(MACON, Ga.) Mary Lee Turner Jordan, 83, of Macon, Ga., formerly of Carrollton, Ga., died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013.Graveside services and interment will be Sunday, Oct. 6, at 2 p.m. EDT at Carroll Memory Gardens with minister Allen Howard officiating.Mrs. Jordan was born in Randolph County, Ala., on July 22, 1930, the daughter of the…
(DADEVILLE) Mrs. Fairrowe W. Smith, 87, of Dadeville died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, at Dadeville Health Care Center. The funeral will be at Mt. Lovely Baptist Church, Camp Hill, on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Anthony Pogue officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The remains will lie in state…
(ROANOKE) Audie Shadrix Holcombe, 91 of Roanoke died Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Funeral services will be Friday, Oct. 4, at 3:30 p.m. EDT at Shady Grove Baptist Church, Carrollton, Ga., with the Revs. Mike Harris and Richie Farrow officiating. The body will lie state 30 minutes prior to service. Music will be by Brenda Sue…
(FIVE POINTS) Nellie Reed, 79, of Five Points died Sunday, Sept. 27, 2013, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. The funeral will be Friday, Oct. 4, at 3 p.m. CDT at New Harmony Baptist Missionary Baptist Church in LaFayette with the pastor, Rev Jerome Trammell, officiating. Burial will follow at Skyview Memorial Gardens in…
Wyner Phillips said this 1951 Kaiser Frazier in front of the Bonner Hotel on Chestnut Street belonged to Henry V. Bonner Sr., who owned the hotel. His father, Bob Bonner, had the hotel built in 1917. The son of Henry “Spec” Bonner Sr. is former Roanoke mayor Henry “Spec” Bonner Jr. E. Zobel was the…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: VIRGINIA MCKISSAC 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 by Susan Nelson on the 23rd day of Sept., 2013, and that 30 days after the notice of…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Jamie L. Overton and husband, Joseph L. Overton, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for MortgageAmerica, Inc., on the 11th day of May, 2007, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CURTIS BEAMON MCGILL, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Curtis Beamon McGill, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 25th day of Sept. 2013, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain mortgage executed by RON ELLIOTT and WILLENE ELLIOTT, husband and wife, as Mortgagor(s) to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as Mortgagee, dated the 15th day of December,…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That default having been made in the payment of the debt secured by that certain mortgage executed by Craig Davidson and wife, Misty Davidson, on the 25th day of June, 2008, to Ronald E. Snider, which mortgage was filed…
POSTPONEMENT OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having being made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Carron Meadows Sparks, a single woman, in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), as nominee for Pensacola Guarantee Mortgage, dated June 15, 2007, and recorded June 27, 2007, in Mortgage Book…
The recently opened Roanoke Urgent Care Center of Regional Medical Center, located at the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 431 and North Main Street, will have an open house this Thursday, Oct. 3, from 4 to 6 p.m. The public is invited to come and meet the staff, have refreshments, and tour the new facility.
In the autumn sun those remembering Randolph County Training School attended a ceremony unveiling the Alabama Historical Association marker Tuesday afternoon. The school that had a major influence on thousands was remembered as an idea more than a building. RCTS was chartered on Sept. 15, 1919. It opened in autumn of 1920 with 73 students…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission approved its 2013-2014 budget at a special meeting Friday afternoon, and it will be a tight one. The budget does not cut appropriations to outside agencies, it gives a cost-of-living adjustment to retirees and a 25-cent raise to employees, pending their annual evaluation. The cost-of-living adjustment is one that was approved by…
In separate actions the boards of directors of East Alabama Medical Center (EAMC) and the Chattahoochee Valley Hospital Society, Inc. (Lanier Health Services) have signed a letter of intent that would fully affiliate the two hospitals. Under the agreement contemplated by the letter of intent, George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital, its nursing home and all…
Randolph County Health Department will give flu shots on Oct. 3 and Oct. 10. The shots will be given between 8:30-11 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. No appointment will be needed.
At some point it will end, as all streaks eventually do. But for now Woodland’s string of success over cross-county rival Randolph County is intact thanks to a 39-22 win Friday night. That makes seven straight wins in the rivalry for Woodland and eight of the last nine, something that RCHS head coach Pat Prestridge…
The approval rating of Congress is at an all-time low, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Monday. Just 10 percent of Americans approve of the job their lawmakers are doing. To anyone who has been paying attention to what has passed for governing lately, the question has to be, “Who in world are those 10…
What kind of night was it for the Handley Tigers against the Anniston Bulldogs Friday? It was the kind of night on which Handley allowed no first downs in the first half, but trailed 20-13. It was the kind of night on which Handley held the ball for the majority of the game, but couldn’t…
That’s “ants.” Not “aunts.” Once I had an aunt who the family charitably called “eccentric.” She kept 30 or so cats in a “kitty motel” behind her house, named some of them after Confederate generals, lived like a bag lady, and left $1 million in cash, stock and land to the local Methodist Church. At…