The afternoon before Daddy died he talked to my son and daughter over the phone. He was in a good mood and in the conversation gave my son this bit of advice:“Pile it all in one place and keep an eye on it.”It is always good to leave behind words to ponder.Daddy had some pretty…
Since the day I finished third in the 12-boy race for Attorney General at Alabama Boys State in 1958 I have wanted to be involved in public policy issues. I got that chance in 1963 when I moved from the mail room to become a full-fledged reporter at the daily newspaper in Florence. Later that…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Mortgage executed by TONY LEWIS MOORE, a married man, to SMALL TOWN BANK on January 30, 2009, said Mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Book 540, Page 165, and…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Mortgage executed by MOORES QUICK STOP, Sole Proprietorship, to SMALL TOWN BANK on September 27, 1999, said Mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Book 390, Page 336; and SMALL…
Some 40 years ago, as environmental reporter for the Norfolk Ledger-Star, I asked some top authorities on atomic energy what would happen if a nuclear power plant lost all the cooling water in its reactor core. The answer from a spokesman for the Atomic Energy Commission–then the watchdog agency for domestic as well as military…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Mortgage executed by TONY L. MOORE, d/b/a MOORES GAS PUMP, Sole Proprietorship, to SMALL TOWN BANK on February 7, 2001, said Mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Book 410,…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by James D. Bell and Donna S. Bell, husband and wife, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., on the 10th day of January, 2008, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that Mortgage executed on the 2nd day of May, 2005, by Mark Kirby and Beth Kirby to Small Town Bank which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated June 22, 2007, executed by JOSEPH D. RIFFLE, married and CINDY D. RIFFLE, married, to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., which mortgage was recorded on June 27, 2007, in Mort. Book 517, Page 584, of the mortgage…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF CHILTON COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF HUBERT A. BONNER JR. NOTICE OF DAY SET FOR HEARING PROBATE OF WILL OF HUBERT A. BONNER JR. TO: ALL HEIRS OF HUBERT A. BONNER JR., DECEASED, WHOSE NAMES AND ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN You will please take notice that on the 15th…
NOTICE OF SALE Sale date: April 7, 2011 1999 Chev. Suburban VIN# 1GKFK16R4XJ766967 Ray Benefield 95 Buford Adamson Rd. Wedowee, AL 36278 (12-14p)
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: JAMES THOMAS HARPER, DECEASED Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 17th day of March, 2011, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims…
Two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday morning in Roanoke. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, Anthony S. Florence, 38, of Carrollton, Ga., was northbound on U.S. 431 in his 2008 Kia Spectra, waiting to turn left into the parking lot of Roanoke Dialysis, where he is employed. Carron Jane Meadows,…
The Handley Tigers took home the county baseball championship Saturday with a 6-5 victory over Randolph County in Woodland. After a tit-for-tat game that saw a tie for two innings and three lead changes, Handley came through in the clutch with three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. “We were fortunate to come…
The Handley Lady Tigers had an impressive week on the diamond, winning their last three of four games, including a 6-0 shutout of county rival Woodland Thursday. Handley took the fight to Woodland in Roanoke Thursday afternoon and sealed the win with one predominant thing–dominant pitching. Handley starter Morgan Parmer and young gun reliever Brianna…
I think I’ve mentioned this before, but I hate March Madness. It’s not that I don’t like the sport. It’s not that I don’t like the tournament. It’s not that I don’t think the games are terrific. I hate March Madness because I am absolute garbage when it comes to filling out a bracket. The…
The coaching landscape is littered with bad decisions. Michigan deciding to hire Rich Rodriguez was a bad decision. Rodriguez deciding to go to Michigan was a bad decision. Kentucky deciding to hire Billy Gillispie as its basketball coach a few years ago was a bad decision. Those are just two of the cases of bad…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for James Shaffer Wier, 92, of Roanoke will be at 11 a.m., Friday, March 25, 2011, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tommy Burke and minister Denise McGill officiating. Burial will follow in Rock Springs Christian Church Cemetery. Mr. Wier died Monday, March 21, at Wedowee Hospital. Mr. Wier was born…
(GRAHAM) Bob Butler of Graham died Monday, March 21, 2011. He was 84. Mr. Butler was born on Oct. 1, 1926, in Graham to the late Loyd and Sadie Huckabee Butler. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and worked as a farmer. He was a member of Old Harmony Primitive Baptist Church. Survivors…
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