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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF HALE COUNTY,
ALABAMA
IN RE: JAMES FRANKLIN v. MARY FRANKLIN HAYES, ANITA FRANKLIN, BELINDA FRANKLIN, GINGER FRANKLIN, THOMAS FRANKLIN and ANY UNKONOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF THOMAS FRANKLIN, deceased.
CV-2026-900025
To: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF THOMAS FRANKLIN, deceased.
Please take notice that James Franklin has filed a Complaint for Bill to Quiet Title and Sale for Division in the above-styled case currently pending in the Circuit Court of Hale County, Alabama, and you must file an answer to the same with Petitioner’s attorney, William A. Holmes and the Court within thirty (30) days from the last publication of this notice, or thereafter a judgment by default may be rendered against you.
William A. Holmes Attorney for Petitioner Seale, Holmes & Ryan, LLC
P.O. Box 241
Greensboro, Alabama 36744
4tc/7-15-26, 7-22-26, 7-29-26, 8-5-26

LEGAL NOTICE
To: CALEB JOHNSON, ANDREW WHEELER, AUTUMN JOHNSON, ZACK JOHNSON AND ALL KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF IVAN D. JOHNSON, DECEASED
Take notice that Vivian E. Anderson has filed a Petition for Probate of Will and for Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Ivan D. Johnson, deceased in the Hale County Probate Court, and the same has been set for a hearing on the 11th day of August, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at which time you may appear and contest said petition.
ss/David L. Parker
Probate Judge
3tc/7-1-26, 7-8-26, 7-15-26

LEGAL NOTICE
In the Probate Court of Hale County, Alabama
Case No. 26-035
IN RE: The Adoption Petition of Tina Marie Sims Skelton
To Defendants Kevin Zachary Kilgore and Rachel Sims Dunn Kilgore, parents of the child and all other interested parties:
Please take notice that on the 21st day of April, 2026, Tina Marie Sims Skelton filed a Petition to Adopt Z. K. K, a minor child, in the Probate Court of Hale County, Alabama.
You must file an Answer with the Hale County Probate Court within thirty (30) days of the last running of this legal notice if you wish to contest the same.
John W. Ryan, Jr.
Attorney for Petitioner
Seale, Holmes & Ryan, LLC
P.O. Box 241
Greensboro, Alabama 36744
4tc/6-17-26, 6-24-26,
7-1-26, 7-8-26

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF HALE COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF JOHN EDWARD OWENS, SR., DECEASED.
Case No.: 2024-111
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters of Administration of the Estate of John Edward Owens, Sr., deceased, having been granted to Delois Owens on June 4, 2026 by the Honorable David L. Parker, Probate Judge of Hale 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. Angela M. Morrison, Attorney for Petitioner
David L. Parker
Judge of Probate, Hale County
3tc/6/24/26; 7/1/26; 7/8/26

IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR HALE COUNTY,
ALABAMA
CASE NO. 2026-048
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF STEVEN MARION MEREDITH, DECEASED.
Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration were granted to ASHLEY DUMAS on the 27th day of May, 2026, by the Honorable David L. Parker, Judge of the Probate Court of Hale County, Alabama. Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said Estate are required to present the same within the time allowed by the law or the same will be forever barred.
Hunter C. Hodges DORROH & MILLS, P.C.
1800 McFarland Boulevard, North, Suite 180
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35406 Attorney for ASHLEY DUMAS Administratrix of the ESTATE OF
STEVEN MARION
MEREDITH, Deceased.
3tc/6-17-26, 6-24-26, 7-1-26