IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:
GERRY L. WALDEN, Deceased.
Case No.: 2025-605
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Take Notice that a Petition for Summary Distribution of a Small Estate of said deceased having been filed on Oct. 9, 2025 in 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 the time allowed by law or the same will be barred.
Pamela McCann, Petitioner
Legal Run 10/23/25, 10/30/25 & 11/06/25
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NOTICE OF CIVIL ACTION
Asha Leona Stancil, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer Brittany Corlise Dowdell’s Complaint arising out of an automobile accident occurring in Opelika, Lee County, Alabama on May 16, 2025 by December 1, 2025 or, thereafter, a judgment by default maybe rendered against her in Civil Action No: CV-2025-900803.00 in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Alabama.
Done this 1st day of October, 2025.
Attorney for Plaintiff
James R. Bowles, Esq.
Law Offices of James R. Bowles
2 South Dubois Avenue
P. O. Box 780397
Tallassee, AL 36078
(334) 283-6548
Legal Run 10/09/25, 10/16/25,
10/23/25 & 10/30/25
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IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:
ANNE STORY WARD,
Deceased.
Case No.: 2025-543
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Kenneth Franklin Ward, Executor, on the 15th day of October, 2025, by Honorable Jere Colley, 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.
Kenneth Franklin Ward
Legal Run 10/23/25, 10/30/25 & 11/06/25
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF CONNIE LYNN INGRAM,
DECEASED.
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
Case No: 2025-604
Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 13th day of October, 2025, by the Hon. Jere Colley, 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.
PAMELA INGRAM LAMBERT
Administrator
Robert H. Pettey
Samford & Denson, LLP
P.O. Box 2345
Opelika, AL 36803-2345
(334) 745-3504
Legal Run 10/23/25, 10/30/25 & 11/06/25
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
In the Matter of: Kenneth Ashworth, an alleged incapacitated person
TO: Any relatives or interested parties: Lee County OHR has filed a Petition to appoint a Legal Guardian for the person of Kenneth Ashworth. It is ordered that the 20th day of November, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. be appointed the day on which to hear such petition, at the Lee County Courthouse, 215 South 9th St. Opelika, AL at which time all persons interested may file their notice of appearance and contest the said petition if they deem it proper. Said hearing may be conducted electronically. Done this the 14th day of October, 2025.
JERE COLLEY, PROBATE JUDGE
Margaret A. Mayfield Attorney for Lee County OHR Post Office Box 809
Opelika, AL 36803
(334) 745-0333
LEGAL RUN 10/23/25, 10/30/25 & 11/6/25
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF FRANKLIN C. SMITH, DECEASED
ESTATE NO.: 2025-365
NOTICE OF HEARING
TO: CASSIE SMITH ADAMS, WILLIAM C. SMITH, KEVIN HARDIN, MARTY SMITH, PAUL COOPER, BOBBY BARBER, AND ANY OTHER POTENTIAL UNKOWN HEIRS
Notice is hereby given that a Petition for Letters of Administration with the Will Annexed has been filed by the Petitioner, Bobby C. Smith, by and through his attorney, Marrell McNeal. A hearing has been set for the 20th day of November 2025 at 2:00 p.m. central time at the Lee County Courthouse. Should you intend to contest this, you must appear on the date of the hearing as set above. LEGAL RUN 10/23/25, 10/30/25 & 11/6/25
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LEGAL NOTICE
that In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, notice is hereby given E. Cornell Malone Corporation,has completed the Contract for Renovation Project: Partial Roof Replacement of Opelika Learning Center, 214 Jeter Ave for the Opelika City Schools, DCM #20240361, ECMC-24-2157,
Alabama and the (County) (City) of Opelika
Owner(s), and have made request for final settlement of said Contract. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise in connection with this project should immediately notify
Stephen Ward & Associates, Inc.
140 Oxmoor Blvd, Ste 160, Birmingham, AL 35813, E. Cornell Malone Corporation (Contractor)
185 Davis Johnson Drive, Suite A Richland, MS 39218
Legal Run 10/23/25, 10/30/25, 11/6/25 & 11/13/25
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF VONCILE BIRCHFIELD
CASE NO. 2016-B-014
NOTICE OF FILING OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP
YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE That Stephen Ray Birchfield and Gail Gunn, as Co- Petitioners of the Estate of Voncile Birchfield, filed their Petition for Final Settlement of said Estate on the 11th day of September 2025, and that the 4th day of December,2025 at 10:00 AM has been appointed to hear said settlement.
DONE this 20th day of October, 2025.
JERE COLLEY, PROBATE JUDGE
LEGAL RUN 10/23/25, 10/30/25, 11/06/25
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IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF LARUE B. GODFREY, DECEASED
CASE NO: 2025-609
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
TAKE NOTICE that Letters Testamentary have been granted to Derek Godfrey and Neil Godfrey as Executors for the Estate of LARUE B. GODFREY, deceased, on October 14, 2025, by the Honorable Jere Colley, Judge of Probate Court of Lee County. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all persons having claims against the said estate are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred.
Done this the 14th day of October, 2025.
JERE COLLEY, PROBATE JUDGE
LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
LEGAL RUN 10/23/25, 10/30/25 & 11/6/25
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
ESTATE OF BENNIE SELDON, JR., DECEASED
COURT OF PROBATE LEE COUNTY
Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 8th day of October, 2025, by the Hon. Jere Colley, 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 8th day of October, 2025.
SLYVIA SELDON STRINGER.
Legal run 10/16/25, 01/23/25 & 10/30/25
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WALLACE KENDALL WOOLLEY, DECEASED
Case No.: 2025-436
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Take Notice that LETTERS TESTAMENTARY of said deceased having been granted to Roy Neil Wright on October 7, 2025, by the Honorable Jere Colley, 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.
Roy Neil Wright
Legal Run 10/16/25, 10/23/25, 10/30/25
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ORDINANCE NO. 030-25
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING RIGHTS-OF-WAY USE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN TROY CABLEVISION, INC., D/B/A C SPIRE
AND THE CITY OF OPELIKA, ALABAMA
WHEREAS, Troy Cablevision, Inc., d/b/a C Spire (hereinafter referred to as “C Spire”) is a fiber-optic telecommunications company; and
WHEREAS, C Spire and its affiliates desire to use the public rights-of-way in the corporate limits of the City of Opelika, Alabama (hereinafter referred to as the “City”) in order to construct its fiber network and to provide its communications services; and
WHEREAS, the City has the authority to grant the right to use and occupy the public rights-of-way for such use, to manage and control the rights-of-way, and to obtain fair and reasonable compensation for such use; and
WHEREAS, the City and C Spire have been in negotiations regarding the use of the City’s rights-of-way for the provision of fiber optic communications services; and
WHEREAS, the City has considered the request of C Spire and is desirous of granting a non-exclusive right to use the City’s rights-of-way; and
WHEREAS, a proposed Rights-of-Way Use Agreement (hereinafter the “Use Agreement”) has been prepared and submitted to the City Council for approval, and the City Council has determined that it is now in the best interest of the City and its citizens to approve said Use Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Opelika, Alabama, as follows:
Section 1. That the proposed Use Agreement to be entered into between the City and C Spire, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “A”, is hereby approved, authorized, ratified and confirmed in the form substantially submitted to the City Council with such changes thereto (by addition, deletion or substitution) as the Mayor shall approve which approval shall be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery of said Use Agreement.
Section 2.That C Spire may utilize the rights-of-way in the corporate limits of the City in order to construct its fiber optic network and to provide its communications services in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Use Agreement.
Section 3. That the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and deliver said Use Agreement in the name and on behalf of the City, and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to affix the seal of the City to said Use Agreement and to attest the same.
Section 4. That the officers of the City and any person or persons designated and authorized by any officers of the City to act in the name and on behalf of the City, or any one or more of them, are authorized to do or caused to be done or performed in the name and on behalf of the City such other acts and to execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered in the name or on behalf of the City such other notices, certificates, assurances or other instruments or other communications under the seal or otherwise, as they, or any of them deem necessary or advisable in order to carry into the provisions of this Ordinance and the attached Use Agreement.
Section 5. That the Use Agreement shall be effective in accordance with its terms.
Section 6. That the Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage, adoption and publication as required by law.
Section 7. The City Clerk is hereby directed to publish this Ordinance, including the Use Agreement, in synopsis form in a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Opelika, Lee County, Alabama, pursuant to §11-45-8(b)(2), Code of Alabama (1975, as amended). C Spire shall assume all publication costs with respect to the ordinance, including the Use Agreement, as such publication is required by law.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this the 21st day of October, 2025.
/s/Eddie Smith
PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OPELIKA, ALABAMA
ATTEST:
/s/ Russell A. Jones, MMC CITY CLERK
TRANSMITTED TO MAYOR on this the 22nd day of October, 2025.
/s/ Russell A. Jones, MMC CITY CLERK
ACTION BY MAYOR
APPROVED this the 22nd day of October, 2025.
/s/ Gary Fuller MAYOR
ATTEST:
/s/ Russell A. Jones, MMC CITY CLERK
Legal Run 10/30/25
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SYNOPSIS OF AN ORDINANCE WHEREBY THE CITY OF OPELIKA,
ALABAMA GRANTS TO TROY CABLEVISION, INC., D/B/A C SPIRE,
THE NON-EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE THE RIGHTS-OF-WAY TO CONSTRUCT
ITS NETWORK AND TO PROVIDE ITS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF A RIGHT-OF-WAY USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TROY CABLEVISION, INC., D/B/A C SPIRE AND THE CITY OF OPELIKA, ALABAMA
1. On October 21, 2025, the City Council for the City of Opelika, Alabama, adopted Ordinance No. 030-25, the purpose of which is to grant Troy Cablevision, Inc., d/b/a C Spire, an Alabama corporation (“C Spire”) for a ten (10) year period from the effective date, the non-exclusive right to utilize the rights-of-way in the corporate limits of the City of Opelika, Alabama, (the “City”) in order to construct its network and to provide its communications services in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Rights-of-Way Use Agreement between C Spire, and the City of Opelika, Alabama (“Use Agreement”).
2. As a consequence, C Spire is authorized, subject to the City’s police powers, including the City’s management of its rights-of-way, to construct and operate a fiber-optic network, of a not-to-exceed diameter, that is of current and modern design with a broadband capacity meeting or exceeding the capacity set by the federal government as broadband that will provide its communications services, which are defined as services, other than cable service or any other multichannel video services, which are available to customers or subscribers, either on a wholesale or retail basis, through facilities that enable the provision, whether bundled or unbundled, of voice, video, data, or advanced communications services, including telecommunications services, information and data services, and Internet services. The term also includes the lease, license, sale, or other right of use provided to other persons, including other communications services providers, of portions of the network including facilities, fiber (whether dark or lit), or capacity thereon.
3. In exchange, C Spire is to pay to the City on a quarterly basis a use fee of five percent (5%) of gross revenues consisting of any and all payments made to, compensation or consideration of any kind or nature, including cash, credits, property, and in-kind contributions (services or goods), derived or received, directly or indirectly by C Spire, or by any affiliate, from or in connection with the operation or use of the network to provide communications service. C Spire is also required, among other requirements, to indemnify the City, maintain insurance coverage, and post security.
4. A copy of Ordinance No. 030-25 may be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Opelika, Alabama, during normal business hours.
Publication of this Synopsis is done by or at the direction of the City Clerk of the City of Opelika, Alabama, and at the expense of Troy Cablevision, Inc., d/b/a C Spire.
Legal Run 10/23/2025
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ORDINANCE NO. 031-25
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING SECOND AMENDMENT TO OPTION AND LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF OPELIKA AND LEVEL-UP ASSETS I, LLC,
WHEREAS, the City of Opelika, Alabama (the “City”) and Level-Up Towers, LLC entered into an Option and Lease Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated December 20, 2020, pursuant to which, the City leases to Level-Up Towers a tract of land containing approximately 2500 square feet in Floral Park; and
WHEREAS, Level-Up Towers, LLC, later assigned its interest in and to the Agreement to Level-Up Assets I, LLC (“Level-Up”) by that certain Land Contract Assignment Agreement dated June 3, 2021; and
WHEREAS, on January 4, 2022, the City and Level-Up entered into a First Amendment to the Agreement to modify the rental payment and option term; and
WHEREAS, during construction of the Communication Facility and other improvements, it became necessary for Level-Up to construct a retaining wall around a portion of the Premises and such construction had an impact on the final location of the Premises and the Easements; and
WHEREAS, the City and Level-Up wish to amend the Agreement to clarify the location of the Premises and the Easement; and
WHEREAS, a proposed Second Amendment to Option and Lease Agreement by and between the City and Level-Up has been prepared and submitted to the City Council for approval, and the City Council has determined that it is now in the best interest of the City and its citizens to approve said Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Opelika, Alabama (the “Council”) as the governing body of the City of Opelika, Alabama (the “City”) as follows:
1. That the proposed Second Amendment to Option and Lease Agreement to be entered into between the City and Level-Up Assets I, LLC, a copy of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk, be and the same is approved, authorized, ratified and confirmed in the form substantially submitted to the City Council.
2. That the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver said Agreement in the name and on behalf of the City.
3. That the officers of the City and any person or persons designated and authorized by any officers of the City to act in the name and on behalf of the City, or any one or more of them, are authorized to do or cause to be done or performed in the name and on behalf of the City such other acts and to execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered in the name and on behalf of the City such other notices, certificates, assurances or other instruments or other communications under the seal of the City or otherwise, as they or any of them deem necessary or advisable or appropriate in order to carry into effect the intent of the provisions of this Ordinance and the Second Amendment.
4. That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and publication as required by law.
5. That the City Clerk of the City of Opelika is hereby authorized and directed to cause this ordinance to be published one (1) time in a newspaper published in and of general circulation in the City of Opelika, Alabama.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this the 21st day of October, 2025.
/s/Eddie Smith
PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OPELIKA, ALABAMA
ATTEST:
/s/ Russell A. Jones, MMC CITY CLERK
TRANSMITTED TO MAYOR on this the 22nd day of October, 2025.
/s/ Russell A. Jones, MMC CITY CLERK
ACTION BY MAYOR
APPROVED this the 22nd day of October, 2025.
/s/ Gary Fuller MAYOR
ATTEST:
/s/ Russell A. Jones, MMC CITY CLERK
Legal Run 10/30/25
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
RE: In the Matter of the Estate of WINFRED HILBURN FOWLER, deceased.
Estate No. 2025-597
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Ancillary Letters Testamentary of the estate of WINFRED HILBURN FOWLER, also known as W H FOWLER, deceased, having been granted to Joyce Land Fowler, on the 17th day of October, 2025, by the Honorable Jere Colley, Judge of Probate of said 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.
/s/ Jere Colley, Judge of Probate Lee County, Alabama
Legal Run 10/30/25, 11/6/25, 11/13/25
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STATE OF ALABAMA
LEE COUNTY PROBATE COURT
CASE NO. 2025-581
ESTATE OF PEGGY ANN HINSON, DECEASED
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR
Letters of Administration of the Estate of Peggy Ann Hinson, deceased having been granted to Jeffery A. Hilyer this 20th day of October 2025, by the Honorable Jere Colley, 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 the law or the same will be barred.
Jeffery A. Hilyer, Personal Representative
Jeffery A. Hilyer
Attorney at Law
334-745-2564
P.O. Box 30
Opelika, AL 36803-0030
LEGAL RUN 10/30/25, 11/6/25, 11/13/25
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Notice of Action by Publication to Bryant Andrew Felton; Winston A. Felton v. Lisa Hammond et al, Case No.: 43-CV-2022-900117.00, was filed in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Alabama on to-wit: April 1, 2022 and an amendment to complaint filed on May 20, 2022 seeking by Declaratory Judgment to Quiet Title in rem and for a Sale for Division to the property located in Lee County, Alabama and described as follows: (Parcel I) Commence at a found iron pin at the Northwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of Section 21, Township 18 North, Range 25 East, Lee County, Alabama, said pin also being the Point of Beginning of the following described property. From said Point of Beginning, thence North 87 deg. 24’ 02” East a distance of 1930.14 feet to a found iron pin on the West Right-of-Way line of County Road 191 (80’ ROW); thence, along said West Right of Way, South 06 deg. 43’ 49” West a distance of 250.70 feet to a found concrete monument; thence along said West Right of Way, along a curve to the left with a radius of 1949.93 feet, a chord bearing of South 05 deg. 15’ 06” West a chord distance of 92.88 feet to a point at the intersection of said West Right of Way of County Road 191 and the North maintenance line of County Road 14; thence, along said North Maintenance line, South 88 deg. 09’ 04” West a distance of 178.38 feet to a found iron pin; thence, leaving said North maintenance line, North 01 degrees 58’ 32” West a distance of 302.56 feet to a found iron pin; thence, South 87 degrees 39’ 42” West a distance of 300.00 feet to a set iron pin; thence, South 02 degrees 00’ 13” East a distance of 300.00 feet to a found iron pin on the said North maintenance line of County Road 14; thence, along said North Maintenance line, South 88 degrees, 09’ 04” West a distance of 125.81 feet to a point; thence along said North maintenance line, along a curve to the left having a radius of 1230.00 feet, a chord bearing of South 78 degrees 19’ 32” West a chord distance of 419.80 feet to a point; thence along said North maintenance line, North 68 degrees 30’ 00” East a distance of 871.93 feet to a point; thence leaving said North maintenance line, North 05 degrees 24’ 30” West a distance of 680,94 feet to the Point of Beginning; all lying in and being a part of the Southeast ¼ of Section 21, Township 18 North, Range 25 East, Lee County, Alabama and containing 16.60 acres, more or less. (Parcel II) Commence at a found iron pin at the Northwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of Section 21, Township 18 North, Range 25 East, Lee County, Alabama; thence South 05 degrees 24’ 30” East a distance of 743.39 feet to a found iron pin on the South maintenance line of County Road 14, said pin being the Point of Beginning of the following described property. From said Point of Beginning, along said South maintenance line, thence North 68 degrees 30’ 00” East a distance of 889.24 feet to a point; thence along said South maintenance line, along a curve to the right with a radius of 1170.00 feet, a chord bearing of North 78 degrees 19’ 32” East a chord distance of 399.32 feet to a point; thence along said South maintenance line, North 88 degrees 09’ 04” East a distance of 124.67 feet to a set iron pin; thence leaving said South maintenance line, South 01 degrees 50’ 56” East a distance of 300.00 feet to a set iron pin; thence North 88 degrees 09’ 04” East a distance of 300.00 feet to a set iron pin; thence North 01 degrees 50’ 56” West a distance of 300.00 feet to a set iron pin on the South maintenance line of said County Road 14; thence along said South maintenance line, North 88 degrees 09’ 04” East a distance of 174.27 feet to a point at the intersection of said South maintenance line and the West Right of Way line of County Road 191 (80’ ROW); thence along said West Right of Way along a curve to the left with a radius of 1949.93 feet, a chord bearing of South 09 degrees 12’ 19” East a chord distance of 765.70 feet to a point; thence along said West Right of Way, South 20 degrees 31’ 00” East a distance of 697.28 feet to a point; thence along said West Right of Way along a curve to the left with a radius of 1472.41 feet, a chord bearing of South 36 degrees 40’ 29” East a distance of 817.86 feet to a found concrete monument; thence along said West Right of Way, South 52 degrees 44’ 18” East a distance of 154.57 feet to a point; thence leaving said West Right of Way, South 04 degrees 47’ 28” East a distance of 38.27 feet to a found iron pin; thence South 87 degrees 24’ 21” West a distance of 2641.50 feet to a set iron pin; thence North 04 degrees 52’ 03” West a distance of 669.06 feet to a found iron pin; thence North 04 degrees 52’ 03” West a distance of 397.73 feet to a found iron pin; thence North 04 degrees 47’ 25” West a distance of 830.06 feet to the Point of Beginning, all lying and being a part of the Southeast ¼ of Section 21, Township 18 North, Range 25 East, Lee County, Alabama, and containing 100.19 acres, more or less. (Parcel III) Commence at a found iron pin at the Northwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of Section 21, Township 18 North, Range 25 East, Lee County, Alabama; thence North 87 degrees 24’ 02” East a distance of 1930.14 feet to a found pin on the West Right of Way of County Road 191 (80’ ROW); thence North 87 degrees 26’ 22” East a distance of 80.56 feet to a found iron pin on the East Right of Way of said County Road 191; said pin being the Point of Beginning of the following described property. From said Point of Beginning, leaving said Eight Right of Way, North 87 degrees 25’ 00” East a distance of 496.63 feet to a found iron pin; thence North 87 degrees 25’ 16” East a distance of 143.59 feet to a found iron pin; thence South 04 degrees 47’ 28” East a distance of 2494.36 feet to a point on the East Right of Way of said County Road 191; thence along said East Right of Way, North 52 degrees 44’ 40” West a distance of 83.32 feet to a found concrete monument; thence along said East Right of Way along a curve to the right with a radius of 1397.72 feet a chord bearing of North 36 degrees 38’ 11” West a chord distance of 773.05 feet to a found concrete monument; thence along said East Right of Way, North 20 degrees 31’ 00” West a distance of 697.28 feet to a found concrete monument; thence along said East Right of Way, along a curve to the right with a radius of 1880.88 feet a chord bearing of North 06 degrees 59’ 05” West a chord a distance of 878.44 feet to a found concrete monument; thence along said East Right of Way, North 06 degrees 45’ 14” East a distance of 262.89 feet to the Point of Beginning; all lying in and being a part of the Southeast ¼ of Section 21, Township 18 North, Range 25 East, Lee County, Alabama, and containing 31.46 acres, more or less.
TO: BRYANT ANDREW FELTON, a named Defendant in said action. You are hereby notified that the above-styled action was filed against you on April 1, 2022, and an amendment to complaint on May 20, 2022 and that by Order entered by the Court, you are hereby commanded to plead, answer or otherwise respond to the complaint within 30 days from last publication, the 22nd day of December, 2025, or thereafter suffer judgment to be rendered against you because this notice shall be used to perfect service against you. Your response must be filed with Mary B. Roberson, Clerk, Circuit Court of Lee County, Alabama, Lee County Justice Center, 2311 Gateway Drive, Suite 104, Opelika, Alabama 36801, and served upon attorneys for the Plaintiff, Wilson & Jackson, LLC, 1785 Taliaferro Trail, Montgomery, Alabama 36117. Plaintiff’s Attorney’s phone number is (334) 260-9998.
Done this the _day of September, 2025
/s/ Mary B. Roberson, Clerk of the Lee County, Alabama, Circuit Court
The Observer, Oct. 30, 2025, Nov. 06, 2025, Nov. 13, 2025 and Nov. 20, 2025
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IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:
JAMES THOMAS HUDMON, Deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Case No.: 2025-625
Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Kalop Braden Taylor, Personal Representative on the 23rd day of October, 2025, by Honorable Jere Colley, 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 banned.
Kalop Braden Taylor
LEGAL RUN 10/30/25, 11/06/25, 11/13/25
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IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF GREGORY KARL GARBE, Deceased
2025-511
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Take Notice that LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION of said deceased having been granted to ANDREW RYAN GARBE on the 20th day of October, 2025, by the Honorable Jere Colley, 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.
ANDREW RYAN GARBE
Legal Run 10/30/2025, 11/6/2025 & 11/13/25
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice This 5th Day of August, 2025
Stephen Dee Ward and Shelby Dean Ward, owners of
property located in Section 36, Township 19 North, Range 26 East,
Lee County, Alabama, being approximately 475± acres.
Parcel Number 43-09-07-36-0-000-001.002 Lee County, Alabama.
Since 1997, said 475+Acres have been and are in use by Wards,
Family, Friends, and Guests as a PRIVATE HUNTING, SPORT
SHOOTING RANGE (as defined in Code of Alabama 2024, Title 6, Chapter 5, Article 18, Section 6-5-341), FORESTRY (including but not limited to Harvesting, Planting, Burning, etc.), AGRICULTURE,
and RECREATIONAL Tract. Similar in use to previous Landowner George C. Mann and other prior Landowners. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to ALL that above Uses, and any other Lawful Uses, will
continue, be added or ended, solely at Owners choosing. Said 475+ acres lying in an unincorporated area of Lee County, Alabama.
Recorded in MISC Records Book 1342 Page 58, Lee County, Alabama. Run Aug. 21, 2025 and Oct. 30, 2025
