(VALLEY) Elizabeth Magby “Liz” McCants, 73, of Valley died Monday, Oct. 10, 2011, at Lanier Health Services in Valley.The funeral will be Saturday, Oct. 15, at 11 a.m. at Zion Rest Heard Center in Valley with the Revs. Frederick Stanley, Billy Drakes, Wallace Turner, Charles Magby, Terry Magby, Richard Magby, W.G. Wimberly and Tommy Jenkins…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Levert “Sam” Arrington, 73, of Woodland, will be at 2 p.m., Friday, Oct. 14, 2011, at Liberty East Baptist Church with the Revs. J.C. Phillips and Ridley Herren officiating. Mr. Arrington will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the adjoining church cemetery.…
Randolph County commissioners Thomas J. “June” Waldrep and Doug Sheppard both resigned on Tuesday, Oct. 11, though for different reasons. It is now up to Gov. Robert Bentley to appoint someone to fill the seats until the terms end in November of 2012 and an election is held. June Waldrep Waldrep, who had served as…
(LAFAYETTE) Judy W. Forbus, 72, of LaFayette died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, at her home. Mrs. Forbus was a native of Valley, born Nov. 12, 1939. She was retired from Ampex Corporation. Graveside services will be Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 2 p.m. at LaFayette City Cemetery, with the Rev. Mark McGee officiating. Surviving are two…
ROCK MILLS–Randolph County Sheriff’s Office is searching for the identity of a body whose unmarked grave at Rock Mills Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery was apparently exhumed by accident. Randolph County Sheriff’s Office and EMA personnel, members of Rock Mills Volunteer Fire Department and Coroner Terry Sparks were at work Tuesday afternoon and into the night…
Poor decisions brought us to this point, and now two Randolph County commissioners have resigned on the same day although for very different reasons. Aside from the obvious lessons to be learned– treat others with respect even when they are not within earshot and don’t even give the appearance of profitting personally from public office–there…
I am not a hunter. I used to be, but not anymore. But I am an eater, and when I think of eating what hunters bring in, I always think of the Armadillo Gourmet Society, a south Alabama institution that, for a brief time, combined wild game and illegal beer to raise money for a…
The Huntsville Times called it “the ultimate recycling project.” I call it “the ultimate hat trick.” During the past month David Bronner, the head of the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA), has reversed the biggest miscalculation of his career, restored his Superman status with industrial leaders in North Alabama, and temporarily saved a potentially disastrous…
I, like most of the people in this county, deplore the profanity laden and racist comments made by long-time county commissioner Thomas “June” Waldrop in an apparently secretive video-taping. I live in his district, district 4, and had already been thinking about what I would say when he made his annual trip around his district.…
A Roanoke man was arrested on Wednesday of last week, charged with the thefts of storm grates in downtown Roanoke. Antonio Lamont Reese, 21, of 172 Lebanon St., Roanoke, recently of Auburn, is charged with second-degree theft from the Alabama Department of Transportation for the larger grates and third-degree theft from the City of Roanoke…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by James Edward Holliday and wife, Bobbie T. Holliday and Edna Blakes, to Option One Mortgage Corporation, on August 3, 2005, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated June 23, 2006, executed by JAMES W. OLVEY, III, married, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS”) Solely as nominee for PRIMARY CAPITAL ADVISORES LC, which mortgage was recorded on June 28, 2006, in Mortgage Book…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO PROBATE WILL TO: Naowarat Yongram Lowry You are hereby notified that on the 3rd day of Oct., 2011, application was filed by Jean H. Lowry in Probate Court of Randolph County, State of Alabama, for the Probate and Record of an instrument purporting to…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: JAMES BARSH, DECEASED Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 7th day of Oct., 2011, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Bobby Ray Baker, on April 22, 2008, to Community and Southern Bank, assignee of the FDIC as receiver of First National Bank of Georgia, which mortgage is recorded in Mortgage Book 531, Page 760, in…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF JIMMIE GRAY, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Koto Alan Gray f/k/a Dennis Alan Gray on the 10th day of Oct., 2011, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court of…
NOTICE OF COMPLETION Strain Construction Co. has completed its work on the Water System Extension and Improvement Project, County Roads 54, 102, 451 and 464, CDBG Project No. SM-CM-PF-09-018 for the Town of Woodland. Any person having a claim against the project should notify Ladd Environmental Consultants Inc. at 256-845-5315 within the next thirty days.…
INVITATION TO BID The City of Roanoke is accepting Sealed Bids for floor covering for the City of Roanoke “Annie L Awbrey” public library. Bids will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on October 27, 2011 and then opened on October 28, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at City Hall. The City reserves the right to reject…
Two visitors to the Roanoke City Council Monday night may mean better times lie ahead for downtown Roanoke. John Tinney presented one proposal and Tommy Pike presented another one dealing with deteriorated downtown buildings. Tinney said he was not there as an attorney and thanked the council for the efforts they have made downtown. The…
MONTGOMERY–A state appeals court has ruled that the State Board of Education had the legal right to fire Susan Salatto as president of Southern Union State Community College in Wadley. The Court of Civil Appeals issued a decision Friday that reversed a lower court ruling that said Salatto’s firing was improper. The school board voted…