NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWERDefault having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Real Estate Mortgage executed by Sam F. McFarlin Sr. and wife, Annetha B. McFarlin to the United States of America, acting through the Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, dated May 24, 1984, recorded May…
(WADLEY) Robert T. “Bob” Blackwell, 82, of Wadley passed away Sunday, April 23, 2017, at Wellstar West Georgia Hospice in LaGrange. A celebration of life for Mr. Blackwell will be held at a later date. A Walker County native, Mr. Blackwell was born Jan. 19, 1935, the son of Robert Wilburn and Pauline Elmore Blackwell.…
(NEWELL) Funeral services for Mary Joyce Strickland, 83, of Newell will be Wednesday, April 26, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Union Baptist Church with the Rev. Ed Halsey officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday. Mrs. Strickland will lie in…
(PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga.) Billy Foster, 81, of Pine Mountain, Ga., died Friday, April 21, 2017, at his home. A graveside service was held Sunday, April 23, at 4 p.m. at Marseilles Cemetery, West Point, Ga. Mr. Foster was born in Wedowee on April 13, 1936. He was an excellent welder and after retiring from Georgia…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Maxine Gunn Gross, 87, of Roanoke will be Monday, April 24, 2017, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Ryan Conger and Mike Nobbley officiating. Burial will follow at White’s Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:30-3 p.m. on Monday. Mrs. Gross…
(HOGANSVILLE, Ga.) Brenda Virginia Heard, 54, died Monday, April 17, 2017, at her home in Hogansville, Ga. The celebration of life will be Monday, April 24, at 2 p.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church, Five Points. Pastor Van Shrieves and Dr. W. T. Edmondson will officiate. Burial will follow at Skyview Memorial Gardens in the Welch…
The Handley Tigers got a pair of shut-down pitching performances and just enough timely hitting to put together a two-game sweep of Dale County in the first round of the state playoffs in Roanoke Friday. Handley won 3-1 and 7-0 behind complete games from Rhett Fetner and Jaxon Whaley. The Tigers are in the second…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Louise Benefield, 90, of Roanoke will be Saturday, April 22, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Gerald Romine and Bro. Thomas Wortham officiating. Burial will follow at Piney Woods Cemetery in Wedowee. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Friday. Mrs.…
(WADLEY) A memorial service for Jerry Mack Carden, 74, of Wadley will be Sunday, April 23, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Daviston Methodist Church with Bro. Ray Dunn officiating. The family will receive friends Sunday from 1-1:45 p.m. at the church. Mr. Carden died Tuesday, April 18, at his residence. He was born Aug. 14,…
(VALLEY) Brooksie French Richardson, 96, of Valley died Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at the EAMC Lanier Memorial Nursing Home in Valley. Graveside services will be Friday, April 21, at 4 p.m. EDT at Resthaven Cemetery in Lanett with the Rev. Bob Lee officiating. The family will receive friends at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home in Valley…
If the Wadley Bulldogs are going to get the first playoff series victory in school history, they’ll have to wait at least one more day to do it. Wadley split the first two games of its best-of-3 series with Millry in the first round of the class 1A state playoffs Thursday. The deciding game three…
One team has never won so much as a first-round playoff series. One team has won 11 playoff series in just the last four years, including a trip to the state finals. And one team falls in between those two extremes, but believes it could have done so much more. That’s the snapshot summary as…
Knight-Enloe Elementary School welcomed presenters on Wednesday of last week for its annual Career Day. Students moved in groups from one station to another where they learned about career possibilities from those engaged in various occupations. Included were police, fire, rescue and emergency medical personnel, as well as those representing airlines, cosmetology, dentistry, food service,…
As has been the tradition for the past several years, Handley High School students invited those from Randolph County Learning Center and Valley Haven over the Monday after their prom to have a little prom of their own and enjoy the decorations and music.
LAKE WEDOWEE–DVR alert: A Lake Wedowee home will be featured on an upcoming episode of “Lakefront Bargain Hunt” on HGTV. According to the HGTV website, the episode, “A Big Wow on Alabama’s Lake Wedowee,” will air Saturday at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. and Saturday, May 27, at 7 a.m. Crystal Barnes of Hunter Bend…
WOODLAND–The opening ceremony for Woodland Founder’s Day will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday with master of ceremonies Mike Bailey, Boy Scouts and the Woodland Mayor and Town Council presenting the key to the town. Live entertainment will follow immediately, including Woodland High School Band, Carson Swafford with June Kirby, Abbie Harden, Dance Center on Main…
Vice-chairman Walter Sudduth chaired the utilities board meeting Monday in the absence of chairman Ron Cameron. General manager Jerry Revis said the TEC affiliate, MRS, is set up to do the billing for the board at the end of the month. The last time they did a sample run it looked good. The pre-construction meeting…
The Wadley Lady Bulldogs saw their string of seven consecutive area titles come to a shocking end in last season’s area tournament. They are on a mission to start a new streak this year. Wadley blasted Winterboro twice last week to finish its area schedule in unbeaten fashion, and the Lady Bulldogs will host their…
A 16-year-old Wedowee girl was taken by helicopter to Children’s Hospital in Birmingham on Thursday evening of last week with injuries suffered in an ATV (all-terrain vehicle) accident. Three juveniles were riding the Gator ATV on County Road 33 when it rolled down an embankment. The other two teens were treated at Wedowee Hospital. (For…
Roanoke Police Department Investigator Lorenzo Foster reported RPD has strong leads on the shooting of Brandon Shears on Border Street last September. The firearm used in the incident has been recovered, and Foster hopes an arrest is pending. Shears went outside because he heard a vehicle horn blowing and was shot while standing on his…