Randolph County native wins "Miss Alabama"

Saturday night Wadley's own Jamie Langley was crowned Miss Alabama after competing in the pageant six times.

Jamie, 23, is the daughter of Jeff and Mailey Langley of Wadley. She attended Southern Union State Community College before going to Jacksonville State University where she is a communications major.

Langley will represent the state of Alabama in the Miss America pageant later this year.

A History Lesson on Randolph County

This history of Randolph County, Alabama ran serially in the
Wedowee "Randolph Toiler" from December 6, 1894 to March 13, 1896.  The author, J.M.K. Guinn and his brother were editors of the Toiler. This is a transcript of a copy lent the Birmingham Public Library by the State Department of Archives and History, Montgomery. The work was done by Library Project 3529, Works Progress Administration under the sponsorship of the Birmingham Library Board.

Click here to learn about Randolph County and its early leaders and politicians.