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Starting the year out right

By Editor | January 1, 2020 |

Vernelle Billingsley of Wedowee picks a bag of greens for her family’s New Year’s Day dinner to ensure good fortune in 2020. Jerry Albright of the Pine Hill community has planted about two acres of turnip and mustard greens on County Road 92 for the past three years.

Roanoke man killed in 431 accident

By Editor | January 1, 2020 |

ROCK STAND – A Roanoke man was killed on Thursday night of last week in a one-vehicle accident on U.S. 431 near Rock Stand. According to Randolph County Coroner Terry Sparks, 22-year-old Zeundre Deshae Cameron was traveling at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his vehicle, left the roadway and overturned.…

RC Fishing Team accepts Christmas trees

By Editor | January 1, 2020 |

The Randolph County High School Fishing Team is collecting Christmas trees for the fish habitat project on Lake Wedowee. The drop-off location is at the Randolph County Equine & Ag Center in the lower parking lot. The fishing team has put up a sign to identify the drop-off spot. The fish habitat project is coordinated…

Gov. Ivey awards grants to assist victims in east Alabama

By Editor | January 1, 2020 |

MONTGOMERY – Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded almost $35,000 to two east Alabama agencies that help victims of domestic violence and rape. Gov. Ivey awarded $20,448 to the Domestic Violence Intervention Center in Opelika, which provides services for victims in Chambers, Lee, Macon, Randolph and Tallapoosa counties. The governor also awarded $14,389 to Rape Counselors…

Saleem Malik (King Davenport)

By Editor | December 31, 2019 |

(POWELL, Ohio) Saleem Malik (King Davenport) of Powell, Ohio, died peacefully Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019 at The Kobacker House following an extended illness. The funeral was Monday, Dec. 30, at noon at Sterling McCullough Williams Warren Chapel. Burial was at Pineview Memorial Park Cemetery. He was born Oct. 29, 1928, in Roanoke, Ala., to the…

Wesley M. Wilson

By Editor | December 30, 2019 |

(ROANOKE) The funeral for Wesley M. Wilson, 80, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Ricky Cummings officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 5 to 7 on Monday, Dec. 30. Mr. Wilson…

Gwendolyn Harmon Williams

By Editor | December 30, 2019 |

(ROANOKE) Gwendolyn Harman Williams, 72, of Roanoke died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, at her residence. A Wedowee native, Mrs. Williams was born Aug. 18, 1947, the daughter of Henry Ford and Lorene White Harman. She was a member of Midway United Methodist Church and a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Asa Williams of Roanoke; daughter,…

Leona Cummings Jenkins, 102

By Editor | December 30, 2019 |

(LANETT) Leona Cummings Jenkins, 102, died peacefully on Friday, Dec. 27, 2019, at her home in Lanett. The funeral will be Tuesday, Dec. 31, at 2 p.m. EST at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley. Interment will follow in Johnson Memorial Gardens. The Rev. Harold Cummings and the Rev. Ronnie Jordan will officiate. The…

Early Notice and Public Review of a Proposed Activity in a 100-Year Floodplain and/or Wetland

By Editor | December 30, 2019 |

Early Notice and Public Review of a Proposed Activity in a 100-Year Floodplain and/or Wetland To: All interested Agencies, Groups, and Individuals This is to give notice that the Randolph County Commission has determined that the following proposed action under the County’s 2019 CDBG Water Line Extension Project # CY-CM-PF-19-018 will cross a 100-year floodplain…

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

By Editor | December 30, 2019 |

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated February 15, 2000, executed by Lorenzo J. Linson, a married man, to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, which mortgage was recorded on February 17, 2000, in Mortgage Record 399, Page 5, and modified by that certain Loan…

Marvolene ‘Markie’ Turner

By Editor | December 27, 2019 |

(MARIETTA, Ga.) Marvolene “Markie” Turner, 86, of Marietta, Ga., died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. The funeral will be at noon CST on Monday, Dec. 30, at Providence Baptist Church in Woodland, Ala., with the Rev. Terry Eason officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The body will lie in state from 11 a.m. to…

James Robert McCrary Jr.

By Editor | December 27, 2019 |

(LEEDS) Graveside Service for James “Jim Bob” Robert McCrary Jr., 65, of Leeds will be Friday, Dec. 27, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Union Motley Baptist Church Cemetery in Wadley. Mr. McCrary died Monday, Dec. 23, at Trussville Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born March 3, 1954, in Birmingham to James Robert Sr. and…

Stacy Winslow Moore Sr.

By Editor | December 27, 2019 |

(CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.) Stacy Winslow Moore, 51, of Chattanooga, Tenn., died Sunday, Dec. 22, in Chattanooga. The celebration of life will be Monday, Dec. 30, at 1 p.m. at Bethlehem Baptist Church in the Standing Rock community with the Rev. William H. Trammell officiating. He will lie in state for one hour prior to the service.…

Cornelia ‘Niecie’ Gunn

By Editor | December 27, 2019 |

(ATLANTA) Cornelia “Niecie” Gunn, 86, of Atlanta died Thursday evening, Dec. 19, 2019. The celebration of life will be Saturday, Dec. 28, at 1 p.m. at Peace & Goodwill Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Rev. L.B. Houston, Rev. Calvin Trammell, Minister Michael Joiner and Pastor Tom Staples leading the service. Burial will follow in the…

Jimmy H. West

By Editor | December 27, 2019 |

(ALPINE) Graveside services for Jimmy H. West, 72, of Alpine will be Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019, at 1 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with Bro. Gerald Romine officiating. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from noon to 1 p.m. on Saturday. Mr. West died Thursday, Dec. 26, at his sister’s home. Mr.…

Magdalene ‘Maggie’ Hinton

By Editor | December 26, 2019 |

(VALLEY) Magdalene “Maggie” Hinton, 89, of Valley died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019, at East Alabama Medical Center Lanier Hospital. The funeral will be Friday, Dec. 27, at 4 p.m. EST at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home with the Rev. Brad Reed and the Rev. Ben Hewitt officiating. Burial will follow in Johnson Memorial Gardens. Visitation will…

Louise Robertson Longshore

By Editor | December 26, 2019 |

(DOVER, Del.) Louise Robertson Longshore died at her home Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. The funeral will be Friday, Dec. 27, at 11 a.m. with viewing one hour prior to the service at Whatcoat United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Sharon Hill Memorial Park. A viewing will be held Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.…

Quinnion Nathaniel Duncan

By Editor | December 26, 2019 |

(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Dr. Quinnion Nathaniel Duncan, 83, of Franklin, Ga., died Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. A celebration of his life was Saturday, Dec. 28, at 2 p.m. at Centralhatchee First Baptist Church. Dr. Duncan’s son, the Rev. Jeff Duncan, officiated, assisted by the Rev. Mark Williams. Dr. Duncan was born June 26, 1936, in Alto,…

James Edward Lee

By Editor | December 26, 2019 |

(ROANOKE) The celebration of life for James Edward Lee, 72, of Roanoke was Monday, Dec. 23, at 1 p.m. at Peace and Goodwill Baptist Church with the Rev. L.B. Houston and the Rev. Jeffery D. Rosser. Burial followed in the church cemetery. He died Tuesday, Dec. 17. Mr. Lee was born June 5, 1947, in…

Handley hitting its stride after slow start

By Editor | December 25, 2019 |

This was not the kind of start to the season that anyone envisioned for the Handley boys basketball team. The Tigers returned four starters and two more players that logged heavy minutes off the bench from a team that went 21-12 and fell one game short of a trip to the state final four. Among…