ADMINISTRATION TO CREDITORS,
DISTRIBUTEES & LEGATEES
Notice is hereby given that the following estate(s) have been opened for probate in the Pocahontas County Clerk’s Office at P. O. Box 209, 900 Tenth Avenue, Suite C, Marlinton, WV 24954-0209. Any person seeking to impeach or establish a will must make a complaint in accordance with the provisions of West Virginia Code 41-5-11 through 13. Any interested person objecting to the qualifications of the personal representative or the venue or jurisdiction of the court, shall file written notice of an objection with the County Commission within 60 days after the date of the first publication or within 30 days of the service of the notice, whichever is later.
If an objection is not filed timely, the objection is forever barred. Any claims against an estate must be filed within 60 days of the first publication of this notice in accordance with West Virginia Code 44-2 and 44-3A.
Settlement of the estate(s) of the following named decedent(s) will proceed without reference to a fiduciary commissioner unless within 60 days from the first publication of this notice a reference is requested by a party of interest or an unpaid creditor files a claim and good cause is shown to support reference to a fiduciary commissione.
First Publication Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025
Claim Deadline: Monday, April 28, 2025
ESTATE NUMBER: 14659
ESTATE OF: JOHN MICHEAL KINNISON
ADMINSTRATRIX: Kathryn Mikaela Kinnison
153 Canterbury Drive
Martinsburg, WV 25403
ESTATE NUMBER: 14697
ESTATE OF: PATRICIA SUE KERNS
CO-EXECUTRIX: Stevie Jean Loftis
P. O. Box 239
Bryson City, NC 28713-0239
CO-EXECUTRIX: Jessica Loftis Camacho
2522 Balltown Road
Byrson City, NC 28713-9735
ESTATE NUMBER: 14723
ESTATE OF: RANDALL L. JOHNSON
ADMINISTRATRIX: Amber Sharp
1161 Jerico Road
Marlinton, WV 24954-6858
ESTATE NUMBER: 14733
ESTATE OF: BRENT ALLEN LUCABAUGH
ADMINISTRATRIX: Kristi Lynn Dinkins
9558 Seneca Trail
Hillsboro, WV 24946-8781
ESTATE NUMBER: 14734
ESTATE OF: WAYNE CURTIS BROWN
EXECUTRIX: Debbie Ervine
1788 Buffalo Mountain Road
Arbovale, WV 24915-5525
Subscribed and sworn to before me on February 21, 2025.
Melissa L. Bennett
Clerk of the Pocahontas County Commission
2/27/2c
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, MICHAEL C. DOSS, Trustee, by virtue of that certain Deed of Trust executed by Craig A. Gilson and bearing date the 11th day of March, 2022, and of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, in Trust Deed Book 406, at page 164, the maker, having defaulted in payment of the note secured by said Deed of Trust as provided by the terms thereof, and the beneficial holder of the said note, Pendleton Community Bank, Inc., having declared the whole of the indebtedness thereunder to be due and payable; and having demanded the undersigned in writing to make sale of the real estate described in said Deed of Trust, the undersigned Trustee will offer for sale and sell at public auction to the highest responsible bidder on the 10th day of March, 2025, at 1:30 p.m., at the front steps of the Pocahontas County Courthouse in the Town of Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, the premises, being and consisting of the following:
All of that certain tract or parcel of real estate, including the improvements, appurtenances and easements thereunto belonging, situate in the Edray District of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, in the Erehwon Subdivision, situated on the waters of Clover Creek, and on Secondary Route 9, better known as the Linwood Road or Clover Creek Road and being more particularly described as follows:
PROUD FEATHER
BEGINNING at a ½ inch iron pipe set in a hollow, on the west side of a run, and a corner to Lots White Fox and Dream Weaver, thence leaving White Fox and with Dream Weaver for the next 2 lines
S 27-29-42 E 276.07 feet to a ½ inch iron pipe set, on the bank below the road by a Thorn tree, thence
S 19-17-35 W 54.13 feet to a point in the center of two 40 foot wide right of ways, thence leaving Dream Weaver and with the center of a 40 foot wide right of way and running with land still owned by Jonathan and Sandra Ridley
N 67-31-12 W 214.42 feet to a point in C/L, thence
N 65-04-13 W 132.94 feet to a point in C/L, thence
N 55-06-16 W 69.18 feet to a point in C/L, thence
N 60-58-54 W 113.96 feet to a point in C/L, thence
N 53-57-15 W 89.47 feet to a point in C/L, thence
N 55-42-20 W 152.16 feet to a point in C/L, thence
N 46-05-55 W 21.71 feet to a point in C/L, thence
N 15-40-27 W 16.82 feet to a point in C/L, thence leaving the center line of said 40 foot right of way and cutting through the lands of Jonathan and Sandra Ridley
N 58-46-53 W 67.01 feet to a ½ inch iron pipe set in a hollow on the east side of a run, from which a 7 inch Locust bears N 41 E 1.20 feet, thence
N 45-58-03 W 685.03 feet to a ½ inch pipe found in a fence corner, on top of a ridge, a corner to Beckwith Lumber Co., Inc., thence leaving Ridley and with Beckwith Lumber Co., Inc., and running along a fence line for 1 line
N 28-11-09 E 347.22 feet crossing a deep hollow to a ½ inch iron pipe set on the east side of hollow of the hillside, a corner to Lot Stone Heart, thence leaving Beckwith Lumber Co., and with Lot Stone for 1 line
S 75-57-52 E 362.56 feet to a ½ inch iron pipe set on the east side of a run on a little point, a corner to Lot White Fox, from which a 7 inch Buckeye bears N 11 E 11.0 feet, thence leaving Stone Heart and with White Fox for the next 3 lines running down the hollow
S 40-13-37 E 452.83 feet to a ½ inch iron pipe set on the west side of the run, thence
N 34-19-15 E 255.42 feet to a ½ inch iron pipe set on the west side of the run, thence
S 33-02-29 E 332.63 feet to the point of beginning containing 13.59 acres, more or less, as surveyed by William E. Dilley, LLS of Dunmore, West Virginia, in December 2000.
And being the same tract or parcel of real estate as acquired by Craig A. Gilson, by the provisions of a Deed of Conveyance from Stephen K. Reed and Teresa S. Reed, husband and wife, said Deed bearing date the 20th day of October, 2021, and of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, in Deed Book 397, at page 35.
The above-described real estate shall be sold subject to any claims, liens, assessments, taxes, restrictions, covenants, conditions, and encumbrances against the same.
The Trustee shall convey title with covenants of Special Warranty. The purchaser shall pay all taxes due and payable against the said property, the cost of the preparation of the Deed of Conveyance from the Trustee, the cost of any transfer tax and recording fees due upon the recordation of the deed.
TERMS OF SALE: 10% of bid payable to the Trustee on the day of sale and the balance within thirty (30) days.
CONDITION OF SALE: Said property shall be sold to the highest responsible bidder, with the right reserved to the said Pendleton Community Bank, Inc. to bid at said sale and to continue the said sale by declaration from time to time, as they may choose.
Given unto my hand this the 5th day of February, 2025.
Michael C. Doss, Trustee
2/13/3c