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WANT TO BUY Guns to give away to young needy hunters. Preferably sin-gle shot guns or rifle. No stolen guns will be accepted. Call 910-234-4676.

WANT TO BUY used metal bench type glider, made in 50s and 60s, double or three seater. And a dinner bell. 910-770-1598

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ESTATE SALE-DECEMBER 9 at 7:00am, 216 N. Madison Street, Whiteville; appliances, furniture, treadmill and more

YARD SALE FRIDAY & SATURDAY, DEC. 8 and 9, 8am-5pm. 948 Wac-camaw Shores Rd. Lake Waccamaw. Furnishings, toys tools, etc..

RAY’S USED FURNITURE 2.5 miles from 701 by BEMC, Hwy 130. Living rooms & dining rooms, bedrooms, tables, chairs, & more. We buy used furniture & do estate sales! Open 9am-6pm. Call 910-840-5356

FIREWOOD - DRY AND GREEN OAK, Call 910-625-1983.

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4 CEMETERY LOTS side by side, new section Whiteville Memorial Cemetery. $4,400. Call 910-840-2448

OTICON HEARING AIDS, used 1 year. Original price $2000, sell for $1,200. Call 642-2717 or 207-3927

COLLARDS NOW READY. Call to place your order. Call 642-2597.

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PECANS IN THE WHOLE and picked out. Ready to go. Call 654-1266.

PUERTO RICAN sweet potatoes grown 1 mile from Williams School. Have deer potatoes. Call 910-317-7128.

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PART-TIME MAINTENANCE person needed for 32 apartments in Tabor City. $11 Hrly, 21 hrs weekly, Mon-Tues & Thurs. 8-4. Required to have GED/HS diploma, valid drivers license and own vehicle. Be able to paint, clean, do plumbing & minor electri-cal. Certain restrictions will apply. Call 910-653-3028 for appointment.

PART-TIME MANAGER needed in Tabor City. Pay $10 Hrly, 21 hrs weekly, Mon-Tues & Thurs. 8-4. Must have GED/HS diploma. Manage-ment/computer skills required, valid drivers license and own vehicle. Call 910-653-3028 for appointment or fax resume to 910-522-7373.

PART-TIME MANAGER needed in Tabor City. Pay $10 Hrly, 21 hrs weekly, Mon-Tues & Thurs. 8-4. Must have GED/HS diploma. Manage-ment/computer skills required, valid drivers license and own vehicle. Call 910-653-3028 for appointment or fax resume to 910-522-7373.

STAR NEWS WILMINGTON is now taking application for a single copy newspaper route in Columbus County. Route is approx. 80 miles long. Candidate must be available to deliver route from 3am to 7:30 am Monday through Sunday. Must have good reliable transportation and back up transportation. Person will gross between $400 & $425 a week. If interested call Don Wilson at 910-343-2330.

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Notice of Foreclosure Sale

17 SP 149NORTH CAROLINACOLUMBUS COUNTYUnder and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Larry Mitchell Floyd to Frank Coman, Trustee(s), which was dated September 25, 2008 and recorded on October 8, 2008 in Book RB 943 at Page 489 and rerecorded/modified/corrected on March 1, 2017 in Book RB 1150, Page 115, Columbus County Regis-try, North Carolina.Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having

directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Sub-stitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 12, 2017 at 11:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the fol-lowing described property situated in Columbus County, North Caro-lina, to wit:That certain parcel of land contain-ing 1.48 acres located in Whiteville Township, Columbus County, NC, bounded on the North by the C. Floyd Lot, on the West by Lands of E.L. Floyd Estate, on the South by the Larry M. Floyd Home Lot, and on the East by the Western Edge of the right-of-way of US HWY 701, and being carved from that large tract of land recorded in Deed Book 197, Page 288, Columbus County Reg-istry, and being more particularly described as follows, to wit: Begin at an old iron pipe located in the Western edge of U.S. Highway 701, said old iron pipe marking the Northeastern corner of the Larry M. Floyd Home Lot as described in that deed recorded in Book 289, Page 460, Columbus County Registry; running thence from said beginning old iron pipe and along the North-ern line of Larry M. Floyd Home Lot North 78 degrees 54 minutes 30 sec-onds West 210.00 feet to another old iron pipe marking the Northwestern corner of the said Floyd Lot; thence North 03 degrees 11 minutes 24 sec-onds East 318.28 feet to an iron in the center of a canal; thence continuing with the center of said canal South 68 degrees 56 minutes 31 seconds East 65.48 feet to another pipe in said canal; thence continuing with the center of said canal to and with the Southern line of the C. Floyd Lot South 80 degrees 50 minutes 0 sec-onds East 144.49 feet to an iron in the Western edge of the right-of-way of U.S. Highway 701; thence along the Western edge of the right-of-way of U.S. Highway 701 South 02 degrees 32 minutes 51 seconds west 161.11 feet (chord course and distance) and South 03 degrees 07 minutes 41 seconds West 150.91 feet (chord course and distance) to the begin-ning, and is as surveyed by David B. Goldston, Jr., Registered Land Sur-veyor, on the 13th day of November 1979. All bearings magnetic and relative to 1975.Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.Said property is commonly known as 5480 James B. White Highway South, Whiteville, NC 28472.A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dol-lars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing. THIRD PARTY PUR-CHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.Said property to be offered pursu-ant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and con-veyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety con-ditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land

transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbranc-es or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are All Lawful Heirs of Larry Mitchell Floyd.An Order for possession of the prop-erty may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the prop-erty is sold. Any person who occu-pies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, ter-minate the rental agreement by pro-viding written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bank-ruptcy petition prior to the confirma-tion of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.Trustee Services of Carolina, LLCSubstitute TrusteeBrock & Scott, PLLCAttorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PHONE: (910) 392-4988FAX: (910) 392-8587File No.: 12-31662-FC03November 27, December 4, 2017

Notice of Foreclosure Sale

15 SP 138NORTH CAROLINACOLUMBUS COUNTYUnder and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Ethel L. Johnson to Greg Fisher, Trustee(s), which was dated February 13, 2004 and record-ed on February 17, 2004 in Book 770 at Page 426 and rerecorded/modi-fied/corrected on October 4, 2013 in Book RB 1070, Page 497, Colum-bus County Registry, North Carolina.Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Sub-stitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary

location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on December 12, 2017 at 11:00AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the fol-lowing described property situated in Columbus County, North Caro-lina, to wit:THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY, TO WIT:BEING A TRACT BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY A TRACT, BOUNDED ON THE EAST BY THE WESTERN EDGE OF A PROPOSED STREET WITH A RIGHT OF WAY OF 40 FEET, BEING BOUNDED ON THE SOUTH BY THE NORTHERN EDGE OF NCSR 1005 AND BEING BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY A LOT OF TIMOTHY STEVENSON. THIS LOT CONTAINS A DWELLING AND IS LOCATED AT RR 1, BOX 145-A, TABOR CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TRACT BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT AN IRON STAKE SET IN THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF SR 1005 (HAV-ING A RIGHT OF WAY OF 60 FEET IN WIDTH) AT THAT POINT WHERE THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF SR 1005 INTER-SECTS WITH THE WEST EDGE OF A PROPOSED STREET RIGHT OF WAY OF 40 FEET AND WITH SAID IRON STAKE BEING LOCATED SOUTH 73 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 10 SEC-ONDS WEST 668.51 FEET FROM A RAILROAD SPIKE FOUND IN THE CENTER LINE OF SR 1005 AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF IRON HILL BAPTIST CHURCH; THENCE FROM SAID BEGINNING CORNER, TO WIT: AN IRON STAKE AND WITH RIGHT OF WAY OF NCSR 1005 AND A CURVE (RADIUS=925.13 FEET; ARC=116.70 FEET) SOUTH 64 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 40 SEC-ONDS WEST 116.62 FEET CRD. TO AN IRON STAKE SET; THENCE WITH LOT OF TIMOTHY STEVENSON, NORTH 19 DEGREES 03 MINUTES 50 SECONDS WEST 228.33 FEET TO AN IRON STAKE SET; THENCE NORTH 71 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 10 SECONDS EAST 115.96 FEET TO AN IRON STAKE SET, THEN WITH THE EDGE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE PROPOSED STREET SOUTH 19 DEGREES 03 MINUTES 50 SECONDS EAST 215.75 FEET TO AN IRON STAKE SET, TO WIT; THE POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING.Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.Said property is commonly known as 24464 Peacock Road, Tabor City, NC 28463.A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dol-lars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately

due and owing. THIRD PARTY PUR-CHASERS MUST PAY THE EXCISE TAX AND THE RECORDING COSTS FOR THEIR DEED.Said property to be offered pursu-ant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and con-veyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety con-ditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbranc-es or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Sue Ann Butler.An Order for possession of the prop-erty may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the prop-erty is sold. Any person who occu-pies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, ter-minate the rental agreement by pro-viding written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but no more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination [NCGS § 45-21.16A(b)(2)]. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bank-ruptcy petition prior to the confirma-tion of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee. If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.Trustee Services of Carolina, LLCSubstitute TrusteeBrock & Scott, PLLCAttorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PHONE: (910) 392-4988FAX: (910) 392-8587File No.: 17-11007-FC01November 27, December 4, 2017

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Request for Proposals: Financial ServicesCity of Whiteville, NC

New Construction for City HallThis is a Request for Proposals (RFP) to provide financial service in connection with the new construction required to build a New City Hall in Whiteville, NC. The City will use these funds in their entirety for the sole purpose of building a New City Hall. The City owns the property on which the New City Hall will be built upon. The Proposal should be submitted in accordance with the following sections of this Request for Proposal:

Proposal Contents (Provide three (3) copies of the Proposal containing the elements listed below):

a. Primary Loan Officer and Contact Data b. Abstract of Loan Pre/Post Requirements c. Interest Rate for $2.5 million - $2.2 million over 15 years d. Interest Rate for $2.1 million - $1.8 million over 10 years e. Summary of Loan Pre/Post Requirements f. Other Ancillary Services The City of Whiteville may enter into a financial contract with the lending institution whose proposal is determined to be the most advantageous to the City, with terms, fees, and all other evaluation factors considered. Factors to be considered, the method used in the evaluation of the proposal, and selection of the lending institution are set forth in the bid document. The City of Whiteville encourages proposals from small, minority, and female-owned lending institutions. The City of Whiteville retains the right to refuse any and all proposals.The contact for questions or concerns regarding this RFP is Mr. Colburn Brown, Finance Director. He may be contacted by email at cbrown@ci.whiteville.nc.usRFP’s are to be received not later 2:00 pm on Tuesday, Janu-ary 2, 2018. RFP’s may be submitted in one of the following methods:By Mail: Mrs. Bonnie WilliamsCity ClerkPO Box 607Whiteville, NC 28472In-Person: Mrs. Bonnie WilliamsCity Clerk24 Hill PlazaWhiteville, NC 28472 Overnight/FedEx Address: Mrs. Bonnie WilliamsCity Clerk24 Hill PlazaWhiteville, NC 28472A Bid-Opening meeting for timely submitted proposals is scheduled for Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 2:00 pm in Council Chambers located inside City Hall at 24 Plaza, Whiteville, NC 28472.December 4, 11, 2017

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

State of North Carolina wishes to acquire by lease approxi-mately 3,365 net square feet of office space in the Whiteville, NC area. Lease term will be 5-7 years with renewal op-tions desired. Possession date of March 1, 2018 or as soon thereafter as possible. Cut-off time for proposals is 4:00 PM, December 21, 2017. For specifications, proposal forms and additional information contact:David KrotoszynskiN.C. DHHS, Division of Property and ConstructionOffice: (919) 855-4872David.krotoszynski@dhhs.nc.gov

Or: State Property Office web site at: http://www.ncadmin.nc.gov./businesses/real-estate/current-state-property-lease-proposals Request for ProposalsDecember 4, 7, 2017

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Notice of SaleOasis Storage, Hwy 130, Whiteville, NC 28472, will hold a public sale to dispose of various items of personal property, pursuant to the assertion of a lien for rental at its storage facility.The Sale will be conducted at the Storage Facility :10321 New Britton Hwy .Whiteville, NC 28472DATE OF SALE: December 9, 2017TIME OF SALE: 10:00 a.m.Unit #20,27 Carolyn WardUnit #42 Tracy WhiteThis 27th day of November, 2017Oasis StorageNovember 27, Dec. 4, 2017

Notice of Tax Foreclosure Sale

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF COLUMBUSIN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUS-TICEDISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE NO.: 17 CV 368COUNTY OF COLUMBUS,PlaintiffvsELOISE ELPS ROBINSON; CIT LOAN CORPORATION, Beneficiary (Lienholder);COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM, Judgmentholder (Lienholder), DefendantNOTICE is hereby given that the COUNTY OF COLUMBUS as a body politic incorporate of the State of North Carolina, is exercising its power and authority to assess, levy and collect taxes against real and personal property located within its boundaries in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina and the Default Judgment and Order of Sale entered on the 18th day of October, 2017 and is foreclosing on the following land of ELOISE ELPS ROBINSON in order to satisfy the properly assessed but unpaid taxes upon certain lands. Pursuant to the Judgment entered on the 18th day of October, 2017, William E. Wood has been appointed Commissioner with the authority to sell the following land at the Courthouse Door, Colum-bus County Courthouse in the City of Whiteville, Columbus County, North Carolina at 12:00 o’clock noon on the 21st day of December, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash all interest in the following described real estate: A certain tract or parcel of land in Whiteville, Township, Columbus County, State of North Carolina, and bounded and described as fol-lows, viz:Beginning at an iron stake on the west edge of a ditch, it being the southeast corner of the First Born Holiness Church and runs with the Church’s line North 58 degrees 15 minutes West 184.8 feet to an iron stake in K. M. Thompson’s Line, it being the Church’s southwest cor-ner; thence with the old line South 20 degrees 20 minutes West 100 feet to a stake on the west edge of the

ditch; thence with the west edge of the ditch North 20 degrees 20 min-utes East 100 feet to the point of beginning. Being a portion of that tract conveyed to Jodie Epps by J.M. Thompson, recorded in Book of Deeds 168, Page 31, Columbus County Registry.Being also the same property described in deed dated 21, Septem-ber, 1963, from Jodie Epps, to Jodie Epps and wife, Ethyl Mae Epps, recorded in Deed Book 232, Page 464, Columbus County Registry.See also Easement in Book 366, Page 601 and Row in Book 367, Page 430.See also Book 368, Page 704 and Book 675, Page 767, Columbus County Registry.The property to be offered pursu-ant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and convey-ance: “AS IS, WHERE IS”. Neither the Commissioner nor the County of Columbus, nor the officers, direc-tors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representatives of either the Commissioner or the County of Columbus make any represen-tation of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities aris-ing out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.Also, this property is being sold free and clear of all taxes, special assess-ments, prior liens or encumbranc-es of record against said property except as may have priority under Federal or State Law, if any.A cash deposit of 20% of the pur-chase price, or $750 whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale with the balance remain-ing due to be paid in full by cash or certified funds at the Office of the Commissioner within three (3) days after the entry of the Judgment of Confirmation by the Clerk of Court.Hearing before the Honorable Amy W. Pridgen, Assistant Clerk of Supe-rior Court for Columbus County, North Carolina was held in connec-tion with this foreclosure on the 18th day of October, 2017 at which time Clerk Amy W. Pridgen authorized this foreclosure sale as required by statute.This the 27th day of November, 2017.WILLIAM E WOOD

COMMISSIONER100 COURTHOUSE SQUAREWHITEVILLE, NC 28472TELEPHONE: (910)-642-3965STATE BAR NO.: 5901December 4 & 11, 2017

Notice of Tax Foreclosure Sale

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF COLUMBUSIN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUS-TICEDISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE NO.: 16 CV 785COUNTY OF COLUMBUS andTOWN OF CHADBOURN,PlaintiffsvsFANNIE CHESTNUT a/k/a CHEST-NUTT; WILLIAM LEON CHESTNUT a/k/a CHESTNUTT; STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Office of Indigent Defense Services and Fine/Judgmentholder (Lienholder); UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ROOSEVELT CHESTNUTT a/k/a CHESTNUT; BARBARA CHESTNUTT JONES;ROOSEVELT CHESTNUTT, JR.; TWYLA CHESTNUT; ANNIE CHEST-NUTT POWELL; STEVE M. CHEST-NUTT; STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPA-NY, Judgmentholder (Lienholder); KIX PROPERTIES, LLC, Judgmentholder (Lienholder), DefendantsNOTICE is hereby given that the COUNTY OF COLUMBUS and the TOWN OF CHADBOURN as bod-ies politic incorporate of the State of North Carolina, are exercising their power and authority to assess, levy and collect taxes against real and personal property located with-in their boundaries in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina and the Summary Judg-ment and Order of Sale entered on the 12th day of October, 2017 and is foreclosing on the following land of FANNIE CHESTNUT a/k/a CHEST-NUTT, WILLIAM LEON CHESTNUT a/k/a CHESTNUTT, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ROOSEVELT CHEST-NUTT a/k/a CHESTNUT, BARBARA CHESTNUTT JONES, ROOSEVELT CHESTNUTT, JR., TWYLA CHEST-NUT, ANNIE CHESTNUTT POWELL

and STEVE M. CHESTNUTT in order to satisfy the properly assessed but unpaid taxes upon certain lands. Pursuant to the Judgment entered on the 12th day of October, 2017, William E. Wood has been appoint-ed Commissioner with the author-ity to sell the following land at the Courthouse Door, Columbus County Courthouse in the City of Whiteville, Columbus County, North Carolina at 12:20 o’clock p.m. on the 12th day of December, 2017 and will sell to the highest bidder for cash all interest in the following described real estate:Lying and being in the Town of Chad-bourn, Chadbourn Township, Colum-bus County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:Being Lots No. 18 and 19 of Block No. 2 of the Perry and Chapin Sub-division of Lot No. 285, Sunny South Tract. Said map is recorded in Book E-1, Page 240, Columbus County Registry, with the same being incor-porated herein by reference.Being the same property conveyed by J.C. Chestnutt and wife, Ester Chestnut and Guvernor Chestnutt, unmarried, to Roosevelt Chestnutt, by Deed dated May 10, 1985, record-ed in Book 365, Page 23, Columbus County Registry.Roosevelt Chesnutt (also known as Roosevelt Chestnut) died September 9, 1990, in Cumberland County, NC. Reference is made to his Estate File which bears file number 90-E-333 in

the Office of the Register of Deeds for Columbus County, North Carolina.The property to be offered pursu-ant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and convey-ance: “AS IS, WHERE IS”. Neither the Commissioner nor the County of Columbus, nor the officers, direc-tors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representatives of either the Commissioner or the County of Columbus make any represen-tation of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities aris-ing out of or in any way relating to any such condition expressly are disclaimed.Also, this property is being sold free and clear of all taxes, special assess-ments, prior liens or encumbranc-es of record against said property except as may have priority under Federal or State Law, if any.

A cash deposit of 20% of the pur-chase price, or $750 whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale with the balance remain-ing due to be paid in full by cash or certified funds at the Office of the Commissioner within three (3) days after the entry of the Judgment of Confirmation by the Clerk of Court.Hearing before the Honorable Jason Disbrow, Judge of District Court for Columbus County, North Carolina was held in connection with this fore-closure on the 12th day of October, 2017 at which time Judge Jason Dis-brow authorized this foreclosure sale as required by statute.This the 17th day of November, 2017.WILLIAM E WOODCOMMISSIONER100 COURTHOUSE SQUAREWHITEVILLE, NC 28472TELEPHONE: (910)-642-3965STATE BAR NO.: 5901November 27 & December 4, 2017

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NOTICE TO CREDITORSHaving qualified as Administrator of the estate of LAURA INEZ POOLE, deceased, late of Columbus Coun-ty, the undersigned hereby notifies all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent to pres-ent them to the undersigned within three (3) months from the date of the first publication, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.This the 17th day of November, 2017.Mark Clark, Administrator of the estate of

LAURA INEZ POOLE,3023 Luke Crossing Dr.Charlotte, NC 28226Nov. 20, 27, Dec. 4, 11, 2017

NOTICE TO CREDITORSHaving qualified as Executor of the estate of BETTIE LOU P. MEMORY, deceased, late of Columbus County, the undersigned hereby notifies all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent to pres-ent them to the undersigned within three (3) months from the date of the first publication, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All

persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment.This the 27th day of November, 2017.William E. Memory, Executor of the estate of BETTIE LOU P. MEMORY,114 Memory PlazaWhiteville, NC 28472Nov. 27, Dec. 4, 11, 18, 2017

NOTICE TO CREDITORSHaving qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Patricia Ann Apr Ben-ton, deceased, of Columbus County, State of North Carolina, the under-signed does pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 28A-14-1 hereby notify all persons,

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estate will please make payment immediately.This the 29th day of November, 2017.Joseph Cary BentonAdministrator of the Estate of Patricia Ann Arp BentonJOHN ALAN HIGH, PLLCAttorney at Law

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