IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMAIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF TONY LAMAR TOMBLIN, DEC.NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVELetters of Administration on said deceased having been granted to Evelyn G. Tomblin on the 14th day of Feb., 2017, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court…

There’s no debate over whether or not Alabama’s General Fund needs more money in it. We are facing a crisis with crowded and inadequate prisons. There is a shortage of funds for meeting infrastructure needs. We have seen cutbacks in basic services such as public safety. The problem has been identified. It’s our state’s antiquated…

This is the time of year that parents and teachers dread. This is the time of year that a classroom turns into an incubator for just about every disease known to mankind. Elementary school, high school, college, all the same. In they come, snot-nosed and germ laden. Should have stayed home but couldn’t or wouldn’t…

As I have suggested to you, we are looking at one momentous 2018 election year, and it has begun. Get this folks, we have an open governor’s race. We have openings at lieutenant governor, attorney general, state treasurer, agriculture commissioner, three seats on the Supreme Court including the chief justice position, all 35 state Senate…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for William “Larry” Johnson, 74, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Home with the Revs. Lorenzo Foster and Keith Benefield officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday. Mr. Johnson…

(HEFLIN) Horace Sellers Merrill of Heflin died on Feb. 17, 2017, at the age of 80. The funeral will be Monday, Feb. 20, at 2 p.m. at Dryden Funeral Home Chapel. Dr. Larry Riddle will preside over the services. Interment will follow the service at Heflin City Cemetery. Mr. Merrill was born Oct. 15, 1936,…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Eunice Atchison Cauthen, 102, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Roanoke First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Chris Martin officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Monday. Mrs. Cauthen will…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for the Rev. John L. “Johnny” Williams Sr., 81, of Roanoke will be Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, at 1 p.m. at Maplewood Baptist Church with his sons, Steven Williams and John L. Williams Jr., officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Rev. Williams passed away Friday, Feb. 17, at his home.…

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Nelda Walker Bishop, 89, of Wedowee were Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Noon Day Christian Church with the Revs. Wes Kinsey, Chance Meinzer and Wendell Ford and Ricky Daniel officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Bishop passed away Thursday, Feb. 16, at West Georgia Hospice in…

(ANNISTON) The funeral service for LeMerle N. Williams, 88, will be at 1 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, at Golden Springs Baptist Church with Dr. Roland Brown officiating. Interment will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery in Roanoke. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Mrs. Williams died Feb.…

(RANBURNE) S.W. Harris of Ranburne died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. He was 77. The funeral was Saturday, Feb. 18, at 4 p.m. EST at Macedonia Baptist Church. Bro. Chad Burdette and Bro. Steve McGinnis officiated. Interment followed at Herren’s Grove Church Cemetery in Woodland. Mr. Harris was born in Woodland on March 30, 1939, to…

(OPELIKA) Gene Autrey Durham, 74, of Opelika (formerly of Wadley) died peacefully in his home surrounded by loved ones on the evening of Feb. 15, 2017. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, at the chapel of Alabama Funeral Homes in Dadeville with Pastor Mitchell Dean officiating. Gene was born…

(ROANOKE) A funeral mass for Alma Jewell Czik, 91, of Roanoke will be Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, at 4 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Father Gali Balaswamy officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 3-4 p.m. prior to funeral services on Friday. Mrs.…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Teri Jo Mitchum Tennant, 55, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, at 4 p.m. at Cornerstone Church with the Revs. Tim Whaley and Scott Whaley officiating. Mrs. Tennant will lie in state at the church for two hours prior to services beginning on Saturday. Mrs. Tennant passed away Friday,…

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Larry Dale Huddleston, 68, of Wedowee will be Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. John Davis, Larry Conger and Charles Boyd officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:30-8 p.m. on Friday. Mr. Huddleston died Thursday, Feb. 16, at…

(LaGRANGE, Ga.) The celebration of life for Benjamin Brewer will be Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, at 2:30 p.m. EDT at Stateline Baptist Church, Franklin, Ga. Pastor Andre K. McDonald will officiate. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Mr. Brewer died Monday, Feb. 13. He was the son of the late, Benjamin and Betty Brewer,…

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Frances Elizabeth Highfield, 89, of Wedowee will be Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Bro. Ricky Daniel and the Rev. David Little officiating. Burial will follow at Wedowee City Cemetery. Mrs. Highfield died Tuesday, Feb. 14, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. A Clay…

(HAHIRA, Ga.) James “Jimmy” Preston Holley, 69, of Hahira, Ga., died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Valdosta, Ga. Coach Holley’s family will receive friends Friday, Feb. 17, at Carson McLane Funeral Home from 6-8 p.m. EST. Funeral services will be at 11a.m., Saturday, Feb. 18, in the chapel of Carson McLane Funeral Home, Valdosta. Dr.…