NOTICE OF SALE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE COURT OF

COMMON PLEAS FOR THE

THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Case No.: 2014-CP-39-857

Brenda Wires and Barbara Day, Plaintiffs, Elizabeth Pauline Russell Defendant.

BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER of the Court of Common Pleas for Pickens County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Brenda Wires and Barbara Day, the undersigned as Special Referee, Perry H. Gravely, will sell on January 5, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Pickens County Courthouse in Pickens, South Carolina, to the highest bidder:

“ALL that piece, parcel or lot of land in Pickens Township, Pickens County, State of South Carolina, on waters of Town Creek and near and North from the Pickens Mill, and containing ninety one-hundredths (.90) of an acre, more or less, and adjoining lands now or formerly owned by C. B. Childs on the North; lands with Mrs. Minnie Williams on the East; and bounded on the South by public road; and adjoining lands with Richard I. Pace on the West, and fronting one hundred and thirty feet on said public road and having the following courses and distances, to wit:

BEGINNING in center of said public road at an iron pin, southeast corner of said lot; thence said road North 77 West 132 feet to corner of lot sold to Richard I. Pace; thence North 21 ¼ East 4.60 chains to branch; thence up said branch to Mrs. Williams’ line; thence South 21 ½ West 4.45 chains to the BEGINNING corner.”

TMS: 4191-10-36-0363

TERMS OF SALE: For cash. The purchaser(s) shall pay for deed and documentary recording fees and the successful bidder shall deposit with Clerk of Court 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.

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Perry H. Gravely

Special Referee

November 12, 2014

The Acker & Lambert Firm, P.A.

Adam B. Lambert, Attorney for Plaintiff

Dec. 10, 17, 24

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NOTICE OF SALE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR

THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Case No.: 2014–CP–39–00844

Nell R. Ball, Plaintiff, vs. Toney A. Freeman and United States Of America (Internal Revenue Service); Defendants.

BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER of the Court of Common Pleas for Pickens County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of Nell R. Ball vs. Toney A. Freeman, the undersigned as Special Referee, Kenneth R. Acker, will sell on January 5, 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, situate and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, and being known and designated as 3.22 acres, more or less, as shown on a plat entitled “Survey For Lewis H. Rose and Jeraldine H. Rose” prepared by Robert R. Spearman, Surveyor, dated 12/21/95, and having such courses, distances, metes and bounds as will be shown by reference to said plat recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Pickens County in Plat Book 213 at Page 4A.”

This being the identical property conveyed unto Toney A. Freeman by deed of Nell R. Ball dated February 3, 2014, and recorded February 5, 2014, in Deed Book 1581 at page 147, Pickens County records.

TMS #4067-07-57-3528 / Property Address: 1295 Norris Highway, Norris, S.C. 29667

TERMS OF SALE: For cash. The purchaser(s) shall pay for deed and documentary recording fees and the successful bidder shall deposit with Clerk of Court 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 bidding will not remain open and will be final on sale day; however, sold subject to the 120 day right of redemption of the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to Internal Revenue Service Income Tax Lien filed by the Defendant, United States of America, Internal Revenue Service, against Toney A. Freeman, in the sum of $4,049.24 filed in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Pickens County, South Carolina, on March 13, 1992, in Lien Book 92, file 398. 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 estate and the Clerk of court 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.

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Kenneth D. Acker

Special Referee

December 9, 2014

R. Murray Hughes, III

HUGHES LAW FIRM,

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dec. 17, 24, 31

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NOTICE OF SALE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

CASE NO. 14-CP-39-720

Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. Plaintiff, -vs- Michael E. Hughes, Linda M. Hughes, Comprehensive Legal Solutions, Inc. and Department of Justice, Defendant(s)

BY VIRTUE of a judgment heretofore granted in the case of Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. vs. Michael E. Hughes, Linda M. Hughes, Comprehensive Legal Solutions, Inc. and Department of Justice, I, R. Murray Hughes, Esquire, as Special Referee for Pickens County, will sell on January 5, 2015, at 11:00 am, at the Pickens County Courthouse, 214 E. Main Street, Pickens, SC 29671, to the highest bidder:

ALL that certain piece, parcel or tract of land lying, situate and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, located off Winding Creek Road and being shown as Tract A, containing 7.00 acres, more or less, on a survey for Rickey M. Merck as prepared by Michael L. Henderson, Cornerstone of Seneca, Inc., PS #6946, dated November 7, 2001, and having such courses, distances, metes and bounds as will be shown by reference to said plat recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Pickens County in Plat Book 438 at Page 4-B.

This being the same property conveyed to Michael E. Hughes and Linda M. Hughes by deed of Rickey M. Merck dated August 13, 2002, and recorded August 19, 2002, in Deed Book D 691 at Page 103, Pickens County records.

TMS #: 4076-00-78-5924

Physical Address: 602 Winding Creek Rd., Liberty, SC 29657

Mobile Home: 2003 Clayton VID# CAP013912TNAB

SUBJECT TO PICKENS COUNTY TAXES

TERMS OF SALE: The successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff, will deposit with the Special Referee at conclusion of the bidding, five (5%) of his bid, in cash or equivalent, as evidence of good faith, the same to be applied to 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 noncompliance. Should the last and highest bidder fail or refuse to make the required deposit at the time of the bid or comply with the other terms or the bid within twenty (20) days, then the Special Referee may resell the property on the same terms and conditions on some subsequent Sales Day (at the risk of the former highest bidder). No personal or deficiency judgment being demanded, the bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately.

The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the rate of 6.99% per annum.

R. Murray Hughes, Esquire

Special Referee for Pickens County

Theodore von Keller, Esquire

B. Lindsay Crawford, III, Esquire

Sara Hutchins, Esquire

Jonathan Riddle, Esquire

Columbia, South Carolina

Attorney for Plaintiff

Dec. 17, 24, 31

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SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

2014-DR-39-660

BARBARA THOMPKINS, Plaintiff, vs. CRYSTAL L. LOCKEE AND JOHN DOE, Defendants.

TO: DEFENDANT, JOHN DOE

YOU will please take notice that the Summons and Amended Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the Family Court on November 5, 2014, and is now on file therein. You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Amended Complaint in this action upon the subscriber at his office, 116 West Whitner Street, Anderson South Carolina, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service and if you fail to answer the said Amended Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded.

Elizabeth Waldrep

Robert L. Waldrep, Jr., P.A.

116 West Whitner Street

Anderson, South Carolina 29624

(864)224-6341

Anderson, South Carolina

Dec. 17, 24, 31

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LEGAL NOTICE

The Pickens County Planning Commission will meet in a work session on Monday, January 12, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. in the main conference room at the Pickens County Administration Facility, 222 McDaniel Avenue, Pickens, SC.

After the work session, the monthly Planning Commission meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the same location. The following case will have a public hearing at this meeting:

1. LU-15-001 SCDHEC Class 2 Landfill land use request for MRR Pickens, LLC. Proposed site is located at 2810 Greenville Highway, Liberty.

Tax Map# 4098-00-92-1867

2. SD-15-001 Addition of 7 additional single-family lots to existing subdivision The Groves on the Ridge. Site is located at Arrowhead Drive, Central.

Tax Map# 4055-05-29-1589 et al

More information for each case is available in the Planning office in the Department of Community Development and is open for public inspection during regular business hours. If any member of the public requires special assistance please call 864-898-5956.

Dec. 24

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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.

Annie Lee T. Barkley filed March 7, 2014

Betty Jane Kelly filed March 14, 2014

Edna Elizabeth Turner filed March 14, 2014

Dorothy C. Hudson filed March 14, 2014

Robert Donald Capell filed March 17, 2014

James Lee Bolding filed March 21, 2014

Fred Lee Carter filed March 21, 2014

Dorothy Marie

Frederica Cushing filed March 25, 2014

Mary Ann Gonzalez filed March 31, 2014

James Carroll Nix filed April 1, 2014

Mary Louise

Hutchinson Guion filed April 7, 2014

Nancy Lou Aiken Trotter filed April 8, 2014

Helen Kelly Frazier filed April 8, 2014

Mary Louise Broome

Blalock Wilson filed April 11, 2014

Benjamin Chad Hawkins filed April 11, 2014

Etrulia Theresa

Mitchell Edney filed April 21, 2014

Cephas Fuller Weatherford filed April 28, 2014

Betty Elizabeth

Chastain Hunter filed May 2, 2014

William Jackson Ragsdale filed May 2, 2014

Otis Elizabeth

Gilstrap James filed May 2, 2014

Jo Bolding Kay filed May 5, 2014

Ophelia Clardy Owens filed May 6, 2014

Gary Marvin Meeks filed May 6, 2014

Greyson Earle Brown filed May 8, 2014

Arthur Gordon Rutledge filed May 8, 2014

Nancy Noveleen Morgan filed May 13, 2014

William Daniel Reeves filed May 16, 2014

Bryce Lovorn Kitchens filed May 16, 2014

Harvey Glen Harris filed May 20, 2014

Ruth Topkins Chavis filed May 21, 2014

Patricia Powell Saxon filed May 28, 2014

Mary Sue Kirksey filed May 28, 2014

Jacquelyn Todd

Waldrop Herndon filed May 30, 2014

Floree McKinzie Cannon filed June 6, 2014

David Marion Simmons filed June 19, 2014

Laura Mae

Hartness Gentry filed June 20, 2014

Nancy Lou Hupfeldt Seitz filed June 26, 2014

James Edward McMurtrey filed June 26, 2014

Ernest Franklin Cater filed June 26, 2014

William Grady Fowler filed July 10, 2014

Ralph David Bearden filed July 10, 2014

Nora Kathleen

Summerall Cater filed July 11, 2014

Margaret Macy

Cantrell Clary filed July 16, 2014

Gladys Montez King Bishop filed July 17, 2014

Leroy Leopard filed July 18, 2014

Vivian M Jones Searcy filed July 18, 2014

James Titus Hathcock filed July 22, 2014

William George Tate, Sr. filed July 22, 2014

Ollie M. Allgood filed July 22, 2014

Elizabeth Sheldon Fowlkes filed July 23, 2014

Charles Wesley Hamet filed July 23, 2014

Edna H. Hargate filed July 25, 2014

Lois Geneva Cantrell Davis filed Aug.4, 2014

Thomas Dale Leatherwood filed Aug. 20, 2014

Viola Edith Dillard Porter filed Aug. 20, 2014

Iva Lucille Donohoe filed Aug.21, 2014

Hal Young Garrett filed Aug.22, 2014

Millicent Marie Jennings filed Aug. 22, 2014

Robert Franklin Hendricks filed Aug.25, 2014

Essie Turner Medlin filed Aug. 27, 2014

Duriel Lee O’Kelley filed Aug. 27, 2014

Andrew Ramey filed Aug. 28, 2014

KATHY P. ZORN

PROBATE JUDGE

PICKENS CO., SC

Dec. 17, 24, 31