(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Jimmy Randall Brown, 70, of Carrollton, Ga., formerly of Ranburne, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012.Funeral services will be Friday, Jan. 13, at 2 p.m. at Hutcheson’s Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Van Brown officiating. Music will be by Rev. Buddy Gentry. Interment will follow in Cleburne County Memory Gardens in Ranburne.Mr. Brown was…
(VALLEY) Annie Pearl “Maw Maw” Brown, 84, of Valley died Jan. 10, 2012, at her residence. The funeral will be at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley on Thursday, Jan. 12, at 2 p.m. EST with the Revs. Tim Bass and Darren White officiating. Burial will be in Fairfax Cemetery. Born May 2, 1927,…
(ROME, Ga.) James William Vaughn, 64, of Rome, Ga., formerly of Lanett, died Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Md. The funeral will be Saturday, Jan. 14, at 10:30 a.m. at Lanett Congregational Christian Church with the Rev. Pete Paulson officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery in…
(OPELIKA) Funeral services for Clyde H. Melton, 72, of Opelika will be at 1 p.m., Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Brian Moore officiating. Burial will follow in Concord Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Wadley. Mr. Melton died Tuesday, Jan. 10, at Traylor Nursing Home, Roanoke. Mr. Melton was born Feb.…
(ROANOKE) Funeral service for Jimmy Ray Denham, 53, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Revs. Keith Benefield and Mike Brewer officiating. Burial will follow in High Pine Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Denham died Tuesday, Jan. 10, at his home. Mr. Denham was born Oct. 15,…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission had a standing room only crowd at its lengthy workshop meeting on Thursday of last week as residents asked for help with road maintenance. Many of the visitors are residents of County Road 59, the part from Woodland to County Road 82 at Newell. This section of road has 46 houses and…
WADLEY––Mayor Jim Dabbs painted a dire financial picture of the town of Wadley before asking the town council to consider approving an occupational tax. In 2001 the tax came before the council for a 1-percent assessment on all salaried workers within the town, not just residents. This would include Southern Union State Community College and…
This Friday is the deadline for those planning to run for office this year. The primary is March 13. The parties run the primaries and voters must declare their allegiance to Democrats or Republicans before receiving their ballot and voting. Democrats who have qualified for local races are: Clay Tinney, who is challenging incumbent District…
A family of three, expecting a fourth, was left homeless on Jan. 3 following a fire at their trailer in Morrison Crossroads. According to Randolph County E-911, the fire was reported at 1:03 p.m. at 9648 Old Hwy. 431, Lot 22. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, Rudy Bartolon reported having electrical…
At Monday night’s Roanoke City Council meeting visitor Jeff Nolen asked if the city could do something about restaurant and political signs on the right of way if the state is not going to enforce the sign ordinances. Zoning administrator and purchasing agent Tim Jacobs said the Planning Commission is finishing the comprehensive plan for…
A manager at Subway in Roanoke was arrested on Monday, charged with stealing money from the restaurant. Angie Elaine McClain, 43, of 452 Commerce St., Roanoke, is charged with first-degree theft of property. Between Dec. 19 and Jan. 4, McClain is accused of taking bank deposits with her when she left, but not taking them…
A Lanett woman was arrested on Saturday, charged with stealing a vehicle in Randolph County in November. Kenna Brooke Reynolds, 25, of Lanett is charged with first-degree theft. She’s accused of taking Crystal Reaves’ vehicle. Valley police charged Reynolds with receiving stolen property in December. (For more arrests and incidents reported by the Randolph County…
Roanoke is ahead of many places, with an ordinance prohibiting texting and driving and with signs posted letting drivers know it’s illegal here. It should be illegal everywhere. When the Alabama Legislature convenes Feb. 7, Rep. Jim McClendon of Springville plans to introduce a bill to prohibit, statewide, driving by anyone who is manually using…
Well, I’ve always heard, but I ain’t too sure, That a man’s best friend is a mangy cur. I kinda favor the hog myself. How ’bout a hand for the hog! Roger Miller Read the other day that someone somewhere had done some calculations and come to the conclusion that your average American eats 28…
Mobile Circuit Judge Charlie Graddick is the fund-raising leader in the race to become the Republican nominee for chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. Records kept by the Secretary of State’s office show Graddick has raised almost $350,000, closely followed with $269,515 by incumbent Chief Justice Chuck Malone. Former Chief Justice Roy Moore had…
“Mama, why am I fat?” It’s a question I never asked. But it’s one that could be on the lips of millions of Southern kids who grew up in a society in which obesity is endemic. When I was a skinny little kid, the older folks in my family often referred to me as “puny,”…
NOTICE OF SALE The following vehicle has been abandoned at 341 Bonner Drive, Roanoke, AL 36274 and will be sold on February 15, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. at the same address. 1997 Honda Accord 1HGCD5601VA269245 (2-3)
NOTICE OF SALE The following vehicles have been abandoned at Ray Benefield Wrecker Service and will be sold on Jan. 26, 2012, at 12:00 p.m. 1983 GMC Jimmy 1GSOS18D0521232 2001 Dodge Neon 1B3ES46C34D597384 1989 Plymouth Acclaim 1B3BA4617KF401916 1993 Ford Taurus 1FA6P52UXPA209844 1986 Pontiac Grand Am 1G2NE1438PM526031 2001 Plymouth Neon 1P3E546C1YD798327 1984 Chev. Celebrity 1G1AW35X6F6122077 1989…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Jason H. Wadkins, a married man, and Jessica N. Wadkins, his wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Quicken Loans, Inc., on the 1st day of November, 2006, said mortgage recorded…
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE ALABAMA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Default having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Robert D Blair and Janice T Blair as joint tenants with right of survivorship to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp its successors…