NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Hazel Marie Crowley, deceased, late of Wayne County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 24th day of May, 2025, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 23rd day of February, 2025. Elizabeth Sarno Administrator for the Estate of Hazel Marie Crowley, 502 Church Street, Seven Springs, North Carolina, 28578
Published Feb. 23, 2025, March 2, 2025, March 9, 2025, March 16, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF DONALD MONROE SUMMERLIN
The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Donald Monroe Summerlin deceased, late of Wayne County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 24th day of May, 2025, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 23rd day of February, 2025. Donna Marie Summerlin Hamm Executor for the Estate of Donald Monroe Summerlin111 Long Point Circle, Powells Point, North Carolina, 27966
Published Feb. 23, 2025, March 2, 2025, March 9, 2025, March 16, 2025
NOTICE TO PICK UP FILES AND OF THEIR DESTRUCTION
NORTH CAROLINA
WAYNE COUNTY
The undersigned having been appointed trustee for the Law Office of Janice S. Head, PA or Janice Head Kornegay, Attorney at Law in Wayne County file number 25 R 19, because Janice S. Head/Janice Head Kornegay died on January 3, 2025. This is to notify all people or businesses that may have a file in the custody of Janice S. Head/Janice Head Kornegay that you will have from March 3, 2025 until May 5, 2025 to pick your file up. You may call 919-736-3076 or 919-635-9007 or email shelby@bentonfamilylaw.com to arrange a time to pick up your file. You will need a photo ID to pick up your file and the file can only be given to the client in whose name the file is noted. If you do not pick the file up within the time set out above the remaining files will be destroyed in accord with the rules of the North Carolina State Bar.
This the 18th day of February 2025.
Shelby Duffy Benton, Trustee
Law Office of Janice S. Head,
PA Janice Head Kornegay, Attorney at Law
Goldsboro, North Carolina
Published March 2, 2025, March 9, 2025, March 16, 2025, and March 23, 2025
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Raymond Murphy Davis deceased, late of Wayne County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 7th day of June, 2025, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 3rdday of March, 2025. Sherri Davis Creech Administrator for the Estate of Raymond Murphy Davis, 2067 Warrentown Road, Snow Hill, North Carolina, 28580
Published March 9, 2025, March 16, 2025, March 23, 2025, March 30, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF JACQUELINE RHEW
All persons, firms, and corporations having claims against Jacqueline Rhew, deceased, of Wayne County, are notified to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 7th day of June, 2025, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 3rd day of March, 2025.
Capen Rhew,
Executor of the Estate of Jacqueline Rhew
4741 Delta Lake Drive
Raleigh, NC 27612
Published March 9, 2025 and March 16, 2025, March 23, 2025, March 30, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF JIMMY LEWIS ADAMS
The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Jimmy Lewis Adams, Deceased, of Wayne County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before June 9, 2025, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 9th day of March, 2025.
Jimmy Lewis Adams, Jr., and English Adams Albertson, Co-Executors
c/o Henry C. Smith, Attorney
Warren, Kerr, Walston, Taylor & Smith, LLP
P.O. Box 1616
Goldsboro, NC 27533-1616
(919) 734-1841
Published March 9, 2025, and March 16, 2025, March 23, 2025, March 30, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF GILBERT WRIGHT BROWN
Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Gilbert Wright Brown, late of Wayne County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the address below on or before June 9, 2025, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate are asked to make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 3rd day of March, 2025.
Samuel Craig Brown, Executor
of the Estate of Gilbert Wright Brown
c/o L.E. (Trey) Taylor III, Attorney at Law
Warren, Kerr, Walston, Taylor & Smith, LLP
P.O. Box 1616
Goldsboro, NC 27533-1616
Published March 9, 2025, and March 16, 2025, March 23, 2025, March 30, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF NANCY JEAN KUHN
Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Nancy Jean Kuhn, late of Wayne County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the address below on or before June 9, 2025, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate are asked to make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 3rd day of March, 2025.
Robert Warren Kuhn, Administrator
of the Estate of Nancy Jean Kuhn
c/o Caroline Taylor Phillips, Attorney at Law
Warren, Kerr, Walston, Taylor & Smith, LLP
P.O. Box 1616
Goldsboro, NC 27533-1616
Published March 9, 2025, and March 16, 2025, March 23, 2025, March 30, 2025
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Evelyn Dolores Hood, deceased, late of Wayne County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 7th day of June, 2025, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 4thday of March, 2025. Doug Hood, Administrator for the Estate of Evelyn Dolores Hood, 473 Falling Creek Church Road, Goldsboro, North Carolina, 27534
Published March 9, 2025, March 16, 2025, March 23, 2025, March 30, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF DEBORAH SUE YELVERTON
All persons, firms, and corporations having claims against Deborah Sue Yelverton, deceased, of Wayne County, are notified to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 9th day of June, 2025, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This is the 9th day of March, 2025.
Cara Yelverton Davis,
Administrator of the Estate of Deborah Sue Yelverton
c/o Mark J. Hale, Jr.
Baddour, Parker, Hine & Hale, P.C.
Attorneys for Estate
P.O. Box 916
Goldsboro, NC 27533-0916
(919) 735-7275
Published March 9, 2025, March 16, 2025, March 23, 2025, and March 30, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF SHIRLEY DAVIS GARDNER
All persons, firms, and corporations having claims against Shirley Davis Gardner, deceased, of Wayne County, are notified to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 9th day of June, 2025, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This is the 9th day of March, 2025.
Timothy Milton Kearney,
Executor of the Estate of Shirley Davis Gardner
c/o Mark J. Hale, Jr.
Baddour, Parker, Hine & Hale, P.C.
Attorneys for Estate
P.O. Box 916
Goldsboro, NC 27533-0916
(919) 735-7275
Published March 9, 2025, March 16, 2025, March 23, 2025, and March 30, 2025
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Kelly Ann Smith, deceased, late of Wayne County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 7th day of June, 2025, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 5th day of March, 2025. Grover Allen Smith, Administrator for the Estate of Kelly Ann Smith, 103 Quailcroft Drive, Goldsboro, North Carolina, 27534
Published March 9, 2025, March 16, 2025, March 23, 2025, March 30, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF HELEN CARLTON
All persons, firms, and corporations having claims against Helen Carlton, deceased, of Wayne County, are notified to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 14th day of June, 2025, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 6th day of March, 2025.
Marsha King
Executor of the Estate of Helen Carlton
507 Durham Lake Road
Dudley, NC 28333
Published March 16, 2025, March. 23, 2025, March 30, 2025 and April 6, 2025
GENERAL NOTICE OF TAX FORECLOSURE SALE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF WAYNE
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION, FILE NO. 23: 24 CVD 744
WAYNE COUNTY and the TOWN OF MOUNT OLIVE, Plantiffs
vs.
JIMMY STEVENS, JOYCE STEVENS, Defendant & THERENCENE DOUCHER, Defendant Lienholder
Under and by virtue of an Order of the Clerk of Superior Court of Wayne County, North Carolina, made and entered in the action entitled “WAYNE COUNTY and the TOWN OF MOUNT OLIVE vs. JIMMY STEVENS, ET AL., the undersigned Commissioner will on the 26th day of March, 2025, offer for sale and sell for cash, to the last and highest bidder at public auction, at the courthouse door in Wayne County, North Carolina, in Goldsboro at 10:00 a.m. the following described real property, lying and being in State and County aforesaid and more particularly described as follows:
605 S. Breazeale Avenue, Mt. Olive
(PIN: 2572654339)
BEING all of Lot No 2 of the B.E. Wilson Subdivision as shown on plat recorded in Plat Cabinet D, Slide 14 of the Wayne County Registry.
The sale will be made subject to all outstanding city and county taxes and all local improvements assessments against the above-described property not included in the judgment in the above-entitled cause. A deposit of 5 percent (5%) of the successful bid will be required or $750.00, whichever is greater, in the form of cash, certified check or money order.
This the 25th day of February, 2025.
Andrew J. Neal
Attorney for Plaintiff
P.O. Box 227
Goldsboro, NC 27533
(919) 705-1713
Published March 16, 2025, and March 23, 2025
GENERAL NOTICE OF TAX FORECLOSURE SALE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF WAYNE
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION, FILE NO: 22 CVD 212
WAYNE COUNTY, Plantiff
vs.
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF OSCAR LEE ARTIS and all assignees, heirs at law and devisees, together with all of their creditors and lienholders, regardless of how or through whom they claim, and any and all persons claiming any interest in, by, under or through the Estate of Oscar Lee Artis; JERMAINE BANKS and SPOUSE, if any; KAREEN ARTIS; JAMAAL ARTIS and SPOUSE, if any, Defendants
Under and by virtue of an Order of the Clerk of Superior Court of Wayne County, North Carolina, made and entered in the action entitled “WAYNE COUNTY vs. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF OSCAR LEE ARTIS, ET AL., the undersigned Commissioner will on the 26th day of March, 2025, offer for sale and sell for cash, to the last and highest bidder at public auction, at the courthouse door in Wayne County, North Carolina, in Goldsboro at 10:00 a.m. the following described real property, lying and being in State and County aforesaid and more particularly described as follows:
Tract One – PIN: 3559363488 / 190 Jesse Jackson Street, LaGrange
BEGINNING at an iron stake in the southern margin of North Street, said beginning point being the northeast corner of Lot 24 of Jackson’s Division North, and runs thence from said beginning point N. 84° 51’ E. 100 feet to a point; runs thence S. 05° 09’ E. 234.16 feet to a point; runs thence S. 83° 31’ W. 100.03 feet to a point; runs thence N. 05° 09’ W. 236.49 feet to the point of beginning and being all of Lot Number 23 of Jackson’s Division North according to map or plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 19 at Page 11 of the Wayne County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a better and more perfect description.
Tract One – PIN: 3559364580 / 192 Jesse Jackson Street, LaGrange
BEGINNING at an iron stake in the southern margin of North Street, said beginning point being the northeast corner of Lot 23 of Jackson’s Division North, and runs thence from said beginning point N. 84° 51’ E. 100 feet to a point; runs thence S. 05° 09’ E. 231.84 feet to a point; runs thence S. 83° 31’ W. 100.03 feet to a point; runs thence N. 05° 09’ W. 234.16 feet to the point of beginning and being all of Lot Number 22 of Jackson’s Division North according to a map or plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 19 at Page 11 of the Wayne County Registry, reference to which is hereby made for a better and more perfect description.
The sale will be made subject to all outstanding city and county taxes and all local improvements assessments against the above-described property not included in the judgment in the above-entitled cause. A deposit of 5 percent (5%) of the successful bid will be required or $750.00, whichever is greater, in the form of cash, certified check or money order.
This the 25th day of February, 2025.
Andrew J. Neal
Attorney for Plaintiff
P.O. Box 227
Goldsboro, NC 27533
(919) 705-1713
Published March 16, 2025, and March 23, 2025
GENERAL NOTICE OF TAX FORECLOSURE SALE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF WAYNE
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION, FILE NO. 24: 24 CVD 1858
WAYNE COUNTY, Plantiff
vs.
JOHN OUTLAW, Defendant
& US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Defendant Lienholder
Under and by virtue of an Order of the Clerk of Superior Court of Wayne County, North Carolina, made and entered in the action entitled “WAYNE COUNTY vs. JOHN OUTLAW, ET AL.,” the undersigned Commissioner will on the 26th day of March, 2025, offer for sale and sell for cash, to the last and highest bidder at public auction, at the courthouse door in Wayne County, North Carolina, in Goldsboro at 10:00 a.m. the following described real property, lying and being in State and County aforesaid and more particularly described as follows:
115 EAGLE RIDGE DRIVE, DUDLEY (PIN: 2597510140)
Being all of Lot No. 13 of Eagle Ridge Subdivision, Section One, as shown on map recorded in Plat Cabinet I, Slide 387 of the Wayne County Registry.
The sale will be made subject to all outstanding city and county taxes and all local improvements assessments against the above-described property not included in the judgment in the above-entitled cause. A deposit of 5 percent (5%) of the successful bid will be required or $750.00, whichever is greater, in the form of cash, certified check or money order.
This the 6th day of March, 2025.
Andrew J. Neal
Attorney for Plaintiff
P.O. Box 227
Goldsboro, NC 27533
(919) 705-1713
Published March 16, 2025, and March 23, 2025
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Eddie B. Waters Jr., deceased, late of Wayne County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 14th day of June, 2025, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 11thday of March, 2025. Tiffany Maddox, Administrator for the Estate of Eddie B. Waters Jr., 304 Carew Drive, Goldsboro, North Carolina, 27530
Published March 16, 2025,
March 23, 2025, March 30, 2025, and April 6, 2025
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Vickie Marie Waters, deceased, late of Wayne County, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 14th day of June, 2025, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 11thday of March, 2025. Tiffany Maddox, Administrator for the Estate of Vickie Marie Waters, 304 Carew Drive, Goldsboro, North Carolina, 27530
Published March 16, 2025,
March 23, 2025, March 30, 2025, and April 6, 2025
