(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Calvin E. Burke, 67, of Lineville will be Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with Dr. Jeff Fuller officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Clay County Memory Gardens.Mr. Burke died Monday, Jan. 26, at the VA Medical Center in Birmingham surrounded by…
(VILLA RICA, Ga.) Barbara Ann Young Ayers, 60, of Villa Rica, Ga., died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. The funeral will be Thursday, Jan. 29, at 11 a.m. at the chapel of Jones-Wynn Funeral Home in Villa Rica with the Rev. Joey Vaughn officiating. Interment will follow at Cold Springs Cemetery in Winston. She was born…
(WINSTON, Ga.) Edward E. Henry, 87, of Winston, Ga., died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. The funeral will be Friday, January 30, at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Jones-Wynn Funeral Home in Douglasville, Ga., with Rev. Jerris Flowers officiating and Janice Stephens providing the eulogy. Interment will follow at Meadowbrook Memory Gardens in Villa Rica,…
(LOXLEY) Charles Kerry Mitchum, 57, native of Roanoke and a resident of Loxley, died Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, at USA Medical Center. He was a police officer previously for Greenville Police Department and Bay Minette Police Department and was currently employed at Loxley Police Department. He was a member of Robertsdale Masonic Lodge #821, AL043…
The art winners for the 7th Annual Cardboard Boat Races are: Jalecia Baker, 4th grade Wedowee Middle School; Mekayla Hyatt, 6th grade Rock Mills Junior High; Jake Crowson, 5th grade Woodland High School; and Nathanael Smitherman, 5th grade Woodland High School. The overall county winner is Nathanael Smitherman. Each winner receives free T-shirts and will…
Comments about security laced the conversation last week as nice-sized hybrid catfish were introduced into the pond at Roanoke City Schools Outdoor Educational Center (OEC) by David Cline, Auburn University Extension aquaculturist. The AU Fisheries and Aquaculture program, of which he is part, is world renowned for its teaching, research and extension efforts. The facility…
WEDOWEE–Tanner Health System may forge ahead with some of the preliminary work toward a new hospital and risk the outcome of the vote in order to speed up the proposed project. Randolph County Healthcare Authority (RCHCA) Chairman Bill Caypless told this to the audience at the RCHCA meeting on Thursday evening of last week. He…
Mayor Mike Fisher read a letter at Monday night’s council meeting from James M. Barcus criticizing the planned closure of the Charter Communications office behind Burger King. Fisher said he agreed with every single word Barcus wrote. Councilman Smokey Cole asked when the franchise agreement between the city and the cable television company is up…
The city of Roanoke Water, Sewage, Gas, and Filter Plant Department will repair sewer infrastructure on Main Street Thursday, Feb. 5. It is expected to take all day, according to Brent Wilson, utilities field operations supervisor. Access to Main Street will be blocked from designated streets to allow the work to move forward. The street…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County’s Community Corrections Program has become a pilot program, with Tallapoosa and Macon counties starting their own programs soon. Director Becky Farmer has traveled to the other counties to help them get them started. In the program, non-violent offenders are released from prison and are supervised under the Community Corrections Program. The Department of…
STAPLETON–A former Randolph County law enforcement officer was killed Monday afternoon in a one-vehicle accident. According to reports, Sgt. Charles Kerry Mitchum, 57, an officer with Loxley Police Department, was on his way to the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office firing range when his vehicle left the road and hit a tree near Stapleton. Mitchum was…
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STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH PROBATE COURT IN RE: THE ESTATE OF DONNY RAY SMITH, DECEASED NOTICE TO CREDITORS Letters of Administration upon the Estate of Donny Ray Smith having been granted to the undersigned on the 12th day of January, 2015, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate Court of Randolph County,…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA STATE OF ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SARA A. FANNIN, DECEASED ORDER FIXING DAY FOR HEARING ON PROBATE OF WILL TO: Tiffanie Fannin and Stephanie Fannin and all unknown heirs at law of Sara A. Fannin, deceased This day came Tammy Fowler and filed…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHNNY MACK MCCOMB, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Johnny Mack McComb, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 2nd day of January, 2015, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that Mortgage executed on the 26th day of October, 2009 by Yvonne Young and Kenneth Tallant, as Joint Debtors to Small Town Bank-Main Office, which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County,…
What was supposed to be the tournament’s marquee matchup turned into one of its biggest blowouts. Handley took command of the game with a dominant second quarter and breezed through the second half for a 64-36 win over Randolph County in the championship of the 2015 county tournament. It was a record eighth straight county…
Woodland entered the county tournament championship with only four wins to its name this season, but that didn’t stop the Lady Bobcats from playing like the six-time defending tournament champions to start the game. Woodland stunned Handley in the first half and raced out to a 22-8 lead before Handley brought them back to earth…
Just so you know, I’ve been wrong before. My wrongness comes in varying degrees, but I’ve certainly had some doozies. There was the time I dismissed the previews of a TV show about a plane crash landing on a deserted island as the dumbest premise ever because, really, how many engaging stories can you actually…
When the Alabama Legislature next goes into session, it will face some tough issues that will require some hard financial choices. The state’s $1.8 billion general fund budget, which funds nearly all government functions except education, is short hundreds of millions, and the federal stimulus money that allowed state lawmakers to avoid dealing with the…