Handley has added a former head football coach to its staff, and the school made a head coaching change in another sport as a result.Chris White, who took over as the head football coach at White Plains after current Handley head coach Larry Strain’s one year there, has been added to Strain’s staff as the…
CRAGFORD – Around 5:40 p.m. Sunday afternoon, Clay County E-911 received a call for ambulances on in the 8000 block of Cragford Road. A vehicle had left the roadway and went down into a ravine. Clay County Rescue Squad, Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Cragford-Corinth Fire Department, Shiloh Fire Department, Ashland Police, Lineville Police and an…
A plume of smoke rises from a fire on Friday afternoon that gutted a rental house on Williams Street at the edge of Roanoke’s Mill Village. The fire of undetermined origin started in the back bedroom. When the call first came in, it was thought someone might be inside, but no one was, and there…
Randolph County Economic Development Authority discussed a variety of items at their meeting on June 24, including a recent workforce survey. The survey has had more than 300 responses and closed at the end of June. Results and information gathered from this survey will be used to improve the quality of life for the county.…
WADLEY – During Wadley Town Council’s meeting, the council took the next step necessary to purchase new police vehicles. Last month the council approved the purchase, and on Monday the council approved the authorization of Mayor Donna McKay and Mayor Pro Tem Michael Brown to sign at First Bank to borrow the money necessary ($77,000)…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made under the terms of that certain mortgage executed by Stephanie Elaine Craven, an unmarried individual, on the 2nd day of June, 2017 to First Bank of Alabama, successor by merger to Bank of Wedowee which said mortgage is recorded in…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made under the terms of that certain mortgage executed by Richard Lee Phillips, a married man, and Kimberly Norred Phillips, a married woman, on the 14th day of September, 2017 to Bank of Wedowee First Bank of Alabama, successor by merger…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF VICTORIA WILLIAMS EDMONDSON, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Melanie Green Waldrop on the 25th day of June, 2019, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage and security agreement executed by JAMES C. PINKSTON, JR. AKA JAMES CARRELL PINKSTON, JR., unmarried, and PAMELA PINKSTON MILES AKA PAMELA SUE PINKSTON MILES, a married woman, on the…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ANDREW WESLEY ELLIS JR., DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Andrew Wesley Ellis, Jr., deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 26th day of June, 2019, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…
Notice of Application for Merger of Bank Holding Companies Southern States Bancshares, Inc. located at 615 Quintard Avenue, Anniston, AL 36201 has applied to the Federal Reserve Board for permission to merge with East Alabama Financial Group, Inc. (“EAFG”), located at 117 Main Street South, Wedowee, AL 36278, with Southern States Bancshares, Inc. as the…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Margaret Louise Earl Self, 93, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, July 3, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Rickey Cannon officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday. Mrs. Self will…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Joseph Ray Mitchell, 28, of Roanoke will be Friday, July 5, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Parker Barber and Rev. Mike Brewer officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday. Mr.…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for James Matthew McCard, 31, of Roanoke will be Friday, July 5, 2019, at noon at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mike Brewer officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home beginning at 10 a.m. on Friday. Mr. McCard died Sunday, June 30. A lifelong resident of Randolph County,…
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Sally Frances Breed Huddleston, 75, of Franklin died July 1, 2019. The funeral will be Wednesday, July 3, at 2 p.m. EDT at Olive Branch Baptist Church with the Rev. Rodney Roquemore officiating. Interment will follow in Prospect Church Cemetery in Woodland, Ala. The family will accept guests at Olive Branch Baptist Church…
Jeanette Nichols Haggard was born March 1, 1940, in Randolph County. When she was in about ninth grade, her parents purchased a farm in the Ephesus community of Heard County, Ga., not far from where she was born. She spent the remainder of her growing up years there, graduating from Heard County High School. After…
(ROANOKE) John William Ray Jr., 61, of Roanoke died Saturday, June 29, 2019, at Traylor’s Nursing Center. A Lanett native, Mr. Ray was born Dec. 23, 1957, the son of John William Ray Sr. He worked as a cabinet builder. Survivors include his two daughters, Alexis Ray and Sarah Bagley (husband, Ernest), both of Roanoke;…
(ROANOKE) Maurice Goss, 56, of Roanoke died Tuesday, June 25, 2019, at Tanner Medical Center/East Alabama in Wedowee. The funeral will be Tuesday, July 2, at 1 p.m. CDT at Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, Roanoke (Welch community), with the Rev. Calvin Trammell and Rev. Joe Cofield officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr.…
(DAVISTON) The funeral for George Alvin Bishop, 68, of Daviston was Sunday, June 30, 2019, at 4 p.m. at Mountain Springs Baptist Church, Wadley. The Rev. Bennie Lee Yates and Rev. Jimmy Sprayberry officiated. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Bishop died peacefully at his home on Friday, June 28. He was born on…
(WADLEY) Graveside memorial services for Jimmy M. Smith, 62, of Wadley, will be held on Saturday, June 29, 2019, at 2 p.m. from Wadley City Cemetery with Rev. Wally Williamson officiating. Mr. Smith passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, at Traylor Health and Rehab Center. He is survived by son, Marty Smith of Alexander…