NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PROCESS BY PUBLICATION
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
FILE NO. 24 CvD 204
NORTH CAROLINA
CHEROKEE COUNTY
Cherokee County, A Body Politic and Corporate vs. Bonnie Lee Hesler, a/k/a Bonnie Lee Hessler, Unknown Spouse of Bonnie Lee Hesler, Larry Leonard Devore, Unknown Spouse of Larry Leonard Devore, Ronnie Clay Devore, Unknown Spouse of Ronnie Clay Devore, Lonnie Ray Devore, Unknown Spouse of Lonnie Ray Devore, Mary Ellen Smith, Unknown Spouse of Mary Ellen Smith, Cheryl Sue Morris, Unknown Spouse of Cheryl Sue Morris, Carol Ann Wilkerson, Unknown Spouse of Carol Ann Wilkerson, Unknown Heirs at Law of Rita Faye Conrad
TO: Bonnie Lee Hesler, a/k/a Bonnie Lee Hessler, Unknown Spouse of Bonnie Lee Hesler, Larry Leonard Devore, Unknown Spouse of Larry Leonard Devore, Ronnie Clay Devore, Unknown Spouse of Ronnie Clay Devore, Lonnie Ray Devore, Unknown Spouse of Lonnie Ray Devore, Mary Ellen Smith, Unknown Spouse of Mary Ellen Smith, Cheryl Sue Morris, Unknown Spouse of Cheryl Sue Morris, Carol Ann Wilkerson, Unknown Spouse of Carol Ann Wilkerson, Unknown Heirs at Law of Rita Faye Conrad
Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows:
Foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes owing to Cherokee County on your interest in the property described as follows:
Lot #I-1 of what is known as the Tanglewood Forest Subdivision, Murphy Township, District #6, as shown on a plat of survey by J.D. Shields Surveying Company dated April, 1975, and from said plat described as follows:
BEGINNING on an iron pin on the Western shore of a lake, the Southeast corner of Lot I-2 and the Northeast corner of the herein described lot, and runs thence S 48-45 W 25.0 feet to a point in the Western end of the dam located at the South end of said lake; thence running with the centerline of an access road S 28-00 W 152.0 feet, S 38¬15 W 100.0 feet and S 21-15 W 40.0 feet to a point of intersection with an existing subdivision access road, the Southernmost corner of the herein described lot; thence running with the centerline of said existing subdivision access road, the centerline of which forms the Western boundary line of the herein described lot, N 14-30 W 88.50 feet, N 20-00 W 144.7 feet and N 20-20 E 108.0 feet to a point in said road centerline, the Northwest corner of the herein described lot and the Southwest corner of Lot #I-2; thence running with a line common to Lot #I-2, S 75-30 E 204.4 feet to the
BEGINNING, containing 1.0 acres, more or less.
Together with and subject to easements, restrictions, water rights and rights of way of record, and matters of survey.
Also being identified as Parcel ID# 4593-00-76-5177-000, Cherokee County Tax Office.
Address: Old Dogwood Dr
Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claims and interests that you may have in the property, to have a commissioner appointed to sell the Property and to deliver to the purchaser a deed to said real estate in fee simple, free and clear of all encumbrances, and that the interests and equities of redemption of the Defendants in the property be forever barred and foreclosed.
You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than May 28, 2024 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.
This day of April 8, 2024.
Jonathan S Fernandez
Attorney for Plaintiff
Capital Center
82 Patton Avenue, Suite 500
Asheville, North Carolina 28801
(828) 252-8010
Publish on
April 17, 2024
April 24, 2024
May 1, 2024
(811084)

20 March 2024
Devine Towing
3498 NC Highway 60
Murphy, NC 28906
On Tuesday, 30 April 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Devine Towing will sell to the highest bidder the following vehicles to satisfy unpaid towing and storage fees. The location of the sale will be Devine Towing.
1987 Chevrolet
VIN: 1GCDR14H9HF372538
Registered Owner:
James Robert Dockery
325 Dockery Rd
Blairsville, GA 30512-1574
Lienholder: None
Towed at the request of the NC Highway Patrol on 3 October 2023
Total charges to date: $7,085.00
2012 Chevrolet VIN:
2GNALDEKXC6275469
Registered Owner:
Deborah L Williams
3313 HF Lyons Rd
Hiawassee, GA 30546-4158
Lienholder: Titlemax of Georgia Inc DBA Title
26 Rose Ln
Toccoa, GA 30577-6216
Towed at the request of the NC Highway Patrol on 12 August 2023
Total charges to date: $8,050.00
2005 Ford
VIN: 1ZVFT80N955234821
Registered Owner:
James Francis Jr Ashton
132 Warner Mill Rd
Walhalla, SC 29691-5140
Lienholder: Espino Used Cars LLC
805 S Highway 11 West
Union, SC 29696-2528
Towed by the order of the Murphy Police Department on 26 November 2023
Total charges to date: $5,080.00
2003 Toyota
VIN: JTDBR32E532008452
Registered Owner:
Sharon Allman
3004 Pisgah Rd
Andrews, NC 28901-7354
Lienholder: None
Towed by the order of the Andrews Police Department on 8 September 2023
Total charges to date: $7,550.00
(808093)

Notice is hereby given, that the Bear Paw Service District Budget Hearing, shall occur on Saturday, the 4th day of May, 2024, at the Bear Paw Clubhouse at 60 Village Road, Murphy, NC 28906 (811544)

PUBLIC NOTICE
FEDERAL PROJECTS
REVIEW OF NC TITLE I, TITLE II, and TITLE III, TITLE IV, and CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Macon County Schools will make application for Federal funding for the 2024-2025 school year under the following programs:
NC Title 1 Application 2024-2025 Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) (P.L. 114-95)
And
NC Title II Application 2024-2025 Improving Teacher Quality Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) (P.L. 114-95)
And
NC Title III 2024-2025 Application Limited English Proficient Students (ESSA 2016)
And
NC Title IV, Part A, Subpart 1 (2024-2025)
Student Support and Academic Enrichment
And Career Technical Education (2024-2025)
Carl Perkins Act
Interested persons are encouraged to review the Federal Projects and make comments concerning the implementation of services under this program. Projects are open to the public for review and comments during the weeks of May 06 ? May 10, 2024 in the office of Mr. Josh Lynch, Superintendent located at the Macon County Board of Education, 1202 Old Murphy Road, Franklin, NC 28734.
(811077)

P U B L I C N O T I C E
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA-Part B, Public Law 108.446) Project is presently being amended. The Project describes the special education programs that Macon County Schools proposes for Federal funding for the 2024-2025 School Year. Interested persons are encouraged to review amendments to the Project and make comments concerning the implementation of special education under this Federal Program. All comments will be considered prior to submission of the amended Project to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in Raleigh, North Carolina. The IDEA-Part B Project is open to the public for review and comments during the week of May 06-10, 2024 in the office of Brooke Keener Director of Exceptional Children Programs, located at Macon County Schools Administrative Offices, 1202 Old Murphy Rd., Franklin, NC 28734.
(811076)

NC VFD13
NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAX-EXEMPT LOAN TO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO RESIDE WITHIN THE FIRE DISTRICT OF THE Hiwassee Dam Volunteer Fire Deptartment. A public hearing will be held on May 1 2024, at 7 o'clock p.m. at Hiwassee Dam Volunteer Fire Department, 80 Line Drive, Murphy, North Carolina 28906 for the purpose of approving a proposed tax-exempt loan by First-Citizens Bank & TrustCompany to the VFD. At this meeting, you may submit written comments or participate orally. All members of the public are invited to attend. In connection with this public meeting, please note the following:
PURPOSE OF LOAN:
(___) For the construction of a fire station for the VFD, (cross out the following if notapplicable) including the purchase of land upon which the fire department will be built.
(_X_) The purchase of a fire truck or fire trucks.
AMOUNT OF LOAN: The maximum principal amount of the loan is $130,000.00.
The VFD will own and operate the station or fire truck(s) to be financed at the VFD's address which is:
80 Line Drive
Murphy, NC 28906

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
I, Kimberly A. Downer, having qualified as the Executor of the Estate of Harold Keith Jones, deceased, Estate File number 24-E-90, of Cherokee County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of Harold Keith Jones, to exhibit them to the undersigned attorney at the address below, on or before July 22nd, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This the 15th day of April, 2024.
KIMBERLY A. DOWNER,
Executor
Larry G. Simonds, Jr.
Attorney at Law
Stricker Law Firm, PLLC
102 Hiwassee Street
Murphy, NC 28906
(811565)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF JANDELIN CATHERINE BARR LOVELL
Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of JANDELIN CATHERINE BARR LOVELL, deceased of Cherokee County, North Carolina, I hereby notify all persons having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the following address: P.O. Box 714, Murphy, NC 28906, on or before the 1st day of July, 2024 or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said decedent will please make immediate payment.
This 17th day of April, 2024.
Virginia Rose Bemben,
Executor
Julie G. Walker
Attorney for the Estate
Walker Law Firm
P.O. Box 714
Murphy, NC 28906
(828) 837-6178
(811083)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
I, Susan Felton Bedingfield, having qualified as the Administrator of the Estate of John Philip Bedingfield, deceased, Estate File number 24-E-94, of Cherokee County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of John Philip Bedingfield, to exhibit them to the undersigned attorney at the address below, on or before July 22nd, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This the 15th day of April, 2024.
SUSAN FELTON BEDINGFIELD, Administrator
Larry G. Simonds, Jr.
Attorney at Law
Stricker Law Firm, PLLC
102 Hiwassee Street
Murphy, NC 28906
(811504)

NORTH CAROLINA
CHEROKEE COUNTYIN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION
BEFORE THE CLERK
FILE NO. 24-E-91
CREDITOR'S NOTICE
In the Matter of the Estate of:
MICHAEL FRIEDMAN,
deceased.
Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of MICHAEL FRIEDMAN, deceased, late of Cherokee County, State of North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present such claims to the undersigned at the Law Office of Charles W. McHan, Jr., Resident Process Agent, Attorney at Law, 84 Valley River Avenue, P.O. Drawer 463, Murphy, North Carolina 28906 on or before the 17th day of July, 2024, 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 April, 2024.
BETTY SANDER
Executrix of the Estate of
MICHAEL FRIEDMAN,
deceased.
222 Ridgehaven Trail
Ellijay, GA 30536
Charles W. McHan, Jr.,
Attorney for the Estate
and Resident Process Agent
84 Valley River Ave.
P.O. Box 463
Murphy, North Carolina 28906
828-837-6393
(811202)