Soon Lisa Reed is moving on to a new life. The Roanoke Board of Education member and director of Randolph County 911 said she is making the best decision for her family.She resigned June 19 as director of 911 after working there 14 years and has already enjoyed her going-away party.She plans to teach high…
Billy Howard did not start out to own a shelter, but as time has gone by, he has 70 to 80 puppies and dogs he cares for in a rural area outside of Wedowee called Alabama Angels Dog Rescue Inc. A former member of law enforcement in Georgia, he has retired, and along with becoming…
Thirty-seven years ago DeLane Hodges Vansandt was 16. It was June 15, 1981 and she and her four brothers and sisters wrote messages and put them in a bottle while they were on a camping trip to the Tallapoosa River with their parents. They were ages seven to 16. “We tossed the bottle into the…
The normally routine approval of Superintedent Chuck Marcum’s personnel recommendations took longer at a recent school board meeting as board member Regina Joiner questioned #5 on the list, joined by Rosalyn Houston. Joiner wanted to know more about contract work of a person on the list. Is it was a new contract? Did it have…
The Roanoke City Council approved spending an estimated $62,300 to repair part of the Satterwhite Street Culvert which was damaged months ago. They would use labor from the street department and utility department. Councilwoman Tammi Holley said it could be a little less. The total project is likely more than $300,000. Holley, in whose district…
Angela Petkovic of Dollar General’s media relations responded to questions about the Roanoke store moving across U.S. Highway 431 as follows: “At this time, we are currently in a due diligence phase to potentially relocate our East Avenue store in Roanoke, Ala.” She continued: “This means we are reviewing the opportunity to relocate, but we…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Default having been made in the terms of that mortgage executed by Hansard G. Robertson, Jr., a single man, to Elizabeth Powell, which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Volume 582, Page 38; and default continuing, and by virtue of…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Default having been made in the terms of that mortgage executed by MICHAEL D. LIBERA, 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 on June 5, 2003 by Kenya Owensby, An Unmarried Man, originally in favor of Long Beach Mortgage Compnay, and recorded in MORT Book 446 at Page 112 on June 10, 2003, in the Office of the…
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH Default having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Wilburn Davenport A/K/A Wilburn C. Davenport A Single Man to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Branch Banking and Trust Company dated May 9, 2014; said mortgage being…
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage and security agreement executed by ALISA L. POOL and FABIAN POOL, wife and husband, on the 3rd day of March 2014, to VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC., as recorded in Mortgage Book 591, Page 351,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Effie Brown Slick, 89, of Roanoke, formerly of Lineville, were Sunday, July 1, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Manning’s Chapel with the Revs. David Holcombe and Glen Ward officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Effie died Friday, June 29, at Clay County Nursing Home. She was a native and…
(BIRMINGHAM) Funeral services for Kathy C. Kirby, 72, of Birmingham, formerly of Roanoke, will be Tuesday, July 10, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Gerald Romine officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home beginning at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Miss Kirby…
(ROANOKE) Donna Rogman Baumhardt, 75, formerly of Anniston, died Friday, July 6, 2018, at her Roanoke residence. Mrs. Baumhardt was born Feb. 1, 1943, in Elgin, Ill., to Fred and Lillian Rath Rogman. She traveled extensively with her husband throughout his military career, being stationed in Germany, as well as various other countries. Mrs. Baumhardt…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Kathleen Spears, 69, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, July 11, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Larry McDaniel and Fred Flowers officiating. Burial will follow at Potash Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday. Miss…
(DOUGLASVILLE, Ga.) With great sadness the family of Claude Donald Norton of Douglasville, Ga., announces his passing on July 5, 2018, at the age of 79. He is survived by his son, Steven Norton (Alicia); daughter, Donna Norton; granddaughter, Ava; sisters, Janice Green (Mike) of Wedowee and Sandy Nelson (Joe) of Douglasville; brother, Larry Norton…
(ROANOKE) Graveside funeral services for Diane Bennett, 70, of Roanoke will be Monday, July 9, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Rev. Jamie Taylor officiating. Miss Bennett passed away Saturday, July 7, at her residence. A Roanoke native, Miss Bennett was born Jan. 27, 1948, the daughter of Henry W. “Crack”…
(SPRING VALLEY, Calif.) Raymond J. McManus of Spring Valley, Calif., formerly of Wedowee, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 21, 2018, at the age of 83. Services will be held at 1:30 on July 11 at Miramar National Cemetery San Diego. Ray was born Aug. 8, 1934, in Bemidji, Minn., to James and Gertrude McManus…
(ROANOKE) Sgt. 1st Class Don Johnson, 88, died Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at his residence. A Boise, Idaho, native, Sgt. Johnson was born Nov. 4, 1929, the son of Frank C. and Clara A. Irby Johnson. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean conflict and served as a paratrooper in the 11th and…
(SNEEDVILLE, Tenn.) Jacob Gunsallus, 18, of Sneedville, Tenn., died Tuesday, July 3, 2018. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 7, at Sneedville First Baptist Church with the Rev. Blake Montgomery officiating. Interment will be held in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Roanoke, Ala. Survivors include his father, James Gunsallus; mother,…