(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for James Richard Estes, 83, of Wedowee will be Saturday, July 27, 2013, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. John Pennington and Cade Farris officiating. Burial will follow at Wedowee City Cemetery.Mr. Estes died Wednesday, July 24, at his residence.Survivors include his wife, Mareene Dean Payne Estes of…
(VALLEY) The funeral for Dorothy Gosdin, 58, of Valley will be Saturday, July 27, 2013, at 2 p.m. EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Gardens in Lanett. Mrs. Gosdin died Wednesday, July 24, at her residence. A native of Shreveport, La., she was born Sept. 30,…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Beatrice Brown Daniel, 86, of Woodland will be Saturday, July 27, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Mt. Carmel Church of Christ with Bros. Ricky Murphy and Allen Daniel and the Rev. David Daniel officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Mrs. Daniel died Wednesday, July 24, at Tanner Medical Center.…
Nell F. Lovvorn Greene, born Jan. 25, 1925, died July 23, 2013, of natural causes at the age of 88. A funeral service will be Friday, July 26, at noon EDT at the chapel of Mowell Funeral Home, Peachtree City, Ga. The Rev. Steve Quinn will officiate. Burial will be at 3 p.m. CDT at…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Ella Ruth Wright Glass, 69 of LaGrange, Ga., formerly of Franklin, Ga., died July 22, 2013, at Tanner Health Care Center. Funeral services for Mrs. Glass will be Thursday, July 25, at 2 p.m. EDT at Tom Stutts and Son Funeral Home in Franklin with the Rev. George Daves officiating. Interment will follow…
(RANBURNE) Dwayne Pollard of Ranburne died Monday, July 22, 2013. He was 47. The funeral will be Thursday, July 25, at 3 p.m. EDT in the chapel of Rainwater Funeral Home. The Rev. Randall Skinner will officiate. Interment will follow at Macedonia Baptist Cemetery. Survivors include his mother and father, Wynona and Bruce Merritt; his…
(SAVANNAH, Ga.) William “Billy” Jackson Mitchum, 76, of Savannah, Ga., died peacefully on Saturday, July 20, 2013, at Hospice Savannah. Billy was born in Roanoke and had lived in the Savannah area most of his life and was a 1955 graduate of Savannah High School. He was a brick mason for more than 48 years…
In 1993 Clifton “Stick” Drummond had the ball in his hands in a scenario that fills the imaginations of both aspiring basketball stars and established moviemakers. His RCHS Tigers were down by one point in the state finals, the last game of his senior season. With the clock ticking down Drummond found himself seconds away…
A 265-foot tower standing in the way of the re-routing of Alabama Highway 22 was brought down Tuesday. The highway will cut through from the point it becomes Main Street in Roanoke to U.S. 431, allowing large trucks to avoid downtown. Erected in 1950, the steel tower was taken down almost in one piece by…
WEDOWEE–The hope of a new jail is still at the forefront of the minds of Randolph County Commissioners. During Thursday’s workshop meeting, Commissioner Mike Hester said the county is looking at the possibility of purchasing land across Probilt Road from Jeld-Wen in Wedowee’s industrial park. This land would have water, sewer and natural gas service.…
A Wedowee man was arrested this week on charges stemming from the death of a Georgia man that happened at a landfill last month. The Polk County Police have charged Jerry Joseph Marella, 57, with first-degree homicide by vehicle and reckless driving. The accident happened on June 10 when Jose Castro, 33, of Smyrna, Ga.,…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Schools Superintendent Rance Kirby began Thursday evening’s meeting with a bit of bad news. Kirby was informed by the State Department of Education that due to its graduation rate of less than 60 percent, Randolph County High School has been named a “priority school” by the state. When tracked over a four-year period,…
A Clear Plan 2030 County Conversation will be held Thursday, July 25, from 6-7:30 p.m. at Handley High School. What makes Randolph County such a great place to live? What can we do to make Randolph County even more livable? What’s your dream for Randolph County? Join your neighbors and get engaged in the conversation.…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Karolina Reddish, a married woman, on the 20th day of August, 2010 to Bank of Wedowee which said mortgage is recorded in the Probate Office of Randolph County,…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIE T. HAWKINS, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Veronica Hawkins Lovvorn on the 18th day of July, 2013, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN B. OWENS, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Linda Owens Hurt on the 16th day of July, 2013, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CV 2013-900077 Tommie Strain Plaintiff Vs. Land, et al Defendants NOTICE Notice is hereby given that any person, firm or corporation claiming any interest in the following described property must present that claim to the Court on or before the 23rd day of September, 2013, or a…
Stuff the Bus, a project of the Randolph County Foster/Adoptive Parents Association and Randolph County Department of Human Resources, is back-to-school drive to provide needed school supplies for foster and adoptive children in the county. Supplies will be collected this Friday, July 26 at four county locations. Volunteers will be accepting supplies at Woodland High…
Occasionally Randolph County 911 will get a call from someone concerned about dogs locked in vehicles on hot days–usually in the Walmart parking lot–sending local police officers to investigate. Heard less frequently on the local scanner are reports of children left in vehicles, but these calls do occur as well. The incident in Homewood last…
PUBLIC NOTICE Stack & Pack Self Storage, Pursuant to the Alabama Provisions of the Self Storage Act (08-15-33), will conduct a public sale to the highest bidder for cash only on their premises 410 Industrial Ave., Roanoke, AL 36274. Phone 334-863-7867. The auction will be on August 8, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. on the following…