(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Mary Jim Reaves Bassett, 95, of Roanoke will be Saturday, June 15, 2019, at 3 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church (Broughton) with Bro. Doug Brown and the Rev. Billy Allen officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery.The family will receive friends at the church from 1:30-3 p.m. on Saturday…
(WADLEY) Graveside services for Mary Janett Lacey, 85, of Wadley will be Friday, June 14, 2019, at 1 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Bobby Kerley will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday, June 13, from 5 – 7 p.m. at Radney Funeral Home. Mrs. Lacey died Sunday, June 9, at Russell…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Crystal Michelle Forehand, 29, of Wedowee will be Thursday, June 13, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Pastor Debbie Kendrick officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Thursday before…
Lindsay Fincher of Wedowee was named second runner-up to Miss Alabama during the pageant Saturday night in Birmingham. Lindsay, competing as Miss Auburn-Opelika Area, was also the winner of Thursday’s talent preliminary. Pictured with Lindsay (far right) are (from left) first runner-up Charity Bowden (Miss Northeast Alabama), Miss Alabama 2018 Callie Walker, and new Miss…
Roanoke Police Department is seeking a suspect who robbed Small Town Bank on Main Street early Tuesday morning. According to Chief Adam Melton, at approximately 7 a.m., as an employee was opening up the building, he was confronted by an individual with a handgun, who ordered him inside. The robber ordered the employee to access…
WADLEY – Wadley Town Council approved the purchase of two equipped police trucks at its meeting on Wednesday of last week. The town’s current police cars constantly need work or in the shop, so everyone was in agreement it is time to start looking for new ones. In other business the council: Approved to purchase…
WEDOWEE – For the second meeting in a row, Randolph County Commission faced road problems caused by mud boggers. Two residents who live on County Road 439 in the Bethel East community addressed the commission at the Thursday workshop. One resident who wanted to remain anonymous in the newspaper, for fear of revenge, told the…
The Roanoke City School Board called a meeting Tuesday morning to approve a series of personnel changes for the upcoming school year. Superintendent Chuck Marcum noted the board prefers to limit its called meetings, but recent difficulties in filling open positions have created the need for the board to act as soon as the proper…
Two Saturday’s ago a sleepy little dirt circle racetrack in the northeast corner of Randolph County came to life after lying dormant for the better part of two years. That in and of itself is certainly of interest to those who are drawn to such things. But the reincarnation of this track is not just…
Former Handley and Southern Union baseball standout Chase Hall will make the trip to Omaha this week as a member of the Auburn Tigers team that will participate in the College World Series. Hall graduated from Handley in 2015 and played the following two seasons at Southern Union before joining Auburn for the 2018 season.…
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,…
BIDS Roanoke Utility Board will be taking bids on their surplus vehicles. Vehicles are available to view in front of Roanoke Utility Board’s office. Bids will be opened on June 17th at 4 p.m. at the Roanoke Utility Board Meeting. (24)
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: KENNETH NATHAN BARKER, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Kenneth Nathan Barker, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 5th day of June, 2019, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all…
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Separate sealed bids for the construction of City of Roanoke Road Resurfacing Project CDBG Project No. LR-CM-PF-18-006 will be received by the City of Roanoke until 2 o’clock p.m., CDST, July 9, 2019, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud. The Notice to Bidders, Form of Bid, Form of…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Johnnie Lee Owens, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Liberty Home Equity Solutions, Inc., on the 27th day of March, 2013, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the…
PUBLIC NOTICE On June 27, 2019 sealed bids for roadway resurfacing on C.R. 127. C.R. 286, C.R. 35 and C.R. 253, RCP 56-258-19, will be received by the Randolph County Commission at the Commission Chambers, until 3 p.m. CDST and then, at said office, publicly opened and read aloud. Principal items of work include placement…
(ROANOKE) Betty Sue Birdsong Pool, 89, of Roanoke died Monday, June 10, 2019, at Arbor Springs Health & Rehab in Opelika. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 4to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11. A private graveside service will follow at a later date. A Glenn, Ga., native, Mrs. Pool was…
(ROANOKE) Wilmer Roscoe Drake, 93, of Roanoke died Monday, June 3, 2019, in Sierra Vista, Ariz. The funeral will be at Canaan Baptist Church in the Welch community on Saturday, June 8, at noon with the Rev. Calvin Trammell officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The remains will lie in state at the…
(WOODLAND) William Oliver Walker, 68 of Woodland, formally of Bremen, Ga., died June 4, 2019. He was born Sept. 7, 1950, to the late William Martin Walker and the late Reba Posy Walker. Survivors include his brother, Greg Walker (Wanda) of Bremen; sister, Judith Ann Walker Comer (Jim) of Mauk, Ga.; and several nieces, nephews…
(POTASH RIDGE) The funeral for Angela Dawn Webb-Richardson, 46, of Potash Ridge will be Friday, June 7, 2019, at 3 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Keith Benefield officiating. Burial will follow at Potash Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday. Mrs. Richardson passed away…