In a workshop meeting Monday night Bill Caypless laid out to the Roanoke City Council the hard reality of trying to maintain a hospital in a rural area.The chairman of the Randolph County Healthcare Authority, with about 37 years in the medical field, Caypless frankly said Wedowee Hospital, the only hospital in the county, is…
Local competitors earned an impressive amount of medals in October at this year’s Masters Games of Alabama State Games in Oxford. Competitors at the State Games ranged from the age of 50 to 98. Age divisions were in 5-year increments beginning with 50-54 and ending with 90+. There were men’s and women’s divisions in all…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Board of Education took several personnel actions during a lengthy meeting on Thursday evening of last week. These included accepted the resignations of: • Angela Jones as PE and keyboarding teacher at Wadley High School, effective Feb. 1. • Tasha Higgins as school nurse at Wedowee Elementary and Middle schools, effective Oct. 21.…
Roanoke City Council members had employees’ pay on their minds Monday night. Councilman Mack Arthur Bell said he had a concern about employees’ pay rates, and they needed to look at every employee and what he or she makes. Some deserve more than what they are making, he said. Mayor Mike Fisher said he and…
Woodland missed two prime scoring opportunities in the first half, and in a game where points were at a premium those misses proved too costly to overcome. Ranburne scored two first-half touchdowns as the Bulldogs eliminated Woodland with a 15-3 win in the third round of the state playoffs. “It was just one of those…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV 2014-900106.00 TERESA STRANGE, PLAINTIFF Vs. Commencing at the NE Corner of the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 14; Township 19 South; Range 11 East, Randolph Co., AL. thence S 73°13’27” W a distance of 676.53 ft. to an iron pin set…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. DR 2014-900100 JERRY MARK JORDAN, PLAINTIFF VS. EZEKIAL ANN DAVIDSON JORDAN, DEFENDANT NOTICE OF COMPLAINT To: Ezekial Ann Davidson Jordan Jerry Mark Jordan has filed a Complaint of Divorce against Ezekial Ann Davidson Jordan in the Circuit Court of Randolph County, Alabama in which she…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: BILLY DAVIS HERREN, DECEASED NOTICE OF HEARING TO PROBATE WILL TO: Suzy Herren State of Georgia You are hereby notified that on this day came Betty Sue Herren and filed in this Court a certain paper in writing, purporting to be the Last Will and…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Leon Joiner and Allison W. Joiner, originally in favor of CitiFinancial Corporation, LLC, on the 17th day of July, 2006, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama,…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DARTHY ANNE ADKINS, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Clyde Adkins on the 24th day of Nov., 2014, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KAY PINKARD, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Delores Burgess on the 24th day of Nov., 2014, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Virginia Dean Hammond Moore, 84, of Woodland were Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Roanoke First United Methodist Church with the Revs. Ralph Barrow and Paul Moore officiating. There was a private graveside service at Big Springs Baptist Cemetery. Mrs. Moore died Thursday, Nov. 20, at her family home.…
(ROANOKE)Funeral services for the Rev. Jimmy Roger Thomas, 70, of Roanoke were Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Jamie Taylor and Tim Whaley officiating and remarks by Charles Jones and Ronnie Smith. Burial followed at Randolph Memory Gardens. Rev. Thomas died Thursday, Nov. 20, at his home.…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Clara “Dot” Nobley Allen, 89, of Woodland were Sunday, Nov. 23, 2104, at 3:30 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Tim Whaley and Ricky Cummings officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Allen died Thursday, Nov. 20, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. A Roanoke native,…
(DELTA) Charles Francis Lyner, 87, of Delta died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, at Lineville Heath and Rehab. Mr. Lyner was born in Delta but grew up in Calhoun County. He was a 1945 graduate of Oxford High School and entered the army following graduation. He was a pilot during the Korean War, where he flew…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Curtis Moon Noles, 85, of Wedowee will be Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Big Springs Baptist Church with the Rev. Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Noles died Wednesday, Nov. 19, at Lineville Health & Rehab. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Noles was…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Lois Selma Hill, 89, of Roanoke will be Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Keith Benefield officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. Mrs. Hill died Wednesday, Nov. 19, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Hill was…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Jessie Kate Johnson Brown, 77, of Carrollton, Ga., died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, at Tanner Medical Hospital in Carrollton. The funeral will be Thursday, Nov. 20, at 2 p.m. EST at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. D. Jackson officiating. Interment will follow in Carrollton City Cemetery. She was born June…
(NAVARRE, Fla.) James Watkins Allen Jr., 72, of Navarre, Fla., died Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. Burial with full military honors was in Barrancas National Cemetery in Pensacola, Fla., at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20. James was born on March 28, 1942, to James Watkins Allen Sr. and Lola Beatrice Allen in Roanoke, Ala. He…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) LaVonia E. Thornton died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014. The celebration of life service will be Friday, Nov. 21, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church, Fannin Street, LaGrange. The Rev. Dr. Clarence Sams and Rev. Robert H. McMichael III will officiate. Burial will follow at Shadowlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Thornton was born in Roanoke…