East Tallahatchie School District
Public Notice of Invitation to
BID FOR AGRICULTURAL LEASE
To all persons interested 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 bids 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 3:00 p.m. on the 10th day of December 2025. The sealed bids shall be submitted 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 3:00 p.m. on the 10th day of December 2025, 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 Agricultural Lease pursuant to Miss. Code of 1972 Sec. 29-3-81 as amended, provided that East Tallahatchie 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 agreement with said Board.
East Tallahatchie School District
Raymond Russell, Superintendent
East Tallahatchie School District
Public Notice of Invitation to
BID FOR AGRICULTURAL LEASE
To all persons interested in the following described Agricultural Lands in the Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, to wit:
Section 16, Township 24 North, Range 2 East
According to farm service agency the cultivatable land is shown as Farm 2993 Tract 4580, containing 225.00 acres, m/l, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.
You are hereby notified that sealed bids 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 3:00 p.m. on the 10th day of December 2025. The sealed bids shall be submitted 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 225.00 acres, m/l, addressed to:
East Tallahatchie School District
Mike Ainsworth, 16th Section Land Manager
Agricultural Bid, 16-24N-2E, containing 225.00 acres
411 East Chestnut Street
Charleston, Mississippi 38921
All bids will be opened at 3:00 p.m. on the 10th day of December 2025, 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 Agricultural Lease pursuant to Miss. Code of 1972 Sec. 29-3-81 as amended, provided that East Tallahatchie 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 agreement with said Board.
East Tallahatchie School District
Raymond Russell, Superintendent
East Tallahatchie School District
Public Notice of Invitation to
BID FOR AGRICULTURAL LEASE
To all persons interested in the following described Agricultural Lands in the Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, to wit:
Section 16, Township 23 North, Range 1 East
According to the Tallahatchie County Tax Assessor office the cultivatable land is identified as Tax Parcel 131-16002, containing 85.00 acres, m/l, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.
You are hereby notified that sealed bids 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 3:00 p.m. on the 10th day of December 2025. The sealed bids shall be submitted 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” # 16-23N-1E on approximately 85.00 acres, m/l, addressed to:
East Tallahatchie School District
Mike Ainsworth, 16th Section Land Manager
Agricultural Bid, 16-23N-1E, containing 85.00 acres
411 East Chestnut Street
Charleston, Mississippi 38921
All bids will be opened at 3:00 p.m. on the 10th day of December 2025, 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 Agricultural Lease pursuant to Miss. Code of 1972 Sec. 29-3-81 as amended, provided that East Tallahatchie 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 agreement with said Board.
East Tallahatchie School District
Raymond Russell, Superintendent
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE WEST TALLAHATCHIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI (THE “SCHOOL DISTRICT”), DECLARING THE NECESSITY FOR AND ITS INTENTION OF BORROWING MONEY FOR THE PURPOSES OF MAKING REPAIRS, ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO SCHOOL BUILDINGS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ERECTING SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND OTHER BUILDINGS USED FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES AND PURCHASING LAND THEREFOR, IF NECESSARY, AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING HEATING PLANTS, AIR CONDITIONING, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT FOR SUCH BUILDINGS, TRANSPORATION EQUIPMENT, IMPROVING AND EQUIPPING LAND FOR RECREATIONAL AND ATHLETIC PURPOSES AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING COSTS FOR THE BORROWING, AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES; ALL AT AN APPROXIMATE COST OF NOT TO EXCEED TWO MILLION SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,065,000); ADJUDICATING THAT NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR SUCH PURPOSES; ORDERING SAID RESOLUTION TO BE PUBLISHED; AND SETTING THE DATE UPON WHICH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS TO TAKE FINAL ACTION UPON THE QUESTION OF AUTHORIZING THE BORROWING OF SAID MONEY.
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees (the "Board"), acting for and on behalf of the West Tallahatchie Public School District, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi (the "School District"), does hereby find, determine, adjudicate and declare:
1. That it is necessary and desirable that a maximum amount not to exceed Two Million Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($2,065,000) be borrowed for the purposes of providing funds for making repairs, alterations and additions to school buildings of the School District, for the purpose of erecting school buildings and other buildings used for school purposes and purchasing land therefor, if necessary, and for the purpose of purchasing heating plants, air conditioning, fixtures and equipment for such buildings, transportation equipment, improving and equipping land for recreational and athletic purposes and for the purpose of paying costs for the borrowing, and for related purposes (the "Project");
2. That no funds are available in the school funds of the School District or from any other source with which to make the above enumerated repairs, alterations, additions, erections, improvements or purchases;
3. That it would be in the best interests and to the advantage of the School District that the funds needed for these purposes be obtained by the issuance of negotiable notes of the School District in the maximum principal amount not to exceed Two Million Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($2,065,000) in the manner and form provided by Sections 37-59-101 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended (the "Note Act" or the "Act");
4. That the School District currently has no outstanding notes previously issued under the authority of the Act;
5. That the principal of and interest on the notes to be issued hereunder shall be paid from and secured from the avails of a special ad valorem tax and other funds of the School District;
6. That if any special ad valorem tax shall be levied to pay the principal of and interest on the notes to be issued hereunder, the limitation of three (3) mills on the dollar for all notes issued under the provisions of Sections 37-59-101 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended, on the special tax levied to pay the principal of and interest on all notes issued under the Act, or any predecessor statutes, shall not be exceeded;
7. That under the provisions of Section 37-59-115, Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended, the limitation of Section 37-59-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended, on the indebtedness which may be incurred by school districts is not applicable to the proposed issuance of the notes; and
8. That the purposes for which the proposed notes are to be issued as herein set forth in this resolution are purposes authorized by the laws of the State of Mississippi, and particularly in Sections 37-59-101 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended, and that said Board is authorized and required to declare the necessity and its intention of borrowing money and issuing the negotiable notes of the School District as evidence of the same.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Trustees, West Tallahatchie Public School District, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, as follows:
SECTION 1. The Board does hereby find, determine and adjudicate that the foregoing premises are true and correct and incorporates them herein by reference.
SECTION 2. The Board does hereby declare that it is necessary to borrow an amount not exceeding Two Million Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($2,065,000) for the purpose of paying the costs of the Project, previously described herein, all at a total approximate cost of not to exceed Two Million Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($2,065,000).
SECTION 3. The Board does hereby further declare that no funds are available in the school funds of the School District or from any other source with which to make such repairs, alterations, additions, erections, improvements or purchases, and that it is necessary that the costs thereof be borrowed in the manner and form provided by Sections 37-59-101 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended.
SECTION 4. The Board hereby declares its intention to borrow such money and to issue Limited Tax Notes of the School District as evidence of the same (the "Notes"). The Notes shall bear interest at a rate to be specified by further resolution of the Board, but shall not exceed a greater overall maximum interest rate to maturity than the rates now or hereafter authorized under the provisions of Section 19-9-19, Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended. The Notes shall not be sold for less than par and accrued interest. The Notes shall be dated the date of delivery thereof, or such date as the Board may specify, and shall mature in approximately equal annual installments of principal plus interest over a period not to exceed twenty (20) years, the first of said installments being due and payable one year after the date of the Notes.
SECTION 5. That unless a petition signed by not less than 20% of the qualified electors of said School District, requesting that an election be called on the question of incurring said indebtedness, is filed prior to 6:00 o'clock p.m. on December 9, 2025, at the Central Office of the West Tallahatchie Public School District, located at 6470 Friendship Road, Sumner, Mississippi 38957, final approval of the borrowing of said money and authority for the issuance of said Notes shall be given by the Board at a meeting held on such date at 6:00 p.m. at the Board's regular meeting place located at the Central Office of the West Tallahatchie Public School District at 6470 Friendship Road, Sumner, Mississippi 38957.
SECTION 6. That the Secretary of the Board be and is hereby authorized and directed to cause this resolution, as adopted, to be published in The Sun-Sentinel, a newspaper published in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, and of general circulation in the School District and qualified under the provisions of Section 13-3-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended. Said resolution shall be published in the newspaper once a week for two consecutive weeks, with the first publications thereof to be made not less than 15 days prior to December 9, 2025, on which date the Board will take final action on the question of authorizing the borrowing of said money.
SECTION 7. The School District may use funds currently available in its District Maintenance Fund to pay certain initial costs of the acquisition and construction of the Project, as subsequently identified by the Board, with such expenditures to be reimbursed from a portion of the proceeds of the Notes, when issued. The allocation of the Note proceeds to reimburse the District Maintenance Fund shall be made in writing not later than 18 months after the later of; (a) the date the original expenditure is paid or (b) the date the Project is placed in service or abandoned, but in no event more than three years after the original expenditure is paid. The expenditures to be reimbursed from Note proceeds shall be incurred solely to acquire, renovate, construct, or improve property having a reasonably expected economic life of a least one year and to pay the cost of such acquisition, construction and improvements. Note proceeds shall be used to reimburse these expenditures, and not for the reimbursement of operating costs or similar working capital items. This resolution is the official action of the Board adopted as required by regulations promulgated by the Internal Revenue Service governing the reimbursement of prior expenses from note proceeds.
SECTION 8. That all orders, resolutions or proceedings of the Board in conflict with the provisions of this resolution shall be and the same are hereby repealed.
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Board Member Gloria Carter made the motion and the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Board Member Lucinda Berryhill. The motion then being put to a vote, the results were as follows:
Board Member Marvin George voted: Aye
Board Member Gloria Carter voted: Aye
Board Member Cora Hooper voted: Absent
Board Member Lucinda Berryhill voted: Aye
Board Member Sharon Bailey voted: Absent
The motion having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present, the Chairman of the Governing Body declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted this the 11th day of November, 2025.
WEST TALLAHATCHIE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF EDUCATION
ATTEST:
/s/ Gloria Carter,
SECRETARY, BOARD OF EDUCATION
ADVERTISEMENT FOR PURCHASE AND SUPPLY OF GRANULAR MATERIAL (GRAVEL) FOR USE IN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY FOR THE YEAR 2026
It appearing to be the intention of the Board of Supervisors that under Mississippi law, it is proper at this time to advertise for purchase and supply of granular material (gravel) to be used by the County and its various subdivisions during the year 2026; therefore, it is ordered that the Clerk of the Board cause the following notice to be published on the Sun-Sentinel in its issues of that paper to be dated December 4th, and December 11th, 2025.
Notice calling for Bids for the Purchase and Supply to Tallahatchie County of Granular Material (Gravel) for Use in Tallahatchie County and Its Subdivisions During the Year 2026. This solicitation for bids calls for supply of granular materials, which shall be mined and extracted by pit-owner and loaded on County trucks by Tallahatchie County.
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, will receive sealed bids until the hour of 10:00 0'clock a.m., on Monday, January 5th, 20265 at the Office of the Chancery Clerk at the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston, Mississippi or by mail to the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi at P. O. Drawer 350, Charleston MS 38921, and said bids shall be opened shortly thereafter the hour of 10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 5th, 2026 at the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston, Mississippi, for the following items: (said bids should be in a sealed envelope, clearly marked “Granular Material Bids for the Year 2026” due on Monday, January 5th, 2026 at 10:00 0'clock a.m.)
Bidder must agree to let Tallahatchie County Engineer run test(s) on each pit(s) sample or sample(s) for the County at the cost of the bidder at the discretion of the County either before or after award of the contract.
The pits must be readily accessible at the time of the bid opening by a road that must be at least ten (10) feet wide for one-way traffic, or at least twenty (20) feet wide for two-way traffic. Warning signs must be placed 500 feet in both directions from the pit entrance. Signs must meet requirements of the Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).
Granular material is hereby solicited as follows:
The three (3) pages of specifications and the mandatory bid sheet can be obtained at the
Office of the Chancery Clerk in Charleston, Mississippi or at her address of P. O. Drawer 350, Charleston, MS 38921. Bids will be rejected if the bids are not submitted on the Clay Gravel Bids -Tallahatchie County- 2026 (bid sheet).
The distance or proximity of location of granular material pit to a paved MS State Highway may be considered in determining the lowest and best bid.
The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to further consider said bids on an item by item basis. Alternate bids may be accepted for situations where the low bidder is unable or unwilling to supply the materials or supplies ordered. Contractor will perform in under the contract, and the County reserves the right to go to either of the above geographic locations and go to the next lowest and best bidder, at any time during the year, without further notification to the contractor, based upon visual observation of clay gavel not meeting the specifications. This visual decision will be supported by test(s) to be performed by County Engineer as soon as possible; but, not prior to securing of gravel from either of the above geographic locations. At this time, the vendor will be notified in writing of the decision that the clay gravel does not actually meet the specifications and advertisements.
The vendor has the right to select a testing laboratory approved by the Ms. Department of Transportation (MDOT) and MDOT approved personnel for the purpose of split sampling in accordance with American Association State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) as T 2 of Standard Practices for Sampling Aggregates.
The County Engineer's test results of any non-compliant granular materials stand until such time as split sampling can occur in accordance with T 2.
The County shall make a final determination by decision of the County Engineer as to the samples compliance.
If Vendor has more than two (2) non-compliant samples, as tested by the County Engineer, all source sampling thereafter will be taken at the Vendor's expense.
Failure of the above forthcoming tests to meet the required specifications (as stated in said advertisement and three (3) bid sheets) for the second time within 2024, under the above procedures, may result in the termination of the contract between the Vendor and the County at the election of the Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors.
Published by Order of this Board of Supervisors dated 1st day of December, 2025.
ANITA MULLEN GREENWOOD CHANCERY CLERK
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS FOR REPAIR AND CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGE COMPONENTS
Sealed bids will be received by the Board of Supervisors of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi at the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in the First Judicial District of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, in Charleston, Mississippi until 10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 5, 2026, and will be publicly opened shortly after 10:00 a.m., at the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in the First Judicial District of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, in Charleston, Mississippi on Monday, January 5, 2026, for the repair and construction of various bridge items. A specific listing of per line items will be available from the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Tallahatchie
County, Mississippi at the Courthouse in Charleston, Mississippi, or by mail to the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi at P. O. Drawer 350, Charleston, MS 38921; and, the Office of Willis Engineering of P.O. Drawer 50, Charleston, Mississippi 38921. The County will not issue any single purchase order for any combination of pay items for less than $2,500.00, unless a lesser amount is agreed upon by both parties. Bidders may bid on individual items. Said bids should be in a sealed envelope clearly labeled “BRIDGE COMPONENTS FOR 2025, TO BE RECEIVED January 5, 2026 at 10:00 o’clock am, in Charleston, Mississippi.
The principal items of work will be paid for at the contract price bid per item, complete and accepted, which price shall be full compensation for mobilizing, removal of existing structure, excavation incidental to construction, furnishing all materials, loading, hauling, unloading and placing and for all labor, equipment, tolls and incidentals necessary to complete the work.
All clean-up and waste material removal shall be the sole responsibility of the contractor, and shall be removed and disposed of by the contractor at his expense. This does not include concrete\beams which shall remain the property of Tallahatchie County.
All material must be acceptable to the County Engineer.
All bids are to be good from the date of acceptance for Fiscal Year 2026.
Basis of Award: The award, if made, will be made to the lowest qualified bidder on the basis of published per unit cost that will be the lowest and best bid in favor of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.
Bidders are hereby notified that any proposal accompanied by letter of qualifying in any manner the condition under which the proposal is tendered will be considered an irregular bid, and such proposals will not be considered in making the award.
Copies of bid specifications and bid form can be obtained during normal business hours from the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi at the Courthouse in Charleston, Mississippi, or by mail to the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi at P. O. Drawer 350, Charleston, MS 38921; and, the Office of Willis Engineering of P.O. Box 50, Charleston, Mississippi 38921.
Published by Order of this Board of Supervisors dated 1st day of December, 2025.
ANITA MULLEN GREENWOOD,
CHANCERY CLERK
ADVERTISEMENT FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES, GENERAL SUPPLIES, AND MATERIALS FOR USE OF THE COUNTY IN THE YEAR 2026
It appearing to the intention of the Board of Supervisors, that under Mississippi law, it is proper at tine to advertise for supplies and materials to be used by the County and its various subdivisions during the year 2026; therefore, it is ordered that the Clerk of the Board cause the following notice to be published in the Sun-Sentinel in its issues of that paper to be dated December 4th and December 11th, 2025.
Notice Calling for Bids for Sale to Tallahatchie County of Supplies, and Materials For Use Of Tallahatchie County and Its Subdivisions During the Year 2026.
Notice is hereby given by the Board of Supervisors of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, will receive sealed bids until the hour of 10:00 0'clock A.M., on Monday, January 5th, 2026, at the Office of the Chancery Clerk at the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston, Mississippi, and said bids shall be opened shortly thereafter the hour of 10:00 A.M. on Monday, January 5th, 2026 at the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston, Mississippi, for the following items:
New and used precast concrete (slabs, caps, wings, rails and accessories);
Culverts (metal concrete, plastic arched, coated, all types and sizes);
Bridge lumber (treated and untreated);
Bridge piling (treated timber, concrete and steel);
Asphalt (hot mix, binder & surface);
Asphalt (AC-20);
Special mix of MP asphalt, all limestone mix, a pliable mix;
CRS-2 and CRS-2P, etc., all asphalt and resin based emulsions; Asphalt, cold mix;
Crushed stone: No. 6, No. 7, No. 56, No. 89;
Crushed Limestone (Crusher Run): No. 57;
Dry rip rap (100 lb., 200 lb., 300 h);
Bridge concrete (Class A and B);
Traffic signs (warning, regulatory, hazard, safety and construction, etc.);
Pea gravel;
Oversized washed rock;
Rail road tank cars, all types used for culverts and bridges;
Washed and crushed rock (all types and sizes);
FIT sand, mortar sand and concrete sand;
Grader blades - h inch x 8 inches x 7 ft. (Various sizes, etc.) Reinforcing steel;
Food & food item to be used by Tallahatchie County Jails and Tallahatchie County Work Center,
Prepared meals for inmate work crews on the East and West sides of Tallahatchie County, (itemized daily invoices and tickets must be signed by a county employee);
The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids to further consider said bids on an item by item basis. Alternate bids shall be accepted for situations where the best bidder is unable or unwilling to supply the materials or ordered within the time specified.
Note: all items must meet the requirements of Section 703 of the latest edition of the Mississippi Standard Specification for Road and Bridge Construction.
All bids solicited are for delivery in Charleston and Sumner areas.
Published by Order of this Board of Supervisors, dated 1st day of December, 2025.
CHANCERY CLERK
NOTICE TO ALL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
Pursuant to Section 27-105-305 of the Miss. Code of 1972, notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi will receive sealed bids from financial institutions at the regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors until 10.00 a. m on Monday, the 5th day of January, 2026, in Office of the Chancery Clerk in the First Judicial District of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi in Charleston, Mississippi, for the privilege of keeping county funds or any part thereof for the year 2025. Said bids shall be opened at the hour of 10:00 a .m on Monday, January 5th, 2026 at the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston, Mississippi All bids should be submitted to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors at her office in Charleston or Sumner, Mississippi before the aforementioned-time and date.
All bids must designate the kind of security as authorized by law, which the financial institution proposes to give as security for such funds.
Financial institutions may submit bids for one (1) year term and for a two (2) year term, per MS Code 27-105-305.
It is specifically stated that the Board will take into consideration the financial institution which proposes the best terms and highest rate on the interests to be held by depository.
Done by Order of the Board of Supervisors on the 1st day of December, 2025.
ANITA MULLEN GREENWOOD
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
JOHNNIE L. HARRIS PLAINTIFF
v. TOMMY LEE HARRIS, CHARLENE HARRIS, AND ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS OF BESSIE C. HARRIS DEFENDANTS
CAUSE NO. 2025-9-2-WJP
RULE 4 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF TALLAHATCHIE
TO: ANY AND ALL HEIRS KNOWN AND UNKNOWN AT LAW OF LEON LITTLE, SR. (DECEASED); LEON LITTLE, JR. (DECEASED); CARL LITTLE (DECEASED); PAUL LITTLE (DECEASED); DAVID LITTLE (DECEASED); BESSIE C. HARRIS (DECEASED); AND ANY OTHER PERSON HAVING AN INTEREST IN THIS CAUSE.
You have been made a Defendant in the Petition for Partition and Determination of Heirs filed in this Court.
You are required to mail or hand deliver a written response to the Complaint filed against you in this action to Thomas U. Reynolds, Attorney for Plaintiff(s), whose post office address is P.O. Drawer 280, Charleston, MS, 38921 and whose street address is 106 Court Square, Charleston, MS, 38921.
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE 4th DAY OF DECEMBER 2025, WHICH IS THE DATE OF THE 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 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 day, 25th of November, 2025.
CHANCERY CLERK OF TALLAHATCHIE
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
BY: Vickie Ross
DEPUTY CLERK
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
JOHNNIE L. HARRIS PLAINTIFF
v. TOMMY LEE HARRIS, CHARLENE HARRIS, AND ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS OF BESSIE C. HARRIS DEFENDANT(S)
CAUSE NO. 2025-9-2-WJP
SUMMONS IN RULE (D)(1) AND (2) TYPE ACTION
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF TALLAHATCHIE
TO: ANY AND ALL HEIRS KNOWN AND UNKNOWN AT LAW OF LEON LITTLE, SR. (DECEASED); LEON LITTLE, JR. (DECEASED); CARL LITTLE (DECEASED); PAUL LITTLE (DECEASED) AND DAVID LITTLE (DECEASED) AND ANY OTHER PERSON HAVING AN INTEREST IN THIS CAUSE.
Take notice that a hearing will be held in the Determination of Heirs in the above styled and numbered action to which you are a defendant on Thursday, the 22nd day of January, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. at the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Sumner, Mississippi, before the Honorable Willie J. Perkins, Sr.
(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 of Said Court, on this the 25th day of November, 2025.
CHANCERY CLERK OF TALLAHATCHIE
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
BY: Vickie Ross, DEPUTY CLERK
