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Public Notices 11-23-23
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP OF JOHN D. BROWN,
DECEASED
JOHN NEAL BROWN, JR., PLAINTIFF
CAUSE NO. 19-2023-pr-101-WS
SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: The Unknown Heirs at Law of John D. Brown, Deceased, or Other
Unknown Interested Parties
You have been made a Defendant in the Complaint for Determination of
Heirship by Plaintiff John Neal Brown, Jr. seeking a Determination of
Heirship of John D. Brown, deceased.
You are summoned to appear and defend against said complaint filed
against you in this action at 10:30 A.M. on the 4th day of January,
2024, in the courtroom of the Franklin County Courthouse at Meadville,
Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a
judgment will be entered against you for the money or other things
demanded in complaint.
You are not required to file an answer or other pleading but you may do
so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and seal of this Court, this 2nd day of November,
2023.
JILL GILBERT
FRANKLIN COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK
BY: ERICA HAVARD
DEPUTY CLERK
WILLIAM K. HALFORD
HALFORD LAW FIRM
85 Main Street West
Post Office Box 650
Meadville, Mississippi 39653
Telephone: (601) 384-2100
Facsimile: (601) 384-2121
Electronic Mail: halford@halfordlawfirm.com
MSB#105475
ATTORNEY FOR THE ESTATE
PUBLISH: 11/9/2023; 11/16/2023; & 11/23/2023
ABANDONED VEHICLE
Auction to be held Dec. 11, 2023 at 10 a.m. at 145C Street. Will be
selling 2011 VW Jetta Vin: 3VW2K7AJ1BM325255. All rights reserved to
refuse any and all bids. Big Ape Tony.
Publish: Nov. 16, 23, 30 & Dec. 7, 2023
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
MICHELE MITCHUM PURSLEY and KELLY MITCHUM, PLAINTIFFS
VS.
ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OR OTHER SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF JERRY MORRIS
COTTEN,
ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OR OTHER SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF ATWOOD OTIS
COTTEN,
ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OR OTHERSUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF RACHEL A.
COTTEN,
ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OR OTHER SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF MARGARET MAY
GILMORE,
ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OR OTHER SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF CAROL ANN
MITCHUM,
AND ANY PERSON, ENTITY, FIRM OR CORPORATION HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL
OR EQUITABLE INTEREST IN THE SURFACE OF THE SPECIFIC PARCEL OF LAND
DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK V-7, PAGE 534 OF THE LAND RECORDS OF FRANKLIN
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI LESS AND EXCEPT THAT SPECIFIC PARCEL OF LAND
DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK I-9, PAGE 581 OF THE LAND RECORDS OF FRANKLIN
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI AND IS SITUATED IN SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH,
RANGE 5 EAST, FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI WHICH IS MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED HEREIN, DEFENDANTS
CAUSE NO. 19-2023-cv-0111-WS
SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OR OTHER SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF JERRY
MORRIS COTTEN,
ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OR OTHER SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF ATWOOD OTIS
COTTEN,
ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OR OTHER SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF RACHEL A.
COTTEN,
ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OR OTHER SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF MARGARET MAY
GILMORE,
ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OR OTHER SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF CAROL ANN
MITCHUM,
AND ANY PERSON, ENTITY, FIRM OR CORPORATION HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL
OR EQUITABLE INTEREST IN THE SURFACE OF THE SPECIFIC PARCEL OF LAND
DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK V-7, PAGE 534 OF THE LAND RECORDS OF FRANKLIN
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI LESS AND EXCEPT THAT SPECIFIC PARCEL OF LAND
DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK I-9, PAGE 581 OF THE LAND RECORDS OF FRANKLIN
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI AND IS SITUATED IN SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH,
RANGE 5 EAST, FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI WHICH IS MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT
You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed in this Court by
Michelle Mitchum Pursley and Kelly Mitchum, Plaintiffs, seeking a
confirmation of title on real property described hereinabove and more
fully as set forth in the Complaint.
You are required to mail or hand deliver a written response to the
Complaint filed against you in this action to William K. Halford,
Halford Law Firm, Attorney for Plaintiff, whose post office address is
650, Meadville, Mississippi 39653 and whose street address is 85 Main
Street West, Meadville, Mississippi 39653.
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS
AFTER THE 16TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2023, WHICH IS THE DATE OF THE FIRST
PUBLICATION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR
DELIVERED, A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE
MONEY OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE COMPLAINT.
You must also file the original of your Response with the Clerk of this
Court within a reasonable time afterward.
Issued under my hand and seal of this Court, this 13th day of November,
2023.
JILL J. GILBERT
FRANKLIN COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK,
BY: ERICA HAVARD
DEPUTY CLERK
WILLIAM K. HALFORD
HALFORD LAW FIRM
85 Main Street West
Post Office Box 650
Meadville, Mississippi 39653
601-384-2100
MSB# 105475
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFS
PUBLISH: 11/16/23; 11/23/23; & 11/30/23
FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD PROCEEDINGS CASH DISBURSEMENTS JOURNAL PAYMENTS
FROM: 10/01/2023 THRU 10/31/2023 FISCALYEAR 2022-2023
GENERAL COUNTY:
ECAM: 2,565.00; Windham and Lacey, PLLC: 4,000.00; Franklin County
Funds: 4,000.00; Beesley, Walter: 480.26; C Spire: 430.30; C Spire
Wireless: 317.88; Dry, Carrie H.: 750.00; Franklin Advocate: 543.28;
Highland Services: 245.00; Itech Systems Group, Inc.: 1,000.00;
Mississippi State University: 3,518.64; Gill, Billy P.: 875.00; Hunt,
Kelly Peeples: 360.48; Delta Computer Systems, Inc.: 3,658.20; Franklin
Telephone Company: 2,874.05; Magnolia Electric Power Association: 70.00;
C Spire Wireless: 48.77; Southwest Mississippi EPA: 137.64; Town of
Meadville: 479.41; Southwest Mississippi EPA: 91.76; AJFC: 275.00;
Franklin Co. Dept. of Human Services: 100.00; Franklin County Health
Department: 833.33; Franklin County Soil Conservation: 2,000.00; Halford
Law Firm: 1,000.00; McGehee, McGehee & Torrey: 1,000.00; Pine Belt
Mental Healthcare: 2,051.85; Rural Rapid Response: 17,916.66; SW MS
Planning & Development District: 1,325.50; SW MS Planning & Development
District: 3,200.50; Williams, Chuntel: 320.00; Chad Mulkey: 2,477.56;
Pitney Bowes Bank Inc.: 1,000.00; Amite County Board of Supervisors:
2,496.71; Franklin County Chancery Clerk's Office: 474.00; SW MS
Planning & Development District: 3,052.00; Halford Law Firm: 1,710.00;
USDA-APHIS: 7,500.00; MS Circuit Clerk's Association: 1,000.00; Amite
County Medical Services: 150.00; Havard, Erica: 151.62; SW Mental Health
Escrow Account: 16,350.00; Entergy: 653.15; Entergy: 5,821.63; MS
Chancery Clerk's Association: 1,000.00; Franklin County Board of
Education: 5,767.86; Franklin County Chancery Clerk's Office:
1,214.00; Atmos Energy: 218.40; C Spire Wireless: 189.57; Five Star #3:
227.00; Payroll Clearing Fund: 127,173.99. Fund Total: 235,096.00.
SPECIAL LEVY REAPPRAISAL-MAINT
Payroll Clearing Fund: 3,026.89. Fund Total: 3,026.89.
REAPPRAISAL FUND (DEFRAY TAX)
Herring Appraisal & Computer SVC Inc.: 4,833.33. Fund Total: 4,833.33.
EMERGENCY 911 FUND (ENHANCED)
AT&T: 2,880.00; C Spire: 755.00; Payroll Clearing Fund: 1,853.32. Fund
Total: 5,488.32.
LAW LIBRARY
Lexisnexis: 292.25. Fund Total: 292.25.
FIRE DEPARTMENT TAX SUPPORT
Franklin Telephone Company: 47.55; Entergy: 45.76; R. B. Wall Oil Co.:
66.67; Payroll Clearing Fund: 708.49. Fund Total: 868.47.
DISTRICT FIVE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Communication Specialist, Inc.: 3,690.00. Fund Total: 3,690.00.
LATCF (TRIBAL FUNDS)
Rural Rapid Response: 2,083.33. Fund Total: 2,083.33.
DISTRICT 1 MAINTENANCE
Town of Roxie: 29.70; Entergy: 159.92; Benard Miller: 26.67; Lenard
Miller: 26.67; Sharon L. Miller Davis: 26.66; Trustmark National Bank:
3,444.03; UMB: 2,312.64; C Spire Wireless: 64.04; Entergy: 128.31;
Payroll Clearing Fund: 10,192.14. Fund Total: 16,410.78.
DISTRICT 2 MAINTENANCE
UMB: 3,238.01; Trustmark National Bank: 3,063.37; Entergy: 75.09;
Payroll Clearing Fund: 17,165.83. Fund Total: 23,542.30.
DISTRICT 3 MAINTENANCE
UMB: 2,312.64; Entergy: 32.44; C Spire Wireless: 3.99; Entergy: 96.45;
Payroll Clearing Fund: 10,553.00. Fund Total: 12,998.52.
DISTRICT 4 MAINTENANCE
Hancock Whitney Bank: 1,618.68; Trustmark National Bank: 2,724.20;
Entergy: 187/20; First-Citizens Bank & Trust: 2,899.08; R. B. Wall Oil
Co.: 102.64; Payroll Clearing Fund: 22,071.32. Fund Total: 29,603.12.
DISTRICT 5 MAINTENANCE
Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation: 1,120.81; Sixtown Water
Association: 38.06; Magnolia Electric Power Association: 147.90; C Spire
Wireless: 12.43; Payroll Clearing Fund: 14,437.02. Fund Total:
15,756.22.
COUNTY WIDE ROAD MAINTENANCE
Franklin Telephone Company: 377.54; Town of Meadville: 56.15; Entergy:
493.10; Atmos Energy: 41.32; C Spire Wireless: 22.57; Payroll Clearing
Fund: 18,486.90. Fund Total: 19,477.58.
COUNTY WIDE BRIDGE AND CULVERT
David Allan Magee: 500.00; Terral River Service: 995.15; Payroll
Clearing Fund: 3,395.15. Fund Total: 4,890.30.
STATE AID ROAD FUND
WGK Engineers & Surveyors: 3,410.09. Fund Total: 3,410.09.
ARPA -- AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT
Trustmark National Bank: 3,444.03. Fund Total: 3,444.03.
DISTRICT 2 USE TAX
ARAC-MS Inc.: 48,526.32. Fund Total: 48,526.32.
DISTRICT 4 USE TAX
Trustmark National Bank: 453.41. Fund Total: 453.41.
SANITATION AND WASTE REMOVAL
UMB: 6,595.03; Delta Computer Systems, Inc.: 255.00; Franklin Telephone
Company: 173.81; UMB: 6,661.64; Entergy: 143.68; Alford, Greg: 60.00;
Entergy: 125.37; Five Star #3: 519.09; Payroll Clearing Fund: 37,932.81.
Fund Total: 52,466.43.
JUDICIAL ASSESSMENT CLEARING
Mississippi Department of Public Safety: 1,148.39; Mississippi
Department of Public Safety: 150.00; State Treasurer: 15,201.40. Fund
Total: 16,499.79.
REGIONAL LIBRARY
Lincoln-Lawrence Regional Library: 2,922.53. Fund Total: 2,922.53.
PAYROLL CLEARING
Boston Mutual Life: 27.12; Brand & Sanford PLLC: 400.00; MASA: 308.00;
MS Dept. of Human Services: 990.00; Principal Life Insurance Company:
3,476.45; MS Dept. of Employment Security: 400.96; Total Net Pay:
138,910.28. Fund Total: 144,512.81.
CO-LIN MAINTENANCE
Copiah-Lincoln Junior College: 4,036.66. Fund Total: 4,036.66.
CO-LIN IMPROVEMENT
Copiah-Lincoln Junior College: 3,948.58. Fund Total: 3,948.58.
CHANCERY CLERK EMPLOYEE CLEARING
Payroll Clearing Fund: 2,225.09. Fund Total: 2,225.09.
Total Disbursements posted to ledger: $660,503.15
Net Disbursements: $660,503.15.
Publish: November 23, 2023
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF
FRANKLIN
WHEREAS, on the 21st day of June, 2007, John E. Conn and wife, Verena K.
Conn, executed and delivered a certain Deed of Trust unto John H. Shows,
Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee
for Britton & Koontz Bank, NA, Beneficiary, to secure an indebtedness
therein described, which Deed of Trust is recorded in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Franklin County, Mississippi in Book 259 at Page 17
Instrument# 041318; and
WHEREAS, by various assignments on record said Deed of Trust was
ultimately assigned to Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2018-2, U.S. Bank
National Association, as Indenture Trustee by instrument recorded in the
office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in Book 2023 at Page 1141
Instrument# 74686; and
WHEREAS, on the 12th day of October, 2023 the Holder of said Deed of
Trust substituted and appointed Dean Morris, LLC as Substitute Trustee
by instrument recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in
DOT Book 2023 at Page 4728 Instrument# 75676; and
WHEREAS, default having been made in the payments of the indebtedness
secured by the said Deed of Trust, and the holder of said Deed of Trust,
having requested the undersigned so to do, on the 14th day of December,
2023, I will during the lawful hours of between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m., at public outcry, offer for sale and will sell, at the front door
on the north 36 Main Street side of the courthouse at Meadville,
Mississippi, for cash to the highest bidder, the following described
land and property situated in Franklin County, Mississippi, to-wit:
IN IRREGULAR SECTIONS 42 AND 43, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST
A parcel of land located in irregular Sections 42 and 43, Township 7
North, Range 1 East, Franklin County, Mississippi, described as:
Commencing at a steel cotton picker spindle found in the center of a
public county road known as the Log Cabin Road, said cotton picker
spindle marking the Northwest corner of a certain 89.44 acre parcel of
land conveyed to Lucius Shelton Earls as described by Deed recorded in
Deed Book W-5, Page 604-605 of the public records of said Franklin
County, said cotton picker spindle also being the point of beginning of
this description, and proceeding North 46 degrees 38 minutes 05 seconds
East along the center of said Log Cabin Road 264.81 feet to a point of
curvature; thence continuing along the center of said Log Cabin Road and
along the arc of a curve to the right having a radius of 482.13 feet, an
arc length of 243.06 feet, and being subtended by a chord bearing of
North 61 degrees 04 minutes 38 seconds East, and a chord length of
240.50 feet to a steel cotton picker spindle; thence leaving said Log
Cabin Road and run South 16 degrees 01 minutes 00 seconds East 441.64
feet to an iron pin; thence South 53 degrees 30 minutes 24 seconds West
501.31 feet to an iron pin on the West line of said 89.44 acre parcel;
thence North 16 degrees 01 minutes 00 seconds West along the West line
of said 89.44 acre parcel 441.64 feet to the point of beginning. Subject
to the rights of the public in and to that portion known as Log Cabin
Road. Also subject to and together with covenants, easements, and
restrictions of record. Containing 5.00 acres, as per the map or plat of
survey prepared by R. K. Phillips, Professional Land Surveyor, dated
September 24, 2004, a copy of which is recorded with that certain
Warranty Deed recorded in Deed Book G-11, Pages 290-294 of the land
records of Franklin County, Mississippi, reference to which is hereby
made for all purposes.
Being the same property conveyed by Lucius Shelton Earls and wife, Amy
Devonne Earls, to Verena K. Conn by Warranty Deed dated October 6, 2004
and recorded in Deed Book G-11, Pages 290-294 of the land records of
Franklin County, Mississippi, reference to which is hereby made for all
purposes.
Being the same property conveyed by Verena K. Conn to Lucius Shelton
Earls by Warranty Deed dated January 26, 2005 and recorded in Deed Book
H-11, Pages 661-663 of the land records of Franklin County, Mississippi,
reference to which is hereby made for all purposes.
Being the same property conveyed by Lucius Shelton Earls and wife, Amy
Devonne Earls, to Verena K. Conn and husband, John E. Conn, by Warranty
Deed dated January 26, 2006 and recorded in Deed Book M-11, Pages
454-456 of the land records of Franklin County, Mississippi, reference
to which is hereby made for all purposes.
I will only convey such title as is vested in me as Substitute Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this 1st day of November, 2023.
Dean Morris, LLC
Substitute Trustee
855 S Pear Orchard Rd., Ste. 404, Bldg. 400
Ridgeland, MS 39157
(318) 330-9020
adp/F22-0731
PUBLISH: 11-23-2023 / 11-30-2023 / 12-7-2023
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