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Donation made to shooting victims

By Editor | June 12, 2013 |

Pat Awbrey felt it was the right thing to do to donate to the Richard Jones family all the proceeds he made from Summer on Main sales at the old Cotter Furniture building adjacent to ML Awbrey’s.Awbrey said they made $1,350 to help the Jones family through trying times. No one donated items for sale…

CASE NO. DR-2013-900061

By Editor | June 12, 2013 |

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. DR-2013-900061 ANTHONY RAHMAN HIGGINS, PLAINTIFF V. GINGER LATRELLE HARRIS HIGGINS, DEFENDANT NOTICE OF COMPLAINT FOR DIVORCE Ginger Latrelle Harris Higgins, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer the Complaint filed in the above-styled case by Anthony Rahman Higgins by filing an answer with the Circuit Clerk…

CASE NO. DV-2013-900014

By Editor | June 12, 2013 |

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. DV-2013-900014 WEDOWEE BUILDING SUPPLY, PLAINTIFF VS. JACK DILLARD, DEFENDANT NOTICE TO: JACK DILLARD Notice is hereby given to the above named individual that an action has been filed in the District Court of Randolph County, Alabama. You must file an Answer to the subject Statement…

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

By Editor | June 12, 2013 |

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 Milton Kevin Williams and wife, Sherry Ann Williams, on the 8th day of November, 2006 to Bank of Wedowee which said mortgage is recorded in the Probate Office…

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

By Editor | June 12, 2013 |

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 Howard R. Calhoun and wife, Mavis B. Calhoun, on the 9th day of October, 2010 to Bank of Wedowee which said mortgage is recorded in the Probate Office…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE

By Editor | June 12, 2013 |

STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that Mortgage executed on the 20th day of May, 2011, by Christopher C. Phillips to Small Town Bank which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 564, at…

INVITATION TO BID

By Editor | June 12, 2013 |

INVITATION TO BID Surplus Property The City of Roanoke is accepting Sealed Bids on surplus property located at 443 Border street Roanoke Alabama. The lot is approx. 112 feet by 50 feet in size. Tax Map I.D. # is 56-16-07-36-3-003-006.000. Bids will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. on June 21, 2013 and then opened. The…

NOTICE OF SALE

By Editor | June 12, 2013 |

NOTICE OF SALE The following vehicle has been abandoned at 2152 County Road 49, Wadley, AL 36276 and will be sold on July 15, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. at the same address. 1997 Geo Tracker 2CNBJ1366V6928157 (24-25)

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

By Editor | June 12, 2013 |

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS A NEW CONCESSION, TOILET AND PRESS BOX BUILDING FOR HANDLEY HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL FACILITY FOR THE ROANOKE CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION ROANOKE, ALABAMA PROJECT NO. 13-146 Separate sealed proposals as described below will be received for material and sub-contractor bids for the above referenced project by Mr. Chuck Marcum, Superintendent, at the…

Abuse of elderly demands action

By Editor | June 12, 2013 |

As a person reaches an advanced age after years of battling through life’s daily struggles, that person deserves to live the rest of his or her life out in comfort and with dignity. Yet right here in Alabama thousands of elderly and disabled adults are abused, neglected and exploited each year. The Alabama Department of…

Jackson:My daddy was quite a poet

By Editor | June 12, 2013 |

Daddy was a poet He’s a poet And he knows it His feet show it They’re long fellows Harvey H, Jackson Jr. My Daddy loved poetry. Even wrote some. Like that. His inclination to verse came back to me recently when I was visiting my Mama. I went out to the Poutin’ House to restock…

Martin:Bronner intensifies war with Mabry

By Editor | June 12, 2013 |

This past January 8, David Bronner, CEO of The Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) charged that the Alabama Education Association’s new boss, Henry Mabry, had designs in place to take over the TRS board that runs the Teacher’s pension plan. A separate board, the ERS, oversees the judicial and state employee pension plans. The Mabry…

Top-heavy area kept Tigers out of playoffs

By Editor | June 12, 2013 |

A look down RCHS’s boys basketball schedule from 2012-13 is an object lesson in consistency.  You won’t find any earth-shattering upsets. Nor will you find any paper-bag-over-your-head losses. The closest thing to either one of those came in the Tigers’ first of three games against eventual state runner up LaFayette, which ironically had some elements…

Altork: Top 10 team

By Editor | June 12, 2013 |

Now that the 2012-2013 school year is behind us, the powers that be at the Leader sports department (me) decided that a little summer reflection would do us some good. This week marks the first in a 10-week summer series that will countdown what we (I) think were the best sports teams of the school …

Reba Jones O’Neal

By Editor | June 11, 2013 |

(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Reba Jones O’Neal, 77, of LaGrange, Ga., died Sunday, June 9, 2013, at LaGrange Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 12, in Marseilles Cemetery in West Point, Ga. Mrs. O’Neal was born April 29, 1936, in Randolph County, Ala., daughter of the late Malcom and…

Alberta W. ‘Gerry’ Gay

By Editor | June 11, 2013 |

(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Alberta W. “Gerry” Gay, 87, of LaGrange, Ga., died Sunday, June 9, 2013, at Hospice LaGrange. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 12, at Shoal Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. Anthony Hovey officiating. Interment will be at Shadowlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Gay was born Jan. 24, 1926, in Hartford,…

Eliya Lynn Todd and Janeth Amilynn Todd (infants)

By Editor | June 11, 2013 |

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Eliya Lynn Todd and Janeth Amilynn Todd, infant daughters of Travis Demyles Todd and Alyssa Lynn Akins, will be Monday, June 10, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Styles Akins and Joshua Akins officiating. Burial will follow at Old New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Fredonia.…

Nancy Lucille Yates Brady

By Editor | June 11, 2013 |

(ANNISTON) Funeral services for Nancy Lucille Yates Brady, 87, of Anniston, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at K.L. Brown Memory Chapel in Golden Springs with the Rev. Dr. Mack Amis officiating. Interment will follow at Forestlawn Gardens. Mrs. Brady died Saturday, June 8, at Noland Hospital of Anniston. Mrs. Brady was…

William A. Baldwin

By Editor | June 11, 2013 |

(PHENIX CITY) Retired Sgt. 1st Class William A. Baldwin, 82, of Phenix City died Friday, June 7, 2013. Memorial services will be at 3 p.m. EDT Monday, June 10, at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City with the Rev. David Howle officiating. Sgt. Baldwin was born in Randolph County to the late Harley and Fannie…

Clyde R. Fincher

By Editor | June 11, 2013 |

(SHARPSBURG, Ga.) Clyde R. Fincher, 81, of Sharpsburg, Ga., died Friday, June 7, 2013, at his home. Mr. Fincher was born Dec. 24, 1931, in Randolph County, Ala., son of the late Dewey Fincher and Lauzie Johnson Fincher. He was an active member of Liberty Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Ga., and was faithful in supporting…