(AMORY, Miss.) Flossie Jane Berry, 82, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, at Golden Living Center.The funeral was at 1 p.m. Nov. 18 at E.E. Pickle Funeral Home with Bro. Tim McMillan and Bro. Jeff Smith officiating. Burial followed in Hatley Cemetery.Born on July 6, 1932, in Amory, she was a daughter of the late Early…
(JACKSONVILLE) Funeral service for Patricia “Pat” Wright Gorey, 71, will be Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, at 2 p.m. at K.L. Brown Funeral Home and Cremation Center Chapel with the Rev. Johnny Jones officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. Ms. Gorey died Friday, Nov. 14, at Regional Medical Center in Anniston. Ms. Gorey was…
Wendell Huddleston may just have the fish story to top all fish stories on Lake Wedowee. As Huddleston said on his facebook page, “I think I just found a car …” Huddleston said he drove over the area in his boat looking for baitfish, glanced at the fish finder without his glasses on and thought…
WADLEY-Southern Union State Community College (SUSCC) and Jacksonville State University (JSU) entered into a formal partnership Monday that will establish a seamless transfer process between the two colleges. The “reverse transfer” agreement between their respective institutions allows SUSCC students who transfer to JSU an avenue to transfer credits back to SUSCC to complete the associate’s…
Arin Howell of Wadley is the 2014 recipient of Southern Union State Community College’s Van Cleaves Scholarship. First awarded in 1967, the scholarship is sponsored by the Southern Union Alumni Association in appreciation of Dr. and Mrs. A.R. Van Cleave and Miss Vera Van Cleave for their many contributions to the college. Dr. Van Cleave…
Gene Thornton will host a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service high tunnel house and rainwater collection system demonstration field day at his Roanoke Sneaky Crow Farm on Tuesday, Nov. 25. The event will began at 10 a.m. and end around noon with lunch. All persons who are interested in vegetable production and consumption are urged…
“If We Make It Through December” could be the tune some people in Randolph County will be singing as it appears there is little help available for those needing assistance with heating bills in one of the coldest times of year. The Community Action Agency of Talladega, Clay and Randolph Counties is apparently without its…
General manager Jerry Revis gave a good report on the operation of the waste treatment plant to the Roanoke Water, Sewer, Gas and Filter Plant board at Monday’s meeting. He said the carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand or CBOD levels were very much in line with where they should be. The plant is doing great. Where…
Wedowee The Town of Wedowee will have their annual Christmas parade on Thursday, Dec. 4, at 6:30 pm. The grand marshal of this year’s parade will be the winner of the float competition. All participants must be registered by Tuesday, Dec. 2. Pre-parade entertainment will be provided by The Gospel Expressions and will begin at…
NOTICE OF SALE The following vehicle has been abandoned at 21533 Highway 77, Wadley, AL 36276 and will be sold on December 23, 2014 at 12 p.m. at the same address. 1984 Chevrolet 4X4CK107 1GCEK14HXEF330481 (47-48)
NOTICE OF SALE The following vehicle has been abandoned at 730 Highway 431, Roanoke, AL 36274 and will be sold on Dec. 31, 2014, at 1:00 p.m. at the same address. 1996 Toyota T100 JT4UN24D9T0017010 Quality Quick Lube and Auto Care LLC 730 Highway 431 Roanoke, AL 36274 334-863-2266 (47-52)
ORDINANCE 2014-11-01 Amending of Ordinance 2012-12-01 REGULATING THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITHIN THE CITY OF ROANOKE, ALABAMA. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Roanoke, Alabama, sits in regular session on the 10th day of November, 2014 as follows: WHEREAS, Section 6 of Ordinance…
NOTICE WEDOWEE SELF STORAGE Notice is hereby given pursuant to Alabama provisions of the Self Storage Act (8-15-33) that Wedowee Self Storage on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. will sell at public auction or otherwise dispose of the contents stored at 804 West Broad Street, Wedowee, AL 36278, by the undersigned: Unit 7,…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Christina W. Sherard and William Scott Sherard, husband and wife, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for GMAC Mortgage Corporation DBA ditech.com, on the 12th day of April, 2004,…
“They served – that’s the main thing,” said veteran Jim “Buddy” Wright of Roanoke. “It was what we did for others to live and prosper and do what they want instead of under Communist rule.” For about the sixth or seventh year, Wright, 84, marked Veterans’ Day by placing small American flags on the graves…
After Woodland lost to rival Ranburne on October 24, Woodland’s first-year head coach Randy Boyd stood on the field and peered into the future. “If we play like we should…we can meet this bunch in the third round of the playoffs,” he said, looking at the Bulldogs celebrating on his field. Now thanks to Woodland’s…
Under our criminal justice system a person charged is presumed to be innocent until found guilty in the courts. Other aspects of living in a free society sometimes conflict with this presumption, however. Charges in an indictment are public record, and news reports and subsequent discussion by the public can sometimes color potential jurors’ views…
Some years ago Roy Blount, Jr., clearly the funniest Southerner writing today–except maybe for Jim Cobb and John Shelton Reed and Rick Perry (you gotta admit, that guy is a hoot)–wrote about being at a fancy New York literary soiree shortly after The New York Times published a story on how the “Southern Practice of…
After battling to a 14-14 tie at halftime, RCHS’s season came to an unhappy ending thanks to a second half in which everything went wrong for the Tigers. The result was a 42-14 loss to defending state champion Tanner in the second round of the state playoffs. “It just wasn’t our day,” said RCHS head…
For several years I had been meaning to visit my friend and former boss Clement Clay ‘Bo’ Torbert of Opelika, who served Alabama as a state representative, a state senator, chief justice and chief administrator of Alabama’s judicial branch of government. In 1958 Bo was elected to represent Lee County in the state legislature. In…