(MELLOW VALLEY) Funeral services for Ed Fetner, 85, of Mellow Valley will be Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Mellow Valley Baptist Church with the Rev. Braden Morrison officiating. Burial will follow in Mellow Valley Baptist Church Cemetery.Mr. Fetner died Monday, March 14, at Lineville Health and Rehabilitation Center.A native and lifelong resident…
(VILLA RICA, Ga.) Margaret Elois Farmer Dangar Munroe, 70, formerly of Villa Rica, Ga., died Sunday, March 13, 2011, in Altus Hospice in Atlanta. Ms. Munroe was born Aug. 2, 1940, in Fulton County, Ga., the daughter of the late Willard Farmer and Mary Wilson Farmer. She was a homemaker, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.…
If a buyer is not found for Randolph Medical Center within 30 days the hospital is likely to close. Jon Dixon, chief executive officer at RMC, and Gary Clark, chairman of the Roanoke Healthcare Authority, said the board voted to try find a buyer in a called Thursday night meeting. Dixon expects to put his…
On April 29, 1944, Ralph McDonald climbed into his B-24J bomber and settled in the tail gunner’s seat. As a member of the Bishop Crew in the 392nd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force, McDonald knew the dangers of the mission. It wasn’t his first time flying over Berlin. The United States Army Air…
WEDOWEE—At its meeting on Monday, Randolph County Commission approved the fines and penalties for large trucks caught driving on restricted roads. The first offense is a $500 fine, second is $1,000, third is $1,500 and subsequent citations result in a visit to court. Scenic River Trail Richard Kane of Butler’s Mill in Graham and the…
WEDOWEE–A two-vehicle crash Friday evening claimed the life of a Roanoke woman. The crash occurred at approximately 6:36 p.m. near Wedowee on Alabama 48. Daniel Jae Tyler, 27, of Roanoke was driving a 1997 Ford Escort and turning from Randolph County 46 onto Alabama 48 when his vehicle was struck by a 2004 Buick driven…
Lynn Gowan, of Advanced Disposal Municipal Marketing & Governmental Affairs, told the Roanoke City Council at the last meeting his company wants another three-year contract when the present one ends Oct. 1. He introduced his fellow employees and said in the past six years they have held the price at the same level and he…
GRAHAM–A Graham woman was arrested on Tuesday afternoon of last week, charged with stabbing her boyfriend. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, Amanda LaShawnda Myers, 26, of 3200 County Rd. 110, is charged with second-degree domestic violence, which is a felony. The boyfriend was taken to Wedowee Hospital by Southern Ambulance Transport…
The city of Roanoke has begun using a high-tech bracelet to help manage DUI offenders in the community. Municipal court Judge S. Sandy Holliday began ordering DUI defendants to wear the SCRAM (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor) bracelets in November of 2010. The bracelets are worn around the clock and work by sampling the sweat…
We’ve seen what methamphetamine does to those who use it. A powerful stimulant that affects the central nervous system, it is highly addictive, personality altering and can cause bizarre, sometimes violent behavior. Meth causes increased heart rate and blood pressure and can cause irreversible damage to blood vessels in the brain, producing strokes. It has…
Tragedy has struck the land that my generation regarded as the arch-enemy. The nation that gave us Pearl Harbor, the Bataan Death March and the “rape of China” has been stricken by a force more powerful than the two nuclear bombs that provided the coup de grace for Imperial Japan in 1945.And the world weeps…
There are a lot of folks out there today who seem to take great delight in pointing out that the nation is going to hell in a hand basket. All around them they see exam-ples of a descent into deca-dence that, when we hit bottom, will put us in the category with Rome (Italy, not…
March is one of my favorite months of the year for a lot of reasons. One of the main reasons is all the blooming flowers and shrubs giving a touch of color to a drab landscape. Jonquils, one of my favorite flow-ers, sprout everywhere––yards, pastures and old homeplaces. The houses where people loved and cried…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage and security agreement executed by DAVID JACKSON and wife, MALINDA JACKSON, on the 22nd day of August 2005, to VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC., as recorded in Mortgage Book…
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…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Kelvin K. Davis, a married man joined by his wife, Belinda Davis, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., on the 9th day of June, 2008, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ALFRED S. RUNYAN, DECEASED ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Alfred S. Runyan, deceased, having been granted to Gerry S. Runyan on the 8th day of March, 2011, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of said County,…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: RAYFORD D. BUCHANAN, DECEASED ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Ancillary Letters of Administration on the Estate of Rayford D. Buchanan, deceased, having been granted to Sonja M. Buchanan on the 11th day of March, 2011, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH Notice is hereby given that a bill substantially as follows will be introduced in the 2011 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama and application for its passage and enactment will be made: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to Randolph County; to amend Act 89-446 of…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN RE: NELL HADAWAY HAYNES, DECEASED Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Alfred C. Haynes on the 14th day of March, 2011, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama. Notice is hereby given that all…