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MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

By Editor | April 18, 2018 |

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALEDefault having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed on the 25th day of March, 2010, by Nywanna White Tucker f/k/a Nywanna E. White, a married woman to Bank of North Georgia recorded in the office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in…

NOTICE OF PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION AND PETITION TO SELL REAL ESTATE

By Editor | April 18, 2018 |

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: DOLLIE JEAN HIGGINS, DECEASED NOTICE OF PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION AND PETITION TO SELL REAL ESTATE To: Loretta Lynn Whaley Smith 10 Wisteria Way Guntersville, AL 35810 Gavin Higgins 6418 Hollydale PL 202 Riverview, FL 33578 You are hereby notified that on this day…

NOTICE OF ADOPTION HEARING

By Editor | April 18, 2018 |

STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF ADOPTION HEARING PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY To: Any known or unknown father of C.W.W., a minor: Please take notice that a Petition for adoption of the above named minor child who was born to Savannah Neff (f/k/a Savannah Wesson) on or about March 26, 2010, has…

Lois Harmon Woodham

By Editor | April 17, 2018 |

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Lois Harmon Woodham, 98, of Wedowee will be Thursday, April 19, 2018, at 3 p.m. at Ava United Methodist Church with the Rev. Sarah Corson officiating. Burial will follow at the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from 1 to 3 p.m on Thursday. Mrs. Woodham died…

Betty Jo Teal Wright

By Editor | April 16, 2018 |

(BOWDON, Ga.) Betty Jo Teal Wright of Bowdon, Ga., died Saturday, April 14, 2018, while surrounded at home by her family. She was 76. The funeral will be Wednesday, April 18, at 2 p.m. EDT at Centralhatchee Baptist Church, Franklin, Ga. The Revs. Scott Hannah and Mark Williams will officiate. Interment will follow in the…

Migy Ray Nix

By Editor | April 16, 2018 |

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Migy Ray Nix, 82, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Billy Allen officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from noon to 2 p.m. on Wednesday. Mr. Nix died…

Danny Ray Goodwin

By Editor | April 16, 2018 |

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Danny Ray Goodwin, 61, of Wedowee will be Thursday, April 19, 2018, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Elder Thomas Knight officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Flat Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Mr.…

Emily Robertson Brown

By Editor | April 16, 2018 |

(VALLEY) Emily Robertson Brown, 85, of Valley died Sunday, April 15, 2018, at her daughter’s residence. Funeral services will be Tuesday, April 17, at 11 a.m. EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with interment following in Resthaven Cemetery with the Rev. Chuck Anderson officiating. Her family will receive friends at the funeral…

John Brice Graham Jr.

By Editor | April 16, 2018 |

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for John Brice Graham Jr., 93, of Wedowee will be Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Union Hill Congregational Methodist Church with the Rev. Jerry Wiggins officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday, April 16, from 5:30 until 8 p.m. at Benefield Funeral…

Charles Dennis Sessions

By Editor | April 16, 2018 |

(MONTGOMERY) Charles Dennis Sessions, 89, died Friday, April 13, 2018. He was born in Wadley to James and Minnie Sessions on Sept. 14, 1928. Visitation will be Wednesday, April 18, at 1 p.m. with a graveside service to follow at Greenwood Cemetery at 2 p.m. He is survived by his son, Dexter Sessions, four grandchildren…

Bobbie Jean Cotton

By Editor | April 16, 2018 |

(OXFORD) Funeral services for Bobbie Jean Cotton, 79, of Oxford, formerly or Randolph County, were Saturday, April 14, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Chad Lee, Chase Cotton and the Rev. Frank Raspberry officiating. Burial followed at Morrison’s Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Cotton died Thursday, April 12, at Brookwood Medical…

Virgil Sheppard Jr.

By Editor | April 12, 2018 |

Virgil Sheppard Jr., 62, affectionately known as “Dancing/Radio Man,” died March 25, 2018, in Sylacauga. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 14, at Phillips Temple C.M.E. Church, Dayton, with Pastor James E. Washington officiating. Mr. Sheppard was born Dec. 29, 1955, in Wedowee to the late Virgil Sr. and Ceola Pate…

All-County basketball: Handley’s Foster claims player of the year honors

By Editor | April 11, 2018 |

The 2017-18 Handley basketball season was a three-month long object lesson in teamwork. If it were possible to name an entire defensive scheme as the county player of the year, then the stifling Handley full-court press that was executed mercilessly by a deep rotation of athletic players would take the prize. While that rotation was…

Handley takes two of three against Saks, closes in on playoff spot

By Editor | April 11, 2018 |

The Handley Tigers inched closer to their 10th straight playoff appearance with a hard-fought series victory over area foe Saks last week. The Tigers secured a walk-off, one-run win at home on Tuesday, then needed extra innings in game two of the series Thursday to come away with a 4-2 victory. That extra-inning triumph was…

Good deed recognized

By Editor | April 11, 2018 |

Two students, Demetrius Robertson and Tymon Evans, were recognized with certificates of appreciation for stopping to help an elderly woman who was lying down in the Gilham/Cook area. Tymon Evans and Demetrius Robertson were recognized for calling an ambulance and staying with the woman until it came.

Arrest made in Circle K theft

By Editor | April 11, 2018 |

One arrest has been made from last week’s theft at Circle K in Roanoke. Corey Bernard Swint, 42, of LaFayette was arrested on April 6 and charged with third-degree theft. On Easter morning, two black males came into Circle K enquiring about a job application. One of the men asked if they could borrow some…

Pair of one-run losses puts Woodland out of playoff hunt

By Editor | April 11, 2018 |

Needing a pair of wins to break a six-year playoff drought the Woodland Bobcats came oh-so-close against Fayetteville last week. But in the end the Bobcats were unable to break through, and they shouldered a pair of one-run losses that eliminated them from playoff contention. In the first game last Tuesday, an 8-7 Fayetteville victory…

Spring clearing

By Editor | April 11, 2018 |

Blane Barber and Lane Yarbrough stack a fallen tree onto a pile from the path of the outdoor trail that was started a few years ago. Members of the Rock Mills Junior High School sixth-grade science class dragged limbs and debris from the trail as volunteers from Bethany Lime Church trimmed branches, opening the trail…

16th Street Bombing survivor speaks in Roanoke

By Editor | April 11, 2018 |

Barbara Cross was welcomed to the City Auditorium last Wednesday, heard some good music, then stood quietly before launching into not only her story but the story of four little girls, who were her friends, who were killed in the notorious bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church during the civil rights era. Everyone listened…

County will dig new landfill cell

By Editor | April 11, 2018 |

WEDOWEE–“There will be an end to this process. There’d be no end to the roll-offs,” said Randolph County Commission Chairman Derek Farr. During Monday’s meeting of Randolph County Commission, the commission approved digging a new cell for the currently full Randolph County Landfill on County Road 33. Presently, because the landfill is full, the trash…