ABANDONED AUTO AUCTION
Auction for this vehicle will be 2 p.m. Friday, May 1, 2026, at Mitchell’s Repair Shop, 139 S Franklin Street, Charleston, MS 38921.
2006 Lincoln Zephyr
Mileage: ?
VIN: 3LNHM2610GR41818
ABANDONED AUTO AUCTION
Auction for these vehicles will be 2 p.m. Friday, April 17, 2026, at Mitchell’s Repair Shop, 139 S. Franklin Street, Charleston, MS 38921.
1. Hyundai Tucson
Mileage: ?
VIN: KM8JU3AC6DU723820
2. Chev. Blazer
Mileage: ?
VIN: 3GNKBCRS8LS659666
3. Hyundai Tucson
Mileage: ?
VIN: KM8JM12BX7U632337
4. Mercury Cougar
Mileage: ?
VIN: 1MELM62W9RH6417
PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE APPLICATION
The Town of Tutwiler, MS will hold a public meeting on, Friday, May 8th, 2026, at 3:00 P.M. at Tutwiler Town Hall; 221 Tallahatchie Street, Tutwiler, MS 38963. This public meeting is to inform the general public of the organization's intent to file an application for Federal Assistance through USDA, Rural Development to complete the purchase of Police Vehicles. The purpose of the public meeting is to give the citizenry an opportunity to become acquainted with the proposed project and to offer comments on such items as economic and environmental impact.
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MANDIE MAE RUCKER, DECEASED
CAUSE NO. 26-cv-00006
VALERIE THOMAS
PETITIONER
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
TO: TO ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, DEVISEES, LEGATES AND BENEFICIARIES OF MANDIR MAE RUCKER, DECEASED and any and all other persons claiming or having a legal or equitable interest in the ESTATE OF MANDIE MAE RUCKER, DECEASED, all of whose residences, whereabouts, post office addresses and street addresses are unknown to Petitioner and her solicitor after diligent search and inquiry by both to ascertain same.
YOU ARE SUMMONED to appear before the Judge of the Chancery Court of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, on the 1st day of May ,2025, at 9:30AM in the City of Sumner, and in the State of Mississippi, to show cause, if any you can, in Cause No. 26-cv-0006 in said Court, why VALERIE THOMAS and FREDRICK HUBBERT should not be declared the sole heirs-at-law of MANDIE MAR RUCKER, DECEASED, wherein you are respondent and why such relief as prayed for should not be granted.
WITNESS MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL, this the 30th day of March 2026.
ANITA M. GREENWOOD, Tallahatchie County Chancery Clerk
BY: Vickie Ross, D. C.
OF COUNSEL:
CHAKA SMITH
Post Office Box 1820
Cleveland, Mississippi 38732
Tel: 662-545-4530
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MANDIE MAE RUCKER, DECEASED
CAUSE NO. 26-cv-00006
VALERIE THOMAS
PETITIONER
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters of Administration having been granted on the 26th day of March 2026, by the Chancery Court of the Second Judicial District of the County of Tallahatchie, State of Mississippi, to the undersigned Administrator of the Estate Mandie Mae Rucker, deceased, in Cause No. 2026-cv-00006, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said Estate to present the same to the clerk of said Court for probate and registration according to law, within ninety (90) days from the date of the first publication hereof, or they will be forever barred.
The undersigned Administrator certifies that before the publication hereof, she complied with §2 of Senate Bill No. 2640, Chapter 582, laws of the Regular 1989 Legislative Session of the State of Mississippi.
This the 1st day of April 2026.
VALERIE THOMAS
ADMINISTRATOR
Chaka Smith, MSB# 103069
P. O. Box 1820
218 North Street
Cleveland, MS 38732
662-545-4530
email: chakasd@yahoo.com
Attorney for said Administrator
CAP LOAN PROGRAM
Public Notice
The Board of Supervisors, acting for and on behalf of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi took up for consideration the matter of authorizing and approving a loan on behalf of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi from the Mississippi Development Authority (the Department) for the purpose of completing capital improvements identified as:
Solid Waste Transfer Station
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Governing Body of Tallahatchie County does hereby declare its intention to enter into a loan agreement with the Department in the principal amount not to exceed $1,000,000.00 for the purpose of completing the capital improvements identified above.
Section 2. The Loan will be secured by a Note executed and delivered by Tallahatchie County to the Department. Failure of Tallahatchie County to meet its repayment obligations shall result in the forfeiture of sales tax allocation or homestead exemption reimbursement in an amount sufficient to repay obligations due until such time as the indebtedness has been discharged or arrangements to discharge such indebtedness satisfactory to the Department have been made.
Section 3. The Governing Body proposes to authorize and approve the Loan from the Department in the amount and for the aforesaid purposes at a meeting of the Governing Body to be held at its regular meeting place at the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston, Mississippi at 9 o’clock AM on the 11th day of May, 2026, or at some meeting held subsequent thereto. This date assigned to authorize and approve the aforementioned loan documents has been set to meet program requirements that mandate that four public notices be issued prior to loan closing. This will allow sufficient time for public comments.
The motion having received the foregoing vote of the Governing Body, Johnny Goodwin, Board President, declared the motion carried and the Resolution adopted, on this the 13th day of April, 2026.
Johnny Goodwin, Board President
Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors
Anita Greenwood
Chancery Clerk, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
State Of Mississippi
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
MILDRED DEAN GORDON PLAINTIFF
VS. CAUSE NUMBER: 26-CV-0022(WMS)
HEIRS OF FANNIE HOLMAN, LILLIE HOLMAN, CLEM ELLA HOLMAN HERRON HOLMAN, WILS HOLMAN, FANNIE B. WILLIAMS, AMANDA CARTER, PREANEY B. BISHOP, AND IDA BELL FIVER, AND THEIR UNKNOWN HEIRS, EARL LEE TELLIS, EARL ANDERSON TELLIS, JAMES LEWIS TELLIS, ROGER TELLIS, MILDRED TELLIS GORDON, JIMMY SUGGS, JR., TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, LYNN FITCH, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, JAY HALE DISTRICT ATTORNEY and any and all persons having or claiming any legal or equitable interest in and to the hereinafter described land DEFENDANTS
SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: Heirs of Fannie Holman, Lillie Holman, Clem Ella Holman, Herron Holman, Wils Holman, Fannie B. Williams, Amanda carter, Preaney B. Bishop, and Ida Bell Fiver, and their unknown Heirs, and any and all person having or claiming any legal or equitable interest in and to the hereinafter described land:
Parcel Number: 012 13002
NE½ of SE¼ of §13; T26; R3E and containing eighty (80) acres.
You are required to mail or hand-deliver a copy of a written response to the Complaint to
C. GAINES BAKER, the attorney for the Plaintiff, whose postal and physical address is 136 Public Square, Batesville, MS 38606.
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE 23RD DAY OF APRIL, 2026, WHICH IS THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IN NOT SO MAILED OR DELIVERED, A JUDGEMENT BY DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE COMPLAINT.
You must also file the original of your response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward.
Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this 17th day of April, 2026.
Anita M. Greenwood
Tallahatchie County Chancery Court Clerk
P.O. Box 350
Charleston, MS 38921
BY: /s/ Vickie Ross Deputy Clerk
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MATHIS HALL, DECEASED
CAUSE NO. 24-CV-14-CFC
RULE 4 SUMMONS
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: ALL UNKNOWN WRONGFUL-DEATH BENEFICIARIES OF MATHIS HALL, DECEASED, WHOSE ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN TO PETITIONER AFTER DILIGENT SEARCH AND INQUIRY
You have been made a defendant to the Petition to Determine Wrongful-Death Beneficiaries, filed in this Court by the Petitioner, VERA GOLIDAY, seeking a determination of all wrongful-death beneficiaries of MATHIS HALL, Deceased.
You are required to mail or hand deliver a written response to the Petition to the attorney for the Petitioner, Kelly M. McLeod, Esq., whose mailing address is MCLEOD LAW, PLLC, P.O. Box 313, Madison, Mississippi 39130.
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER APRIL 23, 2026, WHICH IS THE DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR DELIVERED, A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE PETITION. You also must file the original of your Response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward.
Issued under my hand and seal of said Court this, the 16th day of April, 2026.
ANITA GREENWOOD, Chancery Clerk
Tallahatchie County Chancery Court
BY: Vickie Ross, D.C.
EAST TALLAHATCHIE SCHOOL DISTRICT
PUBLIC NOTICE OF INVITATION TO BID FOR AGRICULTURAL LEASE
To all persons intersted in the following described Agricultural Lands in the Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, to-wit:
Section 16, Township 24 North, Range 2 East
118.07 acres, m/l of row crop land in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.
You are hereby notified that sealed bid to lease for the Agricultural Lease on the above described Sixteenth Section Lands, or lands in lieu thereof, may be filed with the Superintendent of Education of East Tallahatchie School District located at 411 East Chestnut Street, Charleston, Mississippi 38921, on or before 6:30 p.m. on the 7th day of May 2026. The sealed bids shall be sumbitted for the Entire Parcel and must include 100% of the amount bid for that parcel. Bids shall be submitted in a sealed envelope, and shall be plainly marked on the outside of the envelope “Agricultural Bid” #16-24N-2E on approximately 118.07 acres m/l, addressed to:
East Tallahatchie School District
Mike Ainsworth, 16th Section Land Manager
Agricultural Bid, 16-24N-2E, containing 118.07 acres
411 East Chestnut Street
Charleston, Mississippi 38921
All bids will be opened at 6:30 p.m. on the 7th day of May 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. The Board reserves the right to reduce the term and reject all bids, but if any bid is accepted, the Board will award said Agricutural Lease pursuant to Miss. Code of 1972 Sec. 29-3-81 as amended, provided that East Tallahatchie School District School Board shall have the right to reject any and/or all bids.
The East Tallahatchie School Board receives an acceptable bid in response to the advertisement for the leasing of the above-described property and elects to hold a public auction among those submitted bids. The successful bidder at said auction will be awarded a five-year lease agreeent with said Board.
East Tallahatchie School District
Raymond Russell, Superintendent
EAST TALLAHATCHIE SCHOOL DISTRICT
PUBLIC NOTICE OF INVITATION TO BID FOR A HUNTING LEASE
To all persons intersted in the following described Forest Land in the Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, to-wit:
Section 16, Township 24 North, Range 3 East
The entire section, containing 639.00 acres, m/l, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.
You are hereby notified that sealed bid to lease for the Hunting and Fishing Lease on the above described Sixteenth Section Lands, or lands in lieu thereof, may be filed with the Superintendent of Education of East Tallahatchie School District located at 411 East Chestnut Street, Charleston, Mississippi 38921, on or before 6:30 p.m. on the 7th day of May 2026. The sealed bids shall be sumbitted for the Entire Parcel and must include 100% of the amount bid for that parcel. Bids shall be submitted in a sealed envelope, and shall be plainly marked on the outside of the envelope “Hunting Bid” #16-24N-3E on approximately 639.00 acres m/l, addressed to:
East Tallahatchie School District
Mike Ainsworth, 16th Section Land Manager
Hunting Bid, 16-24N-3E, containing 639.00 acres
411 East Chestnut Street
Charleston, Mississippi 38921
All bids will be opened at 6:30 p.m. on the 7th day of May 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. The Board reserves the right to reduce the term and reject all bids, but if any bid is accepted, the Board will award said Agricutural Lease pursuant to Miss. Code of 1972 Sec. 29-3-41 as amended, provided that East Tallahatchie School District School Board shall have the right to reject any and/or all bids.
The East Tallahatchie School Board receives an acceptable bid in response to the advertisement for the leasing of the above-described property for a five-year lease contract with said Board.
East Tallahatchie School District
Raymond Russell, Superintendent
