(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Oscar Verlin Blackmon, 65, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 2013, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. David Glass officiating. Burial will follow at Wehadkee Cemetery.Mr. Blackmon died Wednesday, May 8, at his home.Mr. Blackmon was born Oct. 23, 1947, son of James Lee and Lillie…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Alton O’Neal Heard, 44, of Wedowee will be at 1 p.m. Friday, May 10, 2013, at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church in Wedowee with Elder Thomas Knight officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Heard died in Wedowee on Sunday, May 5. Mr. Heard was born Sept. 14, 1968, in…
(QUINCY, Fla.) Maudean Floyd, 86, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013, in Quincy, Fla. Graveside services will be Friday, May 10, at 2 p.m. at Hillcrest Cemetery in Quincy. Family will receive friends after the service at the cemetery. She was born in Wadley on Nov. 13, 1926, and she and her husband and family moved…
Walter Dron Poythress, scheduled for next week’s criminal trial term on charges of killing David Norred, pleaded guilty to manslaughter Wednesday afternoon in the court in Dadeville and was in the process of being processed out of Randolph County Jail late Wednesday, Randolph County Sheriff David Cofield said. Fifth Judicial Circuit Judge Ray Martin was…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Charles Richard Jones Jr., 42, of Wadley will be at 2 p.m. Friday, May 10, 2013, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Rev. Wade Price officiating. Mr. Jones will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to services beginning at 1 p.m. Burial will follow in…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Sam McFarlin Sr., 80, of LaGrange, Ga., died Friday, May 3, 2013, at LaGrange Nursing and Rehab in LaGrange. The funeral will be Thursday, May 9, at 2 p.m. CDT at Sweet Home Baptist Church in Five Points with the Revs. Ollie Simpson, pastor, and L.B. Houston officiating. Burial will follow at the…
The Bike Hike Warm-up Beach Party will be Friday, May 10, at the EAGLE 102 studio on Hwy. 431 north of Roanoke. Participants ride a stationary bicycle for 30 minutes each and ask listeners to call in pledges. The Warm-up is one of many events leading up to the 38th Annual Bike Hike, which will…
Pirates and landlubbers alert! Bring your crew to Saturday’s family fun day at the 5th Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta Races. It’s free to get in and park. You can even buy a race boat at the auction and be IN THE RACES! The fun-raiser hosted by the Randolph County Animal Shelter is at Chimney…
Tanner Primary Care of Wedowee, formerly the Wedowee Clinic, is now seeing patients in its new location inside the Tanner/East Alabama medical facility. The practice opened in its new location at 1030 S. Main St. in Wedowee on Monday, May 6. On Saturday morning, Tanner hosted a ribbon cutting and grand opening. Loy Howard, CEO…
Since last week’s Leader, the situation with the lower lake at Twin Lakes subdivision seems to be resolved. On Thursday afternoon of last week, members of Rock Stand Volunteer Fire Department and EMA director Donnie Knight returned to the lake, where the pipe was once again underwater. They tried blasting the pipe with water pressure,…
Ed Halsey, president of the local National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) chapter, said mail carriers in Roanoke and Woodland will participate for the third year in the food drive. Mail carriers will place bags in mail boxes this week for citizens to fill with non-perishable canned items and place by mail boxes for pickup…
A Wedowee woman was injured in a Roanoke accident Monday evening, when she was a passenger of an alleged drunk driver. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, a 1999 Jeep Cherokee was traveling U.S. 431 North in the oncoming lane of traffic at a high speed when the driver, Lucas Daniel Brown, 35,…
Tommie May and James Edward Sanders, both 68, of Roanoke pleaded guilty last week to theft of property from Mt. Calvary Baptist Church where she was employed. First-degree theft is for an amount in excess of $2,500. A church affadavit says approximately $68,000 was taken in the past three years. The couple disputes that, and…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having being made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Iris L. Wilkins and Steven L. Wilkins, Husband and Wife, favor of Jim Walter Homes, Inc., said Mortgage being recorded in Mortgage Book 513, Page 334; assigned to Walter Mortgage Company, LLC, by instrument recorded…
PUBLIC NOTICE The East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission is applying to the Alabama Department of Transportation for an administrative, operating and capital assistance grant under 49 U.S.C. Section 5311 of the Federal Transit Laws, as codified. The operating grant may provide financial assistance for public transportation services for the residents of Randolph County…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY REAL ESTATE SALE NOTICE Pursuant to the Order of the Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, entered on the 2nd day of May, 2013, the undersigned S. Sanford Holliday, Attorney at Law, Roanoke, Alabama, will offer for sale for cash to the highest bidder in front of the Randolph County…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: MINIIE HIGGINS, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Minnie Higgins, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 1st day of May, 2013, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF ALBERTA ESTER, DECEASED Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 2nd day of May, 2013, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RALPH VESTER HARGETT, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY ADMINISTRATOR Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 29th day of April, 2013, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FRANK EARLES, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Frank Earles, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 29th day of April, 2013, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…