(ROOPVILLE, Ga.) Mary Rita Drake Ingram, 89, of Roopville, Ga., died Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013, at Pine Knoll Nursing and Rehab Center in Carrollton, Ga., after a brief illness.Funeral services for Mrs. Ingram will be Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 2 p.m. EDT at Gray Hill Church of God, Woodland, Ala. The Revs. Mark Moore and…
(ATLANTA) Funeral services for Levi Boyd of Atlanta, formerly of Woodland, Ala., will be Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, at 11 a.m. EDT at Israel Missionary Baptist Church, 2071 Hosea L. Williams Dr., Atlanta, with remains placed in state at 9:30 a.m. The Revs. William Smith, pastor, and C.L. Bryant will officiate. Interment will follow at…
(ASHLAND) The funeral for Robert “Bobby” Breed, 86, of Ashland will be Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, at 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Ashland with the Rev. Rusty Craig officiating. Burial will be at Wadley Cemetery. Mr. Breed died Sunday, Oct. 13, at Clay County Hospital, Ashland. A native of Dempstertown, Ky., Mr. Breed…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Edna June Jenkins, 82, of LaGrange, Ga., died Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, at West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. EDT Monday at New Life Apostolic Church with Rev. Mike Gay officiating. Mrs. Jenkins was born June 6, 1931, in York, Ala., daughter of the late William…
(HEFLIN) Roger Dale Ledbetter, 63, died Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, at his residence. The funeral was at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013, at Ai Baptist Church with the Revs. Donald Leggett, Jerry Willingham and Charles Benefield officiating. Burial followed in Ai Cemetery. Mr. Ledbetter was a native and life long resident of Cleburne…
(LaGRANGE) Elizabeth Jane Towler, 92, of LaGrange, Ga., died Oct. 10, 2013, at Hospice LaGrange. Funeral services were Saturday, Oct. 12, at 1 p.m. EDT at the Higgins LaGrange Chapel with the Rev. Nick Pilgrim officiating. Mrs. Towler was born Sept. 7, 1921, in Roanoke to the late Champ Hester and Hettie Lewis Hester. She…
(FIVE POINTS) Arlene J. Delaney Mills, 66, of Five Points died Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, at Hospice LaGrange. The funeral was Sunday, Oct. 13, at 3 p.m. at State Line Congregational Christian Church in Five Points with the rev. D. Leon Fowler officiating. Mrs. Mills was born Sept. 1, 1947, in Bridgeport, Conn., daughter of…
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) R. Christine East Thomaston, 70, of Franklin, Ga., died Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. Funeral services were Friday, Oct. 11, at 3 p.m. EDT at Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel with Pastor Lynn Janney, Rev. Jason Berryhill and Rev. Randy King officiating. Interment followed in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery in Heard County, Ga. She…
(JONESBORO, Ga.) Funeral services for Eldora Magby of Jonesboro, Ga., will be Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Haven United Methodist Church in Anniston. Interment will follow at Peace and Goodwill Baptist Church Cemetery in Roanoke. Mrs. Magby died Sunday, Oct. 6, at Jonesboro Nursing Center. Mrs. Magby lived in Anniston for 63…
Four Roanoke residents participated in the East Alabama Cycling Club’s 10th annual Johnny Ray Century ride for Parkinson’s Disease Sept. 28. Vickie Cummings, Laura Landers, Russ Cummings and Ben Bailie rode all or part of the 105-mile round trip from Opelika to Roanoke and back. The Davis Phinney Foundation benefits from this event. EACC began…
Randolph County Animal Shelter Randolph County Animal Shelter volunteers Barry and Valerie Morris and Cathryn Clark worked at the warehouse Tuesday separating children’s books into groups, from easy reader books all the way to teen books. A generous donor gave them hundreds of children’s books, which will be available at the shelter’s book sale Saturday,…
This week flu vaccinations will be given at the Randolph County Health Department at Three Points in Roanoke from 8:30 to 11 a.m. and from 1 to 4 p.m. on Thursday. No appointment is necessary. Vaccinations also are available at pharmacies, clinics and doctors’ offices throughout the county at other times.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed proposals will be received from qualified General Contractors on the Second Floor of the Administration Building in the President’s Conference Room at Southern Union State Community College, Wadley, Alabama, until 2:00 PM (local prevailing time), October 29, 2013; and thereafter opened publicly for construction of: RESOURCE CENTER FOR SOUTHERN UNION STATE…
FORM OF ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPLETION LEGAL NOTICE In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Langford Construction Company, Contractor, has completed the Contract for A New Cafeteria For: Woodland High School, 24574 Alabama 48, Woodland, AL 36280 at Woodland, AL 36280 for the State of Alabama and…
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JEAN ELLEN KEATON HOLLIS, DECEASED Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 1st day of October, 2013, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of Randolph…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of a mortgage executed to McIntosh Commercial Bank by NJ Corp, an Alabama Corporation, on the 9th day of June, 2004, which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by J. Craig Prestridge and wife, Deborah M. Prestridge, to Fairfield Financial Associates of Columbus, on the 20th day of June, 1991, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County,…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF JIM CHAPPELL, DECEASED NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR SUMMARY DISTRIBUTION Notice is hereby given that a Petition for Summary Distribution of the above-named estate has been filed on the 7th day of Oct., 2013, and that third (30) days after the…
On the first day of the September archaeology dig by the Handley High School community studies class, Sydney Bailey, a junior at Handley High School, mumbled under her breath, “What have I gotten myself into?” The team of students along with their history teachers, Merredith Sears and Rhonda Baldwin, continued to dig for artifacts from…
WADLEY–The Wadley Town Council unanimously appointed council member Michael James as mayor to finish former mayor Jim Dabbs’ term. The council also appointed Donna McKay to finish council member Toni Gay’s term at the Monday meeting. Both Dabbs and Gay recently resigned. Council members agreed James is probably the first African-American mayor in Randolph County.…