Camden Chronicle Public Notices, October 16, 2025

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE

TRUSTEE’S SALE

STATE OF TENNESSEE, Benton COUNTY

WHEREAS, Brenda Woods, married, joined by her husband Michael Woods, as borrower(s), executed a Deed of Trust to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Lender, and Kathy Winstead, Trustee(s), which was dated 2/21/2007, and recorded on 2/26/2007, as Instrument No. 58249 in Book 151 Page 148-165, securing the payment of a Note in the amount of $47,532.00 in Benton County, Tennessee Register of Deeds.

WHEREAS, default having been made in the payment of the debt(s) and obligation(s) thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the current holder of said Deed of Trust; Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, (the “Holder”), appointed the undersigned, Vylla Solutions – Tennessee, LLC, as Substitute Trustee, with all the rights, powers and privileges of the original Trustee named in said Deed of Trust; and

NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable as provided in said Deed of Trust by the Holder, and that as agent for the undersigned, Vylla Solutions – Tennessee, LLC, Substitute Trustee, by virtue of the power and authority vested in it, will on 10/23/2025, at or about 12:00 PM at the usual and customary location at the Main Entrance of the Benton County Courthouse, 1 E Court Square, Camden, TN 38320, proceed to sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, the following described property situated in Benton County, Tennessee, to wit: Land situated in Benton County, Tennessee:

SITUATED IN THE 5TH CIVIL DISTRICT, BENTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, AS FOLLOWS:

BEGINNING AT A SET IRON PIN IN THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY OF BETHEL CHURCH ROAD (50.0 FEET WIDE), SAID POINT BEING 8.96 FEET NORTHERLY AS MEASURED ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY FROM A FOUND IRON PIN AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 3.0 ACRE TRACT (BARBARA DIANE POWERS, DB 139, PAGE 141) AND BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE HEREIN DESCRIBED TRACT; THENCE SOUTH 87 DEGREES 19' 30" WEST ALONG A NEW DIVISION LINE OF THE BARBARA DIANE POWERS PROPERTY OF WHICH THIS TRACT IS A PART OF, 130.40 FEET TO A SET IRON PIN AT A FENCE CORNER; THENCE NORTH 23 DEGREES 22' 51" WEST CONTINUING ALONG SAID NEW DIVISION LINE, 133.74 FEET TO A FENCE CORNER AS CORNER; THENCE NORTH 70 DEGREES 56' 29" EAST ALONG A FENCE AND ALONG THE DANIEL SHAFFER SOUTH LINE, 158.16 FEET TO A SET IRON PIN; THENCE SOUTH 64 DECREES 22' 41" EAST CONTINUING ALONG SAID FENCE AND THE CONTINUATION THEREOF, 35.11 FEET TO THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY OF BETHEL CHURCH ROAD; THENCE SOUTH 7 DEGREES 07' 25" WEST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY, 75.75 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 8 DEGREES 26' 58" EAST CONTINUING ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY, 78.83 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

Tax Parcel ID: 072-002.01-000

Address/Description: 2725 BETHEL CHURCH R, CAMDEN, TN 38320

Current Owner(s): Brenda Woods and Michael Woods

Other Interested Party(ies): None

If the Internal Revenue Service and/or U.S. Department of Treasury is listed as Other Interested Party above, then the notice required under 26. U.S.C. 7425(b) was timely provided and the sale of the land advertised will be subject to the right of the U.S. to redeem the land as provided in 26 U.S.C. 7425(d)(1). If the Tennessee Department of Revenue and/or the Tennessee Department of Labor and Work Force Development is listed as Other Interested Party above, then the notice required under TCA 67-1-1433(b) was timely provided and for each lien identified, the sale of the land advertised will be subject to the right of The State of Tennessee to redeem the land as provided for in TCA 65-1-1420.

The sale of the property described above shall be subject to all matters shown on any recorded plat; any and all liens against said property for unpaid property taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements or set-back lines that may be applicable; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; a deed of trust; and any matter than an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. All right and equity of redemption, statutory or otherwise, homestead, and dower are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, and the title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

The right is reserved to adjourn/postpone the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain, by verbal announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above; if the postponement is for five (5) days or more, the postponement announcement will also be posted on website of www.foreclosure-postings.com

Except to the extent that the Substitute Trustee may bind and obligate Mortgagors to warrant title the Property under the terms of the Deed of Trust, conveyance of the Property shall be made without any representations or warranties whatsoever, express or implied. All sales are “as is”, “where is’. The entire purchase price is due and payable at the conclusion of the auction in the form of certified funds. Insufficient funds will not be accepted. Amounts received in excess of the winning bid will be refunded to the successful purchaser. This property is being sold with express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by lender or Substitute Trustee.

This office is attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Vylla Solutions - Tennessee, LLC,

Substitute Trustee

P.O. Box 3309

Anaheim, California 92803

Phone: (888) 313-1969

TS#: 25-36155

Publication Dates:

9/4/2025, 10/2/2025,

10/9/2025 10/16/2025

Online Posting Website and Date of Posting:

www.foreclosure-postings.com

Posting begin date: 9/4/2025

 Posting end date: 10/16/2025

09/04-10/02, 09, 16

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE

Default having been made in the terms, conditions, provisions and payments made and provided for in a Deed of Trust dated April 22, 2008, executed by George E. Burns, Jr. and wife Eleanor Burns to Anthony R. Steele of Knox County, Tennessee, Trustee, and recorded in Book 170, Page 421 in the Register's Office for Benton County, Tennessee, to secure the indebtedness therein described to Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc., and the entire indebtedness having been called due and payable as provided in said deed of trust, and said payment not having been made, and the lawful owner and holder of said indebtedness having appointed the undersigned, David G. Mangum, as substitute trustee by written instrument dated September 16, 2025, recorded in Book 427, Page 2617, in the above mentioned Register's Office, notice is hereby given that I, the undersigned substitute trustee, or my designated agent, under the power and authority vested in me by said deed of trust, and having been requested to do so by the lawful owner and holder of said debt, will on Friday, October 24, 2025 at 6:00 pm at the south door of the Benton County Courthouse located in Camden, Tennessee, sell at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, free from the equity of redemption, homestead and dower, and all other exemptions and rights of every kind, all of which are expressly waived in said deed of trust, the following described tract or parcel of land  more particularly described as follows, to-wit:

Land lying and being situated in the Eighth Civil District of Benton County, Tennessee, and more particularly described as follows:

BEGINNING at an iron stake found in the west line of Robertson (RB 37 PG 70); also being the northeast corner of Payton (DB 138 PG 253); runs thence with Payton as follows: North 83 degrees, 32 minutes, 32 seconds West, 299.86 feet to an iron stake found; North 83 degrees, 53 minutes, 17 seconds West, 207.18 feet to an iron stake found; South 02 degrees, 34 minutes, 02 seconds West, 289.15 feet to a pipe found in the north line of the Harbor Utility District, (RB 30 PG 13); thence with the utility district North 82 degrees, 50 minutes, 45 seconds West, 493.30 feet to the north margin of Old Homestead Road; thence to the center of the road, North 87 degrees, 47 minutes, 01 seconds West, 256.36 feet to the southeast corner of Allen, (DB 158 PG 404); thence with Allen, North 14 degrees, 54 minutes, 34 seconds East,

passing a wood fence corner post at 12.41 feet, a total distance of 227.84 feet to the center of a ditch; thence continuing with Allen and the center of the ditch as follows: North 52 degrees, 48 minutes, 00 seconds West, 51.31 feet; South 63 degrees, 54 minutes, 28 seconds West, 85.84 feet; South 75 degrees, 8 minutes, 00 seconds West, 180.06 feet to the center of New Hope Road; thence with the center of the road as follows: North 22 degrees, 25 minutes, 37 seconds East, 148.97 feet; North 09 degrees, 47 minutes, 15 seconds East, 236.84 feet; North 17 degrees, 38 minutes, 07 seconds East, 333.66 feet; North 27 degrees, 54 minutes, 58 seconds East, 454.64 feet to the southwest corner of Ball, (DB 75 PG 463); thence with Ball as follows: South 54 degrees, 35 minutes, 28 seconds East, passing a wood fence corner post at 23.22 feet, a total distance of 445.91 feet to a pipe found; North 30 degrees, 28 minutes, 38 seconds East, 278.31 feet to a ½ inch rebar found at the southwest corner of Merrell, (DB 21 PG 555); thence with Merrell as follows: South 59 degrees, 35 minutes, 47 seconds East, 280.02 feet to a ½ inch rebar found; North 30 degrees, 24 minutes, 21 seconds East, 258.00 feet to a ½ inch rebar found; thence with a severance line, South 59 degrees, 35 minutes, 39 seconds East, 309.14 feet to a ½ inch rebar found in the west line of Robertson; thence with Robertson, South 03 degrees, 18 minutes, 00 seconds West, 1005.84 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing 34.44 acres, more or less.

As surveyed by Thomas A. Young, TRLS No. 2265, of L.I. Smith & Associates, 302 North Caldwell Street, Paris, TN 38242 (731) 644-1014 on August 17, 2006. Bearings are based upon a survey by Aaron Steele dated May 6, 1978.

Together with that certain 2007 CMH Lakeshore manufactured home, Serial No.: CS2008678TNAB believed to be permanently affixed thereon.

DEED REFERENCE:

Being the same property conveyed to George E. Burns, Jr. and wife, Eleanor Burns by deed from W.C. McDaniel by and through his Conservator and Trustee of the McDaniel Family Living Trust, Linda Zanary, dated the 28^th day of November, 2006 and recorded in Record Book 146, Page 733 in the Register’s Office of Benton County.

Subject to any and all existing ROW, easements, setback lines and restrictive covenants of record in said Register’s Office.

This description was taken from the deed of trust being foreclosed on of record in Book 170, Page 421, said Register’s Office.

TAX MAP-PARCEL NO.: 025 002.07

PROPERTY ADDRESS:  1300 New Hope Road, Big Sandy, TN 38221 as shown on the tax maps for the Assessor of Property for Benton County, TN.

This sale is subject to any and all unpaid real estate taxes; restrictive covenants, easements and setback lines; any and all redemption rights, including rights of redemption of any governmental agency, State or Federal, and any and all prior liens or encumbrances against said real property. Said sale is further subject to matters that an accurate survey of the property might disclose.

The property sold pursuant to this notice shall be sold “AS IS” and neither the Substitute Trustee nor the beneficiary of the Deed of Trust, nor any agent or attorney therefore, makes or shall make any warranty, whether express or implied, as to the condition, quality or quantity thereof, including, but not limited to, the enforceability of any lease affecting the property, the existence or absence of defaults under or the effect or this sale upon the rights of any party under such lease.  The Substitute Trustee shall make no warranty of title, express or implied, and will sell and convey the subject real property by Substitute Trustee’s Deed only.

The substitute trustee may adjourn or postpone the aforementioned sale of real property by public announcement at such time and place of sale, and from time to time thereafter may postpone such sale by public announcement at the time and place fixed by the preceding postponement or subsequently noticed sale, and without further notice make such sale at the time fixed by the last postponement, or may, in its discretion, give a new notice of sale.  If applicable, the Notice requirements of T.C.A. § 35-5-117 have been met.

Pursuant to T.C.A. § 47-9-604, this sale may also include the manufactured home described as one (1) 2007 CMH Lakeshore manufactured home, Serial No.: CS2008678TNAB.

The failure of any high bidder to pay the purchase price and close the sale shall, at the option of the Substitute Trustee, be cause for rejection of the bid, and, if the bid is rejected, the Substitute Trustee shall have the option of making the sale to the next highest bidder who is ready, willing, and able to comply with the terms thereof.  The proceeds derived from the sale of the property will be applied as provided for in said deed of trust.

Terms of sale:                                  Cash

Substitute Trustee:

David G. Mangum

Substitute Trustee

2303 8^th Avenue South

Nashville, TN  37204

(615) 255-8690

Publish Newspaper:           

Camden Chronicle

Internet Publication:

www.foreclosuretennessee.com

Editions dated:

10/2/25, 10/9/25, 10/16/25

                                File #76436

10/02, 09, 16

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State of Tennessee

Benton County Probate Division

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

As Required by TCA §30-2-306

Case Number 5267

Estate of Randell Lee Kirk, Deceased

Notice is hereby given that on the 3^rd,  day of October, 2025, letters testamentary (or of administration as the case may be) in respect of the estate of Randell Lee Kirk, who died June 8, 2025, were issued to the undersigned by the Clerk and Master of Benton County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against the estate are required to file the same with the Clerk of the above-named Court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2) otherwise their claims will be forever barred:

(1)       (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting, as the case may be) of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this Notice to Creditors at least sixty (60) days before date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting); or

                            (B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors, if the creditor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication (or posting) as described in (1) (A); or 

(2) Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death.

All persons indebted to the above Estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once.

Kimberly Ann Haddix

Executor

10/02/2025

John W. Whitworth

Attorney

09/30/2025

Timothy R. Burrus

Clerk and Master

10/03/2025

10/09, 16

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NOTICE

The North Utility District of Decatur & Benton Co., TN Board of Commissioners meeting will be held Monday October 20, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. at the district office located at 6448 Highway 641 North, Parsons.

10/16

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IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR

BENTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE

THE ESTATE OF SARAH MAE MARKHAM,

            DECEASED,

MELINDA REID,

PETITIONER.                               

DOCKET NO: 5043

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE

By the authority granted by an "Order" filed in the above styled case on September 8, 2025 and entered of record in Minute Book 88, Page 518, I, Timothy R. Burrus, Special Commissioner, will on November 14, 2025, at 10:00 A.M., offer for sale to the highest and best bidder, the real property in the matter of The Estate of Sarah Mae Markham, as set out in said "Order”.

LOCATION OF SALE:  The Real Estate will be sold in the Benton County Chancery Courtroom, 1 Court Square, Camden, Tennessee.  A sale sign will be posted at the sight of the property to be sold.

ADDRESS OF PROPERTY:    911 POINT MASON RD

BIG SANDY, TN  38221

LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:

Located in the 8th Civil District of Benton County, Tennessee, and being Tax Map 028, Parcel 088.00, in the Assessor’s Office of Benton County, Tennessee, and appearing in Deed Book 57, Page 87, in the Register's Office of Benton County, Tennessee. 

TERMS OF SALE:

Said real property will be sold for cash, 10% down on the day of the sale, with the balance due upon confirmation of the sale by the Court.  The sale will be held open for ten (10) days (until November 24, 2025, at 12:00 Noon) during which time a person may come into the office of the Clerk and Master at the Benton County Courthouse and raise the highest bid received at the auction by ten percent (10%) and will be required to deposit ten percent (10%) of the raised bid price with the Court.  Upon the bid being raised, a second and final auction will be held at the Benton County Courthouse, Chancery Courtroom, 1 Court Square, Camden, Tennessee, on November 24, 2025 at 1:00 P.M.  The highest bidder at the second and final auction will be the buyer.  Should the bid not be raised, the high bidder from the first sale will be the successful buyer.  Possession of the real property will be upon delivery of the deed. The purchaser shall be responsible for all future property taxes from the date of closing forward and shall be prorated at closing. 

This property is offered and sold as is, in the present condition, with no warranties or representations, express or implied, not noted herein.  While Chancery sales are conclusive upon all parties to the action and generally confer a good title, nevertheless there is no warranty of title.  The sale is subject to the confirmation of the Court.

Announcements made the day of the sale will take precedence over any written material.

Marcus D. Noles

Attorney for The Estate of

Sarah Mae Markham

116 East Main St.

P.O. Box 208

Camden, TN  38320

(731) 584-6013

Timothy R. Burrus

Clerk and Master,

Special Commissioner

1 Court Square, Room 206

Camden, TN  38320

(731) 584-4435

10/16, 23, 30

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PUBLIC NOTICE

The 24^th Judicial District Drug Task Force is seeking the owners of an abandoned piece of equipment that is currently located at the 24^th Judicial District Drug Task Force 4170 Highway 641 South Camden, TN. The vehicle’s description is listed below. Pursuant to T.C.A. § 55-16-105(c), the 24^th Judicial District Drug Task Force is making public notice that any individual with a claim on the below listed equipment please contact the 24^th Judicial District Drug Task Force at 731-584-3454 and ask for Director Tim Meggs before 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 30, 2025. As provided in Tennessee law, the failure of the owner or lienholder(s) to exercise their right to reclaim the vehicle within the time provided shall be deemed a waiver by the owner(s) and all lienholder(s) of all right, title and interest in the equipment and consent to the sale of the abandoned, immobile, or unattended equipment at a public auction. If no response is received, the equipment will be sold at public auction pursuant to T.C.A. § 55-16-106.

• a John Deere round baler bearing serial# E00567X327825

10/16, 23

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