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: September 10, 2026
Claim Deadline Date: November 9, 2026
ESTATE NUMBER: 14905
ESTATE OF: WALTER LANE, JR.
ADMINISTRATRIX: Melissa New
414 Wildcat Run Road
Marlinton, WV. 24954
ESTATE NUMBER: 14921
ESTATE OF: SAMUEL ALLISON SHEETS
EXECUTOR: Lance Ray Sheets
99 Herold Street
Craigsville, WV 26205
ESTATE NUMBER: 14927
ESTATE OF: RICHARD WANLESS
ADMINISTRATRIX: Amanda L. Dilley
15922 Pocahontas Trail
White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986
ESTATE NUMBER: 14928
ESATE OF: MICHAEL A. TAYLOR
ADMINISTRATRIX: Cynthia Taylor
13873 Frost Road
Dunmore, WV 24934
Subscribed and sworn to before me on September 4, 2026.
Melissa L. Bennett
Clerk of the Pocahontas County Commission
9/10/2c
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, September 3, 2026
ESTATE NAME: DEBORAH HARKER HOEPER
3158 Gracefield Road Apt. 305
Silver Springs, MD 20904
ANCILLLARY ADMINISTRATOR CTA:
Phillips Stephen Hoeper
3158 Gracefield Road Apt. 305
Silver Springs, MD 20904
Subscribed and sworn to before me on August 27, 2026
Melissa L. Bennett
Clerk of the Pocahontas County Commission
09/3/2c
NOTICE OF NO RESPONSE TO ORDER
In Pocahontas County, West Virginia
Before the Pocahontas County Comission, West Virginia
In Re: Delinquent and Unprogressed Estates
According to the Code of West Virginia, §44-3A-24, the County Clerk gives notice that the personal representatives in the following list of estates have failed to file properly the delinquent documents or failed to file a verified statement which the County Clerk, upon review, finds and determines does not present good cause.
The County Clerk advises that the personal representatives shall be removed from office and such other appropriate person appointed as personal representatives shall be removed from office and such other appropriate person appointed as personal representative as the County Commission may determine or that the estate shall be administratively closed 30 days following th date of such notice at a hearing thereon to be held before the County Commission on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
ESTATE NUMBER: 10573
APPOINTMENT DATE: 06/13/1995 Delinquent Referred
ESTATE NAME: DOROTHY KERSHNER HODGE
ESTATE NUMBER: 10637
APPOINTMENT DATE: 03/03/1993 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: RAYMOND D. MOYERS
ESTATE NUMBER: 12561
APPOINTMENT DATE: 03/03/2006 Delinquent Referred
ESTATE NAME: MELANIE MALCOMB SHAFER
ESTATE NUMBER: 12621
APPPOINTMENT DATE: O8/29/2006 Delinquent Referred
ESTATE NAME: GLADYS M. FRIEL
ESTATE NUMBER: 13232
APPOINTMENT DATE: 05/02/2012 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: HOWARD LEE BROWN
ESTATE NUMBER:13668
APPOINTMENT DATE: 01/15/2016 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: WILDA J. FERRELL
ESTATE NUMBER: 13671
APPOINTMENT DATE: 01/21/2016 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: MADELINE LEE MCNEEL
ESTATE NUMBER: 13875
APPOINTMENT DATE: 01/29/2018 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: OPAL M. MOORE
ESTATE NUMBER: 13950
APPOINTMENT DATE: 11/01/2018 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: LYNDSEE LEE LAMBERT
ESTATE NUMBER: 14204
APPOINTMENT DATE: 12/23/2020 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: HERMAN L. SIMMONS JR.
ESTATE NUMBER: 14314
APPOINTMENT DATE: 10/25/2021 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: SIDNEY BRENT MOORE
ESTATE NUMBER: 14396
APPOINTMENT DATE: 05/17/2022 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: CAMERON DAVID DUNBRACK
ESTATE NUMBER: 14417
APPOINTMENT DATE: 07/20/2022 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: DORIS S. HINER-MITCHELL
ESTATE NUMBER: 14441
APPOINTMENT DATE: 09/23/2022 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: WINFRED REX CASSELL
ESTATE NUMBER: 14443
APPPOINTMENT DATE: 09/28/2022 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: BARBARA E. DEAN
ESTATE NUMBER: 14452
APPOINTMENT DATE: 10/24/2022 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: DANIELLE C. GOODING
ESTATE NUMBER: 14454
APPOINTMENT DATE: 10/26/2022 Delinquent Referred
ESTATE NAME: ANDREW CHANDLER
ESTATE NUMBER: 14466
APPOINTMENT DATE: 12/27/2022 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: MARY LUELLA WAUGH
ESTATE NUMBER: 14470
APPOINTMENT DATE: 01/05//2023 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: MICHAEL LANE GALFORD
ESTATE NUMBER: 14472
APPOINTMENT DATE: 01/09/2023 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: NANCY D. BURKS
ESTATE NUMBER: 14484
APPOINTMENT DATE 02/10/2023 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: DONALD NELSON
ESTATE NUMBER: 14494
APPOINTMENT DATE: 03/17/2023 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: LARRY DOCKERY
ESTATE NUMBER: 14514
APPOINTMENT DATE: 04/17/2023 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: JOSEPH JAMES LIZOTTE
ESTATE NUMBER: 14517
APPOINTMENT DATE: 04/24/2023 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: KENNETH J. CASSELL
ESTATE NUMBER: 14523
APPOINTMENT DATE: 05/05/2023 Delinquent
ESTATE NAME: ROSE MARIE GALFORD
Given under my had on this the 28th Day of August, 2026
Melissa L. Bennett
Clerk of the Pocahotnas County Commission.
9/3/2c
TRUSTEE’S SALE
OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
The undersigned Substitute Trustee, by virtue of the authority vesting in it by that certain Deed of Trust December 12, 2006, in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, in Book 290 at Page 462, Dennis R. Ruggeri and Astrid Shulte Ruggeri did convey unto Roger Metheny, as original Trustee, certain real property described in said Deed of Trust; and the beneficiary has elected to appoint Elk River Trustees Inc., as Substitute Trustee by virtue of a Substitution of Trustee recorded on July 9, 2026, in Book 432 at Page 514 in the aforesaid Clerk’s Office; the undersigned Substitute Trustee has been requested, in writing, by the beneficiary of said Deed of Trust to sell the real estate described below, as there has been a default under the terms and conditions of said Deed of Trust. Therefore, the undersigned Substitute Trustee having been instructed by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation as Trustee for Freddie Mac Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust, Series 2020-1 to foreclose thereunder will offer for sale, at a public auction at the front door of the Pocahontas County Courthouse in Marlinton, West Virginia, on
October 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM
the following described real estate, together with its easements, improvements, and appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate in Edray District, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, and more particularly bounded and described as follows:
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
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 a 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.
The property was reported to have an address of: 10 Snowshoe Drive, The Seneca Unit 405, Snowshoe WV 26209
The above referenced real estate will be conveyed with no covenants of warranty and subject to any and all easements, rights of way, conditions, covenants, restrictions, exceptions, reservations, leases and other servitudes, which may be a matter of record in the aforesaid Clerk’s Office or visible upon the ground. The sale of the referenced real estate will also be subject to all prior liens and including any and all other deeds of trust, judgments, liens, and all other encumbrances of any nature whatsoever, if any, having priority over the subject Deed of Trust.
The subject property will be sold in an “AS IS” condition. The Substitute Trustee makes no representations and warranties of any kind or character including, but not limited to, the condition of the real estate or the title to the real estate to be conveyed. The Substitute Trustee shall be under no duty to cause any existing tenant or person occupying the subject property to vacate said property.
In the event that there are federal tax liens against the property, the United States has the right to redeem the property within a period of one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of the sale. The Substitute Trustee reserves the right to adjourn the sale for a time, or from time to time, without further notice, by announcement at the time and place of the foreclosure sale described herein.
TERMS OF SALE
1. $8,000.00 (Eight Thousand Dollars) in cash and/or certified funds made payable to “Elk River Trustees, Inc.” due as a deposit at the time of sale, with the balance due and payable within thirty (30) days of sale. Personal checks will not be accepted.
2. The purchaser at the sale shall be responsible for payment of all real estate taxes.
3. The purchaser shall be responsible for payment of the recording cost of the deed and also for payment of the tax on the privilege of transferring the real property (transfer tax) imposed by West Virginia Code § 11-22-2.
4. The parties secured by the Deed of Trust reserve the right to purchase the property at the foreclosure sale.
5. The purchaser, if applicable, shall be responsible to provide all necessary information, including but not limited to entity full legal name and DBA, dates of birth and EIN/tax identification numbers, entity owner information, trust information including date of execution, trust beneficial owner information, etc., to the Substitute Trustee to ensure compliance with any necessary United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) reporting requirements. Failure to provide the information will void the sale.
ELK RIVER TRUSTEES, INC.
714 Venture Drive, #132
Morgantown, WV 26508
Telephone: 304-241-6962
Fax: 330-436-0301
Reference file # 26-01838
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