NOTICE TO BIDDERS
TO LEASE LAND FOR
AGRICULTURAL
PURPOSES
Notice is hereby given that the Greenwood-Leflore Airport Board will receive sealed bids at the Airport Manager’s Office at the Greenwood-Leflore Airport, Greenwood, MS, until
10 AM on Friday, the 30th day of January, 2026 for the 297.1 acres, more or less of row crop land located at the Greenwood-Leflore Airport in Carroll County, Mississippi, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud. This is a three (3) year lease covering the years 2026, 2027, and 2028. Rent shall be paid in advance, with the annual payments to be due upon acceptance of the bid by the Airport Board for the year 2026 and on January 15, 2027 and January 15, 2028.
Bids are to be filed on or before the date and time shown above in a sealed envelope, on the outside of which must be plainly marked, “SEALED BID” – LEASING AIRPORT AGRICULTRUAL LAND – OPEN – 10 AM, JANUARY 30TH, 2026.
The highest and best bid will be selected at the next meeting of the Greenwood-Leflore Airport Board. All interested bidders may examine and pick up a map of acreage to be leased, guidelines, and requirements, at the Greenwood-Leflore Airport Manager’s Office, via email office@kgwo.email or call 453-1526 for any information needed.
The contract leasing the above land shall be subject to all the terms and conditions contained in the grant of the said property to the City of Greenwood by the United States Government, among which is the right by the government to reclaim the said land at any time.
The Greenwood-Leflore Airport Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive formalities and to accept the highest and best bid. Published by order of the Greenwood-Leflore Airport Board in the City of Greenwood, Leflore County, MS on this the 15th day of December, 2025.
Bobby Norwood,
Manager
December 20, 27, 2025
January 03, 2025
PUBLIC NOTICE
OF INVITATION FOR BIDS
Notice is hereby given by the Board of Education of Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District that sealed bids will be received by said Board until 3:00 O'clock P. M. on January 7, 2026 in the Office of the Superintendent of Education of the Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District, at 1901 Hwy 82 W., Greenwood, Mississippi, 38930 for agricultural lease on the following described Sixteenth Section Public School Trust Land situated in Leflore County, Mississippi, to-wit:
Section 16, Township 20 North, Range 1West, 590 acres ± for agricultural purposes in 16th
Section Township 20 North, Range 1 West, Leflore County, Mississippi
The lease shall be for a term of five (5) years. The form of the lease has been prescribed by the Board of Education and is now on file in the Office of the Superintendent of Education, and interested parties may inspect the same during regular office hours.
Bid proposal forms may be obtained from the Office of the Superintendent of Education. Bids shall be submitted for the entire parcel and must include 10% of the amount of the bid for that parcel when submitted. Bids shall be submitted in sealed envelopes, addressed to the Board of Education of Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District and plainly marked on the outside of the envelope "BID FOR AGRICULTURAL LEASE" with the approximate acreage listed for section the bid is for.
The Board of Education of Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District will meet at the Office of the Superintendent in Greenwood, Mississippi, on the 7th day of January 2026, at 5:00 O'clock P. M. and sealed bids received pursuant to this public notice will then and there be opened and read aloud. All bidders are advised that an auction may be held among those who submitted sealed bids. The auction may be held at the meeting at which the sealed bids are opened or at a subsequent regular or special meeting. Notice of the time and the place of the auction will be announced at the meeting at which sealed bids were opened. All bidders are advised to be present at the opening of the sealed bids, either in person or through a duly authorized representative, to protect their rights to participate in an auction. Any bidder who is not present or represented at the meeting at which the bids are opened may lose the opportunity to participate in an auction.
The Board of Education of Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District reserves the right to reject any and all bids submitted.
The aforesaid land is being offered for lease under the provisions of Section 29-3-81 of the Mississippi Code Annotated (1972) as amended. Published by order of the Board of Education of Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District.
DR. KENNETH PULLEY SUPERINTENDENT
OF EDUCATION
GREENWOOD LEFLORE CONSOLIDATED
SCHOOL DISTRICT
December 20, 24, 2025
January 3, 2026
NOTICE TO BIDDERS TO LEASE LAND FOR HAY PRODUCTION PURPOSES
Notice is hereby given that the Greenwood-Leflore Airport Board will receive sealed bids at the Airport Manager’s Office at the Greenwood-Leflore Airport, Greenwood, MS, until
10 AM on Friday, 30th day of January, 2026 for 212 acres, more or less of land restricted to hay production only, located at the Greenwood-Leflore Airport in Carroll County, Mississippi, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud. This is a three (3) year lease covering the years 2026, 2027, and 2028. Rent shall be paid in advance, with the annual payments to be due upon acceptance of the bid by the Airport Board for the year 2026 and on January 15, 2027 and January 15, 2028.
Bids are to be filed on or before the date and time shown above in a sealed envelope, on the outside of which must be plainly marked, “SEALED BID” – LEASING AIRPORT HAY PRODUCTION LAND – OPEN – 10 AM, JANUARY 30TH, 2026.
The highest and best bid will be selected at the next meeting of the Greenwood-Leflore Airport Board. All interested bidders may examine and pick up a map of acreage to be leased, guidelines, and requirements, at the Greenwood-Leflore Airport Manager’s Office, via email office@kgwo.email or call 453-1526 for any information needed.
The contract leasing the above land shall be subject to all the terms and conditions contained in the grant of the said property to the City of Greenwood by the United States Government, among which is the right by the government to reclaim the said land at any time.
The Greenwood-Leflore Airport Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive formalities and to accept the highest and best bid. Published by order of the Greenwood-Leflore Airport Board in the City of Greenwood, Leflore County, MS on this the 15th day of Decemeber, 2025.
Bobby Norwood,
Manager
December, 20, 27, 2025
January, 3 2026
NOTICE OF SALE
RV Storage, hereby gives notice that pursuant to the provisions of Section 85-7-125 Mississippi Code Annotated (1972 Edition as amended) it will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash at 9:00 A. M. Monday, January 19, 2026 at its self storage facility located at 220 Humphreys Street, Itta Bena, Mississippi, the contents of the following units of the facility occupied as follows.
Unit # 11
Stephanie Dixon
301 Sunflower Rd. Apt 27
Itta Bena, MS 38941
Unit # 15
Stephanie Dixon
301 Sunflower Rd. Apt 27
Itta Bena, MS 38941
January 3, 2025
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF
THE ESTATE OF WILLIE GIVENS,
Cause Number: 21-pr-5
DECEASED
RULE 4 SUMMONS
THE STATE OF
MISSISSIPPI
TO: The Wrongful Death Beneficiaries under the provisions of Section 11-7-13 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as Annotated and Amended, of Willie Givens, Deceased, and any other person or party claiming to be a wrongful death beneficiary of Willie Givens, Deceased.
You have been made a Respondent in the suit filed in this Court by Ruby Givens, Petitioner, seeking a determination that Ruby Givens and Sharon Perkins are Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of Willie Givens, deceased. Respondents other than you in this action are none.
You are required to mail or hand-deliver a copy of a written response to the Motion to Determine Heirs and Wrongful Death Beneficiaries under the Mississippi Wrongful Death Statute and Declaratory Relief to Daniel C. Shumake, Attorney for Petitioner, whose mailing and street address is Law Office of Daniel C. Shumake, PC, 6070 Poplar Avenue, Suite 550, Memphis, TN 38119. Your response must be mailed or delivered within thirty (30) days from the date of the first publication of this summons. If your response is not mailed or delivered, a judgment of default will be entered against you for the money or other things 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 ____ day of , 2025.
_s_DebraTate Hibbler__
DEBRA TATE HIBBLER, Chancery Court Clerk
Of Leflore County, Mississippi
Prepared by:
Daniel C. Shumake (#100323)
Attorney for Estate
6070 Poplar Avenue, Suite 550
Memphis, Tennessee 38119
(901) 628-1548 | dan@probatememphis.com
December 27, 2025
January 3 & 10, 2026
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF
THE ESTATE OF WILLIE GIVENS, Cause No. 21-pr-5
RULE 81 SUMMONS
THE STATE OF
MISSISSIPPI
TO: The Heirs-at-Law of Willie Givens, Deceased, whose names and addresses are unknown after diligent search and inquiry
You have been made a defendant in this suit in this Court of Petitioner, Ruby Givens, seeking a judicial determination that Ruby Givens and Sharon Perkins are the sole and only heirs-at-law and statutory beneficiaries of Willie Givens, deceased, under the Mississippi Wrongful Death Statute.
You are summoned to appear and defend against the petition filed against you in this action at 9:00 a.m. on the 4th day of February, 2026, in the Chancery Courtroom of the Leflore County Courthouse in Greenwood, 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 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 the seal of said Court, this ____ day of , 2025.
_/s__Debra Tate Hibbler__
DEBRA TATE HIBBLER, Chancery Court Clerk
Of Leflore County, Mississippi
Prepared by:
Daniel C. Shumake (#100323)
Attorney for Estate
6070 Poplar Avenue, Suite 550
Memphis, Tennessee 38119
(901) 628-1548 | dan@probatememphis.com
December 27, 2025
January 3 & 10, 2026
