ABANDONED AUTO AUCTION
The following vehicles will be sold at auction 2 p.m. Friday, April 18, 2025 at Mitchell’s Repair Shop, 139 S. Franklin Street, Charleston, MS 38921.
1 CDR: Toyota Tacoma
VIN:5TFJU4GN4DX029600
Mileage: ?
2. CDR: Nissan SBL
VIN: 3N1AB6APACL650117
Mileage: ?
3. CDR: Chevrolet Tahoe
VIN: 1GNEK13734R132369
Mileage: ?
4. CDR: Ford F150
VIN: 1FTRW07603KB48559
Mileage: ?
5. CDR: Chrysler PT Cruiser
VIN: 3C8FY4BB71T670916
Mileage: ?
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KERRON BRISCOE MOORMAN, DECEASED INTESTATE
CAUSE NO. 2023-38
FLETCHER DARRELL MOORMAN AND JOHN MARK MOORMAN, PETITIONERS
RULE 81 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: All Unknown Heirs-at-Law of Kerron Briscoe Moorman, Deceased Intestate, whose names, post office and street addresses are unknown to Petitioners after diligent search and inquiry
You have been made a defendant in the suit filed in this Court by Fletcher Darrell Moorman and John Mark Moorman, Petitioners, seeking a determination of the heirs of Kerron Briscoe Moorman, Deceased Intestate.
You are summoned to appear and defend against the petition filed against you in this action at 9:00 a.m. on the 7th day of May, 2025, in the courtroom of the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment will be entered against you for the money or other things demanded in the complaint or petition.
You are not required to file an answer or other pleading but may do so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and seal this the 24th day of March, 2025.
Chancery Clerk of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
By: Yolanda Hudson, D.C.
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN LARRY MOORMAN, DECEASED INTESTATE CAUSE NO. 2023-39
FLETCHER DARRELL MOORMAN AND JOHN MARK MOORMAN, PETITIONERS
RULE 81 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: All Unknown Heirs-at-Law of John Larry Moorman, Deceased Intestate, whose names, post office and street addresses are unknown to Petitioners after diligent search and inquiry
You have been made a defendant in the suit filed in this Court by Fletcher Darrell Moorman and John Mark Moorman, Petitioners, seeking a determination of the heirs of John Larry Moorman, Deceased Intestate.
You are summoned to appear and defend against the petition filed against you in this action at 9:15 a.m. on the 7th day of May, 2025, in the courtroom of the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment will be entered against you for the money or other things demanded in the complaint or petition.
You are not required to file an answer or other pleading but may do so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and seal this the 24th day of March, 2025.
Chancery Clerk of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
By: /s/ Yolanda Hudson, D.C
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF TALLAHATCHIE 2ND
WHEREAS, on the 6th day of January, 2006, Andrew Lee Ingram and Pamela Ann Reynolds, executed and delivered a certain Deed of Trust unto William R. Sanders Escrow Account-37484-1, Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Decision One Mortgage Company, LLC, Beneficiary, to secure an indebtedness therein described, which Deed of Trust is recorded in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Tallahatchie 2nd County, Mississippi in Book 340 at Page 428; and
WHEREAS, on the 2nd day of November, 2021, the Holder of said Deed of Trust filed a Loan Modification Agreement of Deed of Trust by instrument recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk of Court in Deed of Trust Book 2021 at Page 1154; and
WHEREAS, on the 22nd day of March, 2011, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for Decision One Mortgage Company, LLC, assigned said Deed of Trust unto THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-BC3, by instrument recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Deed of Trust Book 361 at Page 614; and
WHEREAS, on the 18th day of February, 2025 the Holder of said Deed of Trust substituted and appointed Dean Morris, LLC as Substitute Trustee by instrument recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Substitution of Trustee Book 2 at Page 384; and
WHEREAS, default having been made in the payments of the indebtedness secured by the said Deed of Trust, and the holder of said Deed of Trust, having requested the undersigned so to do, on the 24th day of April, 2025, I will during the lawful hours of between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., at public outcry, offer for sale and will sell, at the front steps of the Tallahatchie 2nd County Courthouse, North side at Sumner, Mississippi, for cash to the highest bidder, the following described land and property situated in Tallahatchie 2nd County, Mississippi, to-wit:
Lot 5 and 6, Block “A”, of the Fitch, Boatner & McKinney Addition, according to a map or plat of said Town now on file and of record in the Chancery Clerks office in Sumner, Mississippi.
I will only convey such title as is vested in me as Substitute Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this 27th day of March 2025.
Dean Morris, LLC
Substitute Trustee
855 S Pear Orchard Rd., Ste. 404, Bldg. 400
Ridgeland, MS 39157
(318) 330-9020
jeh/F25-0049
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on the 26th day of July, 2018, Kenneth Brower, executed a Deed of Trust to James P. Smith, III, Trustee, for the benefit of 1st Franklin Financial Corporation, which Deed of Trust is filed for record in Trust Deed Book 2018 at Page 2082 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Tallahatchie County at Charleston, Mississippi; and
WHEREAS, said Deed of Trust authorized the appointment and substitution of another Trustee in the place of the Trustee named in said Deed of Trust or subsequently substituted therein, and 1st Franklin Financial Corporation appointed and substituted Bart M. Adams as Trustee therein, by instrument dated February 13, 2025, and duly filed for record February 24, 2025 in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Book 2 at Pages 726-728; and
WHEREAS, default having been made in the terms and conditions of said Deed of Trust, and the entire indebtedness secured thereby having been declared to be due and payable pursuant to the terms of said Deed of Trust, and 1st Franklin Financial Corporation, the holder of the note and Deed of Trust, having requested the undersigned Substituted Trustee so to do, I will, on the 8th day May, 2025, offer for sale at public outcry between the hours of 11:00 A.M. and 4:00 p.m., at the main front door of the County Courthouse of Tallahatchie County at Charleston, Mississippi, and being more particularly as follows, to-wit:
A part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 6, and part of the Southwest Quarter of Northwest Quarter of Section 5, Township 26 North, Range 3 East, First Judicial District, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, containing two (2) acres, more or less, and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the East line of said Section 6 with the West right of way of County Gravel Road, running North 13 degrees 26 minutes West along West right of way for a distance of 103 feet; thence North 24 degrees 07 minutes West along said West right of way for a distance of 99.9 feet; thence North 42 degrees 38 minutes West along said West right of way for a distance of 88.4 feet; thence South 40 degrees 11 minutes West for a distance of 285.1 feet; thence South 36 degrees East for a distance of 417.2 feet; thence North 11 degrees 58 minutes East along the property line fence for a distance of 305.6 feet to the point of beginning; containing two (2) acres more or less.
Subject to all prior mineral reservations and right of way for public roads and utilities.
I will sell and convey only such title as vested in me as Trustee.
This the 4th day of April, 2025.
/s/ Bart M. Adams
BART M. ADAMS, TRUSTEE
ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE AND/OR LEASE PURCHASE OF ONE OR MORE, NEW TANDEM-AXLE DUMP TRUCKS
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi will accept bids for the purchase, and/or lease purchase of one (1) or more, new tandem axle dump trucks, until the hour of 10:00 o’clock a.m. on Tuesday, the 29th day of April 2025, at the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston, Mississippi, or by mail at P. O. Drawer 350, Charleston, Mississippi, 38921, and said bids shall be opened thereafter, on Tuesday, the 29th of April, 2025, at the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in the First Judicial District of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, in Charleston, Mississippi. The specifications will be reviewed by the County, and the 3, 4, and 5 year buy-backs must be included. All buy-backs must be guaranteed by the selling dealer, NO 3RD PARTY BUY-BACKS will be accepted.
Detailed specifications may be obtained by contacting Anita Mullen Greenwood, Chancery Clerk of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi at (662) 647-5551 or by mail to Anita Mullen Greenwood at P. O. Drawer 350, Charleston, MS 38921.
INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS:
1. Following receipt of said proposals, and review by the Board of Supervisors of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi will notify proposers, whose proposals meet the specifications advertised herein, with the date and time for the REVERSE AUCTION.
Only qualified proposers shall be allowed to participate in the reverse auction which shall be held in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Tallahatchie County, at the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in the First Judicial District in Charleston, Mississippi.
2. No responsibility will be attached to any person employed by the Board of Supervisors of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, for the premature opening of any bid not properly addressed and identified as stipulated below:
BID FOR: ONE (1) OR MORE, NEW TANDEM-AXLE DUMP TRUCKS
OPENING DATE/TIME: TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2025 AT 10:00 A.M.
3. Any exceptions to the specifications must be listed in the bidders bid with justification. Failure to do so will disqualify the bid.
4. Price bid shall be for F.O.B. Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, and must include any pre-delivery and/or setup charges, title fees and inspection fees.
5. The bidder shall complete the unit price bid with no further calculations required in order to determine the firm unit price.
6. Bids must be signed and dated by the bidders authorized agent.
7. All bids must state Manufacturer Warranty.
8. All bids must state approximate delivery time.
9. Location for parts and service must be included in the bid and will be a factor in determining the best bid.
10. All bids must include a municipal lease/purchase quote with terms of three (3), four (4) and five (5) year annual payment in arrears. Lease must not have an early payoff penalty clause.
11. All bids must offer a guaranteed buy-back provision at the end of three (3), four (4) and five (5) years. All bidders must list any conditions and/or limitations to their buy-back offer. Pricing guarantees from outside sources / Auction Companies may also be solicited and be made a part of this bid process. The buy-back offer and/or the pricing guarantee from the Auction Company(s) may be a factor in determining the lowest and best bid.
12. It shall be incumbent upon each bidder to understand the specifications on the bid form and to obtain clarification when necessary. It is not the intent of the specifications to limit the bidding process to any make or manufacturer, but to fill a specific need and to perform a specific task.
13. The Board of Supervisors of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi reserves the right to determine which is the lowest and best bid and to accept or reject any or all bids based on that determination.
Given by order of the Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors on this the 7th day of April 2025.
/s/ Anita Mullen Greenwood
ANITA MULLEN GREENWOOD
CHANCERY CLERK
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
LAKENYA GARNER AND CORNELIUS GARNER AS NEXT FRIEND OF THE MINOR CHILD, PETITIONERS
VS. JAHMILLA V. HOLMES AND UNKNOWN, RESPONDENTS
PUTATIVE FATHER
CAUSE NO. 25CV1
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF TALLAHATCHIE, FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
TO: JAHMILLA V. HOLMES who is believed to be a nonresident of the State of Mississippi, or not to be found therein after diligent search and inquiry by the Petitioner herein and whose place of residence, post office, street and house address are unknown after diligent search and inquiry by Petitioners.
UNKNOWN FATHER OR UNKNOWN PUTATIVE FATHER who is believed to be a nonresident of the State of Mississippi, or not to be found therein after diligent search and inquiry by the Petitioners herein and whose place of residence, post office, street and house address are unknown after diligent search and inquiry by Petitioners.
You have been named a Respondent in the suit filed in this Court by the Petitioner seeking termination of parental rights and adoption of the minor child named in the petition. You are summoned to appear and defend against said Petition filed against you in this action on the 5th day of June 2025, at 10:00 a.m., at the Coahoma County Courthouse at 115 First Street, Clarksdale, Mississippi 38614 and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition. You are not required to file an answer or other pleading but you may do so if you desire.
ISSUED under my hand and seal of said Court, on this the 9th day of April, 2025
Anita Greenwood, CHANCERY COURT CLERK
By: Vickie Ross, Deputy Clerk
Prepared and Submitted by: Lori M. Solinger, MSB 103029
Law Office of Lori M. Solinger
P.O. Box 1788
Batesville, MS 38606
662-832-6773
lori@lorisolingerlaw.com
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
JEREMY WASHINGTON PLAINTIFF
VERSUS CLARENCE DAVIS; WARREN JOHNSON;
TD HOLDINGS, LLC; CITY OF WEBB, MISSISSIPPI;
CAUSE NO.: 2025-11-2
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI;
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI;
DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI;
AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, FIRMS, AND CORPORATIONS
HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTEREST IN AND TO THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY, TO-WIT
W 82’ OF LOT 4 BLK L LAY-WEBB
SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 24, RANGE 1W
PPIN# 000007804 and PARCEL# 082F03004;
AND DOES 1-75, INCLUSIVE DEFENDANTS
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
TO: CLARENCE DAVIS; ALL OTHER PERSONS, FIRMS, AND CORPORATIONS
HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTEREST
IN AND TO THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY, TO-WIT
W 82’ OF LOT 4 BLK L LAY-WEBB
SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 24, RANGE 1W
PPIN# 000007804 and PARCEL# 082F03004;
AND DOES 1-75, INCLUSIVE
Whose residences, whereabouts, post office addresses and street addresses are unknown to Plaintiff and their solicitor after diligent search and inquiry by both to ascertain the same.
You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed in this Court by Plaintiff seeking to confirm tax title and to cancel or remove all clouds advert to Plaintiff’s title in in and to the following described property:
W 82’ OF LOT 4 BLK L LAY-WEBB
SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 24, RANGE 1W
PPIN# 000007804 and PARCEL# 082F03004
Defendants in this action other than you are the State of Mississippi; Tallahatchie County District Attorney; Tallahatchie County, Mississippi; The City of Webb, Mississippi; Warren Johnson, and TD Holdings, LLC.
You can review a copy of the written Complaint in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Tallahatchie County in Sumner, Mississippi. You are required to file an answer and it must be filed within thirty (30) days from the first date of publication of this summons. You must file your original with the court and mail or hand-deliver a copy your written answer to the Complaint to Plaintiff’s attorney Patricia Booker at 504 Desoto Avenue, Clarksdale, MS 38614.
YOU ARE FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE REQUEST FOR RELIEF in the Complaint will be heard before Judge of the Chancery Court of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi on the 17th day of June 2025 at 9:30 AM at 100 North Court Street in Sumner, Mississippi. If you fail to appear or answer the complaint a judgment by default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
ANITA M. GREENWOOD
Tallahatchie County Chancery Clerk
BY: G. Standridge, D.C
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
JOHN BROWN AND SHANTE BROWN PETITIONERS
VS.
ORLANDO SIMON AND ANY AND ALL PERSONS CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE MINOR CHILD, D.A.L. RESPONDENT(S)
CAUSE NO. 2025-5-2AD-WMS
SUMMONS IN RULE (D)(1) AND (2) TYPE ACTION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF TALLAHATCHIE
TO: ORLANDO SIMON AND ANY AND ALL PERSONS CLAIMING AN INTEREST IN THE MINOR CHILD, D.A.L., whose residences, street addresses and post office addresses are unknown to the Petitioner(s) after diligent search and inquiry.
You have been made a Defendant in a Petition for Adoption by Petitioners, John Brown and Shante Brown, seeking Adoption of the minor child, D.A.L. You are summoned to appear and defend against the Petition for Adoption by Step-Parent and Other Relief filed against you in this action at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 12, 2025, at the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in the City of Sumner, Mississippi, before the Honorable W.M. SANDERS and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment will be entered in this cause granting the relief requested in the Petition for Adoption.
(X) The action against you is one described in Rule 81(d)(1), MRCP, which is triable 30 days after completion of service of process in any manner other than by publication, or 30 days after the first publication where process is by publication.
( ) The action against you is one described by Rule 81 (d)(2), MRCP, which is triable seven (7) days after service of process in any manner other than by publication, or 30 days after the first publication where process is by publication.
Although Rule 81(d)(1) does not require you to file an answer or other pleading, you may do so if you deem it necessary to properly develop the issues, or, if you are required to do so by the Court. In any event, however, YOU SHOULD APPEAR IN COURT IN PERSON ON THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE DESIGNATED ABOVE to defend the action. Failure to appear may result in a judgment against you.
Issued under my hand and seal this the 9 day of April 2025.
Chancery Court Clerk of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
By: G.Standridge, Deputy Clerk
ABANDONED AUTO AUCTION
The following vehicles will be sold at auction Friday, May 2, 2025, at 2 p.m. at Mitchell’s Repair Shop, 139 S. Franklin St., Charleston, MS 38921.
1. CDR: Chevrolet Suburban
Mileage: ?
VIN: 3GNEC16Z22G208332
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ANDY M. SMITH, DECEASED
ANDY M. SMITH, JR. PETITIONER
CAUSE NO. 2025-7
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters of Executorship having being granted on the 10th day of April, A.D., 2025, by the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi to the undersigned Executor of the Estate of Andy M. Smith, Deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to the Clerk of this Court for probate and registration according to law, within ninety (90) days from the first publication of this notice, or they will be forever barred.
Dated, this the 10th day of April, A.D., 2025.
/s/ Andy M. Smith, Jr. ANDY M. SMITH, JR., Executor of the Estate of ANDY M. SMITH, Deceased
Lance D. Tennyson, MS Bar #105204
Attorney for Executor
P.O. Box 190
Charleston, MS 38921
P: (662) 647-3656
F: (662) 647-0218
lance@tennysonlegal.com
PUBLIC NOTICE
Country Mini Storage gives notice that pursuant to the provisions Section 85-7-125 et seq. of the Mississippi Code annotated (1972 amended) it will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash at Country Mini Storage, 32809 Hwy 32, Oakland, MS 38948 on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. at its self-storage facilities the contents of the storage units listed below:
Unit #6 – Taylor L. Campbell
Unit #12 – Taylor L. Campbell
Unit #15 – Concetta O. Wells
Unit #48 – James Nichols
