STATE OF ALABAMACOUNTY OF RANDOLPHPROBATE COURTIN RE: ESTATE OF SUE BARKER, DECEASEDNOTICE OF PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENTTO: Heirs of Roger Lipham, dec.Lanette DanielHeirs of Willa Nichols, dec.You are hereby notified that on the 24th day of April, 2015, Elaine McCain, Executrix, filed in this court a petition for final settlement of the estate of Sue…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH PROBATE COURT IN RE: Estate of Albert Bowen, deceased NOTICE OF HEARING TO PROBATE WILL TO: Jessie May Henson Lawdean Grubbs Alice Carroll Donna Norton Sherry Smith Janice Thomason Mary Gunter Johnnie Arevalo And any other unknown heirs You are hereby notified that on this day came Mary B.…
We are accustomed to seeing rankings showing Alabama among the worst states in terms of the health of its citizens. We are among the very worst in conditions like strokes and hypertension, diabetes and obesity. We know that unhealthy diets and lack of exercise are to blame, but why us? We have more conducive weather…
” . . . chortling over genealogy anywhere is poppycock. Yet the man who professes to care nothing about his forebears is only a little less vain than he who bases all his actions on blood precedent.” William Faulkner, Flags in the Dust I am not a genealogist. As a historian, I have found great…
This has been an eventful year. Thousands of tourists have flocked to Alabama to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March for Civil and Voting Rights. The events that happened in Alabama spurred the enactment of the landmark acts that broke down the legal barriers prohibiting African Americans from voting in the…
(JACKSON’S GAP) Funeral services for Gerald Truett Price, 85, of Jackson’s Gap will be Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at 3 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Lineville with the Revs. Carl Stokes and Harland Dye officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Price died Sunday, May 24, at East Alabama Medical Center…
(LaFAYETTE) Ida Mae Woodgett, 85, of LaFayette, formerly of Kansas City, Kan., died Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at LaFayette Nursing Home. A memorial service will be at Vines Funeral Home Chapel, LaFayette, on Tuesday, May 26, at 1 p.m. CDT with elder Jerome Cofield officiating. Mrs. Woodgett is survived by two daughters, Mary Johnson and…
(FIVE POINTS) Funeral services for Willie R. “Bill” Pike, 93, of Five Points will be Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Derek Farr officiating. Burial will follow at Bethel Baptist Cemetery in Chambers County. Mr. Pike died Sunday, May 24, at Wedowee Hospital. A Chambers County native,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Melba Ann Earnest, 75, of Roanoke were Sunday, May 24, 2105, at 4 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Keith Benefield officiating. Burial followed at Rock Springs Cemetery. Mrs. Earnest died May 22 at LaFayette Nursing Home in LaFayette. An Albertville native, Mrs. Earnest was born April 3, 1940,…
(HEFLIN) Christine Stitcher Hill, 81, died Friday, May 22, 2015, at Cleburne County Nursing Home. The funeral was at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 23, at Valley Grove Cemetery, Wedowee, with the Rev. Buford Gaines officiating. Mrs. Hill was a member of Heflin Church of God and was retired from Becwaynes Grocery Store. Survivors include…
(ATLANTA) Veronica Griggs of Atlanta died May 15, 2015. The funeral for Ms. Griggs will be Saturday, May 23, at 11 a.m. at Gus Thornhill’s Chapel, East Point, Ga. Interment will follow at Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Roanoke. Gus Thornhill’s Funeral Home, East Point.
This year’s Randolph County Learning Center Bike Hike broke all previous fund-raising records, bringing in $107,135 for the school. This is the first time they surpassed $100,000. The total amount raised on Bike Hike Saturday was $18,882. The top eight money-raisers in the youth division for Bike Hike are: (1) Kaylor Burks, 13 – $500;…
The first catfish sale to the public at Roanoke City Schools’ Outdoor Educational Center Saturday went really well, Carey Adams said. He teaches agri-science. Many who took the live hybrid catfish home, dressed them and cooked them said they were the best they ever had. “I think we sold about 1,200 pounds of catfish. We…
WEDOWEE–The 12th Annual Candlelight Memorial Service for victims and survivors was held at the Randolph County Courthouse last Thursday. Former victims service officer Diane Walden, who has seen many of those present through the worst days of their lives, came back to oversee this ceremony which is near and dear to her heart. The sponsor…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Funeral services for Lizer Ila Mae Etchison, 82, of LaGrange, Ga., formerly of Randolph County, will be Sunday, May 24, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Stiles Akins officiating. Burial will follow at Rock Mills Cemetery. Mrs. Etchison died Wednesday, May 20, at LaGrange Hospice. A Randolph County…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Roger B. Lipham, 73, of Wedowee will be Friday, May 22, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Jordan Chapel Congregational Methodist Church with the Revs. Paul Johnson and Brian Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Lipham died Tuesday, May 19, at UAB Hospital in Birmingham. A Randolph County…
(ASHLAND) A private memorial service for Patricia R. “Patty” Tripp, 67, of Ashland will be held at a later date. Mrs. Tripp died Tuesday, May 19, at Clay County Nursing Home. She was a native of Montgomery and a graduate of Sidney Lanier High School, relocating to Clay County in 1976. She worked at Southern…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Charles Layman Arrington, 66, of LaGrange, Ga., died peacefully Sunday, May 17, 2015 at his home. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 20, at Rosemont Baptist Church with the Rev. Max McCord officiating. Burial will follow in Arrington Family Cemetery. Mr. Arrington was born in Randolph County, Ala., the…
ROCK STAND–A man drowned on Friday afternoon while fertilizing a pond near Rock Stand. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Department, James Ellis “Jim” Day Jr., 70, of Gadsden was standing alone in a boat fertilizing the pond when he fell out of the boat. He tried to reach the boat but went…
RCHS played poorly and lost in game one of the state finals against Mobile Christian on Wednesday. The Tigers played much better in game two Thursday, but ultimately lost again as Mobile Christian claimed its first state title with a 2-0 sweep by the scores of 15-2 and 3-2. “The boys played better today and…