Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 10/31/19
Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 10/31/19
Public Notice Let’s Talk ~ Carthage Monday, November 4, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. Carthage residents and business owners share ideas for making our community a better place to live, work, and play. _____________________________________________________
Carthage City Council Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 6 p.m. To add an item to the agenda, call Jennifer Parker at (615) 735-1881 ext. 200 before noon, Monday, November 4th.
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Carthage Planning Commission Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. To add an item to the agenda, call Jennifer Parker at (615) 735-1881 ext. 200 before noon, Monday, November 11th.
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Meetings are held at City Hall, 314 Spring Street. All interested citizens are invited to attend. Sarah Marie Smith ~ Mayor of Carthage 10-31-19(1t)
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PUBLIC NOTICE The Town of South Carthage will conduct a public hearing on November 7, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. The purpose of this hearing is to solicit comments from the public on the passage of the following Ordinances: 1. Ordinance # 19-394 Calling for a Referendum on the Proposition to Increase the Local Option Sales Tax Rate 2. Ordinance # 19-401 Amending Title 13, Chapter 1 Section 13-108 (House Trailers) of the South Carthage Municipal Code 3. Ordinance # 19-402 Establishing an updated Occupational Safety and Health program plan The hearing will be held in the Hughes Building on South Main Street. Following the public hearing the Town of South Carthage Board of Mayor and Aldermen will meet in regular session to consider Ordinance # 19-396 on final reading. All interested citizens are encouraged to attend. Hollis Mullinax – Mayor 10-31-19(1t)
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NOTICE Please be advised that a vacancy has occurred in the Smith County Commission. Commissioner Barbara Kannapel has tendered her resignation leaving a seat vacant in District 6. The Smith County Commission will fill the vacant seat at its regularly scheduled Commission meeting held November 12, 2019 at 7:00 P.M. Any registered voter of Smith County residing in District 6 may submit their name for consideration to the Smith County Mayor, Jeff Mason at 122 Turner High Circle, Carthage, TN 37030, in the form of a signed statement declaring interest in the seat. Alternatively, any candidate may also appear in person at the regularly scheduled meeting as described in this notice without a written submission. All candidates MUST be qualified to fill the vacancy. Smith County thanks Barbara Kannapel for her service. 10-31-19(1t)
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Smith County Board of Education will be accepting sealed bids on the following vehicles. Sealed Bids must be delivered to the Smith County Board of Education, 126 SCMS Lane Carthage TN 37030 no later than 8:59 AM on Nov 5, 2019. Faxed bids will not be accepted. Bids will be opened at 9:00 AM Nov. 5, 2019. Bid sheets will be available at the Smith County Board of Education or the Smith County Bus garage. Oct. 24-Nov. 4, 2019 Mon-Fri. from 8AM -4PM. Vehicles are located at the Smith County Bus Garage. If you would like to look at them before the Nov 5, 2019 bid opening. • 2001 78 passenger type D school bus (31) with 192,337 miles • 2001 78 passenger type D school bus (32) with 142.672 miles • 2005 72 passenger type D school bus with 162,689 miles • 2005 Dodge stratus 4 door with 206,267 miles All vehicles will be sold as is. The Smith County Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids. 10-24-19(1t)
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS REQUEST FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that sealed bids are sought and requested for furnishing all materials, equipment, and doing all work necessary for the performance, according to specifications, of a contract to be let by the Town of South Carthage for the repair and paving of a portion of WAGGONER STREET, and GENTRY LANE as marked, and HUNTER AVENUE ENTRANCE (24X20) located within the city limits of the Town of South Carthage. The streets are to be bid as one job. Sealed bids will be received either by mail or delivery at the Office of the Mayor of South Carthage located at 106 Main Street South, Carthage, Tennessee 37030, until 4:30 p.m. central standard time, Thursday November 7, 2019 and will be considered publicly at 7 pm at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The plans, specifications, and form for request for bids can be examined and obtained at the Office of the Mayor of South Carthage at 106 Main Street South, Carthage, Tennessee, 37030 between October 30, 2019 at 8:00 am and November 7, 2019 at 4:30 pm. Bids must be made in accordance with the form of bids prepared by and obtainable from the Town of South Carthage during normal working hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. which bid will contain accompanying instructions to bidders and a copy of the specifications for the work. THE TOWN OF SOUTH CARTHAGE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS. ONLY BIDS FROM LICENSED AND BONDED CONTRACTORS WITH PROOF OF ADEQUATE INSURANCE WILL BE ACCEPTED. HOLLIS MULLINAX MAYOR
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Carrol Charles Key Notice is hereby given that on the 15th day of October, 2019, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Carrol Charles Key, Deceased, who died on the 6th day of October, 2019, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against said estate are required to file same with the Clerk of the above named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2) otherwise their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to creditors at least sixty (60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to creditors if the creditor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (a); or (2) Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death. This the 15th day of October, 2019. Signed Melissa Ann Key, Personal Representative Thomas S. Dillehay, Clerk & Master Jacky O. Bellar, Attorney 10-24-2t
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Kathleen P. Lankford Notice is hereby given that on the 15th day of October, 2019, Letters of Administration in respect to the estate of Kathleen P. Lankford, Deceased, who died on the 9th day of October, 2019, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against said estate are required to file same with the Clerk of the above named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2) otherwise their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to creditors at least sixty (60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to creditors if the creditor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (a); or (2) Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death. This the 15th day of October, 2019. Signed Karen Denise Locke, Personal Representative Thomas S. Dillehay, Clerk & Master Jacky Bellar, Attorney 10-24-2t
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CHANCERY COURT LAND SALE CHARLES ALBERT PRESTON, NANCY PAULINE WILSON, PAMELA ELAINE NUNLEY, and EDDIE SHANE BLAIR, PLAINTIFFS, VS. REBECCA MALONE, SHARON PRESTON, JAMES A. PRESTON, DARLENE ALVIS, JAMES L. PRESTON, DANIEL POPE, SCOTT WELLS, and any UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEFENDANTS. No. 8338 In obedience to a decree of the Chancery Court at Carthage made on July 25, 2019, in the above styled case, I will on Saturday, the 9th day of November, at 10:00 o’clock A.M., on the premises, sell to the highest and best bidder the property in said decree described, being a tract of land located in the Fifteenth (15th) Civil District of Smith County, Tennessee, Trousdale Ferry Pike, Gordonsville, and described as follows: MAP:077 PARCEL: 022.00 Bounded on the North by James Vance, et ux and Charles McKinney; East by Charles McKinney, Mike Finley, Edward and James Scott Fitzpatrick, and Billy Tramel; South by Trousdale Ferry Pike and Interstate 40; and West by James Larry Preston heirs, Jason Montgomery, et ux, and James Vance, et ux, containing approximately 114.39 acres, more or less, according to the tax map as it existed in the Property Assessor’s Office, Smith County, Tennessee on September 25, 2018. BEING the same property bequeathed to Jim Preston for and during his lifetime and at his death to his heirs by Will of A.E. Preston of record in Will Book G, Page 342, Clerk and Master’s Office, Smith County, Tennessee. Jim Preston died April 26, 1980 and the property became vested in his children, to-wit: Jerry Wayne Preston, James A. Preston, Charles R. Preston, Linda D. Wells, Darlene Alvis, Thelma Mahaney, Rebecca Malone, and Dewey T. Preston. Jerry Wayne Preston conveyed his one-eighth (1/8) interest to James A. Preston, Charles R. Preston, Linda D. Wells, Darlene Alvis, Thelma Mahaney, Rebecca Malone and Dewey T. Preston by Warranty Deed dated June 9, 1980, of record in Deed Book 97, Page 395, Register’s Office, Smith County, Tennessee. Dewey T. Preston conveyed his one-seventh (1/7) interest to Charles R. Preston by Warranty Deed dated February 6, 1986, of record in Deed Book 107, Page 113, Register’s Office, Smith County, Tennessee. Linda D. Wells is deceased and Scott Wells is her only child and heir at law. Thelma Jean Preston Pope (formerly Mahaney) died June 3, 2015 devised her interest in said property to her husband, Daniel Ray Pope, by Will of record in Will Book 59, Page 568, Probate Clerk’s Office, Rutherford County, Tennessee. Charles R. Preston died June 19, 2016 and devised his interest in said property to his children Pamela Nunley, Charles A. Preston, Nancy Wilson, Jolinda Blair, and Lonnie Preston by Will of record in Will Book 10, Page 611, Probate Clerk’s Office, DeKalb County, Tennessee. James A. Preston died intestate on October 27, 2016 and Sharon Preston, his wife, and James Avin Preston, Jr., his son, were his only heirs at law at the time of his death. TERMS OF SALE Sale will be made for cash. This 14th day of October, 2019. Jeremy D. Trapp Attorney for Plaintiff Thomas S. Dillehay Clerk and Master 10-17-3t
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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE Sale at public auction will be on December 18, 2019, at or about 1:00 PM, local time, at the front entrance of the Smith County Courthouse, 211 North Main Street, Carthage, TN 37030, pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by Thomas Andrew Eastes and William Kenneth Eastes, Jr., to Anthony R. Steele, as Trustee for Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. dated May 10, 2017, and recorded in Book 321, Page 628, and modified in Book 326, Page 97 in the Register’s Office for Smith County, Tennessee (“Deed of Trust”), conducted by Padgett Law Group, having been appointed Substitute Trustee, all of record in the Smith County Register’s Office. Default in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust has been made; and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable. Party entitled to enforce the debt: Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. Other interested parties: Wilson Bank & Trust The hereinafter described real property located in Smith County will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record: Legal Description: BEING LOCATED IN THE 20TH CIVIL DISTRICT, SMITH COUNTY, TENNESSEE, ON THE WEST SIDE OF HORSESHOE BEND ROAD, AND BEING A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY OF RECORD IN DEED BOOK 61, PAGE 339 AND DEED BOOK 56, PAGE 6, REGISTER`S OFFICE, SMITH COUNTY, TENNESSEE, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT AN IRON ROD IN THE WEST MARGIN OF HORSESHOE BEND ROAD, SAME BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THIS TRACT AND THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF BOBBY F. BROWN; THENCE LEAVING ROAD WITH LINE OF BROWN SOUTH 56 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 36 SECONDS WEST 29.88 FEET TO A LARGE BODOCK TREE; THENCE SOUTH 10 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST 22.41 FEET TO AN IRON ROD AT A FALLEN BODOCK TREE; THENCE SOUTH 28 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST 42.17 FEET TO AN IRON ROD; THENCE NORTH 76 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 27 SECONDS WEST 187.50 FEET TO A 20-INCH HICKORY TREE; THENCE WITH THE LINE OF JERRY CRAIGHEAD NORTH 72 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 18 SECONDS WEST 107.04 FEET TO A METAL POST; THENCE NORTH 67 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 01 SECOND WEST 223.94 FEET TO A 12-INCE MAPLE TREE; THENCE NORTH 68 DEGREES 29 MINUTES 24 SECONDS WEST 237.02 FEET TO A POST; THENCE NORTH 71 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 11 SECONDS WEST 104.95 FEET TO AN IRON ROD AT A 12-INCH HACKBERRY TREE; THENCE WITH LINE OF TRACT NUMBER 2 OF THE BENNETT ESTATE PROPERTY (5.50 ACRES AS PER SURVEY OF SAME DATE) NORTH 73 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 42 SECONDS EAST 800.01 FEET TO AN IRON ROD IN THE WEST MARGIN OF HORSESHOE BEND ROAD; THENCE WITH SAID MARGIN SOUTH 08 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 41 SECONDS EAST 143.23 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 10 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 18 SECONDS EAST 161.18 FEET TO A POINT, SAME BEING POINT OF CURVATURE OF A CURVE PROCEEDING COUNTERCLOCKWISE, HAVING A DEFLECTIONS ANGLE OF 14 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 13 SECONDS, A RADIUS OF 557.50 FEET, A TANGENT LEGTH OF 72.01 FEET, AND A CHORD OF SOUTH 17 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST 142.84 FEET; THENCE ALONG SAID CURVE AN ARC LENGTH OF 143.23 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING CONTAINING 5.01 ACRES MORE OR LESS BY SURVEY BY CARROLL DEAN CARMAN, REGISTERED LAND SURVEYOR, TENNESSEE NUMBER 910, ADDRESS 150 MIDDLE FORK ROAD, HARTSVILLE, TENNESSEE, 37074, DATED APRIL 27, 2004. THIS CONVEYANCE IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS; 1. RESERVATION OF ALL OIL, GAS AND MINERAL RIGHTS. 2. DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AS OF RECORD IN RECORD BOOK 107, PAGE 323, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SMITH COUNTY, TENNESSEE. 3. SUCH MATTERS AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF RECORD IN PLAT CABINET B, SLIDE 340, REGISTER`S OFFICE FOR SMITH COUNTY, TENNESSEE. 4. SUCH MATTERS AS SHOWN ON THE SURVEY BY CARROLL DEAN CARRUAN DATED APRIL 27, 2004. Street Address: The street address of the property is believed to be 393 Horseshoe Bend LN, Elmwood, TN 38560, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property. In the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control. Map/Parcel Number: 045 016.02 Current owner(s) of Record: Thomas Andrew Eastes and William Kenneth Eastes, Jr., as tenants in common with the right of survivorship This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded Plat or Plan; any unpaid taxes and assessments; any restrictive covenants, easements or setback lines that may be applicable; rights of redemption, equity, statutory or otherwise, not otherwise waived in the Deed of Trust, including rights of redemption of any government agency, state or federal; and any and all prior deeds of trust, liens, dues, assessments, encumbrances, defects, adverse claims and other matters that may take priority over the Deed of Trust upon which this foreclosure sale is conducted or are not extinguished by this Foreclosure Sale. THE PROPERTY IS SOLD WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, RELATING TO TITLE, MARKETABILITY OF TITLE, POSSESSION, QUIET ENJOYMENT OR THE LIKE AND FITNESS FOR A GENERAL OR PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE. The title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. Title to the manufactured home may be transferred by Bill of Sale or Certificate of Title, as the case may require. The right is reserved to adjourn the sale to another time certain or to another day, time, and place certain, without further publication upon announcement on the day, time, and place of sale set forth above or any subsequent adjourned day, time, and place of sale. If you purchase a property at the foreclosure sale, the entire purchase price is due and payable at the conclusion of the auction in the form of a certified check made payable to or endorsed to Padgett Law Group. No personal checks will be accepted. To this end, you must bring sufficient funds to outbid the lender and any other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be accepted. Amounts received in excess of the winning bid will be refunded to the successful purchaser at the time the foreclosure deed is delivered. This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded by the Substitute Trustee at any time. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Padgett Law Group, Substitute Trustee 6267 Old Water Oak Road, Suite 203 Tallahassee, FL 32312 (850) 422-2520 (telephone) (850) 422-2567 (facsimile) [email protected] PLG# 19-018200-1 10-17-3t
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Gladys Wade Gibbs Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day of October, 2019, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Gladys Wade Gibbs Deceased, who died on the 12th day of October 2019, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against said estate are required to file same with the Clerk of the above named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2) otherwise their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to creditors at least sixty (60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to creditors if the creditor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (a); or (2) Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death. This the 18th day of October 2019. Signed Mary Lamoureux, Personal Representative Thomas S. Dillehay, Clerk & Master Charles McKinney, Attorney 10-24-2t
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Carl K. Wilkerson Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day of October 2019, Letters Testamentary in respect to the estate of Carl K. Wilkerson, Deceased, who died on the 15th day of October 2019, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against said estate are required to file same with the Clerk of the above named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2) otherwise their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to creditors at least sixty (60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to creditors if the creditor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (a); or (2) Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death. This the 18th day of October, 2019. Signed Stephen Weaver, Personal Representative Thomas S. Dillehay, Clerk & Master Jamie D. Winkler, Attorney 10-24-2t
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Dewey E. Winfree Notice is hereby given that on the 21st day of October 2019, Letters of Testamentary, in respect to the estate of Dewey E. Winfree Deceased, who died on the 10th day of October 2019, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Court of Smith County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against said estate are required to file same with the Clerk of the above named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2) otherwise their claims will be forever barred: (1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this notice to creditors at least sixty (60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the notice to creditors if the creditor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (a); or (2) Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death. This the 21st day of October, 2019. Signed Janie G. Winfree, Personal Representative Thomas S. Dillehay, Clerk & Master Jamie D. Winkler, Attorney 10-24-2t
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