(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Ralph E. Sheppard, 80, of Lineville will be Sunday, Aug, 4, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with the Revs. David Holcombe, Ronnie Adams and L.C. Harris officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in McCollum Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Sheppard died Thursday, Aug. 1, at Trinity…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Nannie Rice Butler, 89, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Jeff Burns and Frank Sledge officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Butler died Thursday, Aug. 1, at Regional Medical Center in Jacksonville. Mrs. Butler was born…

(FIVE POINTS) Cecil Aubrey Barge of Five Points died Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Funeral services will be Friday, Aug. 2, at 11 a.m. at the chapel of Parrott Funeral Home with pastor Charles Chapman officiating. Interment will follow at Sharon Memorial Gardens. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Carolyn Mixon and Scott of…

(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Jackson Charlie Parker Jr., 84, of LaGrange, Ga., died Tuesday, July 30, 2013, at Florence Hand Home. The funeral will be Saturday, Aug. 3, at 11 a.m. EDT at Hunter-Allen-Myhand Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jackie Taylor officiating. Interment will follow in Glenn Cemetery. Mr. Parker was a native of Wedowee, born March…

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Horace Ray Jennings Sr., 66, of Wedowee will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, at Lloyd’s Chapel Baptist Church with the Revs. Greg Jones, Marlon Greenwood, and Pedro Juarez officiating. Burial will follow at Forestlawn Gardens. Mr. Jennings died July 31. Mr. Jennings was a native of Anniston…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Joe Bob Gilham, 65, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Don Quick and Chris Williamson officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Gilham died Tuesday, July 30, at his home. Mr. Gilham was born March 26, 1948,…

(COLUMBUS, Ga.) Inez P. Martin, 96, of Columbus, Ga., died Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Graveside services for Mrs. Martin will be at 10 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 2, at the Main Post Cemetery, Fort Benning, Ga. Inez P. Martin was born Nov. 27, 1916, to the late Van H. Patrick and Zenobie White Pittman Patrick.…

Clayton “Tiger” Bragdon Jr. died July 26, 2013, after 60 well-lived years. Please join the family for a time of fellowship and celebration of Tiger’s life Friday, Aug. 2, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Falmouth Country Club, Falmouth, Maine. Tiger was born in Rochester, N.H., on Oct. 6, 1952, the son of Clayton M.…

PINE HILL–A Pine Hill woman was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon and a man she had been living with arrested after he allegedly ran over her. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, Minnie Lucretia Teague, 68, of 1366 County Rd. 425 was taken by Southern Ambulance Transport to Newell Volunteer Fire Department and…

What has become an annual event––Alabama’s Sales Tax Holiday––will take place this Friday through Sunday. With the county and local municipalities participating as well, this is a chance to buy back-to-school and other qualifying items for less, since no sales tax will be charged on items purchased in Randolph County. While a boon for consumers…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: WALTER J. SNOW NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR SUMMARY DISTRIBUTION Notice is hereby given that a Petition for Summary Distribution of the above named estate had been filed by Barry Snow on the 16th day of July, 2013, and that 30 days after the…

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 RE: GUARDIANSHIP OF JUANITA SIMPSON NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Braxton Garrett has filed a Petition for Final Settlement over the Guardianship of Juanita Simpson. The hearing on this Petition has been set for Aug. 21, 2013, at 10 o’clock a.m. Notice is hereby given…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF TERESA PICKARD, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Robert Weaver on the 23rd day of July, 2013, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Micah Kevin Grainger and wife, Patricia Lynn Grainger, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., on the 30th day of June, 2009, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama,…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: RICHARD MICHAEL WILSON NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR SUMMARY DISTRIBUTION To: Mrs. Patricia Griffin, 2900 Strathmoor Rd., Smyrna, GA 30080 and any other interested parties: Notice is hereby given that a Petition for Summary Distribution of the above named estate has been filed by…

STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that Mortgage executed on the 29th day of November, 2005, by Elizabeth Gomez to Jerry L. Brown and Carol Brown, which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book…

They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. Psalm 107 KJV I am not a sailor.   I have sailed. Even owned a small sailboat once. But a lowlife stole it from me, which is…