LEGAL NOTICE
In the Probate Court for Pickens County, Alabama
The Estate of Leroy Tellis Sr., Deceased
Case No. 2012-009
Letters of Administration on the Estate of Leroy Tellis Sr., deceased, having
been granted to Linda F. Lathan Walker on the 25th day of January, 2012, by the
Honorable John Earl Paluzzi, Judge of the Probate Court in and for Pickens
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.
Linda F. Lathan Walker, Personal Representative of the Estate of Leroy Tellis
Sr., Deceased
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF
SPECIAL
ELECTION FOR
RENEWAL AND CONTINUATION OF THE
LEVY OF 1.79 MILLS COUNTYWIDE SCHOOL
TAX IN PICKENS COUNTY,
ALABAMA
Notice is hereby given that the Pickens County Commission has called and ordered
a special election to be held in Pickens County on March 13, 2012, at which
there will be submitted to the qualified electors of said County, for their
determination by ballot, the question of whether the said County shall be
authorized to levy annually, for a period of twenty-five (25) successive years,
commencing with the levy for the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2012
(for which tax year taxes will become payable on October 1, 2013), for public
school purposes, a special property or ad valorem tax at the rate of 1.79 mills
on each dollar of the assessed valuation of the taxable property in the said
County.
If the said special tax is authorized at the said election, its levy will not
increase the rate of taxation presently levied in the County but will
constitute a renewal and continuation of the special tax at the same rate and
for the same purpose now being levied in the County, the said tax having been
heretofore authorized at a special election held in the County on June 3, 1986.
The said election will be held at the regularly established voting places in
said County between the legal hours for holding of elections.
/s/ David Abston
David Abston
Sheriff of Pickens County, Alabama
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF
SPECIAL
ELECTION FOR
RENEWAL AND CONTINUATION OF THE
LEVY OF 5.38 MILLS
COUNTYWIDE
SCHOOL TAX IN PICKENS COUNTY, ALABAMA
Notice is hereby given that the Pickens County Commission has called and ordered
a special election to be held in Pickens County on March 13, 2012, at which
there will be submitted to the qualified electors of said County, for their
determination by ballot, the question of whether the said County shall be
authorized to levy annually, for a period of twenty-five (25) successive years,
commencing with the levy for the tax year that will begin on October 1, 2012
(for which tax year taxes will become payable on October 1, 2013), for public
school purposes a special property or ad valorem tax at the rate of 5.38 mills
on each dollar of the assessed valuation of the taxable property in the said
County.
If the said special tax is authorized at the said election, its levy will not
increase the rate of taxation presently levied in the County but will
constitute a renewal and continuation of the special tax at the same rate and
for the same purpose now being levied in the County, the said tax having been
heretofore authorized at a special election held in the County on June 3, 1986.
The said election will be held at the regularly established voting places in
said County between the legal hours for holding of elections.
/s/ David Abston
David Abston
Sheriff of Pickens County, Alabama
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF
SPECIAL
ELECTION FOR RENEWAL
AND CONTINUATION OF THE LEVY OF 4.04 MILLS
IN PICKENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2
Notice is hereby given that the Pickens County Commission has called and ordered
a special election to be held in the Pickens County School District No. 2 on
March 13, 2012, at which there will be submitted to the qualified electors of
said district, for their determination by ballot, the question of whether a
special district tax of 4.04 mills on each dollar (equal of $.0404 cents on
each one hundred dollars) of the assessed value of taxable property located
within the said school district shall be levied for public school purposes for
a period of twenty-five (25) consecutive years commencing with the tax year
that will begin on October 1, 2013 (for which first tax year will become due
and payable on October 1, 2014), which levy shall be in continuation of the
4.04 mills school district tax now being levied in the District.
The said election will be held at the voting places regularly established for
County elections in the Pickens County School District No. 2 between the legal
hours for the holding of elections.
/s/ David Abston David Abston
Sheriff of Pickens County, Alabama
LEGAL NOTICE
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
PICKENS COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY
Sealed bids for NEW 250 GPM WELL AND WATER TREATMENT PLANT will be received by
the Pickens County Water Authority at the office of Pickens County Water
Authority in Carrollton, Alabama until 1:00 p.m., Thursday, February 16,
2012 and shortly thereafter publicly opened and read aloud:
BASIS OF AWARD:
The award, if made, will be made to the lowest qualified bidder on the basis of
lump sum bid in the contract documents.
Actual work quantities performed shall be based on availability of local funds. The work to be done is generally as shown in the plans and technical
specifications.
The Board of Directors hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively
insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement all
minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids
in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the
grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.
PLANS and SPECIFICATIONS are on file in the Office of the Project Engineer, in
Meridian, Mississippi.
PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, AND BID FORMS may be obtained at the office of E.P. AND
ASSOCIATES. located at 1724-B 23RD AVENUE, MERIDIAN, MS
39301 upon payment of $50.00 for each set which is non-refundable.
Certified check or bid bond for five (5%) percent of the total bid, made payable
to Pickens County Water Authority, must accompany each proposal. Bidders are
hereby notified that any proposal accompanied by letters qualifying in any
manner the condition under which the proposal is tendered will be considered an
irregular bid and such proposal will not be considered in making the award.
The Board of Directors reserved the right to accept or reject any and/or all
bids to waive informalities.
Eugene Burkhalter
President, Board of Directors
LEGAL NOTICE
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that
certain mortgage executed by Larry W. Griffin, and wife, Lana H. Griffin, to
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for
Ally Bank Corp. f/k/a GMAC Bank, on the 9th day of October, 2009, said mortgage
recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Pickens County, Alabama, in
Real Book 251, Page 827 and Partial Release in Real Book 268, Page 815; said
mortgage having subsequently been transferred and assigned to GMAC Mortgage,
LLC, by instrument recorded in Real Book 271, Page 935, in the aforesaid
Probate Office; the undersigned GMAC Mortgage, LLC, 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, in front of the main entrance
of the Courthouse at Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama, on February 9, 2012,
during the legal hours of sale, all of its right, title, and interest in and to
the following described real estate, situated in Pickens County, Alabama,
to-wit:
Commencing at an existing 1 inch iron pipe at the Northeast Corner of the
Southeast Quarter of Section 15, Township 24 North, Range 3 West, Pickens
County, Alabama; thence along a fence South 86 Degrees 59 Minutes West 1007.82
Feet to an existing rebar; thence South 00 Degrees 55 Minutes West 1145.88 Feet
to an existing rebar on a barbwire fence. Thence along said fence line North 74
Degrees 44 Minutes East 361.32 Feet to a 1/2 inch rebar at the intersection of
said fence line and a vinyl fence line, the Point of Beginning of the property
herein to be described; thence North 15 Degrees 33 Minutes West 187.00 Feet;
thence North 74 Degree 27 Minutes East 323.55 Feet; thence South 15 Degrees 33
Minutes East 187.00 Feet; thence South 41 Degrees 02 Minutes East 266.00 Feet;
thence South 75 Degrees 34 Minutes West 424.69 Feet; thence South 7 Degrees 19
Minutes West 633.99 Feet; thence South 13 Degrees 26 Minutes West 810.09 Feet
to the North ROW of Alabama Highway 32 (paved 100' ROW); thence along North ROW
South 85 Degree 59 Minutes West 44.61 Feet; thence North 13 Degrees 06 Minutes
East 817.91 Feet to a 1/2 inch rebar; thence continue along said fence line
North 08 Degrees 01 Minutes East 618.98 Feet to a 1/2
” rebar; thence continue along said fence line North 08 Degrees 13 Minutes West
232.45 Feet to the Point of Beginning containing 5.00 Acres
and being in a part of the East half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 15,
Township 24 North, Range 3 West, Pickens County, Alabama.
Property Street Address: 3147 Highway 32, Aliceville, AL 35442
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.
This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said
mortgage, as well as the expenses of foreclosure.
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.
GMAC Mortgage, LLC, Mortgagee/Transferee
Colleen McCullough
SIROTE & PERMUTT, P.C.
P. O. Box 55727
Birmingham, AL 35255-5727
Attorney for Mortgagee/Transferee
www.sirote.com/foreclosures
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