(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Jettie Mae Veal, 77, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Rev. Stoney Halsey officiating.Mrs. Veal died Wednesday, Aug. 21, at Wedowee Hospital.A lifelong Randolph County resident, Mrs. Veal was born Feb. 8, 1936, daughter of Earnest and Cora Madden Baldwin.…
(WEDOWEE) Lettie Lawrence Williams, 68, of Wedowee died Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013. Graveside services will be Friday, Aug. 23, at 2 p.m. EDT at Mozley Memorial Gardens in Lithia Springs, Ga. The Revs. Thomas Williams and Cade Farris will officiate. She is survived by her husband, Greg Williams; son and daughter-in-law, Gregory and Traci Williams;…
Back by popular demand, ten community leaders will dust off their dancing shoes and hit the stage in the 2013 edition of Dancing for Dollars, an event hosted by the Southern Union Foundation to raise money for scholarship funds for deserving students. A local spinoff of the popular television series, Dancing with the Stars, the…
WEDOWEE–In a special last-minute meeting on Friday afternoon of last week, Randolph County Board of Education approved agreements to place police officers in the county schools. Specifically, the board: Approved a contract with Randolph County Sheriff’s Department to place a school resource officer in Rock Mills Junior High School at $100 per day for this…
The dominating downtown building, once the Merchants and Farmers Bank, the tallest building on Main Street, is undergoing renovation. It was built around 1920 by R.J. Hooton. Kesa Johnston Dunn is anticipating what she expects to be a lengthy project carrying into 2014. She had been interested in the building for some time. She and…
East Alabama Antique Farm Equipment Club presents the 5th annual Antique Tractor and Equipment Show and Farm Day on Saturday, Aug. 24, at Wedowee Kiwanis Park on U.S. 431 South. You could win a tractor. Be sure to register to win a 1956 Farmall 230. It is fully restored and ready for show or work.…
Nearing completion on the new wastewater facility, Roanoke Water, Sewage, Gas, and Filter Plant Board members received bad news Monday about a shift in the underlying soil. Their engineer, Greg Thompson of Alabama Municipal Engineers, who has been giving glowing reports on construction for months, said there are several issues at the wastewater plant. The…
A Roanoke woman was injured on Sunday afternoon when she reported jumped out of a moving vehicle. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, Kathy Lee McFarlin, 48, of County Road 18, was transported by helicopter to Columbus Medical Center following the incident. A witness to the accident reported she was stopped at the…
Randolph County Chamber of Commerce, Randolph County Extension System and Southern Union State Community College are sponsors for the 21st year of Leadership Randolph County, a program to help identify and educate potential leaders for our communities and county. Sessions will be conducted on the second Thursday of each month, typically from 8 a.m. until…
Southern Union State Community College is pleased to announce Rhonda Davis has been named dean of health sciences. With 29 years of experience in nursing, Davis brings a wealth of knowledge to the position. A faculty member at Southern Union since 1997, Davis has served as chair of the nursing department at SUSCC since 2005.…
State of Alabama Randolph County Sheriff’s Sale William Alsabrook vs. Danny J. Moore By Virtue of a judgment issued out of Circuit Court of Randolph County, Alabama and to me directed, whereby I am commanded to make the amount of a certain judgment recently obtained against Danny J. Moore, defendant, out of the goods, chattels,…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by William Elvis Brown and wife, April Brown, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Ascent Home Loans, Inc., on the 5th day of November, 2008, said mortgage recorded in the Office of…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FRANKLIN DANIEL WHITAKER, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Rita P. Whitaker on the 14th day of Aug., 2013, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the…
ADVERTISEMENT OF COMPLETION Notice is hereby given that Peavy Construction Co., Inc. has completed the contract with the Alabama Department of Transportation Project No. STPTE-TE-9 (962) Roanoke Downtown Streetscape Improvements for the City of Roanoke, AL. All claims should be mailed to Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood, Inc. 2701 First Ave. Suite 100 Birmingham, AL 35233.…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Chuck Milstead , to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for New Day Financial, LLC, dated July 3, 2009, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA TO: ANDREW NICHOLAS HIGGINS On the 19th day of August, 2013, a Petition by Teresa Sudduth was filed in this Court for the name change of minor child, whose date of birth is August 13, 2008. A hearing upon this petition has been set for the 18th…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES RICHARD ESTES SR., DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to James Richard Estes Jr. on the 6th day of August, 2013, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge…
Friends of Knight-Enloe Elementary School are invited to dig in and get dirty on Saturday, Aug. 24, starting at 8 a.m. when the new school gardens will be prepared for planting. Volunteers are asked to please bring tools if you have them, including shovels, hammers and levels, to help build four raised garden beds, from…
In 2003 Wadley’s Terrell Zachery splashed onto the scene as one of the county’s elite playmakers. The wide receiver’s speed, strength and hands helped lead the Bulldogs to the school’s first-ever undefeated regular season and to within a touchdown of the state finals. In 2003 RCHS’s Tyler Hall won the starting quarterback job and the…
It won’t count for anything other than helping figure out a few position battles, but a rivalry will be renewed when RCHS hosts Handley in the teams’ preseason game Friday at 7 p.m. It will be the first time that the two teams have played since Handley’s 55-6 win during the 2007 regular season. It…