IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMAIN RE: JANET JOAN NELSON, DECEASEDNOTICE TO FILE CLAIMSLetters Testamentary on the estate of Janet Joan Nelson, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 25th day of June, 2013, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims…
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 Brandi Michelle Fisher, an unmarried woman, on the 29th day of June, 2012 to Bank of Wedowee which said mortgage is recorded in the Probate Office of Randolph…
All summer long we are counting down the top 10 sports teams in Randolph County from the 2012-13 school year. The Handley baseball team lands at No. 7. When you see yourself as one of the state’s top 10 teams (more on that in a minute), losing in the first round of the playoffs doesn’t…
Understanding what constitutes legal dove hunting should be easier this fall after the Alabama Cooperative Extension System published new planting guidelines for Alabama. In previous years, the state had been divided into three zones with three sets of acceptable planting dates for top-sown wheat. The new recommendations eliminate the zones and set the acceptable dates…
For those of you who don’t know from my first incarnation as the Leader’s sports writer my collegiate athletics loyalties lie with the Georgia Bulldogs. This makes no sense. I didn’t go to Georgia. I don’t know anyone who plays for any of their sports teams. I had a few friends play for their baseball…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Alma Ballard Daniel, 93, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church with the Rev. Jeff Burns officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Daniel died Monday, July 1, at Traylor Nursing Center. Mrs. Daniel was born Dec. 8, 1919, daughter of…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Alma Ballard Daniel, 93, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church with the Rev. Jeff Burns officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Daniel died Monday, July 1, at Traylor Nursing Center. Mrs. Daniel was born Dec. 8, 1919, daughter of…
(PENSACOLA, Fla.) Rev. James Benefield, 87, of Pensacola, Fla., died Monday, July 1, 2013. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 3, at 2 p.m. at Pensacola Memorial Gardens Funeral Home with one hour visitation prior to services. Burial will follow at Pensacola Memorial Gardens with graveside services for family only. Born Oct. 24, 1925,…
(ANNISTON) Graveside services for Vera Winnie Burns, 99, of Anniston will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Cemetery in Heflin (Randolph County) with the Rev. Steve Dempsey officiating. Mrs. Burns died Saturday, June 29, at Golden Living Center. Mrs. Burns was a native and lifelong resident of Calhoun County.…
(VALLEY) The funeral for Charlie Swader Sr., 78, of Valley will be Wednesday, July 3, at 11 a.m. EDT in the chapel of Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home with the Rev. Jeff Thorn officiating. Burial will be at Johnson Memorial Gardens. Mr. Swader died Monday, July 1, at Lanier Memorial Hospital. Born in Chambers County on…
(FROGEYE) Funeral services for Irene Knight, 97, of the Frogeye community were Saturday, June 29, 2013, at Darian Primitive Baptist Church at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Harry Collins officiating. Burial was in LaFayette City Cemetery. She died Thursday, June 27, at Regional Medical Center in Anniston. Mrs. Knight was the last member of Darian…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Fred Shaddix Bailey, 83, of Wadley will be Monday, July 1, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Beulah Christian Church with the Revs. Zenus Windsor and Wayne Cowhick officiating. Burial will follow at Wadley Cemetery with Rev. Phil Gore conducting committal services. Mr. Bailey died Saturday, June 29, at his home. A…
(ROANOKE) Willie T. “Sonny” Hawkins Jr., 76, died June 27, 2013, of natural causes at his home in Roanoke. A memorial in his honor was held at Quattlebaum Funeral Home in Roanoke at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 30. Mr. Hawkins was born April 29, 1937, in Goodwater. He graduated in 1955 from Goodwater High…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Pauline Moncus Bradford, 89, of Wadley will be Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mickey Vaughn officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Bradford died Sunday, June 30, at Traylor Nursing Center. Mrs. Bradford was born June 15, 1924,…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Annie Blanche Benefield, 78, of Wedowee will be Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Woodland Church of God with Sis. Carolyn Hanner and the Revs. Jody Overton and Keith Benefield officiating. Burial will follow in Potash Cemetery Church of God Cemetery, Roanoke. Mrs. Benefield died Sunday, June 30, at…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Jerry Lynn Hudgins, 75, of Woodland were Sunday, June 30, 2013, at 3 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. A.W. Kent officiating. Burial followed at Gray Hill Church of God Cemetery. Mr. Hudgins died Friday, June 28, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. A Talladega native, Mr. Hudgins…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Curtis B. McGill, 75, of County Road 845, Wadley, will be Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Pleasant Hill Community Church with the Rev. Al Perkins III officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mr. McGill died Friday, June 28, at his residence. A Wadley native, Mr. McGill…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Bill John Loomis, 77, of Woodland were at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 30, 2013, at Providence Baptist Church with the Rev. Wendell Ford officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Loomis died Friday, June 28, at Traylor Retirement Community. Mr. Loomis was born Sept. 7, 1935, the son of John…
(WADLEY) Claire Rose Mackel, 83, of Wadley, formerly of St. Petersburg, Fla., died Wednesday, June 26, 2013, at Traylor Retirement Community in Roanoke. Survivors include one daughter, Elaine Lauer of St. Petersburg; one son and daughter-in-law, Edward and Sharon Mackel of Wadley; and three grandchildren. A Danvers, Mass., native, Mrs. Mackel was born Dec. 12,…
(DAYTON, Ohio) Mildred M. Rowland Newell of Dayton, Ohio, was born June 6, 1930, and was died June 25, 2013. She was 83 years old. The funeral will be Saturday, June 29, at 10 a.m. at Bethel Church of God in Christ, Dayton, with Elder James Willis officiating. The family will receive friends and visitors…