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Sheriff still won't evict 102-year-old
Edna Woodard, 102, and her daughter, Rosie V. Thornton, 83, have been in a legal dispute with David Wood over the two acre lot for several years. Wood has a deed to the property and Woodard says she has owned the property for years and her father owned it before she did. The dispute has been through several court proceedings and the courts have always ruled in Woods' favor. In August 2003 District Judge Bill Kimbrough ordered "any Sheriff of the State of Alabama to restore to the Plaintiffs (David and Carolyn Wood) that certain described real property located at 2212 West Bend Road, Coffeeville in Clarke County, Alabama." Moore was elected sheriff in 2006 and began serving his term in 2007. Woodard was served with an eviction notice in March 2007. On March 23 county lawmen, including Sheriff Moore, went to the residence where they were supposed to evict Woodard and Thornton.
The Woods filed the complaint against Moore July 3, petitioning the court to issue a NISI Rule, which means Moore would have to appear in court and show good cause why he should not be held in contempt of court for refusing to comply with the order. The complaint also states Moore should be required to pay the Woods' attorney fees in this matter. The Woods are represented by Butler attorney John W. Thompson, II who declined comment on the complaint. Judge Tom Baxter is hearing the case. Judge Stuart DuBose has previously recused himself in matters relating to the case. "This is a 102-year-old woman. She'd have probably died if I had taken her arm to take her out. I believe there would have been a fight on my hands, with all her neighbors and relatives there, we never would have made it out. I'm not going to take her out and I'm won't lose any sleep over it," Moore said.
Woodard and Thornton are still living in their mobile home on the property.
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