(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Mr. Leearess Williams Sr., 43, of LaGrange, Ga., died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika.The funeral will be Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, at 1 p.m. at New Canaan Missionary Baptist Church in Camp Hill with the Revs. Justin M. Freeman and Joe Benton officiating. Burial will follow at…
RCHS running back Reco Hannah headlines a group of five players from the county that received recognition on the Alabama Sportswriters Association’s all-state team that was released last week. Hannah made first team as a running back in class 2A and was joined on the 2A team by teammate Andrew Prestridge, who made the honorable…
Handley defeated Wadley 45-29 Monday in the first round of the Handley Holiday Classic in Roanoke. But to listen to the two teams’ coaches you would have thought the outcome was the other way around. Wadley head coach Logan Cofield applauded the aggressive play of his undermanned squad. “I challenged my guys. I challenged them…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission listened to safety concerns and problems with road deterioration on County Road 56 during its last scheduled meeting of the year on Monday afternoon. Resident Mike Lovvorn was asked by the neighbors of County Road 56 to address the commission about heavy haul truck traffic. The volume has picked up tremendously in…
The Four Corners Thrift Store exists to help children and adults in Gulu, Uganda, but it helped make Christmas merrier and brighter for people right here. Gary Clark, who is the district manager over the Roanoke and Talladega stores, said store employees in Roanoke “wanted to do something with our community.” When he asked they…
Perhaps the biggest news to come out of Randolph County in 2015 was the vote in favor of a 1-percent sales tax to fund a new hospital. January Tanner Health System forges ahead with some of the preliminary work toward a new hospital and risks the outcome of the vote in order to speed up…
January – Handley’s boys basketball team wins its eighth straight county tournament title, while the Handley girls end Woodland’s six-year reign in the tournament. February – Handley hires former Woodland coach Larry Strain to take over its football program after the departure of Hall of Fame coach Mike Battles. March – Southern Union’s softball team…
Randolph County Economic Development Authority hosted a media conference to announce a new county-wide brand on Tuesday morning at the Bank of Wedowee-Roanoke Branch. The “Genuinely Different” logo created by award-winning community marketing firm, Red Sage Communications Inc., will become the icon for Randolph County defining the county as it is today and supporting the…
A vacant house at Woodland is a total loss following a fire on Friday, Dec. 18. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, owner James Walter Bales said there was no electricity to the house at the time. The call came in to Randolph County E-911 at 7:45 p.m. to 1545 County Rd.…
Drivers in Randolph County are reminded that from now through New Year’s Randolph County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting safety checkpoints, so drive safely, drive sober and buckle up. Look out for scams In a recent phone scam in Randolph County, the caller states that because they borrowed money online they did not pay back,…
The Randolph Leader asks its readers to help us locate Baby New Year 2016. Starting midnight at Jan. 1, if you know of a baby born to parents who are residents of Randolph County, please let us know. We would like to feature a photo of the baby and his or her parents in the…
New Year’s resolutions. They are not something we required to make, but the beginning of a new year just has the feeling of a rebirth––a(nother) starting point for self improvement in areas in which we may feel we are lacking. Our resolutions may involve doing things differently at work or in our personal lives. The…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF THEA D. COTNEY, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Thea D. Cotney, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 21st day of Dec., 2015, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CECIL HENRY EDMONDSON, DECEASED Letters of Testamentary of the said deceased has been granted to the undersigned on the 28th day of Dec., 2015, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that Mortgage executed on the 13th day of May, 2005 by Kenneth Lee Messer and wife, Christie L. Messer, to First Bank, which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama in…
I am not a late night person. Morning is my best time. So it follows that staying up until midnight to ring in the New Year has not been my custom–by choice. However, most of my friends apparently keep late hours, for every morning when I fire up my computer about 5 a.m., I discover…
As we close the final page on the 2015 book, my year-end tradition is to reminisce about the passing away of significant players on the Alabama political stage. The first obituary is not a person but an entity. The Alabama Education Association is essentially dead as a political organization. The king is dead. When Paul…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Paul “Chief” Showalter, 80, of Wedowee were Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Wedowee with the Rev. Cade Ferris officiating. Burial followed at Wedowee City Cemetery. Mr. Showalter passed away Saturday, Dec. 26, at Wedowee Hospital. A Remington, Va., native, Mr. Showalter was born Sept.…
(DULUTH, Ga.) William Leo “Bill” Griffin Sr., 85, of Duluth, Ga., died Friday, Dec. 25, 2015. The funeral will be Wednesday, Dec. 30, at 3 p.m. EST in the chapel of Flanigan Funeral Home in Buford, Ga., with the Rev. Bobby Linkous officiating. Interment will follow at Broadlawn Memorial Gardens in Buford. Mr. Griffin was…
(ROANOKE) A memorial service for Lula Allen Walker will be Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, at 1 p.m. at New Beginnings Outreach Ministries (Pure Holiness), Seymour Drive, Roanoke. Mrs. Walker died at her home on Thursday, Dec. 24, surrounded by her family and friends. Mrs. Walker was born Oct. 15, 1946, to Jerry Allen Sr. and…