(HUGULEY) Ammie Lee Richardson, 98, of Huguley died Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, at her residence.The funeral will be Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 1 p.m. EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Revs. Darren White and Mark Chestnut officiating. Burial will follow at Liberty Grove Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery, Woodland, at 3…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Myrtice Mae Sammons, 78, of LaGrange, Ga., died Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, at Hospice LaGrange. The funeral was at 11 a.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 12, in the chapel of Striffler-Hamby Mortuary. Burial followed in Meadoway Gardens Cemetery. Mrs. Sammons was born June 18, 1935, in Wedowee, daughter of the late Price Mitchell and…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Zada Margaret Wilson Hardy, 88, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Rev. Stanley Yarbrough officiating. Mrs. Hardy died Saturday, Sept. 14, at Florence Hand Home in LaGrange, Ga. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Hardy was born Oct. 15, 1924, the…
(LaFAYETTE) Wayne Hooper, 57, of LaFayette died Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. The funeral will be Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 2 p.m. at Jeff Jones Funeral Home with burial in LaFayette City Cemetery with the Rev. Dale Wood officiating. He was born Jan. 8, 1956, in Georgia. Mr. Hooper was…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Judy Wyatt Edwards, 64, of Carrollton, Ga., died Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, at Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel with Dr. Shane Roberson and Bro. Barry Shoemake officiating. Music will be by William Blackmon. Interment will follow in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church…
(LINEVILLE) Ann Timberman, 77 of Lineville died Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, at her home. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. A native of Stone Mountain, Ga., she was a former resident of Albuquerque, N.M., Middletown, Ohio, and Lithia Springs, Ga., and settled in the Lake Wedowee area of Randolph County…
(OPELIKA) Funeral services for Larry David Sims, 68, of Opelika will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 16, 2013, at Marvyn Parkway Baptist Church. The Revs. Ben Rosser and David Floyd are officiating. Burial will be at Clay County Memorial Gardens in Ashland. Mr. Sims died Thursday, Sept. 12, at East Alabama Medical Center. He…
(BIRMINGHAM) A memorial service for Dr. Dudley Freeman Reed, 80, of Birmingham will be held at Noon Day Christian Church in the New Hope community on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, at 2 p.m. with Harold Bonner officiating. Dr. Reed died Wednesday, Sept. 4, at his residence in Birmingham. He was born June 3, 1933, in…
(DETROIT) Clinton Gates Barrow, 70, died Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013, with his wife, children and close family by his side. The funeral for Mr. Barrow was Saturday, Sept. 7, at 11 a.m. at New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church, Detroit, with the Rev. Wilma Johnson officiating. Burial was in Mt. Hope Memorial Gardens, Livonia, Mich. Mr.…
(VALLEY) James Euclid Brown Sr., 84, of Valley died at his home on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, surrounded by family and friends. The funeral will be Friday, Sept. 13, at 2 p.m. EDT at First Baptist Church of Shawmut with the Rev. Chuck Anderson officiating. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Lanett. Born June…
The settling of the soil under the two newly-constructed wastewater treatment tanks at Roanoke’s new plant has led to a plan to ensure the tanks are all right before putting them into operation, according to Jerry Revis, general manager of the city of Roanoke Water, Sewage, Gas and Filter Plant Board. He said they will…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Mary Sue Hester Hollaway, 86, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, at 1 p.m. at Big Springs Baptist Church with the Revs. Scott Whaley and S.T. Janney officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Hollaway died Tuesday, Sept. 10, at Traylor Nursing Center. A native of Randolph…
Twelve years ago today planes struck the twin towers of New York City’s World Trade Center, bringing them both down. Ricky and Qiao Ling Willingham of Roanoke, who often travel to New York City to visit family members, were at the site just days before the planes struck. At the time they took a tour…
Joe Bob Gilham died Tuesday, July 30, but his comrades in arms could not make it to Roanoke for his funeral on August 1. Those who could came Thursday to honor him. These men who spent the hot summers of 1968-1969 in Vietnam with him came from northern Michigan, Yorktown, Va., Seminole, Fla., Vine Grove,…
The future of radio in Randolph County may not actually be on the radio at all. County native Wes Kinsey is tapping into the growing trend of people relying on Internet-based content for everything from world news to television sitcoms with a new, locally-based Internet radio station call iRockandBoogie.com. The site is up and running,…
The Wadley Town Council appointed Justin Farr as police chief Monday night. He has been serving as interim chief. Farr said he is originally from the Wadley area and has kinfolks in the area. “It is definitely an honor for the town council to name me as police chief,” he said. Farr became an officer…
Monday night Wadley Mayor Jim Dabbs resigned effective immediately as did longtime councilwoman Toni Gay. At the end of the meeting they both presented resignation letters, which they wanted read aloud. Dabbs said Tuesday he resigned because of business interests in Kentucky that need his attention. The company he and his wife, Mary, own was…
The Lewis & Clark Circus is coming to Roanoke, with performances scheduled for next Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 16 and 17. The traveling circus will set up Monday morning at a location two miles south of Roanoke on U.S. 431 near Rack & Spur Feed Store and The Depot. Show times will be 5 and…
CASE NO. CV 2013-900066.00 FOSTER LAND, LLC, PLAINTIFF, vs. A Certain Parcel of Land Located in Randolph County, Alabama and more particularly described as follows: Commencing at an existing iron pin found (2″ pipe) marking the NE corner of the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 33; Township 18 South; Range 10 East…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated June 17, 2009, executed by Michael A. Overton and wife, Scarlett S. Overton, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Sun Capital Inc., a Corporation, which mortgage was recorded on June 26, 2009,…