Due to the ongoing rain Handley, Wadley and RCHS have all tentatively rescheduled their first-round baseball playoff series for Saturday, weather permitting.Handley will host Montevallo in a doubleheader beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday at Southern Union.Wadley’s series at Shades Mountain Christian is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. Saturday in Hoover, but head coach Ken…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Mrs. Franklin “Frankie” Deleanor Bowen, 81, of LaGrange, Ga., died Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at Hospice LaGrange. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. EDT Saturday, April 18, at Hunter-Allen-Myhand Chapel with the Rev. Jimmy McMillian officiating. Burial will follow in Jordan’s Chapel Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery in Newell, Ala. Mrs. Bowen was…
(CANTON, Pa.) Eleanor Mae Harkness, 92, former longtime resident of Canton, Pa., died peacefully on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. The Rev. Dianne H. Bentley will officiate the funeral service at East Canton United Methodist Church at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 17. Burial will follow in East Canton Cemetery. Born on Oct. 31, 1922, in…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Frances Cupidean Trantham, 59, of Woodland will be Thursday, April 16, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Bethel East Baptist Church, Woodland, with the Revs. Terry Eason, Ridley Herren and Keith Runels officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Trantham died Tuesday, April 14, in Bowdon, Ga. A Woodland native,…
(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Clarence Bailey, 81, of Lineville will be Thursday, April 16, 2015, at 3 p.m. at Barfield Baptist Church with the Rev. John Howell officiating. Burial will follow in Clay County Memory Gardens. Mr. Bailey died Tuesday, April 14, at Clay County Hospital. A Randolph County native, he had been the owner-operator…
(ANNISTON) The funeral for Katie Jo McManus Medders, 86, of Anniston will be Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at Gray Brown-Service Chapel with evangelist Aaron Dodson and Steve Harbottle officiating. Burial will follow at Edgemont Cemetery. Mrs. Medders died Sunday, April 12, at her residence. Mrs. Medders was a native of Randolph County and a resident…
There were a couple of high fives. A few shouts of “Three in a row, baby!” could be heard around the dugout. The team got together on the pitcher’s mound afterward to mark the event with a photograph. Other than that, you probably would not have known that RCHS’s 10-0 win over Woodland in the…
If you are looking for a job prepare your interviewing clothes and your resumes for the 8th annual Randolph County Career Expo. It will be next Tuesday, April 21, from 9 a.m. to noon at the family life center of Trinity Baptist Church, 3501 U.S. Highway 431, Roanoke, across from the Bank of Wedowee Roanoke…
In anticipation of inclement weather, the Randolph County Relay For Life committee has decided to move Friday’s Relay for Life to Southern Union’s Arena. The Relay, which is a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, begins with the Cancer Survivors’ Reception at 6 p.m. Wes Kinsey will emcee the opening ceremonies at 7 p.m., which…
The county’s first Slow Food Festival will be held at Roanoke’s Main Street Theatre on Saturday, May 9, from noon until 10 p.m. The event featuring locally raised food will have live music, an artisanal market of local farmers and gardeners, a sustainability photography exhibit and the film, “Eating Alabama” at 7:30 p.m. While there…
John Tinney, Chad Lee and Bill Caypless want all the questions about the proposed hospital just outside of Wedowee answered and came together last week to discuss the questions they have been asked. Wedowee has the all-important Certificate of Need (CON) required by medical facilities in order to operate. The small little hospital was grandfathered…
The list of delinquent Randolph County property taxes appears on pages 5B through 7B of the April 15 issue of The Randolph Leader. The listed properties will be sold on the steps of the courthouse for taxes due on May 15 unless the current owners pay what is owed prior to that time. The list…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission tabled discussion of the county’s subdivision regulations as they plan to meet with the county attorney about the regulations and those who have violated them. During the Thursday workshop meeting, realtor Gene Crouch asked the commission if developers should be looking at the older subdivision regulations or newer ones. He said, “The…
The Randolph County Chamber of Commerce will host two important health care forums regarding a proposed 1-percent sales tax increase to retain a hospital in Randolph County. One forum will be Tuesday, April 28, at 6 p.m. at Roanoke City Auditorium and the other will be Monday, May 4, at 6 p.m. in the courtroom…
The 7th annual Cardboard Boat Races are less than a month away. Please join us at Lakeside Marina, Market and Grill on Saturday, May 9. Races begin at noon; however, the fun begins at 10 a.m. In addition to the races, the event will feature a pet parade, dunking booth and silent auction. Boat registration…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV 2008-122 JERRY STAPLES PLAINTIFF VS. WYATT STAPLES, III DEFENDANT NOTICE OF SALE By Order of the Circuit Court of Randolph County, the undersigned Chad Lee, Commissioner appointed to make the sale, shall sell at public auction to the highest bidder the following described property…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH PROBATE COURT IN RE: ESTATE OF DAVID CASWELL, DECEASED NOTICE OF HEARING TO PROBATE WILL TO: JUDY LAVOIE DONALD CASWELL You are hereby notified that on this day came Dennis Bailey and filed in this Court a certain paper in writing, purporting to be the Last Will and Testament…
PUBLIC NOTICE The Randolph County Commission is considering the feasibility of closing a section of roadway in the Malone Community being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the intersection of C.R. 864, a paved roadway and C.R. 862, an unpaved roadway, thence run westerly along said C.R. 864 a distance of 0.10 miles to…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Carl Edward Frazier III and Olivia Chante Frazier, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Market Street Mortgage Corporation, on July 2, 2004, said mortgage being recorded in the…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Lance C. Dennis and Karen D. Dennis, originally in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., on the 30th day of September, 2010, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph…