IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JULIA MAE FANNING
A hearing will held on April 12, 2023 at 9 a.m. at the Lee County Justice Center, located at 2311 Gateway Drive, in Opelika, Alabama involving said estate.
To all heirs and those noticed below that you may attend said hearing but are not required to do so.
Mae Ella Presley
Marcus Calloway
Belinda Ligon
Dorothy Stringer
Hattie Parker
Bernice Gunn
Robert Carlton
Gloria Marbury
James Hughley
Henrietta Wright
Nathanel Gibson
Rosa Ann Menafee
Wayne Gibson
Henry Gibson
Larry Gibson
Carolyn Finley
Eugene Gibson
Alma McKenzie
Brenda Gibson Dumas
Wanda Faye McCowan
Hattie Mae Torbert
Jessie Mae Hixon
Marshall Thomas
Willie Thomas
Patricia Jones
Melvin Kirk
Calvin Kirk
Richard K. Kirk
Kelly Summer
Beretha Flakes
Vera Townsel
Catherine Kirk
Bemice Hall
Janice Jemison
Sharon Jones
Karen Simmons
Brenda Armand
Jean Kirk
Tryone Wells
Delores K. Turner
Virginia Wells Albert
Legal Run 003/23/2023, 03/30/2023 & 04/062023
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SAUNDRA EVELYN ALDRIDGE, DECEASED
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
CASE No. 2023-125
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
TAKE NOTICE that Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Adrienne Sonora Aldridge, on the 15th day of March, 2023, by the Honorable 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 the time allowed by law or the same will be barred.
Adrienne Sonora Aldridge, Personal Representative
Legal Run 03/23/2023, 03/30/2023 & 04/062023
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IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DAVID LEE TYNER, deceased,
Case No.: 2023-122
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Benjamin H. Parr, Personal Representative on the 14th day of March, 2023, 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 barre_d.
Benjamin H. Parr
Legal Run 03/23/2023, 03/30/2023 & 04/062023
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INVITATION TO BID
23026
Sealed bids for the construction of the Access Accommodations to Floral Park Fields
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 April 10, 2023, 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.
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 & Codes Compliance Director, City of Opelika, 204 South 7th Street, P.O. Box 390, Opelika, Alabama, 36803-0390. Attn: Access Accommodations to Floral Park Fields
LILLIE FINLEY- PURCHASING/REVENUE & CODES COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR
CITY OF OPELIKA
204 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET (36801)
POST OFFICE BOX 390 (36803-0390) OPELIKA, ALABAMA
PH: (334) 705-5120
Legal Run 03/23/2023, 03/30/2023 & 04/062023
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STATE OF ALABAMA
IN THE PROBATE COURT – LEE COUNTY
CASE NO. 2023-026
RE: ESTATE OF SANDRA F. OLIVER, DECEASED:
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 16th day of March, 2023, 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/ Kristy O. Evans
Kristy O. Evans, Executor
Claud E. (Skip) McCoy, Jr., Esq. Attorney for Executor
Johnson, Caldwell & McCoy, LLC 117 North Lanier Avenue, Suite 201
Lanett, Alabama 36863
(334) 644-1171
Legal Run 03/23/2023, 03/30/2023 & 04/062023
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NOTICE OF HEARING
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN RE: The Estate of W. T. TABLE, Deceased
CASE No. 2023-138
NOTICE OF HEARING
TO: Willie James Foster – Address Unknown
AND ANY OTHER UNKNOWN heirs of W. T. TABLE, deceased
Notice is hereby given that a Petition To Probate the Last Will and Testament of the Estate of W. T. TABLE, deceased has been filed in the Lee County Probate Office. A hearing has been set for the 11th day of May, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. 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 the Petition to Probate the Last Will and Testament of the Estate of W. T. TABLE, deceased.
Bill English Judge of Probate, Lee County, Alabama
Robert H. Pettey
Samford & Denson, LLP
P.O. Box 2345
Opelika, AL 36803-2345
(334) 745-3504
Legal Run 03/23/23, 3/30/23 & 04/06/23
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Notice of Action by Publication:
Michael L. Maddox et al. v. LeRoy Moss, et al., Civil Action NO. 43-CV-2023-900058.
was filed in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Alabama on to-wit: February 9. 2023, 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:
From a point where the apparent south boundary of the Northeast Quarter of Section 28, Township 20 North, Range 24 East, in Lee County, Alabama, intersects the
centerline of an 18-foot-wide unpaved road, run thence on a magnetic bearing of North 72 degrees 29 minutes East for 19.9 feet to a point which is 19 feet east of the
centerline of said unpaved county road, which is the point of beginning of the parcel of land here intended to be described; thence run along said road North 09 degrees 49 minutes East 300 feet to a point; thence leaving said road run East 290.4 feet to
a point; thence run South 09 degrees 49 minutes West for 300 feet to a point; thence run West 290.4 feet to the point of beginning, containing 2.0 acres, more or less, and being situated in the Northeast Quarter of Section 28, Township 20 North, Range 24
East, in Lee County, Alabama
TO: ALL PERSONS claiming present, future, contingent, remainder, reversion, or other interest in said lands or any portion thereof, claiming any title thereto or lien thereon: You are hereby notified that the above-styled action was filed against you on February 9, 2023, and that by Order entered by the Court, you are hereby commanded to plead, answer, or otherwise respond to the complaint within 30 days of the last publication, the 1 5 t h day of May, 2023, or thereafter suffer judgment in rem to be rendered against you because this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the complaint, 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, AL 36801, and served upon attorneys for the Plaintiff,
Agricola Law, LLC, 127 South 8th Street, Opelika, AL 36801. Plaintiffs’ attorney’s telephone number is (334) 759-7557
Done this March 24th day of 2023.
/s Mary B. Roberson
Clerk, Circuit Court of Lee County, Alabama
Legal Run 03/30/2023,04/06/2023 & 04/13/2023
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
ESTATE OF ELLEN ELIZABETH BRYANT, DECEASED
COURT OF PROBATE LEE COUNTY
Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the
undersigned on the 23’d day of March, 2023, 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 23rd day of March, 2023.
VICKIE MARIE HORNE
Legal Run 03/30/2023, 04/06/2023 & 04/13/2023
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DORIS D. MAPLE, DECEASED.
CASE NO.:2023-169
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Take Notice that Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Vickie Jo Wilds on the 29th day of March,, 2023, by the Honorable Bill English, Judge of the 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.
J. TUTT BARRETT
P.O. Box 231
Opelika, AL 36803-0231
Legal Run 04/06/2023, 04/13/2023 & 04/20/2023
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF MONETTE B. COCHRAN, DECEASED
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
Letters Testamentary under the Last Will and Testament of said deceased having been granted to Mona Cochran Silvey on or about the 14th day of March 2023, by the Honorable Bill English, Judge of Probate Court of Lee County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all person having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred.
Mona Cochran Silvey
Personal Representative
Josh J. Mitchell, Esq.
BOULOUKOS, OGLESBY & MITCHELL, LLC
Attorney for Personal Representative 2017 Second Avenue North, First Floor Birmingham, Alabama 35203-3703 Phone: 205/322-164 l
Legal Run 04/06/23, 04/13/2023, 04/20/2023
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN THE MATTER OF S.J.R., a minor in need of a Conservator
CASE NO: 2021-676
NOTICE OF PARTIAL SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given that Samantha Johnson, Conservator of S.J.R., a minor child, has filed in the Probate Court of Lee County, Alabama, her accounts, vouchers and statements for a Partial Settlement of the Conservatorship of S.J.R. A hearing has been set for the 25th day of May, at 1:00 p.m., 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 said hearing.
Done this the 31st day of March 2023.
Bill English Judge of Probate
Legal Run 4/6/23, 4/13/23 & 4/20/23
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN RE:THE ESTATE OF KATRICE ANN WILLIAMS, DECEASED
CASE NO. 2023-088
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
TAKE NOTICE that Letters of Administration having been granted to LARRY JEROME WILLIAMS, as Administrator of the Estate of KATRICE ANN WILLIAMS, deceased, on the 30th day of March, 2023, by the Honorable BILL ENGLISH, Judge of Probate.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a11 persons having claims against the said Estate are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by Jaw or the same will be barred.
LARRY JEROME WILLIAMS,
Administrator of the Estate of KATRICE ANN WILLIAMS, deceased.
Legal Run 4/6/23, 4/13/23 & 4/20/23
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
CASE NO.: 2023-149
IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION PETITION OF JAMES RONALD HALL AND
WANDA COX HALL
PUBLICATION NOTICE
TO: Randy Lamar Lynn Jr., Address Unknown
Please take notice that a Petition for Adoption was filed in the Probate Court of Lee County, Alabama by James Ronald Hall and Wanda Cox Hall on March 22, 2023, for the adoption of L.M.L. born on September 7, 2012, in Opelika, Alabama to Christina Leigh Lynn and Randy Lamar Lynn Jr.
A hearing has been set in the Lee County Probate Court, Opelika, Alabama. Should you
intend to contest this adoption you must file a written response with the attorney for the petitioner, Hon. Jason C. Riggs, P.0. Box 954, Aubumn, AL 36831 and with the Clerk of the Probate Court of Lee County, Alabama, P.O. Box 2266, Opelika, AL 36803 as soon as possible but no later than thirty (30) days from the last day this notice is published
Dated on this the 23’d day of March 2023.
HON. BILL ENGLISH
JUDGE OF PROBATE
LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
Legal Run 4/6/23, 4/13/23, 4/20/23 & 4/27/23
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL WILDRED LORD, DECEASED
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
Case No: 2023-151
Letters Testamentary on the estate of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on the 22nd day of March, 2023, 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.
PHILLIP CLINTON LORD Personal Representative
Robert H. Pettey
Samford & Denson, LLP
P.O. Box 2345
Opelika, AL 36803-2345
(334) 745-3504
Legal Run 4/6/23, 4/13/23 & 4/20/23
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLYN SUE LORD, DECEASED
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
Case No: 2023-152
Letters Testamentary on the estate of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on the 22nd day of March, 2023, 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.
PHILLIP CLINTON LORD
Personal Representative
Robert H. Pettey
Samford & Denson, LLP
P.O. Box 2345
Opelika, AL 36803-2345
(334) 745-3504
Legal Run 4/6/23, 4/13/23, 4/20/23
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ORDINANCE NO. 012-23
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3-7 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF OPELIKA REGULATING
THE HOURS OF SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
WHEREAS, pursuant to §28-3-25(b)(1), Code of Alabama, the governing body of any wet municipality is authorized to regulate the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sundays; and
WHEREAS, the owners and operators of local restaurants, hotels and other businesses have requested that the City of Opelika adjust the start time for selling alcoholic beverages on Sundays to 10:00 a.m.; and
WHEREAS, an earlier start time will help local restaurants and hotels to better meet customer demands, grow their businesses, create jobs and bring patrons into business districts earlier in the day; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend Section 3-7 of the Code of Ordinances to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages in the City of Opelika after 10:00 a.m. on Sundays; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to expand the hours of sale for off-premise retailers.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council (the “Council”) of the City of Opelika, Alabama (the “City”) as follows:
Section 1. Amendment of Section 3-7. That Section 3-7 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Opelika is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 3-7 Hours of Sale
(a) On-premises. It shall be unlawful for any retail licensee, its owner, licensee, manager, servant, agent or employee to sell, offer for sale, or to serve or dispense for on-premises consumption, or to allow consumption of alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any day except Sunday and on Sunday between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.
(b) Off-premises. It shall be unlawful for any retail licensee, its owner, licensee, manager, servant, agent or employee to sell, offer for sale, trade or barter alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption on Sunday between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. There are no prohibited hours for off-premises retailers for any day, except Sunday.
(c) Other licensees. It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer, importer, wholesaler or Class II lounge liquor retailer, its owner, manager, servant, agent or employee to sell, offer for sale, or to serve or to dispense or to allow the consumption of alcoholic beverages upon the licensed premises between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any day except Sunday, and on Sunday between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.
(d) Hours prescribed by zoning ordinance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section, where the City’s zoning laws, which includes variances and special exceptions granted under the authority of the zoning ordinance, provide for more restrictive hours than set forth in subsections (a), (b) or (c) of this section, such hours shall apply in lieu of the foregoing and it shall be a violation of this chapter for any licensee, its owner, manager, servant, agent or employee to sell, offer for sale, or to serve or dispense, or to offer to sale or dispense or to allow the consumption of alcoholic beverages upon the licensed premises during the prohibited hours established by the zoning laws.
Section 2. Severability Clause. If any section, subsection, clause, sentence, phrase or word of this ordinance is declared or judged to be invalid or unconstitutional such declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance which shall remain in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not originally a part of this ordinance.
Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective upon its passage and publication as required by law.
Section 4. Publication. The City Clerk of the City of Opelika, Alabama is hereby authorized and directed to cause this ordinance to be published one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Opelika, Lee County, Alabama.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this the 4th day of April, 2023.
/s/ Eddie Smith
PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OPELIKA, ALABAMA
ATTEST:
/s/ Russell A. Jones, CMC CITY CLERK
TRANSMITTED TO MAYOR on this the 5th day of April, 2023.
/s/ Russell A. Jones, CMC CITY CLERK
ACTION BY MAYOR
APPROVED this the 5th day of April, 2023.
/s/ Gary Fuller MAYOR
ATTEST:
/s/ Russell A. Jones, CMC CITY CLERK
Legal Run 04/06/2023
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
Case No.: CV-2023-900076.00
CLAUNCH WAYNE,
CLAUNCH MELISSA,
Plaintiffs,
V.
A PARCEL OF LAND IN LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA,
UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST, Defendants.
NOTICE OF ACTION
To: All Defendants herein, whose whereabouts are unknown and which cannot be ascertained after the exercise of reasonable diligence.
You are hereby notified that on the 28th day of February 2023 a Bill to Quiet Title was filed in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Alabama, regarding the following described real property:
Commencing at the Southwest comer of Section 21, Township 19 North, Range 27 East, Opelika, Lee County, Alabama; thence North 89°12′ East, a distance of 1320 feet; thence North 00°42′ West, a distance of 1969.6 feet to a found 5/8″ capped rebar, said point being the Point of Beginning of said parcel described herein: from this POINT OF BEGINNING, thence South 01°19’18” West, a distance of 68.65 feet to a found 1/211 solid iron pin; thence North 79°52’3611 West, a distance of 157.54 feet to a found 1/2″ open top pipe; thence North 02°35’23” East, a distance of248.23 feet to a set 1/2″ rebar by Precision Surveying (CA788) located in the Southern right of way of Old Columbus Road and the beginning of a curve; thence following the right of way for Old Columbus Road along said curve concave to the Southwest having a radius of 1764.39 feet and a chord which bears South 79°19’3511 East 149.90 feet, for an arc distance of 149.94 feet to a found 5/8″ capped rebar located in the Southern right of way for Old Columbus Road; thence leaving the Southern right of way for Old Columbus Road, South 00°35’3311 West, a distance of 179.28 feet a 5/8″ capped rebar and the Point of Beginning.
Said Parcel contains 0.87 acres, more or less, and is located in the Southwest corner of Section 21, Township 19 North, Range 27 East, Opelika, Lee County, Alabama.
All persons having an interest in said lands or any portion thereof, claiming any title thereto or any encumbrance or lien thereon, are hereby directed to plead, answer, or otherwise respond to the Complaint on or before the expiration of 30 days after the last publication of this notice, or thereafter suffer judgment by default to be rendered against them it being intended that this notice shall be used to perfect service against all parties who cannot be personally served with a copy of the Complaint.Done this the 14th day of March, 2023.
Mary Roberson Circuit Court Clerk, Lee County
Benjamin H. Parr
830 Avenue A, Suite A Opelika, Alabama 36801
Telephone Number: 334-749-6999
Fax: 334-203-1875
ben@benparrlaw.corn
Legal Run 03/16/2023, 03/23/2023, 03/30/2023 & 04/062023.
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ANNETTE H. HARDY, DECEASED.
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA
Case No: 2023-124
Letters Testamentary on the estate of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on the 14th day of March, 2023, 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.
ANNETTE HOFFMAN THARDY and ELIZABETH HARDY SCHMITT
Personal Representatives
Robert H. Pettey
Samford & Denson, LLP
P.O. Box 2345
Opelika, AL 36803-2345
(334) 745-3504
Legal Run 03/23/2023, 03/30/2023 & 04/062023
