Avert Blake Williford, Jr. passed away on August 14, 2023 following several years of heath complications from a stroke. Avert was born February 9, 1943 in Birmingham, Alabama and grew up there. He graduated from Banks High School, served in the Marine Corps Reserves, and attended UAB obtaining his Masters degree in Metallurgical Engineering.
An Alabama man is facing a felony fraud charge in Franklin County after allegedly posing as an FBI agent in order to defraud an elderly Union man out of nearly