One is 14 and one is 17. Both are Wadley High School students and both have a rare form of cancer. They are fighting it with chemotherapy. They enjoy spending time together at Children’s Hospital of Alabama in Birmingham when not fighting off the sickness from the chemo.JaMichael Angel, an 11th-grader, is known for being…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County School Superintendent John Jacobs, school board members and the board’s attorney met with two representatives of the State Department of Education for about two hours on Thursday afternoon of last week. The board’s public meeting was supposed to begin at 5 p.m., but Jacobs stepped in and announced to the public that the…
The Randolph County Animal Shelter’s Spring Book Sale will be Saturdays, April 7 and 14, at Chris Mitchum’s Warehouse on Main Street in Roanoke across from Cedarwood Cemetery. A comprehensive military display will be on a separate table highlighting several wars. A volunteer worked hard on this exhibit, which will include an interesting display of…
Dollar General in Roanoke was robbed at gunpoint on Wednesday evening of last week. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, a light-skinned black male, dressed in all black and with a black and white bandanna on his face stuck a handgun in the cashier’s ribs and calmly and softly told her to empty…
Barbara Cross, a survivor of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham in 1963, will speak at Roanoke City Auditorium on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. The public is invited. It was 10:22 a.m. Sept. 15, 1963, when a homemade bomb exploded at the 16th Street Baptist Church, killing four young girls and injuring about…
NOTICE The Randolph County Commission is seeking quotes for repairs to the County Courthouse roof. Quotes should be for repair of the existing roof and for replacing the existing roof. Quotes will be accepted until April 19, 2018. For more information and to make an appointment to view the existing roof condition please contact Maintenance…
Notice of R.L. Harris Project Relicensing Meeting Harris Action Teams Alabama Power is preparing to begin the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) process to obtain a new operating license for the R.L. Harris Project (FERC No. 2628). This process involves a multi-year evaluation of the environmental, operational, and economic resource issues at the Harris Project.…
NOTICE SUMMIT STORAGE Notice is hereby given pursuant to Alabama provisions of the Self-Service Storage Act (Sections 8-15-30 through 8-15-38) that Summit Storage LLC on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 9:00 a.m., will sell at public auction or otherwise dispose of the contents stored at 108 Summit Avenue, Wedowee, AL 36278 by the undersigned: Unit…
(ALEX CITY) Funeral services for Rusher Weaver, 76, of Alex City, formerly of Randolph County, will be Saturday, April 7, 2018, at 2 p.m. at County Line Baptist Church, Wadley, with the Revs. Ricky Coefield and William Trammel officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home…
(ROANOKE) Josephine Harris Morgan, 68, of Government Street, Roanoke, died Sunday morning, April 1, 2018, at Baptist South Medical Center in Montgomery following an extended illness. Funeral arrangements are pending. Born in Roanoke on Oct. 13, 1949, Mrs. Morgan was one of four children of the late William Wilson Harris and Annie Pearl Lee Harris.…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Gregory Lee McDonald, age 62, of Roanoke, formerly of Opelika, will be Thursday, April 5, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Bill Calhoun officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 9:30-10:30 a.m. on Thursday. Mr. McDonald died Friday, March 30,…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Rickey D. Green, 67, of Wedowee will be Friday, April 6, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, April 5. Rickey died Sunday, April 1, at his home.…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for James William “Jimmy” Ray Jr., 91, of Roanoke were Monday, April 2, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Frank Foster, Ricky Etchison and Wallace Bell Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. Mr. Ray passed away Thursday, March 29, at Traylor Nursing Center. A Rock…
(ROANOKE) Donnie Hugh Mayfield, 78, of Roanoke died March 30, 2018. He was born in Randolph County on Sept. 1, 1934, and was a member of Springfield Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Martha Ann Mayfield; daughters, Kim Yates (Kenneth) and Tammy Mayfield Word; five grandchildren, Kody Yates, Tori Ledbetter, Tara Yarbrough, Tray…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Princess Ione White Bolt, 99, of LaGrange, Ga., passed away March 30, 2018, at Wellstar West Georgia Hospice. The celebration of life service will be Wednesday, April 4, at 2 p.m. at the Striffler-Hamby Mortuary chapel with the Revs. Donald Boyd and Tina Deese officiating. Burial will follow at Shadowlawn Cemetery. The gathering…
(ROANOKE) Roger Harold “Harry” Botsford Jr., 70, of Roanoke passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at his family farm. Funeral services for Mr. Botsford were Saturday, March 31, with the Rev. Chris Martin officiating. The funeral took place at his neighbor’s venue in the woods, a place Harry loved. Interment followed in Lebanon Christian…
(LOGANVILLE, Ga.) Graveside services for David Leroy Ross, 63, of Loganville, Ga., were Saturday, March 31, 2018, at 1p.m. at Jordan Chapel Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery. Mr. Ross died Thursday, March 29, at his residence. A Cedar Vale, Kan., native, Mr. Ross was born Dec. 25, 1954, son of John Henry and Leona Florence Hauser…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Velma Waldrop, 89, of LaGrange, Ga., passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at Wellstar West Georgia Hospice. The funeral was at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 24, in the chapel of Striffler-Hamby Mortuary with Rayford Edmondson officiating. Burial was in Restlawn Memory Gardens. Mrs. Waldrop was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and wife of…
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Mary Lucille Watts Preite, 71, of Franklin, Ga., died Tuesday, March 27, 2018. The funeral will be Thursday, March 29, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Stutts Funeral Home with the Rev. David Huckeba officiating. Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery in Lineville. Mrs. Preite was born Nov. 25, 1946, in Ashland…
This year’s Randolph County Learning Center Bike Hike T-shirts are here. If you would like a Bike Hike T-shirt, you could: (1) Buy one for $25; (2) Sell 25 raffle tickets; (3) Raise $50 in pledges; or (4) Talk your boss into buying you one. Wear your T-shirt every Friday until Bike Hike, Saturday, May…