(NEWELL) Funeral services for Bessie D. Norred McCain, 104, of Newell will be Sunday, April 24, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Caver’s Grove Congregational Christian Church with the Revs. Gordon Taylor and Jimmy Brand officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery.Mrs. McCain died Thursday, April 21, at Golden Living Center in Oxford.Mrs. McCain was…

(NEWELL) Funeral services for Betty Lou Daniel, 76, of Newell will be Saturday, April 23, 2011, at noon at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. J.W. Daniel and Keith Rivers officiating. Burial will follow in Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Daniel died Wednesday, April 20, at Carrollton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Daniel was born…

by Penny L. Pool Roanoke Health Care Authority at its Thursday night meeting authorized Chairman Trae Wilkinson to sign all necessary documents for Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center to buy the Southern Family Health Care Clinic. Wilkinson said they had received the letter of intent asset purchase letter from the Anniston medical center and was…

(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Robert Newell Key, 86, of LaGrange, Ga., died Thursday, April 21, 2011, at Florence Hand Home. Mr. Key was born Nov. 12, 1924, in Woodland, Ala., son of the late John David Key and Theodosia Daniel Key. He was retired from the U.S. Navy after 20 years of service and later worked for…

(GRAHAM) Cassie Bowen, a beloved mother and grandmother of Graham, died April 20, 2011. She was 90. Mrs. Bowen was born July 3, 1920, in Carroll County, Ga., to the late Enock and Pearlie Butler. She was a member of Bethlehem Campground United Methodist Church in Graham. Mrs. Bowen is survived by her daughters and…

(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Bessie Mae Newton, 81, of Carrollton, Ga., died Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at her daughter’s residence in Wedowee. Mrs. Newton was born on March 7, 1930, in Atlanta to the late Zachariah Miller and Audre Mae Addison. She worked as a seamstress for The Simmons Company for 35 years. Mrs. Newton was of…

(ASHLAND) Chloe Jewel Craft Harris, 61, died Friday, April 15, 2011, at Clay County Nursing Home in Ashland. Survivors include her husband, Larry D. Harris of Ashland; a daughter, Nancy Price (husband Darrell), and a son, Timothy Harris (wife Joy), both of Opelika; two sisters, Elizabeth Woodward of Newell and Fay White of Mobile; five…

(WOODLAND) Juddie Chambers, 65, of Woodland died Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at Wedowee Hospital. Mrs. Chambers was born Aug. 5, 1945, in Standing Rock, daughter of the late Walter and Flora Viola Simmons Simpson. Mrs. Chambers was an avid gardener, loved cooking and caring for her family. She is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law,…

(WEDOWEE) Brenda Faye Jones Gore, 55, of Wedowee died Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at her residence. The funeral will be Friday, April 22, at 4 p.m. EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Derek Hubbard officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. Born April 12, 1956, in Langdale, Mrs. Gore…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Beulah Jo Todd Brown Cincotti, 85, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m., Friday, April 22, 2011, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jamie Taylor officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Cincotti died Wednesday, April 20, at Wedowee Hospital. Mrs. Cincotti was born Sept. 21, 1925, the…

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…

A special meeting has been called for the Randolph County Health Care Authority Thursday to consider a sale and lease agreement submitted by Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center in Anniston for Southern Family Health Care on Price Street. Randolph Medical Center administrator Jon Dixon said he asked that the meeting be changed from Tuesday, April…

The Roanoke Water Sewer Gas & Filter Plant Board delayed a decision on potential rate increases to fund a proposed water filter plant but did set a workshop for Thursday, May 26, at 4 p.m. to discuss them. General Manager Jerry Revis said he is confident in the numbers suggested for the increase and said…

A Rock Mills woman is charged with reckless endangerment after starting a fire at her parents’ home on Sunday night. Kimberly Gail Thomas, also known as Kimberly Bennett Davis, 40, allegedly started a fire that burned a bedroom at the home at 125 County Rd. 286 in the Lime community. Truck theft Walter Wayne Hudson…

With winds up to 80 miles per hour, the recent band of tornadoes on Friday, April 15 left a trail of destruction across Alabama, after it pummeled Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mississippi. After tornadoes touched down in at least six counties, causing at least seven deaths, Gov. Robert Bentley declared a state of emergency. As local…

When a long-standing traffic light at the corner of Church and Main streets in Roanoke needed replacing, the Alabama Department of Transportation decided the amount of traffic at that intersection did not warrant the expense. This was before the old Skinner Furniture building was removed and visibility for those pulling onto Main was nearly impossible.…

“Anybody on for a game of tennis?” George Bernard Shaw, Misalliance I took my tennis-loving son and his friend Sammy to the finals of the Atlanta Tennis Championship. My ever-attentive wife, looking out for the son who puts a smile on her face and gray hairs in her head, landed tickets for us. It was…