Coming into Thursday’s 5A state championship game, Central of Clay County had not allowed more than 19 points in a game for over two months. Vigor, Central’s title game opponent, had not allowed more than 23 points in a game all season.So naturally the teams engaged in an offensive shootout for the ages.Central’s Quentin Knight…
(MONTGOMERY) A celebration of Martha Ava Ware Beasley Blackwell will be held on her birthday, Dec. 17, 2018, at noon at Cedarwood Cemetery in Roanoke. Mrs. Blackwell died quietly at home in Montgomery on Dec. 19, 2017, two days after her 89th birthday. Mrs. Blackwell was born Dec. 17, 1928, daughter of Dewitt Talmadge and…
(WEDOWEE) Bonnie Norris Burkhalter Sides, 78 of Wedowee died Tuesday, Dec. 4, at her home. Her funeral will be Saturday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m. at Barfield Baptist Church with the Revs. Tim Tingle and John Howell officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday from 5-7 p.m.…
(ROANOKE) Visitation for Deborah Ann Kepner, 57, of Roanoke will be Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, from 5-7 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Home. Ms. Kepner died Wednesday, Dec. 5, at Tanner Medical Center. A former resident of Dallas, Texas, Mrs. Kepner was born June 7, 1961, the daughter of James Edward Norton and Cornelia H. Norton.…
(FIVE POINTS) Angela Swanson, 44, of Five Points died peacefully Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, at Tanner Medical Center in Wedowee. The funeral will be Thursday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m. at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in LaFayette with the Revs. Michael Stiggers and Cecelia Broome officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Grove United Methodist Church…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for David Shane Freeman, 20, of Wedowee will be Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Wedowee City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday. Shane died Wednesday, Dec. 5,…
A fire on Thursday afternoon of last week destroyed a residence owned by Radford M. Caldwell, 74, on U.S. 431, north of Roanoke, near Crystal Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell were working outside when they noticed the house was on fire. Firefighters from Rock Stand and Roanoke responded to the call.
The Bush family’s priest in Houston, who will officiate former President George H.W. Bush’s funeral, has links to Randolph County. The Rev. Russell J. Levenson Jr., rector of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston, is married to the former Laura Norton from Roanoke. Laura is the daughter of the late Jay and Evelyn Norton. Her…
ATLANTA – This week Renewvia Energy announced it has successfully completed the largest commercial distributed rooftop solar array in the state of Alabama. Renewvia’s rooftop system includes 2,296 solar photovoltaic panels providing 746 kilowatt (kW) of power to SteelFab’s Roanoke steel fabrication plant, a major economic driver for the eastern Alabama town that is home…
WEDOWEE – Randolph County Board of Education welcomed three newly elected members during Thursday evening’s board meeting. Darrel Hardin, Jimmy McCain and Tamara Taylor were sworn in by Probate Judge George Diamond before the meeting started. Then they went straight to work. The board voted Billy Lane as its new chairman and Cindy Strain as…
The volunteers at Tanner of East Alabama Hospital in Randolph County will have their annual Tree of Lights Ceremony in the lobby of the new hospital on Dec. 10 at 5:30 p.m. The community is encouraged to come participate in this ceremony. If you would like to purchase an ornament in memory of or in…
WADLEY – Wadley Town Council unanimously approved the town’s budget for 2019 at Monday’s council meeting. The budget includes approximately $1.2 million in expenditures, broken down into the general fund ($400k), utilities ($600k) and police ($200k). The town used the same figures from 2018 to build its 2019 budget. Wadley came in under budget for…
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT SPECTRUM TV SERVICE Effective on or after January 8, 2019, EPIX will be available for subscription only as an a la carte service. For more information, or to add EPIX as an a la carte service, call 1-855-70-Spectrum. To view a current Spectrum channel lineup visit www.spectrum.com/channels. To view this notice online…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed on March 23, 2010 by Adam B. Watson, a single man, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corporation, and recorded in Mort Book 553 at Page…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP OF EDITH DIANE BENNETT NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT OF GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP TO: Linda Manley 151 Lakeview Drive Roanoke, AL 36274 Lynn Bennett Piecuch 798 John Loveless Road LaGrange, GA 30241 Deanna Bennett King 4340 Herder Court Snellville,…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Rodney J. Wise and Lisa Wise, husband and wife, originally in favor of Wilmington Finance, a division of AIG Federal Savings Bank, on the 10th day of February, 2005, said mortgage recorded in the Office…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV-2018-900119 SHERRE WALLER SORRELL and JAMES COTTLE WALLER Plaintiffs, VS. A parcel of land with improvements located thereon in the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 35, Township 21 South, Range 12 East, Randolph County, Alabama, being more particularly described as follows: Commencing…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA PROBATE NO. 218232 IN RE: THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLOIS TOWLER, DECEASED NOTICE TO CREDITORS Take notice that Letters of Administration having been granted to Susan K. Harmon as Administrator of the Estate of Clois Towler on the 29 day of November, 2018, by the…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV-2018-900120 SHERRE WALLER SORRELL and JAMES COTTLE WALLER Plaintiffs, VS. A parcel of land with improvements located thereon in the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 35, Township 21 South, Range 12 East, Randolph County, Alabama, being more particularly described as follows: Commencing…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOE R. HOLLAWAY, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Joe R. Hollaway, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 30th day of November, 2018, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…