Legal & Public Notices For The Week Of 01/09/25
NOTICE CHAD DICKENS The State of Tennessee, Department of Children’s Services, has filed a petition against you seeking to declare your child to be dependent and neglected. It appears that ordinary process of law cannot be served upon you because your whereabouts are unknown. You are hereby ORDERED to serve upon Laura Beth Whitley, Attorney for the Tennessee Department of Children Services, 600 Hearthwood Court, Cookeville, Tennessee 38506, (931) 646-3000, an Answer to the Petition to Declare Children Dependent and Neglected filed by the Tennessee Department of Children Services, within thirty (30) days of the last day of publication of this notice, and pursuant to Rule 103(c)(3) of the Tenn. R. Juv. P. you must also appear in the Juvenile Court of Smith County, Tennessee at Carthage, Tennessee on the 10th day of March, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. for the Hearing on the Petition to Declare Children Dependent and Neglected filed by the State of Tennessee, Department of Children’s Services If you fail to do so, a default judgment will be taken against you pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-1-117(n) and Rule 55 of the Tenn. R. of Civ. P. for the relief demanded in the Petition. You may view and obtain a copy of the Petition and any other subsequently filed legal documents at the Juvenile Court Clerk’s Office, Carthage, Tennessee. 12-26-4t
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF SMITH COUNTY THE STATE OF TENNESSEE The State of Tennessee For the use and benefit of Smith County, TN, Plaintiff Vs. 2022 Real Estate Delinquent Taxpayers CIVIL ACTION # 8689 NON-RESIDENT NOTICES In this action, it appearing to the satisfaction of the Clerk and Master from the Plaintiff’s Complaint, which is sworn to that the following defendants whose whereabouts and address are unknown, that a diligent attempt has been made to locate said defendants and that the ordinary process of law cannot be served; it is therefore, ORDERED that publication be made in the Carthage Courier, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Smith in the State of Tennessee for four (4) consecutives weeks commanding said defendants to serve upon Jeremiah Hassler, Attorney at Law, whose address is P.O. Box 409, Carthage, Tennessee 37030, a copy of an Answer to Complaint on or before the 3rd day of March, 2025, also file an Answer to the Complaint with the Clerk and Master at her office at 322 Justice Dr., Suite 105, Carthage, TN 37030, according to law. If you fail to do so Judgment by Default will be taken against you, the said defendants for the relief demanded in the Complaint on the 7th day of March, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. in the Chancery Court of Smith County at the Wilson County Justice Center, Lebanon, TN. The said defendants are listed as follows: 2022 REAL ESTATE: Richard D. Gaines. District, Map, & Parcel: 05-014-041.02. Property Address: 17 Dog Branch Road S, Pleasant Shade, TN 37145. This the 27th day of December, 2024. Jessie Goad, Clerk and Master Jeremiah Hassler, Smith County Delinquent Tax Attorney 01-02-4t
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STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Elizabeth Anne Goolsby Case#80CH1-2024-PR-2826 Notice is hereby given that on the 20th day of December, 2024, Letters of Testamentary in respect to the estate of Elizabeth Anne Goolsby, Deceased, who died on the 15th day of August, 2024, 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 20th day of December, 2024. Signed Laura Pewitt Romero, Personal Representative Jeremiah A. Hassler, Attorney Jessie Goad, Clerk & Master 01-02-2t
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Greenbelt Available to Property Owners Beginning January 2nd, Smith County property owners can sign up for Greenbelt. The Agricultural, Forest and Open Land Act of 1976, known as the Greenbelt Law, allows certain land to be taxed on its value based on its present use instead of its market value. There are three types of land which may qualify for greenbelt classification: agricultural (farm), forest and open space land. Most of the property classified under greenbelt is agricultural land, which requires 15 acres to qualify. Farm property must produce an average annual farm income of $1,500. This may include, (farm rent or federal farm support payments). Property may also qualify if you or your parents or spouse have farmed the property for at least 25 years. State law requires the assessor to make sure that only qualified properties benefit from greenbelt. Property owners wishing to qualify their land for greenbelt must apply at the Assessor of Property’s office beginning January 2, 2025 through March 15, 2025. If you have questions please call your Property Assessor at 735-1750 or come by the office at 122 Turner High Circle, Suite 106, Carthage, Tenn. 37030. 1-09-1t
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STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Kenneth Lee Massey Case#80CH1-2024-PR-2834 Notice is hereby given that on the 3rd day of January, 2025, Letters of Testamentary in respect to the estate of Kenneth Lee Massey, Deceased, who died on the 10th day of December, 2024, 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 3rd day of January, 2025. Signed Steven Allon Massey, Personal Representative Jamie D. Winkler, Attorney Jessie Goad, Clerk & Master 01-09-2t
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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE Sale at public auction will be on January 29, 2025 on or about 2:00PM local time, At the Front Steps of the, Smith County Courthouse, 211 North Main Street, Carthage, TN 37030, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by HARRY W. MITCHELL AND MARTHA S. MITCHELL, to James L. Bass, Trustee, on November 23, 1999, at Record Book 8, Page 692-700 as Instrument No. 52762 in the real property records of Smith County Register’s Office, Tennessee. Owner of Debt: NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing The following real estate located in Smith County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record: BEING certain tracts or parcels of land lying in the Town of South Carthage, Fourteenth (14th) Civil District of Smith county, Tennessee, and being more particularly described as follows, to-wit: TRACT 1: BEING Lot No. 5, Section D on the Plan of Rivermont Addition to the city of South Carthage, a Plat of which is of record in Plat Book 2, Page 5, Register`s Office for Smith County, Tennessee, to which reference is here made for a more complete description. TRACT2: BEGINNING at West right-of-way of Hillwood Drive and Northeast corner of Tract No. 1; thence North 81 degrees 34 minutes 09 seconds West 124.92 feet to iron pin at Waggoner Street; thence North 03 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 70.00 feet with Waggoner Street to Lot 5D; thence South 82 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 148.00 feet to Hillwood Drive; thence South 09 degrees 35 minutes 00 seconds West 70.00 feet with Hillwood Drive to point of BEGINNING and containing 0.18 acres, more or less as shown on Tract #1A of Survey of Hollis Petty dated June 10, 1994. BEING the same property conveyed to HARRY W. MITCHELL and wife, MARTHA S. MITCHELL by deed from Mark T. Auth and wife, Pamela Mofield Auth, of record in Record Book 8, Page 689-691, Register`s Office for Smith County, Tennessee. Tax ID: 053E C 005.00 000 Current Owner(s) of Property: HARRY W. MITCHELL AND MARTHA S. MITCHELL The street address of the above described property is believed to be 191 Waggoner Drive, Carthage, TN 37030, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control. SALE IS SUBJECT TO OCCUPANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION. THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO ADJOURN THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE. THE TERMS OF SALE ARE CASH. ANY TAXES OR FEES WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PURCHASER. IF THE SALE IS SET ASIDE FOR ANY REASON, THE PURCHASER AT THE SALE SHALL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO A RETURN OF THE PURCHASE PRICE. THE PURCHASER SHALL HAVE NO FURTHER RECOURSE AGAINST THE GRANTOR, THE GRANTEE, OR THE TRUSTEE. OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: ESTATE OF MARTHA S. MITCHELL AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MARTHA S. MITCHELL THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. If applicable, the notice requirements of T.C.A. 35-5-101 have been met. All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee. If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State of Tennessee Department of Labor or Workforce Development are listed as Interested Parties in the advertisement, then the Notice of this foreclosure is being given to them and the Sale will be subject to the applicable governmental entities’ right to redeem the property as required by 26 U.S.C. 7425 and T.C.A. §67-1-1433. This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. MWZM File No. 24-000296-505-1 Mackie Wolf Zientz & Mann, P.C., Substitute Trustee(s) Cool Springs III 725 Cool Springs Blvd, Suite 140 Franklin, TN 37067 TN INVESTORS PAGE: HTTP://MWZMLAW.COM/TN_INVESTORS.PHP 12-26-3t
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STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Shannon Shoulders Case#80CH1-2024-PR-2832 Notice is hereby given that on the 20th day of December, 2024, Letters of Testamentary in respect to the estate of Shannon Shoulders, Deceased, who died on the 24th day of November, 2024, 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 20th day of December, 2024. Signed Lucette Shoulders Kemp, Personal Representative Jamie D. Winkler, Attorney Jessie Goad, Clerk & Master 01-02-2t
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF SMITH COUNTY THE STATE OF TENNESSEE The State of Tennessee For the use and benefit of Smith County, TN, Plaintiff Vs. 2022 Real Estate Delinquent Taxpayers CIVIL ACTION # 8689 NON-RESIDENT NOTICES In this action, it appearing to the satisfaction of the Clerk and Master from the Plaintiff’s Complaint, which is sworn to that the following defendants whose whereabouts and address are unknown, that a diligent attempt has been made to locate said defendants and that the ordinary process of law cannot be served; it is therefore, ORDERED that publication be made in the Carthage Courier, a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Smith in the State of Tennessee for four (4) consecutives weeks commanding said defendants to serve upon Jeremiah Hassler, Attorney at Law, whose address is P.O. Box 409, Carthage, Tennessee 37030, a copy of an Answer to Complaint on or before the 3rd day of March, 2025, also file an Answer to the Complaint with the Clerk and Master at her office at 322 Justice Dr., Suite 105, Carthage, TN 37030, according to law. If you fail to do so Judgment by Default will be taken against you, the said defendants for the relief demanded in the Complaint on the 7th day of March, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. in the Chancery Court of Smith County at the Wilson County Justice Center, Lebanon, TN. The said defendants are listed as follows: 2022 REAL ESTATE: Lillian Wayman, The Estate of Lillian Wayman Personal Representative, Unknown Heirs and/or Assigns. District, Map, & Parcel: 19-106-008.02. Property Address: 402 Holmes Gap Road, Watertown, TN 37184. 2022 REAL ESTATE: Stephen Steinwinder, The Estate of Stephen Steinwinder Personal Representative, Unknown Heirs and/or Assigns. District, Map, & Parcel: 19-106-008.02. Property Address: 402 Holmes Gap Road, Watertown, TN 37184. This the 27th day of December, 2024.Jessie Goad, Clerk and Master Jeremiah Hassler, Smith County Delinquent Tax Attorney 01-02-4t
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STATE OF TENNESSEE PROBATE COURT OF SMITH COUNTY AT CARTHAGE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Barry Woodard Case#80CH1-2024-PR-2833 Notice is hereby given that on the 20th day of December, 2024, Letters of Testamentary in respect to the estate of Barry Woodard, Deceased, who died on the 19th day of December, 2024, 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 20th day of December, 2024. Signed Russell Allen Woodard, Personal Representative Jamie D. Winkler, Attorney Jessie Goad, Clerk & Master 01-02-2t
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PUBLIC NOTICE TO DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS OF SMITH COUNTY You are advised that after March 31, 2025, additional penalties and costs will be imposed in consequence of suits to be fi led for the enforcement of the lien for property taxes for Tax Year 2023. Until the fi ling of such suits, taxes may be paid in the Trustee’s Offi ce. Julie Wright Smith County Trustee 615-735-8242
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Project No. 1158-19 DeKalb Utility District (Owner) Separate sealed Bids for the 2023 ARPA Water System Improvements – Smith County will be received by DeKalb Utility District at their offi ce, located at 191 Tiger Drive, Smithville, TN 37166 until 2:00 P.M. local time, on Thursday, January 30, 2025 and then at said time and place publicly opened and read aloud. The scope of work consists of the following: Replacement of an existing 6” diameter water line under Smith Fork Creek adjacent to Old Temperance Hall Road with 8” diameter HDPE water line to be installed via horizontal directional drilling with valves and all appurtenances thereto; Replacement of an existing 4” diameter water line under Smith Fork Creek adjacent to Lancaster Highway with a 6” diameter HDPE water line to be installed via horizontal directional drilling with valves and all appurtenances thereto. The Information for Bidders, Form of Bid, Form of Contract, Plans, Specifi cations, and Forms of Bid Bond, Performance and Payment Bond, and other contract documents may be examined at the following: Hethcoat & Davis, Inc., 278 Franklin Road, Suite 200 Brentwood, TN 37027 A non-refundable deposit of $50.00 is required for the Contract Documents. Contract Documents(plans and specifi cations) will only be released electronically in PDF format by electronic link provided via email. No hard copies will be provided. Bidder will be responsible for printing the documents specifi cally required for Bid submittal, as well as printing of the plans and specifi cations as needed for Bidder’s use. Failure to pay the plan deposit and obtaining Contract Documents from locations other than Hethcoat & Davis, Inc. will result in Bidder not being considered and Bid will not be accepted. The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities or to reject any or all Bids. Roger Turney, President DeKalb Utility District December 30, 2024 No Bidder may withdraw his Bid within 60 days after the actual date of the opening thereof. All Bidders must be licensed General Contractors as required by the Contractor’s Licensing Act of 1994 of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, and qualifi ed for the type of construction being bid upon. Each Bidder must deposit with his Bid, security in the amount, form and subject to the conditions provided in the Information for Bidders.
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NOTICE OF SALE The Smith County Rescue Squad will be accepting sealed bids on a 1996 Kawasaki Mule 2510 Side-By-Side. It will be sold as-is. An appointment to view the vehicle may be made by calling Michael at (615) 210-4239. All bids must be received by 12:00 noon on Friday, January 31, 2025 and are to be opened on Tuesday evening, February 4, 2025. Sealed bids may be mailed to: Smith County Rescue Squad 513 Jefferson Avenue East Carthage, TN 37030 The Smith County Rescue Squad will reserve the right to reject any or all bids.