Monday night the Roanoke City Council set a meeting at 5 p.m. before the July 28 regular council meeting to discuss a $2-million city paving project.Walter Lewis, co-founder of Benchmark Securities, and Robert Young of Frazer-Lanier will make presentations on the paving project. Mayor Mike Fisher read a letter from Lewis wanting to become the…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission approved keeping a portion of County Road 444 open and patroling it more frequently. During its last workshop meeting, property owner Danny Belyeu said those in favor of closing it didn’t think it was necessary for them to come to the earlier meeting during which a public hearing about the closing of…
The District 3 champion Roanoke 11-12 year-old all-star team took its lumps in its first Cal Ripken state tournament. The team lost all four games it played and failed to advance as it was outscored by a combined total of 58-14. Handley head girls basketball coach Kevin Smith, whose son Logan was on the team,…
(Note: This trip down memory lane has been brought to you courtesy of the Wedowee and Roanoke 11-12 year-old all-star teams that just returned from the Cal Ripken state tournament.) When I was 12 years old one of the four 11-12 year-old all-star teams in my hometown traveled to Lakeland, Florida, and won the Dixie…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Mazie Beaird Perry, 74, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. Mrs. Perry died Monday, July 14. Mrs. Perry was born Oct. 31, 1939, the daughter of Doc Thomas and Nettie…
(NEWELL) Funeral services for Lena Craven New, 79, of Newell will be Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tim Craft officiating. Burial will follow at Union Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. New died Sunday, July 13, at Regional Medical Center in Anniston. A Randolph County native, Mrs. New…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Henry Grady “Junior” Bailey Jr., 78, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Jamie Taylor and Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Bailey died Monday, July 14, at Traylor Nursing Home. Mr. Bailey was born…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Roger Dale Ledford, 60, of Wedowee, will be Monday, July 14, 2014, at 6 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Jerry Irwin and Don Maddox officiating, with visitation from 5-6 p.m. There will also be a chapel service at Ivie Funeral Home in Hayesville, N.C., at 12:30 p.m. on…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Jeanette Towler Gilham, 89, of Roanoke will be Sunday, July 13, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Wade Price officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Gilham died Friday, July 11, at Wedowee Hospital. Mrs. Gilham was born June 26, 1925, the daughter of…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Derrick Justin Wiggins of Bowdon, Ga., died Wednesday, July 9, 2014. He was 24. The funeral was Sunday, July 13, at 2 p.m. at the chapel of Rainwater Funeral Home with Bro. Keith Jiles and Bro. Ed Grooms officiating. Interment followed at Campground Methodist Cemetery in Graham, Ala. Mr. Wiggins was born Aug.…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Lera Vowell Roberson, 64, of LaGrange, Ga., died July 10, 2014. Funeral services were Sunday, July 13, at 4 p.m. at Higgins LaGrange Chapel with the Rev. Don Ellison officiating. Interment followed at Meadoway Gardens. Mrs. Roberson was born in LaGrange on Dec. 27, 1949, to the late Grady Vowell and Mildred Eastridge…
(CHESTER, S.C.) Angie Johnson Blanks, 81, died Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House in Rock Hill, S.C. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, July 11, at Chester First Baptist Church with Rev. Clay Waldrip officiating. The interment will be in Bethlehem United Methodist Church Cemetery in Blackstock,…
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH Default having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Barbara Owensby to Security South Mortgage, Inc. dated March 21, 2000; said mortgage being recorded in Book 401, Page 216 in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that mortgage executed on the 20th day of December, 2012, by Norman Twiford to Small Town Bank which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 580, Page 65…
(EPHESUS, Ga.) Myric B. Rogers, 89, of Ephesus, Ga., died Saturday, July 6, 2014. She was born Jan. 23, 1925, in Heard County, Ga., to the late James Jefferson Barker and Eva Fincher Barker. She worked in the Ephesus Elementary cafeteria for 12 years and later worked 12 years with Bremen Bowdon Investment Company. She…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF HARVEY OWEN, DECEASED NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT TO: Delores O. Gore, sister Post Office Box 34 Tallapoosa, Georgia 30176 JoAnne O. Robinson, sister 1828 Upper Big Springs Road LaGrange, Georgia 30241 Mandey Owen, niece 4830 West McEachern Woods Drive…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Mamie Slay Stewart, 87, of Wedowee will be Thursday, July 10, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. at Ava United Methodist Church with the Revs. Howard Johnson and Terry Graham officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Stewart died Monday, July 7, at Bethany House in Auburn. A Chambers County native,…
STATE OF ALABAMA MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDOLPH COUNTY Default having been made in the terms of the mortgage executed on the 28th day of February, 2012, by Kenneth M. Brown (also inadvertently referred to as Kenneth W. Brown) and wife, Mandy C. Brown and Charles J. Woodlee to Peoples Community National Bank, which mortgage is…
PUBLIC SALE Stack & Pack Self Storage, pursuant to the Alabama Provisions of the Self Storage Act (8-15-33), will conduct a public sale to the highest bidder for cash only on their premises, 410 Industrial Ave., Roanoke, AL 36274, phone 334-863-7867. The auction will be on July 25, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. on the following…
(GRANTVILLE, Ga.) Hartley Bonner, 63, of Grantville, Ga., died Sunday, July 6, 2014, at his home. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, July 9, in the chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville, Ga. The Revs. Darris Baker and Tommy McLeroy will officiate and interment will be…