NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING AND REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENTSThe East Alabama Rural Planning Organization (RPO) has scheduled a staff supported public meeting to answer questions and solicit comments regarding the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) Draft State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP):Public Meeting1:00 pm – 3:00 pmTuesday, May 21, 2019Section 1 Conference room at the Alexander…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SARAH MARCILLE BENEFIELD, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Wilma Ann Lipham on the 16th day of April, 2019, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of…

(ROANOKE) The funeral for Janice Anita Presnal Mayfield, 85, of Roanoke will be Saturday, April 27, 2019, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Roger Woodard and Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Friday. Mrs.…

(ROANOKE) The funeral for Horace Lee Cummings, 63, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Ricky Cummings officiating. Burial will follow at Midway Church Cemetery, Wedowee. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1-3 p.m. on Wednesday. Mr. Cummings died Monday,…

(LINEVILLE) Visitation for Frank Edmondson, 60, of Lineville, will be at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, from 5-7 p.m. Funeral services for Mr. Edmondson will be private. Mr. Edmondson died Saturday, April 20, at UAB Medical Center. He was a Clay County native and lived all his life in Clay…

(ROANOKE) Emmett T. Johnson Jr., 53, of Cotney Line, Roanoke, died Thursday evening, April 18, 2019, at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Anniston. Visitation will be Monday from 1-6 p.m. The homegoing celebration will be Tuesday, April 23, at 11 a.m. at Friendship Baptist Church, Wadley, with the Rev. Timothy Hughley officiating. Burial will follow…

(ROANOKE) Bruce Cresswell Brownlee, 65, of Roanoke died Sunday, April 21, 2019, at Tanner East Alabama Medical Center in Wedowee from a sudden illness. Visitation will be Thursday, April 25, at 10 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Roanoke, immediately followed by an 11 a.m. memorial service with the Rev. Chris Martin officiating. Bruce…

(ROANOKE) Reggie Allen Baltes, 71, of Roanoke died April 18, 2019. A graveside service will be Monday April 22, at 1 p.m. at Centralhatchee First Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Baltes was born Aug. 5, 1947, in Marshall County, Ind., to the late William James Baltes and Arlene Maude Millizer Baltes. He was a Christian by…

(ROANOKE) The funeral for James Wyatt Herren, 78, of Roanoke was Sunday, April 21, 2019, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tyler Worthey officiating. Burial followed at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Herren died Friday, April 19, 2019, at his home. A Roanoke native, Mr. Herren was born Nov. 27, 1940, the…

(WEDOWEE) The funeral for Patricia Foldenauer, 85, of Wedowee will be Saturday, April 27, 2019, at 3 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Bro. Randall Skinner officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday. Mrs. Foldenauer died Thursday, April 18, at Harbor Grace Hospice in Atlanta. A Fargo,…

(ROANOKE) The funeral for Emma Lura Browning, 89, of Roanoke will be Monday, April 22, 2019, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Rayford Edmondson officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1 – 3 p.m. on Monday. Ms. Browning died Thursday, April…

(ROANOKE) Memorial services for Franklin Eugene Holliday, 80, of Roanoke, will be Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Pastor Shirley Meddick officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10 -11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 24. Mr. Holliday died Wednesday, April 17, at his home. A…

(WEDOWEE) Connie E. Anderson, 64, of Wedowee, died Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at Tanner East Alabama Medical Center in Wedowee. A private family service will be held at a later date in Indiana. A Lebanon, Ind., native, Mrs. Anderson was born Sept. 26, 1954, the daughter of Charles Junior and Mary A. Sackett Ferguson. She…

(WOODLAND) Ralph “Buddy” Madden, 77, of Woodland died Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at Tanner-East Alabama Medical Center in Wedowee. A native of Florida, Mr. Madden was born Nov. 25, 1941, the son of Ralph Mead Madden and Laurece Bryant Madden. He was a member of the Niceville Masonic Lodge and had been employed with Whiting…

(VALLEY) Orlene W. Boyd, 83, of Valley, died Monday, April 15, 2019, at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, Ga. The funeral will be Friday, April 19, at 2 p.m. EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley. The Rev. David Waldrop will officiate. Interment will follow in Resthaven Cemetery. The family will receive friends…

(ROANOKE) James Bell, 53, of Nook Street, Roanoke, died Sunday evening, April 14, 2019, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. Viewing will be Friday, April 19, from 1-6 p.m. A graveside service will be Saturday, April 20, at 1 p.m. at East Roanoke Cemetery. Mr. Bell was born in Randolph County on Dec. 1,…

(SUMMERVILLE, S.C.) Homer Lee Lipham, 95, died Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in Summerville, S.C. The funeral will be Thursday, April 18, 2019, at 11 a.m. in Parks Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Summerville Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday morning from 10 a.m. until time of service at Parks Funeral Home. In…