According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death for children ages 1-14 years, and the fifth leading cause for people of all ages. Those are shocking statistics that would be harder to believe but for our experience of the past two weeks.On May 28…
During the presidential campaign, Southern Evangelical Christians were much in the news. Then, once their candidates were elected, they seemed to fall silent. This caught me by surprise, for a “wait and see” attitude is not their usual posture. With so much out there needing reformation, Southern Evangelicals have never lacked causes. However, on the…
Those of us who follow Alabama politics had circled June 6, 2017 as the beginning of the 2018 governor’s race. However, we did not foresee Donald Trump’s election as president in November and the subsequent appointment of our U.S. Senator, Jeff Sessions, as his attorney general, thus, opening a U.S. Senate seat and causing the…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Geneva Emery, a single person, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., on January 26, 2004, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF OTHAL PAUL CONWAY, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Othal Paul Conway, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 7th day of June, 2017, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: LASHONDA HOUSTON, DECEASED ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Lashonda Houston, deceased, having been granted to Beverly Bailey on the 7th day of June, 2017, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated May 4, 2015, executed by James P. Brown and wife, Donna G. Brown, for and during their joint lives and upon the death of either of them, then to the survivor of them in fee simple,…
PUBLIC NOTICE Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) are proposing to build a 310 foot Self-Support Telecommunications Tower. Anticipated lighting application is medium intensity dual red/white strobes. The site location is 25191 County Road 87 in Graham, Randolph County, AL 36263 (33¡ 28′ 11.81″ North and 85¡ 19′…
NOTICE The Probate Judge as Chief Election Officer makes it known in each voting precinct that, as required, Randolph County, Alabama, is in compliance with the availability of registration and voting aids for all handicapped and elderly individuals, as stated in the Code of Alabama, Section 21-4-23(b). (24)
(COLUMBIA, S.C.) Verdie Gay Browning Brown Coleman, 98, died peacefully on Sunday, June 11, 2017, at National Health Care Parklane in Columbia, S.C. A memorial service will be at Rocky Branch Baptist Church in Woodland, Ala., on Friday, June 30, at 2 p.m., followed by a visitation. Mrs. Coleman was born in Lineville, daughter of…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Jamie Morgan Forman, 53, of Woodland will be Thursday, June 15, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Pilgrim’s Rest Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from noon-2 p.m. on Thursday before the service. Mr. Forman died Sunday, June 11,…
(McDONOUGH, Ga.) John Wallace Gosdin, 78, of McDonough, Ga., died Thursday, June 8, 2017. He will be interred at a National Cemetery. He was born in Randolph County, Ala., on March 5, 1939, to Stephen Whit Gosdin and Nancy Missouri Harvel. He was known to many family as “Doug,” “J.W.” or “Johnny.” Survivors include his…
(ROANOK) Funeral services for Joann Waldrep Kirby, 81, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Mike Fisher, Rev. Mike Nobbley and Bill Caypless officiating. Burial will follow at White’s Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m.…
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Clyde F. Davis, 67, of Franklin, Ga., formerly of LaGrange, Ga., died Saturday, June 10, 2017, at Hospice LaGrange. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, June 12, in the chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville, Ga. The Rev. Scott Hannah will officiate and interment will…
(LINEVILLE) The funeral service for Josh Gregg, 39, of Lineville will be Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with Bro. Brandon Owens officiating. Burial will follow in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery in Lineville. Mr. Gregg died Sunday, June 11, at Grandview Medical Center, Birmingham. A native of Clay…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Nancy Elizabeth Johnson Meadows, 87, of Woodland will be Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Herren’s Grove Baptist Church with Bro. Wayne Stevens and Bro. David Taft officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Monday.…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Henry Morrison Stephens Sr., 89, of LaGrange, Ga., died Friday, June 9, 2017, at Diversicare Nursing Home, Lanett. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday in the chapel of Hunter-Allen-Myhand Funeral Home with the Rev. Ben Turner officiating. Interment will follow in Restlawn Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at…
(FIVE POINTS) William “Buddy” Calloway, 67, of Five Points died Friday, June 2, 2017, at UAB Hospital in Birmingham. The funeral will be Friday, June 9, at 1 p.m. CDT at Pine Grove United Methodist Church in LaFayette with the Rev. Cecelia Broome, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. To sign the…
(LINEVILLE) The funeral service for James Tracy Vinson, 40, of Lineville will be Friday, June 9, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral home in Lineville with the Revs. Donald Spradlin and David Holcombe officiating. Burial will follow in New Hope West Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Vinson died Tuesday, June 6. He was a native…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Willardean Lawson Hill, 80, of Roanoke will be Friday, June 9, 2017, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mike Brewer officiating. Burial will follow at Wehadkee Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday. Mrs. Hill died Tuesday, June 6,…