Public Notices 06-13-24
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP OF JAMES JOHN WACTOR,
DECEASED
JOHNNIE WACTOR COOPER DELLIE ANN TERRELL, PLAINTIFFS
CAUSE NO. 19-2024-pr-037-WS
SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: The Unknown Heirs at Law of James John Wactor, Deceased, or Other
Unknown Interested Parties
You have been made a Defendant in the Complaint for Determination of
Heirship, by Plaintiffs Johnnie Wactor Cooper and Dellie Ann Terrell,
seeking a Determination of Heirship of James John Wactor, deceased.
You are summoned to appear and defend against said complaint filed
against you in this action at 10:30 A.M. on the 2nd day of July, 2024,
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 21st day of May, 2024.
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 PLAINTIFFS
Publish: May 30, June 6 & June 13, 2024
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FAYE LEE DEAN
CAUSE NO. 2024-0012-WS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentary having been granted on the 18th day of April, 2024
by the Chancery Court of Franklin County , Mississippi, to the
undersigned upon the estate of Faye Lee Dean, Deceased, notice is hereby
given to all persons having claims against said estate to present the
same to the Clerk of the Chancery Court of said County for probate and
registration according to law within ninety (90) days after the date of
the first publication hereof, or they will be forever barred.
This the 22nd day of May, 2024.
TODD DEAN
Executor
Amy D. Foster
AMY D. FOSTER LAW, PLLC
P.O. Box 944
Liberty, MS 39645
(601) 870-6106
Publish: May 30, June 6, June 13 & June 20, 2024
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP OF CHARLES THOMAS
RUSHING, DECEASED
JUDIE KUPILLAS AND RICHARD RUSHING, PLAINTIFFS
CAUSE NO. 19-2024-pr-033-WS
SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: The Unknown Heirs at Law of Charles Thomas Rushing, Deceased, or
Other Unknown Interested Parties
You have been made a Defendant in the Complaint for Determination of
Heirship by Plaintiffs Judie Kupillas and Richard Rushing seeking a
Determination of Heirship of Charles Thomas Rushing, deceased.
You are summoned to appear and defend against said complaint filed
against you in this action at 10:30 A.M. on the 6th day of August, 2024,
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 29th day of May, 2024.
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 PLAINTIFFS
Publish: June 6, June 13 & June 20, 2024
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Notice is hereby given to all qualified financial institutions that the
School Board of the Franklin County School District, pursuant to the
provisions of Sections 37-7-333, 27-105-305, 27-105-315, of the
Mississippi Code of 1972 as amended, shall receive sealed bids for the
privilege of keeping the school district funds from July 1, 2024,
through June 30, 2027, and thereafter until new arrangements shall be
made according to law.
Said bids shall be received at the office of the Superintendent, Post
Office Box 605, Meadville, Mississippi 39653, until 4:30 p.m. on June
18, 2024. In order to be considered, each sealed bid shall have
Depository Bid - June 18, 2024" written or typed on its face.
The School Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to
waive any irregularities in the Bids. The School Board reserves the
right to require Collateral Security Agreements and Custodial Agreements
for Holding Collateral Securing Mississippi Public Funds.
ORDERED, this the 28th day of May, 2024.
CHRIS KENT
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION
OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
Publish: June 6 & June 13, 2024
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION
OF THE MINOR CHILD, LJ.L.P.
CAUSE NO. 2024-AD-0015-DKH
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN
TO: CODY QUEBEDEAUX, who is a non-resident citizen of Mississippi, and
whose address is unknown.
NOTICE TO RESPONDENT
You have been made a Respondent in the suit in this Court by
Petitioners, Katie Lea Pierce Moak and Tyler Shane Moak's, Petition to
Terminate Parental Rights, for Adoption, and for Other Relief.
You are summoned to appear and defend against said Petition at 9:00
o'clock a.m., on the 2nd day of July, 2024, in the Court of Honorable
Debbra K. Halford, Chancellor, at the Franklin County Chancery Court 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.
You are not required to file an Answer or other pleadings, but you may
do so if you desire.
ISSUED UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF SAID COURT, this the 6th day of May,
A.D., 2024.
Jill Jordan Gilbert,
Franklin County Chancery Clerk
BY: Erica Havard, D.C.
GARY L. HONEA
HONEA LAW FIRM, PLLC
209 Apache Drive
McComb, MS 39648
MS Bar No. 2601
Ph: (601) 250-5687
Fax: (601) 250-5690
Publish: June 6, June 13 & June 20, 2024
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE MINOR CHILD, LJ.L.P.
CAUSE NO. 2024-AD-0015-DKH
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN
TO: MARK STANLEY, who is a non-resident citizen of Mississippi, and
whose address is unknown.
NOTICE TO RESPONDENT
You have been made a Respondent in the suit in this Court by
Petitioners, Katie Lea Pierce Moak and Tyler Shane Moak's, Petition to
Terminate Parental Rights, for Adoption, and for Other Relief.
You are summoned to appear and defend against said Petition at 9:00
o'clock a.m., on the 2nd day of July, 2024, in the Court of Honorable
Debbra K. Halford, Chancellor, at the Franklin County Chancery Court 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.
You are not required to file an Answer or other pleadings, but you may
do so if you desire.
ISSUED UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF SAID COURT, this the 6th day of May,
A.D., 2024.
Jill Jordan Gilbert,
Franklin County Chancery Clerk
BY: Erica Havard, D.C.
GARY L. HONEA
HONEA LAW FIRM, PLLC
209 Apache Drive
McComb, MS 39648
MS Bar No. 2601
Ph: (601) 250-5687
Fax: (601) 250-5690
Publish: June 6, June 13 & June 20, 2024
The Sherrod Scott and LaFerrye L. Scott Revocable Trust
u/a 12/17/2010
Jacqueline S. Stroud, Trustee
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF SHERROD SCOTT OR
THE SHERROD SCOTT AND LAFERRYE L. SCOTT REVOCABLE TRUST
U/A 12/17/2010
Pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated Section 91-8-504, notice is
hereby given to all persons having claims against Sherrod Scott or The
Sherrod Scott and LaFerrye L. Scott Revocable Trust u/a 12/17/2010 to
present same in writing to Jacqueline S. Stroud, Trustee of The Sherrod
Scott and LaFerrye L. Scott Revocable Trust u/a 12/17/2010, 2110
Pleasant Valley Rd. SE, Meadville, MS 39653, according to law. Failure
to present a claim in writing within ninety (90) days from the date of
the first publication of this notice will forever bar said claim.
This 4th day of June, 2024.
Jacqueline S. Stroud
Trustee of The Sherrod Scott
and LaFerrye L. Scott
Revocable Trust u/a 12/17/2010
Publish: June 13, June 20 & June 27, 2024
FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD PROCEEDINGS CASH DISBURSEMENTS JOURNAL PAYMENTS
FROM: 05/01/2024 THRU 05/31/2024 FISCALYEAR 2023-2024
GENERAL COUNTY:
Franklin County Memorial Hospital: 5,332.00; Franklin Telephone Company:
701.56; Hope Enterprises LLC: 176,558.84; AJFC: 275.00; Atmos Energy:
281.08; Barefield Workplace Solutions: 13.50; Beesley, Walter: 2,681.15;
Belinda Stewart Architects, PA: 7,477.14; Big M Supply, Co.: 80.65;
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Branch: 270.00; Buffalo Services,
Inc.: 2,796.23; C Spire: 430.58; C Spire Wireless: 64.47; C Spire
Wireless: 313.99; Cardmember Service: 701.92; Cutting Edge Glass: 45.00;
Delta Computer Systems, Inc.: 3,858.20; Dry, Carrie H.: 1,717.00;
Election Systems & Software, Inc.: 1,705.00; Entergy: 2,741.69;
First-Citizens Bank & Trust: 9,476.16; Franklin Advocate: 265.82;
Franklin Advocate: 87.00; Franklin Co. Dept. of Human Services: 100.00;
Franklin County Board of Education: 4,077.80; Franklin County Health
Department: 833.33; Franklin County Soil Conservation: 2,000.00;
Franklin Telephone Company: 1,643.72; Halford Law Firm: 1,000.00;
Highland Services: 1,055.00; Home Hardware Center: 74.51; Home Hardware
Center: 132.75; Home Hardware Center: 4.47; Itech Systems Group, Inc.:
1,000.00; Jackson Paper Company: 782.64; Magnolia Electric Power
Association: 73.22; MAS: 2,240.00; McGehee, McGehee & Torrey: 1,000.00;
Mississippi Constables Association: 450.00; Mississippi State
University: 3,533.56; MJCCA: 350.00; Office of the State Auditor:
227.44; Pine Belt Mental Healthcare: 2,083.33; Precision Delta
Corporation: 1,349.22; Quill Corporation: 513.01; Rural Rapid Response:
17,916.66; Sermos, Gus G.: 1,000.00; Southwest Mississippi EPA: 243.03;
State Treasury Fund 3053: 24,703.74; TCS USA: 209.50; Town of Bude:
92.50; Town of Meadville: 330.66; Williams, Chuntel: 320.00; Blalock,
Mary L.: 162.46; Five Star #3: 148.00; Gill, Billy P.: 745.40; Harrell,
Edith: 171.44; Hunt, Kelly Peeples: 201.08; MSME 3713: 300.00; Franklin
County Memorial Hospital: 872.00; Franklin Telephone Company: 87.29;
Quill Corporation: 245.98; Atmos Energy: 151.48; C Spire Wireless:
83.32; Entergy: 499.73; Gilbert, Jill J.: 10.00; Highland Services:
245.00; Mid-South Uniform and Supply Co.: 380.00; Five Star #3: 142.00.
Fund Total: 291,659.25.
REAPPRAISAL FUND (DEFRAY TAX)
Herring Appraisal & Computer Svc. Inc.: 4,833.33; Tri-State Consulting
Services, Inc.: 1,250.00. Fund Total: 6,083.33.
EMERGENCY 911 FUND (ENHANCED)
AT&T: 2,880.00; C Spire: 755.00. Fund Total: 3,635.00.
LAW LIBRARY
Lexisnexis: 605.25. Fund Total: 605.25.
FIRE DEPARTMENT TAX SUPPORT
Entergy: 42.14; Franklin Telephone Company: 47.90. Fund Total: 90.04.
EAST FRANKLIN FIRE DEPARTMENT
Fire Equipment Services: 499.35. Fund Total: 499.35.
LATCF (TRIBAL FUNDS)
Rural Rapid Response: 2,083.33. Fund Total: 2,083.33.
DISTRICT 1 MAINTENANCE
Benard Miller: 26.67; Buffalo Services, Inc.: 3,151.49; Cardmember
Service: 220.64; Entergy: 92.46; Lenard Miller: 26.67; MAS: 495.00;
Sharon L. Miller Davis: 26.66; Town of Roxie: 41.80; Trustmark National
Bank: 3,444.03; UMB: 2,312.64; C Spire Wireless: 65.98; Trustmark
National Bank: 3,444.03. Fund Total: 13,348.07.
DISTRICT 2 MAINTENANCE
Trustmark National Bank: 3,063.37; Cardmember Service: 220.64; Entergy:
65.40; Franklin County Water Association, Inc.: 29.00; Kiwi Trucking:
750.00; MAS: 495.00; UMB: 3,238.01; Smith, Patty: 144.00; Entergy:
74.54. Fund Total: 8,079.96.
DISTRICT 3 MAINTENANCE
Buffalo Services, Inc.: 592.38; Cardmember Service: 220.64; Entergy:
79.35; Home Hardware Center: 56.69; MAS: 495.00; Town of Bude: 92.50;
UMB: 2,312.64; Entergy: 35.84; Entergy: 130.00. Fund Total: 4,015.04.
DISTRICT 4 MAINTENANCE
Buffalo Services, Inc.: 2,807.40; Cardmember Service: 243.04;
First-Citizens Bank & Trust: 2,899.08; Franklin County Water
Association, Inc.: 29.00; Hancock Whitney Bank: 1,618.68; MAS: 495.00;
Trustmark National Bank: 2,724.20; Entergy: 186.39; R. B. Wall Oil Co.:
76.98; Home Hardware Center: 23.96; Smith, Patty: 160.00. Fund Total:
11,263.73.
DISTRICT 5 MAINTENANCE
B & O Supply, Inc.: 341.48; Buffalo Services, Inc.: 1,184.76; Cardmember
Service: 220.64; Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.: 1,120.81; Home
Hardware Center: 94.86; Home Hardware Center: 7.89; MAS: 495.00; Sixtown
Water Association: 37.67; Waters International: 371.98; Home Hardware
Center: 17.78; Magnolia Electric Power Association: 76.14. Fund Total:
3,969.01.
COUNTY WIDE ROAD MAINTENANCE
Airgas: 193.80; Atmos Energy: 109.85; Big M Supply, Co.: 99.75; Boiler
and Pressure Vessel Safety Branch: 60.00; C Spire Wireless: 22.53; Crain
Ford Tractor Sales: 724.02; Dunaway Equipment: 278.20; Entergy: 359.06;
Franklin Telephone Company: 364.93; Home Hardware Center: 95.71;
O'Reilly Auto Parts: 168.85; Quill Corporation: 45.98; Southern Tire
Mart, inc.: 2,727.61; Town of Meadville: 52.02; Crain Ford Tractor
Sales: 966.38; Hawley's Tire & Maintenance: 438.80; R. B. Wall Oil
Co.: 2,339.61; Sullivans Auto: 89.95; Atmos Energy: 51.67; C Spire
Wireless: 22.53; Hawley's tire & Maintenance: 622.90. Fund Total:
9,834.15.
COUNTY WIDE BRIDGE AND CULVERT
Brookhaven Milling Co.: 680.00; Custom Products Corporation: 963.02;
Custom Products Corporation: 316.58; Home Hardware Center: 21.83; WGK
Engineers & Surveyors: 3,827.75. Fund Total: 5,809.18.
DISTRICT 3 (TOWN)
Kiwi Trucking: 1,056.00. Fund Total: 1,056.00.
ARPA -- AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT
Trustmark National Bank: 3,444.03; Farmbelt Equipment: 54,445.97;
Trustmark National Bank: 3,444.03. Fund Total: 61,334.03.
DISTRICT 1 USE TAX
APAC-MS Inc.: 49,509.78; Apac-MS Inc.: 63,108.48. Fund Total:
112,618.26.
DISTRICT 4 USE TAX
Dickerson & Bowen Inc.: 29,977.10. Fund Total: 29,977.10.
DISTRICT 5 USE TAX
Dunn Roadbuilders, L. L. C.: 3,856.55; Kiwi Trucking: 600.00. Fund
Total: 4,456.55.
SANITATION AND WASTE REMOVAL
Greenway Environmental Services: 2,026.10; Kiley Kelly: 165.00; Lloyd
Leblance: 120.00; Buffalo Services, Inc.: 3,850.21; Clark Power
Services, Inc.: 2,264.31; Delta Computer Systems, Inc.: 255.00; Dunaway
Equipment: 1,386.62; Entergy: 239.16; Fleetistics: 55.60; Franklin
Telephone Company: 245.68; Greenway Environmental Services: 5,073.00;
Terral River Service: 1,193.04; Town of Bude: 160.50; UMB: 6,595.03;
UMB: 6,661.64; Five Star #3: 345.35; Dunaway Equipment: 1,078.00;
Greenway Environmental Services: 2,875.68; R. B. Wall Oil Co.: 389.40;
Entergy: 132.50; Greenway Environmental Services: 2,429.39; Five Star
#3: 531.54. Fund Total: 38,072.75.
JUDICIAL ASSESSMENT CLEARING
Mississippi Department of Public Safety: 1,142.65; Mississippi
Department of Public Safety: 86.50; State Treasurer: 15,840.13. Fund
Total: 17,069.28.
REGIONAL LIBRARY
Lincoln-Lawrence Regional Library: 2,412.65. Fund Total: 2,412.65.
CO-LIN MAINTENANCE
Copiah-Lincoln Junior College: 3,330.54. Fund Total: 3,330.54.
CO-LIN IMPROVEMENT
Copiah-Lincoln Junior College: 3,258.08. Fund Total: 3,258.08.
Total Disbursements posted to ledger: $634,559.93
Net Disbursements: $634,559.93
Publish: June 13, 2024
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