(LAKE PLACID, Fla.) Fred P. Archer, 82, of Lake Placid, Fla., died Sunday morning, March 18, 2012, at Highlands Regional Medical Center in Sebring.Private services to celebrate Fred’s life will be held at a later date on the shore of Lake Okeechobee.He was born Oct. 2, 1929, in Roanoke to parents Ernest and Lela Powers…
According to state Sen. Gerald Dial, a second bill being run in this week’s Randolph Leader involving re-distribution of Randolph County’s tobacco tax collections was not introduced by him as was reported. That bill, which specifies the amount to be distributed for a proposed district office will be 19 percent of the tobacco tax collections,…
(OXFORD) Funeral services for Cynthia Ann Lipham Bobo, 86, of Oxford will be Saturday, March 31, 3012, at 2 p.m. at Miller Funeral Home with Minister C.J. Boyd officiating. Burial will follow in Forestlawn Gardens. Mrs. Bobo died Tuesday, March 27, at Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Bobo was a native of Randolph County and a…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Donald Robert “Bobby” Morris Sr., 73, of Roanoke will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 31, 2012, at Roanoke First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Steve Bachus officiating. He will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery. Mr. Morris died…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for David Lee Sims, 49, will be Saturday, March 31, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church in Wedowee with the Rev. Henry Sterling officiating. Burial will be in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery. The body will be at the church two hours prior to the services. Mr. Sims died Monday, March…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Rufus Leon Alsabrook, 92, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 31, 2012, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Jackie Simmons and Cecil Halsey officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Alsabrook died Thursday, March 29, at Lineville Nursing Home. Mr. Alsabrook was born April 15,…
(ALEXANDER CITY) Funeral services with full military honors provided by the U.S. Army for James Theo “Jim” Hardman Jr., 68, of Alexander City will be Thursday, March 29, 2012, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Bass Funeral Home. The Rev. Eddie Bass will officiate. Burial will follow in Alexander City Cemetery. Mr. Hardman was…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Albert Sheppard, 86, of LaGrange, Ga., died Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday at the Hunter-Allen-Myhand Chapel with the Revs. Sanford Yarbrough Jr., Chris Yarbrough and Bobby Robinson officiating. Interment will be in Restlawn Memory Gardens. Mr. Sheppard was born…
(DELTA) A memorial service for Dwight T. Cooley, 85, of Delta will be Saturday, March 31, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Center West Baptist Church with the Rev. Mark Williams officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining church cemetery. Mr. Cooley died Friday, March 23, at Trinity Medical Center in Birmingham. A Clay County native,…
A lot of planning has come together and now the face of downtown is changing. Roanoke City Council approved the low bid to demolish the old Snax-Deli Monday night but delayed movement of the heavy machinery until after April 17. David Denton’s CPA/accounting business adjoins the building, and Mayor Mike Fisher said they are honoring…
SWAGG–A Swagg area man was killed on Monday night while he was working on a truck. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, David Lee Sims, 49, of 4756 County Rd. 329, Wedowee, was working under the truck at 546 County Rd. 329 at approximately 10:10 p.m. when it rolled onto him. Randolph…
Roanoke Police and Randolph County Sheriff’s Office assisted Randolph County Narcotics Unit in a roundup of suspects with warrants on Tuesday afternoon, following some recent undercover drug investigations. The investigations resulted in a total of 28 charges. The complete list of suspects and charges will be reported when the arrests are completed.
FOSTER’S CROSSROADS – A Newell man was accidentally shot in the face while turkey hunting on Thursday morning. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, Wesley Brian Bowen, 29, of 122 County Rd. 1901, is in an Atlanta area hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries. The accident happened near 3150 County Rd.…
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) An 18-person grand jury returned a four-count indictment in Heard County Superior Court Monday in the case of the State of Georgia v. Charles Grady Green. Green, 42, of Woodland, Ala., was involved in the two-car accident that took the life of Heard County deputy Will Cammon on March 3, 2011. The crash…
WADLEY–The Music Department of Southern Union State Community College will present its annual Spring Show on April 18-20 in Brazeal Auditorium on SU’s Wadley Campus. Shows will begin each night at 7. The Southern Union Sound and The Southern Union Dancers will salute “America, Our Great Nation.” There will be a variety of musical selections;…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission approved the writing of specifications to bid out the service of a phone system for inmates at Randolph County Jail. Chairman Terry Lovvorn will work with Sheriff David Cofield and county administrator Cindy Arrington to get the specs ready. During Thursday’s workshop meeting, retired Sheriff Greg Bartlett, who is now senior account…
An Atlanta man was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in Roanoke Saturday afternoon. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, Milton Webster, 56, was traveling east on Airport Road on a 2002 Suzuki about 2:15 p.m. and entered the curve to the left approximately 300 feet from the intersection of Airport Road and…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH Notice is hereby given that a bill substantially as follows will be introduced in the 2012 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama and application for its passage and enactment will be made: A Bill to be Entitled an Act Relating to Randolph County; to provide for the salary…
NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a bill substantially as follows will be introduced in the 2012 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama and application for its passage and enactment will be made: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to Randolph County; to amend Sections 3 and 6 of Act 2003-213, 2003…
INVITATION FOR BIDS Sealed bids, subject to the conditions contained herein, will be received by the Utilities Board of the City of Roanoke, Alabama, until 10:00 a.m., Local Time, April 24, 2012, and then publicly opened and read at the Board Office, located at 1169 U.S. Highway 431, Roanoke, AL for furnishing all materials and…