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IN RE: ESTATE OF ERA LOUISE OVERTON, DECEASED

By Editor | August 7, 2019 |

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMAIN RE: ESTATE OF ERA LOUISE OVERTON, DECEASEDNOTICE OF PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENTTo: Pam Tobin409 County Road 660Roanoke, AL 36274You are hereby notified that on the 3rd day of July, 2019, William Elton Overton, Executor, filed in this court a petition for final settlement of the estate of…

CASE NO. CV-2019-900076

By Editor | August 7, 2019 |

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV-2019-900076 THE ESTATE OF PHILLIP COX, PLAINTIFF VS. LOT #8 AND PORTIONS OF LOTS # 9, #15, AND #16 OF BLOCK #25 OF THE W.A. HANDLEY MANUFACTURING PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE S 1/2 OF THE SE 1/4 OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 21 SOUTH, RANGE 12…

RCEDA’s “”Rent-a-Desk”” will help startups

By Editor | August 7, 2019 |

A new program in the planning stages from Randolph County Economic Development Authority would help small startup companies with a need for inexpensive space. During the July meeting, director Bryant Whaley announced the beginning stages of “Rent a Desk.” He is currently in the process of designing and costing out materials to remodel 1,500 square…

Signs to mark Wadley streets more clearly

By Editor | August 7, 2019 |

WADLEY – Wadley resident and concerned citizen Veresia Houston attended the Wadley Town Council meeting to express her concerns regarding the confusion at Cooledge Street and Willie James Street. Houston is worried about the clarity for first responders to be able to reach her household in case of an emergency. Due to the misunderstanding of…

Sarah S. Sheppard

By Editor | August 6, 2019 |

(GLENN, Ga.) Funeral services for Sarah S. Sheppard, 72, of Glenn, Ga., will be Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, at 1 p.m. CDT (2 p.m. EDT) at Paran Baptist Church with the Rev. Jamie Taylor officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church beginning at 11 a.m. CDT…

Willis Beck

By Editor | August 5, 2019 |

(ROANOKE) The funeral for Willis Beck, 82, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, at 3 p.m. at Providence Baptist Church with the Rev. John Davis officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Monday. Mr. Beck will lie in state…

Kelly Lynn Wilson

By Editor | August 5, 2019 |

(WEDOWEE) The funeral for Kelly Lynn Wilson, 38, of Wedowee was Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, at 4 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Josh Hickman officiating. Ms. Wilson died suddenly on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, at her home in Wedowee. A Belle Glade, Fla., native, Ms. Wilson was born April 23, 1981, the…

Foy D. Loveless Sr.

By Editor | August 2, 2019 |

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Foy D. Loveless Sr., 77, of Wedowee will be Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Bro. Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Monday. Mr. Loveless died…

John William Hicks

By Editor | August 2, 2019 |

(WEDOWEE) John William Hicks, 65, of Wedowee died Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, at Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville, Ga. A San Antonio, Texas, native, Mr. Hicks was born March 22, 1954, the son of John Loyd and Constance Bozzian Hicks. He was Christian by faith and a pilot in the U.S. Air Force where he…

Maggie Ruth Polke

By Editor | August 1, 2019 |

(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) Maggie Ruth Polke of Jacksonville, Fla., died July 24, 2019. The funeral will be Saturday, Aug. 3, at 11 a.m. at New Life Community United Methodist Church in Jacksonville. Visitation will be Friday from 5-8 p.m. at the Mixon Town Chapel of Q.L. Douglas Funeral Home. She was a member of Friendship Baptist…

Margie Newell

By Editor | August 1, 2019 |

(ROANOKE) The funeral for Margie Newell, 85, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. David Taft officiating. Burial will follow at Wehadkee Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from noon-2 p.m. before services begin. Ms. Newell died Wednesday, July 31,…

Woodland hires head football coach

By Editor | July 31, 2019 |

With less than a week to go before the official start of high school football practice, Woodland High School has its new head football coach. The school named Blair Armstrong to the position Tuesday night after his hiring was approved by the Randolph County School Board and confirmed by superintendent John Jacobs. “He really likes…

Schools welcome new administrators

By Editor | July 31, 2019 |

Randolph County and Roanoke City students will start the new school year with three new elementary school principals and two assistant prinicpals looking out for them. Tena Music – Knight-Enloe Tena Musick is the new principal of Knight-Enloe Elementary School. She has been in education for 24 years and an assistant principal for over eight…

Sign up now for youth Leadership Randolph County

By Editor | July 31, 2019 |

Randolph County Chamber of Commerce, Randolph County Extension System and Southern Union State Community College are sponsors for Youth Leadership Randolph County, a program to help identify and educate potential youth leaders for our communities and county. Sessions will be on the second Tuesday or Thursday of each month, typically from 8 a.m. until 3…

Roanoke City Schools put personnel in place

By Editor | July 31, 2019 |

Roanoke City Schools By Jayla Noles Benefield Roanoke Board of Education made some final personnel moves at their meeting on Tuesday evening of last week. In personnel business, the board approved: Brooke Cohran as pre-K auxiliary teacher at Knight-Enloe Elementary. Shernedra Burton as special education aide at Handley Middle School. The transfer of Rebecca Hickman…

County schools making final personnel moves

By Editor | July 31, 2019 |

Randolph County Board of Education made some final personnel moves in a meeting on Tuesday evening of last week. During the meeting the board, approved: Thomas Herren as math/science teacher at Woodland High. Cody Whitfield as band director at Woodland High. Jeffery Jackson as P.E. teacher at Woodland Elementary. Rodney Berryhill as custodian at Woodland…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

By Editor | July 31, 2019 |

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed on October 13, 2007 by Carolyn T. Daniel, originally in favor of Wachovia Bank, National Association, and recorded in Mortgage Book 524 at Page 332 on November 14, 2007, in the Office of the Judge of…

IN RE: THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM THOMAS HUEY, DECEASED

By Editor | July 31, 2019 |

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM THOMAS HUEY, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS In the Matter of the Estate of William Thomas Huey, Jr. Letters of Testamentary on the Estate of William Thomas Huey Jr., deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 22nd day of…

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLYDE H. DELONG, DECEASED

By Editor | July 31, 2019 |

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLYDE H. DELONG, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Clyde Phillip Delong on the 25th day of July, 2019, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of…

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ANNIE L. WALLACE, DECEASED

By Editor | July 31, 2019 |

PROBATE COURT RANDOLPH COUNTY NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ANNIE L. WALLACE, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Annie L. Wallace, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 26th day of July, 2019, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that…