(AUSTIN, Texas) Marjorie Lane, aka Amanda Valdez, died in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, June 12, 2014.She was the youngest daughter of Robert and Emma Price, born in Jackson Hole, Wyo., on Jan. 16, 1941. She married Joe Lane of Roanoke in Seattle 1962, and together with their daughter, Rachel, traveled America for 20 years with…
More than 40 artists and a large number of customers and observers participated in Wedowee’s annual Art in the Median on Saturday. Artists’ tents were set up in the grassy area between traffic lanes downtown from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The annual event is sponsored by East Alabama Arts Society. The society is now…
Sylvia McConnell-Richey was recently sent to Washington, D.C. by NAMI Wedowee to advocate for different bills the organization’s members felt were necessary. The National Alliance on Mental Illness or NAMI is an organization dedicated to advocacy, support and education of people with mental illness and their families and friends. Its mission is the eradication of…
The 11th annual Randolph County Sheriff’s Department PCA Rodeo will be July 4 and 5 on U.S. 431, north of Wedowee Building Supplies. Gates open at 5 and the rodeo starts at 7:30 p.m. Live music Friday will be by the Lard Bucket Band and on Saturday by Kevin Moon. Buy your tickets in advance…
WEDOWEE–The chairman of Randolph County Healthcare Authority and its attorney will look into putting a referendum on the ballot for an ad valorem tax to support Wedowee Hospital. At the Thursday night meeting, healthcare authority member Bill Caypless made the motion, with the exact millage rate to be determined. Wedowee Hospital administrator Mike Alexander said…
WEDOWEE–The Randolph County Highway Department is preparing to chip seal some roads this summer and is hoping to prioritize them at their upcoming meeting. During the June 9 meeting, county engineer Burrel Jones said he would prioritize the roads by condition, while still trying to keep them in an area, so as not to lose…
STATE OF ALABAMA PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR WHEREAS, the Alabama Legislature at its Regular Session of 2014 ordered an election to be held on a certain proposed amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, set out herein as Act No. 2014-188; and in accordance with the provisions of Section 284, as amended by Amendment…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ANNIE KATE KNIGHT, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Annie Kate Knight, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 22nd day of May, 2014, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF NATHANIEL KEITH SR., DECEASED NOTICE OF HEARING TO PROBATE WILL Pearlie Keith, 2642 South Hwy. 100, Bowdon, GA 30108 Earlene Keith, 106 Fowler Dr., Bowdon, GA 30108 Judy Keith Tigner, 240 Wyatt Rd., Bowdon, GA 30108 Gloria K. Bailey, 419 Steven Rd.,…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Leroy Newman and Jeanette Newman, husband and wife, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., on the 31st day of March, 2010, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama,…
Concern about the future of Wedowee Hospital has spread beyond the hospital’s board and the Randolph County Healthcare Authority to the general public, as it should. As the only hospital in Randolph County, it has meant the difference in life and death on several occasions. Emergency situations continue to arise where there simply isn’t time…
I know that many of you have done what I did a few weeks ago. I also know that many of you will one day do what I did. I began cleaning out the family home in Grove Hill. My mother and father were accumulators. Daddy’s accumulating ended when he died in December, 2010. …
Nothing in the history books will ever mark the coming and going of the night of June 28, 1994. But I will always remember it. Because it was the night I stood in a parking lot in Dothan and held my 72-year-old mother as she sobbed, “It’s just not fair” over and over. Just like…
While attending a softball game last year at Coosa Central High School, Roanoke City Schools superintendent Chuck Marcum was standing in line at the concession stand when he was approached by a fan of the opposing team. “He didn’t know who I was from Adam’s house cat,” Marcum recalled. “And he said, ‘You know there’s…
Comedian Jim Gaffigan has a bit where he talks about making people feel uncomfortable, and how there’s nothing more uncomfortable than a complete stranger walking up to you and saying, “I’d like to talk to you about Jesus.” It’s true, mostly because religion is something personal that we have probably already thought about and formulated…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for John Wilburn Daniel Jr., 89, of Wedowee will be Saturday, June 21, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Christian Memorial Church in Roanoke with the Rev. Henry Sterling officiating. Burial will follow at the Marable-Daniel Cemetery. Mr. Daniel died Sunday, June 15, at Wedowee Hospital. A Wedowee native, Mr. Daniel was born…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Edith Johnson, 66, of Wedowee will be Friday, June 20, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Union Chapel Cemetery. Ms. Johnson died Sunday, June 15, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. A Wedowee native, Ms. Johnson was born Oct. 30, 1949, the daughter of…
(MICAVILLE) Cheryl Lynn Porteous, 66, of Micaville died Sunday, June 15, 2014, at her residence. Funeral service will at 2 p.m. June 17, at Dryden Funeral Home Chapel with the Dr. Roland Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Pinetucky Cemetery. Visitation will be today from noon-2 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Porteous was a…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Brenda Coursey Watts, 54, of Roanoke will be Monday, June 16, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Steve Dean and Patricia Sims officiating. Mrs. Watts died Thursday, June 12, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Randolph County. A Roanoke resident for most of her…
(WEDOWEE) Memorial services for Thomas D. Steiger, 72, of Wedowee will be Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at 1 p.m. at First United Methodist Church of Wedowee with the Rev. Gary Henderson officiating. The family will receive friends at the church from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday. Mr. Steiger died Friday, June 13, at his residence. A…