NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Clintoria P. Swain of Washington County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned at the address shown below, on or before the 1st day of July, 2026, or this notice will be plead in the bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment.
This the 31 day of December 2025.
Laura Swain Johnson
Windy H. Rose
Attorney at Law
PO Box 54
Columbia, NC 27925
Administrator
April 1, April 8, April 15 and April 22.
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
NORTH CAROLINA, WASHINGTON COUNTY
25 SP 000015-930
Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Lou Pearl Downing and Richmond G. Downing, Mortgagor(s), in the original amount of $39,700.00, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated October 31st, 2006 and recorded on October 31st, 2006 in Book 440, Page 878, Washington County Registry.
Default having been made in the payment of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Anchor Trustee Services, LLC having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Washington County, North Carolina, and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door or other usual place of sale in Washington County, North Carolina, at 10:00 AM on April 22nd, 2026, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to wit:
Lying and being in Washington County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at an iron pin located at the intersection of the Southwestern edge of the right of way of Rural Public Road No. 1331 and the Northwestern edge of the right of way of Norfolk Southern Railroad, thence South 70 degrees West along said railroad right of way 42.6 feet to an iron pin, thence North 65 degrees West 264 feet to an iron pin; thence North 32 degrees 30 minutes East 103.0 feet to an iron pin in the southern edge of the right of way of Rural Public Road No. 1331; thence and along the edge of said right of way South 57 degrees 30 minutes East 143.5 feet, South 48 degrees East 50 feet, South 41 degrees 45 minutes East 50 feet, and South 41 degrees East 46.5 feet to the point of beginning, containing 0.5 acre, more or less, and being the same property conveyed by deed of record in Book 384 Page 561, Washington County Registry.
Together with improvements located hereon; said property being located at 2935 Woodlawn Road, Roper, NC 27970
Tax ID: 3255
Third party purchasers must pay the recording costs of the trustee’s deed, any land transfer taxes, the excise tax, pursuant North Carolina General Statutes §105-228.30, in the amount of One Dollar ($1.00) per each Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or fractional part thereof, and the Clerk of Courts fee, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §7A-308, in the amount of Forty-five Cents (0.45) per each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or fractional part thereof with a maximum amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). A deposit of five percent (5%) of the bid or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale and must be tendered in the form of certified funds. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts will be immediately due and owing.
Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance AS IS WHERE IS. There are no representations 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. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, land transfer taxes, if any, and encumbrances of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are The Heirs of Richmond Gaylord Downing.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes §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 property is sold.
Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing 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 (North Carolina General Statutes §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 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 bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation 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 Substitute 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.
Anchor Trustee Services, LLC
Substitute Trustee
By:
David Neill, NCSB #23396
McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC
Attorney for Anchor Trustee Services, LLC
3550 Engineering Drive, Suite 260
Peachtree Corners, GA 30092
404-474-7149 (phone)
404-745-8121 (fax)
dneill@mtglaw.com
25-000378-01
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