Public Notices | Week of Nov. 10, 2025
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF CHAMBERS COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN RE:The Estate of DOLORES DEAN HAMM, Deceased
CASE NO.: 2025-00169
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
TAKE NOTICE that Letters Testamentary having been granted to PAULA HAMM DAVIS, as Executrix of the Estate of DOLORES DEAN HAMM, deceased on the 11th day of September, 2025, by the Honorable Paul Story, Judge of Probate.
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 barred.
Paula Hamm Davis, Executrix of the Estate of DOLORES DEAN HAMM, deceased
Legal Run 10/29/25, 11/05/25 & 11/12/25
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Mary G. Potts, a single person, to United States of America, acting through the Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, on May 2, 1996, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Chambers County, Alabama, on May 6, 1996 at Book 598, at Page 07, as Document Number 13316. United States of America, acting through the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service (RHS), formerly Farmers Home Administration, 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 Chambers County Courthouse, in Lafayette, Alabama, on November 19, 2025, during the legal hours of sale, the following described real estate, situated in Chambers County, Alabama, to-wit:
Lot No. 17 of Elgin Avery Subdivision, according to and as shown by map or plat of said subdivision of record in Map Book 3, at Page 2, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Chambers County, Alabama. All of the above described property being located in the Southeast Quarter of Section 33, Township 23 North, Range 28 East and lying in Chambers County, Alabama.
More commonly known as: 1016 Co. Rd. 510, Lanett, AL 36863
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 help you 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 the Mortgagee/Transferee shall not be liable to the purchase 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 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.
United States of America, acting through the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service (RHS), formerly Farmers Home Administration (“Transferee”)
Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C.
244 Inverness Center Drive Birmingham, AL 35242
Phone: (801) 355-2886 LEGAL RUN 10/29/25, 11/5/25 AND 11/12/25
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated January 31, 2008, executed by William N Newton and Joann W Newton Husband and Wife, Joint Tenants, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as solely nominee for First Peoples Bank, which mortgage was recorded on February 5, 2008, in Instrument Number 2008-588, and modified by that certain Loan Modification Agreement recorded on December 19, 2018, in Book 2018, Page 5188, of the mortgage records in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Chambers County, Alabama and which mortgage was duly transferred and assigned to U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION
TRUST, notice is hereby given that pursuant to law and the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the undersigned will sell at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the Main entrance to the Chambers County Courthouse at Lafayette, Alabama during the legal hours of sale on December 11, 2025, the following described real estate, situated in Chambers County, Alabama, to-wit:
PARCEL 6-D, lying in Chambers County, Alabama, as shown upon a survey of Parcel 6, of the Thomas W. Williams Estate, dated March 5, 1980, prepared by Henry G. Hawkins III, R.L.S. Ala. Reg. No. 11668, recorded in Cabinet “C”, Slide 31, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Chambers County, Alabama, which plat is incorporated herein and made a part hereof by this specific reference. TOGETHER WITH an easement for ingress and egress along 50` roadway shown on the above referenced plat. Said conveyance is made subject to all valid and enforceable easements and restrictions of record.
This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage as well as expenses of foreclosure. 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 condition, 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.
The successful bidder must tender full funds at the conclusion of the sale in the form of a certified check made payable or endorsed to Padgett Law Group. No personal checks will be accepted. To this end you must bring sufficient funds to outbid the lender and any other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be accepted. Amounts received in excess of the winning bid will be refunded. Padgett Law Group reserves the right to award the bid to the next highest bidders should the highest bidder fail to timely tender the total amount due.
U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner Trustee for RCF 2 Acquisition Trust
PADGETT LAW GROUP
6267 Old Water Oak Road, Ste. 203
Tallahassee, FL 32312
The LaFayette Sun
October 29, 2025, November 05, 2025, November 12, 2025
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NOTICE
Elements of adverse possession
• Actual
• Open and notorious
• Exclusive
• Continuous
Possession for a statutorily defined period — typically 20 years, but 10 if certain conditions are met — in which, I, ERIC MCCANTS, have done all of these.
And now It is necessary to file a quiet title lawsuit
on parcel 17-06-13-3-005-001.0000
ASA McCants
LEGAL RUN 10/29/25, 11/5/2025, 11/12/2025 & 11/19/2025
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF CHAMBERS COUNTY, ALABAMA
CASE NO. CV-2025-900114
GEORGE D. CHANDLER AND DAWN M. CHANDLER, PLAINTIFFS VS. Parcel #02-02-04-0-000-004.002 0
Described as: Beg at int of E margin of US 431 & N line of SE 1/4 run SE’ly along hwy 271.4’, NE’ly 297.42’, W360’ to P.O.B. in SW 1/4 of NW 1/4, S4, T24N, R27E. And being further described as: A triangular lot located in the South half of the NW 1/4 of Section 4, Township 24 North, Range 27, Chambers County, Alabama more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the wood stake located on the NE ROW of U. S. Highway 431, said stake being located on the North line of the SW 1/4 of the NW ¼ of Section 4, Township 24 North, Range 27 East; from said point of beginning, run thence South 36 degrees 57 minutesEast along the NE ROW of said U. S. Highway 431, a distance of 271.4 feet to an iron pin, run thence North 45 degrees 01 minutes East a distance of 210.0 feet; thence continuing at the same angle, a distance of 87.42 feet to a point located on the North line of Section 4 referred to above; thence run in a Westerly direction 360 feet more or less to the point of beginning. This tract is also known as the By-Pass Shopette as recorded in Deed Book 226, Page 169. AND LARRY WALDON DEFENDANTS NOTICE
A Complaint has been filed in the Circuit Court of Chambers County to quiet title in the name of George D. Chandler and Dawn M. Chandler. Anyone claiming an interest in this property should file their notice of claim in the Circuit Court of Chambers County, on or before the 27th day of December, 2025, or judgment will be entered against you. For anyone desiring further information concerning this matter please contact Clay Tinney at Tinney Law Firm, 334-863-8945.
s/Lisa M. Burdette_Circuit Clerk
Legal Run 11/5/25, 11/12/25, 11/19/25 and 11/26/25
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ENVIRONMENTAL SOLIDIFICATION SERVICES, INC.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
Notice is hereby given that Environmental Solidification Services, Inc. (an Alabama corporation) was dissolved on November 3, 2025, with said Articles of Dissolution filed in the Office of the Alabama Secretary of State. Persons with claims against Environmental Solidification Services, Inc. are requested to present such claims to Environmental Solidification Services, Inc., c/o David H. Chunn, Jr., 1902 Market Street, Opelika, Alabama 36801. Included in such claim should be any and all documentation to determine the amount of and the validity of the claim. A claim against Environmental Solidification Services, Inc. will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within two years after the publication of this notice pursuant to 1975 Code of Alabama Section 10A-1-9.22.
Legal Run 11/12/2025
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF CHAMBERS
COUNTY ALABAMA
IN RE THE ESTATE OF
WALTER LEE TRAMMELL, Deceased.
CASE NO. 2025-00201
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that a verified Petition for Summary Distribution has been filed by Sereda Trammell, on the 3rd day of November, 2025, and that 30 days after the publication of notice thereof and pursuant to the law of Alabama, the Court shall be requested to enter an order directing the summary distribution of the Estate of Walter Lee Trammell,
deceased, upon a hearing at 10:00 a.m. on the 8th day of December, 2025, in the Probate Court for Chambers County, Alabama.
DONE this the 3rd day of November, 2025.
Paul Story
Judge of Probate
LEGAL RUN 11/12/2025
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF CHAMBERS, ALABAMA
IN RE: EMOGENE SMITH, DECEASED
2024-00170
NOTICE OF HEARING
TO: Mary Rogers
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: 1335 Co. Rd. 235, Roanoke, AL 36274
TO: Brian Mitchell
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: unknown
TO: Keith Mithcell
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: unknown
TO: Sarah Mithcell
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: unknown
TO: Meagan LuAnn Mitchell
LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: unknown
You are hereby notified that on this day came Christina Vowell a/k/a Christina Hawthorne and filed in this Court a petition for Final Settlement of the Estate of Emogene Smith, deceased. The 11th day of December, 2025, at 10 o’clock a.m. at the Probate Office in the courthouse in Chambers County, Alabama has been appointed as the date, time, and place for hearing said petition, at which time you may appear and contest the same, if you see proper.
Given under my hand this 3rd day of November, 2025.
Paul Story, Judge of Probate
Legal Run 11/12/25, 11/19/25 & 11/26/25
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF CHAMBERS COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF JAMES HENRY TAYLOR, Deceased
CASE NO. 2025-00204
NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS
Letters Testamentary on the estate of James Henry Taylor, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 7th day of November, 2025, by the 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.
s/Barbara Denise Hill
Barbara Denise Hill, Executrix
s/Clay Tinney
Clay Tinney, Attorney for Executrix
LEGAL RUN 11/12/25, 11/19/25 & 11/26/25
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF CHAMBERS COUNTY, ALABAMA
ESTATE NO. 2025-00198
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM ERNEST AKIN, DECEASED
NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS
Ancillary Letters Testamentary on the Estate of William Ernest Akin, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 3RD day of November, 2025 by the Honorable Paul Story, Judge of Probate of Chambers 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.
Kathryn Elizabeth T. Akin, Personal Representative
PREPARED BY: Katie M. Crow
724 N. Dean Road, Suite I 00 Auburn, Alabama 36830
Ph. (334) 821-1908
Legal Run 11/12/25, 11/19/25, & 11/26/25
