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, October 9, 2025
Claim Deadline: Monday, December 8, 2025
ESTATE OF: ROBERT VERNON SMITH
EXECUTRIX: Melody Anderson
P. O. Box 306
Durbin, WV 26264-0306
ESTATE OF: BARBARA CAMPBELL
EXECUTRIX: Cheryl Cain
2978 Brush Country Road
Marlinton, WV 24954-6639
FIDUCIARY COMMISSIONER:
Robert Martin
2276 Huntersville Road
Marlinton, WV 24954-7029
ESTATE OF: DELMOS FRANKLIN BARB
EXECUTRIX: Teresa W. Barb
2042 Brownsburg Road
Marlinton, WV 24954-6584
ESTATE OF: JUDSON LEE BLACKLEY WORTH
ADMINISTRTARIX; Margaret Worth
169 Woodrow Road
Marlinton, WV 24954-6863
ESTATE OF: VANDON DEBELL RAINES
ADMINSTRATRIX: Chery L. Raines
5966 Wallback Road
Wallback, WV 25285-9521
ESTATE OF: THOMAS ALEX LANE
ADMINISTRATOR: Delmas J. Lane
170 Morning Mist Drive
Christiansburg, VA 24073-4289
Subscribed and sworn to before me on October 6, 2025
Melissa L. Bennett
Clerk of the Pocahontas County Commission
10/9/2025
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE is hereby given pursuant to and by virtue of the authority vested in the Trustee, Richard Pill, by that certain Deed of Trust dated December 8, 2006, executed by Borrower(s), Dennis R Ruggeri II and Astrid Shulte Ruggeri, to Richard Pill, the Trustee of record in the office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, in Book 290, at Page 462. At the time of the execution of the Deed of Trust, this property was reported to have a mailing address of 10 Snowshoe Drive, The Seneca Unit 405, Snowshoe, WV 26209. The borrower(s) defaulted under the Note and Deed of Trust and the Trustee has been instructed to foreclose under the Deed of Trust. Accordingly, the Trustee will sell the following described property to the highest bidder at the front door of the Courthouse of Pocahontas County, in Marlinton, West Virginia, on the following date: Thursday, October 23, 2025, at 11:12 a.m.
All of that certain condominium unit being The Seneca unit number 405, situate at Snowshoe Mountain Resort, Snowshoe, Edray District, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. And being part of that certain tract of land or parcel of real estate conveyed to Seneca Development Company, LLC by Snowshoe Mountain, Inc., a West Virginia corporation, by deed dated the 7th day of March 2003 and of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, in Deed Book 288 at page 172.
Being the same unit conveyed to Dennis R. Ruggeri, II, and Astrid Shultz Ruggeri, by deed of December 5, 2006, and recorded on December 12, 2006, and of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, in Deed Book 306 at page 314.
TERMS OF SALE:
1) The property will be conveyed in an “AS IS” physical condition by Deed containing no warranty, express or implied, subject to the Internal Revenue Service right of redemption, all property taxes, prior Deeds, liens, reservations, encumbrances, restrictions, rights-of-ways, easements, covenants, conveyances and conditions of record in the Clerk’s office or affecting the subject property.
2) The Purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the transfer taxes imposed by the West Virginia Code § 11-22-1.
3) The Beneficiary and/or the Servicer of the Deed of Trust and Note reserve the right to submit a bid for the property at sale.
4) The Trustee reserves the right to continue sale of the subject property from time to time by written or oral proclamation, which continuance shall be in the sole discretion of the Trustee.
5) The Trustee shall be under no duty to cause any existing tenant or person occupying the property to vacate said property, and any personal property and/or belongings remaining at the property after the foreclosure sale will be deemed to constitute ABANDONED PROPERTY AND WILL BE DISPOSED OF ACCORDINGLY.
6) The total purchase price is payable to the Trustee within thirty (30) days of the date of sale, with ten (10%) of the total purchase price payable to the Trustee at sale.
Richard Pill, Trustee
10/9/2c
NOTICE TO BID
The Pocahontas County Commission will receive bids for heating oil for all Courthouse Offices and the Jail Building, for the period covering November 1, 2025, through October 31, 2026.
All bids should be submitted in writing, noting increases and/or reductions in prices, and placed in a sealed envelope marked “Sealed Bid – Heating Oil” and delivered by mail or in person to the Pocahontas County Commission, 900 Tenth Avenue, Marlinton, West Virginia 24954, no later than 4:30 p.m. Monday, October 20, 2025.
Bids will be opened in the Office of the County Commission located in the Pocahontas County Courthouse on Tuesday, the 21st day of October 2025.
For further information, please inquire at the Pocahontas County Clerk’s Office 304-799-4549, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
The Pocahontas County Commission reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
John Rebinski, President
Pocahontas County Commission
10/9/2c
NOTICE
There will be a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Public Defender Corporation, 29th Judicial Circuit at Greenbrier Grille and Lodge located at 814 First Avenue in Marlinton, Thursday, October 9, 2025, at noon. All interested parties may attend.
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