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PUBLIC NOTICE

By Editor | July 31, 2019 |

PUBLIC NOTICEThe Randolph County Commission is considering the feasibility of closing a section of roadway in the Pine Hill Community being more particularly described as follows:Commencing at the intersection of County Road 92 and County Road 431, for a point of beginning, thence run northerly along said County Road 431 a distance of 0.725 miles,…

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF TRAVIS GREEN, DECEASED

By Editor | July 31, 2019 |

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF TRAVIS GREEN, DECEASED Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 26th day of July, 2019, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph…

TO: STEVIE LYN BOLT, JR.

By Editor | July 31, 2019 |

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA TO: STEVIE LYN BOLT, JR. On The 26th day of July, 2019, a Petition by Stephanie White was filed in this Court for the name change of a minor child, whose date of birth is January 8, 2001. A hearing upon this petition has been set for…

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HILTON SPARKS WALLACE, DECEASED

By Editor | July 31, 2019 |

STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HILTON SPARKS WALLACE, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Hilton Sparks 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…

Rosebud Bennett Stanford Carson

By Editor | July 30, 2019 |

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Rosebud Bennett Stanford Carson, 93, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, at 10 a.m. at Bethany Lime Congregational Christian Church with the Rev. Stanley Yarbrough officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday. Mrs. Carson…

Byron M. Morrison

By Editor | July 30, 2019 |

(ROANOKE) The funeral for Byron M. Morrison, 80, of Roanoke will be Friday, Aug. 2, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tim Whaley and Rev. Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday. Mr.…

Rosebud Bennett Sanford Carson

By Editor | July 30, 2019 |

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Rosebud Bennett Sanford Carson, 93, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, at 10 a.m. at Bethany Lime Congregational Methodist Church with the Rev. Stanley Yarbrough officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday. Mrs. Carson…

Zellie Fred Sprewell

By Editor | July 30, 2019 |

(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Zellie Fred Sprewell, 94, of Carrollton, Ga., died Saturday, July 27, 2019. The family will receive friends at Almon Funeral Home on Monday from 6 until 9 p.m. The funeral will be Tuesday, July 30, at 2 p.m. at the chapel of Almon Funeral Home with the Rev. Fred Cooke officiating. The family…

Catherine Nell May

By Editor | July 29, 2019 |

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Catherine Nell May, 88, of Roanoke were Monday, July 29, 2019, at 11 a.m. at Wedowee City Cemetery with Bro. Ricky Daniel officiating. Mrs. May died Saturday, July 27, at Traylor’s Nursing and Rehab Center in Roanoke. A Randolph County native, Mrs. May was born July 3. 1931, the daughter of…

Larry Wayne Garrett

By Editor | July 29, 2019 |

(HEFLIN) The funeral for Larry Wayne Garrett, 60, of Heflin will be Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Flinthill Baptist Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday. Mr. Garrett died Friday, July 26, at Diversicare of…

Philip Warren Harlin

By Editor | July 29, 2019 |

(LEXINGTON, Ky.) Philip Warren Harlin died July 25, 2019, surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with cancer. Visitation was Sunday, July 28, with a celebration of life service that followed at Clark Legacy Center Nicholasville, Ky. A service in Roanoke, Ala., will be held at a later date. He was born Oct. 29,…

Mary Kate Greene

By Editor | July 29, 2019 |

(NEWELL) Mary Kate Greene, 82, died Wednesday, July 24, 2019, at Tanner Medical Center/East Alabama in Wedowee. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 27, at Dryden Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Jordan’s Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday, July 27, from noon until 2 p.m. Ms. Green…

Ortra Rae ‘Polly’ Marbut Ellen

By Editor | July 29, 2019 |

(AUBURN) Ortra Rae “Polly” Marbut Ellen, 88, of Auburn died peacefully Thursday evening, July 25, 2019, at Piedmont Columbus Midtown surrounded by family. There will be a visitation Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Jeffcoat Trant Funeral Home in Opelika. A celebration of her life service will be Sunday at Parkway Baptist Church, Auburn,…

Eunice Agnes Price Green

By Editor | July 24, 2019 |

(LITHIA SPRINGS, Ga.) Eunice Agnes Price Green, 92, of Lithia Springs, Ga., died Tuesday, July 23, 2019. The family will receive friends at Jones-Wynn Funeral Home of Douglasville, Ga., Thursday, July 25, from 4 until 7 p.m. EDT and Friday, July 26, from 10 until 11 a.m. EDT. The funeral will be Friday, July 26,…

Samuel Douglas Robertson

By Editor | July 24, 2019 |

(WOODLAND) The funeral for Samuel Douglas Robertson, 14, of Woodland will be Friday, July 26, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Big Springs Baptist Church with Bro. Donny Chandler and Bro. Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday. Samuel…

Tragedy strikes in Woodland

By Editor | July 24, 2019 |

A car accident Monday evening left a teenager dead and sent an entire community into mourning as word of the tragedy spread. Samuel Robertson, who was weeks away from beginning his freshman year of high school at Woodland, was killed when a car driven by his brother Dale, a rising Woodland senior, left the roadway…

Vern Fest this weekend

By Editor | July 24, 2019 |

Vern Fest 2019: The Vern Gosdin Memorial Concert, a Woodland Area Civic Club special event, will be July 26 at 7 p.m. at Warren Sewell Field in Woodland featuring Mark Chestnut with special guests Craig Campbell and Kevin Moon. General admission tickets are $35. Reserved seat tickets are $50 and can be purchased by phone…

Roanoke moves forward with paving projects

By Editor | July 24, 2019 |

By the end of October (at the latest) anyone driving down LaFayette Highway in Roanoke will have a much smoother ride. Roanoke City Council took its final step to approve the repaving project for the road Monday when it voted to accept the nearly $450,000 price tag for the project. The project was designed by…

Human trafficking awareness workshop

By Editor | July 24, 2019 |

Randolph County Chamber of Commerce will host a human trafficking workshop on Tuesday, July 30, at 5:30 p.m. in Wedowee at Randolph County Courthouse in the large courtroom. Keynote speaker will be Teresa Collier, intelligence analyst with the Alabama Fusion Center. Collier has a master’s degree in homeland security and emergency management from Auburn University…

County Commission concerned over non-payment from Wadley quarry

By Editor | July 24, 2019 |

WEDOWEE – Randolph County Commission met in executive session with County Attorney John Tinney following their workshop meeting on Thursday and in executive session among themselves for 30 minutes on Monday. It was noted in the workshop the county has spent well over $150,000 on the Wadley quarry access road project and has had no…