NOTICE OF SALE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THETHIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTCase No.: 2014–CP–39–1072

Patricia Morgan and Elizabeth Peek, Plaintiff, vs. Neil Phillips Defendant.

BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER of the Court of Common Pleas for Pickens County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Patricia Morgan and Elizabeth versus Neil Phillips, the undersigned as Special Referee, R. Murray Hughes, will sell on July 6, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Pickens County Courthouse in Pickens, South Carolina, to the highest bidder:

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land lying and being situate in the State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, about 5 miles North of Pickens, and containing a total of 0.92 of an acre, more or less, according to plat prepared by T. Craig Keith, Surveyor, dated June 7, 1982, reference to which is hereby made for a more complete and accurate description, and according to said plat, being thereon more fully described as follows, to-wit:

Beginning at a point on Mountain Estate Road, corner with property with Acker, Keasler, and other; thence in a southeasterly direction along center of Mountain Estate Road, approximately 160 feet to a point; thence leaving center of said road and running S. 68-34 W. 16 feet to an iron pin pin; thence S. 68-34 W. 184.34 feet; thence continuing S. 68-34 W. 47.0 feet; thence N. 14-28 W. 178.6 feet; thence N. 73-30 E. 47.05 feet; thence N. 73-30 E. 200 feet to the point of the Beginning.

TMS: 4184-00-91-2340

Property Address: 337 Mountain Estates Rd., Pickens, SC 29671

TERMS OF SALE: For cash. The purchaser(s) shall pay for deed and documentary recording fees and the successful bidder shall deposit with Special Referre for Pickens County a certified check or cash in the amount equal to 5% of the amount of the bid as evidence of good faith. Deficiency judgment being waived, the sale will not remain open and shall be final on the said sales day. In the event the successful bidder fails to comply with the terms of sale within 20 days the deposit will be applied to the cost and the balance distributed to the Plaintiff and the Special Referee shall forthwith resale the property, after due notice and advertisement, at such subsequent sales day until a purchaser who shall comply with the terms of sale is obtained. The subsequent sale or sales shall be made at the risk of the former purchaser.

______________________________

R. Murray Hughes

Special Referee

Acker Lambert Hinton, P.A.

Adam B. Lambert, Attorney for Plaintiff

June 12, 2015

June 17, 24 and July 1

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SPECIAL REFEREE’S SALE

CASE NO. 2014-CP-39-1509

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of Branch Banking and Trust Company against Stephen R. Childress a/k/a Stephen Roy Childress, et al., I, the Special Referee for Pickens County, will sell on Monday, July 6, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the Pickens County Courthouse, Pickens, South Carolina, to the highest bidder:

All those certain pieces, parcels and lots of land situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, known as Lots 17 and 18 on plat of Blanche Mauldin property made by J. A. Pickens and recorded in Book 1920, at Page 75, in the Register of Deeds Office for Pickens County, South Carolina, reference to said plat is being hereby made for a more complete metes and bounds description thereof.

This is the same property conveyed to James R. Childress and Shirley D. Childress by deed from J. Mack Childress dated May 25, 1973, and recorded May 29, 1973, in Book 12-R, at Page 318, records of Pickens County, South Carolina. Also, see Deed of Distribution from the Estate of James Roy Childress to Shirley Childress dated April 19, 2004 and recorded April 21, 2004 in Deed Book 809, at Page 24 in the Register of Deeds’ Office for Pickens County, South Carolina. Thereafter, the property was conveyed unto Stephen R. Childress a/k/a Steven Roy Childress by Deed of Distribution dated April 3, 2014 and recorded on April 3, 2014 in Deed Book 1594 at Page 277.

125 May Street

Easley, South Carolina 29640

TMS # 5009-08-98-7656

TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, will deposit with the Special Referee for Pickens County at conclusion of the bidding, five percent (5%) of the bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, same to be applied to the purchase price in case of compliance, but to be forfeited and applied first to costs and then to plaintiff’s debt in the case of non-compliance. If the Plaintiff’s representative is not in attendance at the scheduled time of the sale, the sale shall be canceled and the property sold on some subsequent sales day after due advertisement. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at time of bid or comply with the other terms of the bid within thirty (30) days, the deposit shall be forfeited and the Special Referee for Pickens County may re-sell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the said highest bidder). As a deficiency judgment is being waived, the bidding will not remain open thirty days after the date of sale. Purchaser shall pay for preparation of deed, documentary stamps on the deed, and recording of the deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 5.50% per annum. The sale shall be subject to assessments, Pickens County taxes, easements, easements and restrictions of record, and other senior encumbrances.

GRIMSLEY LAW FIRM, LLC

1703 Laurel Street

P. O Box 11682

Columbia, SC 29211

(803) 233-0797

R. Murray Hughes

Special Referee for Pickens County

By:____________________________

Edward L. Grimsley

Benjamin E. Grimsley

Attorneys for the Plaintiff

June 17, 24 and July 1

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NOTICE OF SALE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Case No. 2014-CP-39-1440

DONALD L. BRAND AND JANE BRAND JOHN, TRUSTEES OF THE DONALD L. BRAND AND BETTY S. BRAND REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DATED APRIL 27, 1998, Plaintiff, vs. SCOTT W. JOHN AND ALICIA S. JOHN, Defendant.

BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER of the Court of Common Pleas for Pickens County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Donald L. Brand and Jane Brand John, Trustees of the Donald L. Brand and Betty S. Brand Revocable Living Trust dated April 27, 1998 versus Scott W. John and Alicia S. John, the undersigned as Special Referee, R. Murray Hughes, will sell on July 6, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Pickens County Courthouse in Pickens, South Carolina, to the highest bidder:

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land lying and being situate in the State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, and being shown and designated as Lot No. 11 on Plat of Park West Subdivision as recorded in Plat Book 31, Page 95 in the Register of Deeds Office for Pickens County, SC., reference to which is hereby made for a more complete and accurate description.

TMS: 5018-19-50-9855

Property Address: 306 Park West Circle Easley, SC 29642

TERMS OF SALE: For cash. The purchaser(s) shall pay for deed and documentary recording fees and the successful bidder shall deposit with Special Referee for Pickens County a certified check or cash in the amount equal to 5% of the amount of the bid as evidence of good faith. Deficiency judgment being waived, the sale will not remain open and shall be final on the said sales day. In the event the successful bidder fails to comply with the terms of sale within 20 days the deposit will be applied to the cost and the balance distributed to the Plaintiff and the Special Referee shall forthwith resale the property, after due notice and advertisement, at such subsequent sales day until a purchaser who shall comply with the terms of sale is obtained. The subsequent sale or sales shall be made at the risk of the former purchaser.

______________________________

R. Murray Hughes

Special Referee

Adam B. Lambert of Acker Lambert Hinton, P.A.

Attorney for Plaintiff

June 15, 2015

June 17, 24 and July 1

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NOTICE OF HEARING

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE PROBATE COURT

CASE NUMBER: 2013-GC-39-00004

IN THE MATTER OF: DERRIK JAMES PILGRIM (Decedent)

DATE: July 8, 2015

TIME: 9:30 A.M.

PLACE: PICKENS COUNTY PROBATE COURT, 222 MCDANIEL AVENUE, SUITE B16, PICKENS, SC

PURPOSE OF HEARING:

to Consider Petition

Executed this 8th day of June, 2015.

STEVEN L. ALEXANDER

ATTORNEY AT LAW

PO BOX 618, PICKENS, SC 29671

(864)898-3208

slalexander@thealexanderlawfirm.com

Relationship to Decedent/Estate: ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF, Elaine Pilgrim

NOTE: Probate Court recommends that all interested parties be represented by counsel licensed to practice law in South

Carolina. If any interested party wishes to represent him/herself, he/she will be required to adhere to the South Carolina

Rules of Civil Procedure and South Carolina Rules of Evidence.

June 17, 24 and July 1

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LEGAL NOTICE

Wills of the following decedents have been delivered to me and filed.

No proceedings for the probate of said Wills have begun.

Dorothy Bishop Miller filed Sept. 4, 2014

Geraldine Weaver Finley filed Sept. 5, 2014

Lillie Montgomery Dunford filed Sept. 9, 2014

Raymond Edward Long filed Sept. 11, 2014

William Baxter Harley, Sr. filed Sept. 19, 2014

J W Galloway filed Sept. 25, 2014

Frances Bryant Haskett filed Sept. 25, 2014

Frances Elizabeth T. Johnson filed Oct. 1, 2014

Eleanor Gravley James filed Oct. 1, 2014

Vivian Ada

Dieffenbach Whyne filed Oct. 6, 2014

Frances Reeves Massingill filed Oct. 22, 2014

Gladys Edens Stanselll filed Oct. 24, 2014

Max Pinkowski, Jr. filed Oct. 28, 2014

Pauline Reeves Pace filed Oct. 31, 2014

Kurt Neumann filed Nov. 5, 2014

Robert Lloyd Fowler filed Nov. 10, 2014

Mildred Hudson Wynn filed Nov. 11, 2014

Mack Andrew Ross filed Nov. 17, 2014

Florence Dorsey Bridges filed Nov. 20, 2014

Alesia Rampey Cooley filed Nov. 20, 2014

Dorcas Nabors Williams filed Nov. 24, 2014

Charles James Lewis Boiter filed Nov. 25, 2014

Barbara Joette Blitch filed Nov. 25, 2014

Dianne Cheryl Caddell filed Nov. 25, 2014

William Glenn Link, Jr. filed Nov. 26, 2014

Ruby Morris Evett filed Dec. 3, 2014

Jane Graham Lay filed Dec. 3, 2014

Edna F. Murphy filed Dec. 4, 2014

Patsy Anne Rowland filed Dec. 8, 2014

Alton Dillard Gilstrap filed Dec. 9, 2014

Wretha Jane Hill filed Dec. 12, 2014

Florene Hudson Cobb filed Dec. 19, 2014

Dorothy Blume Scarborough filed Dec. 30, 2014

Thomas Ralph Wynne filed Jan. 5, 2015

Carrie Edna Taylor Mullikin filed Jan. 9, 2015

William Ernest Gansser filed Jan. 9, 2015

Gladys Davis Pressley filed Jan. 9, 2015

Lake Walter Looper filed Jan. 23, 2015

Pamela Gilbert Smith filed Jan. 23, 2015

Helen Patterson Ellenburg filed Jan. 30, 2015

Ronald Patrick Cassin filed Jan. 30, 2015

Charles Lee James filed Jan. 30, 2015

Ruth Wilbanks Porter filed Feb. 2, 2015

McIlwain Ross filed Feb. 2, 2015

Billie Joe Eddings Chappell filed Feb. 2, 2015

Peggy Jean Leatherwood filed Feb. 3, 2015

Lisa Korina Douglas filed Feb. 5, 2015

Jeanette Patricia Leslie filed Feb. 5, 2015

William Fred Turner filed Feb. 6, 2015

Gertrude C. Barth filed Feb. 12, 2015

Eula White Hall

Patterson Gillespie filed Feb. 12, 2015

Margaret Elizabeth

Brewer Fortner filed Feb. 13, 2015

Lillian Crowe Stewart filed Feb. 13, 2015

Gregory B. Schulte filed Feb. 18, 2015

Charles Collins Benton, III filed Feb. 20, 2015

Jack Henry Breazeale, Sr. filed Feb. 20, 2015

William Marion Taylor filed Feb. 27, 2015

KATHY P. ZORN

PROBATE JUDGE

PICKENS CO., SC

June 10, 17, 24