(MONTGOMERY) Inez Reaves Williams of Montgomery, 89, died Friday, March 4, 2011.She was born May 23, 1921, in Newell and was the seventh of 12 children. Mrs. Williams was a retired teacher of 35 years; member of education organizations, AEA, NEA, MCRT and RTA, and was a member of Yarbrough Street Baptist Church. She loved…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Harvie Felton Hodges, 88, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 6, 2011, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Gordon Taylor officiating. Burial will follow in Forrester’s Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Wadley. Mr. Hodges died Friday, March 4, at Randolph Medical Center. Mr. Hodges was born Dec. 15,…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Nell Hadaway Haynes, 86, of Wedowee were Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Wedowee with the Revs. Don Paris and David Holcombe officiating. Burial followed in Wedowee City Cemetery. Mrs. Haynes died Wednesday, Feb. 23, at Clay County Hospital. Mrs. Haynes was born Oct. 15,1924,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Carey Joe Brooks, 67, of Roanoke will be at 1 p.m., Friday, March 4, 2011, at Trinity Baptist Church with the Revs. Junior Plunkett and Richard Richie officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Brooks died Wednesday, March 2, at Roanoke Health Care. Mr. Brooks was born May 16,…
(NEWELL) Funeral services for Esul Robert Holloway, 100, of Newell will be at 11 a.m., Friday, March 4, 2011, at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Gordon Taylor and Jason Reaves officiating. Burial will follow in Levens’ Baptist Church Cemetery, Wedowee. Mr. Holloway died Tuesday, March 1, at his home. Mr. Holloway was born Sept.…
(LINCOLN, Kan.) Dorothy Jean Luck, 72, of Lincoln, Kan., died Feb. 28, 2011. Dorothy was born July 29, 1938, in Heflin, Alabama, the daughter of Walter A. and Irene Loveless Perkins. Survivors include her sons and their wives, Dennis and Becky Luck, Alan and Sharon Luck and Mike and Monica Luck, all of Lincoln, and…
(GADSDEN) Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 3, 2011, at Sweet Home United Methodist Church for Bernice W. Harris, 87, of Gadsden, who died Saturday, Feb. 26. The Revs. Derrick Cowser and Scottie Rice will officiate. Burial will be in Shiloh Cemetery, Camp Hill. Mrs. Harris was born May 1, 1923, to…
(ROANOKE) Services for Ronald Taylor, 76, of Roanoke were Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Brian Moore officiating. Burial followed at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Taylor died Friday, Feb. 25, at his home. A lifelong Randolph County resident, Mr. Taylor was born April 1, 1934, son of…
It would be understandable if pre-season expectations weren’t too high for a basketball team that had just graduated the state’s all-time leading scorer and whose starting lineup consisted of three freshmen. The expectations were high for members of that team, however, and now the Woodland Lady Bobcats find themselves in the unlikely position of playing…
So you thought Watson, IBM’s Jeopardy-champion computer, was hot stuff when it bested two of the quiz show’s most renowned contestants? Big deal. Can Watson drive a car when he (or she, or it) doesn’t even know what country Toronto is in? More to the point, can Watson drive a car, taking directions from Alex…
The political mood of the new Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and the new GOP majorities in state lawmaking bodies seems to be slash and burn. On the national level the target is the program of Barack Obama. On the state level the target is the pay and benefits of public workers,…
The lead sentence in the Tuscaloosa News article caught my attention. “The University of Alabama cheerleaders have found themselves in an unfamiliar position.” It seems that the cheerleading squad of the University of Alabama (my alma mater, ’66) went out and won the Universal Cheerleaders Association College National Championship in a head-to-head contest that has…
Sophie McDow wrote a book for a simple reason. Lots of kids were staring at her grandmother, Becky Guinn, who had manufactured hands with hooks, and Sophie wrote the book to explain to everyone. Sophie wrote “Bebe and Me” when she was 7 years old. She is now 9. On Friday the children at Knight-Enloe…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission’s agenda kept on truckin’ as it has for the past several meetings with discussions regarding the big trucks going to and from Wedowee Quarry. County engineer Burrel Jones said all of the “No Trucks – Local Deliveries Only signs have been erected. Commissioner Terry Lovvorn invited the others to look at…
The Roanoke Board of Education extended Superintendent Chuck Marcum’s contract by a four-year term. Board president Don Strength had said April 1 the superintendent would begin the final year of his contract and opened it up for discussion. He made the motion to approve the new contract and noted it did not include any raises.…
In its grand jury report jurors commended new sheriff David Cofield and his ideas for modernizing his department. They commended him and his staff for maintaining the jail facilities. They said they hope the county commission supports his efforts to improve and modernize his department. The grand jurors thought plans for building offices where the…
Stanley Allen asked the Roanoke City Council to stand behind the petition he passed around in the Roanoke area by sending a letter to Sen. Gerald Dial and Rep. Richard Laird endorsing citizens’ right to vote on alcohol issues. His non-binding petition is more or less a straw poll asking Laird to introduce legislation to…
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Randolph County Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authority (Owner) P.O. Box 187 1307 Main Street South (US 431) Wedowee, AL. 36278 (256) 357-9005 Fax (256) 357-9033 Sealed BIDS for the construction of PROJECT NO. 111-29G Gold Ridge Area Water System Improvements Randolph County, AL (The projects consist…
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES NOTICE The Randolph County Industrial Council is now soliciting proposals from qualified engineering firms for professional engineering services to be provided in connection with funding received from HUD for the installation of sewer lines in the Randolph County Industrial Park. (Project # B-10-SP-AL-0299). Proposals must be submitted to the…
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,…