IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JACQUES DRUMHELLER, DECEASED
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
Case No: 2024-227
Letters Testamentary on the estate of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on the 12th day of April, 2024, by the Hon. Bill English, Judge of the Probate Court of Lee County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.
DARLENE BERRY, Personal Representative
Robert H. Pettey
Samford & Denson, LLP
P.O. Box 2345
Opelika, AL 36803-2345
(334) 745-3504
Legal Run 04/18/24, 04/25/24 & 05/02/24
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
OPELIKA CITY COUNCIL
May 7, 2024, 6:00 P.M.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in accordance with §23-4-2, Code of Alabama, 1975, that the City Council of the City of Opelika will conduct a Public Hearing during the regularly scheduled City Council meeting on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Courtroom of the Opelika Municipal Court Building, 300 Martin Luther King Boulevard, Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, to receive the benefit of public input concerning a proposal to vacate a portion of the right-of-way of Speedway Road between Randall Drive and Veterans Parkway. All persons interested in the proposed vacation are invited to appear at the public hearing and express their views. Written statements or objections may be submitted to the City Clerk prior to the time of the hearing.
The portion of Speedway Drive proposed to be vacated is more particularly described as follows:
RIGHT-OF-WAY VACATION OF A PORTION OF SPEEDWAY DRIVE
COMMENCE AT A POINT UNDER ASPHALT LOCALLY ACCEPTED AS THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 19 NORTH, RANGE 26 EAST, AUBURN, LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA; THENCE NORTH 21°46’52” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 2070.89 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF A RIGHT-OF-WAY VACATION MORE FULLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THENCE NORTH 00°49’50” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 216.29 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00°49’50” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 110.44 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89°10’10” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 48.78 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00°49’55” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 110.16 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00°49’55” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 99.88 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00°49’55” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 99.90 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00°49’55” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 99.92 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00°49’55” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 37.57 FEET; THENCE WITH A CURVE TURNING TO THE RIGHT WITH AN ARC LENGTH OF 130.20 FEET, WITH A RADIUS OF 2662.7 FEET, WITH A CHORD BEARING OF NORTH 21°10’12” WEST, WITH A CHORD LENGTH OF 130.19 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY VACATION CONTAINING 18,949.9 SQUARE FEET OR 0.44 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.
Being further described according to and as shown on that certain survey or drawing dated January 29, 2024, by Arthur R. Nettles, Registered Surveyor, attached hereto and marked Exhibit “A”.
A copy of the Petition to Vacate and the proposed resolution approving the vacation will be available upon request at the office of the City Clerk, 1st Floor of City Hall, 204 South 7th Street, Opelika, Alabama.
Please contact Brian Weiss, the City’s ADA Contact Person, at 334-705-5134 at least two (2) working days prior to the meeting if you require special accommodations due to a disability.
DATED this the 11th day of April, 2024.
/s/Russell A. Jones, CMC CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF OPELIKA, ALABAMA
Legal Run 04/11/2024, 04/18/24, 04/25/24 & 05/02/24
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN RE: ESTATE OF MARY LEE CARDEN, DECEASED
ESTATE NO:
PETITION TO PROBATE WILL
NOTICE
Letters of Testamentary for the Estate of MARY LEE CARDEN, Deceased, having been granted to JENNIFER A. STEWART, on the 2nd day of April, 2024, by the Honorable Bill English, Judge of Probate Court of Lee County, Alabama, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.
S/Raymond L. Jackson, Jr./
Raymond L. Jackson, Jr.
ATTORNEY FOR THE PETITIONER
145 E. Magnolia Avenue, Suite 110
Auburn, AL 36830
Telephone: (334) 991-3143
FAX Number (877) 730-3354
e-mail address: Ray@RayJackson.Law
Legal Run 4/11/24, 4/18/24 & 4/25/24
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
CASE NO.: PC 2024-180
IN RE: THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CAROL EDWARDS DAVIS, DECEASED
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Valarie Davis McCalman on the 25th day of March, 2024, by the Hon. Bill English, Judge of Probate Court of Lee County, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.
Valarie Davis McCalman
BY: Patrick McCalman, Attorney for Personal Representative
Legal Run 4/11/24, 4/18/24 & 4/25/24
PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN THE MATTER OF : THOMAS E. POLLARD, an incapacitated person
NOTICE OF FILING OF FINAL ACCOUNTING
INTERESTED PERSONS TAKE NOTICE THAT BIRDIE P. PETERSON, as Conservator of THOAMS E. POLLARD, an incapacitated person has filed her final accounting requesting approval of the same. The 22 day of May 2024 at 10:00 a.m. has been set the time to review the final accounting. Contact the Lee County, Alabama Probate Office for directions to participate electronically. Done this the 18th day of April, 2024.
BILL ENGLISH, PROBATE JUDGE
Legal Run 04/25/24, 05/02/24 & 05/09/24
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
Adoption of: LME (6/16/2020) LME (6/16/2020) JLC (9/5/2018) JJC (7/22/2019) TJC (3/2/2016)
TO: Any and all alleged/unknown fathers
Take notice, that Petitions for the Adoption of the children, LME, female child born 6/16/2020; LME, female child born 6/16/2020; JLC, female child born 9/5/2018; JJC, a male child born 7/22/2019; to Jasmine Lynette Erskine at Baptist Medical Center South in Montgomery, Alabama and TJC, a female child born 3/2/2016 to Jasmine Lynette Erskine at Vaughan RMC-Parkway Campus in Selma, Alabama have been filed in this Court by Charles Ballard, III, Amy Renea Ballard and by Gailrenette Patrice Pickett. Your failure to file an answer to these petitions could result in said Petitions being granted. You must respond in writing within (30) days of the last publication of this notice with counsel for said Petitioners, whose name and address are shown below, and with the Probate Court of the said Lee County, AL in order to contest said petition.
BILL ENGLISH,
Probate Judge
Margaret Ann Mayfield
Attorney for Petitioners
P.O. Box 809
Opelika, Alabama 36803
(334) 745-0333
Legal Run 04/11/24, 04/18/24, 04/25/18 & 05/02/24
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
In the Matter of Thelma Zachery – an alleged incapacitated person
NOTICE OF HEARING:
TO: Any relative or interested party: Lee County DHR has filed a Petition to appoint a Legal Guardian for the person of Thelma Zachary. A hearing has been set for the 15th day of May, 2024, at 10:00 central time, electronically via “ZOOM”. Please contact the Lee County Probate Court at 334-737-3670 for access to the electronic hearing should you intend to take part in the hearing of this matter.
Bill English, Lee County Probate Judge
Margaret Ann Mayfield
Attorney for Lee County DHR
P.O. Box 809
Opelika, Alabama 36803
(334) 745-0333
Legal Run 04/11/24, 04/18/24 & 04/25/18
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
ESTATE OF HELEN BEATRICE GRANTHAM, DECEASED
COURT OF PROBATE LEE COUNTY
Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 5th day of April, 2024, by the Hon. Bill English, Judge of the Probate Court of Lee County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.
Witness our hands, and dated this the 5th day of April, 2024.
LINDA ANN HOLMAN
Legal Run 04/11/24, 04/18/24 & 04/25/24
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ETHEL JEAN MORRIS, Deceased
PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
CASE NO. 2024-195
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to DEMITRES MARICE MORRIS, the 3rd day of April, 2024, by the Honorable Bill English, Judge of Probate, Court of Lee County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.
Attorney of Petitioner:
J. Matthew Williams, Esq.
ANDERSON, WILLIAMS & FARROW, LLC
7515 HALCYON POINTE DRIVE
MONTGOMERY, AL 36117
334-272-9880
jmw@awf.law
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
DEMITRES MARICE MORRIS
444 ESSIE MORRIS ROAD
AUBURN, AL 36830
Legal Run 4/11/2024, 4/18/2024 & 4/25/2024
Notice of auction of an abandoned vehicle. The Only One, Inc will be auctioning off the below mentioned
vehicle on MAY 23, 2024. This auction will be held at 3601 PEPPERELL PARKWAY, OPELIKA, ALABAMA,
36801 at 10:00 a.m. If you have any questions regarding this vehicle, call 334-745-2166.
VIN# 1FTEW1CM9DKD06262 – 2013 Ford F-150
Legal Run 04/18/2024 & 04/25/2024
STATE OF ALABAMA
IN THE PROBATE COURT LEE COUNTY CASE NO. 2024-184
RE: ESTATE OF WILBURN LEE MAPLES., DECEASED:
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 3rd day of April 2024, by the Judge of Probate Court of Lee County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.
/s/ Gil Maples
Gil Maples, Co-Executor
/s/ Lee Maples
Lee Maples, Co-Executor
Jacob J. (Jake) Key, Esq.
Attorney for Co-Executors
Johnson, Caldwell & McCoy, LLC
117 North Lanier Avenue, Suite 201
Lanett, Alabama 36863
(334) 644-1171
Legal Run 04/18/24, 04/25/24 & 05/02/24
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF MARSHALL COUNTY, ALABAMA
CASE NO.: 2936 & 2937
IN RE: THE ADOPTION PETITION OF HECTOR HERNANDEZ AND VERENISE HERNANDEZ
NOTICE OF ADOPTION HEARING
(Ala. Code §26-10E-17 (1975))
To: Bridgette Lashea King and Francisco Hernandez
Please take notice that a petition for adoption in the above-style matter has been filed in said Court by the Petitioners named below. As a notified party, you may appear in the adoption proceedings to contest or support the attached petition. Please be advised that if you intend to contest this adoption, you must file a written response within thirty (30) days of service of this notice with counsel for said Petitioner, whose name and address are as shown below and with the Clerk of the Probate Court at the following address: 425 Gunter Ave #110, Guntersville, AL 35976 (mailing address). If you fail to respond within thirty (30) days and appear at the hearing, the Court may construe that failure as an implied consent to the adoption and waiver of the right to appear and of further notice of the adoption proceedings. If the adoption is approved, your parental rights, if any, will be considered terminated.
DONE this 15th day of April, 2024.
Attorney for Petitioners:
E. Shane Hollaway
P.O. Box 758
Guntersville, AL 35976
Petitioners:
Hector & Verenise Hernandez
106 Auburn Avenue
Albertville, AL 3595 ANDREA LECROY
JUDGE OF PROBATE
Legal Run 04/18/24, 04/25/24, 05/02/24 & 05/09/24
NOTICE OF ABANDONED MOBILE HOME – This legal notice is to contact and notify Allen Page Jr., and/or Allen Page III, formerly of 85 Lee County Rd. 574, Smith Station AL 36877 that there is an abandoned manufactured home, described as a single wide, the length and width of 14’ x 76’, with beige and gray metal siding.Year estimated of manufacture is 1996, located at 85 Lee County Rd. 574, Smith Station AL 36877. The former owner that is listed on record of this home is Allen Page Jr. I, Tressa Peppers, intend to take possession of this described manufactured home, that has been abandoned, on land located at 85 Lee County Road 574 Smiths Station, AL, 36877 by 5/2/2024, to dispose of it, or to do with it as I want, unless I am contacted by Allen Page Jr or Allen Page III, with appropriate documentation to prove title and ownership of said manufactured home.
Allen Page Jr., or Allen Page III must present documents of the homeownership with title, and confirmation of identity with government issued identification or before 05/2/2024. Contact Tressa Peppers at 334-592-0905 or email tressap85@gmail.com
Legal 04/18/2024 & 04/25/2024
SEIZURE AND PROPOSED FORFEITURE NOTICE
Lee County, Alabama District Attorney commenced forfeiture against property listed below. The property was seized in violation of Alabama’s laws concerning controlled substances and is subject to forfeiture pursuant to Ala. Code §15-5-61(1975).
“Dope man” whose true identity and whereabouts are unknown may contest forfeiture of the listed property by filing a claim no later than 11:59PM CST 30 days after final publication of this notice, or, thereafter, a default judgement may be rendered against him in Case Number CV 2023-000187.00, Circuit Court of Lee County, Alabama. Claimant must describe the seized property, state ownership or interest in the property, and be made under oath, subject to penalty of perjury.
CV-2023-000187.00: U.S. Currency in possession of Courtland Crosslin seized July 19, 2023, in Opelika, Alabama,
Legal Run 04/25/24, 05/02/24, 05/09/24 & 05/16/24
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT EARL McKENDREE,
Deceased
Case No.: 2024- 2 3 5
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Janice McKendree, Personal Representative on the 18TH day of April, 2024, by Honorable Bill English, Judge of Probate Court of Lee County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.
Legal Run 04/25/24, 05/02/24 & 05/09/24
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
LACORA NICKERSON, Plaintiff,
v. CHAYN LOPEZ,
Defendant.
CASE NO.: 43-DV-2023-901070
NOTICE OF ACTION
TO: Chayn Lopez, Defendant, Named Above, whose whereabouts are unknown and cannot be ascertained after the exercise of reasonable diligence:
You are hereby notified that on the 13th day of November, 2023, a Complaint was filed in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Alabama, regarding a tortious injury allegedly caused by your negligence that occurred on or about December 25, 2022. By reason of an Order for service of a summons by publication entered by the Court in this cause on April 15, 2024, you are hereby directed to plead, answer, or otherwise respond to the Complaint and file such response with the with the Clerk of said Court and serve upon Kenneth S. Nugent, PC, attorneys for the party to this action whose address is 1234 First Avenue, Suite 200, Columbus, Georgia, 31901, on or before the expiration of 30 days after the last publication of this notice. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.
This the 16th day of April, 2024.
Mary Roberson, Clerk of Circuit Court, Lee County
Legal Run 04/25/24, 05/02/24, 05/09/24 & 05/16/24
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF JESSIE MAE POLLARD, DECEASED.
Case No. 2024-189
TAKE NOTICE that Letters Testamentary having been granted to Patricia Sims, as Executrix of the Estate of Jessie Mae Pollard, deceased, on the 28th day of March, 2024, by the Honorable Bill English.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all persons having claims against the Estate are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law or the same be barred.
Patricia Sims, Executrix Of the Estate of Jessie Mae Pollard, Deceased
Marrell J. McNeal, Attorney at Law, PC
PO Box 308
Opelika, AL 36803
334-745-7033
Legal Run 04/25/24, 05/02/24 & 05/09/24
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BARBARA Z. CURRY, DECEASED
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
Case No: 2024-213
Letters Testamentary on the estate of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on the 8th day of April, 2024, by the Hon. Bill English, Judge of the Probate Court of Lee County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within time allowed by law or the same will be barred.
JOHN E. CURRY
Personal Representative
Robert H. Pettey
Samford & Denson, LLP
P.O. Box 2345
Opelika, AL 36803-2345
Legal Run 04/25/24, 05/02/24 & 05/09/24
INVITATION TO BID 24020
Sealed bids for the construction of the McCoy Street Improvements
shall be received at the Opelika City Hall 2nd Floor Conference Room, 204 South Seventh Street, Opelika, Alabama, until 2:00 p.m., local time on May 21, 2024, and then publicly opened and read aloud. All interested parties are invited to attend. Only bids from competent general contractors will be considered. At the time of contract award, the successful bidder must be a properly licensed general contractor. The attention of all bidders is called to the provisions of State law governing “General Contractors” as set forth in the Ala. Code §34-8-1, et.seq. (1975) and rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
Bidders must be licensed by the Licensing Board for General Contractors when bids are submitted.
Bidders are required to have a State of Alabama General Contractor’s License with a specialty of “Highways and Streets, Clearing and Grubbing, Earthwork, Erosion, Site Work, Grading or Municipal and Utility”. All bidders must submit with their proposal, contractor’s license number and a copy of the license. State law Ala. Code §34-8-8(b) requires all bids to be rejected which do not contain the contractor’s current license number. Evidence of this license shall be documented on the outside of the sealed bid.
All bidders shall possess all other licenses and/or permits required by applicable law, rule or regulation for the performance of the work.
Drawings and Specifications may be examined at the Office of the City Engineer located at 700 Fox Trail, Opelika, Alabama, and phone number: 334-705-5450. Bid documents may be obtained from the Office of the City Engineer at no charge as an electronic file if the bidder supplies a storage drive or as an email attachment or electronic drop box. Drawings and Specifications may also be downloaded from the City’s website at www.opelika-al.gov/bids.aspx.\
The bidder’s proposal must be submitted on the complete original proposal furnished to him/her by the City of Opelika. All information in the proposal must be completed by the bidder for the proposal to be accepted.
A Bid Bond in the amount of five (5) percent of the bid amount made payable to the City of Opelika must accompany each bid. Performance and Payment Bonds for the full contract sum will be required of the successful bidder. The right is reserved by the Owner to reject all Bids and to waive irregularities.
Envelopes containing bids must be sealed, marked, addressed as follows, and delivered to: Lillie Finley, Purchasing-Revenue Manager, City of Opelika, 204 South 7th Street, P.O. Box 390, Opelika, Alabama, 36803-0390. Attn: McCoy Street Improvements\
LILLIE FINLEY- PURCHASING REVENUE MANAGER CITY OF OPELIKA
204 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET (36801)
POST OFFICE BOX 390 (36803-0390) OPELIKA, ALABAMA
PH: (334) 705-5120
Legal Run 04/25/24, 05/02/24 & 05/09/24
