LEGAL NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby given that the Choctaw County Department of Education will receive sealed bids in the office of the County Superintendent of Education until the hour of 10:00 a.m. At this time the bids will be opened and interested parties are welcome. Bids will be received on the following items. Approximately 10,000 gallons of propane gas Complete bid forms and specifications are available to interested parties at the office of the Superintendent of Education. The Board intends to accept the lowest and best bid but reserves the right to reject any and all bids. /s/ Stewart G. Beard Jr., Superintendent Choctaw County Schools Publish: June 17, 24, and July 1, 2020 ** IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF CHOCTAW COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI TINA HELEN HUDSON SIMONS PLAINTIFF VERSUS JAMES DEAN SIMONS DEFENDANT CAUSE NO. 2020-61 SUMMONS STATE OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY OF CHOCTAW TO: 1. James Dean Simons, an adult non-resident of the State of Mississippi or not to be found therein despite diligent search and inquiry, and whose street and post office address are unknown to Plaintiffs despite diligent search and inquiry in and effort to ascertain the same. You and each of you have been made a defendant in the Plaintiff’s “Complaint for Divorce”. Defendants other than you are: none. You and each of you are required to mail or hand deliver a written response to the complaint filed against you in this action to Kevin Null, Attorney for Plaintiffs, whose post office address is P. O. Box 756, Ackerman, MS 39735, and whose street address is Quinn Street, Ackerman, MS 39735. YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE 17th DAY OF JUNE, 2020, 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 file with 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 the 10th day of June, 2020. /S/ STEVE MONTGOMERY, Chancery Court Clerk, Choctaw County, MS Publish: 6/17, 6/24, 7/1/2020 *** IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF CHOCTAW COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI MICHAEL TRIPLETT, PLAINTIFF V.¬† JASMINE TRIPLETT, et al, DEFENDANTS CAUSE NO. 2020-002 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO: VINCENT JONES, AN ADULT BONA FIDE NONRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI OR NOT TO BE FOUND THEREIN ON DILIGENT INQUIRY AND THE POST OFFICE AND STREET ADDRESS OF SUCH DEFENDANT IS NOT KNOWN TO PLAINTIFF AFTER DILIGENT SEARCH AND INQUIRY You have been made a Defendant by Jasmine Triplett in her Cross-Claim for custody of minor child and an unknown Defendant by Michael Triplett‚Äôs ¬†complaint for custody of the minor child. Respondents/Defendants other than you are Michael Triplett, LaFranklin McKinley Liddell, and Decota Mosley. ¬† You are summoned to appear and defend against the complaint, petition or cross-claim filed against you in this action at 9:00 A.M. on the 21st day of July, 2020, in the courtroom of the Choctaw County Chancery Courthouse in Ackerman, 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 complaint, ¬†petition or cross-claim. 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 15th day of June, 2020. /s/ Steve Montgomery, Chancery Clerk¬† By: Lillie Anderson, D.C. Chancery Clerk of Choctaw County, Mississippi ¬†B. Joey Hood, II (MBN: 101147) Attorney for Jasmine Triplett P.O. Box 759 Ackerman, Mississippi 39735 (662) 285 - 4663 Publish: 6/17, 6/24, 7/1/2020 *** 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 9th day of July, 2020, 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 19, Range 11: 610 Acres The lease shall be for a term of three (3) 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 $5.00 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 610 acres in Section 16, Township 19, Range 11.” The Board of Education of Choctaw County School District will meet at Ackerman, Mississippi, on the 13th day of July, 2020, 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: July 1 and July 8, 2020 *** IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF CHOCTAW COUNTY MISSISSIPPI IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ARVEL LAWAYNE STEPHENSON, DECEASED CAUSE NO. 2020-67 NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY OF CHOCTAW Letters Testamentary having been granted the undersigned Executor of the Estate of ARVEL LAWAYNE STEPHENSON, deceased, by the Chancery Court of Choctaw County, Mississippi, on the 26th day of June, 2020, in Cause No. 2020-67, on the docket of said Court, 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 date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. This the 26th day of June, 2020. DORRAINE STEPHENSON BURNEY Executrix of the Estate of ARVEL LAWAYNE STEPHENSON Kevin Null Attorney at Law P. O. Box 756 Ackerman, MS 39735 (662) 285-3880 Attorney for Executrix Publish: 7/1, 7/8, 7/15/2020 ** SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE WHEREAS, on February 20, 2009, Phillip Eugene Lyles and Viola Lyles, Husband and Wife executed a deed of trust for the benefit of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., which deed of trust was recorded on February 20, 2009, in Book 184, Page 227 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Choctaw County, Mississippi; and Said Deed of Trust was last sold, assigned and transferred to Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC by assignment recorded in Book 221, Page 383 in the office of the Chancery Clerk, Choctaw County, Mississippi. WHEREAS, the holder of the deed of trust at the time of the substitution substituted McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC as Trustee, as authorized by the terms thereof, by instrument recorded on June 17, 2020, and spread at large upon the records in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Book 228, Page 454, 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, Lakeview Loan Servicing, 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 July 22, 2020, 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 North front door of the Choctaw County Courthouse in Ackerman, Mississippi, the following described land, property and improvements lying and being situate in Choctaw County, Mississippi, to-wit: Beginning at the Southeast Corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 14, Township 18 North, Range 8 East, running thence West along the South boundary line of said Northeast Quarter of Southwest Quarter a distance of 390 feet; thence North a distance of 680 feet, more or less, to the South Right-of-Way line of the public road there situated; thence in a Northeasterly direction along the South Right-of-Way line of said public road there situated a distance of 425 feet, more or less, to the East boundary line of said Northeast Quarter of Southwest Quarter; thence South a distance of 759 feet, more or less, to the Point of Beginning; being a part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 14, Township 18 North, Range 8 East, Choctaw County, Mississippi, and containing six (6) acres, more or less, together with all buildings and improvements situated thereon. I WILL CONVEY only such title as is vested in the Substitute Trustee. WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this the 24th day of June, 2020 /-s-/ Robert M. Peebles, III McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Substitute Trustee 1052 Highland Colony Parkway, Suite 211 Ridgeland, MS 39157 (770)643-2148 Foreclosurehotline.net File No.: 5890320 PUBLISH: 07/01/2020,07/08/2020,07/15/2020
