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, April 24, 2025
Claim Deadline: Monday, June 23, 2025
ESTATE NUMBER: 14755
ESTATE OF: RAY JUNIOR MANN
EXECUTRIX: Tammy F. Carper
885 W. Woodrow Branch Road
Marlinton, WV 24954-6772
ESTATE NUMBER: 14758
ESTATE OF: PHILLIP CAMERON DEAN, SR.
EXECUTOR: Phillip Cameron Dean, Jr.
953 Everett Tibbs Road
Marlinton, WV 24954-6505
ESTATE NUMBER: 14760
ESTATE OF: KAREN ELLEN MCKENNEY
EXECUTRIX: Susan R. Morrison
1901 Brush County Road
Marlinton, WV 24954-6623
ESTATE NUMBER: 14761
ESTATE OF: JASON THOMAS LANE
ADMINISTRATRIX: Alexandra B. Lane
351 Lafayette Street
Lewisburg, WV 24901-2005
ESTATE NUMBER: 14763
ESTATE OF: LYSANDER LAVINOUS LEE III
EXECUTRIX: Rhonda M. Schultz
52 Beechnut Lane
Zion Crossroads, VA 22942-6978
Subscribed and sworn to before me on April 18, 2025.
Melissa L. Bennett
Clerk of the Pocahontas County Commission
4/24/2c
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: Thursday, April 24, 2025
ESTATE NAME: BARBARA ANN NEWMAN
ANCILLIARY ADMINISTRATOR:
Ceason Ranson
122 South Court St
Ripley, WV 25271-1409
Subscribed and sworn to before me on April 16, 2025.
Melissa L. Bennett
Clerk of the Pocahontas County Commission
4/24/2c
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 July 30, 2021, executed by the Borrower, Joshua A. Hoffmann, to Pill & Pill, PLLC, the Trustee, of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, in Book 400, at Page 413. At the time of the execution of the Deed of Trust, this property was reported to have a mailing address of 10612 Frost Rd., Marlinton, WV 24954.
The Borrower 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: Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at 10:30 a.m.
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF Pocahontas, STATE OF WV, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
All of those three (3) certain tracts or parcels of real estate, including the improvements, appurtenances and easements thereunto belonging, on the east side of West Virginia State Route 28 one (1) mile north of the Village of Frost, Huntersville District of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, and more particularly described as follows:
Tract No. I: “Beginning at a stake on the east side of State Route 28 and running in an easterly direction and approximately perpendicular to the said State Route 286 feet to a stake; thence running perpendicular to the former line and in a northerly direction 139 feet to a stake; thence running perpendicular to the former line and in a westerly direction 286 feet to the right-of-way line of the said State Route; thence running with the right-of-way line in a southerly direction 100 feet to the point of beginning, and containing one-half ( 1/2) acre, more or less.”
Tract No. II: Being a strip land approximately 345 feet long and 12 to 16 feet wide and bounded on the north by the lands of John G. Sharp; on the east by the lands of the United States of America; and on the south by the lands of Lester Tennant; and on the west by State Route No. 28; and being a part of what was formerly known as the Preston-Dreppard Farm.
Tract No. III: All of that certain parcel of land designated by the United States Forest Service as Tract 377a-I, containing 0.14 acre, more or less, located in the Huntersville District of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, being a portion of U.S. Tract No 377a, conveyed by deed from Warn Lumber Company to the United States of America dated February 21, 1937, and of record in the Deed Book 71, at Page 335, and further acquired by Berlin N. Galford, by the United States of America, by Deed dated March 20, 1998, and of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, In Deed Book 302, at Page 522.
AND BEING the same real estate conveyed unto Joshua A. Hoffmann by the Deed dated the 1st day of March 2019, from Douglas Grimes and Connie Grimes, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, in Deed Book 377, at Page 275.
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-way, 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
4/17/3c
PUBLIC NOTICE
CONSTRUCTION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER
Pocahontas County Emergency Services is providing notice of its intent to construct and operate a tower pursuant to Federal Communication Commission’s Programmatic Agreement for telecommunication towers.
The tower called Beard Heights 911 will be at 250 Duncan Road, Buckeye, WV (38-11-59.80 N and 80-06-34.00 W). The self-support tower will be up to 199 feet in height.
Only comments regarding potential effects on Historic Properties should be sent within 30 days of publication to:
Teresa A. Schuller
Mead & Hunt, Inc.
400 Tracy Way, Suite 200
Charleston, WV 25311
Phone: 681-313-4617
Teresa.schuller@meadhunt.com
5/1/1c
