(BOWDON, Ga.) Catherine Freeman, 69, of Bowdon, Ga., died Feb. 24, 2014.Funeral services will be Saturday, March 1, at Flint Ridge Baptist Church in Bowdon. Burial will be at St. James Baptist Church in Graham, Ala.Visitation will be Friday, Feb. 28, from 2-8 p.m.Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home Inc. Carrollton Chapel.
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Beloved Heard County citizen Doris Esther Carter Stutts, 88, of Franklin, Ga, died at her home on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Funeral services will be Saturday, March 1, at 2 p.m. at Franklin First Baptist Church with the Revs. Scott Hannah, Neil Awbrey, Brett Mathews and Lynn Janney officiating. Mrs. Stutts will lie…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Johnnie Oren Payne, 74, of Wedowee will be Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, at noon at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Barrett Holloway officiating. Mr. Payne died Wednesday, Feb. 26, at his residence. A Randolph County native, Mr. Payne was born Jan. 27, 1940, the son of Calvin Lee and Duelalar…
(WINFIELD) Jack Wayland Smith, 73, of Winfield died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Birmingham. Graveside services were at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23, at West Alabama Memorial Gardens in Guin. Jack retired from Fruit of the Loom Company after many years of dedicated service. He is survived by his…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Harold Ted Roberts, 64, of Carrollton, Ga., died Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. A memorial service will be Thursday, Feb. 27, at 5 p.m. at Kingdom Rock Family Worship Center, Bremen, Ga., with pastor Mark Stroud officiating. Mr. Roberts was a native of Randolph County, Ala. Survivors include his brother, Wayne Roberts; and niece…
Throughout their postseason run, Handley’s strength has been their play around the basket. Saturday in Montgomery they were beaten at their own game. The Lady Tigers fell one game shy of the state final four thanks to a 49-34 loss to Calera in Central Regional finals. Handley’s defense was steadfast, but Calera’s height advantage led…
RCHS scored a run in the eighth inning to break a 4-4 tie and keep Woodland winless in the young season. That run was the decisive score in a 5-4 RCHS win Monday in the Handley Invitational Tournament. The Tigers needed a comeback in their season opener as Woodland scored four in the third to…
Alabama High School Athletic Association The Woodland Lady Bobcats are one win away from becoming back-to-back state champions in Class 2A girls basketball. Leah Strain had 35 points and nearly recorded a triple double as the Bobcats continued blazing through the state tournament with a 77-52 win over Montgomery Academy Tuesday night in Birmingham. The…
Apparently Roanoke is home to some previously unearthed valuable antiques. Why else would Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz–otherwise known as the American Pickers–show up in town? The popular television show on the History Channel is about two guys who travel around the country in a van and dig through piles of old junk searching for…
Three trees were planted Thursday afternoon at Kids Town in memory of Russell Ray Peterson, who died April 26, 2013. The Roanoke Tree Board joined Sarah Drummond and Laurie Peterson in planting the Japanese Maple and the two Red Maples on the north side of the intersection of Franklin and Kiwanis. Drummond provided one tree…
FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain mortgage executed by Jequetta L. Williams, an unmarried woman to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) acting solely as nominee for Lender, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., and Lender’s successors and assigns dated December 9, 2004, and…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Helen R Moring and Douglas G Moring, wife and husband, to Wachovia Bank, National Association, dated October 5, 2007, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SANDY SANFORD HOLLIDAY, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Re Holliday on the 18th day of Feb., 2014, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Albert Lee Holloway and Jo Ann Holloway, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Accredited Home Lenders, Inc., on the 25th day of January, 2006, said mortgage recorded…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF JOSIE MAE P. TEAL, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Josie Mae P. Teal, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 20th day of Feb., 2014, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: BETTY JO RAMSEY PARRISH, DECEASED ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Betty Jo Ramsey Parrish, deceased, having been granted to Elizabeth Hodo Ray on the 21st day of Feb., 2014, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County,…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF VERNON HOBERT MCMANUS, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Shirley M. Thompson McManus on the 21 day of February, 2014, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of…
WADLEY–Southern Union’s Theatre Department will present Leon Kaye’s Murder with Grace on Feb. 26, 27 and 28 and March 1 at 7 p.m. in Brazeal Auditorium on SU’s Wadley Campus. According to SU theater director Michael Williams, this is the world premiere of this play. “It was originally written for television, but was later adapted…
WADLEY–A good crowd of movers and shakers from Randolph County and elsewhere attended last week’s program at Southern Union State Community College (SUSCC) to hear about the economic development strategic action plan for the county. The plan has been a year in the making. Randolph County Economic Development Authority (RCEDA) in its plan for recruitment,…
In recognition of Arbor Week, the Alabama Forestry Commission and the Randolph County Forestry Planning Committee will be giving away tree seedlings on Thursday, Feb. 27 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the USDA Farm Service Center in Wedowee across the street from the Wedowee Police Department. The 75,000 seedlings provided in give-aways across…