Public Notices for week of 08-08-24
NOTICE OF MEETING
State of Tennessee
Benton County Chancery Court
Probate Division
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
As Required by TCA §30-2-306
Case No.4938
Estate of JENNIFER VITT, Deceased
Notice is hereby given that on the 2nd day of August, 2024 letters of testamentary in respect of the estate of JENNIFER VITT, who died July 11, 2024, were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery Court 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.
Date: 08/02/2024
Heather Lowery
Executrix
Ira Greer
Attorney
Timothy R. Burrus
Clerk and Master
08/08, 15
NOTICE OF MEETING
The Benton County Oversight Committee will meet on Thursday August 15, 2024 at 4 p.m. at the Benton County Courthouse.
08/08
NOTICE OF MEETING
Benton-Decatur County Special Sewer District Meeting at the North Utility District Friday, August 16, 2024 at 8:30 A.M.
08/08, 15
NOTICE OF MEETING
The Board of Commissioners of the West Tennessee Public Utility District of Weakley, Carroll and Benton Counties, Tennessee will meet in open and public session at the District’s office 14055 Paris St., Huntingdon, TN, Thursday August 8, 2024 at 12:30 p.m.
08/01, 08
State of Tennessee
Benton County Probate Division
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
As Required by TCA §30-2-306
Case No.5024
Estate of RANDOLPH E. JOHNSON, Deceased
Notice is hereby given that on the 24th day of July, 2024 letters testamentary (or of administration as the case may be) in respect of the estate of Randolph E. Johnson, who died July 14, 2024, 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.
Brandon Jay Johnson
Administrator
07/23/2024
John W. Whitworth
Attorney
07/23/2024
Timothy R. Burrus
Clerk and Master
07/24/2024
08/01, 08
State of Tennessee
Benton County Probate Division
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
As Required by TCA §30-2-306
Case No.5025
Estate of REBECCA JOAN ROSS, Deceased
Notice is hereby given that on the 25th day of July, 2024 letters testamentary (or of administration as the case may be) in respect of the estate of Rebecca Joan Ross, who died July 2, 2024, 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.
Amanda S. Ross
Executor
07/23/2024
John W. Whitworth
Attorney
07/23/2024
Timothy R. Burrus
Clerk and Master
07/25/2024
08/01, 08
State of Tennessee
Benton County Probate Division
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
As Required by TCA §30-2-306
Case No.5026
Estate of MICHAEL THOMAS DAVIS, Deceased
Notice is hereby given that on the 25th day of July, 2024 letters testamentary (or of administration as the case may be) in respect of the estate of Michael Thomas Davis, who died June 7, 2024, 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.
BETSEY DAVIS
Executor
07/24/2024
JAMES W. MELTON
Attorney
07/24/2024
Timothy R. Burrus
Clerk and Master
07/25/2024
08/01, 08
State of Tennessee
Benton County Probate Division
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
As Required by TCA §30-2-306
Case No.5027
Estate of LARRY HERMON WARREN, Deceased
Notice is hereby given that on the 26th day of July, 2024 letters testamentary (or of administration as the case may be) in respect of the estate of LARRY HERMON WARREN, who died June 28, 2024, 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.
Date: 07/26/2024
MICHELLE BROWN
Executor
JAMES W. MELTON
Attorney
Timothy R. Burrus
Clerk and Master
08/01, 08
State of Tennessee
Benton County Probate Division
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
As Required by TCA §30-2-306
Case No.4938
Estate of GREGORY ANDREW HAPUTA, Deceased
Notice is hereby given that on the 15th day of July, 2024 letters testamentary (or of administration as the case may be) in respect of the estate of Gregory Andrew Haputa, who died September 6, 2023, 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.
Date: 07/15/2024
Patricia Haputa
Executor
Marcus D. Noles
Attorney
Timothy R. Burrus
Clerk and Master
08/01, 08
IN THE CHANCERY COURT
FOR BENTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE
THE ESTATE OF EDDIE RAY DODSON,
DECEASED.
ROBERT LEE DODSON, JR.,
PETITIONER.
DOCKET NO: 4855
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE
By the authority granted by an "Order" filed in the above styled case on March 11, 2024 and entered of record in Minute Book 85, Page 745, I, Timothy R. Burrus, Special Commissioner, will on August 16, 2024 at 10:00 A.M. offer for sale to the highest and best bidder, the real property in the matter of the Estate of Eddie Ray Dodson, 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: 4502 SULPHUR CREEK RD.
BIG SANDY, TN 38221
LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:
The property is located in the 7th Civil District of Benton County, Tennessee, and being Tax Map 040, Parcel 004.02, in the Assessor’s Office of Benton County, Tennessee, and appearing in Deed Book 35, Page 544, in the Register's Office of Benton County, Tennessee.
The address of the property is 4502 Sulphur Creek Rd., Big Sandy, TN 38221
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 August 27, 2024 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 August 27, 2024 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. For a legal description of the real estate contact the Clerk & Master's office at 731-584-4435.
This the 23rd day of July, 2024.
Timothy R. Burrus
as Special Commissioner
John W. Whitworth, BPR #6800
Attorney for the Estate of
Eddie Ray Dodson
116 East Main St.
P.O. Box 208
Camden, TN 38320
(731) 584-6013
08/01, 08, 15
TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE
WHEREAS, MALLORY SHANNON, by Deed of Trust dated March 29, 2022, and recorded in the Register's Office of Benton County, Tennessee, in Record Book 375, Page 362, conveyed to John W. Whitworth, Trustee, in the Register’s Office of Benton County, Tennessee, the hereinafter described real estate to secure the payment of a certain installment note and any renewals thereof; and
WHEREAS, default has been made in the payment of the indebtedness and the holder of the note has declared the entire amount due and payable as provided in the Deed of Trust. The Trustee has been directed to foreclose the Deed of Trust in accordance with the terms thereof and the public is hereby notified that the undersigned Trustee will sell hereinafter described real estate at public auction to the highest and best bidder, for cash in hand, at the North door of the Courthouse in the Town of Camden, Tennessee, at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 29, 2024. Said property to be sold in bar of the equity of redemption and subject to the liens of all special assessments against it.
The real estate to be sold is located in Benton County, Tennessee, and more particularly described as follows:
TAX MAP 120 PARCEL 008.26
TAX ASSESSOR’S OFFICE BENTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE
Tract No. One: BEING the following described real estate situated in the Second Civil District of Benton County, Tennessee, and being Tract 53 of an unrecorded plat, more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a ½-inch rebar with cap set in the south right-of-way of Kerri Drive, 25 feet from the center, being the northeast corner of Tract 54 and the northwest corner of the property described herein, being located North 00 degrees, 21 minutes, 33 seconds West, 1,098.23 feet from a ½-inch rebar found at the northeast corner of Lane, RB 333 PG 87; thence running with Kerri Drive as follows: South 89 degrees, 11 minutes, 06 seconds East, 424.82 feet; along a curve turning to the right 39.60 feet, with a radius of 25.00 feet, and being subtended by a chord bearing and distance of South 43 degrees, 48 minutes, 25 seconds East, 35.59 feet; South 01 degree, 34 minutes, 16 seconds West, 504.73 feet to a ½-inch rebar with cap set, 25 feet from center, being the northeast corner of Tract 52 and the southeast corner of the property described herein; thence leaving Kerri Drive and with a severance line, North 89 degrees, 09 minutes, 57 seconds West, 443.15 feet to a ½-inch rebar with cap set, being the southeast corner of Tract 54 and the southwest corner of the property described herein; thence with a severance line, North 00 degrees, 48 minutes, 54 seconds East, 529.87 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, and containing 5.43 acres, more or less, as surveyed by Thomas A. Young, TRLS No. 2265, of L.I. Smith & Associates, 30 North Caldwell Street, Paris TN 38242, on September 30, 2021. Bearings are based upon the Tennessee State Plane Coordinated System, NAD83. The property is subject to a 25-foot utility easement reserved along the front property line.
Tract No. Two: BEING the following described real estate situated in the Second Civil District of Benton County, Tennessee, and being Tract 54 of an unrecorded plat, more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a ½-inch rebar with cap set in the south right-of-way of Kerri Drive, 25 feet from the center, being the northeast corner of Tract 55 and the northwest corner of the property described herein, being located North 22 degrees, 09 minutes, 01 second West, 1,188.02 feet from a ½-inch rebar found at the northeast corner of Lane, RB 333 PG 87; thence with the right-of-way of Kerri Drive for 2 calls as follows: North 88 degrees, 44 minutes, 21 seconds East, 114.43 feet; South 89 degrees, 11 minutes, 06 seconds East 326.68 feet to a ½-inch rebar with cap set, 25 feet from the center, being the northwest corner of Tract 53 and the northeast corner of the property described herein; thence leaving Kerri Drive and with a severance line, South 00 degrees, 48 minutes 54 seconds West, 529.87 feet to a ½-inch rebar with cap set, being the northeast corner of Tract 51 and the southeast corner of the property described herein; thence with a severance line, North 89 degrees, 09 minutes, 57 seconds West, 440.42 feet to a ½-inch rebar with cap set, being the southeast corner of Tract 55 and the southwest corner of the property described herein; thence with a severance line, North 00 degrees, 44 minutes, 54 seconds East, 525.58 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 5.35 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, on September 30, 2021. Bearings are based upon the Tennessee State Plane Coordinate System, NAD83. This property is subject to a 25-foot utility easement reserved along the front property line.
ABOVE DESCRIPTION COPIED FROM PRIOR INSTRUMENT OF RECORD.
This being the same property conveyed to Mallory Shannon, by virtue of a Warranty Deed dated April 19, 2022, from Barry Keith Arnold and wife, Karren S. Arnold, filed for record April 20, 2022, at 10:32 a.m., in Record Book 375, Page 358, in the Register’s Office of Benton County, Tennessee.
This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded plat; any unpaid taxes; any restrictive covenants, easements, or setback lines that may be applicable; any statutory rights or redemption of any governmental agency, state or federal; any prior liens or encumbrances as well as any priority created by a fixture filing; and to any matter that an accurate survey of the premises might disclose. In addition, the following parties may claim an interest in the above-referenced property:
The sale held pursuant to the Notice may be rescinded at the Trustee’s option at any time. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of the sale to another day, time, and place certain without further publication, upon announcement at the time and place for the sale set forth above.
Title to said real estate is believed to be good, however, the undersigned will sell as Trustee and convey only such interest as vested in him by Mallory Shannon, by virtue of the Deed of Trust.
THIS the 26th day of July 2024.
JOHN W. WHITWORTH,
Trustee
WHITWORTH LAW FIRM
116 EAST MAIN STREET
P. O. BOX 208
CAMDEN, TENNESSEE 38320
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08/01, 08, 15
