Fayette County, AL

CASE NO. 2022-56 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR. Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 24th day of June, 2022, by the Honorable K. Michael Freeman, Judge of Probate of Fayette 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.

Fayette County Superintendent of Education Jim Burkhalter defeated Berry High School Principal Steve Sawyer in the June 21 Republican Primary runoff election. The win virtually assures Burkhalter of a third term as superintendent, since he will not have a Democratic challenger for the office during the November general election.

College Instructor David Wages is the 2022 recipient of the Bevill State “Outstanding Faculty Award” on the Fayette Campus. Wages’ education roots run deep at Bevill State Community College. As a student at Fayette County High School, he took four dual enrollment courses beginning in the 11th grade.

Letters of Administration on the estate of James Steven Musgrove, deceased, have been granted to Stephanie JaLyn Musgrove, Administrator, on the 23rd day of June, 2022, by the Honorable K. Michael Freeman, Judge of Probate Court of Fayette County, Alabama, and notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against the estate of James Steven Musgrove, deceased, are hereby granted to present the same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred.

Six people have been sentenced to more than a decade in prison each for smuggling illegal drugs into the Fayette County Jail, District Attorney Andy Hamlin announced Friday. In a press release, Hamlin said each of the six defendants played a role in getting methamphetamine, heroin, Suboxone and other illegal drugs into the jail.

FAYETTE COUNTY, Ala. (WBMA) — Six people were sentenced to lengthy prison terms following an investigation into contraband smuggled into the Fayette County Jail, according to 24th Circuit District Attorney Andy Hamlin. Hamlin said each person played a role in smuggling illegal drugs and paraphernalia, including methamphetamine, heroin, Suboxone...

Alabama District 16 Representative Kyle South posted a series of images on Facebook on Feb. 25, showing details of a proposed interstate bypass project that would widen Highways 171 and 129. The bypass would start from 171 in Fayette County and meet Highway 129 in Winfield at an intersection on Highway 118. There has been no word from the governor or the Alabama Department of Transportation regarding a date and time for a public meeting to discuss the proposal.

The Fayette County Commission held a very brief meeting on June 13 at the Fayette County Courthouse. Commissioner Brad Cox and Commissioner John Underwood were absent from the meeting, with all other commissioners present. Commissioner Barry Corkren made a motion to allow the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department to be added to the “Brinks supports first responders donation program wait list.”

Steve Sawyer struck out against incumbent Jim Burkhalter for the Republican nomination for the Fayette County Board of Education Superintendent. Burkhalter has served as superintendent since 2014. His tenure saw the expansion of dual enrollment and career technical opportunities. A former Miami Marlins pitcher, Sawyer has worked in Fayette County...

WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a mortgage from WILLIAM T SHELTON AND HEIDI LORTZ, HUSBAND AND WIFE to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS MORTGAGEE, AS NOMINEE FOR HOMETOWN LENDERS INC., on the 21st day of February, 2019, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Fayette County, Alabama, on February 25, 2019, in Deed/Mortgage Book 2019, Page 381, Fayette County, Alabama Records, said Mortgage having subsequently been transferred and assigned to U.S. Bank National Association not in its individual capacity but solely as Legal Title Trustee for RMTP Trust, Series 2021 BKM-TT-V, by instrument recorded in the aforesaid Probate Office; notice is hereby given that the undersigned U.S. Bank National Association not in its individual capacity but solely as Legal Title Trustee for RMTP Trust, Series 2021 BKM-TT-V, 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 in Fayette, Fayette County, Alabama, on July 21, 2022, during the legal hours of sale, all of its right, title, and interest in and to the following described real estate, situated in Fayette County, Alabama, to-wit:

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a. Northwestern Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama…. * At 346 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line. extending from 7 miles east of Carbon Hill to 7 miles northeast of. Berry to near Bankston, moving southeast at 45 mph.

FAYETTE AND MARION COUNTIES — Alabama District 16 Representative Kyle South posted a series of images to Facebook on Feb. 25, 2022, showing details of a proposed interstate bypass project that would widen Highways 171 and 129. The bypass would swing from 171 in Fayette County and meet Highway 129 in Winfield at an intersection on Highway 118.

The Fayette County Board of Education failed to approve the coaching and athletic director’s supplement for Waldon Tucker, Fayette County High School head football coach, during its June 7 meeting. Board Member Keith Madison was not in attendance at the beginning of the meeting due to a conflict with his work schedule.

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE. Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Dan R. Shelton and wife, Opal S. Shelton, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. soley as nominee for One Reverse Mortgage, LLC, on April 13, 2015, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Fayette County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 2015 Page 1331;

A one-vehicle accident on County Road 12 near Concord Baptist Church at approximately 12:45 p.m. on Friday, June 3 severely injured Daniel Smith, age 76, of Bankston. Smith was traveling west with a load of lumber for Lawrence Farm and Lumber when the truck he was driving left the roadway and overturned, scattering the lumber along the roadside.

CASE NO. 2022-44 Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 26th day of May, 2022, by the Honorable K. Michael Freeman, Judge of Probate of Fayette 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.

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE. Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Sampson Bonner and Tammy Bonner, husband and wife, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc., on November 3, 2016, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Fayette County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 2016 Page 3166;

CASE NO. 2022-50 TO: Robert G. Stone, Robert Gary Stone, Robert Gary Stone III. Please take notice that a hearing on the Petition to probate the Will of Robert G. Stone, deceased, has been filed in said Court by the Petitioner, Jessica Aaron and that the 6th day of July, 2022, at 9 o’clock A.M. has been set for a hearing on the same in the Probate Court of Fayette County, in the County Courthouse in the City of Fayette, Alabama.

Fayette County Sheriff Byron Yerby defeated four challengers to win the May 24 Republican Primary for sheriff without a runoff. Since there were no Democratic challengers for the office, and no independent candidates have announced, Yerby is virtually assured of a second term as Fayette County’s sheriff.