(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Edward Leo Holland, 84, of Woodland were at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Stephen Dedman officiating. Burial followed in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery.Mr. Holland died Thursday, Aug. 18, at Roanoke Healthcare.He was born July 24, 1927, the son of Benjamin and Ester Holland.…
(DOUGLASVILLE, Ga.) Mary Joan Barclay Gibbs, 77, of Douglasville, Ga., died Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. She was born Dec. 25, 1933, in Rome, Ga., to the late John James Barclay and Alice Grace Reid Barclay. She worked in sales, paid notices for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She was noted as the sales person of the year…
(GRIFFIN, Ga.) Richard Hogan Sr., 64, of Griffin, Ga., died Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, at his home. Mr. Hogan, a native of Troup County, Ga., was the son of the late Dewey and Flossie Murphy Hogan. He was self-employed as a painter. Mr. Hogan was of the Baptist faith and he enjoyed fishing and the…
(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Philip Bolt, 63, of Lineville will be Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011, at 3 P.M. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with Bro. David Holcombe and Bro. Benny Morrison officiating. Burial will follow in Clay County Memory Gardens. Mr. Bolt died Tuesday, Aug. 16, at Russell Medical Center in Alexander City. A…
Drive west past Quail Run Subdivision and turn off Alabama Highway 22 beside Clark Brothers Quality Meats, then turn into a dusty road to the left. A pretty little church, Shady Grove, is to the right. The trip continues along the road to a locked gate, then through the gate into the area of a…
Randolph County Commission Chairman Douglas Sheppard, 44, of 4362 County Road 76, Wedowee, is facing new charges after the spring grand jury reported Tuesday. On top of the four felony charges he is already facing, he was arrested on 15 new felony charges of using his official position for personal gain–for a total of 19…
Roanoke Police have visited the menagerie of dog pens off LaFayette Highway several times but accompanying them last week was Aris Murphy, chief investigator with the Fifth District Attorney’s office, and Chuck Smith, president of the Randolph County Animal Shelter. Roanoke nuisance officer Bill Ford has been there several times as well as Randy Moore…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Susan Waikel and Robert Waikel, husband and wife who are also known as Susan Wylie Waikel and Robert E. Waikel, II, to Rivoli Mortgage, on the 25th day of January, 2005, said mortgage recorded in…
FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain mortgage executed by Charles L. Griffith, husband and wife, Arline A. Griffith to Bank of America, N. A., dated June 2, 2009, and Recorded in Book 545, Page 421 of the records in the Office of…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. 08-72 CYNTHIA O’NEAL, PLAINTIFF VS. JAMES BOYD, et al, DEFENDANT NOTICE To the following individuals whose addresses and whereabouts are unknown and their heirs at law and next of kin, if deceased: Lizzie P. Ware DeLois Prothro Emmett Prothro Theodore Prothro Clayton Boyd Gathan Todd…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: C.W. BONDS, DECEASED NOTICE OF AMENDED PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE TO: LARRY TENNEY, MELINA, GA You are hereby notified that George Bonds has this day filed in this Court his Amended Petition for Final Settlement in the Estate of C.W. Bonds, deceased. You…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF RODGER DELL WHITTEN, DECEASED Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Melda Noles Whitten on the 1st day of Aug., 2011, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: CHASTITY ANN SMITH, DECEASED ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on Chastity Ann Smith, deceased, having been granted to Kesa Johnston on the 10th day of Aug., 2011, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all…
WEDOWEE–Woodland High School welcomed a new assistant principal when classes started last week. Keith Smith of Carrollton, Ga., joins principal Donald Birchfield and assistant principal Jeffery Thompson. A native of Resaca, Ga., Smith comes to WHS from Oconee County High School in Watkinsville, Ga., (outside Athens), where he worked for four years. In addition to…
Of the 12 legislators, lobbyists and businessmen charged in the lengthy bingo vote-buying trial, only the three who pleaded guilty and testified against the others were the ones determined to be guilty when the jury returned its verdict last week. Two of the remaining nine defendants were found not guilty on all charges, and the…
“We’re not going to let some silly little oil spill ruin our history.”Before long “there will be dead fish . . . on the docks.” Destin fisherman, fall, 2010 Last week my son and I, along with my buddy Mark and his two boys, went on our yearly quest for big fish in deep water.…
It is high time that President Obama and his attorney general, Eric Holder, end the waste of precious government resources and remove the federal forces from Montgomery. It is an exercise that has already cost taxpayers upwards of $50 million and some say has violated constitutional principles of state-federal relations by the interference of federal…
I learned Friday and Tuesday there is such a thing as having too much of a good thing. Looking out at pen after pen of dogs, some beautiful, some not so much, I knew there was no way these animals could be petted and loved when there were so many of them. But that likely…
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) A Heard High School junior was killed in a two-vehicle automobile accident Saturday night on South River Road near Franklin, Ga. Georgia State Patrol Lt. Paul Cosper confirmed that 17-year-old Billy Scarborough of Franklin was alone traveling southbound in a 1986 Chevrolet S-10 truck when he failed to maintain his lane, causing a…
NEWELL–Randolph County Sheriff’s Office and the State Fire Marshal’s Office are investigating the fire that destroyed a mobile home in the Newell community on Wednesday of last week. According to reports, the fire happened at 38 County Rd. 411, a mobile home owned by Alan Williamson and rented by Patricia Harper. The trailer was a…