NOTICE

NOTICE TO HEIRS AND/ OR NEXT OF KIN TO PAUL GORBY as an interested party in the case of Alan Wilson, as Attorney General of the State of South Carolina, v. PAUL GORBY; TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED NINETY DOLLARS ($2,390.00) IN US CURRENCT, Civil Action No. 2013-CP-39-1188, Filed September 23, 2014 with the Pickens County Clerk of Court, located at 214 East Main Street, Pickens, South Carolina 29671, and seeking forfeiture of defendant TWO THOUSND THREE HUNDRED NINETY DOLLARS ($2,390.00) IN US CURRENCY. Because Plaintiff has been unable to locate HEIRS AND/OR NEXT OF KIN TO PAUL GORBY, this Court has ORDERED that HEIRS AND/OR NEXT OF KIN TO PAUL GORBY be served by publication of this Notice once each week for three weeks in The Pickens County Courier newspaper and that HEIRS AND/OR NEXT OF KIN TO PAUL GORBY must appear or plead with the Pickens County Clerk of Court within 30 days after the last publication date of the Notice. Failure to timely appear or plead will result in adjudication of this matter as if personal service had been accomplished.

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LETITIA H. VERDIN

CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE

October 6, 2014

Pickens, South Carolina

April 29, May 6, 13

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NOTICE OF SALE

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE COURT COMMON PLEAS

CASE #2014-CP-39-1493

Pickens Savings and Loan Association, F.A. Plaintiff, vs- Monica Lynn Aiken, individually, and as Personal Representativeof the Estate of Melinda Pilgrim Davis, deceased, Phillip G. Pilgrim, Austin Derrick Gilstrap Christy Brooks, a/k/a Melinda Christine Aiken Zinc; Asset Acceptance, LLC; Citibank, NA; Phillips & Cohen Associates; Verizon Wireless; and all other Persons unknown claiming thru Melinda Pilgrim Davis, deceased,any right,title, estate, interest in or lien on 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; South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles. Defendants.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to an Order of Kenneth D. Acker, Special Referee for Pickens County, issued in the above captioned case, the Special Referee for Pickens County will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at or before the Courthouse in Pickens, South Carolina, at 11:00 o’clock a.m., Sales Day in June, the same being June 1, 2015, the following described tract of land located in Pickens County, South Carolina:

“ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land lying, situate and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, and being shown and designated as Lots 35 and 36 as shown on a survey prepared by T. H. Walker, Jr., PLS #3812, dated March 20, 1997, and recorded on July 25, 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 426 at Page 8.”

ALSO: one 1994 27X56 Horton Mobile Home, Serial Number H10G085GLR, titled to Melinda Pilgrim (Davis).

This conveyance also includes the right of ingress and egress over any common areas or roads as shown on the referenced plats, surveys or property descriptions located in the subdivision with the right to transfer this right of ingress and egress to any subsequent purchaser.

This being the identical property conveyed unto Melinda Pilgrim by deed of Larry E. Anderson, et al., dated December 19, 2007, and recorded December 20, 2007, in Deed Book 1155 at page 317, Pickens County records.

TMS #4151-00-98-1709

Property Address: 104 Eugene Road, Pickens, S.C. 29671

The terms shall be for cash and the purchaser, or purchasers, shall pay for the deed and stamps. In the event the agent of Plaintiff does not appear at the time of sale, the within property shall be automatically withdrawn from sale and sold at the next available sales date upon the same terms and conditions as set forth in the Decree. The bidding will not remain open after the date of sale, but compliance with the bid may be made immediately. The successful bidder shall deposit with the Special Referee a certified check or cash in the amount of five (5%) percent of the bid as evidence of good faith. In the event the purchaser fails or refuses to comply with the terms of the sale within twenty (20) days from the date of sale, the deposit shall be forfeited and applied first to the costs and expenses of this action including fee for the Plaintiff’s attorney. Next, any surplus will be held pending further Order of the Court. I shall then re-advertise and re-sell the property upon the same terms on a subsequent Sales Day at the risk of the former purchaser until obtaining full compliance with a sale. The successful bidder other than the Plaintiff will pay interest on the amount of the bid from the date of sale to the date of compliance at the rate of $4.22 a day.

The sale shall be subject to taxes and assessments, to existing easements and restrictions, and to any other senior encumbrances.

Kenneth D. Acker

Special Referee, Pickens County

April 27, 2015

Pickens, South Carolina

May 6, 13, 20

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SUMMONS

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE PROBATE COURT

13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

CASE NO.: 2013-GC-39-00004

Elaine Pilgrim, Vs. Derrik James Pilgrim,Respondent.

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to answer the Petition attached thereto in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer upon the subscriber at 107 E. Main Street, P.O. Box 618, Pickens, South Carolina, 29671, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service. If you fail to answer this Petition within that time, the Petitioner will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Petition.

STEVEN L. ALEXANDER

ALEXANDER LAW FIRM

POST OFFICE BOX 618

PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA 29671

864-898-3208

Date: 1-14-15

May 6, 13, 20

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SPECIAL REFEREE’S SALE

CASE NO. 2014-CP-39-1232

BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority against Richard David Crump, I, the Special Referee for Pickens County, will sell on Monday, June 1, 2015, at 11:00 o’clock a.m., at the Pickens County Courthouse, Pickens, South Carolina, to the highest bidder:

All that piece, parcel or lot of land, with the improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Woodside Mills Village in the town of Easley, Pickens County, South Carolina, and being more particularly described as Lot 177 as shown on a plat entitled “A Subdivision of Woodside Mills, Easley, SC”, made by Piedmont Engineering Service, Greenville, SC, December, 1951, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Pickens County, SC in Plat Book 1920 at Pages 136-137, inclusive according to said plat, the within described lot is also known as 205 South 7th Street and fronts thereon 91.4 feet.

Reference is hereby made to the most recent plat for a more complete and accurate metes and bounds description thereof.

This being the same property conveyed to Richard David Crump by General Warranty Deed of James A. Townsend as Personal Representative of the Estate of Earlene B. Townsend dated November 17, 2009 and recorded December 3, 2009 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Pickens County, South Carolina in Book 1289 at Page 77.

TMS#: 5019-19-70-2828

Property Address: 205 S. 7th Street

Easley, South Carolina 29640

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 5.875% 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

May 13, 20, 27

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