(NEWELL) The funeral for Nancy Caroline Blackburn Wallace, 86, of Newell will be Saturday, June 22, 2019, at 3 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. David Daniel officiating and Rex Wallace Jr. speaking. Burial will follow at Union Hill Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery, Wedowee.The family will receive friends at the funeral home from…
(WADLEY) Christine D. Finley, 89, of Wadley died Thursday, June 13, 2019. The funeral will be Saturday, June 22, at 1 p.m. Greater Pine Hill Missionary Baptist Church in the Rock Fence community of Chambers County with the Rev. Rodney Thomas Sr. officiating. Burial will follow in Sky View Memorial Gardens in the Welch community.…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Thelma Kelley Florence, 88, of Roanoke will be Friday, June 21, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Sister Carolyn Hanner officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday. Mrs. Florence died Wednesday, June 19, at…
Wadley’s mayor lives in a house once owned by his great grandfather. Once upon a time his grandfather was the source for Wadley residents to get their pet dogs at a place called Pete’s Puppy Land. (“There probably isn’t a person that’s from Wadley that’s 35 years or older that didn’t get a dog from…
Tom Megow of Delta talks with a customer about his wonderful wooden bowls and cups during Art on the Median Saturday morning in downtown Wedowee. Megow shared his booth with his wife, Denise, who does colorful paintings. For more photos, see the June 19th print issue of The Randolph Leader or read it online in…
Handley guard Corey Bell, a rising senior who was the player of the year in the county last season, has earned an invitation to the state’s first Elite 100 Basketball Showcase, hosted by the AHSAA and conducted by the AHSADCA. “It’s something new that they just started this year,” said Handley head coach Blake Smalley.…
An arrest has been made in connection with a robbery on Dallas Circle on June 3. In that case, two masked men held up Roanoke residents in the yard and shot inside a home. The resident and her cousin had gone to Circle K and when they returned home, two masked men stopped them bearing…
On Monday, Roanoke Utilities Board determined the highest bidder on some of their surplus trucks. During the meeting, the board opened all bids that had been sent in and the results are as follows: 1999 dump truck – Jon Hendon for $6,101 2005 Chevrolet 3500 – Chris Marable for $2,199 2007 Ford F-350 – Terry…
WEDOWEE – The one percent sales tax for education has been extended for another three years. Randolph County Commission had an emergency meeting on Wednesday morning of last week after it was learned the State Department of Revenue needs a certain amount of advanced notice to notify businesses of changes in taxation, and it would…
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER FORECLOSURE NOTICE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a mortgage from Clayton D. Cook and Tonya Cook, husband and wife, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC AS NOMINEE FOR CHURCHILL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, on the 30th day of April, 2013, said mortgage recorded…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Mortgage executed by LUV-N-CARE DAYCARE LLC, an Alabama Limited Liability Company, to METRO BANK on April 22, 2016, said Mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Book 610, Page 459,…
Willene Mitchell Huddleston, 85, died Saturday, June 15, 2019, in Birmingham. The funeral will be at Dryden Funeral Home Chapel on Wednesday, June 19, at 11 a.m. Burial will follow at Cleburne Memorial Garden in Ranburne. She was born in Randolph County on Aug. 24, 1933, the third child of James Enver Mitchell and Claudie…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Peggy Knight Thrasher, 83, of Wedowee will be Thursday, June 20, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Iduma Congregational Methodist Church with Larry Wortham, Rev. Jonathan Hannah and Stanley Pethel officiating. Burial will follow at Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8…
(BOWDON, Ga.) The funeral for Jimmy Kison Strain, 68, of Bowdon, Ga., will be Thursday, June 20, 2019, at 11 a.m. CDT at Corinth Missionary Baptist Church in Bowdon with the Rev. Gary Stewart and Rev. David Daniel officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home…
(ATLANTA) Joe Lewis Houston, 79, formerly of Atlanta, died Sunday evening, June 9, 2019 at Legacy Transitional Care and Rehab in Atlanta. The memorial service was Saturday, June 15, at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. William Crawford officiating. Mr. Houston was born May 5, 1940, in Randolph County to the late…
(ROCKMART, Ga.) Jane Louise Venable Lawhon, 82, of Rockmart, Ga., died Thursday, June 6, 2019. The funeral was Sunday, June 9, at 2 p.m. EDT at Rockmart Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Maryellen Hittel officiating. Interment followed in the family lot of Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Lawhon was born April 10, 1937, in Roanoke, Ala.,…
(WOODLAND) Jacquelyn Madden, 77, of Woodland died June 10, 2019. Celebration of life services will be Saturday, June 15, at noon at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, Newell, with Pastor Edward Bolton officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Viewing will be Friday at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church from 3-5 p.m. with the family receiving…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Ellene Cato Mitchell, 87, of Wadley will be Friday, June 14, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Stanley Yarbrough officiating. Burial will follow at Forrester’s Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12:30-2 p.m. on Friday before services begin. Mrs. Mitchell…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Joseph “Jody” Garfield Overton, 73, of Roanoke will be Saturday, June 15, 2019, at 11 a.m. at Heritage Baptist Church with the Rev. Derek Farr and Rev. Bobby Jo Overton officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for C. Gilbert Marshall Jr., 86, of Wadley will be Friday, June 14, 2019, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mike Nobbley officiating. Burial will follow at White’s Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Roanoke. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 9-11 a.m. before services begin.…