IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF CHOCTAW COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. 10CH1:23-cv-00065-KK
IN RE: LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF RICHARD MCKINLEY, DECEASED
RICHARD MCKINLEY, JR., AND
MERIANNE LAWSON, CO-EXECUTORS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary having been granted to the undersigned by an order of the Chancery Court of Choctaw County, Mississippi, under date of July 12, 2023, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against the Estate of Richard McKinley to have the same probated and registered by the Clerk of the Chancery Court of Choctaw County, Mississippi, within ninety (90) days from the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors and that a failure to probate and register any such claim within said ninety (90) days will bar the claim.
WITNESS OUR SIGNATURES on this the 13th day of July, 2023.
RICHARD MCKINLEY, JR.
MERIANNE LAWSON
CO-EXECUTORS OF THE LAST WILL AND
TESTAMENT OF RICHARD MCKINLEY,
DECEASED
JASON M. WHITE
Solicitors.
Publish: 8/18, 8/25, 9/1, 9/8/2023
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PUBLIC NOTICE
OF INVITATION FOR BIDS
FOR HUNTING AND FISHING RIGHTS
Notice is hereby given by the Board of Education of Choctaw County School District that sealed bids will be received by said Board until 10:00 o’clock A.M. on the 6th day of September, 2023, in the Office of the Superintendent of Education of the Choctaw County School District, at Ackerman, Mississippi, for a lease of hunting and fishing rights on the following described Sixteenth Section Public School Trust Lands situated in Choctaw County, Mississippi, to-wit:
Section 16, Township 18, Range 11: 496 Acres
The lease shall be for a term of two and one half (2 1/2) 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. A minimum bid of $7.00 per acre has been established.
Bid proposal forms may be obtained from the Office of the Superintendent of Education. Bids shall be submitted for the entire parcel. Only the annual rental shall be subject to bid. A certified check for the amount of the annual rental should be included with the bid when submitted. Bids shall be submitted in sealed envelopes, addressed to the Board of Education of the Choctaw County School District and plainly marked on the outside of the envelope “BID FOR HUNTING AND FISHING LEASE on approximately 496 acres in Section 16 , Township 18, Range 11.”
The Board of Education of Choctaw County School District will meet at Ackerman, Mississippi, on the 11th day of September, 2023, at 5:30 o’clock p.m. and sealed bids received pursuant to this public notice will then and there be opened and read aloud.
The Board of Education of the Choctaw County 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 29-3-41 of the Mississippi Code Annotated (1972) as amended. Published by order of the Board of Education of the Choctaw County School District.
/s/ STEWART G. BEARD, JR.
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION
CHOCTAW COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
PUBLISH THREE TIMES: August 25, 2023 and September 1, 2023
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF CHOCTAW COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
PARKER MCMINN JONES, DECEASED NO. 23-75-JK
TINA MCMINN JONES, ADMINISTRATOR
RULE 81 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO:THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF PARKER MCMINN JONES, DECEASED
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT(S)
You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed in this Court by Tina McMinn Jones, Petitioner, seeking to determine the heirs-at-law of Parker McMinn Jones, Deceased. You are hereby summoned to appear and defend against the Petition for Determination of Heirs of Parker McMinn Jones filed in this action at 9:00 o’clock a.m. on September 27, 2023 in the Chancery Courtroom of the Choctaw County Courthouse in Ackerman, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment or order may be entered against you granting the relief requested 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 the 22nd day of August, 2023.
CHOCTAW COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK
BY:/s/ Lillie Anderson, D. C.
Publish: 8/25, 9/1, 9/8/2023
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF CHOCTAW COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
PARKER MCMINN JONES, DECEASED
NO. 23-75-JK
TINA MCMINN JONES, ADMINISTRATOR
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters of Administration have been granted and issued to Tina McMinn Jones, Administrator of the Estate of Parker McMinn Jones, deceased, by the Chancery Court of Choctaw County, Mississippi, on the 16 day of August, 2023. This is to give notice to all persons having claims against said estate to Probate and Register same with the Chancery Clerk of Choctaw County, Mississippi, within ninety (90) days from this date. A failure to so Probate and Register said claim will forever bar the same.
THIS the 17 day of August, 2023.
/s/ Tina McMinn Jones
Tina McMinn Jones
OF COUNSEL:
William T. Cooper, MBN 9588
CROWELL GILLIS & COOPER, PLLC
Post Office Box 1827
Columbus, MS 39703
Phone: (662) 243-7334
wcooper@cgclawpllc.com
Publish: 8/25, 9/1, 9/8/2023
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SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on March 31, 2015, Amanda M. McGinnis executed a Deed of Trust to Scott R. Hendrix, Trustee for the benefit of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Renasant Bank, its successors and assigns, which is recorded in Book 204 at Page 291 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Choctaw County, Mississippi; and
WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was assigned to Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC by instrument recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Book 2023 at Page 764; and
WHEREAS, Underwood Law Firm PLLC has been substituted as Trustee under the Deed of Trust; and
WHEREAS, default has been made in the terms and conditions of the Deed of Trust and the entire debt secured thereby has been declared due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Deed of Trust, and the legal holder of the indebtedness secured thereby, Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, has requested the undersigned Substituted Trustee to execute the trust and sell the property in accordance with the terms of the Deed of Trust for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder together with attorney’s fees, Substituted Trustee’s fees, and expense of sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, Underwood Law Firm PLLC, as Substituted Trustee under the Deed of Trust, will on September 25, 2023, offer for sale at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash or certified funds within legal hours (between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.) at the main front door of the Choctaw County Courthouse in Ackerman, Mississippi, the following described property together with all improvements thereon situated in Choctaw County, Mississippi:
Commencing at the Northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter (NW 1/4) of Section 29, Township 17 North, Range 11 East, Choctaw County, Mississippi, and run thence West for a distance of 1,691.9 feet to the East right-of-way of old Mississippi Highway No. 15; thence South 8 degrees and 30 minutes West along the said right-of-way for a distance of 161.5 feet to the Point of Beginning of the property herein described and conveyed; run thence South 8 degrees and 30 minutes West along said right-of-way for a distance of 80.0 feet; thence South 86 degrees and 42 minutes East for a distance of 160.4 feet; thence North 8 degrees and 30 minutes East for a distance of 80.0 feet; thence North 86 degrees and 42 minutes West for a distance of 160.4 feet to the Point of Beginning; being located in the Northwest Quarter of Section 29, Township 17 North, Range 11 East, in the Town of Ackerman, County of Choctaw, State of Mississippi, together with all buildings and improvements situated thereon.
UNDERWOOD LAW FIRM PLLC will convey only such title as is vested in it as Substituted Trustee.
WITNESS OUR SIGNATURE, this the 23rd day of August, 2023.
/s/ Andrew R. Wilson
Andrew R. Wilson (Miss. Bar #102862)
UNDERWOOD LAW FIRM PLLC
P.O. Box 1874
Madison, MS 39130
Phone: (601) 981-7773
File No. 23070239
PUBLISH: Choctaw Plaindealer (09/01/2023, 9/8/2023, 9/15/2023, 9/22/2023)
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF CHOCTAW COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LILA ANN DEMPSEY CHANDLER, DECEASED
CAUSE NO. 2023-0071
ROBERT WILLIAM CHANDLER, JR., PETITIONER
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE OF EXECUTOR TO CREDITORS OF LILA ANN DEMPSEY CHANDLER, DECEASED:
Letters of Testamentary having been granted on August 23, 2023, by the Chancery Court of Choctaw County, Mississippi, in said Cause No. 2023-0071, to the undersigned upon the Estate of Lila Ann Dempsey Chandler, 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 September 1, 2023, or they will be forever barred.
This the 25th day of August, 2023.
ROBERT WILLIAM CHANDLER, JR., Executor of the Estate of Lila Ann Dempsey Chandler
Document prepared by:
GOODLOE T. LEWIS, MSB #9889
Hickman, Goza & Spragins, PLLC
P.O. Drawer 668
Oxford, MS 38655
662-234-4000
glewis@hickmanlaw.com
Publication dates: September 1, 8, and 15, 2023
