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Public Notices 08-21-25
August 19, 2025
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ISAAC ALAN GARNER, DECEASED
CAUSE NO. 23-pr-061-DKH
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF ISAAC ALAN GARNER, DECEASED
You have been named party to a Petition filed in this Court by Tina
Garner Marsh, as Administratrix of the Estate of Isaac Alan Garner,
deceased, seeking a Determination of Heirs-at-Law of Isaac Alan Garner,
deceased.
Garner Marsh, as Administratrix of the Estate of Isaac Alan Garner,
deceased, seeking a Determination of Heirs-at-Law of Isaac Alan Garner,
deceased.
You are summoned to appear and defend against the Petition filed against
you in this action at 9:00 a.m. on the 30th day of September, 2025, in
the Chancery Courtroom of the Franklin County Courthouse in Meadville,
Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a
judgment will be entered against you for the relief requested in the
Petition.
you in this action at 9:00 a.m. on the 30th day of September, 2025, in
the Chancery Courtroom of the Franklin County Courthouse in Meadville,
Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a
judgment will be entered against you for the relief requested in the
Petition.
You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you may do
so if you desire.
so if you desire.
Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this, the 24th day of
July, 2025.
July, 2025.
/s/ Jill J. Gilbert,
Chancery Clerk,
Franklin County,
Mississippi
(Seal)
By: Taylor Smith,
Deputy Clerk
Publish: Aug. 7, Aug. 14 & Aug. 21, 2025
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ISAAC ALAN GARNER, DECEASED
CAUSE NO. 23-pr-061-DKH
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: ALL UNKNOWN WRONGFUL DEATH BENEFICIARIES OF ISAAC ALAN GARNER,
DECEASED
DECEASED
THE PETITION WHICH HAS BEEN FILED IN THIS MATTER IS IMPORTANT AND YOU
MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS.
MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS.
You are required to mail or hand-deliver a copy of a written response to
the Petition to Adjudicate the Heirs-at-Law and Wrongful Death
Beneficiaries of Isaac Alan Garner, deceased, to F. Gregory Malta,
attorney for Tina Garner Marsh, whose mailing address is P. O. Box 912,
Brookhaven, MS 39602, and whose street address is 218 West Chickasaw
Street, Brookhaven, MS 39601. Your response must be mailed or delivered
within thirty (30) days from the first date of publication of this
summons, or a judgment by default will be entered against you for the
money or other things demanded in the motion.
the Petition to Adjudicate the Heirs-at-Law and Wrongful Death
Beneficiaries of Isaac Alan Garner, deceased, to F. Gregory Malta,
attorney for Tina Garner Marsh, whose mailing address is P. O. Box 912,
Brookhaven, MS 39602, and whose street address is 218 West Chickasaw
Street, Brookhaven, MS 39601. Your response must be mailed or delivered
within thirty (30) days from the first date of publication of this
summons, or a judgment by default will be entered against you for the
money or other things demanded in the motion.
You must also file the original of your response with the Chancery Clerk
of this County within a reasonable time afterward.
of this County within a reasonable time afterward.
Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this, the 24th day of
July, 2025.
July, 2025.
/s/ Jill J. Gilbert,
Chancery Clerk,
Franklin County,
Mississippi
(Seal)
By: Taylor Smith,
Deputy Clerk
Publish: Aug. 7, Aug. 14 & Aug. 21, 2025
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF
FRANKLIN
FRANKLIN
WHEREAS, on the 4th day of September, 2020, James Marshall Woods and
Kacie Deanne Woods, husband and wife, executed and delivered a certain
Deed of Trust unto First American Title, Trustee for Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Neighbors Bank, 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 331 at Page 586 Instrument# 69863; and
Kacie Deanne Woods, husband and wife, executed and delivered a certain
Deed of Trust unto First American Title, Trustee for Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Neighbors Bank, 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 331 at Page 586 Instrument# 69863; and
WHEREAS, on the 18th day of February, 2025, Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), as beneficiary, as nominee for
Neighbors Bank, assigned said Deed of Trust unto PennyMac Loan Services,
LLC, by instrument recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery
Clerk in DOT Book 2025 at Page 1736 Instrument# 78118; and
Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), as beneficiary, as nominee for
Neighbors Bank, assigned said Deed of Trust unto PennyMac Loan Services,
LLC, by instrument recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery
Clerk in DOT Book 2025 at Page 1736 Instrument# 78118; and
WHEREAS, on the 3rd day of April, 2025 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 2025 at Page 2670 Instrument# 78353; and
substituted and appointed Dean Morris, LLC as Substitute Trustee by
instrument recorded in the office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk in DOT
Book 2025 at Page 2670 Instrument# 78353; 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 28th day of August,
2025, 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:
secured by the said Deed of Trust, and the holder of said Deed of Trust,
having requested the undersigned so to do, on the 28th day of August,
2025, 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:
The westernmost acre of land out of the lands of Mrs. Marie Varner,
which she obtained from Richard G. King and Marion King, all in Sections
32 and 45, Township 7 North, Range 1 East, which said acre of land is
more particularly described as:
which she obtained from Richard G. King and Marion King, all in Sections
32 and 45, Township 7 North, Range 1 East, which said acre of land is
more particularly described as:
Commence at the intersection of the centerline of U.S. Highway 84 and
the Adams-Franklin County line and proceed easterly with said centerline
for a distance of 591.5 feet; thence South 13 degrees West 85.0 feet to
the south right-of-way line of U. S. Highway 84; thence North 86 degrees
27' East along said right of way line for a distance of 107.0 feet, more
or less; thence continue along said right of way line easterly for 100
feet; thence South 13 degrees West to the north right of way line of the
Mississippi Central Railroad; thence with said right-of-way line North
78 degrees 30' West to a net wire fence which is the westerly line of
land sold by Richard G. King and Marion King to Mrs. Marie Varner on the
23rd day of May, 1966; thence North 13 degrees East 204 feet along
netwire fence to the south right of way line of the U.S. Highway 84.
the Adams-Franklin County line and proceed easterly with said centerline
for a distance of 591.5 feet; thence South 13 degrees West 85.0 feet to
the south right-of-way line of U. S. Highway 84; thence North 86 degrees
27' East along said right of way line for a distance of 107.0 feet, more
or less; thence continue along said right of way line easterly for 100
feet; thence South 13 degrees West to the north right of way line of the
Mississippi Central Railroad; thence with said right-of-way line North
78 degrees 30' West to a net wire fence which is the westerly line of
land sold by Richard G. King and Marion King to Mrs. Marie Varner on the
23rd day of May, 1966; thence North 13 degrees East 204 feet along
netwire fence to the south right of way line of the U.S. Highway 84.
Being part of the property conveyed to the grantor herein by Richard G.
King and Marion King by deed dated May 23, 1966, recorded in Deed Book
D-6, Page 548-550 of the records in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of
Franklin County, Mississippi.
King and Marion King by deed dated May 23, 1966, recorded in Deed Book
D-6, Page 548-550 of the records in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of
Franklin County, Mississippi.
Being the same land conveyed by Marie Varner to Sammy Wood and Mrs.
Peggy Wood by deed dated the 3rd day of February, 1969, and of record in
the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Franklin County, Mississippi in Land
Deed Book K-6 at Page 433-434.
Peggy Wood by deed dated the 3rd day of February, 1969, and of record in
the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Franklin County, Mississippi in Land
Deed Book K-6 at Page 433-434.
Being all and the same land conveyed by Sammy Wood and Peggy Wood to
Kenneth R. Johnson and Rhonda G. Johnson, by deed dated October 21,
2003, recorded November 10, 2003 in Land Deed Book C-11 at page 530 in
the office of the Chancery Clerk of Franklin County, Mississippi.
Kenneth R. Johnson and Rhonda G. Johnson, by deed dated October 21,
2003, recorded November 10, 2003 in Land Deed Book C-11 at page 530 in
the office of the Chancery Clerk of Franklin County, Mississippi.
Being all and the same land conveyed by Kenneth R. Johnson and Rhonda G.
Johnson to Casey G. Lott and Lindsey J. Lott by Warranty Deed dated and
recorded November 21, 2008. in Deed Book A-12, at page 69, of the
records in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Franklin County,
Mississippi.
Johnson to Casey G. Lott and Lindsey J. Lott by Warranty Deed dated and
recorded November 21, 2008. in Deed Book A-12, at page 69, of the
records in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Franklin County,
Mississippi.
I will only convey such title as is vested in me as Substitute Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this 28th day of July 2025.
Dean Morris, LLC
Substitute Trustee
855 S Pear Orchard Rd., Ste. 404, Bldg. 400
Ridgeland, MS 39157
(318) 330-9020
jeh/F25-0188
Publish: Aug. 7, Aug. 14 & Aug. 21, 2025
BEFORE THE STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF MISSISSIPPI
STATEWIDE RULE 28 FOR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 16-14 # 1 WELL LOCATED IN
OLDENBURG FIELD, FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
OLDENBURG FIELD, FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
DOCKET NO.:340-2025-D
RE: PETITION OF ENERGY RESOURCES CORP. FOR AN EXTENSION OF INACTIVE
WELL STATUS UNDER
WELL STATUS UNDER
PUBLIC NOTICE
TAKE NOTICE that Energy Resources Corp. ("Petitioner") has filed a
Petition with the Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board under the above
docket requesting an extension of the inactive well classification under
Statewide Rule 28 for the BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 16-14 #1 Well (API No.
2303720608) located in the Oldenburg Field, Franklin County,
Mississippi, and for other relief as set forth in the Petition. The
Petition in this matter is on file in the records in the office of the
Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board and may be examined there.
Petition with the Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board under the above
docket requesting an extension of the inactive well classification under
Statewide Rule 28 for the BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 16-14 #1 Well (API No.
2303720608) located in the Oldenburg Field, Franklin County,
Mississippi, and for other relief as set forth in the Petition. The
Petition in this matter is on file in the records in the office of the
Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board and may be examined there.
The Petition will be heard by said Board at 10:00 a.m. on the 10th day
of September, 2025, at 500 Greymont Avenue, Suite E, Jackson,
Mississippi 30202, at which time and place you may appear and contest
the matter.
of September, 2025, at 500 Greymont Avenue, Suite E, Jackson,
Mississippi 30202, at which time and place you may appear and contest
the matter.
If you intend to contest the Docket or request a continuance you must
notify the Board and the Petitioner's representative of your intention
in writing not later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, which
is seven (7) days prior to the date stated above for the hearing.
Failure to notify the Board and the Petitioner's representative shall
be a waiver of your right to contest or request a continuance.
notify the Board and the Petitioner's representative of your intention
in writing not later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, which
is seven (7) days prior to the date stated above for the hearing.
Failure to notify the Board and the Petitioner's representative shall
be a waiver of your right to contest or request a continuance.
You are advised the Board may adopt an order concerning a Petition which
may differ from the relief requested by the Petitioner and the Board
will enter such order or orders as in its judgment may be appropriate in
accordance with the evidence presented.
may differ from the relief requested by the Petitioner and the Board
will enter such order or orders as in its judgment may be appropriate in
accordance with the evidence presented.
DATED this the 11th day of August, 2025.
MISSISSIPPI STATE OIL & GAS BOARD
BY: /s/ Jesse S. New
Jesse S. New
Executive Director
PETITIONER:
Gale Havard
998 Pan Southern Rd.
Brandon, MS 39042
Tele.: (601) 507-6556
Publish: August 21, 2025
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on April 19, 2022, Tony Combs and Robin Combs executed a Deed
of Trust to J. Barret Martin, as Trustee for United Mississippi Bank,
being the Lender therein, under the terms of which the hereinafter
described property was conveyed to said Trustee to secure the payment to
the said Lender of a certain indebtedness therein mentioned and
described, which Deed of Trust was recorded on April 19, 2022, in Book
341, at page 244, among the Records of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust on
file in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Franklin County,
Mississippi;
of Trust to J. Barret Martin, as Trustee for United Mississippi Bank,
being the Lender therein, under the terms of which the hereinafter
described property was conveyed to said Trustee to secure the payment to
the said Lender of a certain indebtedness therein mentioned and
described, which Deed of Trust was recorded on April 19, 2022, in Book
341, at page 244, among the Records of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust on
file in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Franklin County,
Mississippi;
WHEREAS, by Substitution of Trustee dated August 11, 2025, and recorded
August 13, 2025, in Deed of Trust Book 2025, at page 5336, of the Deed
of Trust Records of the Chancery Clerk of Franklin County, Mississippi,
Beneficiary, named Grayson R. Lewis as Substituted Trustee in said deed
of trust.
August 13, 2025, in Deed of Trust Book 2025, at page 5336, of the Deed
of Trust Records of the Chancery Clerk of Franklin County, Mississippi,
Beneficiary, named Grayson R. Lewis as Substituted Trustee in said deed
of trust.
WHEREAS, default has been made in the payment of the indebtedness
secured by said deed of trust, and the Beneficiary has exercised the
option in such as provided, and has declared the entire unpaid balance
of said indebtedness immediately due and payable and has directed the
undersigned, as Substitute Trustee in said Deed of Trust, to execute the
same by sale of the property herein described in accordance with the
terms and conditions of the said Deed of Trust; and
secured by said deed of trust, and the Beneficiary has exercised the
option in such as provided, and has declared the entire unpaid balance
of said indebtedness immediately due and payable and has directed the
undersigned, as Substitute Trustee in said Deed of Trust, to execute the
same by sale of the property herein described in accordance with the
terms and conditions of the said Deed of Trust; and
NOW THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that I, Grayson R. Lewis, the
undersigned Substitute Trustee, will, within the legal hours of 11:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m., on Friday, September 12, 2025, at the north front
door of the Franklin County Courthouse at Meadville, Mississippi, offer
for sale and sell to the highest and best bidder for cash the following
described property situated in Franklin County, Mississippi, to-wit:
undersigned Substitute Trustee, will, within the legal hours of 11:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m., on Friday, September 12, 2025, at the north front
door of the Franklin County Courthouse at Meadville, Mississippi, offer
for sale and sell to the highest and best bidder for cash the following
described property situated in Franklin County, Mississippi, to-wit:
A parcel of land in the NE 1/4 of NW 1/4 Section 20, T5N, R4E, described
as follows, to-wit:
as follows, to-wit:
Commence at a concrete monument marking the Southeast corner of NE 1/4
of NW 1/4 Section 20, T5N, R4E and run thence West 794.0 feet; thence
North 596.6 feet to an existing iron pipe set in the westerly
right-of-way of U.S. Highway 98, said iron pipe being the point of
beginning of the herein conveyed lands; thence South 67º 10' West 326.3
feet to an existing iron pipe; thence North 22° 33' West 62.7 feet to
an existing iron pipe; thence North 36º 37' East 250.1 feet to an
existing iron pipe set in the westerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway
98 in a slight curve; thence with said right-of-way having a chord
course of South 53° 13' East 219.5 feet to the point of beginning,
being that same land conveyed to Clement W. Bowlin and wife, Dianne W.
Bowlin by Jimmie Sherrill Allen and Wife, Georgia Pearl Allen, by
Warranty Deed, dated April 11, 1975 and recorded in Deed Book Z-6 at
page 592-593, and being the same land shown by plat prepared by Carl
Hammarstrom recorded in Deed Book G-5, at page 462, and being 0.88
acres, more or less, in the NE 1/4 NW 1/4, Section 20, T5N, R4E,
Washington Meridian, Franklin County, Mississippi.
of NW 1/4 Section 20, T5N, R4E and run thence West 794.0 feet; thence
North 596.6 feet to an existing iron pipe set in the westerly
right-of-way of U.S. Highway 98, said iron pipe being the point of
beginning of the herein conveyed lands; thence South 67º 10' West 326.3
feet to an existing iron pipe; thence North 22° 33' West 62.7 feet to
an existing iron pipe; thence North 36º 37' East 250.1 feet to an
existing iron pipe set in the westerly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway
98 in a slight curve; thence with said right-of-way having a chord
course of South 53° 13' East 219.5 feet to the point of beginning,
being that same land conveyed to Clement W. Bowlin and wife, Dianne W.
Bowlin by Jimmie Sherrill Allen and Wife, Georgia Pearl Allen, by
Warranty Deed, dated April 11, 1975 and recorded in Deed Book Z-6 at
page 592-593, and being the same land shown by plat prepared by Carl
Hammarstrom recorded in Deed Book G-5, at page 462, and being 0.88
acres, more or less, in the NE 1/4 NW 1/4, Section 20, T5N, R4E,
Washington Meridian, Franklin County, Mississippi.
The sale of the above described property shall be made subject to the
lien of any city, county and state ad valorem taxes which taxes shall be
paid entirely by the purchaser at said sale.
lien of any city, county and state ad valorem taxes which taxes shall be
paid entirely by the purchaser at said sale.
I shall convey only such title as is vested in me as Substitute Trustee.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, witness my signature in Natchez, Adams County,
Mississippi, on this the 13th day of August, 2025.
Mississippi, on this the 13th day of August, 2025.
/s/ Grayson R. Lewis
GRAYSON R. LEWIS,
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE
Publish: August 21, August 28, September 4 & September 11, 2025
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF GARY LEE KELLEY, SR.,
DECEASED
DECEASED
CAUSE NO. 2025-050
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary having been granted on the 18th day of August,
2025, by the Chancery Court of the County of Franklin, State of
Mississippi, to the undersigned upon the Estate of Gary Lee Kelley, Sr.,
deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against
said estate to present the same to the Clerk of said Court for probate
and registration according to law within ninety (90) days from this
date, or they will be forever barred.
2025, by the Chancery Court of the County of Franklin, State of
Mississippi, to the undersigned upon the Estate of Gary Lee Kelley, Sr.,
deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against
said estate to present the same to the Clerk of said Court for probate
and registration according to law within ninety (90) days from this
date, or they will be forever barred.
THIS the 18th day of August, 2025.
JOSHUA AUGUST KELLEY
LANE B. REED
MISS. BAR NO. 10002
MARY KATHRYN WILLIAMSON
MISS. BAR NO. 103000
ASHLEY A. JOHNSON
MISS. BAR NO. 105313
McGEHEE, McGEHEE & TORREY
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
POST OFFICE BOX 188
MEADVILLE, MISSISSIPPI 39653
TELEPHONE: 601-384-2343
FACSIMILE: 601-384-5442
ELECTRONIC MAIL: mmtlaw@mmtlaw.net
Publish: Aug. 21, Aug. 28 & Sept. 4, 2025
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