(WEDOWEE) Funeral service for Billy Goodwin, 74, formerly of Wedowee, will be Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. at Union Chapel United Methodist Church with the Rev. Charles Wood officiating. Mr. Goodwin remains will arrive at the church two hours prior to his service. Interment will follow in Union Chapel Church CemeteryMr. Goodwin died…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Marie Earnest Noles, 48, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, at 3:30 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Keith Benefield officiating. Burial will follow at Big Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Ms. Noles died Wednesday, Sept. 24, at her house. A Randolph County native, Ms. Noles was born…
(PALMETTO, Ga.) Larry D. Zachery of Palmetto, Ga., a former resident of Five Points, died Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, at Emory St. Joseph Hospital in Atlanta. The funeral will be Saturday, Sept. 27, at 1 p.m. EDT at Sweet Home Baptist Church, Five Points, with pastor Ollie Simpson officiating and Bishop William A. McGhee as…
(FIVE POINTS) Mr. Tart Holloway, 79, of Five Points died Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014, at his residence. The funeral will be Saturday, Sept. 27, at noon at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in LaFayette with the Rev. Michael Stiggers, pastor, and pastor Cecelia Broome officiating. Burial will follow at Handy Cemetery in LaFayette. Mr. Holloway is…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Cludie Bowen, 93, of Woodland will be Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Brian Moore officiating. Burial will follow in Bowen Family Cemetery. Mrs. Bowen died Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, at her residence. Mrs. Bowen was born June 20, 1921, the daughter of…
Handley High School principal Gregory Foster and his partner, Jasmine Burton, were crowned Dancing for Dollars Champions last Saturday. The annual fundraiser benefitting the Southern Union Foundation Scholarship Fund was a huge success, raising a total of $15,542. “The foundation is so grateful to each of the ten community leaders who worked so hard raising…
Members of Handley High School’s Community Studies Class continued their project of learning skills from the past. One group of students made lye/lard soap just like Grandma’s. After rendering the beef tallow and pig fat (donated by WM Grocery) into lard, they stir the pot after mixing it with lye water awaiting saponification–the organic chemical…
The 11th annual Johnny Ray Century bicycle ride for the Davis Phinney Foundation is this Saturday, Sept. 27. The foundation helps those with Parkinson’s Disease. Vickie Cummings, an avid bicyclist, will complete the 105-mile Johnny Ray from Opelika to Roanoke and back to Opelika. Other Roanoke riders are expected to include Ben Bailie and Laura…
Wedowee Elementary School and East Central Alabama Master Gardeners are once again partnering to teach young students gardening skills. Several ECAMG volunteers are working with kindergarten through third-grade students and teachers in the raised bed gardens beside the school. The youngsters have planted a variety of vegetables and some wheat and are enjoying watching the…
Roanoke City Judge Ben Hand, who took over when Sandy Holliday died, was highly complimentary of the work being done by Freedom Probation Service (FPS), which took over in May, and those working with the court system. He told the city council Monday night police officers are very professional in the way they handle things…
WEDOWEE–“It’s the hardest budget I’ve done in 37 years,” said Randolph County administrator Cindy Arrington. With the new fiscal year starting next week, Randolph County Commission approved its budget for 2014-2015 at the meeting on Monday afternoon. The general fund includes $3,772,032 in expenses with $3,776,781 expected to be received. That leaves a cushion of…
The city of Roanoke is holding a Trade Day Saturday, Oct. 11, in downtown, Mayor Mike Fisher said. People can buy, swap, trade or sell from daylight to dark, he said. Free spots are available on the grass lots belonging to the city and to First Baptist Church. Church Street will be closed Friday afternoon…
A Woodland man was charged with DUI following a four-car accident on Wednesday morning of last week in Roanoke. Scott Ellis Johnson, 25, of 563 County Rd. 51, did not stop in time and started a chain reaction accident at the intersection of U.S. 431 and Hwy. 22 at around 6:50 a.m. Johnson, who was…
A Wedowee man was arrested in connection with the burglary of a workshop on County Road 58 in Woodland. Items taken included a Hemi four-speed, 327 block bored 60 over engine with transmission, turbo transmission, toolbox with tools, cherry picker, 100 pounds of copper and aluminum and several other items. Robert Jason Bowen, 30, of…
When law enforcement officers came calling at her residence in Rock Mills on Wednesday of last week, a woman fled barefoot out the back door and into the woods. The RCSO K-9 followed the scent of Tina Helen Hutchinson, 44, of 185 County Rd. 2204 for a ways, but lost it at the creek. Deputies…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM TATUM, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Mary Tatum on the 15th day of Sept., 2014, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV2014-900088 State of Alabama, ex rel. E. Paul Jones, District Attorney, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Plaintiff Vs. Jeffrey Ned Broski, II, Alias, And one (1) 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe VIN# 1GNFC13J773100278, Defendants NOTICE Notice is hereby given that any and all parties claiming an interest in the…
FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain mortgage executed by JEROME GEORGE and SANDY GEORGE, husband and wife, as Mortgagor(s) to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Mortgagee, dated the 23rd day of April, 2010, and recorded in MORT Book 554, Page 662 and…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by David Brown, and Edith Brown, husband and wife, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Countrywide Bank, FSB, on the 29th day of November, 2007, said mortgage recorded…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Ross Dwayne Dye, a married man and Felicia K. Dye, a married woman, originally in favor of Long Beach Mortgage Company, on the 3rd day of March, 2006, said mortgage recorded in the Office of…