IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA

CASE NO.: CV-2022-900005

HATTIE HENDERSON HALL Plaintiff,

V.
A Parcel of Land Lying in Lee County, Alabama, to wit:Approximately Thirteen (13) acres near Lee Road 121, and More particularly described as Lee County tax parcel #43-17-08-34-0-000-006.000, & Unknown heirs or assigns of:
William Henderson, Etta Robinson, Roena Beasey, Edith Darby, Pearlie Edwards, Sallie Wilson, Nellie Reid, and Abraham Henderson. 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 7th day of January 2022, a Bill to Quiet Title was filed in the Circuit Court of Lee County, Alabama, regarding the following described real property:          

A Parcel of Land Lying in Lee County, Alabama, to wit:  approximately thirteen (13) acres near Lee Road 121, and more particularly described as Lee County tax parcel #43-17-08-34-0-000-006.000.

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 12th day of January 2022.                

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.com

Legal Run 1/20/2022, 1/27/2022, 02/03/2022 & 02/10/2022

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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KENNETH ESPY VANN, DECEASED

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA

Case No: 2021-646

Letters Testamentary on the estate of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on the 11th day of January, 2022, 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.

SARAH BUCHANAN VANN,

DANNY BRADFORD, and

LESLIE LAZROVITCH

Co-Personal Representatives

Robert H. Pettey

Samford & Denson, LLP

P.O. Box 2345

Opelika, AL 36803-2345

(334) 745-3504

Legal Run 1/20/22, 1/27/22 & 2/03/22

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of: Sherry Lynn Gay, deceased

Probate Court, Lee County

Case No.: 2022-005

 NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Take Notice that LETTERS TESTMENT ARY of Sherry Lynn Gay deceased having been granted to Ronald Jerome Gay on the 7th day of January 2022, 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 time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

Ronald Jerome Gay

James M. Ivins, Attorney for  Ronald Jerome Gay

1408 Broad Street

Phenix City, AL 36867

Phone: 334-298-0607

Legal Run 01/20/22, 01/27/22 & 02/03/2022

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

ESTATE OF JESS EUGENE GUNN, DECEASED

CASE NO.: 2022-017

COURT OF PROBATE LEE COUNTY

Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 13th day of January, 2022, 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 my hand and seal this the 13th day of January, 2022.

MILDRED GUNN

Legal Run 01/20/2022, 01/27/2022 & 02/03/2022

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

STATE OF ALABAMA
COUNTY OF LEE
PROBATE COURT

CASE NO.: 2021-647 LETTERS TESTAMENTARY of MARK MCGUIRE, deceased, having been granted to KAREN MCGUIRE on the 6th day of January 2022, by the Honorable Judge Bill English, Probate Judge of Lee County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said Estate are hereby required to present same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

Dated this the 6th day of January, 2022

/s/Alyssa L. Hawkins. Esq

Jones, Hawkins, & Associates, LLC 320 N Hull St

Montgomery.AL 36104
334-676-2133
Legal Run 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022 & 02/10/2022

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA

IN RE:  THE ESTATE OF     STELLA M. PATTERSON, Deceased

CASE NO. 2021-627

NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS

TAKE NOTICE that Letters Testamentary, having been granted to George L. Patterson, as Executor of the Estate of Stella M. Patterson, deceased, on the 14th day of January, 2022, by the Honorable Bill English, Judge of Probate of Lee County, Alabama.

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

George L. Patterson

Executor of the Estate of Stella M. Patterson, deceased

Legal Run 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022 & 02/10/2022

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS   

ESTATE OF RUBY KNIGHT WOOTEN, DECEASED

PROBATE COURT LEE COUNTY    

CASE NO. 2022-014

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Take Notice that LETTERS TESTAMENTARY of the Estate of RUBY KNIGHT WOOTEN are hereby granted to William Lee Wooten, Jr. on the 12th day of January, 2022, 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 time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

William Lee Wooten, Jr.

Legal Run 01/27/2022, 02/03/2022 & 02/10/2022

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA

IN RE: THE ESTATE OF SAMUEL AARON MASSINGILL, DECEASED

TAKE NOTICE that Letters Testamentary having been granted to Delilah Marshall. as Executrix of the Estate of Samuel Aaron Massingill. deceased, on the 6th day of January, 2022, 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 la\\’ or the same be barred.

Delilah Marshall. Executrix

Of the Estate of Samuel Aaron Massingill, Deceased

Ma1Tell J. McNeal. Attorney at Law, PC
PO Box 308
Opelika. AL 36803
334-745-7033

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INVITATION TO BID

22003

Sealed bids for the construction of the  Removal of Dead, Dying, or Dangerous Trees and Stumps with Tree Pruning

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 Monday, February 21, 2022 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.  The general contractor must be a certified arborist or have a certified arborist on staff.

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.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive technical errors if, in the Owners judgment, the best interests of the Owner will thereby be promoted. The right is reserved by the Owner to reject all Bids and to waive irregularities.

A certified check or Bid Bond payable to the City of Opelika, Alabama in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, but in no event more than $10,000.00 must accompany the bidder’s sealed proposal – refer also to Instructions to Bidders. Performance and statutory labor and material payment bonds for the full contract sum will be required of the successful bidder at the signing of the Contract.

Bid documents may be obtained from the city’s website at https://www.opelika-al.gov/Bids or from the Purchasing Department at 204 S.7th St, Opelika, Alabama 36801 at no charge.

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.

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: Removal of Dead, Dying, or Dangerous Trees and Stumps with Tree Pruning

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 1/27/2022 & 02/03/2022

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INVITATION TO BID

22009

Sealed bids for the construction of the

West Ridge Softball Field

shall be received at the 2nd Floor Opelika City Hall Conference Room, 204 South Seventh Street, Opelika, Alabama, until 2:00 p.m., local time on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 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 and be certified with FieldTurf to install FieldTurf products. 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.  

Potential Bidders must attend a Mandatory Pre-bid meeting on Monday, January 31, 2022, at 8:00 a.m. at the Opelika City Hall 2nd floor Conference Room, 204 S 7th Steet.  Bids will not be accepted from a vendor or contractor that does not attend the meeting.

All bidders shall possess all other licenses and/or permits required by applicable law, rule, or regulation for the performance of the work. 

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.

Bid documents may be obtained from the city’s website at https://www.opelika-al.gov/Bids or from the Purchasing Department at 204 S.7th St, Opelika, Alabama 36801 at no charge.

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.

As a condition for award, the business entity and its subcontractors shall not knowingly employ or hire an unauthorized alien within the State of Alabama.   The awarded business entity must provide documentation of enrollment in the E-Verify program.  The business must participate in the E-Verify program for the length of the contract.

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: West Ridge Softball Field

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 01/27/2022 & 02/03/2022

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE  OF  LOUIS LEON DURR   JR., Deceased            

PROBATE COURT LEE COUNTY, AL

CASE NO.: 2022-026

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Take Notice that LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION of said deceased having been granted to Benjamin H. Parr on the 25th day of January, 2022, 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 time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

Benjamin H. Parr

Legal Run 2/3/22, 2/10/22 & 2/17/22

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INVITATION TO BID

22003

Sealed bids for the construction of the

Removal of Dead, Dying, or Dangerous Trees and Stumps with Tree Pruning

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 Monday, February 21, 2022 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.  The general contractor must be a certified arborist or have a certified arborist on staff.

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.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive technical errors if, in the Owners judgment, the best interests of the Owner will thereby be promoted. The right is reserved by the Owner to reject all Bids and to waive irregularities.

A certified check or Bid Bond payable to the City of Opelika, Alabama in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, but in no event more than $10,000.00 must accompany the bidder’s sealed proposal – refer also to Instructions to Bidders. Performance and statutory labor and material payment bonds for the full contract sum will be required of the successful bidder at the signing of the Contract.

Bid documents may be obtained from the city’s website at https://www.opelika-al.gov/Bids or from the Purchasing Department at 204 S.7th St, Opelika, Alabama 36801 at no charge.

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.

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: Removal of Dead, Dying, or Dangerous Trees and Stumps with Tree Pruning

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 1/27/2022 & 02/03/2022

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

OPELIKA CITY COUNCIL

March 15, 2022, 7:00 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, March 15, 2022, beginning at 7:00 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 public alley lying between South 10th Street and the CSX Railroad right-of-way in Block 47 of Totten’s Official Real Estate Map of the City of Opelika of 1930, which is of record in Plat Book 2 at Page 9 in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Lee County, Alabama.  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 alley proposed to be vacated is more particularly described as follows:

Commencing at the Northwest Corner of the Northeast Quarter of Section 18, Township 19 North, Range 27 East in Opelika, Lee County, Alabama; thence S89°56’E, 489.9 feet to a point on the southwesterly right of way line of South 10th Street and the True Point of Beginning of the Alley herein described; thence, leaving said right of way, S26°09’W, 627.9 feet to the northeasterly right of way line of a railroad right of way; thence N39°29’W, along said right of way line, 17.56 feet; thence, leaving said right of way line, N26°09’E, 627.7 feet to the southwesterly right of way line of the aforementioned South 10th Street; thence, along said right of way line, S40°05’00”E, 17.48 feet to the True Point of Beginning.

Said parcel lying within Block 47, Grant Lands, as shown on Totten’s Official Real Estate Map of Opelika, Alabama, as recorded in Plat Book 2, Pages 9 & 10, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Lee County, Alabama, and containing 0.2306 Acre, more or less.

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, 2nd 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 3rd day of February, 2022.

/s/Russell A. Jones

RUSSELL A. JONES, CITY CLERK

Legal Run 02/03/2022, 2/10/22, 2/17/22 & 2/24/22

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA

IN RE: THE ESTATE OF LOUIE WINSTON HAYES JR. Deceased

Case No.: 2021-720

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Take Notice that Letters Testamentary of the Estate of Louie Winston Hayes Jr. are hereby been granted to Lydia Jane Johnston on the 31st day of January, 2022, 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.

LYDIA JANE JOHNSTON

Legal Run 02/03/2022, 02/10/22 & 02/17/22

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Notice of Appointment

Estate of Roy Jerrell Riddle, Deceased

Court of Probate Lee County

Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 25th day of January, 2022, by the Jon. 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 dates this the 25th day of January, 2022.

Marsha D. Riddle

Legal Run 02/03/2022, 02/10/2022, 02/17/2022

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Notice of Court Proceeding

CASE NO: 2022-033

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA

Notice of the filing of Petition for Summary Distribution

In the Estate of MALCOLM DOUGLAS HARTZOG, deceased

Notice is hereby given that a Petition for Summary Distribution has been filed in the LEE COUNTY Probate Office by Kenneth Michael Hartzog on January 31, 2022 pursuant to Section 43-2-690, Code of Alabama and that 30 days after the notice of publication hereof and pursuant to law the Court shall be requested to enter an Order directing Summary Distribution of the estate of said decedent.

Bill English, Probate Judge

LEGAL RUN 02/03/2022

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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LILLIAN D. HARRELSON, DECEASED

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA

Case No: 2022-032

Letters Testamentary on the estate of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on the 28th day of January, 2022, 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.

WILBER R. HARRELSON, JR.

Personal Representative

D. Carter Weeks

Samford & Denson, LLP

P.O. Box 2345

Opelika, AL 36803-2345

(334) 745-3504

LEGAL RUN 02/03/22, 02/10/22 & 02/17/22                                      

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IN RE: THE ESTATE OF OTIS H. LYNN, SR., Deceased.

IN THE   PROBATE COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE No. 2022-029

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

LETTERS TESTAMENTARY of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 31st day of January, 2022, by Hon. Bill English, 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 the time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

DARLENE LYNN ARMSTRONG

Co-Executrix

DENISE LYNN JACKSON

Co-Executrix

Legal Run 02/3/2022, 02/10/2022 & 02/17/2022