IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMAIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EDDIE GENE THOMPSON, DEC.NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVELetters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Cynthia Page on the 17th day of July, 2017 by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court of Randolph…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EDDIE GENE THOMPSON, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Cynthia Page on the 17th day of July, 2017 by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate…
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 Agnes M Simpson And Ingrid Short to SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. dated April 21, 2006; said mortgage being recorded in Book 496, Page 240,, as modified by that certain Modification Agreement…
(MOODY) Sara Henderson French, 73, of Moody died July 18, 2017, after a long battle with cancer. Services will be Thursday, July 20, at noon in the chapel of Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home, and burial will follow at Jefferson Memorial Gardens East. Visitation will be Wednesday, July 19, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Funeral services for Lucille Bolling, 83, of LaGrange, Ga., will be Friday, July 21, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Pastors Don Howard and Conrad Dufrese officiating. Burial will follow at Big Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Roanoke. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8…
(PHENIX CITY) Buena McDonald Johnson Meeks died July 15, 2017, at Phenix City Health Care. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday, July 17, at Lakewood Hall of Striffler-Hamby. She was born Jan. 24, 1919, to Thomas and Era Bailey McDonald in the Delta community of Randolph County. Buena married Grover Johnson in 1940…
(HEFLIN) Funeral services for William Ernest Garrett, 78, of Heflin will be Friday, July 21, 2017, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Steve Joiner officiating. Burial will follow at Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday. Mr. William Garrett died…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for James K. “Jim” Perry, 64, of Wedowee will be Tuesday, July 18, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Iduma Congregational Methodist Church with the Revs. David Waldrop and Tim Craft officiating. Burial will follow at Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:30-8…
(WEDOWEE) Stacey “Robin” Vickery, 61, of Wedowee died Saturday, July 15, 2017, at Traylor Retirement Center in Roanoke after a long and hard battle with cancer. A memorial in her honor will be held at Auslin’s Chapel in Wedowee on Thursday, July 20 at 4 p.m. Robin was an incredible mother, Nana, niece, cousin and…
(WARNER ROBINS, Ga.) Millege Michael Grimes, 66, died Thursday, July 13, 2017. The funeral was at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 17, in the chapel of McCullough Funeral Home. Following the service, Michael was laid to rest in Magnolia Park Cemetery with military honors. Michael was born May 31, 1951, in Douglas, Ga., to the…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Kathryn Boggs Patrick of Carrollton, Ga., died Thursday, July 13, 2017. Graveside services will be Sunday, July 16, at 2 p.m. EDT at Carroll Memory Gardens with Scott Eason officiating. She was born in Randolph County, Ala., the daughter of the late James William and Ora Kuglar Boggs. She was retired from Peoples…
(LINEVILLE) The funeral for Launa Green Cline, 93, of Lineville was at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland on Thursday, July 13, 2017, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. David Holcombe officiating. Burial followed in Clay County Memory Gardens. Ms. Cline died Monday, July 10, at Clay County Hospital. She was a native of Randolph County…
(COLUMBIANA) Jerry Denney, 76, of Columbiana, died Tuesday, July 11, 2017. The visitation will be from 10-11 a.m., Monday, July 17, at Liberty Baptist Church. The funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. at the church with Bro. Tim Cox officiating. Burial will follow at Wadley Cemetery. Mr. Denney is survived by his wife, Beverly…
(LINEVILLE) Timothy Scott Goodman, 55, of Lineville died Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at Wedowee Hospital. A California native, Mr. Goodman was born Jan. 19, 1962. He was a U.S. Army veteran and worked at Johnny’s Auto Repair. Survivors include his wife, Elaine Morrow Goodman of Woodland; one daughter, Briana of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and one…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Minnie “Pat” Longshore, 102, died Tuesday, July 11, 2017, Florence Hand Nursing Home. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. CDT Friday, July 14, in the chapel of Striffler-Hamby Mortuary with the Rev. David Cross officiating. Burial will follow in Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in the Welch community. The gathering of family and…
(COLUMBUS, Ga.) Isaac M. Hester, 96, of Columbus, Ga., died Thursday, July 6, 2017. The funeral was at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 9, in the Edgewood Hall of Striffler-Hamby, Columbus. A private family interment was held in Parkhill Cemetery on Monday, July 10. Mr. Hester was born April 25, 1921, in Woodland, Ala., to the…
The above chart illustrates the way that home games are distributed throughout the playoffs among the eight regions and the four seeded teams within those regions. The chart includes only playoff games in weeks 2-4 since each region gets two home games and two away games in the first round, and the championship game is…
If I say the words “pole position” the NASCAR fans among us will instantly know what I’m talking about. At the front, on the inside. It’s the most advantageous position in a race, the one that drivers spend their qualifying week trying to achieve. Of course, the driver on the pole does not win every…
Brad Johnson, agriscience teacher at Woodland High School, has been named Advisor of the Year for the Central District by the Alabama FFA Association. Each year, this honor is given to one agriscience teacher in each of the three districts. Advisors are nominated by their chapter officers, with approval from a school official. Award recipients…
Thanks to recent rains, fire ant mounds are popping up in lawns across the state. An Alabama Extension entomologist says what appear to be new mounds have been around for probably several months at least. “Just because you don’t see fire ants doesn’t mean they aren’t there,” said Dr. Kathy Flanders, who is also an…

