IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

IN THE MATTER OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF GREGORY THOMPSON TINDLE,

DECEASED

CAUSE NO. 2023-039

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Letters Testamentary having been granted on the 5th day of July, 2023,

by the Chancery Court of the County of Franklin, State of Mississippi,

to the undersigned upon the Estate of Gregory Thompson Tindle, deceased,

notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against said estate

to present the same to the Clerk of said Court for probate and

registration according to law within ninety (90) days from this date, or

they will be forever barred.

THIS the 5th day of July, 2023.

PATSY P. TINDLE

LANE B. REED

MISS. BAR NO. 10002

MARY KATHRYN WILLIAMSON

MISS. BAR NO. 103000

ASHLEY A. JOHNSON

MISS. BAR NO. 105313

McGEHEE, McGEHEE & TORREY

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

POST OFFICE BOX 188

MEADVILLE, MISSISSIPPI 39653

TELEPHONE: 601-384-2343

FACSIMILE: 601-384-5442

ELECTRONIC MAIL: mmtlaw@mmtlaw.net

Publish: July 13, July 20 & July 27, 2023

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES MELTON ROBINSON, SR., DECEASED

SUMMONS

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

TO: Any and All Unknown Heirs at Law of CHARLES MELTON ROBINSON, SR.,

Deceased

You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed in this Court by

Charles Melton Robinson, Jr., Plaintiff, seeking a Determination of

Heirship.

You are summoned to appear and defend against said complaint or petition

at 9:00 a.m. on the 5th day of September, 2023, in the courtroom of the

Franklin County Courthouse in Meadville, Mississippi, and in case of

your failure to appear and defend, a judgment will be entered against

you for the money or other things demanded in the complaint or petition.

You are not required to file an answer or other pleading but you may do

so if you desire.

Issued under my hand and seal of this Court this 6th day of July, 2023.

JILL JORDAN GILBERT

FRANKLIN COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK

BY: /s/ Erica HavardD.C.

Presented by:

Sara J. Hemphill

MS Bar No. 102367

Jones Law Group, P.A.

P. O. Box 436

Liberty, Mississippi 39645

601.657.4801 tel

601.657.4802 fax

jlg@jones-law-group.com

Publish: July 13, July 20 & July 27, 2023

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

ESTATE OF BETTY SUE WILKINSON, DECEASED

CAUSE NUMBER 2022-pr-0081-WS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Letters Testamentary having been issued on the 30th day of June 2023, by

the Chancery Court of Franklin County, Mississippi, to the undersigned

upon the Estate of Betty Sue Wilkinson, Deceased, notice is hereby given

to all persons having claims against said Estate to present the same to

the Clerk of said Court for probate and registration according to law

within ninety (90) days from this day, or they will be forever barred.

This the 11th day of July 2023.

/s/ Mina Jo Schneyer

Mina Jo Schneyer, Executrix

Prepared By:

J. Daniel Smith, Esq.

Smith & Choudoir Law, PLLC

Attorney for Mina Joe Schneyer

116 Seventh Street

McComb, Mississippi 29649

Telephone 601-249-3386

Facsimile 601-248-3616

Mississippi Bar Number 7498

Publish: July 20, July 27 & Aug. 3, 2023

BEFORE THE STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF MISSISSIPPI

Docket No. 304-2023-D

PUBLIC NOTICE

TO: ALL PESONS INTERESTED IN THE C T LOFLIN #1 WELL LOCATED IN OLDEBURG

FIELD, FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

Please take notice that beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 16,

2023 in the Hearing Room, Suite E., 500 Greymont Avenue, Jackson,

Mississippi, the State Oil and Gas Board will hear the Petition of

Energy Resources Corp. requesting an extension of the inactive well

classification under Statewide Rule 28 for the captioned well located in

a forty (40) acre Sec 28, T7N, R2E, Franklin County, Mississippi.

A copy of said Petition is on file in the Office of the State Oil and

Gas Board, Suite E, 500 Greymont Avenue, Jackson, Mississippi and may be

there examined by any interested person. At said Hearing all interested

persons may appear and be heard. If you intend to contest the Docket or

request a continuance you must notify the Board and the Petitioner of

your intention in writing not later than 5 P.M. August 8, 2023. Failure

to so notify the Board and Petitioner shall constitute a waiver of your

rights to contest and/or request a continuance.

You are advised that the Board may adopt orders concerning the Petition,

which may differ from the relief requested by the Petitioner and the

Board will enter such order or orders as, in its judgment, may be

appropriate with the evidence submitted.

Dated at Jackson, Mississippi, this the 12th day of July, 2023.

MISSISSIPPI OIL AND GAS BOARD

By: Jess New,

Oil and Gas Board Supervisor

PETITIONER:

WHITNEY J. PANSANO JR

P.O. Box 422

Mendenhall, Mississippi 39114

Telephone: 601-688-6939

Publish: July 27, 2023

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE

WHEREAS, on April 15, 2016, Dennis McDaniel and Virginia McDaniel

executed a Deed of Trust to J. Barret Martin, as Trustee for United

Mississippi Bank, being the Lender therein, under the terms of which the

hereinafter described property was conveyed to said Trustee to secure

the payment to the said Lender of a certain indebtedness therein

mentioned and described, which Deed of Trust is of record in Book 307,

at page 616, among the Records of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust on file

in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Franklin County, Mississippi;

WHEREAS, said Deed of Trust was modified by that certain Partial Release

dated July 9, 2020 and recorded July 10, 2020 in Book 331, at Page 51 of

the records in the Office of the Chancery Clerk of Franklin County,

Mississippi; and

WHEREAS, by Substitution of Trustee dated July 7, 2023, and recorded

July 12, 2023, in Deed of Trust Book 2023, at page 3172, of the Deed of

Trust Records of the Chancery Clerk of Franklin County, Mississippi,

Beneficiary, named Grayson R. Lewis as Substituted Trustee in said deed

of trust.

WHEREAS, default has been made in the payment of the indebtedness

secured by said deed of trust, and the Beneficiary has exercised the

option in such as provided, and has declared the entire unpaid balance

of said indebtedness immediately due and payable and has directed the

undersigned, as Substitute Trustee in said Deed of Trust, to execute the

same by sale of the property herein described in accordance with the

terms and conditions of the said Deed of Trust; and

NOW THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that I, Grayson R. Lewis, the

undersigned Substitute Trustee, will, within the legal hours of 11:00

a.m. and 4:00 p.m., on August 18, 2023, at the north front door of the

Franklin County Courthouse at Meadville, Mississippi, offer for sale and

sell to the highest and best bidder for cash the following described

property situated in Franklin County, Mississippi, to-wit:

SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 5 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST

A parcel of land located in Irregular Section 6, Township 5 North, Range

1 East, Franklin County, Mississippi, described as:

Commencing at a 10" oak tree marking the Northwest comer of Lot 6 of

the Division of the R. A. Whitehead Estate as the POINT OF BEGINNING of

this description, and proceeding thence South 89deg 25' 52" East along a

fence marking the North line of said Lot 6 a distance of 785.51 feet to

an iron pin; thence leaving the North line of said lot 6 and run South

13deg 33' 25" West 740.12 feet to an iron pin set in fence line marking

the South line of Lot 7 of Division of said R. A. Whitehead Estate;

thence North 80deg 29' 57" West along a fence and a blue-painted line

marking the South line of said Lot 7 a distance of 606.67 feet to an

iron pin marking the Southwest corner of said Lot 7; thence North 01deg

14' 40" West along a fence and a blue-painted line marking the West line

of said Lot 7 and the West line of said Lot 6 a distance of 627.31 feet

to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Together with, and subject to, easements and

restrictions of record. Containing 10.79 acres. As per the map or plat

prepared by R. K. Phillips, Professional Land Surveyor, dated June 8,

1994, a copy of which is attached to that certain Warranty Deed from L.

W. McDaniel and wife, Martha Davis McDaniel, A/K/A Martha McDaniel dated

October 13, 1994 and recorded in Franklin County, Mississippi Deed Book

I-9, Page 256. Said property conveyed herein being Parcel No.1 on said

plat of R. K. Phillips.

SUBJECT TO:

A 20 ft. Wide ingress - egress easement described as follows: A strip

of land 20 feet in width located in Irregular Section 6, Township 5

North, Range 1 East, Franklin County, Mississippi, the center line of

said easement being described as:

Commencing at a 10" oak tree marking the Northwest comer of Lot 6 of the

division of the R. A. Whitehead Estate and proceeding thence South 89deg

25' 52" East along a fence marking the North line of said Lot 6 a

distance of 12.00 feet to the center of a field road and the POINT OF

BEGINNING of this center line description; thence leaving the North line

of said Lot 6 and run along the center of said field road as follows:

South 00deg 16' 06" East 122.39 feet; South 23deg 44' 34" East 87.21 feet;

South 75deg 14' 29" East 197.45 feet; South 63deg 25' 50" East 459.77

feet; South 89deg 36' 48" East 342.54 feet; South 87deg 51' 17" East

295.43 feet; South 57deg 03' 54" East 236.42 feet, and North 88deg 27' 08"

East 323.55 feet to the POINT OF TERMINUS of this center line

description. As per the map or plat prepared by R. K. Phillips,

Professional Land Surveyor, dated June 8, 1994, a copy of which is

attached to that certain Warranty Deed from L. W. McDaniel and wife,

Martha Davis McDaniel, a/k/a Martha McDaniel dated October 13, 1994 and

recorded in Franklin County, Mississippi Deed Book I-9, Page 256.

SUBJECT TO:

SECTION 6 TOWNSHIP 5 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST

A strip of land, 20 feet in width, located in Irregular Section 6,

Township 5 North, Range 1 East, Franklin County, Mississippi, the

centerline of said strip being more particularly described as:

Commencing at an oak stump marking the Northwest comer of Lot 6 of the

Division of the R. A. Whitehead Estate property and proceeding thence

South 89 degrees 25 minutes 52 seconds East along the North line of said

Lot 6 a distance of 12.00 feet to the center of a gravel drive and the

POINT OF BEGINNING of this centerline description; thence leaving the

North line of said Lot 6 and run along the center of a gravel drive and

the center of an existing 20 foot wide ingress-egress easement as

follows:

South 00 degrees 16 minutes 06 seconds East 122.39 feet; South 23

degrees 44 minutes 34 seconds East 87.21 feet; South 75 degrees 14

minutes 29 seconds East 197.45 feet, South 63 degrees 25 minutes 50

seconds East 255.68 feet; South 65 degrees 36 minutes 24 seconds East

81.99 feet; South 82 degrees 15 minutes 56 seconds East 93.63 feet;

North 88 degrees 15 minutes 27 seconds East 53.30 feet; North 89 degrees

54 minutes 05 seconds East 242.17 feet to a point of curvature; thence

continuing along said gravel drive and along the arc of a curve to the

right having an arc length of 95.62 feet, a radius of 122.35 feet, and

being subtended by a chord bearing of South 67 degrees 42 minutes 36

seconds East and a chord length of93.20 feet to a point of tangency;

thence continuing along said gravel drive as follows:

South 66 degrees 02 minutes 40 seconds East 29.07 feet; South 80 degrees

29 minutes 33 seconds East 31.27 feet; South 87 degrees 51 minutes 17

seconds East 213.85 feet; South 77 degrees 50 minutes 44 seconds East

76.90 feet; South 58 degrees 07 minutes 18 seconds East 100.15 feet;

South 56 degrees 12 minutes 55 seconds East 54.93 feet, and South 77

degrees 09 minutes 17 seconds East 132.48 feet to an iron pin marking

the intersection of two gravel drives; thence North 52 degrees 26

minutes 45 seconds East along a gravel drive 141.29 feet; thence North

28 degrees 17 minutes 14 seconds East along a gravel drive 142.95 feet,

and North 10 degrees 58 minutes 04 seconds West 153.38 feet to an iron

pin and the POINT OF TERMINUS of this centerline description, designated

as Easement No.1 on the map or plat of R. K. Phillips, Professional Land

Surveyor, dated January 15,2003, attached to that certain Easement from

L. W. McDaniel and wife, Martha Davis McDaniel, a/k/a Martha McDaniel to

Lloyd McDaniel and wife, Deborah McDaniel dated February 23, 2003, filed

of record in Franklin County, Mississippi Deed Book A-11, Page 42

reference to which is hereby made for all purposes.

ALSO SUBJECT TO:

IRREGULAR SECTION 6 TOWNSHIP 5 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST

That certain old existing abandoned public road approximately sixteen

(16) feet in width now known as Franklin Spur Road SW across our

respective properties located in Section 6, Township 5 North, Range 1

East, Franklin County, Mississippi.

The sale of the above described property shall be made subject to the

lien of any city, county and state ad valorem taxes which taxes shall be

paid entirely by the purchaser at said sale.

I shall convey only such title as is vested in me as Substitute Trustee.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, witness my signature in Natchez, Adams County,

Mississippi, on this the 18th day of July, 2023.

/s/ Grayson R. Lewis

GRAYSON R. LEWIS,

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE

Publish: July 27, Aug. 3, Aug. 10 & Aug. 17, 2023

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

IN THE MATTER OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JAMES M. GRIFFITH, SR.,

DECEASED

JAMES M. GRIFFITH, JR. AND EDITH INEZ BROWN, PLAINTIFFS

CAUSE NO. 19-2023-pr-057-WS

SUMMONS

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

TO: The Unknown Heirs at Law of James M. Griffith, Sr., Deceased, or

Other Unknown Interested Parties

You have been made a Defendant in the Complaint to Admit Will to Probate

and for Issuance of Letters Testamentary by Plaintiffs, James M.

Griffith, Jr., and Edith Inez Brown, seeking a Determination of Heirship

of James M. Griffith, Sr., deceased.

You are summoned to appear and defend against said complaint filed

against you in this action at 10:30 A.M. on the 5th day of September,

2023, in the courtroom of the Franklin County Courthouse at Meadville,

Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a

judgment will be entered against you for the money or other things

demanded in complaint.

You are not required to file an answer or other pleading but you may do

so if you desire.

Issued under my hand and seal of this Court, this 6th day of July, 2023.

JILL GILBERT

FRANKLIN COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK

BY: ERICA HAVARD

DEPUTY CLERK

WILLIAM K. HALFORD

HALFORD LAW FIRM

85 Main Street West

Post Office Box 650

Meadville, Mississippi 39653

Telephone: (601) 384-2100

Facsimile: (601) 384-2121

Electronic Mail: halford@halfordlawfirm.com

MSB#105475

ATTORNEY FOR THE ESTATE

PUBLISH: 7/27/2023; 8/3/2023; & 8/10/2023

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

IN THE MATTER OF THE GUARDIANSHIP OF B.K.M., A MINOR

WILLIAM K. HALFORD, PETITIONERS

CAUSE NO. 2023-64

PUBLICATION SUMMONS

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

TO: CHAD DUNAWAY

You have been made a respondent to the Petition for Appointment of

Guardian of a Minor Under Section 202 filed by William K. Halford.

The Petition filed against you is a civil action seeking to have William

K. Halford, adjudicated as the Guardian of B.K.M., as fully set out in

the Petition on file in the Chancery Court of Franklin, Mississippi.

YOU ARE SUMMONED TO APPEAR AND DEFEND AGAINST THE PETITION FILED AGAINST

YOU IN THIS ACTION AT 10:30 A.M. ON THE 5th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2023, IN

THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE AT MEADVILLE, MISSISSIPPI; AND IN CASE OF

YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR AND DEFEND, A JUDGMENT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST

YOU FOR THE RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE PETITION.

You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you may do

so if you desire in care of Mary Kathryn Williamson, McGehee, McGehee &

Torrey, Attorneys at Law, Post Office Box 188, Meadville, Mississippi

39653.

Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this 18th day of July

2023.

JILL J. GILBERT, CHANCERY CLERK

FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

Publish: July 27, Aug. 3 & Aug. 10, 2023