(WAYNESBORO, Ga.) Edwin Sanford Stephens, 70, died Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, at Burke Medical Center.The funeral was at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at Rosemont Heights Baptist Church with the Rev. Wes Lawson and Bill Tinley officiating. Burial was in Sardis Baptist Cemetery.Mr. Stephens was the son of the late William Bill and Elizabeth…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Irene Dingler Butler, 80, of LaGrange, Ga., died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, at LaGrange, Nursing and Rehab. Mrs. Butler was born May 20, 1932, in Blount County, the daughter of the late Enoch Franklin Dingler and Lillie Bell McGiness Dingler. She was a member of East Vernon Baptist Church and had worked at…
CLACKSVILLE––Perry Wilson wears a cowboy hat and boots, has five convertibles with the word Hollywood painted on them and an old Vespa scooter, has an absolutely lovely “pickin’ house” and has lived his life the way he wanted. As a young man he left town on the bus to find something new, then returned home…
A number of people touch the lives of others, but when Virginia Schwartz and Wadley Holdings LLC come together to address hunger in the Wadley area they impact many lives. Schwartz, director of the Wadley Parish Food Pantry, became part of the ministry of Wadley First United Methodist Church little by little. The present pastor…
WEDOWEE–A circuit court judge has ruled that Jeffrey Nolen of Roanoke has been lawfully appointed to Randolph County Economic Development Council. Assistant district attorney Amy Newsome said that Circuit Judge Steve Perryman said he would grant the state’s motion for summary judgment and enter an order appointing Nolen to the position held by Jerry Cotney…
A Florida woman was arrested on Friday of last week in connection with an auto theft from last fall and other charges. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, Ashley Nicole Elkins, 29, of Lake Wales is charged with DUI, giving false information to law enforcement, attempting to elude and auto theft. The theft…
The Alabama Lakes Chapter of the American Red Cross will begin accepting applications on January 9 for Project SHARE, the energy assistance program for low-income elderly or disabled individuals. Residents of Randolph County can set up an appointment by calling the Project SHARE office at 334-863-2371 beginning January 2. As the organization responsible for administering…
For those of us concerned about mail delivery, specifically continuing to have six days of delivery each week, it’s good that Congress can’t agree on anything. The United States Postal Service, losing vast amounts of money each year, continues to campaign to end Saturday mail delivery. Large businesses who still rely on the mail, as…
It is not often that people remember a column I have written longer than the next week when another column appears. When someone in the grocery store says “I loved your column” I never ask which one. I did once, they said “last week’s,” and neither of us could remember what I wrote. So much…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Samuel A Moore, a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for AmericaHomeKey, Inc., on the 3rd day of December, 2008, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge…
PUBLIC NOTICE The Randolph County Commission is considering the feasibility of closing a section of roadway in the Springfield community being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the intersection of County Road 30 and County Road 651, thence run northerly along said County Road 651 a distance of .303 miles, to a point, for…
NOTICE OF SALE The following mobile home has been abandoned at 3408 Co. Rd. 14, Roanoke and must be moved. Mail bids to PO Box 147, Roanoke 36274. Must be marked no later than Jan. 18. (1-3p)
Alabama State University has bought the silence of its recently hired and just fired president, Dr. Joseph Silver, for the tidy sum of $685,000, and you will never know what happened. The agreement requires the taxpayers of Alabama to pay Dr. Silver $342,500 within 30 days and another $342,500 on or before January1, 2014. The…
The holiday season turned out to be a productive time for two county teams. The Woodland Lady Bobcats took home a tournament title from the Cherokee County Tournament before Christmas with wins over Collinsville, Glencoe and Cherokee County. In the opening game against Collinsville, the Lady Bobcats got off to an 17-2 run to start…
The BCS National Championship game is going to be here before we know it. I’ve been asked a lot what I think about the upcoming game and my predictions for this match-up between two of the most storied programs in college football. Every time the question is asked, I say the same thing. Alabama will…
(CHIPLEY, Fla.) Arthur Grier, 59, of Chipley, Fla., a native of Roanoke, died Dec. 29, 2012, at Washington Nursing and Rehab Center in Chipley. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. CST Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, at Peace and Goodwill Church, Roanoke, with the Rev. L.B. Houston officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.…
(LANETT) Funeral services for Curtis Ray Laney, 84, of Lanett will be Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel, Wedowee, with Bro. Ricky Martin officiating. Burial will follow in Napoleon Church of Christ Cemetery, Woodland. Mr. Laney died Sunday, Dec. 30, at his residence. Mr. Laney was born April 24, 1928,…
(DELTA) Funeral services for Calvin F. Hill, 76, of Delta were at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, at Open Door Baptist Church with the Revs. Jerry Bolt, Billy Taylor and Terry Holder officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Hill died Friday, Dec. 28, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center in Anniston.…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Virgil Parker Barber Jr., 95, of Roanoke, formerly of LaFayette, will be Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Sweet Home United Methodist Church with the Revs. Russell Williams and Baxter Chism officiating. Burial will follow at Sweet Home United Methodist Church Cemetery. Mr. Barber died Saturday, Dec. 29, at…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Florine Thompson Waldrep, 87, of Roanoke will be Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Clifford DeLee officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Waldrep died Saturday, Dec. 29, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. A long-time Randolph County resident,…