(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Catherine Benefield, 60, of Roanoke will be Thursday, May 2, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Keith Benefield and Bill Calhoun and Keith Minix officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery.Miss Benefield died Monday, April 29, at Traylor Nursing Home.A Randolph County native, Miss…
(ROANOKE) Virginia Awbrey McKissac, 101, of Roanoke, formerly of Columbus, Ga., died Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Wedowee Hospital. Graveside services for Mrs. McKissac will be Tuesday, April 30, at noon at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in the Welch community with the Rev. Steve Dean officiating. Born March 7, 1912, in Augusta, Ga., Mrs. McKissac…
(SENOIA, Ga.) The funeral for Louise Foster Flynt, 83, of Senoia, Ga., will be Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at 1 p.m. CDT at Forest Home Christian Church, Roanoke, with Rev. Stoney Halsey officiating and Butch Jones delivering the eulogy. Burial will follow at the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Flynt died Saturday, April 27, at Doctors Hospice…
(WEDOWEE) Graveside services for Delmar Richard “Jay” Bolt, 75, of Wedowee will be Sunday, April 28, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Liberty Grove Methodist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Keith Benefield officiating. Mr. Bolt died Friday, April 26, at Wedowee Hospital. Mr. Bolt was born Feb. 27, 1938, the son of Stell and Hattie Henderson…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Alma Reaves Grizzard, 77, of Bowdon, Ga., died Friday, April 26, 2013. The funeral was Sunday, April 28, at 2 p.m. at Tyus Baptist Church with the Revs. Justin Richards and G.W. Burson officiating. Music was by Terri Hornsby and Jan Hosey. Interment was in Tyus Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Grizzard was born…
(WEDOWEE) Jack Jr. McKissic, 57, of Wedowee died Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at University Hospital in Birmingham. Funeral services will be Tuesday, April 30, at 1 p.m. CDT at Union Chapel United Methodist Church in Wedowee, with the Rev. Janice Clark, pastor, and the Rev. Craig McClure officiating. Burial will follow Pine Flat Cemetery. Mr.…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for James Fred Taft, 90, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jeff Burns officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Taft died Thursday, April 25, at Bethany House. Mr. Taft was born Aug. 19, 1922, the son of…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Mildred Hall Steed, 88, of Wedowee will be Saturday, April 27, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Morrison Chapel United Methodist Church, Heflin, with the Rev. Frank Rasbury and Bro. John Terry officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Steed died Wednesday, April 24, at her residence. Mrs. Steed was…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Barbara Conklin Hastings, 82, of Roanoke will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Springfield Baptist Church with the Rev. Roger Woodard officiating. Mrs. Hastings will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Hastings died Thursday, April…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Joel Melford Stewart Sr., 76, of Wedowee will be Thursday, April 25, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Wedowee First United Methodist Church with the Revs. Russell Hestley and Gary Henderson and Harold Harmon officiating. Burial will follow in Noonday Christian Church Cemetery. Mr. Stewart died Tuesday, April 23, at his residence.…
(NEWELL) Funeral services for Clara Bell Brown Boykin, 81, will be on Saturday, April 27, 2013, at 1 p.m. at Oak Grove Worship Center with the Rev. Frederick Brown officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Church Cemetery. Mrs. Boykin remains will arrive at the church two hours prior to her services. She died Monday,…
(ROANOKE) Jeffery Orlando “Dinky” Baker died Thursday, April 18, 2013, at Vistacare Hospice in Columbus, Ga. The funeral will be Friday, April 26, at 1 p.m. at East Roanoke Church of God. Mr. Baker was born Oct. 2, 1959, to Grover Baker and Jeanette Winston Baker in Roanoke. He attended Randolph County Training School until…
(CRAWFORDVILLE, Fla.) Elsie Lorene Truitt Hale, 79, of Crawfordville, Fla., formerly of Thomaston, Ga., died April 18, 2013, at her residence. The funeral was Sunday, April 21, at 4 p.m. in the Chapel of Coggins Funeral Home in Thomaston, Ga., with burial in Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery. A memorial service will be held on April…
When the Route 37 that passed through Roanoke was known as the North-South Fast Route to Florida, businesswoman Alma Randitt Baird opened up Mrs. Baird’s Tourist Home at the corner of Main and Stewart streets in the 1940s to those passing through on the way to the beach. When the house stayed too full to…
Those at the Career Expo Tuesday at Trinity Baptist Church said the annual jobs fair trying to match jobs with people needing them went well. Sharonda Pettaway, director of the Randolph County Department of Human Resources who sponsored the job fair with other organizations, said, “We had a great turnout–almost 150 seeking employment. I think…
Representatives of seven school systems visited Roanoke City Schools last week to learn about the 1-to-1 Initiative. The School Superintendents Association chose three school systems statewide to host site visits to explain what they are doing in their systems that is innovative, Supt. Chuck Marcum said. Along with Roanoke, Scottsboro and Florence were selected. “We…
WEDOWEE–Sheriff David Cofield told Randolph County Commission that as of last week, the work detail from Randolph County Jail had picked up more than 1,200 pounds of litter. Presently, eight inmates are picking up trash, two are helping with road patching (potholes) and four are helping at the county road department shop. The inmates are…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF CLIFFORD I. LANEY, DECEASED NOTICE OF PUBLICATION Ancillary Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 1st day of April, 2013, by the Judge of Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons…
IN THE SMALL CLAIMS COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. SM 2013-000108 JERALINE FINCH, PLAINTIFF VS LEONARD WEAVER, DEFENDANT NOTICE OF COMPLAINT Leonard Weaver, Defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer Jeraline Finch, Plaintiff, complaint for unpaid rent by June 7, 2013, or thereafter, a judgment by default may be rendered against him in…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Christopher C. Siggers, an unmarried man, to First Citizens Bank, on the 8th day of March, 2001, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book…