SUBSTITUTEDTRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
STATEOF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTYOF LEFLORE
WHEREAS,on the 24th day of March, 2023, Angela Eugenia Gladness, a single woman,executed and delivered a certain Deed of Trust unto Edward Kershner, Trustee forMortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as beneficiary for SWBC MortgageCorp., Beneficiary, to secure an indebtedness therein described, which Deed ofTrust is recorded in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Leflore County,Mississippi in Deed of Trust Book 2023 at Page 1610; and
WHEREAS,on the 19th day of June, 2024, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.(“MERS”), as beneficiary, as nominee for SWBC Mortgage Corp., assigned said Deedof Trust unto SWBC Mortgage Corporation, by instrument recorded in the office ofthe aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Deed of Trust Book 2024 at Page 4465; and
WHEREAS,on the 22nd day of September, 2025 the Holder of said Deed of Trust substitutedand appointed Dean Morris, LLC as Substitute Trustee by instrument recorded inthe office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in D/T Book 2025 at Page 6834;and
WHEREAS,on the 10th day of October, 2025, a Scrivener's Affidavit was recorded viainstrument appearing in the aforesaid land records to correct an error in thelegal description in the subject deed of trust; this Affidavit appears in DeedBook 2025 at Page 2946; and
WHEREAS,default having been made in the payments of the indebtedness secured by the saidDeed of Trust, and the holder of said Deed of Trust, having requested theundersigned so to do, on the 5th day of December, 2025, I willduringthe lawful hours of between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.,at public outcry, offer for sale and will sell, at the South front entrance (ordoor) of the Leflore County Courthouse at Greenwood, Mississippi, for cash tothe highest bidder, the following described land and property situated inLeflore County, Mississippi, to-wit:
Theunexpired portion of the ninety-nine (99) year leasehold interest expiring July2, 2046, in and for the following described property in Leflore County,Mississippi, to-wit:
Lot2 in Block 3 of the Austin and Wright Addition to the City of Greenwood, LefloreCounty, Mississippi, the same being in Section 16, Township 19, Range 1 East.
Iwill only convey such title as is vested in me as SubstituteTrustee.
WITNESSMY SIGNATURE, this 29th day of October 2025.
DeanMorris, LLC
SubstituteTrustee
855S Pear Orchard Rd., Ste. 404, Bldg. 400
Ridgeland,MS39157
(318)330-9020
November 12, 19, 26, 2025
December 03, 2025
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on September 15, 2023, Darryl Johnson executed a deed of trust for the benefit of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Mimutual Mortgage, its successors and assigns, which deed of trust was recorded on September 18, 2023, in Book 2023, Page 5690, in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Leflore County, Mississippi; Said Deed of Trust was last sold, assigned and transferred to Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC by assignment recorded in Book 2025, Page 5160 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Leflore County, Mississippi.
WHEREAS, the holder of the deed of trust at the time of the substitution substituted McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP as Trustee, as authorized by the terms thereof, by instrument recorded October 20, 2025 and spread at large upon the records in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Book 2025, Page 7324 prior to the posting and publication of this notice; and
WHEREAS, default having been made in the terms and conditions of the deed of trust, and the entire debt secured thereby having been declared to be due and payable in accordance with the terms of the deed of trust, and the legal holder of said indebtedness, Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, has requested the undersigned Substitute Trustee to execute the trust and sell said land, property and improvements in accordance with the terms of the deed of trust for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together with attorney's fees, Substitute Trustee's fees and expenses of sale;
THEREFORE, on December 3, 2025, the undersigned Substitute Trustee in the deed of trust, will offer for sale at public outcry and sell to the highest bidder for cash, within legal hours (being between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.) at the South steps of the Leflore County Courthouse in Greenwood, Mississippi, the following described land, property and improvements lying and being situate in Leflore County, Mississippi, to-wit:
A strip of land 60 feet wide off the South end of Lots 1, 2 and 3 in Block 5 of the Pitchford-Harris Addition to the City of Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi.
AND ALSO the following described property, to-wit:
Begin at the Southeast corner of Lot One (1) in Block Five (5) of the Pitchford-Harris Addition to the City of Greenwood in Leflore County, Mississippi, and run thence in a northerly direction along the East side of said Lot One (1) the distance of 60 feet to the point of beginning of the tract of land hereby conveyed; from said point of beginning run thence in a northerly direction along the East side of said Lot One (1) 10 feet to a point, run thence westerly parallel with the South side of said Lot One (1) and Lot One (1) Extended the distance of 150 feet to a point; run thence southerly parallel with the East side of said Lot One (1) the distance of 10 feet to a point, run thence easterly parallel with the South side of Lot One (1) and said Lot One (1) Extended the distance of 150 feet to the point of beginning, being a rectangular parallelogram 10 feet by 150 feel in Lots One (1), Two (2) and Three (3) in said Block Five (5) of said Pitchford-Harris Addition,
LESS AND EXCEPT the following described property. In-wit:
That certain tract or parcel of land being 50 feet cast and west by 60 feet North and South in Lot 3 of Block 5 of the Pitchford-Harris Addition to the City of Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, and described by metes and bounds as follows, to-wit:
Begin at the southwest corner of Lot 3 of Block 5 of the Pitchford- Harris Addition to the City of Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, and run thence in a northerly direction on and along the western boundary line of Lot 3 for a distance of 60 feet; run thence
east and parallel to Tenth Street for a distance of 50 feet; run thence South and parallel to the western boundary line of Lot 3 for a distance of 60 feet to a point on the southern boundary line of Lot 3, run thence 50 feet in a westerly direction on and along the southern boundary line of Lot 3 to the point of beginning of the tract or parcel of land herein conveyed
I WILL CONVEY only such title as is vested in the Substitute Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this the 6th day of November, 2025
McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP
Substitute Trustee
1022 Highland Colony Parkway, Suite 304
Ridgeland, MS 39157-2049
(662) 388-5464
Foreclosurehotline.net
File No.: 25-03835MS
November 12, 19, 26, 2025
NOTICE OF INTENTION
OF THE CITY OF
GREENWOOD CITY COUNCIL TO RECEIVE BIDS FOR PURCHASE OF SURPLUS PERSONAL PROPERTY
The City Council of Greenwood, Mississippi requests your bid for the purchase of surplus personal property located outside of the building at 1100 Sycamore Street, in the Greenwood Leflore Industrial Park. Said personal property consists of metal racks.
Sealed bids must be clearly marked on the outside of envelope as indicated: “Metal Racks”. Sealed bids may be hand delivered to the office of the City Clerk in City Hall, 101 West Church Street, Greenwood, Mississippi 38930. They will be received until November 26, 2025 and taken under advisement.
Bid proposal/specification packets can be obtained from the Public Works Office, 918 West Henry Street, Greenwood, Mississippi 38930, 662-455-7660. Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M.
Submitted bid proposals will be evaluated.
The Greenwood City Council reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The City Council also reserves the right to waive any and all formalities.
Given by order of the Greenwood City Council on this the 5th day of November, 2025.
Darwin Greene, Director of Recycling
Leflore County, Greenwood, MS
November 12, 19, 26 2025
Substituted Trustee's Notice Of Sale
Whereas, on 9/13/2021, Percy L. Williams and Jaetta R. Prayer, husband and wife, executed a certain deed of trust to Donald G. Ogden, Trustee for the benefit of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Freedom Mortgage Corporation., its successors and assigns, which Deed of Trust is of record in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Leflore County, , State of Mississippi, in Book 2021, Page 8078; and
Whereas, said Deed of Trust was transferred and assigned Freedom Mortgage Corporation and recorded in Book 2024, Page 7063; and
Whereas, Freedom Mortgage Corporation has heretofore substituted Nestor Solutions, LLC, as Trustee by Instrument recorded on 10/16/2025 in the aforesaid Chancery Clerk's Office in Book 2025, Page 7293 and
Whereas, default having been made in the terms and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire debt secured thereby having been declared to be due and payable in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Trust, Freedom Mortgage Corporation, the legal holder of said indebtedness, having requested the undersigned Substituted Trustee to execute the trust and sell said land and property in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Trust and for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together with attorney's fees, trustee's fees and expense of sale.
Now, Therefore, Nestor Solutions, LLC, Substituted Trustee in said Deed of Trust, will on 12/5/2025 offer for sale at public outcry and sell within legal hours (being between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at the County Courthouse of Leflore County, Mississippi, located at South Main Door of the Leflore County Courthouse, 310 West Market Street, Greenwood, MS 38930, to the highest and best bidder for cash the following described property situated in Leflore County, State of Mississippi, to-wit:
Lot Eleven (11) in Block Twelve (12) of the Wagner Addition to the City of Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi, as the same is shown upon the map of said addition recorded in Plat Book 4, at Page 47, of the Records of Maps on file in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Leflore County, Mississippi, also more commonly known as 1106 W. Claiborne, Greenwood, Mississippi.
We Will Convey only such title as vested in us as Substituted Trustee.
Witness My Signature on this 7th day of November, 2025.
/s/ Sylvia Weiss,
its Sr. Trustee Sale Officer Nestor Solutions, LLC, Substituted Trustee
214 5th Street, Suite 205 Huntington Beach,
CA 92648
TS #2025-17470-MS
November 12, 19, 26, 2025
December 03, 2025
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF LEFLORE
WHEREAS, on the 14th day of August, 2019, Cecilia N Blue aka Cecilia Blue and Andrew Blue wife and husband, executed and delivered a certain Deed of Trust unto Brad Mauritzen, Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Envoy Mortgage, LTD, Beneficiary, to secure an indebtedness therein described, which Deed of Trust is recorded in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Leflore County, Mississippi in Deed of Trust Book 867 at Page 426; and
WHEREAS, on the 27th day of April, 2022, the Holder of said Deed of Trust filed a Loan Modification Agreement of Deed of Trust by instrument recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk of Court in Deed of Trust Modification Book 2022 at Page 3659; and
WHEREAS, on the 30th day of January, 2023, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), as beneficiary, as nominee for Envoy Mortgage, LTD, assigned said Deed of Trust unto Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, by instrument recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Deed of Trust Assignment Book 2023 at Page 645; and
WHEREAS, on the 8th day of September, 2023 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 Deed of Trust Sub. of Trustee Book 2023 at Page 5648; 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 19th day of December, 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 South front entrance (or door) of the Leflore County Courthouse at Greenwood, Mississippi, for cash to the highest bidder, the following described land and property situated in Leflore County, Mississippi, to-wit:
LOT ONE (1) IN BLOCK TWO (2) AND LOT ONE (1) IN BLOCK (6) OF THE CHEROKEE ROAD ADDITION TO THE CITY OF GREENWOOD, LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE SAME IS SHOWN UPON THE MAPS OF SAID ADDITION IN BOOK 1 AT PAGE 45 AND IN BOOK 4 AT PAGE 27 RESPECTIVELY, OF THE RECORDS OF MAPS OF SAID COUNTY AND STATE
I will only convey such title as is vested in me as Substitute Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this 11th day of November 2025.
Dean Morris, LLC
Substitute Trustee
855 S Pear Orchard Rd.,
Ste. 404, Bldg. 400
Ridgeland, MS 39157
(318) 330-9020
jeh/F23-0462
November 26, 2025
December 03, 10, 17, 2025
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF A
CERTAIN INSTRUMENT OF WRITING PURPORTING
TO BE THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF
MARION ANNETTE PORTER RICKS, DECEASED CAUSE NO. 25-pr-81
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary were granted and issued to the undersigned as Executor of the Estate of Marion Annette Porter Ricks, Deceased, by the Chancery Court of Leflore County, Mississippi, on the 13TH day of November, 2025, and notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against the Estate of Marion Annette Porter Ricks, Deceased, to present the same to the Clerk of said Chancery Court of Leflore County, Mississippi, 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.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on this the 14th day of November, 2025.
/s/ Kenneth A. Ricks
KENNETH A. RICKS
BURGOON & OAKES, P.C.
107 Fulton St.
P.O. Drawer 1640
Greenwood, MS 38930
(662) 453-7373
November 19, 26, 2025
December 3, 2025
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BLANCHE THOMPSON HARDIN, DECEASED
NO. 25-pr-00077
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters of Administration having this day been granted by the Chancery Court of Leflore County, Mississippi, to the undersigned, DANNY EARL HARDIN, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Blanche Thompson Hardin, 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 after the first publication of this notice, or the / will be forever barred.
WITNESS our signatures, this the 17th day of November, 2025 .
DANNY EARL HARDIN,
Executor of the Estate of Blanche Thompson Hardin, Deceased
OF COUNSEL:
A. Lee Abraham, Jr., Esq. ABRAHAM & ASSOCIATES 305 W. Market St.
P. 0. Box 8407
Greenwood, MS 38935
(662) 453-3000
(662) 453-3059
November, 19, 26, 2025
December 03, 2025
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
CARL F. CLARK, SR., DECEASED
CIVIL ACTION NO. 25-pr-75
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary having been granted to Carla Robertson, on the 4th day of November, 2025, by the Chancery Court of Leflore County, Mississippi, upon the Estate of Carl F. Clark, Sr., Deceased , in Cause No. 25-pr-75 notice is hereby given requiring all persons having claims against said Estate to have the same probated and registered by the Clerk of said Court within 90 days from the date of the first publication of this Notice. Failure to probate and register such claim for said 90 days will bar the claim.
CARLA ROBERTSON
Executrix of the Estate of
Carl F. Clark, Sr., Deceased
ATTORNEY FOR EXECUTRIX:
Charles J. Swayze III,
MSB 102297
Whittington, Brock & Swayze
P.O. Box 941
Greenwood,
MS 38935-0941
Telephone: (662) 453-7325
Facsimi le: (662) 453-7394
November 19, 26, 2025
December 03, 2025
IN THE CHANCERY COURT LEFLORE
COUNTY STATE OF
MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF
M.E.T
CAUSE NO:25-AD-1
SUMMONS BY
PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY LEFLORE
To: ANY UNKNOWN AND PUTATIVE FATHERS OF M.E.T. whose names, post office and street addresses are unknown after diligent search and inquiry.
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT
You are hereby commanded to be and appear before the Chancery Court of Leflore County Courthouse, Mississippi on December 19, 2025 at 10:00am then there to plead, answer or demur to that certain Petition for Adoption, being Cause Number 25-AD-1, wherein you are the Defendant.
You are not required to answer said petition, but you may do so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and seal of said Court, this 17th of November 2025.
Debra Tate Hibbler
Leflore County
Chancery Clerk
P.O. Box 250
Greenwood, MS 38935
BY: Debra Tate Hibbler
Prepared by:
Vallrie Dorsey
Vallrie Dorsey Law, PLLC
P.O. Box 503
Greenwood, MS 38930
Attorney for James Cleveland
November 19, 26, 2025
December 03, 2025
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE NOTICE
WHEREAS, on February 7, 2018, Terry T. Collins and Shameka Collins, executed a certain Deed of Trust to Mark S. Vemer, for the benefit of Bank of Commerce, which Deed of Trust is of record in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Leflore County, Mississippi in Deed of Trust Book 841 at page 463; and
WHEREAS, Bank of Commerce has heretofore substituted H. Donald Brock, Jr. as Trustee in place and in lieu of the present Trustee by instrument recorded on November 14, 2025, in Book 2025 at page 8058 in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk; and
WHEREAS, default having been made in the terms and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire debt secured thereby having been declared to be due in accordance with the terms thereof, Bank of Commerce, the legal holder of said indebtedness requested the undersigned Substituted Trustee to execute the trust and sell said land and property in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Trust for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together with attorney’s fees, trustee’s fees, and expenses of sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, H. Donald Brock, Jr., Substituted Trustee in said Deed of Trust, will on the 11th day of December, 2025, between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. offer for
sale and sell at public auction for cash to the highest and best bidder at the South front door of the Leflore County Courthouse in the City of Greenwood, Mississippi, the following described property conveyed by said Deed of Trust, to-wit:
Lots 5 & 6, Block Forty-Eight (48) of the Henry Addition to the City of Greenwood, Leflore County, Mississippi.
I will sell and convey only such title as is vested in me as Substituted Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on this the 18th day of November, 2025.
/s/ H. Donald Brock, Jr.
H. DONALD BROCK, JR. SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
November 19, 26, 2025
December 03, 10, 2025
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF LEFLORE COUNTY STATE OF
MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION
OF
CAUSE#25-AD-4
SUMMONS BY
PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY LEFLORE
To: ANY UNKNOWN AND PUTATIVE FATHERS OF LMJ, KMJ AND ZIJ whose names, post office and street addresses are unknown after diligent search and inquiry.
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT
You are hereby commanded to be and appear before the Chancery Court of Leflore County Courthouse, Mississippi on December 19, 2025, at 10:00am then there to plead, answer or demur to that certain Petition for Adoption, being Cause Number 25-AD-4, wherein you are the Defendant.
You are not required to answer said petition, but you may do so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and seal of said Court, this 17th of November 2025.
Debra Tate Hibbler
Leflore County Chancery Clerk
P.O. Box 250
Greenwood, MS 38935
BY: Debra Tate Hibbler
Prepared by:
Vallrie Dorsey
Vallrie Dorsey Law, PLLC
P.O. Box 503
Greenwood, MS 38930
Attorney for Dorothy Spells
November 19, 26, 2025
December 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 December 2, 2025 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 17 North, Range 1 West, 257.5 acres ± for agricultural purposes in 16th Section Township 17 North, Range 1 West, Leflore County, Mississippi
Section 16, Township 19 North, Range 1West, 348.5 acres ± for agricultural purposes in 16th Section Township 19 North, Range 1 West, Leflore County, Mississippi
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 2nd day of December 2025, 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
November 22, 26, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
TO THE CREDITORS OF DAVID ALLAN YOUNG, DECEASED
Letters Testamentary on the Last Will and Testament of David Allan Young, Deceased, were issued by the Chancery Court of Leflore County, Mississippi in Cause No. 25-pr-64 on the 4th day of September, 2025, to the undersigned as the Executrix of said Estate. All persons having claims against said Estate are hereby notified that they are required to have the same probated and registered by the Clerk of said Court within ninety (90) days of the date of the first publication of this notice or they will be forever barred.
This the 26th day of November, 2025, which is the date of first publication of this notice.
/s/ Shawna Ann Malloy Young, Executrix
Estate of David Allan Young, Deceased
November 26, 2025
December 3, 10, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
TO THE CREDITORS OF PAGE C. WHITES, DECEASED
Letters Testamentary on the Last Will and Testament of Page C. Whites, Deceased, were issued by the Chancery Court of Leflore County, Mississippi in Cause No. 25-pr-62 on the 22nd day of August, 2025, to the undersigned as the Executor of said Estate. All persons having claims against said Estate are hereby notified that they are required to have the same probated and registered by the Clerk of said Court within ninety (90) days of the date of the first publication of this notice or they will be forever barred.
This the 26th day of November, 2025, which is the date of first publication of this notice.
/s/ Perry M. Whites, Executor Estate of Page C. Whites, Deceased
November 26, 2025
December 3, 10 2025
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
DOROTHY GRACE BELL, DECEASED
JONATHAN COLBY SPRUILL, ADMINISTRATOR
CAUSE NO.: 25-PR-83
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF DOROTHY GRACE BELL, DECEASED:
Letters of Administration having been granted on the 20th day of November, 2025, by the Chancery Court of the Leflore County, Mississippi, in said Cause No.:25-PR-83, to the undersigned upon the Estate of Dorothy Grace Bell, 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 Mississippi Code §91-7-145 within ninety (90) days from the date of the first publication of this notice, which is the 26th day of November, 2025, or they will be forever barred pursuant to Mississippi Code §91-7-151.
Given under my hand, this the 21st day of November, 2025.
JONATHAN COLBY SPRUILL, Administrator of the Estate of Dorothy Grace Bell, Deceased
Of counsel:
J. Blake Douglas,
MSB # 106048
TANNEHILL CARMEAN, PLLC
829 North Lamar Boulevard, Suite #1
Oxford, Mississippi 38655
Telephone (662) 236-9996
Facsimile (662) 234-3949
blake@tannehillcarmean.com
Counsel for the Estate of Dorothy Grace Bell, Deceased
November 26, 2025
December 3, 10, 2025
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF LEFLORE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
ESTATE OF VIRGINIA THACH HOYT,
DECEASED
BY:
MARY KATHLEEN HOYT, ADMINISTRATOR
NO. 25-pr-80
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters of Administration were granted and issued to the undersigned as Administrator of the Estate of Virginia Thach Hoyt, Deceased, by the Chancery Court of Leflore County, Mississippi, on the 20th day of November, 2025, and notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against the Estate of said Virginia Thach Hoyt to present the same to the Clerk of said Chancery Court of Leflore County, Mississippi, 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.
WITNESS my signature on this 24th day of November, 2025.
MARY KATHLEEN HOYT,
Administrator of the Estate of
Virginia Thach Hoyt,
Deceased
JOHN P. HENSON
Henson Law Firm
Post Office Box 494
105 W. Market Street
Greenwood,
Mississippi 38930
(662) 453-6227
Attorney for the Estate
November 26, 2025
December 03, 10, 2025
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE’S FORECLOSURE NOTICE
WHEREAS, on March 20, 2017, Edna G. Brown, Troy Brown and Curressia Brown, executed a certain Deed of Trust to Mark S. Vemer, for the benefit of Bank of Commerce, which Deed of Trust is of record in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Leflore County, Mississippi in Deed of Trust Book 827 at page 298; and
WHEREAS, Bank of Commerce has heretofore substituted Charles J. Swayze III as Trustee in place and in lieu of the present Trustee by instrument recorded on October 24, 2025, in Book 2025 at page 7487 in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk; and
WHEREAS, default having been made in the terms and conditions of said Deed of Trust and the entire debt secured thereby having been declared to be due in accordance with the terms thereof, Bank of Commerce, the legal holder of said indebtedness requested the undersigned Substituted Trustee to execute the trust and sell said land and property in accordance with the terms of said Deed of Trust for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together with attorney’s fees, trustee’s fees, and expenses of sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Charles J. Swayze III, Substituted Trustee in said Deed of Trust, will on the 18th day of December, 2025, between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. offer for sale and sell at public auction for cash to the highest and best bidder at the South front door of the Leflore County Courthouse in the City of Greenwood, Mississippi, the following described property conveyed by said Deed of Trust, to-wit:
That certain tract or parcel of land containing 3.7 acres, more or less, situated in the Eastern half of the Northeast quarter of Section 23, Township 19 North, Range 1 East, described by metes and bounds as follows, to-wit:
Commence at the Northeast corner of said Section 23 and run thence South and along the Eastern boundary line of said Section 23 for the distance of 114 feet to the point where the said Eastern boundary line of Section 23 is intersected by the center line, as now located and occupied of the flood protection levee of the
United States of America as said levee and levee right-of way is described in judgment on declaration of taking of the United States of America versus the Country Club Realty Company, Tract No. 10, recorded in Deed Book 92 at Page 140 of the Land Deed Records of said Leflore County; run thence North 89 degrees 33 minutes West and along the center line of said levee for the distance of 898.7 feet to a point where said center line of the levee is intersected by the Eastern boundary line of the right-of-way of that certain public road known as Humphreys Highway as said highway is now located and occupied; run thence South 18 degrees 13 minutes East and along the said Eastern boundary line of the right-of-way of Humphreys Highway for the distance of 148.0 feet to a point where the said Eastern boundary line of the right-of-way of Humphreys Highway is intersected by the Southern boundary line of the right-of-way of the said levee of the United States of America; run thence South 18 degrees 13 minutes East and along the said Eastern boundary line of the right-of-way of Humphreys Highway for the distance of 208.7 feet to a point which is the point of beginning of the 3.7 acre tract of land herein described; from said point of beginning, run thence South 18 degrees 13 minutes East and along the said Eastern boundary of the right-of- way of Humphreys Highway for the distance of 208.0 feet to a point; run thence North 75 degrees 36 minutes East for the distance of 741.5 feet to a point on the Eastern boundary of said Section 23; run thence Northerly and along the Eastern boundary of said Section 23 for the distance of 215 feet to a point where the Eastern boundary line of said Section 23 intersects the Southern boundary of the said flood protection levee of the United States of America referred to above; run thence South 75 degrees 36 minutes West for the distance of 811.4 feet to the point of beginning.
I will sell and convey only such title as is vested in me as Substituted Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on this the 24th day of November, 2025.
/s/ Charles J. Swayze III
CHARLES J. SWAYZE III SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE
November 26, 2025
December 03, 10, 17, 2025
