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, March 27, 2025
Claim Deadline: Monday, May 26, 2025
ESTATE NUMBER: 14707
ESTATE OF: JAMES ALLEN RILEY
ADMINISTRATOR CTA:
Robert A. Riley
147 Hannah Run Road
Arbovale, WV 24915-5412
ESTATE NUMBER: 14720
ESTATE OF: GUY GREATHOUSE
EXECUTRIX: Susan Lambert
P. O. Box 111
Bartow WV 24920-0111
ESTATE NUMBER: 14731
ESTATE OF: KENNETH GAY KELLEY
CO-EXECUTRIX: Jane Gay Kelley McMullen
7801 Frost Road
Marlinton, WV 24954-7114
CO-EXECUTRIX: Joyce Ann McLaughlin
7964 Frost Road
Marlinton, WV 24954-7113
ESTATE NUMBER: 14745
ESTATE OF: MARTY JOEL TURLEY
ADMINISTRATOR: James Clay Turley, Jr
4635 Boone Trail
Milers Creek, NC 28651-8489
ESTATE NUMBER: 14747
ESTATE OF: SHELIA LORRAINE REXRODE
ADMINISTRATRIX CTA: Melissa Allison Taylor
13616 Back Mountain Road
Durbin, WV 26264-9011
Subscribed and sworn to before me on March 21, 2025.
Melissa L. Bennett
Clerk of the Pocahontas County Commission
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NOTICE OF ANCILLARY FILING
WITHOUT ANY ADMINISTRATION
TO CREDITORS, DISTRIBUTEES AND LEGATEES
Notice is hereby given that the following foreign will or affidavit of heirs has been filed in the Pocahontas County Clerk’s Office at 900 Tenth Avenue Suite C; P. O. Box 209, Marlinton, WV 24954-0209.
An interested person(s) objecting to the filing of the foreign will or affidavit or objecting to the absence of appointment or administration being made in this state must file a statement with the Pocahontas County Commission through the County Clerk’s Office at the address listed above within 60 days after the date of first publication or 30 days of service of the notice, whichever is later. If an objection is not timely filed, the objection is forever barred. The Pocahontas County Commission, upon receiving any timely objection thereto, shall schedule a hearing or hearings thereon and order relief, if any, it considers proper including, but not limited to, an order directing that full and complete ancillary administration of the estate of the nonresident decedent be made in this state.
First publication date March 27, 2025.
ESTATE NAME: ANGELA HEFNER LOFTIS
3303 W Marlin Avenue
Tampa, Fl 33611-3740
ANCILLARY ADMINISTRATRIX:
Jessica Loftis Camacho
2522 Balltown Road
Bryson City, NC 28713-9735
Subscribed and sworn to before me on March 19, 2025.
Melissa L. Bennett
Clerk of the Pocahontas County Commission
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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 Gary M. Sharp and Carmen K. Sharp, and bearing date the 7th day of January, 2022, and of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, in Trust Deed Book 405, at page 496 and Trust Deed Book 404, at page 572, 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, Citizens Bank of West Virginia, 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 11th day of April, 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, all being situate on the waters of Buck’s Run, a tributary of Greenbrier River, in the Edray District, of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, and more particularly described as a 140’ x 219’ x 90’ lot on Kee Flats and containing .55 acre, more or less, and a 2022 CMH Oakmont Giles IND 946, VIN: SGI022538TNAB.
And being the same lots, tracts or parcels of real estate as acquired by Gary M. Sharp and Carmen R. Sharp, by the provisions of a Deed of Conveyance from Linda Sue Sharp, said Deed bearing date the 22nd 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 120.
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 Citizens Bank of West Virginia, 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 11th day of March, 2025.
Michael C. Doss, Trustee
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TRUSTEE’S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
The undersigned Substitute Trustee, by virtue of the authority vested in it by that certain Deed of Trust dated August 24, 2009, and duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, in Deed of Trust Book 319, at Page 461, Richard E. Chandler did convey unto Todd Taylor and Dan Kennedy, Trustees, certain real property described in said Deed of Trust; and the beneficiary has elected to appoint Pill & Pill, PLLC as Substitute Trustee by a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the aforesaid Clerk’s Office; and default having been made under the aforementioned Deed of Trust, and the undersigned Substitute Trustee having been instructed by the secured party to foreclose thereunder, will offer for sale at public auction at the front door of the Pocahontas County Courthouse, in Marlinton, West Virginia, on April 8, 2025, at 5:15 p.m.
The following described real estate, with its improvements, easements and appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate in the Edray District, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, and more particularly described as follows:
All of that certain lot, tract, or parcel of real estate, including the improvements thereon and the appurtenances thereunto belonging, all being situate in the Edray District of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, on the waters of Crooked Fork, and just of Secondary Route 219/1, and being a part of Lot 4, known as Lot A, in a small subdivision made for Beckwith Lumber Co., and being more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a 1 inch iron pipe set on the line of U.S.A. Government Tract #864 on the South side of Crooked Fork and a corner to Cheryl Miles, from which a 30″ Sugar tree, corner #4 of tract #864, bears N 59-58-58 W. 450 feet, thence leaving the S.S.A Government and with Cheryl Miles for 1 line N. 30-01-10 E. 380.00 feet to a 1 inch iron pipe set on the North side of a little drain, near the foot of the hill, a corner to Lot B, thence leaving Cheryl Miles and cutting through the land of Robert L. Chandler and with Lot B for the next 2 lines S. 37-27-50 W. 130.55 feet to a 1 inch iron pipe set on the South side of a little drain, thence S 30-01-10 W. passing a 1 inch iron pipe set in a small drain at 295.00 feet, in all 330.00 feet to a point on rocks, and on the line of the U.S.A. Government Tract #864, thence leaving Lot B and with the Government for 1 line N. 59-58-58 W. 120.60 feet to the point of beginning containing 42,813 square feet or .98 of an acre, more or less, as surveyed by William E. Dilley, L.L.S. of Dunmore, West Virginia, in November, 1993, and as shown as Lot A upon a plat and attached hereto and made a part of this description.
At the time of the execution of the Deed of Trust, this property was reported to have a mailing address of Crooked Fork Road, Marlinton, WV 24954-0447. We have reason to believe the property has a current mailing address of 840 Crooked Fork Road, Marlinton, WV 24954-0447. This sale is being made pursuant to the legal description and prospective purchasers are advised to perform their own due diligence regarding the property address.
AND BEING the same real estate which was conveyed to Richard E. Chandler by Deed dated April 28, 1994, from Robert L. Chandler and Jeanette Chandler, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, in Deed Book 235, at Page 381.
The above-described property will be sold subject to any covenants, restrictions, easements, leases and conditions of record, and subject to any unpaid real estate taxes.
The subject property will be sold in “AS IS” condition. The Substitute Trustee shall be under no duty to cause any existing tenant or person occupying the subject property to vacate said property.
TERMS: Ten percent (10%) of the purchase price as a deposit with the balance due and payable within 30 days of the day of sale. Pill & Pill, PLLC, Substitute Trustee
Richard A. Pill, Member
P. O. Box 440, 85 Aikens Center,
Martinsburg, WV 25404
Phone 304-263-4971, Fax 304-267-5840,
E-mail: foreclosures@pillwvlaw.com
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U.S. Department of the Interior
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Notice of Request for Determination of Valid Existing Rights
Invitation for Interested Persons to Participate
Monongahela National Forest
Pocahontas County, West Virginia
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) received a request on September 18, 2024, for a determination that South Fork Coal Company (SFCC) has Valid Existing Rights (VER) to use an existing United States Forest Service (USFS) road as a coal mine access and haul road across Federal lands within the Monongahela National Forest in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. By this notice, OSMRE is inviting interested persons to participate in the proceeding and to submit relevant factual materials on the matter.
SFCC alleges that it possesses VER to use a 1.2 mile portion of road located within the Monongahela National Forest, known as USFS Road 249, either through a special use permit issued by USFS (Permit No. FS-7700-41), or in the alternative, through mineral rights it has acquired. The subject portion of USFS Road 249 is located approximately 7 miles west of Hillsboro, West Virginia, northwest of Briery Knob, and east of the South Fork of Cherry River. USFS Road 249 begins at an intersection with Pocahontas County Route 29/4, also known as Briary Knob Road, and runs 1.2 miles west and south towards the border of Greenbrier County.
OSMRE invites interested persons to provide additional factual information as to whether SFCC has the valid existing right to use USFS Road 249 as described. OSMRE will also publish notice of this request in the Federal Register on or about March 20, 2025, with additional information.
If you wish to comment on the merits of the request for a VER determination, please send electronic or written comments to us at the Charleston Field Office, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 1027 Virginia Street East, Charleston, West Virginia 25301 or Email: jadams@osmre.gov
If you submit comments by E-mail, please include your name and return address in your message. You may contact the Charleston Field Office at 304-977-7450 if you wish to confirm receipt of your message.
OSMRE will not consider anonymous comments. If you are commenting as an individual, you may request that OSMRE withhold your name or address from public review, except for the city or town. OSMRE will honor your request to the extent allowable by law. You must state this request prominently at the beginning of your comments. OSMRE will make all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available for public review in their entirety.
OSMRE will accept comments on this request for a VER determination until 5:00 p.m. local time on April 21, 2025. Documents contained in the administrative record are available for public viewing at the location listed above during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
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NOTICE
There will be a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Public Defender Corporation, 11th Judicial Circuit at Food and Friends located at 878 Washington Street Lewisburg, WV on April 3, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. All interested parties may attend.
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