MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALEDefault having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Kenneth James Samples, unmarried, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Primary Capital Advisors LC, on the 13th day of September, 2007, said mortgage recorded in the Office of…
PUBLIC SALE Stack & Pack Self Storage, pursuant to the Alabama Provisions of the Self Storage Act (8-15-33), will conduct a public sale to the highest bidder for cash only on their premises: 410 Industrial Ave., Roanoke, AL 36274, phone 334-863-7867. The auction will be on August 1, 2015, at 10 a.m. on the following…
The human experience is typically a myopic one. If it doesn’t affect me personally or the immediate circle around me then it generally doesn’t matter. The death of an elementary school student in a house fire in Detroit is tragic but has little affect on me. The death of an elementary student who was in…
(WADLEY) Larry Thomas Lacy, 70, of Wadley died at his residence on Wednesday, July 8, 2015. A Randolph County native, Mr. Lacy was born Aug. 31, 1944, the son of William Hoyt and Dorothy Bennett Lacy. He worked for the Alabama Department of Public Safety as a state trooper. He was survived by his wife,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Ray Wendell Williams, 60, of Roanoke will be Monday, July 20, 2015, at 1 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church with the Revs. Tim Whaley, Jeff Burns and Shirley Meddick officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Williams will lie in state one hour prior to the services on Monday.…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Rodney Keith Gilley, 55, of Carrollton, Ga., died Thursday, July 16, 2015. A graveside service was Saturday, July 18, at 4 p.m. at the Villa Rica (Ga.) City Cemetery with Bro. Jamie Meeks officiating. Mr. Gilley was born in Douglasville, Ga., on Feb. 8, 1960, the son of Emily Smith and the late…
(GRAHAM) Michael Dewayne Smith of Graham died Wednesday, July 15, 2015. He was 35. The funeral Mr. Smith was Sunday, July 19, at 2 p.m. EDT at Macedonia Baptist Church in Ranburne. Bro. T.J. Morgan officiated. Mr. Smith was born in Carrollton, Ga., on Nov. 24, 1979, to Rayford L. Smith and Terri Brown. Survivors…
For the first time in school history the RCHS Tigers softball team will enter the upcoming season as defending area champions. The Tigers beat out Ranburne and Woodland to claim their first area title this past season and did so on the backs of a promising group of young players. That pattern will have to…
The Randolph County Farmers Market is in full swing, open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 7 a.m. until noon. The market, which features a variety of locally grown and produced items, is located at the Randolph County Equine and Agriculture Center at 2959 County Road 333. This is the old Hub Trucking site just off…
NEWELL–Grover Herren, son of the late Billy Herren, the owner of the popular Halloween Plantation Haunted House in Newell that burned on July 1, said the haunted house would be rebuilt. Grover said it was not he who reported the fire, but a family member of a Newell Volunteer Fire Department member, who spotted the…
Alabama law requires all dogs, cats and ferrets be currently vaccinated against rabies. Rabies is a disease of all mammals, including man, and is always considered to be fatal unless preventative treatment is given following the exposure. The primary means of exposure is through a bite or scratch with contaminated saliva from the animal. Transmission…
LAKE WEDOWEE–Responders continued to search for a missing fisherman on Lake Wedowee on Tuesday afternoon, after his companions reported he jumped from a boat late Monday night. According to Randolph County Sheriff’s Department chief deputy Billy Lane, the call was received around 11 p.m. Friends of the missing man reported that he had been driving…
Roanoke City Schools Superintendent Chuck Marcum told the Randolph County Commission the single biggest factor in providing opportunities for students is the one-percent sales tax for education. The system couldn’t do without the money and tries to be good stewards of it. Marcum and Randolph County Superintendent Rance Kirby appeared before the commission during Thursday’s…
The president and CEO of East Alabama Medical Center (EAMC) of Opelika has confirmed that his hospital group would be willing to help Randolph County maintain a level of medical care should the proposed one-percent sales tax referendum fail to pass on August 4. If the tax vote is affirmative, the county will move to…
The Roanoke City Council heard a presentation from Jason Monday, regional director of Air EVAC Lifeteam Monday in a public hearing, were impressed, and will probably take action in the Jan. 27 council meeting. Air EVAC has two local helicopters that will respond and get patients to traumatic care centers. Membership is $65 per household.…
It’s been a long time coming, but last week the state announced a settlement in the 2010 BP oil spill. The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig killed 11 workers and cost all of the Gulf states much in money and environmental damage. The settlement would benefit Alabama’s General Fund by $1 billion over…
It all started back when I was about 12. My father had a bookcase, and in it were books he particularly liked. I had free run of this “library.” One rainy afternoon I found myself bored and sought entertainment in those shelves. Now if you have ever been a bored 12-year old you know…
A good many of you let me know that you agreed with my column last week when I suggested that stealing from the Special Education Trust Fund budget to resolve the dilemma in the General Fund is not the solution needed during the looming extraordinary special session. This potential raid on the school children’s and…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that certain Mortgage, executed on the 10/18/2012, by JEANETTE GILHAM, as Mortgagor, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FIRSTBANK as Mortgagee, which said Mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Book MORT 578,…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: VIRGINIA DORTHY PIKE, DECEASED ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Virginia Dorthy Pike, deceased, having been granted to Steve Pike on the 14th day of May, 2015, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby…