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Charles Henry Avery

By Editor | March 19, 2019 |

(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Charles Henry Avery, 79, of Franklin, Ga., died March 16, 2019.The funeral will be Wednesday, March 20, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Stutts Funeral Home with the Rev. Gary Huckeba officiating. Interment will follow in Caney Head United Methodist Church Cemetery.The family will accept guests at Stutts Funeral Home Tuesday from…

Ruth Loree Wright Shuniak

By Editor | March 18, 2019 |

(OHATCHEE) The funeral for Ruth Loree Wright Shuniak, 68, of Ohatchee, was Sunday, March 17, 2019, at 3 p.m. in the chapel of Miller Funeral Home. Burial followed at Ragan Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Ohatchee. Mrs. Shuniak was born March 13, 1951, and after a brave battle with numerous medical conditions died peacefully…

Lula Mae Kerr Murphy

By Editor | March 18, 2019 |

(NEWELL) Graveside services for Lula Mae Kerr Murphy, 90, of Newell will be Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at 11 a.m. at Jordan Chapel Congregational Methodist Church with the Rev. Chris Mitchell officiating. Mrs. Murphy will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to services on Wednesday. Mrs. Murphy died Sunday, March 17,…

John Mote

By Editor | March 18, 2019 |

(WEDOWEE) The funeral for John Mote, 85, of Wedowee will be Thursday, March 21, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Roanoke First United Methodist Church with Pastor Chris Martin and the Rev. David Daniel officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Woodland. Mr. Mote died Friday, March 15, at Tanner Medical…

Lawrence Cecil Mitchell

By Editor | March 18, 2019 |

(FIVE POINTS) The funeral for Lawrence Cecil Mitchell, 80, of Five Points will be Monday, March 18, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Charles Chapman officiating. Burial will follow at Liberty East Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Mitchell died Saturday, March 16, at West Georgia Hospice in LaGrange. A Woodland native,…

Marie Osborn McLain

By Editor | March 18, 2019 |

(WADLEY) The funeral service for Marie Osborn McLain, 91 of Wadley was at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at Mt. Olive Baptist Church (South) with the Rev. Alan Hurst, Rev. Zenus Windsor and Rev. Richie Farrow officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. McLain died peacefully on March 14 at Lineville Health…

Myrtle Ruth Crenshaw

By Editor | March 14, 2019 |

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Myrtle Ruth Crenshaw, 79, of Roanoke will be Saturday, March 16, 2019, at 4 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mark Brand and Rev. Jack Viddler officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Carmel Church of Christ Cemetery, Woodland. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4-8…

Leonard G. Brewer

By Editor | March 14, 2019 |

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Leonard G. Brewer, 86, of Roanoke will be Saturday, March 16, 2019, at 3 p.m. CST at Oakwood Cemetery in Lanett with Bro. Mike Brewer officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. CST on Friday. Mr. Brewer died Thursday, March 14, at East Alabama Medical…

Roanoke to replace police car fleet with SUV’s

By Editor | March 13, 2019 |

If you happen to get arrested in Roanoke later this year, at least you’ll have a little more leg room in the back of the police car. The Roanoke Police Department will replace almost its entire fleet of police cruisers after the Roanoke City Council at Monday’s council meeting approved the nearly $400,000 price tag…

EOT ends season on ‘stormy’ note

By Editor | March 13, 2019 |

WEDOWEE – Entertainers of Tomorrow, Randolph County High School’s drama club, will close out their season this week with three performances of a drama they call “Strangers Out of a Storm.” “Strangers Out of a Storm” is an ensemble piece which features an assorted mix of twelve characters. The plot centers around a bus carrying…

Wadley fundaiser helps alumni in storm’s path

By Editor | March 13, 2019 |

Students at Wadley High School held a fundraiser last week to help two of the victims who lost their homes to the tornado in Beauregard. Steve Whatley and Robby Burroughs are both alumni of Wadley, and Whatley’s mother-in-law, Vicki Braswell, was killed in the storm. SGA President Emily Kirk came up with the idea and…

County Commission hears report from State Revenue Department

By Editor | March 13, 2019 |

WEDOWEE – What started off as a positive report on the Randolph County Revenue Commissioner’s Office turned into a “blame game” by Randolph County Commission. Derrick Coleman, director of the State of Alabama Property Tax Division, addressed the commission at Monday’s meeting concerning an agreement with the state on management of the Randolph County Revenue…

Roanoke moves forward with community center project

By Editor | March 13, 2019 |

Plans for the new Poole-Fisher Community Center on Price Street moved forward Monday at the Roanoke City Council meeting when the council accepted a bid from Chance Hill Construction for the renovation of the building that once served as Dr. Chester Primm’s office. Hill’s bid was the only one submitted by the deadline, so his…

SEALED BIDS

By Editor | March 13, 2019 |

SEALED BIDS Randolph County Water Authority will be taking sealed bids on 2 – 2006 White Ford Ranger Pickups. One has 242,459 miles on it and the other has 257,834 miles on it. They will be sold “AS IS”. You can come by and look at them at the Randolph County Water Authority office at…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

By Editor | March 13, 2019 |

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed on February 28, 2012 by Joseph Elton Davis, married man, and Kimberlee-Ann Davis, originally in favor of Hamilton Mortgage Corporation, and recorded in Mortgage Book 571 at Page 581 on March 1, 2012, in the Office…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

By Editor | March 13, 2019 |

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Gary Kevin Spears and Teresa N. Spears, husband and wife, originally in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., on the 26th day of January, 2012, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of…

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HILDA B. GITTINGS, DECEASED

By Editor | March 13, 2019 |

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HILDA B. GITTINGS, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to John Gittings and Jane Mitchell on the 7th day of March, 2019, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge…

IN RE: ESTATE OF JOHN WYATT STEVENSON, DECEASED

By Editor | March 13, 2019 |

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF JOHN WYATT STEVENSON, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of John Wyatt Stevenson, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 7th day of March, 2019, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…

IN RE: CONSERVATORSHIP OF BERNICE JEANETTE NOLES

By Editor | March 13, 2019 |

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: CONSERVATORSHIP OF BERNICE JEANETTE NOLES NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Miranda Colquitt has filed a Petition for Final Settlement over Conservatorship of Bernice Jeanette Noles. A hearing on this Petition has been set for April 2, 2019 at 10 a.m. Notice is hereby given…

Gabriel ‘Gabe’ Turner

By Editor | March 12, 2019 |

(ROANOKE) The funeral for Gabriel “Gabe” Turner, 18, of Roanoke will be Thursday, March 14, 2019, at noon at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bryan Lee Yates, Lori Carlisle and Faith Turner officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4 – 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Mr. Turner died Sunday, March…