(ALEXANDER CITY) Funeral services for Louise Gunn Tidwell, 87, of Alexander City, formerly of Roanoke, will be Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church in Roanoke with the Rev. Ricky Cummings and Dr. Barry Cosper officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens.Mrs. Tidwell died Sunday, Dec. 21, at Brown Nursing…
(WEDOWEE) The funeral for John C. “Mert” Pate, 77, of Wedowee will be Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Woodland First Congregational Methodist Church with the Revs. Donald Spradlin and David McPherson officiating. Burial will follow at Midway Methodist Cemetery. Mr. Pate died Sunday, Dec. 21, at Wedowee Hospital. A Wedowee native, Mr.…
(ALEXANDER CITY) The funeral for Goldie Elizabeth Sanford, 80, of Alexander City will be Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Ray Baptist Church. Dr. Albert Pike and the Rev. Mike Jones will officiate. She will lie in state for one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in Hillview Memorial Park. Mrs.…
(WADLEY) Charlie Miller Smith, 91, of Coolidge Street, Wadley, died Sunday morning, Dec. 21, 2014, at Wedowee Hospital. The funeral will be Saturday, Dec. 27, at 1 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Wadley. William Phillips will serve as eulogist, and co-officiating will be the Rev. Edna Scott. Special music will be by the Christianity…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Patsy Burell Rowe, 52, of Roanoke will be Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Johnny Williams officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Rowe died Friday, Dec. 19, at her residence. A Selma native, Mrs. Rowe was born Nov. 7, 1962,…
(ATLANTA) The funeral for Mary Magby Appleby of Atlanta will be Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church, Roanoke, (Bacon Level), with the Rev. William Dillard officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The remains will lie in repose at 11 a.m. Mrs. Appleby died on Dec. 16. She leaves…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for C.E. Cunningham, 62, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Keith Benefield and Phillip Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at Springfield Baptist Cemetery. Mr. Cunningham died Thursday, Dec. 18, at Wedowee Hospital. A Randolph County native, Mr. Cunningham was born…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Lorine Holland Jenkins, 44, of Carrollton, Ga., died Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014. The funeral will be Saturday, Dec. 20, at 11 a.m. EST at Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel with the Rev. David Couch officiating. Interment will follow in Midway Church Cemetery, Carrollton. She was born Oct. 4, 1970, in Carrollton to Henry…
(RICHMOND, Va.) Funeral services for Mildred Truitt Kelley, 81, of Richmond, Va., will be Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Frank Korb officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Kelley died Wednesday, Dec. 17, at Windsor Nursing Home in Richmond. A Randolph County native, Mrs.…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Sybil Daniel Kitchens, 86, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014 at 11 a.m. at the Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Tim Teague and Tim Steffey officiating. Burial will follow at Heritage Baptist Church. Mrs. Kitchens died Thursday, Dec. 18, at Traylor’s Nursing Center. A Randolph County native, Mrs.…
TALLADEGA — A single-vehicle crash at 5:25 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15, has claimed the life of a Roanoke man. Randy Dean Hall, 56, was seriously injured when the 2012 Buick Lacrosse he was driving left the roadway and struck a tree. Hall was transported to UAB Hospital in Birmingham, and he later died as a…
The elves of the Roanoke Pilot Club have been busily at work the past few weeks, making sure children in Randolph County will have a good Christmas. Aside from fundraising and buying gifts to bundle for each family, they have been checking their lists once, twice and thrice to make sure every child whose name…
It takes a village… Have you noticed the new tree on the lot across Church Street from the First Baptist Church? This is the culmination of a project that began over a year ago by Magnolia Garden Club. Members of the garden club adopted as a project in the fall of 2013 to place a…
An arrest has been made in last week’s home invasion robbery on Louina Road. On Dec. 12, Randolph County Sheriff’s Office arrested Henry Clay Allen, 26, of 4032 Louina Rd. and charged him with first-degree burglary and first-degree robbery. On Dec. 6, an elderly resident of Louina Road near Mt. Zion Church was robbed of…
Members of the Roanoke Water, Sewer, Gas and Filter Plant Board dealt with less urgent matters Monday, then discussed the cracking sewer line on Main Street and declared it an emergency situation. Utilities general manager Jerry Revis said, “Most of you know we had sewer problems downtown. Greg (Thompson) has been given all the results…
Bill Caypless, chairman of the Randolph County Healthcare Authority, told its members they are faced with challenges no other board has faced, with the possible closure of Wedowee Hospital and payment of retirees retirement. Following a Christmas dinner at Sunny’s Home Cooking restaurant last week board members held a meeting. Caypless said their attorney, Chad…
Michael and Charline Hand have sold The LaFayette Sun to Michael and Teresa Wilcox. The Wilcoxes own weekly newspapers in Michigan and are planning to move to Chambers County soon. Mike Wilcox, who has owned a couple of dozen newspapers in his professional career, said, “We couldn’t have asked for a better situation. The LaFayette…
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing will be held January 6, 2015, at 5:00 p.m. at the Wedowee City Hall concerning a request to rezone the property located 2 blocks between Third and Fourth Street SW and First and Third Avenue SW from Light Industrial to B2. (51-53)
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: KELLY F. MAULDIN, DECEASED NOTICE OF HEARING TO: Samuel D. Mauldin 1675 Pingree Street Detroit, MI 48206-2435 Karly E. Mauldin 10662 Duncan Bridge Road Cleveland, GA 30258 Melody Mauldin 25 Monastery Road Savannah, GA 31411 You will take notice that…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Johnnie B. Bell, unmarried, originally in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A, on the 19th day of May, 2005, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in…