(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Ryan Spencer Roberts, 24, of Roanoke will be Friday, April 15, 2011, at 3 p.m. at Roanoke First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Richard Richie officiating. Burial will follow at Rock Springs Baptist Church Cemetery near LaFayette.Mr. Roberts died Tuesday, April 12, at Wedowee Hospital.A Roanoke resident since 1989, Mr.…
(TEMPLE, Ga.) Arlis Purser, 67, of Temple, Ga., died Monday, April 11, 2011. Funeral services will be Friday, April 15, at 2 p.m. EDT at Mathis Funeral Home in Cochran, Ga. Burial will follow in Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery in Cochran. He was born June 8, 1943, in Cochran, Ga., to the late Carrie Opal…
Well-known best-selling author Mark Childress will be at Roanoke City Schools April 19-20. He will be at Handley High School on Tuesday followed by a visit to Handley Middle School on Wednesday. He has been touring nationwide for his New York Times Best Seller “Georgia Bottoms,” published by Little, Brown & Co. in February. Part…
Tickets still remain for next week’s spring show presented by the Music Department of Southern Union State Community College. Performances of Let’s Face the Music and Dance will be presented April 20, 21 and 22 beginning at 7 p.m. CDT each night. All shows will be held in Brazeal Auditorium on Southern Union’s Wadley campus.…
(HEFLIN) Graveside services for Dorothy K. Gosdin, 81, of Heflin will be Friday, April 15, 2011, at 11 a.m. at Anniston Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Keith Rivers officiating. Mrs. Gosdin died Tuesday, April 12, at her residence. Mrs. Gosdin was born Oct. 29, 1929, the daughter of Varney C. and Mae Freeman Kittle. She…
(KELLYTON) Funeral service for Wilma Leigh Sasser, 81, of Kellyton will be Thursday, April 14, 2011, at 11 a.m. at Kellyton Baptist Church. She will lie in state for one hour at the church prior to the service. The Revs. Wayne Henderson and Steve Dyess will officiate. Burial will follow in Hillview Memorial Park. The…
(RAINBOW CITY) Jerry E. Washington, 74, of Rainbow City died Monday, April 11, 2011. Visitation will be Wednesday at Collier-Butler Funeral Home, Gadsden, from 5-8 p.m. The funeral service celebrating Jerry’s life will be Thursday, April 14, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Gadsden. The Rev. Larry Furhman, interim pastor, will officiate. Burial will…
According to a report from the Jacksonville Post of the Alabama State Troopers, a 24-year-old Roanoke man was killed in a motorcycle accident last night on County Road 15, three miles west of Wedowee. Ryan Spencer Roberts was the driver of the 2009 Yamaha. He was taken to Wedowee Hospital. The accident was reported at…
While stories in this issue reflect citizen pride in cleaning up and beautifying our county, not everyone exhibits that pride. Chambers County commissioners are dealing with a problem that has long plagued Randolph as well: illegal dumping. District 3 commissioner Joe Blanks has the largest district by far in road mileage, covering all of northern…
It is beautiful. Some complain about what is and some do something about it. The work done downtown the past two weekends by members of Roanoke Rotary Club, Master Gardeners, the garden clubs and other volunteers is putting a new face on the city. They got out there, got down and dirty, and are adding…
As I have pointed out on other occasions, I don’t golf. I tried to once, back when I was in college. My uncle got some new clubs and said he’d give me the old ones if I would make his threesome a foursome every once and a while. So I did. The experience taught me…
Every time I see that seafood restaurant’s TV commercials describing its delectable-looking shrimp and crabmeat offerings as “decadent,” I retch, figuratively, and tell Miss Peggy: “I’m not eating at any place that serves rotten seafood.” Decadent (Merriam Webster’s): “Marked by decay or decline.” Madison Avenue has seized the word and transformed it from an adjective…
At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, after orders to fire had been telegraphed from downtown Montgomery, the capital of the newly-formed Confederate States of America, Fort Sumter in Charleston, S.C. was bombarded by artillery batteries surrounding the harbor. Although the Union garrison returned fire, they were significantly outgunned and, after 34 hours agreed to…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Larry Waldon and Lori A.Waldon, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Ark-La-Tex Financial Services LLC, on the 11th day of March, 2008, said mortgage recorded in the…
REQUEST FOR BIDS Request for Bids for construction of a wheel chair accessible restroom for the Wedowee Hospital located at 209 Main Street South, Wedowee, Alabama. Contractor must be licensed and bonded. Bids must be received by April 29, 2011 Please call Russell Robinson at (256) 276-2822 for copies of the detail request. Sponsored by…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by John C. Ellison, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Indymac Bank, F.S.B, a federally chartered savings bank , on the 24th day of May, 2007, said mortgage recorded in the Office of…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Gary L. Roberts and Debra S. Roberts, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Branch Banking and Trust Company, on the 7th day of November, 2002, said mortgage recorded in the Office…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by James A. Turner, an unmarried man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Amerigroup Mortgage Corporation, a Division of Mortgage Investors Corporation, on the 7th day of June, 2003, said mortgage…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KING VICTOR KNIGHT, DECEASED NOTICE OF HEARING TO: Billy Junior Knight, nephew 11261 Co. Rd. 33 Wedowee, AL 36278 Willie Rose Hardnett, niece 11261 Co. Rd. 33 Wedowee, AL 36278 You will take notice that on the 30th day of…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: JIMMY M. BENNETT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Ancillary Letters Testamentary on the estate of Jimmy M. Bennett, deceased, having been granted to Terry Michael Bennett on the 8th day of April, 2011, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that…