Public Notices — Oct. 5, 2025
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
All persons, firms, and corporations having claims against Brian Lee Hitch, deceased of Wayne County, are notified to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 15th day of December, 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 14th day of September, 2025.
Brianna Marie Hitch
Administrator of the Estate of Brian Lee Hitch
1001 Broadbank Drive
Apt. 329
Leland, NC
28451
Published September 14, 2025, September 21, 2025, September 28, 2025, and October 5, 2025
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
All persons, firms, and corporations having claims against Jamie Royall, deceased of Wayne County, are notified to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 21st day of December, 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 21st day of September, 2025.
Khary Royal
Administrator of the
Estate of Jamie Royall
226 Jeff Outlaw Road
Mount Olive, NC
28365
Published September 21, 2025, September 28, 2025, October 5, 2025, and October 12, 2025
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Nathaniel Tyner, 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 December 21, 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 the 21st day of September, 2025.
Ann H. Tyner, Administrator
of the Estate of Nathaniel Tyner
2307 Labrador Court
Greensboro, NC
27406
Published September 21, 2025, September 28, 2025, October 5, 2025, and October 12, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS
OF DALE O’BRIEN BIZZELL
Having qualified as Executors of the Estate of Dale O’Brien Bizzell, 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 December 21, 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 21st day of September, 2025.
Danya Bizzell and Dwight Bizzell
Co-Executors of the
Estate of Dale O’Brien Bizzell
2221 Rainy Lake Street
Wake Forest, NC
27587
Published September 21, 2025, September 28, 2025, October 5, 2025, and October 12, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF VIRGINIA LEE DOWERS
All persons, firms, and corporations having claims against Virginia Lee Dowers, deceased, of Wayne County, are notified to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 29th day of December, 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 28th day of September, 2025.
Mark J. Hale, Jr.,
Administrator of the Estate
of Virginia Lee Dowers
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 September 28, 2025, October 5, 2025,
October 12, 2025, and October 19, 2025
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Kay Jefferson Dudley, 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 December 29, 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 28th day of September, 2025.
Shirley D. Deans,
Administrator
of the Estate of
Kay Jefferson Dudley
314 Crown Point Road
Greenville, NC
27838
Published September 28, 2025, October 5, 2025, October 12, 2025, and October 19, 2025
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Jessie Lee Williams, Sr., 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 January 5, 2026, 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 5th day of October, 2025.
Valorie Denise Brown,
Administrator
of the Estate of
Jessie Lee Williams, Sr.
875 Dollard Town Road
Goldsboro, NC
27534
Published October 5, 2025, October 12, 2025, October 19, 2025, October 26, 2025
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of James Ernest Dove, 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 January 5, 2026, 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 5th day of October, 2025.
Allison B. Dove-Jones,
Administrator
of the Estate of
James Ernest Dove
2423 Pa Will Trail
Burlington, NC
27217
Published October 5, 2025, October 12, 2025, October 19, 2025, October 26, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS
OF GEORGE ALAN AYCOCK
Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of George Alan Aycock, 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 January 5, 2026, 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 the 26th day of September, 2025.
Melynda Sullivan Snead, Administrator
of the Estate of George Alan Aycock
c/o Caroline Taylor Phillips, Attorney at Law
Warren, Kerr, Walston, Taylor & Smith, L.L.P.
P. O. Box 1616, Goldsboro, NC 27533-1616
Published October 5, 2025, October 12, 2025, October 19, 2025, October 26, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF JOHN M. LEWIS
All persons, firms, and corporations having claims against John M. Lewis, deceased, of Wayne County, are notified to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 5th day of January, 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 5th day of October, 2025.
Teresa E. Lewis,
Executor of the Estate
of John M. Lewis
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 October 5, 2025, October 12, 2025, October 19, 2025, October 26, 2025
PUBLIC NOTICE
SALE OF COUNTY PROPERTY
An offer of Five Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($5,300.00) has been submitted for the purchase of certain property owned by the County of Wayne and the City of Goldsboro located at 305 N. Vance Street, Fremont (PIN: 3605651227) more particularly described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the Western edge of Vance Street, and in the center of the run of Aycock Branch, at the intersection of said Branch by said street, it runs in a Southerly Direction with Vance Street 98 feet to a stake; thence Westerly in a line parallel with North Street, 82 feet to the center of a ditch; thence Northerly with the center of said ditch to a point in the center of the run of Aycock Branch; thence Easterly with the center of said Branch to the Point of Beginning. And being the same property conveyed by deed recorded in Book 714, at Page 411; being also the same property conveyed to Stephen Edgar Ferrell and wife, Frances G. Ferrell by deed dated September 9, 1971 which will be found duly recorded in the Wayne County registry, in Book 794, at Page 54. And being the same property conveyed to Ernest W. Hamilton and wife, Mary S. Hamilton by deed recorded in Book 1342, Page 657 of the Wayne County Registry.
Persons wishing to upset the offer that has been received shall submit a sealed bid with their offer and the required deposit to the office of the Wayne County Manager, 224 E. Walnut Street, Goldsboro, NC 27530 by 5:00 P.M. on October 15, 2025. At that time the Clerk to the Board shall open the bids, if any, and the highest qualifying bid will become the new offer. If there is more than one bid in the highest amount, the first such bid received will become the new offer.
A qualifying higher bid is one that raises the existing offer at least 10% of the first $1,000 and 5% of the remainder. A qualifying bid must raise the existing offer to an amount not less than $5,660. A qualifying higher bid must be accompanied by a deposit in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid; the deposit may be made in cash, cashier’s check, or certified check. The County will return the deposit on any bid not accepted, and will return the deposit on an offer subject to upset if a qualifying higher bid is received. If no other bids are made the original offer to purchase will be accepted.
Further information may be obtained at the Wayne County Manager’s Office, 224 E. Walnut Street, Goldsboro, NC 27530 or by telephone at (919) 705-1971 during normal business hours.
Andrew J. Neal
Wayne County Staff Attorney
PO Box 227
Goldsboro, NC 27533
(919) 705-1971
Published October 5, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF JIMMIE LEE EDMUNDSON
The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Jimmie Lee Edmundson, 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 January 5, 2026, 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 5th day of October, 2025
Donna Edmundson, Executor
c/o Henry C. Smith, Attorney
Warren, Kerr, Walston, Taylor & Smith, LLP
P.O. Box 1616
Goldsboro, NC 27533-1616
919-734-1841
Published October 5, 2025, October 12, 2025, October 19, 2025, October 26, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF LINWOOD EARL GRADY
The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Linwood Earl Grady, 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 January 5, 2026, 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 5th day of October, 2025
Sheila Grady Morales
and Pamela Grady Street,
Co-Administrators
c/o Henry C. Smith, Attorney
Warren, Kerr, Walston, Taylor & Smith, LLP
P.O. Box 1616
Goldsboro, NC 27533-1616
919-734-1841
Published October 5, 2025, October 12, 2025, October 19, 2025, October 26, 2025
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF LILLIAN OVERMAN BRIDGERS
The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Lillian Overman Bridgers, 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 January 5, 2026, 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 5th day of October, 2025
John W. Bridgers, Executor
c/o Henry C. Smith, Attorney
Warren, Kerr, Walston, Taylor & Smith, LLP
P.O. Box 1616
Goldsboro, NC 27533-1616
919-734-1841
Published October 5, 2025, October 12, 2025, October 19, 2025, October 26, 2025
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