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 commission.
First Publication Date: Thursday, July 30, 2026
Claim Deadline: Monday, September 28, 2026
ESTATE NUMBER 14898
ESSTATE OF: SUE ELLEN HOLLANDSWORTH
EXECUTOR: Peter Luttrell
322 High Pointe Drive
Seven Fields, PA 16046
ESTATE NUMBER: 14899
ESTATE OF: DAVID B. PINGLEY
EXECUTRIX: Susan L. Mauck
2259 Butlers Chapel Road
Martinsburg, WV 25403
ESTATE NUMBER: 14917
ESTATE OF: HAZEL J. MCPEAK
EXECUTOR: Matthew McPeak
22 Brush Lick Lane
Marlinton, WV 24954
ESTATE NUMBER: 14918
ESTATE OF: KEITH EDWARD BEVERAGE
ADMINISTRATOR: Keith E. Beverage II
4968 Potomac Highlands Trail
Green Bank, WV 24944
Subscribed and sworn to before me on July 27, 2026.
Melissa L. Bennett
Clerk of the Pocahontas County Commission
7/30/2c
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, Pill & Pill, PLLC, by that certain Deed of Trust dated May 24, 2011, executed by the Borrower(s), Betty Ruth Crist and Harold Crist, of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, in Book 332, at Page 631. At the time of the execution of the Deed of Trust, this property was reported to have a mailing address of HC 63 Box 95, Arbovale, WV 24915, and, upon information and belief, may now be known as 338 Old Route 28 Rd., Arbovale, WV 24915. 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:
August 26, 2026, at 2:45 p.m.
THOSE TWO CONTIGUOUS LOTS, PIECE OR PARCELS OF REAL ESTATE, WITH ALL APPURTENANCES THEREUNTO BELONGING, SITUATE IN THE VILLAGE OF ARBOVALE, IN GREENBANK DISTRICT OF POCAHONTAS COUNTY, WEST VIRGINA, ADJOINING THE LANDS FOR ESTES CRIST, HOMER SUTTON AND MARY RILEY, AND CONTAINING IN THE AGGREGATE ONE ACRE (1), MORE OR LESS.
BEING THE SAME PROPERTY AS CONVEYED TO HAROLD CRIST BY DEED FROM B.C. TRACY AND HAZEL TRACY, HIS WIFE, RECORDED SEPTEMBER 29, 1954, IN BOOK 93, PAGE 300, IN POCAHONTAS COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA.
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.
Pill & Pill, PLLC, Trustee
Jonathan L. Wertman, Esq.
Pill & Pill, PLLC
85 Aikens Center
Edwin Miller Boulevard
P.O. Box 440
Martinsburg, WV 25402
(304) 263-4971
[email protected]
7/30/3c
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
2025-C-000001 -POCAHONTAS COUNTY –
SMART INVESTING LLC
To: OCCUPANT, FREDERICK PALMER, FREDERICK PALMER, or heirs at law, devisees, creditors, representatives, successors, assigns, all known heirs, guardians, conservators, fiduciaries, administrators, lienholders, co-owners, other parties having an undivided interest in the delinquent property, and other parties that may have any interest in the subject property.
DISTRICT: DURBIN CORP. MAP 3 PARCEL 0024 0000 0000
You will take notice that SMART INVESTING LLC, the purchaser of the following real estate, CERT NO. 2025-C-000001, located DURBIN CORP District, LT 1-2 BLK 9 80X120 which was returned delinquent or non-entered in the name of PALMER FREDERICK and was sold by the deputy commissioner of delinquent and non-entered lands of Pocahontas County at the sale for the delinquent taxes on May 29, 2026. SMART INVESTING LLC requests that you be notified a deed for such real estate will be made on or after January 1, 2027, as provided by law, unless before that day you redeem such real estate. The amount needed to redeem on or before December 31, 2026 will be as follows:
Amount equal to the taxes and charges due on the date of the certification, with interest, for tax year ticket number 2024 – 154. $ 158.67
Back tax tickets, with interest, and charges due on the date of certification for ticket number. $ 0.00
Subsequent of taxes paid on the property, with interest for tax year 2025-159 $ 71.80
Additional taxes with interest $ 0.00
Auditor’s Certification, Publication, and Redemption fee plus interest. $ 209.95
Amount paid for Title Examination, notice to redeem, publication, personal service, Secretary of State, with interest. $ 880.04
Additional Statutory Fees with Interest. $ 0.00
Total Amount Due and Payable to WV State Auditor – cashier check, money order, certified or personal check. $ 1,320.46
You may redeem at any time before December 31, 2026 by paying the above total less any unearned interest.
If the above real estate is your primary residence, you may petition the Auditor to redeem the real estate in not more than three incremental payments that equal the total amount required to redeem the real estate prior to the issuance of the deed described above.
Given under my hand July 6, 2026.
Christal G. Perry
Deputy Commissioner of Delinquent and
Non-entered Lands of Pocahontas County,
State of West Virginia.
Please return this letter and payment to the
West Virginia State Auditor’s Office
County Collections Division
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 1 Room W-114
Charleston, West Virginia 25305
Question, please call 1-888-509-6568
7/16/3c
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
2025-C-000004 – POCAHONTAS COUNTY –
SMART INVESTING LLC
To: OCCUPANT, FREDERICK PALMER, FREDERICK PALMER, UNKNOWN HEIRS, CREDITORS AND/OR DEVISEES OF FREDERICK PALMER, FREDERICK PALMER, or heirs at law, devisees, creditors, representatives, successors, assigns, all known heirs, guardians, conservators, fiduciaries, administrators, lienholders, co-owners, other parties having an undivided interest in the delinquent property, and other parties that may have any interest in the subject property.
DISTRICT: DURBIN CORP MAP 3 PARCEL 0025 0000 0000
You will take notice that SMART INVESTING LLC, the purchaser of the following real estate, CERT NO. 2025-C-000004, located DURBIN CORP District, LT 5 BLK 9 40X120 which was returned delinquent or non-entered in the name of PALMER FREDERICK and was sold by the deputy commissioner of delinquent and non-entered lands of Pocahontas County at the sale for the delinquent taxes on May 29, 2026. SMART INVESTING LLC requests that you be notified a deed for such real estate will be made on or after January 1, 2027, as provided by law, unless before that day you redeem such real estate. The amount needed to redeem on or before December 31, 2026 will be as follows:
Amount equal to the taxes and charges due on the date of the certification, with interest, for tax year ticket number 2024 – 157. $ 103.24
Back tax tickets, with interest, and charges due on the date of certification for ticket number. $ 0.00
Subsequent of taxes paid on the property, with interest for tax year 2025-162 $ 21.37
Additional taxes with interest. $ 0.00
Auditor’s Certification, Publication, and Redemption fee plus interest. $ 209.95
Amount paid for Title Examination, notice to redeem, publication, personal service, Secretary of State, with interest. $ 898.52
Additional Statutory Fees with Interest. $ 0.00
Total Amount Due and Payable to WV State Auditor – cashier check, money order, certified or personal check. $ 1,233.08
You may redeem at any time before December 31, 2026 by paying the above total less any unearned interest.
If the above real estate is your primary residence, you may petition the Auditor to redeem the real estate in not more than three incremental payments that equal the total amount required to redeem the real estate prior to the issuance of the deed described above.
Given under my hand July 6, 2026.
Christal G. Perry
Deputy Commissioner of Delinquent and
Non-entered Lands of Pocahontas County,
State of West Virginia.
Please return this letter and payment to the
West Virginia State Auditor’s Office
County Collections Division
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 1 Room W-114
Charleston, West Virginia 25305
Question, please call 1-888-509-6568 7/16/3c
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
2025-C-000002 -POCAHONTAS COUNTY –
SMART INVESTING LLC
To: OCCUPANT, FREDERICK PALMER, FREDERICK PALMER, UNKNOWN HEIRS, CREDITORS AND/OR DEVISEES OF FREDERICK PALMER, FREDERICK PALMER or heirs at law, devisees, creditors, representatives, successors, assigns, all known heirs, guardians, conservators, fiduciaries, administrators, lienholders, co-owners, other parties having an undivided interest in the delinquent property, and other parties that may have any interest in the subject property.
DISTRICT: DURBIN CORP. MAP 3 PARCEL 0024 0000 0002
You will take notice that SMART INVESTING LLC, the purchaser of the following real estate, CERT NO. 2025-C-000002, located DURBIN CORP District, LT 4 BLK 9 40X120 which was returned delinquent or non-entered in the name of PALMER FREDERICK and was sold by the deputy commissioner of delinquent and non-entered lands of Pocahontas County at the sale for the delinquent taxes on May 29, 2026. SMART INVESTING LLC requests that you be notified a deed for such real estate will be made on or after January 1, 2027, as provided by law, unless before that day you redeem such real estate. The amount needed to redeem on or before December 31, 2026 will be as follows:
Amount equal to the taxes and charges due on the date of the certification, with interest, for tax year ticket number 2024 – 155. $ 367.92
Back tax tickets, with interest, and charges due on the date of certification for ticket number. $ 0.00
Subsequent of taxes paid on the property, with interest for tax year 2025-160 $ 262.22
Additional taxes with interest. $ 0.00
Auditor’s Certification, Publication, and Redemption fee plus interest. $ 209.95
Amount paid for Title Examination, notice to redeem, publication, personal service, Secretary of State, with interest. $ 898.52
Additional Statutory Fees with Interest. $ 0.00
Total Amount Due and Payable to WV State Auditor – cashier check, money order, certified or personal check. $ 1,738.61
You may redeem at any time before December 31, 2026 by paying the above total less any unearned interest.
If the above real estate is your primary residence, you may petition the Auditor to redeem the real estate in not more than three incremental payments that equal the total amount required to redeem the real estate prior to the issuance of the deed described above.
Given under my hand July 6, 2026.
Christal G. Perry
Deputy Commissioner of Delinquent and
Non-entered Lands of Pocahontas County,
State of West Virginia
Please return this letter and payment to the
West Virginia State Auditor’s Office
County Collections Division
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 1 Room W-114
Charleston, West Virginia 25305
Question, please call 1-888-509-6568
7/16/3c
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
2025-C-000003 -POCAHONTAS COUNTY –
SMART INVESTING LLC
To: OCCUPANT, FREDERICK PALMER, FREDERICK PALMER, UNKNOWN HEIRS, CREDITORS AND/OR DEVISEES OF FREDERICK PALMER, FREDERICK PALMER or heirs at law, devisees, creditors, representatives, successors, assigns, all known heirs, guardians, conservators, fiduciaries, administrators, lienholders, co-owners, other parties having an undivided interest in the delinquent property, and other parties that may have any interest in the subject property.
DISTRICT DURBIN CORP MAP 3 PARCEL 0024 0002 0000
You will take notice that SMART INVESTING LLC, the purchaser of the following real estate, CERT NO. 2025-C-000003, located DURBIN CORP District, LT 4 BLK 9 40X120 which was returned delinquent or non-entered in the name of PALMER FREDERICK and was sold by the deputy commissioner of delinquent and non-entered lands of Pocahontas County at the sale for the delinquent taxes on May 29, 2026. SMART INVESTING LLC requests that you be notified a deed for such real estate will be made on or after January 1, 2027, as provided by law, unless before that day you redeem such real estate. The amount needed to redeem on or before December 31, 2026 will be as follows:
Amount equal to the taxes and charges due on the date of the certification, with interest, for tax year ticket number 2024 – 156. $ 103.24
Back tax tickets, with interest, and charges due on the date of certification for ticket number. $ 0.00
Subsequent of taxes paid on the property, with interest for tax year 2025-161 $ 21.37
Additional taxes with interest. $ 0.00
Auditor’s Certification, Publication, and Redemption fee plus interest. $ 209.95
Amount paid for Title Examination, notice to redeem, publication, personal service, Secretary of State, with interest. $ 898.52
Additional Statutory Fees with Interest. $ 0.00
Total Amount Due and Payable to WV State Auditor – cashier check, money order, certified or personal check. $ 1,233.08
You may redeem at any time before December 31, 2026 by paying the above total less any unearned interest.
If the above real estate is your primary residence, you may petition the Auditor to redeem the real estate in not more than three incremental payments that equal the total amount required to redeem the real estate prior to the issuance of the deed described above.
Given under my hand July 6, 2026.
Christal G. Perry
Deputy Commissioner of Delinquent and
Non-entered Lands of Pocahontas County,
State of West Virginia.
Please return this letter and payment to the
West Virginia State Auditor’s Office
County Collections Division
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 1 Room W-114
Charleston, West Virginia 25305
Question, please call 1-888-509-6568
7/16/3c
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
2025-C-000075 -POCAHONTAS COUNTY –
SMART INVESTING LLC
To: GATEWAY HOLDINGS & FINANCIAL GROUP, GATEWAY HOLDINGS & FINANCIAL GROUP, or heirs at law, devisees, creditors, representatives, successors, assigns, all known heirs, guardians, conservators, fiduciaries, administrators, lienholders, co-owners, other parties having an undivided interest in the delinquent property, and other parties that may have any interest in the subject property.
DISTRICT: GREEN BANK MAP 23B PARCEL 0030 0000 0000
You will take notice that SMART INVESTING LLC, the purchaser of the following real estate, CERT NO. 2025-C-000075, located GREEN BANK DISTRICT, BARTOW, 6.91 AC FEE, which was returned delinquent or non-entered in the name of WALTON RPR LLC and was sold by the deputy commissioner of delinquent and non-entered lands of Pocahontas County at the sale for the delinquent taxes on May 29, 2026. SMART INVESTING LLC requests that you be notified a deed for such real estate will be made on or after January 1, 2027, as provided by law, unless before that day you redeem such real estate. The amount needed to redeem on or before December 31, 2026 will be as follows:
Amount equal to the taxes and charges due on the date of the certification, with interest, for tax year ticket number 2024 – 10290. $ 947.18
Back tax tickets, with interest, and charges due on the date of certification for ticket number. $ 0.00
Subsequent of taxes paid on the property, with interest for tax year 2025-10359 $ 1,697.96
Additional taxes with interest. $ 0.00
Auditor’s Certification, Publication, and Redemption fee plus interest. $ 209.95
Amount paid for Title Examination, notice to redeem, publication, personal service, Secretary of State, with interest. $ 1,072.37
Additional Statutory Fees with Interest. $ 0.00
Total Amount Due and Payable to WV State Auditor – cashier check, money order, certified or personal check. $ 3,927.46
You may redeem at any time before December 31, 2026 by paying the above total less any unearned interest.
If the above real estate is your primary residence, you may petition the Auditor to redeem the real estate in not more than three incremental payments that equal the total amount required to redeem the real estate prior to the issuance of the deed described above.
Given under my hand July 14, 2026.
Christal G. Perry
Deputy Commissioner of Delinquent and
Non-entered Lands of Pocahontas County,
State of West Virginia.
Please return this letter and payment to the
West Virginia State Auditor’s Office
County Collections Division
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 1 Room W-114
Charleston, West Virginia 25305
Question, please call 1-888-509-6568
7/23/3c
