WCN LEGALS 10-2

BID NOTICES
STATE OF ALABAMA
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
COLLECTION SERVICES DIVISION
INVITATION FOR BIDS FOR THE SALE OF PROPERTY
LOCATED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, ALABAMA
Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 40-29-23(b), Code of Alabama 1975, that the Alabama Department of Revenue is accepting sealed bids for the sale of the following real properties described below, acquired as a result of a Sheriff’s Sale. Sealed bids shall be submitted online at: https://www.ebuy.alabama.gov, until the closing date and time of 11:59 p.m., Friday, October 23, 2026, at which time all bids will be opened and read in the Collection Services Division. Bids will not be accepted after the above stated date and time.
Description of property offered:
BEGINNING AT A POINT 365.3 FEET SOUTH AND 1110.5 FEET EAST OF THE NW CORNER OF THE NE ½ OF NW ½ OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 1 WEST, SAID POINT BEING ON THE WEST MARGIN OF U.S. HIGHWAY 43; THENCE RUN NORTH 52 DEGREES 55 MINUTES WEST 70.0 FEET; THENCE NORTH 37 DEGREES 5 MINUTES EAST 209.1 FEET; THENCE NORTH 36 DEGREES 35 MINUTES EAST 356.3 FEET TO THE CENTER OF BASSETTS CREEK; THENCE SOUTH 45 DEGREES 40 MINUTES EAST ALONG SAID CENTER OF CREEK 70.6 FEET TO THE SAID WEST MARGIN OF U.S. HIGHWAY 43; THENCE SOUTH 36 DEGREES 35 MINUTES WEST 346.5 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 3 DEGREES 5 MINUTES WEST 208.8 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; CONTAINING 0.90 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ALL IN THE NE¼ OF NW¼ AND TO THE NW¼ OF NE¼ OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 1 WEST IN THE SE¼ OF SW¼ IN THE SW¼ OF SE¼ OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 1 WEST, WASHINGTON COUNTY, ALABAMA. FOR REFERENCE: DEED BOOK 252 AT PAGE 892.
The property is located at or near 21711 Highway 43, Wagarville, AL 36585; Parcel Identification Number: 65-14-07-25-0-000-005.001; as described in Sheriff’s Deed Book 608, Page 410.
The parcels are being offered “as is” and “where is” without recourse against the State of Alabama Department of Revenue. It is the responsibility of the bidder to inspect the property conditions before submitting a bid by drive-by only, without trespassing on the property in any manner. Bidders must agree to all terms listed online before submitting a bid. If you wish to bid on this property, please complete the Sealed Bid Form online.
The minimum bid for this parcel is $160,000.
EACH bid submitted online must be accompanied by an EFT bid deposit payment of ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the bid. Any bid submitted without payment of the bid deposit will not be considered. The deposits of unsuccessful bidders will be returned following the bid closing date.
NO BID SHALL BE RECEIVED FOR ANY REASON ANY TIME AFTER THE ADVERTISED DEADLINE. IT SHALL BE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BIDDER TO ENSURE ACTUAL RECEIPT OF THE BID BY THE COLLECTION SERVICES DIVISION PRIOR TO THE ADVERTISED DEADLINE.
The Alabama Department of Revenue reserves the right to withdraw the property from sale at any time and the right to reject any or all bids.
For more information about the sale contact:
Alabama Department of Revenue
Collection Services Division-Sealed Bid Sale
P. O. Box 327820
Montgomery, AL 36132-7820
Telephone: (334) 242-1229
Washington County News October 2, 9, 16, 2026
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE
FORECLOSURE SALE
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Mortgage executed by Caleb Cunningham, a single man, and Valerie Ann Griffin, a single woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), (solely as nominee for Lender, First Federal Bank, A FSB, and Lender’s successors and assigns), dated the 4th day of December, 2019, which Mortgage was recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Washington County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 519, at Page 793; said Mortgage having been transferred and assigned by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (solely as nominee for Lender, First Federal Bank, A FSB, and Lender’s successors and assigns) to Alabama Housing Finance Authority by virtue of that certain Assignment of Mortgage dated April 29, 2026, and recorded in said Probate Office in Miscellaneous Book 212, at Page 713. The undersigned, Alabama Housing Finance Authority, as Assignee of said Mortgage will, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage, sell at auction to the highest bidder for cash before the main entrance of the Washington County Courthouse, in the City of Chatom, Alabama, during the legal hours of sale on October 27, 2026, the real property described in said Mortgage, which said description is hereby referred to and made a part hereof, said property being situated in Washington County, Alabama, to-wit:
Parcel 1:
Lot 18 of the First Unit of Lake View Park at McIntosh, Alabama, according to plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 3, Page 60 of the records in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Washington County, Alabama.
Parcel 2:
Lot No. 17 by the resubdivision of Lots 10, 11, 12, 17, 37, 38, 39, 40, and 56 through 67, of the First Unit of Lakeview Park in McIntosh, Alabama, as recorded in Map Book 4, Page 6, of the records in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Washington County, Alabama.
Property is being foreclosed subject to a Partial Claim Mortgage in favor of the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development dated March 30, 2021 and recorded in said Probate Office in Mortgage Book 527, Page 325.
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 purposes of realizing the mortgage debt, together with all expenses of the sale, including a reasonable attorney’s fee.
CAPELL & HOWARD, P.C.
Jack W. Pitts, Esq.
150 South Perry Street
Montgomery, Alabama 36104
Our File No.: 37591-3716
ATTORNEYS FOR ASSIGNEE
ALABAMA HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY ASSIGNEE
Washington County News September 18, 25 and October 2, 2026
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Adoption
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ADOPTION PETITION OF ALL and ALL
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF
WASHINGTON COUNTY, ALABAMA
CASE NO. AD2026-009,
CASE NO. AD2026-010
NOTICE OF ADOPTION ACTION
TO: ANTHONY MICHEL LEGGETT, JR., the natural father of two (2) minor children, living in Washington County, Alabama
Please take note that a petition for the adoption of two (2) minor children living in
Washington County, Alabama, has been filed by Napoleon Smith and Donzetta Smith, in the
Probate Court of Washington County, Alabama in Case Nos. AD2026-009 and AD2026-010. Please be advised that if you intend to contest this adoption you must file a written response with the attorney for the petitioners named below and with the Clerk of the Probate Court, P. O. Box 549, Chatom, Alabama 36518, as soon as possible, but no later than thirty (30) days from the last day this notice is published.
HAROLD L. ODOM
ATTORNEY FOR THE PETITIONERS
P. O. BOX 1087
CHATOM, ALABAMA 36518
Washington County News September 18, 25 and October 2, 9, 2026
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF
WASHINGTON COUNTY, ALABAMA
CASE NO.: AD 2026-011
In the matter of the Adoption Petition of DARWIN LYNCH and RUTH W. LYNCH*
To Adopt C.M.W., a child, DOB: 08/09/23
NOTICE OF ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS
NOTICE TO Charles Leonard Wilkinson and Lindsay Marguritte Lynch Address unknown
Please take notice that a Petition for Adoption in the above-styled matter has been filed in said Court by the Petitioners named herein, and that the 6th day of October, 2026, at 10:00 A.M. has been set for hearing on the same at the Washington County Courthouse in Chatom, Alabama. Please be advised that if you intend to contest this adoption, you must file a written response within thirty (30) days of service of this notice with counsel for the Petitioners, whose name and address are as shown below, and with the Clerk of the said Probate Court.
DONE this the 2th day of September, 2026.
Spencer B. Walker
WALKER LAW, LLC
Attorneys for Petitioners
Post Office Box 280
Grove Hill, Alabama 36451
(251) 275-1217
spencewalker04@gmail.com
Washington County News September 11, 18, 25, and October 2, 2026
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NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS
IN RE: IN THE PROBATE COURT OF
WASHINGTON COUNTY, ALABAMA
THE ESTATE OF ERIC C. JENKINS, Deceased
CASE NO. PC 2026-034
NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS
Letters of Administration on the Estate of ERIC C. JENKINS, deceased, having been granted to ELLEN BERRY PRATT on the 4th day of September, 2026, by the Honorable Nick Williams, 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 the time allowed by law, or the same will be forever barred.
NICK WILLIAMS, JUDGE OF PROBATE
Washington County Probate Court
Quality Care Management
7148 Helicon Road
Arley, Alabama 35541
Telephone: 205.345.7500
Washington County News September 25, 2026, October 2, 2026, October 9, 2026
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IN THE PROBATE COURT
FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY,
ALABAMA
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF
ERIC CORDELL JENKINS, Deceased
Case No.: PC-2026-034
NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS
Letters of Administration in the matter of the estate of Eric Cordell Jenkins, Case No. PC-2026-034 having been granted to the undersigned on the 4th day of September, 2026 by the honorable Nick Williams, 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 the time allowed by law, or the same will be barred.
ELLEN BERRY-PLATT, Administratrix
BEN KELLY, Attorney at Law
PO Box 188, Jackson, Alabama 36545
251-246-4440
Washington County News September 18, 25 and October 2, 2026
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
STATE OF ALABAMA
IN THE PROBATE COURT
WASHINGTON COUNTY
CASE NUMBER: PC2026-068
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF
JUARINE SHOULTZ BEECH, DECEASED.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 9th day of September, 2026, by the Honorable NICK WILLIAMS, Judge of the Probate Court of Washington County, 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.
LYNA BEECH SCHELL
(f/k/a KATHY LYNA SCHELL)
Estate of JUARINE SHOULTZ BEECH
P.O. Box 356
Chatom, AL 36518
SHANE LEE BEECH
Estate of JUARINE SHOULTZ BEECH
P.O. Box 153
Wagarville, AL 36585
AMZIE JUARINE BARGANIER
(f/k/a AMZIE JUARINE BUCHANAN)
Estate of JUARINE SHOULTZ BEECH
12900 Woodhaven W
Silverhill, AL 36576
Allison Butts-Walley
Dolbare Law LLC
Attorney for Petitioners
Post Office Drawer 565
Chatom, Alabama 36518
Washington County News September 25, and October 2, 9, 2026
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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF
WASHINGTON COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
DOROTHY JOAN FRICKE, an Incapacitated person.
Case No.: G-CS-13-302
NOTICE OF FILING OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE that Steven A. Fricke and Larry D. Fricke, as co-Conservators of the Estate of Dorothy Joan Fricke, an incapacitated person, filed her accounting and vouchers for a final settlement of said Estate on the 16th day of September, 2026, and that the 20th day of October, 2026, at 10:15 a.m. has been appointed to hear said settlement.
MARTIN R. PEARSON
As attorney for Conservators
Post Office Drawer 1389
Chatom, Alabama 36518
Washington County News September 25, and October 2, 9, 2026
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PROBATE WILL
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF
WASHINGTON COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ROBERT A. YOW, Deceased
CASE No.: PC2026-043
This 22nd day of September, 2026
TO: Robert Yow, Jr., Teresa Nelson, Roger Yow, Carol Hughes, Fred Yow, Charlie Yow, Debbie Fore, Gary Yow, and Paula Webster
You will hereby take notice, that on this day came DOROTHY ELAINE COLLINS, and produced to the Court a paper writing, purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of ROBERT ALLAN YOW, deceased, and moves the Court to admit the said Will to Probate and Record.
You are notified to be and appear before me, at my office in the Court House of said County at 10 a.m. on the 5th day November, 2026 when the motion will be considered, and show, if anything you have to allege, why said paper writing should not be admitted to Probate and Record, as the true Last Will and Testament of said decedent, ROBERT ALLAN YOW.
Nick Williams, Judge of Probate
Washington County, Alabama
Odom & Odom Attorneys
P. O. Box 1087
Chatom, Alabama 36518
Tel: (251) 847-2904
Washington County News September 25 and October 2, 9, 2026
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice of Public Hearing
Bay Gas Transportation, LLC Petitioner
Docket 33738, Case 2026-1
Application: For Approval of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Construct, Own, Operate, LEASE, MANAGE AND CONTROL intrastate pipeline facilities
Bay Gas Transportation, LLC will present its petition to the Alabama Public Service Commission for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to construct, own, operate, lease, manage and control intrastate natural gas pipeline facilities pursuant to Ala. Code § 37-2-4. The proposed project includes approximately twenty-one (21) miles of twenty (20) inch diameter pipeline, extending from the Bay Gas Storage Facility in Washington County, Alabama to the Lowman Pipeline, which is an existing certificated pipeline serving PowerSouth Energy Cooperative’s Lowman Energy Center near the unincorporated community of Leroy in Washington County, Alabama. The natural gas will be used to generate electricity at the Lowman Energy Center. More information, including a map of the proposed pipeline, is contained in the petition on file with the Alabama Public Service Commission, which is publicly available.
A public hearing on the above-styled matter is scheduled for the 4th of November, at 10:30 a.m. in the Carl L. Evans Chief Administrative Law Judge Hearing Complex, RSA Union Building, 100 North Union Street, Room 900, Montgomery, Alabama. For general inquiries relating to the application, including to request a copy of the map of the proposed pipeline route, please contact Robert E. Poundstone IV, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP; 445 Dexter Avenue, Suite 9075, Montgomery, Alabama 36104; bpoundstone@bradley.com; (334) 956-7645. For general inquiries related to the public hearing, please contact Devon D. Beaty, Secretary of the Commission, Public Service Commission; RSA Union Building, 100 North Union Street, Room 950, Montgomery, Alabama 36104; (334) 242-5218.
Washington County News October 2, 9, 16, 2026
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LEGAL NOTICE OF PROPOSED
ACTION BY THE
TOWN OF MCINTOSH, ALABAMA WITH REGARD TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE
AGREEMENT
Pursuant to Amendment No. 772 to the Constitution of Alabama (1901) (Section 94.01(a)(3) of the Recompiled Constitution of Alabama and hereinafter referred to as “Amendment No. 772”), the Town of McIntosh, Alabama (the “Town”) gives notice that its Town Council, as the governing body of the Town (the “Town Council”), will consider at a public meeting to be held on October 13, 2026, beginning at 6:00 p.m. local time, at McIntosh Town Hall, 206 Commerce Street, McIntosh, AL 36553, approving a resolution that authorizes the execution and delivery of an Economic Development Incentive Agreement (the “Agreement”) by and between the Town and Jack’s Family Restaurants, LP (the “Developer”).
BACKGROUND
Subject to the incentives in the proposed Agreement, the Developer proposes to purchase and develop the currently Town-owned property generally located at North 3rd Street in the Town (the “Project Site”) and to construct and operate a Restaurant on the Project Site (the “Restaurant,” and together with the Project Site, the “Project”). The Project Site consists of approximately ± 2.40 acres. The Developer is expected to make a minimum capital investment of not less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) in the Project. The Project is expected to increase tax revenues, promote economic development, and provide employment opportunities for Town residents, and is expected to generate annual taxable sales of approximately $1,700,000.00 and a significant number of full- and part-time jobs.
Under the proposed Agreement, the Town proposes to provide economic development incentives to the Developer that may include the expenditure of public funds and/or the granting of things of value (the “Economic Development Incentives”), including: (a) conveyance of the Project Site to the Developer under the PSA for a purchase price of One Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($100,000.00); and (b) a quarterly sales tax rebate for up to sixteen (16) years from the date a Certificate of Occupancy is issued for the Restaurant equal to seventy percent (70%) of the Town’s Town Tax Revenue derived solely from the operation of the Restaurant (i.e., the Town’s five percent (5%) general sales tax), up to a maximum aggregate rebate amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00). Any rebate is limited to Town Tax Revenue actually received from the Restaurant and is not a general obligation of the Town. The proposed incentives do not include any abatement or exemption of ad valorem taxes.
While the Developer would receive certain benefits under the proposed Agreement, the Town Council expects to determine at its public meeting, or any continuance thereof, that the expenditure of public funds and/or the granting of things of value in connection with the proposed Agreement will serve a valid and sufficient public purpose, notwithstanding any incidental benefit accruing to the Developer or any other private entity. The public benefits sought and expected to be achieved by the proposed Agreement include, without limitation: (i) promotion of local economic and commercial development and stimulation of the local economy; (ii) increase of employment opportunities in the Town; (iii) expansion and retention of commercial enterprises in the Town; (iv) increase to the Town’s tax base, which will result in significant additional tax revenues for the Town; and (v) improvement of public facilities and infrastructure in and around the Project Site, all of which inure to the economic health and public welfare of the Town.
The Agreement will be executed and delivered pursuant to Amendment No. 772 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. The Agreement will be effective as of the date stated in the preamble of the Agreement.
All interested persons may examine and review the Agreement and all relevant documents pursuant to which the expenditures are to be made, and make copies thereof at their personal expense, at the offices of the Town Clerk of the Town of McIntosh, Alabama located at 206 Commerce Street, McIntosh, AL 36553, during normal business hours, before and after the scheduled meeting of October 13, 2026, of the Town Council referenced herein.
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF MCINTOSH, ALABAMA
Washington County News October 2, 2026