IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
IN THE MATTER OF THE ADJUDICATION OF THE STATUTORY WRONGFUL DEATH BENEFICIARIES OF SARAH LOUISE DARBY, DECEASED CAUSE NO. 25-CV-2
RULE 4 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF TALLAHATCHIE
TO: Any and all claiming to be a Wrongful Death Beneficiary of Sarah Louise Darby, Deceased, see under Miss. Code Ann. §11-7-13, and Any and all Persons Claiming or Having a Legal or Equitable Interest in the matter of Sarah Louise Darby, Deceased
You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed in this Court by Petitioner Sarah Ann Riggs seeking a determination and adjudication by the Court of any and all wrongful death beneficiaries of Sarah Louise Darby, Deceased.
You are required to mail or hand deliver a written response to the Petition in this action to Philip Hearn, PO Box 5009, Jackson, MS 39296.
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE 15th DAY OF MAY, 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 MONEY OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE PETITION.
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 2nd day of May, 2025.
Anita Greenwood
CHANCERY CLERK,, Mississippi
Document prepared by:
Samantha D Weathersbee
Hickman, Goza & Spragins, PLLC
PO Drawer 668
Oxford, MS 38655
662-234-4000
IN THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
ELIZABETH GWEN WHITE SALMAN
v.
ELREFAI MOUSTAFA MOHAMED SALMAN
CAUSE NO.: 2025-11-WJP
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF TALLAHATCHIE
TO: ELREFAI MOUSTAFA MOHAMED SALMAN whose address and whereabouts are unknown to the Plaintiff after diligent search and inquiry.
You have been made a Defendant in the Complaint for Divorce and Other Relief filed in this Court by Elizabeth Gwen White Salman, Plaintiff(s), seeking a Divorce and Other Relief.
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 15th DAY OF MAY 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.
You are further summoned to appear and defend against said complaint or petition at 9:00 A.M. on the 23rd day of July 2025, in the courtroom of the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston, Mississippi, before the honorable Willie J. Perkins, Sr. and in case of your failure to appear and defend a judgment will be entered against you.
Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this day 6 of May, 2025.
CHANCERY CLERK OF TALLAHATCHIE
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
BY: Y. Hudson, DEPUTY CLERK
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ARZELL BLAND, DECEASED CAUSE NO.: 24-74-WJP
SUMMONS IN RULE (D)(1) AND (2) TYPE ACTION
COUNTY OF TALLAHATCHIE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: JULIUS BLAND, SHETECHIA BLAND, AND TO ALL HEIRS KNOWN AND UNKNOWN AT LAW OF ARZELL BLAND, DECEASED OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS HAVING AN INTEREST IN THE ESTATE OF ARZELL BLAND, DECEASED
Take notice that a hearing will be held in the above styled and numbered action to which you are a defendant on Tuesday June 17, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. at the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston, Mississippi on the Petition to Determine Heirs. This cause was initially set for hearing in Sumner, Mississippi, but due to a conflict with the courtroom in Sumner, MS, this matter is to be heard in Charleston, MS.
(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 9th day of May, 2025.
CHANCERY CLERK OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
BY: Vickie Ross, DEPUTY CLERK
NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE
WHEREAS, on May 9, 2011, a certain Deed of Trust was executed by Melvin E. Little and Bertha C. Little, as mortgagor or borrower, in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Urban Financial Group, Inc., its successors and assigns, as mortgagee or lender, and Alan E. South, as trustee, and was recorded on June 20, 2011, in Book 2011 at Page176 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of the Second Judicial District of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi; and
WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the “Secretary”), pursuant to the National Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and
WHEREAS, the beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuant to an Assignment of Deed of Trust dated January 28, 2020, and recorded on February 11, 2020, in Book 2020 at Page 51 in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk; and
WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Deed of Trust in that the payment due on February 14, 2025, was not made and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this Notice, and no payment has been made sufficient to restore the loan to currency; and
WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of March 16, 2025, is not less than $77,327.32; and
WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust to be immediately due and payable.
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to powers vested in Underwood Law Firm PLLC by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the Secretary’s designation of Underwood Law Firm PLLC as Foreclosure Commissioner, by instrument recorded on April 14, 2025, in Book 2025 at Page 353 notice is hereby given that on June 12, 2025, between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. prevailing Central Time, all real and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises (the “Property”) will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash:
The land referred to herein below is situated in the County of Tallahatchie, State of Mississippi, and is described as follows:
The East half of Lot 4 in the Block "W" in the Town of Sumner, according to a map or plat thereof on file in the office of the Chancery Clerk in the Courthouse at Sumner, Mississippi.
Commonly known as: 307 Jennings St Sumner, MS 38957
The sale will be held at the main door of the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Sumner, Mississippi.
The Secretary presently intends to bid $19,171.84.
There will be no proration of taxes, rents, or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his pro-rata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.
All funds must be submitted in the form of cash or a certificated check or cashier’s check made payable to Underwood Law Firm PLLC. If the Secretary is the highest bidder, the Secretary need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveyance fees and other costs associated with the transfer of title as well was all real estate and other taxes that are due on the Property.
There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein. HUD does not guarantee that the Property will be vacant.
The scheduled foreclosure sale shall be cancelled or adjourned if it is established, by documented written application of the mortgagor to the Foreclosure Commissioner not less than 3 days before the date of sale, or otherwise, that the default or defaults upon which the foreclosure is based did not exist at the time of service of this Notice of Default and Foreclosure Sale, or all amounts due under the mortgage agreement are tendered to the Foreclosure Commissioner, in the form of a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Secretary of HUD, before public auction of the Property is completed.
The amount that must be paid if the mortgage is to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is $77,327.32 as of March 16, 2025, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner for recording documents, a commission for the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.
Tender of payment by certified or cashier’s check or application for cancellation of the foreclosure sale shall be submitted to the address of the Foreclosure Commissioner provided below.
Dated: May 8, 2025
UNDERWOOD LAW FIRM PLLC, Foreclosure
Commissioner
By: Andrew R. Wilson (Miss. Bar #102862)
UNDERWOOD LAW FIRM PLLC
P.O. Box 1874
Madison, MS 39130
Phone: (601) 981-7773
File No. 25030085
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLYN VIA, DECEASED
CAUSE NO. 25-CV-14
KAREN RIDDLE PETITIONER
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters of Executorship having being granted on the 8th day of May, A.D., 2025, by the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi to the undersigned Executrix of the Estate of Carolyn Via, 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 8th day of May, A.D., 2025.
/s/ Karen Riddle KAREN RIDDLE, Executrix of the Estate of CAROLYN VIA, Deceased
/s/ Lance D. Tennyson
Lance D. Tennyson, MS Bar #105204
Attorney for Executrix
P.O. Box 190
Charleston, MS 38921
P: (662) 647-3656
F: (662) 647-0218
lance@tennysonlegal.com
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on or about the 9th day of March, 2015, Carol B. Turner executed and delivered a certain Deed of Trust unto Jay Gore, III, Trustee, Tallahatchie County Bank, Beneficiary, to secure an indebtedness therein described which Deed of Trust is recorded in Book 2015, Page 911, of the Records of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust on Lands on file in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, First Judicial District; and
WHEREAS, Bank of Commerce is the successor in interest by merger to Tallahatchie County Bank and the current holder of said indebtedness; 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, and Bank of Commerce, pursuant to said Deed of Trust, substituted James P. Wilson, Jr. as Trustee in the place of the original Trustee, by written instrument dated August 2, 2024 and filed for record in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, First Judicial District on August 7, 2024, in Book 2024, Page 1785, also in said land records; and
WHEREAS, default has been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, which default continues, and Bank of Commerce, the legal holder of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, having requested the undersigned to sell the property described hereinafter for the purpose of satisfying the indebtedness and costs of sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that I, the undersigned Substitute Trustee, will on the Sixth (6th) day of June, 2025, at the main front door of the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston, Mississippi, within legal hours, offer for sale, at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property in the First Judicial District of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, to wit:
East 89 feet 4½ inches off North Half of Lot 5, Block 1, Northwest Ward, City of Charleston, First Judicial District, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, together with an undivided one-half (½) interest in the brick wall on the line between North Half and South Half of said Lot 5 and together with an undivided one-half (½) interest in the brick wall on the line between North Half of said Lot 5 and the South Half of Lot 4. Being that lot and building known as the “Post Office Café” along with 19 feet 4 ½ inches lying West of said building. All in the North Half of said Lot 5. Together with all furniture, appliances and equipment.
Indexing Instructions:
First Judicial District:
City of Charleston – NW Ward:
Part of Block 1
Such title will be conveyed as is vested in me as Substitute Trustee aforesaid without warranty of any kind.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE this 8th day of May, 2025.
/s/ James P. Wilson, Jr.
James P. Wilson, Jr., Substitute Trustee
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
SUMMONS IN RULE (D)(1) AND (2) TYPE ACTION
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF TALLAHATCHIE
TO: Tommy Lee Harris
4570 Hudgins Road
Apartment 7
Memphis, TN 38116
Charlene Harris
P.O. Box 25
Webb, MS 38966
AND TO ALL HEIRS KNOWN AND UNKNOWN AT LAW OF BESSIE C. HARRIS, DECEASED
Take notice that a hearing will be held in the Petition for Partition and Determination of Heirs in the above styled and numbered action to which you are a defendant on Monday, the 28th day of July, 2025, 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 6th day of May 2025.
CHANCERY CLERK OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
BY: G. Standridge, DEPUTY CLERK
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
CARLENE M. WOLFE, PLAINTIFF
VS. WILLIE BRANDON, DEFENDANT
CAUSE NO.: 2025-1
SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF TALLAHATCHIE
TO: WILLIE BRANDON
You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed in this Court by Carlene M. Wolfe, Plaintiff, seeking to Reform Legal Description and Quiet Title to Real Property, and for other relief in relation to certain real property located in Charleston, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. Said real property is more particularly described as follows:
The Northwest Quarter of Block 9, Southeast Ward, City of Charleston, First Judicial District of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, being a lot 150 feet North and South by 150 feet East and West.
You are required to mail or hand-deliver a copy of a written response to the Complaint to C. Gaines Baker, Attorney for the Plaintiff, whose mailing and street address is 136 Public Square, Batesville, MS 38606.
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE 28th DAY OF MAY, 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 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, on this 19th day of May, 2025.
/s/ Anita M. Greenwood
ANITA M. GREENWOOD
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
LATISHA SCOTT, NEXT FRIEND OF D.C.S., MINOR CHILD PETITIONER
VERSUS MELVIN DAVIS, RESPONDENT
CAUSE NO.: 2025-12-2
RULE 81
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
TO: MELVIN DAVIS
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT(S)
THE COMPLAINT WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK’S OFFICE IN CHARLESTON, MS IS IMPORTANT AND YOU MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS.
You are summoned to appear and defend against an action for third party custody contained in said Petition at 9:30 A.M. on the 16th day of JULY 2025, in the Courtroom of the Tallahatchie County Courthouse at 1 Court Square, Charleston, MS 38921 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 Petition. If such matter is not heard on the day set for hearing, it may by order entered on that day be continued to a later date for hearing without additional summons
You are not required to file an answer or other pleading but you may do so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and the seal of the Court, this the 20th day of May, 2025.
Anita M. Greenwood,
Tallahatchie County Chancery Clerk
By: Vickie Ross, Deputy Clerk
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DIVERT OR WITHDRAW FOR BENEFICIAL USE THE PUBLIC WATERS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Notice is hereby given that on the 22nd day of May, Due West Land Company LLC, PO box 230, Glendora, MS 38928 has filed application(s) for permit(s) to divert or withdraw the public water of the State of Mississippi for beneficial use, from the Mississippi River Alluvial Aquifer, in the county of Tallahatchie for Irrigation purposes, subject to existing rights, the following amount(s) of water at the indicated location(s):
Application No. GW-53250; Permitted Acreage: 135; Location: SW1/4 of the SE1/4, of Sec 30 T23N, R01E
Any person, firm, association or corporation, deemign that the granting of the above application(s) will be truly detrimental to their rights to utilize the waters of said source, may protest in writing to the Permit Board of the State of Mississippi, c/o Chris Hawkins PO Box 2309, Jackson, Mississippi 39255, setting forth all reasons why said application(s) should not be approved. If not protested, the permit(s) will be issued on/after ten days following publication date.
If protested, the application(s) will be taken for consideration by the Permit Board of the State of Mississippi in its offices at 515 East Amite Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39201, on, or after, June 10, 2025, at which time all interested persons may appear and be heard by the Permit Board.
YMD Joint Water Management District
Dillard Melton Jr., Permitting Director
