(WEDOWEE) Graveside services for Alice Jean Wood, 87, of Wedowee, formerly of LaGrange, Ga., will be held on Friday, August 1, 2014, at 3 p.m. (CST) from Shadowlawn Cemetery in LaGrange, with Rev. Wayne Webb officiating.Mrs. Wood passed away Wed., July 30, at Traylors Nursing Home in Roanoke.Survivors include one daughter, Charlotte (husband, Bob) Cowan…
When new signs are made, Donnie Cash, streets department supervisor, will post them to let travelers know the new tonnage limits on the CSX bridge on Louina Street. For years it has been three tons or less. He was just notified by the Department of Transportation the allowed tonnage has been raised since CSX paid…
In her 100 years Lucile Nichols has lived a good life. Her family and friends gathered for her birthday celebration Saturday, July 26, at Cornerstone. She is one of America’s increasing population of centenarians, already the largest in the world. They are predominately white women who live in the South. Centenarians have roughly doubled in…
For the first time in over many years the theatre in downtown Roanoke came alive with a movie Saturday night. Vickie Cummings, Roanoke Rotary Club president, said attendance was over 150, with the largest number of those being children. She thanked Phillip, Kim and Landon Sledge, who furnished the equipment to show the movie. The…
Shoppers can benefit during this weekend’s back to school tax-free weekend. Stores are eager to participate and are stocked up and bringing in additional staff. The weekend begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 1, and ends at midnight on Sunday, Aug. 3. This is Alabama’s eighth annual sales tax holiday. It gives shoppers the…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Healthcare Authority (RCHA) approved spending nearly all of its yearly tax money to pay for the retirement benefits of former employees who were left high and dry by the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA). This was the outcome of a meeting Thursday evening at Randolph County Courthouse. Retired employee Janis Bowen asked RCHA…
Billy Lamar “Vic” Keith, 36, of Woodland is in the Randolph County Jail under $135,000 bond after turning himself in Saturday night at 8:55 p.m. A wide-ranging extensive search had been going on for him for about two weeks. Keith, of 26866 Highway 48, Woodland, is charged with first-degree rape and sodomy and enticing a…
Two Randolph County volunteer fire departments will receive $251,940 in U.S. Department of Homeland Security grants. The New Hope Volunteer Fire Department will receive the bulk of the funds–$227,050–to cover the cost of a new firefighting vehicle. The Wedowee Volunteer Fire Department will receive $24,890 to purchase new operations and safety equipment. These grants should…
Two investment bankers presented their views at Monday’s Roanoke City Council workshop on raising money to pave some streets in Roanoke. Walter D. Lewis, who helped found Benchmark Securities, and Bob Young of the Frazer Lanier Company have both done work in Roanoke and presented different viewpoints during the workshop. Lewis talked about rolling a…
Residents of the Five Points community got some very good news last week when it was announced that the Five Points Fire District has improved its ISO (Insurance Service Office) rating from a Class 9 to a Class 5. A community meeting was held at the Five Points Volunteer Fire Department to make the announcement.…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Lance Dennis and Karen Dennis, husband and wife, originally in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., on the 8th day of February, 2013, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES B. MEADOWS, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of James B. Meadows, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 21st day of July, 2014, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
LEGAL NOTICE In accordance with Chapter 10, Section 39-1-1, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Crawford Grading and Pipeline, Inc., Contractor, has completed the Contract for Construction of the Water & Fire Service Improvements, for the Utilities Board of the City of Roanoke, Owner, and have made request for final settlement of…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LOUIS LENDON STINNETT, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATION Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 25th day of July, 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 NATHANIEL KEITH SR., DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Agnes Allen on the 23rd day of July, 2014, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate…
Applications for the new class of Leadership Randolph County are available at the Chamber of Commerce Office, the Extension Office and Southern Union State Community College. Applications will be accepted through August 15 with the first class to be held Thursday, Sept. 11. Applications should be returned to the Randolph County Extension Office, P. O.…
Last week members of Roanoke Board of Education held a reception prior to the board meeting to say goodbye to long-time school board member Calvin Trammell. Superintendent Chuck Marcum gave Trammell a plaque commemorating his 15 years of service on the board. Marcum said he is the longest serving RCS board member ever. “I’m going…
Alabama’s annual sales tax holiday for school-related items begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Aug. 1, and ends at midnight Sunday Aug. 3, giving shoppers the opportunity to purchase certain school supplies, computers, books and clothing free of the state’s four percent sales tax. Here, local governments also have waived their portion of the tax, joining…
I grew up around church ladies. Not the sort that Dana Carvey created on “Saturday Night Live” but the ones that Wayne Flynt described in his study of Alabama Baptists, the ones without whom most church doings wouldn’t get done. Men may preach and pontificate but the women do the heavy lifting. And when I…
Tennessee Valley Publishing, the parent company of The Decatur Daily, has acquired The Advertiser-Gleam in Guntersville from the Harvey family. TVP also owns the Times/Daily newspaper in Florence, The Moulton Advertiser, the Hartselle Courier Journal, Madison Weekly News, American Classifieds, Courier Journal in the Shoals, a dozen websites, billboard company TN Valley Media Outdoor, and…