IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATE OF TERRY OTIS TODD, DECEASED
CAUSE NO. 2024-66
TERRY SHANE TODD PETITIONER
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters of Administration having being granted on the 14th day of January, A.D., 2025, by the Chancery Court of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi to the undersigned Administrator of the Estate of Terry Otis Todd, 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 14th day of January, A.D., 2025.
/s/ Terry Shane Todd
TERRY SHANE TODD
Administrator of the Estate of Terry Otis Todd, Deceased
Lance D. Tennyson, MS Bar #105204
LAW OFFICE OF LANCE D. TENNYSON
Attorney for Petitioner
P.O. Box 190
Charleston, MS 38921
P: (662) 647-3656
F: (662) 647-0218
lance@tennysonlegal.com
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
NOTICE is hereby given that Town of Glendora, Mississippi, will receive written sealed bids and publicly opened on Monday, March 3, 2025 at 11:00 am at Glendora Town Hall, 78 Westbrook Avenue, Glendora, MS- 38928, for the furnishing of all labor and materials, and for performing all activities specified in the Contract Documents, for the construction of the Town of Glendora Proposed Wastewater System Repair and Improvement Project, DRA PROJECT #MS-54697 consisting of Wastewater System Improvements.
The project includes rehabilitation and improvements to the existing sewer system located in Town of Glendora, Mississippi, such work being the replacement of sanitary sewer pipes on and around Westbrooks Ave & install new aeration at the lagoon and repair the effluent pumps at the lagoon, The Contract Time will be one-hundred twenty (120) consecutive calendar days, and the liquidated damages will be $250 per consecutive calendar day thereafter. Substantial completion shall be met with one hundred (100) consecutive calendar days. A pre-bid conference will not be held.
Plans and specifications may be procured from the Cornerstone Planroom at https://www.cornerstoneengllcplanroom.com/ The cost for plans and specifications is non-refundable. Technical questions and inquiries shall be addressed to the project manager, Mauricka McKenzie, P.E. of Cornerstone Engineering, LLC in Clinton, MS at the email address of mmckenzie@cornerstoneengllc.com. The phone number is 601-473-2403.
This Advertisement and the Bid/Proposal Form for this project may be examined at the Mississippi Procurement Technical Assistance Program (MPTAP), Mississippi Development Authority, Minority & Small Business Development, Woolfolk Building, 501 North West Street, Suite B-01, Jackson, MS 39201, Contact: LaTisha Landing.
Minority and women’s business enterprises are solicited to bid on this contract as prime contractors and are encouraged to make inquiries regarding potential subcontracting opportunities and equipment, material, and/or supply needs.
All bids will be publicly opened and read aloud on the date and at the time set forth above at the Board Room in the Town Hall, 78 Westbrook Avenue, Glendora, MS-38928. The bids will be considered by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Town of Glendora at the next regular meeting thereof to be held within thirty (30) days of the date of receipt of bids.
Any contract awarded under this Advertisement for Bids is expected to be financed in whole or in part by funds from the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) Program administered by the Delta Regional Authority (DRA). Neither the Delta Regional Authority, the DRA staff, the State of Mississippi, the U.S. Government, nor any of their departments, agencies or employees is or will be a party to this advertisement for bids or any resulting construction contract. This procurement will be subject to all applicable sections of the Mississippi Code of 1972 and Annotated.
The Town of Glendora reserves the right to waive all informalities in the bid process and to reject any and all bids.
This Advertisement for Bids is hereby issued this the 30th day of January 2025.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors
Owner
P.O. Box 350, Charleston, MS 38921
Address
Sealed BIDS for DEMO OF EXISTING FACILITY will be received by the Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors in the office of the Chancery Clerk in Charleston, MS until MARCH 6, 2025 @ 10:00 AM, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud.
The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, consisting of the Advertisement for Bids, Information for Bidders, Bid, Bid Bond, Agreement, Payment Bonds, Performance Bond, Notice of Award, Notice to Proceed, Change Order, General Conditions, Supplemental General Conditions, Drawings, Specifications and Addenda may be examined at the following locations.
(1) Willis Engineering, Inc. 133 South Mound Street, Grenada, MS, 38901
(2) Plan House Printing Tupelo, 605 West Main Street, Tupelo, MS 38804
(3) Plan House Printing Hattiesburg, 1A Churchill Street, Hattiesburg, MS 39402
(4) Plan House Printing Gulfport, 14231 Seaway Road, Ste E-7, Gulfport, MS 39503
Bid documents are being made available via paper or digital copy. Plan holders are required to log-in or register for an account at www.weiplanroom.com to view and order Bid Documents. All plan holders are required to have a valid email address for registration. Bid documents must be purchased through the website. Questions regarding website registration and online orders please contact Plan House Printing at (662) 407-0193. Electronic bids may be submitted at www.weiplanroom.com. For any questions to the electronic bidding process contact Plan House Printing at (662) 407-0193.
Johnny Goodwin, President
NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S SALE
WHEREAS, on 02/24/2005, WILLIE ED WILLIAMS JR, a single person executed a Promissory Note payable to the order of EQUIFIRST CORPORATION AS LENDER.
WHEREAS, the aforesaid Promissory Note was secured by a Deed of Trust dated 02/24/2005, executed by WILLIE ED WILLIAMS JR, a single person and being recorded on 03/10/2005 in Book 478, Page 491 and Re-Recorded on 05/09/2005 in Book 479, Page 465 of the records of the Tallahatchie County, State of Mississippi; and which aforesaid Instrument conveys to EQUITY TITLE & ESCROW CO. OF MEMPHIS, LL, Trustee and to EQUIFIRST CORPORATION AS LENDER, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS BENEFICIARY, the hereinafter described property; and
WHEREAS, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR EQUIFIRST CORPORATION assigned said Deed of Trust to U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, as successor-in-interest to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-EFC1 via an instrument filed of record on February 23, 2011 in Book 2011, Page 140 in the office of the Clerk of the Tallahatchie County, State of Mississippi; and
WHEREAS, U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS, INC., MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-EFC1 appointed WESTERN PROGRESSIVE - MISSISSIPPI, INC., as Substitute Trustee in the place of the aforementioned original Trustee via an instrument dated 10/01/2024 and record on 10/08/2024 in Book 2, Page 714 of the records of the Tallahatchie County, State of Mississippi and
WHEREAS, default having occurred under the terms and conditions of said Promissory Note and Deed of Trust and the holder having declared the entire balance due and payable; and
WHEREAS, Western Progressive - Mississippi, Inc., the Substituted Trustee in said Deed of Trust will on 02/20/2025, between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., offer for sale and will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash at the Tallahatchie County Courthouse, 1 Court Square, Charleston, MS 38921, the following described property located and situated in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, to wit:
LAND SITUATED IN TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI TO WIT:
THAT PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED ON THE MAP OR THE REMAPPING OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI, BY SOUTHEASTERN MAPPERS, INC., ON PAGE 60B, AS BLOCK 8, PARCEL 6, AND BEING A LOT 100 FEET NORTH AND SOUTH, AND 120 FEET EAST AND WEST, BEING LOCATED IN THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 25 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST, FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, ALSO DESCRIBED AS LOT 6, BLOCK 2, MEEKS SUBDIVISION, NORTHEAST WARD, CITY OF CHARLESTON, MISSISSIPPI.
BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO GRANTOR, MICHAEL S. JAGGERS, HEREIN BY SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE`S DEED OF RECORD AT BOOK 456, PAGE 155, DATED NOVEMBER 4, 2002, FILED NOVEMBER 12, 2002, IN THE CHANCERY CLERK`S OFFICE OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.
ALSO BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO GRANTOR BY WARRANTY DEED OF RECORD BEING RECORDED SIMULTANEOUSLY HEREWITH IN SAID REGISTER`S OFFICE.
More commonly known as: 602 ALLEN, CHARLESTON, MS 38921
Subject to the rights of way and easement for public roads and public utilities, and to any prior conveyance or reservation of mineral of every kind and character, including but not limited to oil, gas, sand, and gravel in or under subject property.
As the undersigned Substituted Trustee, Western Progressive - Mississippi, Inc, will convey only such title as is vested in it under said Deed of Trust.
ORIGINAL SIGNED this 24th day of January, 2025
Date: January 24, 2025 Western Progressive - Mississippi, Inc, as Trustee for beneficiary
Sale Information Line: (866) 960-8299 https://www.altisource.com/loginpage.aspx
Trustee Sale Assistant
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, towit:
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 13th day of February 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, 16-23-N-1E, containing 85.00 acres
411 East Chestnut Street, Charleston, MS 38921
All bids will be opened at 3:00 p.m. on the 13th day of February 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
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, February 22, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. at its self-storage facilities the contents of the storage units listed below:
Unit #3 – Valerie Pressgrove
Unit #15 – Concetta Wells
Unit #55 – Perry Zimmerman
Unit #58 – Jamaica Powell
Unit #62 – Clara Watson
PUBLIC NOTICE
Stout and Company, LLC is proposing to install a guyed telecommunications tower to be located off Swan Lake Road in Webb, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi 38966 at latitude 33° 56’ 39.8” north and longitude 90° 20’ 27.8” west. The height of the tower will be 125.6 meters above ground level (171.6 meters above mean sea level). The tower is anticipated to have red and white medium intensity beacons, FAA Style E-2 (L-864/L-865). Specific information regarding the project is available by calling Henry Fisher during normal business hours at (205) 405-7229. Any interested party may submit comments within 30 days of this publication with Red Mountain Environmental, LLC at P.O. Box 1062, Pell City, AL 35125 for comments on the impact of the proposed action on any districts, sites, buildings, structures, or objects significant in American history, archaeology, engineering, or culture that are listed or determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under National Historic Preservation Act Section 106. Interested persons may review the application for this project at website ww.fcc.gov/asr/applications and entering Antenna Structure Registration (Form 854) file no. A1307327. Interested persons may raise environmental concerns about the project under the National Environmental Policy Act rules of the Federal Communications Commission, 47 CFR § 1.1307, by notifying the FCC of the specific reasons that the action may have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment. Requests for Environmental Review must be filed within 30 days of the date that notice of the project is published on the FCC’s website and may only raise environmental concerns. The FCC strongly encourages interested parties to file Requests for Environmental Review online at www.fcc.gov/asr/environmentalrequest, but they may be filed with a paper copy by mailing the Request to FCC Requests for Environmental Review, Attn: Ramon Williams, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. A copy of the Request should be provided to Red Mountain Environmental, LLC at P.O. Box 1062, Pell City, Alabama 35125.
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY EXPENSE SUMMARY FOR: 1/31/2025
001-100 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 44453.03
001-101 CHANCERY CLERK 7579.84
001-102 CIRCUIT CLERK 14462.78
001-105 TAX COLLECTOR/ASSESSOR 19419.24
001-120 COUNTY ADMINISTRATION 4914.38
001-121 COMPTROLLER 7659.53
001-122 PURCHASING 6651.85
001-123 INVENTORY 828.52
001-124 RECEIVING 1971.57
001-151 COURTHOUSE MAINTENANCE 10849.82
001-152 COMPUTER COST AND SUPPLIES 15147.83
001-153 REAPPRAISAL AND MAPPING 11811.03
001-154 VETERANS SERVICE 2548.66
001-155 FLOOD PLAIN 445.64
001-160 CHANCERY COURT 12326.85
001-161 CIRCUIT COURT 14158.62
001-162 JUSTICE COURT-2ND DISTRICT 11512.20
001-163 YOUTH SERVICES 4694.00
001-165 LUNACY COURT 1675.00
001-166 JUSTICE COURT-1ST DISTRICT 10511.81
001-167 CORONER'S INQUEST 7210.55
001-168 DISTRICT ATTORNEY 1558.88
001-169 COUNTY ATTORNEY 7040.21
001-170 PUBLIC DEFENDER 3666.67
001-172 JUSTICE COURT JUDGES 12382.41
001-180 ELECTION 9832.76
001-190 OTHER GENERAL GOVERNMENT 18407.80
001-200 SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT 99701.96
001-201 WORK CENTER 118664.27
001-202 SCHOOL DEPUTIES 5161.23
001-220 CCA-PRISON 13995.00
001-240 AMBULANCE SERVICE 30000.00
001-250 FIRE DEPARTMENT 300.00
001-262 CONSTABLES 4891.45
001-420 HEALTH DEPARTMENT 5067.02
001-440 REGION I MENTAL HEALTH 1558.33
001-441 HOSPITAL MAINTENANCE 6250.00
001-450 WELFARE DEPARTMENT 5472.14
001-500 LIBRARY 8846.67
001-530 PARKS & RECREATION 1283.84
001-631 EXTENSION SERVICE 3622.22
001-900 INTERFUND TRANSFERS 2375.00
097-233 E911 878.74
104-501 LAW LIBRARY 2006.07
106-250 VOL. FIRE DEPARTMENT 7251.07
113-260 CIVIL DEFENSE 8999.08
150-300 ROAD DEPARTMENT 1990775.09
307-340 TRANSFER STATION 500.00
400-340 SOLID WASTE 37863.81
697-106 CLERKS PAYROLL 10852.40
TRAVEL EXPENSES: MARCUS ECHOLS 445.76
EDDIE MEEKS 445.76
TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS: 2630036.87 ***THIS IS A SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES FOR PERIOD ENDING JANUARY 31, 2025 LISTING THE TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS BY EACH DEPARTMENT. A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL EXPENDITURES REPRESENTING THESE TOTALS IS RECORDED IN THE DOCKET OF CLAIMS AND IS OPEN FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION IN THE CHANCERY CLERKS OFFICE DURING REGULAR HOURS.
CLERK OF THE BOARD
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary having been gratned on the 29th day of January 2025, by the Chancery Court of the Second Judicial District of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, in Cause No. 2022-15-2, to Anita Harrell Pharis upon the estate of James Leo Pharis, Sr., deceased, 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 of this notice, or they will be forever barred.
This 31st day of January, 2025.
Anita Harrell Pharis, Admistratrix of the Estate of James Leo Pharis, Sr., Deceased
FOR LEASE
120.33 +/- ACRES
February 18th, 2025 at 11:00:00 a.m.
The Department of Finance and Administration will lease by sealed bid approximately 120.33 acres of farmland owned by Mississippi State Penitentiary situated in Sunflower County, Mississippi.
Bids will be opened in Jackson, Mississippi on February 18th, 2025, at 11:00:00 a.m. The Department of Finance and Administration shall have the authority to reject any and all bids.
For more information contact: Mr. Kent Adams, Real Property Management Director Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management 501 North West Street, Suite 1401B, Woolfolk Building, Jackson, Mississippi 39201
Or Call: 601-359-2896
Or Email: kent.adams@dfa.ms.gov
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF Tallahatchie 1st
WHEREAS, on the 20th day of October, 2015, Latifha Chanice Patterson, single, executed and delivered a certain Deed of Trust unto W. Stewart Robison, Trustee for Ditech Financial LLC, Beneficiary, to secure an indebtedness therein described, which Deed of Trust is recorded in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Tallahatchie 1st County, Mississippi in Deed of Trust Book 2015 at Page 3458; and
WHEREAS, by various assignments on record said Deed of Trust was ultimately assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee of the NRZ Pass-Through Trust XI by instrument recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Deed of Trust Book 2024 at Page 2575; and
WHEREAS, on the 3rd day of January, 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 720; 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 27th day of February, 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 west door on the steps of the Tallahatchie 1st County Courthouse at Charleston, Mississippi, for cash to the highest bidder, the following described land and property situated in Tallahatchie 1st County, Mississippi, to-wit:
A PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING 1:0 ACRE LOCATED IN THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTH HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 23 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST, FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT AN IRON BAR ON THE WEST BOUNDARY OF A PUBLIC ROAD THAT IS 1513 FEET, MORE OR LESS, NORTH OF AND 961 FEET, MORE OR LESS, WEST OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 6, AND THEN RUN NORTH ALONG SAID WEST BOUNDARY 120 FEET TO AN IRON BAR, THEN WEST 363 FEET TO AN IRON BAR, THEN SOUTH 120 FEET TO AN IRON BAR, THE WEST 363 FEET TO AN IRON BAR, THEN SOUTH 120 FEET TO AN IRON BAR, THEN EAST 363 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
I will only convey such title as is vested in me as Substitute Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this 26th day of January 2025.
Dean Morris, LLC
Substitute Trustee
855 S Pear Orchard Rd., Ste. 404, Bldg. 400
Ridgeland, MS 39157
(318) 330-9020
jeh/F24-0450
