Legal Notice
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA
STATE OF ALABAMA, Ex Rel JOHN R. COOPER, Director of the Alabama Department of Transportation, Petitioner, vs. JOHN C. JAY, ET AL., Defendants.
CASE NO. 2023-097
NOTICE OF PETITION TO CONDEMN REAL PROPERTY AND FOR AN ORDER OF CONDEMNATION
NOTICE TO:
DOROTHY CARTER, NETTIE RAY, ROMELLIA LEWIS, TUNDRA HORNBUCKLE AND TELEIGHAH CHANEY, whose whereabouts is unknown, is required to answer the State of Alabama’s petition to condemn real property and other relief within thirty (30) days after the last publication date of this Notice. Said petition seeks to acquire real property to construct public roads and highway facilities necessary and convenient to the public.
Done this 18th day of December, 2023.
Arthur L. Crawford, Sr. Judge of Probate Hale County, Alabama Mark A. Scogin ESPY SCOGIN AND CAIN, P.C. P.O. Box 2786 Tuscaloosa, AL 35403 ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER
Please publish this notice in The Greensboro Watchman for 4 consecutive weeks.
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Legal Notice
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA
STATE OF ALABAMA, Ex Rel JOHN R. COOPER, Director of the Alabama Department of Transportation, Petitioner, vs. BERNARD SHELTON, ET AL., Defendants.
CASE NO. 2023-087
NOTICE OF PETITION TO CONDEMN REAL PROPERTY AND FOR AN ORDER OF CONDEMNATION
NOTICE TO:
TRAVIS L. SHELTON, whose whereabouts is unknown, is required to answer the State of Alabama’s petition to condemn real property and other relief within thirty (30) days after the last publication date of this Notice. Said petition seeks to acquire real property to construct public roads and highway facilities necessary and convenient to the public.
Done this 18th day of December, 2023.
Arthur L. Crawford, Sr. Judge of Probate Hale County, Alabama
Mark A. Scogin ESPY SCOGIN AND CAIN, P.C. P.O. Box 2786 Tuscaloosa, AL 35403 ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER
Please publish this notice in The Greensboro Watchman for 4 consecutive weeks.
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Legal Notice
LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF ALABAMA HALE COUNTY NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Levon Small, dated April 4, 2000, said Mortgage being filed for record in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Hale County, Alabama, on the 11th day of April, 2001 and being recorded in said office in Mortgage Book 322 at Page 798- 801, and Community Service Programs of West Alabama, Inc., as Mortgagee under the mortgage, by reason of such default having declared all of the indebtedness secured this mortgage due and payable and such defaults continuing, notice is hereby given that undersigned, Community Service Programs of West Alabama, Inc., under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in this mortgage, will sell at public outcry, at the front door of the Courthouse of Hale County, Alabama, in Greensboro, Alabama, beginning at 12:00 o’- clock noon during the legal hours of sale on the 18th day of January, 2024 for cash to the highest bidder, the following described real property, located in Hale County, Alabama, and more particularly described as follows, to wit:
A parcel of land located in the Northeast Quarter of Section 19, Township 20 North, Range 5 East, Hale County, Alabama, being more particularly described as follows: Commence at the half inch iron pipe on the South margin of Walker Street which marks the Northeast Corner of the property as described in deed recorded in Hale County, Alabama, public records in Deed Book A-79, at page 190; thence run South 85 degrees 49 minutes West along the South right of way margin of Walker Street for a distance of 335 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING of the herein described parcel of land; thence continue South 85 degrees 49 minutes West and along said South margin for a distance of 75.00 feet to a point; thence run South 26 degrees 20 minutes West for a distance of 100.00 feet to a point; thence run North 85 degrees 49 minutes East for a distance of 100.00 feet to a point; thence run north 12 degrees 29 minutes East, for a distance of 89.92 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances thereto belonging or in anywise appertaining in fee simple.
SOURCE OF TITLE: DEED BOOK A117 PAGE 860 Title to the above described property shall be conveyed by Mortgage Foreclosure Deed subject to any ad valorem taxes due, rights of way, restrictions, easements, matters of survey and existing Federal Tax Liens if any, and/or special assessments, if any, which might adversely affect the title to the subject property, Terms of sale are cash.
Community Service Programs of West Alabama, Inc.
BY: Barbara Rogers, Attorney for Community Service Programs of West Alabama, Inc.
PO Box 71358
Tuscaloosa, AL 35407
(205) 759-4090
PUBLICATION DATES: December 21, 2023, December 28, 2023, and January 4, 2024.
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Legal Notice
In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, notice is hereby given that Ketom Construction Co., Inc. has completed the Contract for Construction of Exterior Porch and Step Renovations at Perry County Courthouse, Marion, Alabama (Architect’s Project No. 210036) for the Owner, 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 Goodwyn, Mills, and Cawood, L.L.C., 2660 Eastchase Lane, Suite 200, Montgomery, Alabama, 36117.
Keton Construction Co., Inc.
3735 Harrison Road Suite 100,
Loganville, GA 30052
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Legal Notice
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Tanja Smith and Michael Richards to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Wintrust Mortgage, a Division of Barrington Bank and Trust Co., N.A., dated December 16, 2020 said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Hale County, Alabama, in Book 2020, Page 804 . Said mortgage was subsequently sold, assigned and transferred to Wintrust Mortgage, a division of Barrington Bank and Trust Company, N.A.. Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the undersigned, Wintrust Mortgage, a division of Barrington Bank and Trust Company, N.A., will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the main entrance of the Courthouse in Hale County, Alabama on February 13, 2024, during the legal hours of sale, all of its right, title, and interest in and to the following describe real estate situated in Hale County, Alabama, to-wit: COMMENCE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST, HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA, AND RUN WEST ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 4 AND ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 4, A DISTANCE OF 1,648 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THAT CERTAIN TRACT DESCRIBED AS TEN ACRES OFF THE EAST SIDE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 4; RUN THENCE SOUTH 1 DEGREE 20 MINUTEST EAST ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY OF SAID TEN ACRE TRACT A DISTANCE OF 330.65 FEET; RUN THENCE EAST, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH BOUNDARY HEREOF, A DISTANCE OF 1.053 53 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF A DIRT AND GRAVEL FIELD ROAD; RUN THENCE SOUTH 39 DEGREES 13 MINUTES EAST ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF SAID ROAD A DISTANCE OF 97.5 FEET; RUN THENCE SOUTH 63 DEGREES 37 MINUTES EAST ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF SAID ROAD A DISTANCE OF 269.1 FEET; RUN THENCE SOUTH 72 DEGREES 37 MINUTES EAST ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF SAID ROAD A DISTANCE OF 313.62 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST BOUNDARY OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 4; AND RUN THENCE NORTH 01 DEGREE 20 MINUTES WEST ALONG THE EAST BOUNDARY OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 4, A DISTANCE OF 632.2 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID PARCEL CONTAINS 15.04 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND IS SITUATED PARTLY IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER AND PARTLY IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH. RANGE 5 EAST, HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA, AND IS PART OF THE PROPERTY CONVEYED TO MICHAEL W. HARROW BY DEED OF TURPIN VISE AND WIFE, JO T. VISE, DATED DECEMBER 16, 1977, AND APPEARING OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF PROBATE OF HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA, IN DEED BOOK A- 80 AT PAGE 440. LESS AND EXCEPT MINERAL AND MINING RIGHTS; FURTHER LESS AND EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING PARCEL: TO REACH THE POINT OF BEGINNING, COMMENCE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST, HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA, AND RUN WEST ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 4 A DISTANCE OF 828 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A FENCE CORNER FOR THE POINT OF BEGINNING: THENCE CONTINUE WEST ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 4 AND ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 4, A DISTANCE OF 820 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THAT CERTAIN TRACT DESCRIBED AS 10 ACRES OFF OF THE EAST SIDE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 4; RUN THENCE SOUTH 1 DEGREE 20 MINUTES EAST ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY OF SAID 10 ACRE TRACT A DISTANCE OF 330.65 FEET; RUN THENCE EAST, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH BOUNDARY HEREOF A DISTANCE OF 820 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A FENCE CORNER AND RUN THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG A FENCE LINE A DISTANCE OF 330 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID PARCEL CONTAINS 6.2 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. AND IS SITUATED PARTLY IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER AND PARTLY IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 20 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST, HALE COUNTY. ALABAMA, AND IS PART OF THE PROPERTY CONVEYED TO MICHAEL W. HARROW BY DEED OF TURPIN VISE AND WIFE. JO T. VISE, DATED DECEMBER 16. 1977, AND APPEARING OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF PROBATE OF HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA, IN DEED BOOK A- 80. AT PAGE 440. THERE IS ALSO CONVEYED HEREBY A RIGHT OF WAY FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS IN COMMON WITH OTHERS, OVER AND ACROSS THE EXISTING DIRT AND GRAVEL FIELD ROAD ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF, AND ALSO LYING SOUTH OF AND ADJACENT TO, THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY CONVEYED BY MICHAEL W. HARROW AND WIFE. MARSHA F. HARROW, TO JERRY WAYNE HANDLEY AND SANDRA C. HANDLEY, DATED MARCH 29, 1983. AND APPEARING OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF PROBATE OF HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA. IN DEED BOOK A-92. AT PAGE 809, AS CORRECTED BY DEED EXECUTED BY MICHAEL W. HARROW AND WIFE, MARSHA F. HARROW, TO JERRY WAYNE HANDLEY AND SANDRA C. HANDLEY, DATED JULY 15. 1983, AND APPEARING OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF PROBATE OF HALE COUNTY. ALABAMA, IN DEED BOOK A-93, AT PAGE 473, WHICH RIGHT OF WAY WAS CONVEYED AND RESERVED BY THE GRANTORS IN SAID DEEDS. THERE IS ALSO CONVEYED HEREBY A RIGHT OF WAY IN COMMON WITH OTHERS, OVER AND ACROSS THOSE CERTAIN RIGHTS OF WAY EXECUTED BY VERNON HARPER, ET ALS, TO MICHAEL W. HARROW, JERRY WAYNE HANDLEY AND SANDRA C. HANDLEY, DATED JULY 16, 1986. AND APPEARING OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF PROBATE OF HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA, IN DEED BOOK A-99, AT PAGE 520; THAT CERTAIN RIGHT OF WAY EXECUTED BY MICHAEL W. HARROW, TO JERRY WAYNE HANDLEY AND SANDRA C. HANDLEY, DATED JULY 16, 1986, AND APPEARING OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF PROBATE OF HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA. IN DEED BOOK A-99, AT PAGE 521; AND THAT CERTAIN RIGHT OF WAY EXECUTED BY TURPIN VISE AND WIFE, JO T. VISE TO MICHAEL W. HARROW, JERRY WAYNE HANDLEY AND SANDRA C. HANDLEY, DATED JULY 11, 1986, AND APPEARING OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF PROBATE OF HALE COUNTY. ALABAMA, IN DEED BOOK A-99, AT PAGE 522. Property Street Address for Informational Purposes: 444 Castlewood Drive Greensboro AL 36744 Said property will be sold “AS IS”. NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, IS MADE AS TO THE TITLE OF SAID PROPERTY. Said property is subject to any title deficiencies including but not limited to: any outstanding ad valorem taxes – including taxes which are a lien but not yet due and payable, federal tax liens any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Mortgage first set out above. Said property will be sold subject to the right of redemption of all parties entitled thereto. The highest bidder must tender the total amount of the winning bid in certified funds at the time and place of sale. Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumstances. Programs may also exist that help persons avoid or delay the foreclosure process. An attorney should be consulted to help you understand the rights and programs as a part of the foreclosure process. This sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale, as provided in said Mortgage and by Alabama law. This sale is subject to postponement or cancellation. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose. Wintrust Mortgage, a division of Barrington Bank and Trust Company, N.A., Mortgagee or Transferee Jonathan Smothers, Esq ALAW One Independence Plaza, Suite 416 Birmingham, AL 35209 Attorney for Mortgagee/ Transferee 23-014826 A-4804715 01/04/2024, 01/11/2024, 01/18/2024 1-4-3c
