In general, I like surprises. The spontaneity of the unexpected is what keeps life interesting. But there are good surprises and bad surprises.Surprise! That giant thing that looks like a birthday cake is actually a box with a scantily clad woman inside. (Good)Surprise! That scantily clad woman is your mom. (Bad)My philosophy is expect the worst.…
(PHENIX CITY) Charles Ballard Seegar, 91 of Phenix City died Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, at St. Francis Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 24, at Lakeview Memory Gardens with the Rev. Brady Baird officiating. The family will receive friends Thursday from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the funeral home prior to…
(MOODY) Daniel Clayton “Clay” Yates, 34, of Moody died Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013. Graveside services will be at Midway United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wedowee, on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2 p.m. John Barrett will officiate the service. He was a graduate of Moody High School, class of 1998 and also graduated from ITT Tech in 2003…
(ROANOKE) Ronnie Joe Bell, 59, of Roanoke, formerly of Thomaston, Ga., died at Wedowee Hospital on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. Funeral services for Mr. Bell were Monday, Oct. 21, at 2 p.m. EDT in the Chapel of Coggins Funeral Home with burial in Moody Memorial Cemetery in Zebulon, Ga. Mr. Bell, a disabled construction worker,…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) James Preston Walton, 81, of LaGrange, Ga., died Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. The celebration of life was Saturday, Oct. 19, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Beulah Baptist Church with the Rev. W. Craig Thornton officiating. Burial followed at Shadowlawn Cemetery.__ Son of the late Maxie Bell Miles Philips Sr. and the late Jimmy…
(McDONOUGH, Ga.) William Lane Owings, 80, of McDonough, Ga., died Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013, at Christian City after undergoing a yearlong battle with cancer. The funeral will be at Jonesboro (Ga.) First Baptist Church on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 2 p.m. EDT. Mr. Owings will lie in state one hour prior to the service. The…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Janet Benefield Mitchum, 88, of Roanoke will be Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jeff Burns officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Mitchum died Friday, Oct. 18, at Wedowee Hospital. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Mitchum was born March 7,…
(HEFLIN) Mrs. Carnell T. Roberts, 90, died Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, at Cleburne County Nursing Home. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013, at Dryden Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Marc Curlee officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Roberts was a lifelong resident of Cleburne County. Survivors…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Sherman Whitmore Sr., 87, of Woodland will be Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Providence Baptist Church with the Revs. Ridley Herren, Tony Morris and David Daniel and Bro. Gerald Romine officiating. Burial will follow at Providence Baptist Cemetery. Mr. Whitmore died Tuesday, Oct. 15, at his residence. A…
(LaFAYETTE) Graveside service for Peggy Jean Mapp Clanton, 79, of LaFayette and formerly of Camp Hill, were Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Camp Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Bill Parker officiating. Mrs. Clanton died Tuesday, Oct. 15, at LaFayette Extended Care. She was born on July 2, 1934, in the Bacon Level…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Freddy Wayne Edmondson of Carrollton, Ga., died Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, in a local hospital. Services will be Friday, Oct. 18, at 2 p.m. EDT in the chapel of Hightower Funeral Home in Bremen, Ga., with Dr. Stewart Strickland officiating, Jay Wade speaking and the Rev. Ken Simmons providing the eulogy and singing.…
The Randolph County Animal Shelter book sale over the past two Saturdays did well. Fundraising chairwoman Evelyn Smith said they raised around $3,523, which “is fabulous.” The RCAS board of directors thanks all the wonderful volunteers and especially warehouse owner Chris Mitchum for once again “making our book sale a huge success,” she said. She…
Students at Knight-Enloe Elementary School have been digging in the dirt lately. Thanks to a State Farm grant for the Roanoke School Gardens project and with the support of local Master Gardeners, Slow Food members and other volunteers, four garden beds have been built and filled with dirt. On Sept. 13, Gene Thornton, owner of…
Planters downtown are up for adoption by individuals or groups. Clubs or individuals who would like to adopt a pot may do so by contacting Freddie Hill at 334-863-2426. By adopting a pot you would be responsible for buying the plants that you would like to plant; planting them, and looking after them for the…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission voted on Monday to purchase 40 acres inside Wedowee town limits, adjacent to the industrial park, for a new county jail. The property in question is located behind Jeld-Wen Windows & Doors and costs $175,000. It is owned by Floyd Davis. Commissioner Larry Roberts said if the county can buy property and…
WEDOWEE–ATRIP, the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program, is making a $5.6-million impact in Randolph County, and significant progress has already been made on the six road and seven bridge projects throughout the area, announced Randolph County Commission Chairman Richard Fetner at a news conference on Wednesday of last week. The Randolph County news conference…
The Head Start in Roanoke and throughout the Cheaha Regional Head Start District reopened Wednesday, Oct. 9, due to some angels who stepped forward, said director Dora Jones. The children in her district who attend 16 Head Start centers in Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Talladega and Randolph counties were told there was no money. These…
NOTICE OF SALE The following vehicle has been abandoned at 2646 Hillcrest Ave, Wedowee, AL 36278 and will be sold on November 20, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. at the same address. 1985 GMC C6500 1GDG7D1B0FV521664 (42-43p)
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Ethridge Knight, to Richards Homes, Inc., on the 10th day of August, 1994, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Vol. 304, Page 109, and corrected…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: WESLEY D. SMITH SR., DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Wesley D. Smith Sr., deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 10th day of Oct., 2013, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…