Handley took its first step toward defending last season’s area championship as the Tigers swept Munford in a three-game series last week.Handley won the first two games in convincing fashion behind the pitching of Rhett Fetner and Jared Johnson, then held on for a 10-9 win in the finale.The wins could prove to be critical…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: CLARA FRANCES WATERS, DECEASED ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Clara Frances Waters, deceased, having been granted to Daniel Hernandez on the 12th day of March, 2016, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SAMUEL LARRY JACKSON, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Samuel Larry Jackson, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 17th day of March, 2016, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
SURPLUS ITEMS The Town of Wadley has declared the following as surplus: One (1) Caterpillar 416 Backhoe One (1) 1987 Ford F700 Dump truck Items may be viewed in two weeks at http://www.govdeals.com/. (12-13)
RCHS rallied from a 9-3 deficit in the fifth inning to claim a 10-9 win over Woodland in eight innings Monday in Wedowee. The win puts RCHS at 1-1 in the area and keeps the Tigers in control of their destiny in the race for first place. Woodland falls to 0-2 in area play with…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: DONNA FAYE BROWN 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 Christine Turner on the 21st day of March, 2016, and that 30 days after the…
The Wadley softball team dropped to 3-3 on the season with a 5-2 loss to Ranburne Thursday in Ranburne. Wadley took a 2-1 lead with a pair of runs in the second inning. Anna Cotney’s two-out single plated Kallee Williams with the go-ahead run after Wadley had tied the game on an RBI groundout by…
One of the questions after word came early yesterday morning about the terrorist attacks in Brussels was how long it would take for U.S. presidential candidates to weigh in. The answer was not long in coming. Ted Cruz said law enforcement should patrol and ‘secure’ Muslim neighborhoods here, a statement that drew widespread and justified…
In the past this was the time of year when, all along the sandy stretch from Mobile Bay to St. Andrews Bay, beach businesses were gearing up for the weeks of profits that would fill coffers depleted during the lean months of winter. Air-brush t-shirt shops were stocked. Scooter rentals were ready. Refrigerated beer trucks…
In the literary classic, “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” the author draws parallels to a nation that was on top of the world and because of perverse, grandiose and pompous behavior that dynasty self-destructed and destroyed itself. It was from reading this documentary that the Russian premier Khrushchev believed that we, the…
The funeral for Evelyn Vickers Bishop will be Thursday, March 24, 2016, at 11 a.m. at Mountain Springs Baptist Church, Wadley. The Revs. Jimmy Sprayberry, Bennie Lee Yates and Tim Whaley will officiate. She will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Bishop…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for William Carl Melton, 74, of Wadley will be Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Corinth Christian Church with the Revs. Gordon Taylor and Johnny Bishop officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Melton died Sunday, March 20, at Regional Medical Center in Anniston. A Wadley native, Mr.…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Lawery O’neal Heard, 68, of Wedowee will be Friday, March 25, 2016, at noon at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Thomas Knight officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Heard departed this life Saturday, March 19, at 7:35 p.m. at Regional Medical Center, Anniston. Mr. Heard was born…
(HEFLIN) Danny Joe Russell, 65, died Friday, March 18, 2016, at Bethany House in Auburn. The funeral was at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 21, at Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church in Randolph County with John Roberts and Steve Dempsey officiating. Burial will follow in Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church Cemetery. He was a resident of Randolph…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Billy Wesley Wilson, 59, of Woodland will be Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Billy Prince Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at the Wilson Family Cemetery. Mr. Wilson passed away Sunday, March 20, at Hospice LaGrange. A Randolph County native, Mr. Wilson was born April…
(KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C.) Chrystine Mitchum Carroll, 81, of Kings Mountain, N.C., passed away Friday, March 18, 2016, at White Oak Manor. A graveside service will be Tuesday, March 22, at 3 p.m. EDT at Mountain Rest Cemetery with Dr. John Sloan officiating. Visitation will immediately follow the service in the cemetery. Mrs. Carroll was born…
(VALLEY) Marie Baldwin May, 94, of Valley died Sunday, March 20, 2016, at EAMC Lanier Hospital in Valley. The funeral will be Tuesday, March 22, at 2 p.m. EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Chuck Anderson officiating. Interment will follow in Resthaven Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday…
(NEWELL) Funeral services for Blanche Joan Williamson, 77, of Newell will be Monday, March 21, 2016, at 1 p.m. at Caver’s Grove Christian Church with the Revs. Larry Conger and Lee Parrish officiating. Burial will follow at Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Wedowee. Mrs. Williamson will lie in state at the church for one…
(WEDOWEE) Joanne Smith Cantrell, 76, of Wedowee died Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. The funeral mass was conducted at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 19, at St. George Catholic Church in Newnan, Ga., with interment in Grantville Cemetery. Mrs. Cantrell was born Aug. 10, 1939, in Randolph County, Ala., daughter…
(WEDOWEE) Bernard P. Oxford, 78, husband, father, grandfather and brother of Wedowee, died peacefully on Friday, March 11, 2016. He leaves behind his wife, Virginia D. Oxford; daughters Melanie Black, Michelle Mullins and her husband Richard, Devon Cohn and her husband Brian and Erin Clark and her husband Charlie; his sister, Jacqueline Rhea and her…