Legal Notices Week of Dec 4, 2025

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE TO HEIRS AND INTERESTED PARTIES

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Tonia Cephus and Tony Cephus, have filed an Affidavit of Heirship concerning the estate of Dwight Delanor Cephus, deceased, regarding property located in Hale County, Alabama.

All persons claiming any interest in said property, or who may have a lawful claim as an heir, are hereby notified to appear or make such claim within 30 days from the date of the first publication of this notice, or thereafter be forever barred.

This notice is published pursuant to Alabama Code § 35-4-67.

LEGAL NOTICE

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended, notice is hereby given that Frasier-Ousley Construction and Engineering, Inc., Contractor, has completed the Contract for Renovations to Robert C. Hatch High School, 23-238, for The Perry County Board of Education, 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:

McKee & Associates Inc.
631 South Hull St.
Montgomery, AL 36104

Frasier-Ousley Construction and Engineering, Inc.
1105 Singleton Drive
Selma, AL 36701

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LEGAL NOTICE

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Notice is hereby given that a hearing will be held before the Department of Finance of the State of Alabama at the State Capitol, Room E-315, located at 600 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama, at 10:00 A.M. Central Standard Time on December 12, 2025, to determine whether consent should be given to Central Alabama Electric Cooperative (“Petitioner”) to borrow from the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation a loan in a maximum principal amount of $88,500,000 to finance:

(i) capital improvements to portions of Petitioner’s broadband fiber optics system and related equipment and capital improvements thereto, and
(ii) capital improvements to Petitioner’s electric distribution system pursuant to its work plan.

All of said loan funds will be used to finance poles, wires, transformers, security lights, substations, fiber optics cable, and other electric and fiber optic facilities and equipment and the related labor costs and other capital expenditures in the Counties of Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Perry, Talladega, and Tallapoosa, Alabama.

Any person having an interest in these matters may attend the hearing and be heard on the question of whether the issuance of said loan agreement and evidence of indebtedness for the loan serve some public need and is in the public interest.

STATE OF ALABAMA
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

By: Bill Poole
Bill Poole
Director of Finance

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LEGAL NOTICE

PERRY COUNTY COMMISSION
INVITATION TO BID
BID NUMBER PC-53-2025-A01
RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION & DISPOSAL

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS — THE INVITATION PACKAGE

Notice is hereby given that Perry County shall receive bids for Residential Solid Waste Collection and Disposal, at the Perry County Commission Office, 300 Washington Street, Suite 103, Marion, Alabama 36756, until 4:00 pm on Monday, December 8, 2025.

Time is of the essence in submitting bids, and only bids received by the Perry County Commission by the deadline will be considered. Bidders and other interested individuals are invited to attend the bid opening and awarding on Monday, December 8, 2025, at the scheduled commission meeting at 6:00 pm or soon thereafter.

Each invitation for Bid Number PC-53-2025-A01 includes the invitation to bid, written bid specifications, and bid submittal forms to be used in submitting your bid. Bidders should verify that they have received all pages of the invitation package. If there are any omissions, the bidder should contact the County by mail, fax, or email to request the missing pages. It is the responsibility of the bidder to make this request in sufficient time to prepare and submit the bid.

Bidders should carefully read and comply with all parts of the invitation package, including all attachments.

PREPARING AND SUBMITTING BIDS

All bids must be typed on the attached Bid Submittal Forms. Bids submitted in pencil and bids not submitted on the Bid Submittal Forms will not be considered. Only information contained on the attached bid form or otherwise requested or required will be considered in evaluating bids.

Each bid for PC-53-2025-A01 included in the bid package must be submitted on the Bid Submittal Forms and forwarded in a separate sealed envelope with the bid item and item number clearly identified on the outside. Facsimiles and emails will not be accepted.

Bids submitted by “Express/Overnight” services must be in a separate inner envelope or package sealed and identified as stated above. All bids must be received in the County offices prior to bid opening. Bids received after the deadline will be returned unopened.

Bid Bond Required: Cashier’s check drawn on an Alabama Bank or Bid Bond executed by a Surety Company duly authorized and qualified to make such bonds in the State of Alabama. All bids of $15,000 or more must be accompanied by a bid bond or certified check in the amount of 5% of the total bid amount. It will be payable to Perry County Commission. Any forfeiture of the bid bond will be in accordance with Alabama’s Bid Law. Otherwise, the bid bonds will be returned as bidders are awarded or not awarded, the successful bidder is providing service as requested, or the terms of the bid request have lapsed. Failure to comply will be grounds for rejection.

SUBMISSION ADDRESS

All bids should be mailed or hand-delivered to:

Perry County Commission
ATTENTION: Beverly Gordon, J.D.
Post Office Box 478
300 Washington Street, Suite 103
Marion, Alabama 36756

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LEGAL NOTICE

In the Matter of the Estate of
James O. Averette, Deceased
In the Probate Court of Perry County, Alabama
Case No. 25-2794

Notice of Appointment of Administrator

Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Annie Hillebrandt on the 4th day of November, 2025, by the Honorable Carlton L. Hogue, Probate Judge of Perry 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.

C. Barton Adcox,
Attorney for the Estate of
James O. Averette, Deceased

Adcox Associates, LLC
1109 Almon Avenue, Suite 200
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35401

The the Editor and Publisher of the Times-Standard-Herald:
Please publish the above notice for three (3) consecutive weeks in your newspaper.

Carlton L. Hogue
Judge of Probate
Perry County, Alabama

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LEGAL NOTICE

PUBLICATION DATES:
December 4, 2025; December 11, 2025; December 18, 2025
NEWSPAPER: The Times-Standard-Herald

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Donna S. Cooley and Christopher Hudson, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Mortgagee, as nominee for First Federal Bank, A FSB, its successors and assigns, on July 31, 2023, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Perry County, Alabama, on July 31, 2023 at MORT Book 634, Page 880.

PHH Mortgage Corporation, the current holder, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the main entrance of the Perry County Courthouse, in Marion, Alabama, on January 27, 2026, during the legal hours of sale, the following described real estate, situated in Perry County, Alabama, to-wit:

Commencing at the intersection of the west right-of-way of Howze Street with the south right-of-way of West Monroe Street; thence run S 89°13’48” W for 61.93 feet along said south right-of-way to an iron pipe and the Point of Beginning; thence run S 1°49’45” E for 302.40 feet to a set capped rebar on the north right-of-way of Green Street; thence run in a westerly direction along said north right-of-way, being the arc of a curve to the right, having a radius of 934.15 feet, an arc length of 186.80 feet, and a chord bearing and distance of N 79°13’11” W, 186.49 feet to a capped rebar; thence run N 3°09’24” E for 265.63 feet to a capped rebar on said south right-of-way of West Monroe Street; thence run N 89°13’48” E for 158.93 feet along said south right-of-way to the Point of Beginning.

Said described property contains 1.13 acres, more or less, and lies in the NW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 12, T19N, R7E, Perry County, Alabama.

More commonly known as:
404 W Green St, Marion, AL 36756

This property will be sold on an “as is, where is” basis, without warranty or recourse, expressed or implied as to title, use, and/or enjoyment, and will be sold subject to the right of redemption of all parties entitled thereto.

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 understand these rights and programs as part of the foreclosure process.

This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage, as well as the expense of foreclosure.

The successful bidder must tender certified funds by noon the next business day to:

Law Office of Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C.
Certified funds must be in the form of a wire transfer, bank or credit union’s cashier’s check, or bank official check payable to Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C.

Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. reserves the right to award the bid to the next highest bidder should the highest bidder fail to timely tender the total amount due.

If sale is voided, Mortgagee/Transferee shall return the bid amount to the successful purchaser and shall not be liable to the purchaser for any damages. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the purchaser shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit and bid amount, if paid.

The Mortgagee/Transferee reserves the right to bid for and purchase the real estate and to credit its purchase price against the expenses of sale and indebtedness secured by the real estate. This sale is subject to postponement or cancellation.

PHH Mortgage Corporation (“Transferee”)
Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C.
244 Inverness Center Drive
Birmingham, AL 35242
Phone: (801) 355-2886

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LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE — HALE COUNTY

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Ruby Jean Stallworth, an unmarried woman, originally in favor of United States of America, acting through the Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, on July 2, 1993, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Hale County, Alabama, at Book 304, Page 738;

The undersigned United States of America, acting through the Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, as Mortgagee/Transferee, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash or certified funds, in front of the main entrance of the Courthouse at Hale County, Alabama, on November 13, 2025, during the legal hours of sale, all of its right, title, and interest in and to the following described real estate, situated in Hale County, Alabama, to-wit:

The West Half of Lot Number Nine (9), of Wedgworth Subdivision of Akron, Alabama, according to the Survey and plat of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 24, Township 22 North, Range 3 East, which comprises said subdivision, which survey and plat was made by B.H. Rice, Surveyor, and appears of record in the office of the Judge of Probate of Hale County, Alabama, in Deed Book A-6 at Page 703, and in Map Book 1, Page 5-A.

Property street address for informational purposes:
121 Gewin St, Akron, AL 35441

THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD ON AN “AS IS, WHERE IS” BASIS, SUBJECT TO ANY EASEMENTS, ENCUMBRANCES, AND EXCEPTIONS reflected in the mortgage and those contained in the records of the Office of the Judge of Probate of the county where the above-described property is situated.

THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, AS TO TITLE, USE AND/OR ENJOYMENT, and will be sold subject to the right of redemption of all parties entitled thereto.

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 these rights and programs as a part of the foreclosure process.

This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage, as well as the expenses of foreclosure.

The successful bidder must tender cash or certified funds made payable to Aldridge Pite, LLP at the time and place of the sale. If the sale is voided, Mortgagee/Transferee shall return the bid amount to the successful purchaser. The Mortgagee/Transferee and Aldridge Pite, LLP shall not be liable to the purchaser for any damages.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the purchaser at the sale shall be only entitled to a return of the bid amount. The Mortgagee/Transferee reserves the right to bid for and purchase the real estate and to credit its purchase price against the expenses of sale and the indebtedness secured by the real estate. This sale is subject to postponement or cancellation.

United States of America, acting through the Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, Mortgagee/Transferee

ALDRIDGE PITE, LLP
Six Piedmont Center
3525 Piedmont Road, N.E., Suite 700
Atlanta, GA 30305
Attorney for Mortgagee/Transferee.

Newspaper: Greensboro Watchman
Publication Dates:
10/16/2025, 10/23/2025, 10/30/2025

AMENDMENT TO NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

The sale date under the above mentioned Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale has been postponed until January 6, 2026, and public notice thereof having been given, the above notice is hereby republished with this amendment.

Newspaper: Greensboro Watchman
Publication Dates: 12/4/2025

THIS OFFICE IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

12-4-1c

LEGAL NOTICE

ORDINANCE NO. 2025-07

RULES AND PROCEDURES OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF GREENSBORO, AL

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF GREENSBORO, ALABAMA, that the order of procedure in all instances for meetings of the council shall be as follows:

Section 1.

That the rules or order of procedure herein contained shall govern deliberation and meetings of the council of Greensboro, Alabama.

Section 2.

Regular meetings of the council shall be held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month.

Section 3.

Special meetings may be held at the call of the presiding officer by serving notice on each member of the council not less than 24 hours before the time set for such special meetings; or special meetings may be held as provided by Section 11-43-50, Code of Alabama, 1975, whenever two councilmembers (or the mayor) making the request shall have the right to call such meeting. Notice of all special meetings shall be posted on a bulletin board accessible to the public at least 24 hours prior to such meeting.

Section 4.

A quorum shall be determined as provided by Section 11-43-48, Code of Alabama. The number of members required to make a quorum does not change when a council has vacancies. Councilmembers who are present at a council meeting and have a conflict of interest on a particular issue can be counted for purposes of making a quorum even though they cannot vote on a specific issue.

Section 5.

All regular meetings shall convene at 6:30 p.m. at the City Hall, and all meetings, regular and special, shall be open to the public.

Section 6. Order of Business

A call to order
Prayer
Roll call
Approval of the minutes of the previous meeting
Reports of standing committees (if applicable)
Reports of special committees (if applicable)
Reports of officers or department heads
Reading of petitions, applications, complaints, appeals, communications, etc. (if applicable)
Auditing accounts
Resolutions, ordinances, orders, and other business
Public comments

Section 7.

No member shall speak more than twice on the same subject without permission of the presiding officer.

Section 8.

No person, not a member of the council, shall be allowed to address the same while in session without permission of the presiding officer.

Section 9.

Every officer whose duty it is to report at the regular meeting of the council who shall be in default thereof may be fined at the discretion of the council.

Section 10.

Motions shall be reduced to writing when required by the presiding officer of the council or any member of the council. All resolutions, ordinances, and any amendments thereto shall be in writing at the time of introduction.

Section 11.

Motions to reconsider must be made by a member who voted with the prevailing side and at the same or next succeeding meeting of the council.

Section 12.

Whenever one or more members shall require it, the “yea” and “nay” shall be recorded, and any member may call for a division on any question.

Section 13.

The presiding officer of the council shall decide all questions of order with the right of appeal to the council by any member.

Section 14.

The presiding officer of the council may, at his or her discretion, call any member to take the chair to allow him or her to address the council, to make a motion, or to discuss any other matter at issue.

Section 15.

Motions to lay any matter on the table shall be first in order; and on all questions, the last amendment, the most distant day, and the largest sum shall be first put.

Section 16.

All meetings of the council shall be open to the public, except when the council meets in executive session as authorized by state law.

Section 17.

The council may meet in executive session only for those purposes authorized by state law. When a councilmember makes a motion to go into executive session for an enumerated purpose, the presiding officer shall put the motion to a vote. If the majority of the council votes in favor, the body shall then move into executive session to discuss the matter for which the session was called. When discussion is completed, the council shall resume its deliberations in public.

Section 18.

A motion for adjournment shall always be in order.

Section 19.

The rules for the council may be amended in the same manner as any other ordinance of general and permanent operation.

Section 20.

The rules of the council may be temporarily suspended by a vote of two-thirds of the members present.

Section 21.

The chairman of each respective committee, or the councilmember acting for him or her, shall submit or make all reports to the council when so requested by the presiding officer or any member of the council.

Section 22.

All ordinances, resolutions, or propositions submitted to the council which require the expenditure of money shall lie over until the next meeting; provided, that such ordinances, resolutions, or propositions may be considered earlier by unanimous consent of the council; and provided further, that this rule shall not apply to the current expenses of, or contracts previously made with, or regular expenses of, or regular salaries of officers, or wages of employees of the city.

Section 23.

The clerk, engineer, attorney, chief of police, department heads, and such other officers or employees of the City of Greensboro shall, when requested, attend all meetings of the council and shall remain in the council room for such length of time as the council may direct.

Section 24.

No ordinance or resolution of a permanent nature shall be adopted at the meeting at which it is introduced unless unanimous consent is obtained for the immediate consideration of such ordinance or resolution; such consent shall be by roll call, and the vote shall be recorded in the minutes.

Section 25.

Robert’s Rules of Order is hereby adopted as the rules or procedure for this council in those situations that cannot be resolved by the rules set out in this ordinance.

Section 26.

This ordinance shall go into effect upon passage and publication as required by law.

Passed and adopted the 3rd day of November, 2025.

Council Members:
Mary Bragg
Pearl Shepherd
KaTerriaeial Lewis
Ashley Kyser
Bobbie A. Curtis

Mayor: Ralph A. Howard

ATTEST:
Lorrie Cook, Acting City Clerk

12-4-1c

LEGAL NOTICE

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA
CASE NO. 24-142

IN RE: THE MATTER OF
THE ESTATE OF
PATRICIA FORD, DECEASED

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Tricia Lee Gillyard as personal representative on the 18th day of November, 2025, by the Honorable David L. Parker, Judge of the Probate Court of Hale 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.

SHIELDS & GUNTER, P.C.
Attorneys for Personal Representative
2117 Jack Warner Parkway, Suite 1A
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

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