(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Junior Wilson Reaves, 84, will be Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. David Rozelle officiating. Burial will follow at Pinetucky Baptist Cemetery in Heflin.Mr. Reaves died Wednesday, Dec. 25, at his residence.A Heflin native, Mr. Reaves was born Dec. 20, 1929, the son…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Renice Ann Barnes Strain, 58, of Woodland will be Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Bro. Allan Daniel officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Church of Christ Cemetery in Woodland. Mrs. Strain died Tuesday, Dec. 24, at Wedowee Hospital. A Carroll County, Ga., native,…
(RANBURNE) Funeral services for Myrtle Bradbary, 94, of Ranburne will be Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church with the Rev. Couch Whitley and Kris Henderson officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Bradbary died Tuesday, Dec. 24, at Oaks of Carrollton in Carrollton, Ga. A Cleburne County native,…
(OHATCHEE) Memorial services for Isac Rothel Bowden, 80, of Ohatchee will be Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jeff Burns officiating Mr. Bowden died Monday, Dec. 23, at his home. A Covington County native, Mr. Bowden was born Jan. 5, 1933, the son of Ollie and Martha…
(SPANISH FORT) Thomas Lewis “Ted” Talley, 76, recently of Spanish Fort, died peacefully Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, at Thomas Hospital in Fairhope. The family will receive friends on Thursday, Dec. 26, from noon until 2 p.m. with the funeral service beginning at 2 p.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home, 542 West 52nd St., Anniston. Burial…
(ATLANTA) Tom Swint, 62, of Atlanta, formerly of Wadley, Ala., died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, at Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta. The funeral will be at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Wadley, on Monday, Dec. 23, at 1 p.m. CST with the Rev. Cornelius Reese officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The remains will lie in…
(CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.) Ella Mae Hand Ware, 86, peacefully died on Dec. 16, 2013, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The funeral will be Monday, Dec. 23, at noon at John P. Franklin Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be in Highland Memorial She was born July 21, 1927, in Roanoke, Ala. She retired from Erlanger Hospital after 30-plus years…
Warren Freeman is sort of a renaissance man, but the criminal defense lawyer has pared his passions down to two: lawyer and writer. The Cleburne County lawyer retreats to his Lake Wedowee hideaway when he doesn’t have a case to try to be alone and write. His wife, Melinda, recently admonished him about coming to…
WOODLAND–Tune to ESPN at 1 p.m. on New Year’s Day and you just might see some familiar faces marching in the Outback Bowl held in Tampa. Woodland High School Marching Band is among the 14 bands to receive invitations to participate. The football game will feature Iowa vs. LSU. The bands will perform to a…
“I’m very excited that Roanoke City Schools will begin offering a pre-kindergarten program in January,” Superintendent Chuck Marcum told those present at last Tuesday’s school board meeting. Later in the meeting each board member drew four names and Marcum drew two names of those who will participate in the full day program from a box…
GRAHAM–A Graham home was lost to fire on Tuesday evening of last week. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, the fire was reported at 5:40 p.m. on Dec. 17 at 915 County Rd. 429, the home of Melanie Ann Smith. Smith reported that she had been giving her 3-year-old a bath and…
Santa’s Wedowee Garden Club elves were busy on Wednesday night in town, checking to see who’s got the best Christmas spirit on display. They agreed that the competition was tough this year and had trouble deciding on who had the best decorations so they gave some extra awards. Best Overall went to James and Lula…
In a meeting of Randolph County Board of Education on Dec. 17, the board took the following actions: Declared all old equipment in the old Woodland lunchroom (that is not being sent out for use elsewhere in the system) surplus to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Will submit an application for an Air…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated April 3, 2009, executed by Terill L. Drake, an unmarried person, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for American Southwest Mortgage Corp., which mortgage was recorded on April 8, 2009, in Mortgage Book…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: WENDELL WAYNE HEARD, DECEASED ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Wendell Wayne Heard, deceased, having been granted to Cora Irene Heard on the 13th day of Dec., 2013, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Mark S. Farmer and Rebecca B. Farmer, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Prestige Mortgage Co., Inc., on the 25th day of September, 2003, said mortgage recorded in the Office of…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF D.C. DEARMAN JR., DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of D.C. Dearman Jr., deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 19th day of Dec., 2013, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
Roanoke Mayor Mike Fisher presented a plaque to Roanoke police officer Bill Ford, the first city employee of the year. He was recognized at the Dec. 6 city employees Christmas party. Employees of the Streets Department, Recreation Department, Police Department and Maintenance Department selected an employee to represent them, then the council selected the employee…
WADLEY – Shannon Clark’s sixth-grade classroom at Wadley High School is now a 1:1 classroom thanks to the generosity of Paul and Christy Wilson, WinShape Homes and Chick-fil-A. There were already assorted computers in the room that enabled the students to work with partners. The eight laptops recently given to the class have made it…
With the first cold nights of the year we inevitably hear the dreaded sound of fire sirens. We can imagine the reason: wood fireplaces and chimneys that had not been used in a year––and likely had not been inspected and cleaned for much longer––are the source of some of these fires. Using space heaters too…