MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALEDefault having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Mortgage executed by JAMES JACKSON PRESTRIDGE JR and JOHANNA M. PRESTRIDGE, as joint debtors, to SMALL TOWN BANK on December 21, 2004, said Mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Book…

LEGAL NOTICE McCartney Construction Company Inc. hereby gives notice of completion of contract with the State of Alabama for construction of Project No. NH-HSIP-0001(588) in Randolph County. This notice will appear for four consecutive weeks beginning on March 22, 2017 and ending on April 12, 2017. All claims should be filed at McCartney Construction Company…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: LOIS BELL TURNER NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR SUMMARY DISTRIBUTION Notice is hereby given that a Petition for Summary Distribution of the above named estate has been filed by Barbara Turner on the 14th day of March, 2017, and that 30 days after the…

PUBLIC NOTICE The Randolph County Commission is studying the feasibility of vacating a section of roadway in the Big Springs area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the intersection of C.R. 645 and C.R. 641, for a point of beginning thence run northerly along said C.R. 641 a distance of 2.189 miles to…

The Masters is upon us. Now I don’t golf. Golf is, to me, as Oscar Wilde observed about foxhunting, “the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.” This attitude toward golf, golfing and golfers left me ignorant of the game and unprepared for an opportunity that came my way when I was a graduate teaching…

We are on the cusp of one of the best political years in modern political history in the Heart of Dixie. Prior to the 1970s our constitution disallowed succession of office for our state constitutional offices. In other words, you could not run for two consecutive four-year terms. That is why George Wallace ran his…

(COOK SPRINGS) Ethel Langley Fetner, 89, of Cook Springs, formerly of Valley, died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, at Meadowview Nursing Home in Cook Springs. Graveside services were Sunday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. at Johnson Memorial Gardens in Valley with the Rev. Rusty Letson officiating. Mrs. Fetner was born in Randolph County on March 1,…

(ROANOKE) Larry Turman, 70, of Dallas Circle, Roanoke, died Monday, March 20, 2017, at Wellstar Medical Center, LaGrange, Ga. Viewing will be Friday, March 24, from 1-6 p.m. Mr. Turman will be in state at the church one hour prior to the funeral services from noon-1 p.m. The funeral will be Saturday, March 25, at…

(WOODLAND) Graveside services for Florence Pauline Mote, 89, of Woodland will be Wednesday, March 21, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Providence Baptist Cemetery with the Rev. David Daniel officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday. Mrs. Mote died Monday, March 20, at Roanoke Health Care. A Pennsylvania…

(WOODLAND) Graveside services for Florence Pauline Mote, 89, of Woodland will be Wednesday, March 21, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Providence Baptist Cemetery with the Rev. David Daniel officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday. Mrs. Mote died Monday, March 20, at Roanoke Health Care. A Pennsylvania…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Bonnie J. Whaley, 85, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church with the Revs. Scott Whaley and Jeff Burns officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from noon-2 p.m. on Tuesday before services. Mrs. Whaley…

(ROANOKE) Memorial services for Lorene Brown Knott, 88, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Ronald Laughland officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery in Wedowee. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1 to 2 p.m. on Wednesday.…

(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Wilma Cummings Mitchell, 87, of Lineville will be Monday, March 20, 2017, at 3 p.m. at New Hope West Baptist Church with Bro. Billy East, Bro. Donald Spradlin and Bro. Junior Estes officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Mitchell died Friday, March 17, at Clay County Hospital. She…

(DULUTH, Ga.) Marvolene Elizabeth Amason, 98, of Duluth, Ga., died Friday, March 17, 2017. Interment will be at Shadow Lawn Cemetery in LaGrange, Ga., at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 20. A native of Randolph County, Ala., she was born Dec. 5, 1918. She was the daughter of Leburs and Fannie Strain and the widow…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Doris C. Windsor, 88, of Roanoke will be Monday, March 20, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Kenneth Johnson and Mark McGhee officiating. Burial will follow at Concord Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Wadley. Mrs. Windsor died Saturday, March 18, at West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange.…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Betty M. Steward, age 84, of Roanoke were Saturday, March 18, 2017, at noon at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Richie Farrow and Marion Hammonds officiating. Burial followed at High Pine Baptist Cemetery. Mrs. Steward died Thursday, March 16, at Wedowee Hospital. A Roanoke native, Mrs. Steward was born March…

(BOWDON, Ga.) Janette “Bobbie” Morris of Bowdon, Ga., died Wednesday, March 15, 2017. She was 77. The funeral was Saturday, March 18, at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Bro. Kevin Geter officiated. Interment followed in the church cemetery Mrs. Morris was born Dec. 4, 1939, in Woodland, Ala., to the late Mayo and…

September 26, 1942 – March 17, 2017 Kay Vice lost her battle with liver cancer on March 17, 2017 at West Georgia Hospice in LaGrange, Ga. at age 74. She was born in Jackson, Ala. to parents William Riley and Mary Bivin Coleman, who preceded her in death. She attended Benjamin Russell High School in…

(JACKSON GAP) A memorial service for Kenneth Lloyd Crum, 77, of Jackson Gap, will be Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 2 p.m. at Saint Paul Lutheran Church. The Rev. Carey P. Elam will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service in the Church Social Hall. Mr. Crum died Wednesday, March 15, at East…

(ALEXANDER CITY) Minnie Lou Tapley went home to be forever with her Lord and Savior Jesus Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Mrs. Tapley was born March 20, 1928. She is preceded in death by her husband, Raymond C. (Bill) Tapley, and her beloved son “Little Tommy” Tapley. Mrs. Tapley is survived by her son, Marcus Tapley…