The Handley Middle School chorus performed its Christmas program on December 17th. The show was directed by Kathy Murphy and was entitled “Sing Out, It’s Christmas!”The show featured separate performances by the fifth and sixth grade chorus, the seventh and eighth grad chorus, as well as the combined efforts of those two groups.
MONTGOMERY – Randolph County Farmers Federation member Dean Wysner received the Senior Leader Award from the Alabama Farmers Federation during an awards ceremony Dec. 3. The Alabama Farmers Federation Central Area vice president since 1999, Wysner has been a member of the county Federation Board of Directors for 50 years. He is a past county…
MONTGOMERY – Attorney General Steve Marshall announced a $575 million settlement between the 50 states and the District of Columbia and Wells Fargo Bank N.A. to resolve claims that the bank violated consumer protection laws of Alabama and other states. Alabama’s portion of $7.9 million will cover attorneys’ fees, given Alabama’s leadership role in the…
CENTER WEST – A Lineville man allegedly fired shots at a Clay County deputy during a chase that ended in Randolph County. On Dec. 6, a Clay County Sheriff’s deputy was patrolling Highway 9, just north of Delta, when an unidentified vehicle was observed traveling north driving from one lane to the other. When the…
(WAVERLY HALL, Ga.) Frances Juanita “Nita” Eichman, 89, of Waverly Hall, Ga., transitioned to her new home in Heaven on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018, in Columbus, Ga., following a brief illness. She was born May 1, 1929, in Roanoke, the second child of Willie Columbus and Ausie Bell Webster Brown. She attended Roanoke public schools…
(WOODLAND) Wilma Jean Angel Smedley, 58, of Woodland died Dec. 20, 2018, in Wedowee. Celebration of Life services will be Saturday, Dec. 29, at 2 p.m. at Oak Grove Worship Center, Woodland with the Rev. Frederick Brown Sr. officiating. The remains will lie in state from noon until the funeral hour. Interment will follow in…
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Linda Watkins, 73, passed away Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, at her home in Franklin, Georgia. She loved her family and cooking. Her passion for cooking came from working with her sister at her mother’s restaurant in Wedowee, The Hub. You never left her house hungry. She was always sending homemade cakes, pies, jellies…
(DELTA) The funeral service for Myrtilene W. Luker, 81 of Delta will be at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018, at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with the Rev. Wes Kinsey officiating. Burial will follow in Wesley’s Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. Mrs. Luker died Wednesday, Dec. 19, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center in…
(PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga.) Glenda Huber Storey, 78, of Pine Mountain, Ga., went to be with the Lord Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. A gathering of family and friends will be Wednesday, Dec. 26, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. EST in the chapel of Striffler-Hamby Mortuary in LaGrange, Ga. The celebration of life will begin at 2:30…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Annie Lois Seymour Lee, 90, of Roanoke will be Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery in Wedowee. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Mrs. Lee passed away Sunday,…
(DADEVILLE) Funeral Service for Neil Wayne Chase Sr., 80, of Dadeville will be Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, at 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Dadeville. The Rev. Gary Wiggins, Dr. Ben Hayes and Dr. Barry Cosper will officiate. Burial will follow in Dadeville City Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday, Dec. 28, from…
(LANETT) Charles A. Barber, 89, of Lanett passed away Monday, Dec. 24, 2018, at Valley Park Manor in Valley. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. EST Wednesday, Dec. 26, at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home in Valley. The funeral will be Thursday, Dec. 27, at 11 a.m. EST at First United Methodist Church in…
Handley bounced back from its worst showing in the three-day Handley Christmas Classic with one of its best games of the season, as the Tigers thumped Lanett 63-51 Wednesday to claim third place in the eight-team tournament. Handley led by double figures for most of the first half against Lanett and carried a 34-22 advantage…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Default having been made in the terms of that mortgage executed by ERWIN C. LYONS, an unmarried man, to First Bank of Alabama, as successor in interest to the Bank of Wedowee, which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of RANDOLPH County, Alabama, in Mortgage Volume…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Terrance S. Maycumber, a married person and Melissa J. Maycumber, originally in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., on the 30th day of September, 2014, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of…
For a group of 48 Handley High School students the experience of ringing in 2019 will be one they never forget. And for band director Matthew Goodman, his second trip to New Orleans this year will be even sweeter than the first. On Saturday, the Handley band under Goodman’s direction will travel to New Orleans…
Section 512(a)(7) of the IRS code will require churches to fill out income tax form 900-T for the first time in United States history. It allows the IRS a “foot in the door” with a parking lot tax in an unprecedented move against churches, which are and should remain tax exempt. Action step – Call…
Roanoke City Board of Education moved to fill responsibilities of a previous employee at their most recent meeting. Tracy Adamson had served as a payroll clerk and supervisor of child nutrition before resigning her position recently. The board approved adding the responsibilities of payroll clerk to Pam Mitchum effective immediately and paying Regina Fulghum a…
(WOODLAND) Wilma Smedley, 58, of Woodland died Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home, Carrollton Chapel.
(MONTGOMERY) Cheryl Scales Green, 61, of Montgomery died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. A celebration of Cheryl’s life will be Saturday, Dec. 29, at Alabama Heritage Funeral Home at 1 p.m. A native of Randolph County, Cheryl is survived by her two children, Shamicka Charles (Jason) and Charles D. Green Jr.; and her beloved grandson, Henderson…