr. Herren died Thursday, Oct. 22, at his residence.A Randolph County native, Mr. Herren was born March 19, 1939, the son of…
A graveside service for Jeffie Maffett Alls, 73, will be Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at 10 a.m. at Oak Grove Worship Center Cemetery, Newell, with Pastor Frederick Brown, officiating. Mr. Alls died Oct. 15 at Regional Medical Center. Mr. Alls retired from FMC. Survivors include his siblings, Maggie Shelton, Elnora Curry, Barbara Kendrix and Oliver…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE RANDOLPH COUNTY Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Marquita L. Robertson, unmarried, originally in favor of Walter Mortgage Company, LLC on April 5, 2011, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, at…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EDDIE B. BAKER, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY EXECUTOR Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 15th day of October, 2020 by the Honorable Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama,…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RANDALL G. EVERS, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 16th day of October, 2020, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of…
The Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) sponsored the Alabama Department of Public Health’s (ADPH) Summer COVID-19 mobile testing program. The Alabama Department of Public Health expanded testing in 67 counties during the hot summer months. Preparation for summer COVID-19 testing creates unique challenges in our extremely warm Alabama summer temperatures. For nursing…
Roanoke City Council, in its next-to-last meeting as it is currently comprised, took a significant step Monday toward fixing the traffic signal at Main Street and LaFayette Highway, the intersection also known as Three Points. The signal is outdated and operating on timing that is less than ideal, creating longer wait times for Main Street…
Tanner Health System has received a grant for $879,520 to help implement and expand telehealth services in west Georgia and east Alabama. The grant from the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau aims to help health care providers fund telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic. The FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program, authorized by the CARES Act,…
Heard County authorities have arrested a man this week in connection with a 2019 armed robbery in the Glenn, Ga., community where a convenience store owner was shot three times. Brandon Lamar Thompson, age 25, of LaGrange, Ga., was arrested on Tuesday of last week and charged with robbery and criminal attempt to commit murder…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Myrtis Baldwin, 94, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Highway Congregational Methodist Church with Clayton Scott officiating. The family will receive friends at Taylor’s Crossroads Church of Christ from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday before the service begins. Mrs. Baldwin died Tuesday, Oct.…
(HEFLIN) John T. ‘T-Boy’ Bledsoe died on his 94th birthday, Oct. 14, 2020. Viewing will be Friday, Oct. 23, from 1 to 6 p.m. at Clark Memorial Funeral Service. A graveside service with military honors will be Saturday, Oct. 24, at noon at Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Heflin. Mr. Bledsoe was born Oct. 14,…
(NEWELL) Sandra Miles Alsabrook, 67, of Newell died Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, at Northside Hospital in Atlanta. A private memorial service was held with Bro. Ed Halsey officiating. A lifelong Randolph County resident, Mrs. Alsabrook was born in Calhoun County on March 28, 1953, the daughter of Katha and Billie Miles Bean. She was a…
(ZEBULON, Ga.) Jewel Richardson Fisher, 86, of Zebulon, died Oct. 15, 2020, at Upson Regional Medical Center. A memorial service will be Thursday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. at Pike County Assembly of God Church. Pastor Michael Smith and Pastor Tommy Smith will officiate. Jewel was born April 15, 1934, in Potash, Ala., daughter of…
A private service for Randal H. Robertson was held at Logan Martin Lake on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Randal died Tuesday, Oct. 6, at his residence. A Roanoke native, Randal was born Oct. 7, 1954, son of Mary Ann Nobbley and the late Harold Robertson. He retired from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Dewodia Jo Gay Driver, 83, of Roanoke were Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Big Springs Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Steve Dempsey officiating. Mrs. Driver died Thursday, Oct. 15, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. A Roanoke native, Mrs. Driver was born May 1, 1937, the…
(ROANOKE) Ethel Wood Mulkey, 83, of Roanoke died Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, at Traylor’s Nursing Center in Roanoke. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Mulkey was born Feb. 24, 1937, the daughter of Sam Wood. She worked as a chicken farmer. She is survived by her son, Henry Mulkey of Wedowee. Mrs. Mulkey was preceded in…
Wadley punched its ticket for the playoffs, Woodland kept its hopes of a region championship alive, and RCHS got knocked out of the No. 1 spot in the state in a big Friday night of high school football in the county. Let’s start with the bad news first, as RCHS was pummeled by Lanett 61-20.…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Frances Rachael Phillips Teet, 82, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with Bro. Larry Latimer officiating. Mrs. Teet died Wednesday, Oct. 14, at her residence. A LaGrange, Ga., native, Mrs. Teet was born Oct. 14, 1938, the daughter of Theatus Abe and…
The recount in the Roanoke mayoral race resulted in no changes to the 135 absentee ballots. Jill Hicks remains the winner with a final count of 822-790 over Kelley W. Phillips. Phillips requested the recount, which took place Thursday morning at the Roanoke justice center. The absentee ballots were counted by hand, and no changes…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Terry Ezra Cosper of Bowdon, Ga., died Oct. 13, 2020. He was 84. The funeral will be Friday, Oct. 16, at 2 p.m. EDT at Bethlehem Campground Methodist Church in Graham, Ala. Prior to the services, Mr. Cosper’s body will lie-in-state at the church from 1 p.m. till the funeral hour. Interment will…