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Public Notices 10-30-25
October 28, 2025
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JACK V. REYNOLDS, DECEASED
CLIFFORD CARY REYNOLDS, EXECUTOR
NO. 2025-209
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF JACK V. REYNOLDS
Letters Testamentary having been granted on the 8th day of October,
2025, by the Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, to the
undersigned, CLIFFORD CARY REYNOLDS, Executor of the Estate of Jack V.
Reynolds, deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims
against said Estate to present the same to the Clerk of this Court for
probate and registration according to law, within ninety (90) days from
the first publication of this notice, or they will be forever barred.
2025, by the Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, to the
undersigned, CLIFFORD CARY REYNOLDS, Executor of the Estate of Jack V.
Reynolds, deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons having claims
against said Estate to present the same to the Clerk of this Court for
probate and registration according to law, within ninety (90) days from
the first publication of this notice, or they will be forever barred.
THIS the 8th day of October, 2025.
/s/ Clifford Cary Reynolds
CLIFFORD CARY REYNOLDS, Executor
Publish: Oct. 16, Oct. 23 & Oct. 30, 2025
INVITATION FOR BIDS FOREST PRODUCTS FOR SALE NOTICE
Sealed bids will be received by the Wayne County School District up to
and no later than 10:00 a.m., November 5, 2025 for the right to cut and
remove all timber, standing or down, designated for that purpose on:
and no later than 10:00 a.m., November 5, 2025 for the right to cut and
remove all timber, standing or down, designated for that purpose on:
Section 16 Township 8 North Range 8 West+/- 90 acres
Section 16 Township 7 North Range 8 West +/- 40 acres
Wayne County, Mississippi.
Before bids are submitted, full information concerning the material for
sale, conditions of sale and submission of bids should be obtained from
Scott Mellard, Area Forester, Mississippi Forestry Commission Office,
phone number 601-765-8631.
sale, conditions of sale and submission of bids should be obtained from
Scott Mellard, Area Forester, Mississippi Forestry Commission Office,
phone number 601-765-8631.
The right to reject any and all bids is reserved.
Tommy Branch,
Superintendent of Education
Publish: Oct. 16, Oct. 23 & Oct. 30, 2025
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ANNIE LAURA GRAHAM, DECEASED
DEBORAH B. GRAHAM, EXECUTRIX
77CH1:2025-CV-204
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary having been granted on the 13TH day of October,
2025, by the Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, to the
undersigned, Deborah B. Graham, Executrix, upon the Estate of ANNIE
LAURA GRAHAM, deceased, in 77CH1:2025-CV-204, notice is hereby given to
all persons having claims against the said estate to present the same to
the Clerk of the said Court for probate and registration according to
law within ninety (90) days from the first publication of this notice or
they will be forever barred.
2025, by the Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, to the
undersigned, Deborah B. Graham, Executrix, upon the Estate of ANNIE
LAURA GRAHAM, deceased, in 77CH1:2025-CV-204, notice is hereby given to
all persons having claims against the said estate to present the same to
the Clerk of the said Court for probate and registration according to
law within ninety (90) days from the first publication of this notice or
they will be forever barred.
THIS the 13th day of October, 2025.
/s/ DEBORAH B. GRAHAM,
Executrix
Publication: Oct. 16, 23, & 30, 2025
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GLENDA SUE ARMSTRONG, DECEASED
MCKENZIE FAITH LEE, ADMINISTRATOR
CAUSE NO. 2024-138
S U M M O N S
TO: ALL UNKNOWN WRONGFUL DEATH BENEFICIARIES OF GLENDA SUE ARMSTRONG,
DECEASED
DECEASED
NOTICE TO RESPONDENTS
You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed in this Court by
McKenzie Faith Lee to Determine Wrongful Death Beneficiaries. The
Petition Filed in above referenced cause number as document #10
docketed.
McKenzie Faith Lee to Determine Wrongful Death Beneficiaries. The
Petition Filed in above referenced cause number as document #10
docketed.
YOU ARE REQUESTED TO MAIL OR HAND-DELIVER A COPY OF WRITTEN RESPONSE
EITHER ADMITTING OR DENYING EACH ALLEGATION IN THE COMPLAINT TO: Cody W.
Gibson, 1755 Lelia Drive Suite 300, Jackson, Mississippi 39216.
EITHER ADMITTING OR DENYING EACH ALLEGATION IN THE COMPLAINT TO: Cody W.
Gibson, 1755 Lelia Drive Suite 300, Jackson, Mississippi 39216.
THIS RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS FROM
THE DATE OF DELIVERY OF THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT OR A JUDGMENT BY
DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER THINGS
DEMANDED IN THIS COMPLAINT.
THE DATE OF DELIVERY OF THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT OR A JUDGMENT BY
DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER THINGS
DEMANDED IN THIS COMPLAINT.
YOU MUST ALSO FILE THE ORIGINAL OF YOUR RESPONSE WITH THE CLERK OF THIS
COURT AS PROVIDED BY LAW.
COURT AS PROVIDED BY LAW.
ISSUED UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF SAID COURT, this the 10th day of
October, 2025.
October, 2025.
WILLIAM JEREMY CARR
CHANCERY CLERK,
WAYNE COUNTY
BY: Angie Walker, D.C.
Publish: Oct. 23, Oct. 30 & Nov. 6, 2025
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GLENDA SUE ARMSTRONG, DECEASED
MCKENZIE FAITH LEE, ADMINISTRATOR
CAUSE NO. 2024-138
S U M M O N S
TO: ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF GLENDA SUE ARMSTRONG, DECEASED
NOTICE TO RESPONDENTS
You have been made Respondents in the Petition filed in this Court by
McKenzie Faith Lee, seeking an adjudication of Heirship of Glenda Sue
Armstrong, Deceased.
McKenzie Faith Lee, seeking an adjudication of Heirship of Glenda Sue
Armstrong, Deceased.
You are required to appear on December 11, 2025 at 9:00 a.m., at Wayne
County Chancery Court in Waynesboro, Mississippi, in the Courtroom of
the Honorable Jerry D. Sharp, to respond to the Petition for
Determination of Heirship filed against you.
County Chancery Court in Waynesboro, Mississippi, in the Courtroom of
the Honorable Jerry D. Sharp, to respond to the Petition for
Determination of Heirship filed against you.
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO APPEAR AND FAILURE TO APPEAR WILL RESULT IN JUDGMENT
BY DEFAULT FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE MOTION. YOU ARE
NOT REQUIRED TO FILE AN ANSWER. If you do, you must also file the
original of your Response with the Clerk of this Court within a
reasonable time afterward.
BY DEFAULT FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE MOTION. YOU ARE
NOT REQUIRED TO FILE AN ANSWER. If you do, 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 SAID COURT, this the 10th day of
October, 2025.
October, 2025.
WILLIAM JEREMY CARR
CHANCERY CLERK,
WAYNE COUNTY
BY: Angie Walker, D.C.
Publish: Oct. 23, Oct. 30 & Nov. 6, 2025
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LUTHER BEARD, JR., DECEASED
CAUSE NO. 2025-181
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary having been granted on the 14th day of October,
2025, by the Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, to the
undersigned upon the Estate of Luther Beard, Jr., Deceased, Cause No.
2025-181, 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 the date
of the first publication of this notice, or they will be forever barred.
2025, by the Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, to the
undersigned upon the Estate of Luther Beard, Jr., Deceased, Cause No.
2025-181, 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 the date
of the first publication of this notice, or they will be forever barred.
This the 14th day of October, 2025
/s/ Karen Lynette Beard Broadhead
KAREN LYNETTE BEARD BROADHEAD
Executrix of the Estate of Luther Beard, Jr., Deceased
Publish: Oct. 30, Nov. 6 & Nov. 13, 2025
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BILLIE SUE PATTERSON, DECEASED
MELINDA S. COCHRAN AND TERESSA D. WOOTEN, JOINT EXECUTRIXES
NO. 2025-211
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF BILLIE SUE PATTERSON, DECEASED
Letters Testamentary having been granted on the 14th day of October,
2025, by the Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, to the
undersigned, MELINDA S. COCHRAN AND TERESSA D. WOOTEN, Joint Executrixes
of the Estate of Bille Sue Patterson, deceased, notice is hereby given
to all persons having claims against said Estate to present the same to
the Clerk of this Court for probate and registration according to law,
within ninety (90) days from the first publication of this notice, or
they will be forever barred.
2025, by the Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, to the
undersigned, MELINDA S. COCHRAN AND TERESSA D. WOOTEN, Joint Executrixes
of the Estate of Bille Sue Patterson, deceased, notice is hereby given
to all persons having claims against said Estate to present the same to
the Clerk of this Court for probate and registration according to law,
within ninety (90) days from the first publication of this notice, or
they will be forever barred.
THIS the 14th day of October, 2025.
/s/ Melinda S. Cochran
MELINDA S. COCHRAN, Executrix
/s/ Teressa D. Wooten
TERESSA D. WOOTEN, Executrix
Publish: Oct. 23, Oct. 30 & Nov. 6, 2025
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2019, Adrian Nikeland Thorne and Earnestine
Virginia Jones executed a Deed of Trust to Danny L. Henson, Trustee for
the benefit of Southwest Stage Funding, LLC dba Cascade Financial
Services, as Lender, and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.,
as Beneficiary, which Deed of Trust was recorded in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Wayne County, Mississippi in Instrument no. 201900753;
amended and supplemented by a Construction Conversion Agreement recorded
on December 30, 2019 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Wayne
County, Mississippi in Instrument no. 201904217; and,
Virginia Jones executed a Deed of Trust to Danny L. Henson, Trustee for
the benefit of Southwest Stage Funding, LLC dba Cascade Financial
Services, as Lender, and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.,
as Beneficiary, which Deed of Trust was recorded in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of Wayne County, Mississippi in Instrument no. 201900753;
amended and supplemented by a Construction Conversion Agreement recorded
on December 30, 2019 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Wayne
County, Mississippi in Instrument no. 201904217; and,
WHEREAS, the subject deed of trust was assigned to Southwest Stage
Funding, LLC dba Cascade Financial Services, its successors and assigns
by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage and recorded in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of said County in Instrument no. 202303218; and,
Funding, LLC dba Cascade Financial Services, its successors and assigns
by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage and recorded in the office of the
Chancery Clerk of said County in Instrument no. 202303218; and,
WHEREAS, Southwest Stage Funding, LLC dba Cascade Financial Services,
its successors and assigns, the present owner of the indebtedness and
holder of the above described Deed of Trust, appointed Jeff D. Rawlings
in the place and stead of Danny L. Henson, or any subsequently appointed
substituted trustee, said Substitution of Trustee being recorded in the
office of the Chancery Clerk of said County in Instrument no. 202400647;
and,
its successors and assigns, the present owner of the indebtedness and
holder of the above described Deed of Trust, appointed Jeff D. Rawlings
in the place and stead of Danny L. Henson, or any subsequently appointed
substituted trustee, said Substitution of Trustee being recorded in the
office of the Chancery Clerk of said County in Instrument no. 202400647;
and,
WHEREAS, default having been made in the terms and conditions of said
Deed of Trust and the entire debt secured thereby having been declared
to be due and payable in accordance with the terms of said Deed of
Trust, Southwest Stage Funding, LLC dba Cascade Financial Services, its
successors and assigns, the legal holder of said indebtedness, having
requested the undersigned Substituted Trustee to execute the trust and
sell said land and property in accordance with the terms of said Deed of
Trust and for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together
with attorney's fees, trustee's fees and expenses of sale.
Deed of Trust and the entire debt secured thereby having been declared
to be due and payable in accordance with the terms of said Deed of
Trust, Southwest Stage Funding, LLC dba Cascade Financial Services, its
successors and assigns, the legal holder of said indebtedness, having
requested the undersigned Substituted Trustee to execute the trust and
sell said land and property in accordance with the terms of said Deed of
Trust and for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together
with attorney's fees, trustee's fees and expenses of sale.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jeff D. Rawlings, Substituted Trustee in said Deed of
Trust, will on the 14th day of November, 2025, offer for sale at public
outcry and sell within legal hours (being between the hours of 11:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at the Front Door of the Wayne County Courthouse,
located at 609 Azalea Drive, Waynesboro, Mississippi to the highest and
best bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wayne
County, State of Mississippi, to-wit:
Trust, will on the 14th day of November, 2025, offer for sale at public
outcry and sell within legal hours (being between the hours of 11:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m.), at the Front Door of the Wayne County Courthouse,
located at 609 Azalea Drive, Waynesboro, Mississippi to the highest and
best bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wayne
County, State of Mississippi, to-wit:
One acre in the SW 1/4 of NE 1/4, also known as Lot 1, Parcel
#07011-000-017.08, Section 11, Township 7 North, Range 6 West, Wayne
County, Mississippi, being one square acre.
#07011-000-017.08, Section 11, Township 7 North, Range 6 West, Wayne
County, Mississippi, being one square acre.
This sale includes a Hamilton Manufactured Home, Serial no. HH18AL00567
I WILL CONVEY only such title as is vested in me as Substituted Trustee.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this the 17th day of October, 2025.
/s/ Jeff D. Rawlings
Jeff D. Rawlings, Substituted Trustee for
Southwest Stage Funding, LLC dba Cascade
Financial Services, its successors and assigns
Dates of Publication: October 23, 30, November 6, 13, 2025
IN THE CHANCERY COURT WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATE OF MYRA LAFFERTY, DECEASED
CAUSE NO. 2025-0086
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters of Administration having been granted on the 24th day of July,
2025, by the Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, in Cause No.
2025-0086 on the docket of said Court to the undersigned upon the Estate
of Myra Lafferty, deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons having
claims against the estate of said Decedent to present the same to the
Clerk of said Court for probate and registration according to law within
ninety (90) days from the date of first publication hereof, or they will
be forever barred.
2025, by the Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, in Cause No.
2025-0086 on the docket of said Court to the undersigned upon the Estate
of Myra Lafferty, deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons having
claims against the estate of said Decedent to present the same to the
Clerk of said Court for probate and registration according to law within
ninety (90) days from the date of first publication hereof, or they will
be forever barred.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE on this the 22nd day of October, 2025.
/s/ Christian Lafferty
CHRISTIAN LAFFERTY, ADMINISTRATRIX
ANDREW S. CARDWELL {MSB# 103529}
The Cardwell Firm, PLLC
Attorneys at Law
531 N 5th Avenue
P.O. Box 125
Laurel, MS 39440
Tel: (601)426-0056
Publish: Oct. 30, Nov. 6 & Nov. 13, 2025
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