NOTICE OF HEARING

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE FAMILY COURT

Case #: 2014-DR-39-1059

Stanley Kelley and Rebecca Kelley, Plaintiff, -vs- Daniel Blane Muniz, Defendant.

TO: The above named Defendant,

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, you are hereby notified that a Motion for Temporary Relief hearing has been scheduled for Thursday, December 11, 2014 at 10:45 A.M., at the Pickens County Family Court, in Pickens, South Carolina.

S/Steven L. Alexander

Steven L. Alexander

Attorney for Plaintiffs

P.O. Box 618

Pickens, SC 29671

(864)898-3208

November 18, 2014

Nov. 26, Dec. 3, 10

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SUMMONS

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE FAMILY COURT

Case # 2014-DR-39-1059

STANLEY KELLEY AND REBECCA KELLEY, Plaintiffs, -vs- DANIEL BLANE MUNIZ, Defendant.

TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED:

You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action a copy of which is herewith served upon you and which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court this same date and to serve a copy of your Answer to the Complaint upon the subscriber at 107 East Main Street, PO Box 618, Pickens, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service. If you fail to answer the Complaint within that time, the Plaintiff will be awarded default judgment against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

s/Steven L. Alexander

STEVEN L. ALEXANDER

ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF

POST OFFICE BOX 618

PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA 29671

864-898-3208

Date:10/22/2014

Nov. 26, Dec. 3. 10

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NOTICE OF ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE FAMILY COURT THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

2014-DR-39-182

TO THE RESPONDENT: ROBERT O’NEAL

YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN THE FOLLOWING NOTICE:

1. That an adoption proceeding was filed in the Family Court of Pickens County on February 25, 2014 and in this Complaint you are alleged to be the father of a white male child born in Pickens County, South Carolina on January 12, 2014.

2. That the Petitioners in the above-captioned Notice are not named for the purpose of confidentiality; however, the Court knows the true identity of the Petitioners and in responding to this Notice, you are required to use the caption and the number 2014-DR-39-182.

3. That if Notice to Contest, Intervene or otherwise Respond is filed by you with the Court within (30) days of the receipt of this notice of Adoption Proceedings, you will be given the opportunity to appear and be heard on the merits of the adoption. To file notice to Contest, Intervene or otherwise Respond in this action, you must notify the above-named Court at the Pickens County Courthouse, 214 E. Main Street, Pickens South Carolina 29671 in writing of your intentions to Contest, Intervene or otherwise Respond. The above-named Court must be notified of your current address and any changes of your address during the adoption proceedings.

4. That your failure to respond within (30) days of the receipt of this Notice of Adoption Proceedings constitutes your consent to the adoption and forfeiture of all your rights and obligations to the above-identified child. It is further alleged that your consent to this adoption is not required in S.C. Code Ann. Section 63-9-310 and that your parental rights should be terminated pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Section 63-7-2570(7).

This notice is given pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Section 63-9-730(E).

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James S. Erwin III, Esquire. 06695

Erwin Law Firm, P.A.

413 Gentry Memorial Hwy.

Easley, SC 29640

(864) 855-4595

Fax (864) 855-4551

Attorney for Petitioners

Dated: 4-29-15

Nov. 26, Dec. 3. 10

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LIS PENDENS

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

CASE NO. 2014-LP-39-1122

John M. Tompkins, Plaintiff, vs- Tax Collector of Pickens County; Treasurer of Pickens County; Estate of Jennie P. McCannon, Deceased, Robert M. McCannon, and all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint; being as a class designated as John Doe, and any such unknown Infants or persons under disability or in the military service being as a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending before this Court upon Complaint of the above named Plaintiff against the above named Defendants, seeking to remove cloud from title to certain real property by reason of a tax deed in his chain of title, which property was, at the time of the commencement of this action and at all times thereafter, including the date of the filing of this notice, situate in Pickens County, South Carolina, and more fully described as follows, to wit:

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land lying and being situate in the State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, containing 2.886 acres, more or less, according to a survey prepared by T. Craig Keith, dated January 7, 2002 and which is recorded in Plat Book 441 at Page 7-A in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Pickens County, South Carolina.

Property address: 441 Runnymede Road, Pickens, SC 29671

TMS: 4191-10-27-7209

This is the identical property heretofore conveyed unto John M. Tompkins by deed of Barry F. Chappell, Delinquent Tax Collector, dated November 27, 2013 and recorded December 09, 2013 in Deed Book 1570 at page 12, Pickens County records.

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R. MURRAY HUGHES

Attorney for Plaintiff

P. O. Box 1389

Pickens, SC 29671

(864) 878-2124

June 24, 2014

Nov. 26, Dec. 3. 10

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SUMMONS FOR RELIEF

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

CASE NO. 2014-CP-39-1122

Non Jury Matter

John M. Tompkins, Plaintiff, vs- Tax Collector of Pickens County; Treasurer of Pickens County; Estate of Jennie P. McCannon,Deceased, Robert M. McCannon, and all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint; being as a class designated as John Doe, and any such unknown Infants or persons under disability) or in the military service being as a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to answer the Complaint in this matter, a copy of which was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Pickens County, and to serve a copy of your Answer thereto upon the subscriber, R. Murray Hughes, at his office located at 4606 Moorefield Memorial Highway, Suite 3, (P.O. Box 1389) Pickens, South Carolina, 29671, within thirty (30) days from the date of service hereof upon you, exclusive of the date of such service. If you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court, above named, for judgment by default to be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the within Complaint.

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference in this case to a Special Referee for this Court, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgement in this case and any appeal from the final judgment entered herein to be made directly to the Supreme Court.

TO ANY MINOR DEFENDANT, OR ANY DEFENDANT UNDER ANY LEGAL DISABILITY, and to the person with whom he resides, YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED and required to apply for the appointment of a guardian ad litem to represent you in this action within thirty (30) days after service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff herein.

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R. MURRAY HUGHES, S.C. Bar #2800

Attorney for Plaintiff

P. O. Box 1389

Pickens, SC 29671

(864) 878-2124

E-mail rmhughes@murrayhugheslaw.com

June 24, 2014.

Nov. 26, Dec. 3. 10

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ORDER OF PUBLICATION

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

CASE No. 2014-CP-39-1122

(NON JURY MATTER)

John M. Tompkins, Plaintiff, vs. Tax Collector of Pickens County; Treasurer of Pickens County; Estate of Jennie P. McCannon, Deceased, Robert M. McCannon, and all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint; being as a class designated as John Doe, and any such unknown infants or person under disability or in the military service being as a class designated as Richard Roe, Defendants.

Upon reading the attached Affidavit, it appears to my satisfaction that this is a proper case in which service may be had upon Defendants by publication as authorized by 15-9-730 and 15-9-720 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976).

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, that the Lis Pendens, Summons and Notice and Service by Publication shall be published in Pickens County Courier, a newspaper having general circulation in the County of Pickens, South Carolina, once a week, on the same day of each week, for a period of three consecutive weeks, said publication being hereby designated as the one most likely to give notice to said Defendants. Any Defendant having a last known address shall be mailed a copy of the Summons and Complaint certified mail\restricted delivery.

AND IT IS SO ORDERED.

JUDGE, THIRTEENTH

JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OR

CLERK OF COURT

FOR PICKENS COUNTY

PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA

November 14, 2014

Nov. 26, Dec. 3. 10

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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-39-857

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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