IN THE PROBATE COURT OFRANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMAIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFLAWRENCE LEON SIMS, DECEASEDNOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY EXECUTRIXLetters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 9th day of May, 2011 by the Honorable Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that…
Some people seem to think that once they have dropped their 75 cents into the slot it’s okay to take as many newspapers as they want. It’s not. It’s stealing. We have long been plagued by theft from news racks. Some locations are worse than others, but all locations have suffered losses. The worst locations…
In 2004 The Randolph Leader developed its first web site, which went live with the start of the new year, 2005. It happened only after much trepidation about how putting local news on the web would affect newspaper sales and subscriptions. We decided to put only part of the Leader online: selected local news and…
Brilliant blue skies, heat, an occasional breeze; it was still a perfect setting for Summer On Main this year. The only thing that could have made it better would have been a water slide for the children like Wadley had last year. Southerners are generally tough. They prefer air conditioning but they can handle heat…
One circus act ends in Montgomery Thursday but another started on Monday, so the folks in the seat of Alabama’s government will be entertained continuously this summer with many actors and many antics. The state legislature comes back to town Thursday to end its 2011 regular session, so the state will actually be safe for…
Last month, instead of tossing a fish at the Flora-Bama, I attended the reunion of the Clarke County High School class of ’61. Fifty years ago our small and generally unremarkable group graduated and went out into the world. Then we came back. The core of the class, led by a few energetic ladies, had…
The 2011 All-County Softball Team is a collection of 18 of the county’s best players from Wadley, Handley, Randolph County and Woodland. The players are selected for the team by their coaches based on season stats, work ethic and leadership ability. The Player of the Year is chosen by The Leader. Player of the Year…
College football is a year-round thing in this country. Even more so in the South. But for once, it isn’t the SEC that’s getting the majority of the scrutiny right now. Jim Tressell has departed from Ohio State in the midst of all the tattoo-for-memorabilia scandal and the lies surrounding it. But the big one…
The biggest criticism of the Southeastern Conference has always been about how the conference seldom strays north of the Mason-Dixon line or west of the Mississippi River for non-conference games. It is not totally true, of course, but it is the perception the nation chooses to have about the SEC. Of course that overlooks when…
One person was hurt in a three-vehicle accident Sunday afternoon in Roanoke. Two witnesses said a 2002 Ford Ranger, driven by Clifford Knight, 79, of 3330 County Rd. 87, Roanoke, was at the stop sign of U.S. 431 and County Road 79 facing east, when it pulled out in front of a 2001 Chevrolet Prizm,…
MILLTOWN–One man is dead and another charged following a shooting in the Milltown community on Friday. According to a press release from Chambers County Sheriff Sid Lockhart, Chambers County Sheriff’s deputies and LaFayette EMS responded to a 911 call and found Robert Olin Brooks, 48, of 9061 County Rd. 155, the victim of a shooting.…
(GRAHAM) Auburn Cofield of Graham died Sunday, June 5, 2011. He was 78. Services will be Wednesday, June 8, at 3 p.m. EDT at Bethel East Baptist Church. The Revs. Tim Whaley, Brad Horton and Harlin Noles will officiate. Music will be provided by the church choir. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mr.…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Amos Sheppard, 74, of Wedowee will be Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Stephen Dedman officiating. Burial will follow in Valley Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Sheppard died Sunday, June 5, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. Mr. Sheppard was born May…
(MUNFORD) Services for Charles Edward Lackey, 76, will be at 2 p.m. Monday, June 6, 2011, at Usrey Brown-Service Funeral Home, Talladega, with the Revs. Marshall “Mott” Lackey and Jerry Lackey officiating. Burial will be at Pine Hill Memorial Park. Mr. Lackey died Saturday, June 4, in Anniston. He was a native of Talladega County,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Charlie Evans, 93, of Roanoke were Sunday, June 5, 2011, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Frank Foster Sr., Wally Rezendes and Ricky Etchison officiating. Burial followed at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Evans died Friday, June 3, at Hospice LaGrange. A Newnan, Ga., native, Mr. Evans was…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Celia Doris Yarbrough, 93, of Roanoke were at 1 p.m., Sunday, June 5, 2011, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Franklin Foster Sr. and Stanley Yarbrough officiating. Burial followed at Wehadkee Cemetery. Mrs. Yarbrough died Friday, June 3, at Hospice LaGrange. Mrs. Yarbrough was born March 31, 1918, the daughter…
(ROANOKE) Glenn A. Boller, 71, of Roanoke, formerly of Waverly and Jacksonville, Fla., died Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Private services were Thursday, June 2, at Striffler-Hamby Funeral Home, LaGrange, Ga. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, two sisters-in-law and one brother-in-law. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Rock…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Sidney Wilson Herren, 93, of Roanoke were at 2 p.m., Thursday, June 2, 2011, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Grady Evans officiating. Burial followed in Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Herren died Monday, May 30, at East Alabama Medical Center. Mr. Herren was born April 23, 1918, the son of…
(ROANOKE) Curtis “Donnie” Clark, 64, of Roanoke died Monday, May 30, 2011, at Columbus (Ga.) Regional Medical Center. Memorial services will be Saturday, June 4, at 1 p.m. at Center Chapel Baptist Church wit the Rev. Jody Overton officiating. Born March 27, 1947, in Roanoke, Mr. Clark was the son of the late Curtis and…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Buford G. Adamson, 88, of Wedowee will be Thursday, June 2, 2011, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bobby Burroughs officiating. Burial will follow in Wedowee City died Tuesday, May 31, at his residence. Mr. Adamson was born March 23, 1923, the son of Wesley and Delia…