(NEWELL) Funeral services for Catherine Cofield Craft, 75, of Newell will be Sunday, July 20, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Union Baptist Church with the Rev. Ed Halsey officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery.Mrs. Craft died Friday, July 18, at UAB Hospital in Birmingham.A Randolph County native, Mrs. Craft was born Jan. 2,…
(LaFAYETTE) Rodney Grady Harmon, 74, of LaFayette died Thursday, July 17, 2014, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. The funeral will be Sunday, July 20, at Pleasant Grove Congregational Christian Church at 2 p.m. with burial in Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery with the Revs. Ricky Cummings and Paul Howard officiating. He was born…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Luree Benefield, 89, of Woodland will be Saturday, July 19, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Wedowee City Cemetery. Mrs. Benefield died Thursday, July 17, at her home. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Benefield was born Oct. 17, 1924, the daughter of Joseph Onward and…
(LaGRAGE, Ga.) Ralph Norris, 93, of LaGrange, Ga., died at his home on July 16, 2014. The funeral will be at Second Baptist Church, LaGrange, on Saturday, July 19, at 11 a.m. Ralph was born in Randolph County, Ala., on May 26, 1921. He was the son of the late Wilson and Emma Gene Norris…
(TALLADEGA) Funeral service for Elnora Whaley Moses, 99, of Talladega will be Saturday, July 19, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Usrey Funeral Home. The Rev. Charles Bolt will officiate and burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Moses died July 15 at Talladega Health Care and Rehab. Mrs. Moses was a native of Wedowee…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Donald C. Wright, 72, of Wedowee will be Friday, July 18, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Roger Hammett officiating. Mr. Wright died Tuesday, July 15, at Regional Medical Center in Anniston. A Randolph County native, Mr. Wright was born Sept. 22, 1941, the son of…
(ALEXANDER CITY) Funeral service for Agnes Black Parrish, 97, of Alexander City will be Friday, July 18, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Hillabee Baptist Church. The Rev. Josh Sammons will officiate. She will lie in state at the church for one half hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in the Hillview Memorial Park.…
The threat is real and it is here now. The threat is rabies, a viral infection transmitted in the saliva of infected mammals. It inflames the central nervous system and is almost always fatal. Our best defense against contracting rabies is avoiding contact with wild animals, especially bats, raccoons and foxes, and having pets vaccinated…
Someone once accused me of being a “tax and spend liberal.” I was offended. Like politicians today, I fall more into the “don’t tax but keep spending” category, which is why I was taken so aback when my wife told me that I had been selected (by whom she never said) to play the tax…
Former Gov. Bob Riley has jumped head-on into the District 30 state Senate race between Millbrook businessman Harris Garner and Prattville City Councilman Clyde Chambliss. They are vying to become the Republican nominee for that Senate seat. The only other candidate in the race is an independent, former state prosecutor Bryan Morgan, whom the GOP…
Invitation to Bid The City of Roanoke will be accepting sealed bids for the demolition of nuisance property located on Main Street in the downtown part of Roanoke. The tax ID# is 56-16-07-35-2-301-006.000. The contractor shall be responsible for the removal of the front wall, roof and all all material such as brick, block, wood…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Jerry Sherman and Jill Sherman, husband and wife, to Regions Bank on the 11th day of October, 2006, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in…
ROANOKE CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION 2015 Type “C” School Bus Bid The Board of Education will be receiving bids for the following: Scope: One (1) or more Type “C” 72 passenger bus meeting below specifications Vehicle to be new, 2015 model. Stock buses may be bid. Life Cycle Costing and delivery terms may be taken…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that Mortgage executed on the 13th day of October, 2006 by Michael S. Perry, a single man, which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 505 at Pages…
The Randolph-Roanoke Career Tech Center Agriscience Department/FFA is delivering produce gathered from the Wedowee Community Garden Grant. Ava Hills Assisted Living, Wedowee Lighthouse Soup Kitchen, Randolph County Jail and other community members have received and harvested produce from the garden. One of the raised beds was built at a height of 32 inches to accommodate…
Anyone who thinks Roanoke City School employees have it easy should have followed Regina Fulghum, Betty Shears and Tracy H. Adamson around last week. Fulghum is lunchroom manager at Handley Middle School, Shears is lunchroom manager at Knight Enloe Elementary School and Adamson is the Child Nutrition Program director for Roanoke City Schools. That morning…
Roanoke veterinarian Dr. Paul McMurray, rabies inspector for Randolph County, is traveling the county this week holding rabies clinics in the parking lots of stores, churches and schools. The fee is $9. If your pet needs a shot, please check the remainder of his schedule, which follows. McMurray said that a raccoon found just south…
The Leader was unable to find out details about the accident in the early morning hours of Friday involving a vehicle and a CSX train on County Road 887, behind Clark Brothers Meats near Roanoke. The accident happened around 1:35 a.m., and it was reported that someone was taken from the accident by helicopter to…
WEDOWEE–About 13 percent of registered voters in Randolph County chose the nominees for Revenue Commissioner–Pamela D. Taylor on the Democratic side and Rich Phillips on the Republican side. They will face off in the November general election. Phillips beat Doyle Allen 539 votes to 302. Taylor, who worked in the office for 28 years, beat…
So far nine burglaries in the county appear to have been cleared up by the arrest of two men on Monday. Jonathan Lee Tenney, 31, of 2076 County Rd. 61, Roanoke, and Nickolas Alan Miles, 18, of County Road 185, Rock Mills, have been arrested in connection with the break-ins and thefts. On June 28,…