The Roanoke City Council and Mayor Mike Fisher at Monday’s city council meeting addressed concerns about the number of temporary advertising signs that have cropped up throughout the city.Fisher read an email from a concerned citizen who requested the city step in and do something about the signs.Fisher agreed the issue is worthy of the…
Woodland Volunteer Fire Department will host a fireworks show with live music by the Lard Bucket Band and food on July 3. The music and food starts at 5:30 p.m. with the fireworks kicking off at dark. On July 4 at 7 p.m. in Lineville Park, Clay County native Jonathan East will perform his traditional…
ROCK MILLS – History lovers around Rock Mills and throughout Randolph County breathed a sigh of relief after hearing about a fire at the former Wehadkee Yarn Mill on Saturday evening. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, a vent fan in the roof of NuMat Systems, located in the back of the…
LAKE WEDOWEE – A Jefferson County man drowned Saturday evening in Lake Wedowee. According to law enforcement, Richard Brooksher Jr., 56, of McCalla was trying to swim a disabled boat to shore near Flat Rock Park. It was starting to get stormy and windy, and the water started getting rough when the boat pulled away…
WEDOWEE – At Thursday’s Randolph County Commission workshop meeting, Commission Chairman Doyle Allen told fellow commissioners there needs to be an assessment done of all employees in the county to determine if the job and compensation are competitive to other counties. Allen said in some departments there is just way too much turnover. “I feel…
A Roanoke woman died Saturday night and a Selma man is charged with her murder following a wreck on U.S. 431 South in Roanoke. A celebration of life for Sonya Lynn Hyatt, 43, of Roanoke was held at Happy Trails Restaurant on Tuesday night, following her visitation at Quattlebaum Funeral Home. Jackie Lamont Hunter, 31,…
Notice of Proposed Bank Merger Transaction Notice is hereby given that Southern States Bank, 615 Quintard Avenue, Anniston, AL 36202, has filed an Interagency Bank Merger Act Application with the Atlanta Regional Office of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for its written consent to merge with Small Town Bank, 117 Main Street, Wedowee, AL 36278,…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Mortgage executed by TABATHA OWEN and JEFFERY OWEN, married as joint debtors, to SMALL TOWN BANK on January 4, 2003, said Mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Book 438,…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PATSYANN PARLIMAN PITTS, DECEASED Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 21st day of June, 2019, by the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama,…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIE MAE JONES, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Sonia Jones on the 21st day of June, 2019, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the…
(JONESBORO, Ga.) The celebration of life service for Marie Cofield Collier will be Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 1 p.m. EDT at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, Standing Rock. Pastor Trammell will officiate. Mrs. Collier died June 21 in the home of her son, Ronald, and his wife, Reba, who both lovingly cared for her. Mrs.…
(ROANOKE) Memorial services for Kenneth Robert Yarbrough, 65, of Roanoke will be Monday, June 24, 2019, at 2 p.m. EDT at Wehadkee Baptist Church in LaGrange with the Rev. Nick Pilgrim officiating. Mr. Yarbrough died Tuesday, June 18, at Atlanta Medical Center. A Troup County, Ga., native, Mr. Yarbrough was born Nov. 12, 1953, the…
(WOODLAND) Memorial services for Gregory Paul Green, 33, of Woodland were Sunday, June 23, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church with the Rev. David Daniel officiating. Mr. Green died Wednesday, June 19, in Columbus, Ga. A Ft. Pierce, Fla., native, Mr. Green was born Jan. 3, 1986, the son of Doug and Pamela…
(ROANOKE) Sonya Lynn Hyatt, 43, of Roanoke died Saturday, June 22, 2019, in Roanoke. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home on Tuesday, June 25, from 6-8 p.m. A celebration of life will be held at Happy Trails after the viewing. A LaGrange, Ga., native, Ms. Hyatt was born July 27, 1975, the…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Hilton Sparks Wallace, 96, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, June 25, 2019, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 9-11 a.m. before services begin. Mr. Wallace passed away Sunday,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Annie Laurie Wallace, 93, of Roanoke will be Saturday, June 22, 2019, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Gerald Romine officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 9-11 a.m. on Saturday. Mrs. Wallace died Wednesday, June 19,…
(ANNISTON) Funeral services for Imogene Sailors Sprayberry, 88, of Anniston will be Saturday, June 22, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Gray Brown-Service Mortuary with the Rev. Gerald Sailors officiating. Burial will follow at Forestlawn Gardens. The family will receive friends Saturday at noon. Mrs. Sprayberry died Thursday, June 20, in Anniston. Mrs. Sprayberry was born…
(ROANOKE) Tommy Johnson, 56, of Roanoke died Tuesday, June 18, 2019, at his home. A private memorial service will follow at a later date. A Charleston, W.Va., native, Mr. Johnson was born April 10, 1963, the son of Michael and Bessie Lou Hudson Johnson. He had worked as a truck driver. He is survived by…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Tommy Hill, 81, of Roanoke will be Saturday, June 22, 2019, at 1 p.m. at Roanoke First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Chris Martin, Chuck Marcum and Dan Washburn officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. on…
(HUNTSVILLE) William Roe Green Jr., 86, of Huntsville died Tuesday evening, June 18, 2019, in Huntsville. Visitation for will be Friday, June 21, from 6 to 8 pm at Hampton Cove Funeral Home. His funeral will be Saturday, June 22, at 11 a.m. at United Church of Huntsville. There will be a private family burial…