PUBLIC NOTICE

IN RE: Notice of Intention To File Petition To Close Road Under Section 57-9-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina(1976) as amended.

Notice is hereby given that the Town of Central intends to file a Petition to the Court of

Common Pleas, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Pickens County, S. C. to close a portion of a Pickens County Road or Street known as Folger Street. Such filing shall be made on a date after the third publication of this notice. This notice is to be published once a week, for three weeks, in The Pickens County Courier.

The portion of the road or street which is sought to be closed is described as follows:

PARCEL #1.

Allthat certain piece, parcel or lot of land lying, situate and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, within the corporate limits of the Town of Central and being shown and designated as 0.122 acre, 5,323 square feet, more or less, on a Survey of “Folger Street Reduction” by William C. Hutchins, P.L.S. 29117 dated November 23, 2015,and having, according to said plat the following courses, distances, metes and bounds, to-wit:

“BEGINNING at the intersection of Pepper Street and Mill Avenue and on intersection of the property now known as Folger Street, common corner of property of Cannon Memorial Baptist Church and running thence along Mill Avenue S43-20-16E 30.04 feet, thence turning and running along property of Cannon Memorial Baptist Church and common line with the property known as Folger Street S43-51-04W 107.41 feet to a computed point, thence continuing along property of Cannon Memorial Baptist Church and common line with the property now known as Folger Street S49-22-14W Lc=72.66 feet (A=72.77 feet)to a point on line of property of Cannon Memorial Baptist Church, thence turning and running along common line with Parcel 2. described herein below N38-42-52W 30.01 feet (crossing the property now known as Folger Street) to a point on line of Cannon Memorial Baptist Church, thence turn and running along line of Cannon Memorial Baptist Church and the property now known as Folger Street N49-16-18E Lc=65.69 feet (A=65.79 feet)to a computed point, on line of property of Cannon Memorial Baptist Church and property now known as Folger Street, thence continuing along line of Cannon Memorial Baptist Church and property now known as Folger Street N43-51-04E 108.89 feet to the point of BEGINNING.”

PARCEL #2.

Allthat certain piece, parcel or lot of land lying, situate and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, within the corporate limits of the Town of Central and being shown and designated as 0.208 acre, 9,071 square feet, more or less, on a Survey of “Folger Street Reduction” by William C. Hutchins, P.L.S. 29117 dated November 23, 2015,and having, according to said plat the following courses, distances, metes and bounds, to-wit:

“BEGINNING at the common corner with Parcel 1. described herein above and running S38-42-52E 30.01 feet (crossing the property now known as Folger Street) to a point, common corner with property of Cannon Memorial Baptist Church and running thence S59-16-00W Lc=57.63 feet (A=57.66 feet) along property of Cannon Memorial Baptist Church and common line with the property now known as Folger Street to a point on line of property of Cannon Memorial Baptist Church, thence continuing along property of Cannon Memorial Baptist Church and then Joel Keith Abercrombie and common line with the property now known as Folger Street S61-40-58W 244.53 feet to a point on line of property of Joel Keith Abercrombie, thence turning and crossing the property now known as Folger Street N32-47-33W 30.09 feet to a point on line of property of City of Central, thence turning and running along line of property of City of Central and the property now known as Folger Street N61-40-58E 246.50 feet to a point on line of property of City of Central and the property now known as Folger Street, thence continuing along line of property of City of Central and the property now known as Folger Street N59-72-33E Lc=54.75 feet (A=54.61 feet) to the point of BEGINNING.”

April 4, 2017

Phillip Mishoe

For Town of Central

P. O. Box 549

Central, S. C. 29630

April 12, 19, 26

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NOTICE OF HEARING

ON PROPOSED SETTLEMENT

To creditors and shareholders, and their successors, and other persons interested in the Estate of Yellow Poplar Lumber Company (“Yellow Poplar”):

There is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia a civil action styled Weyerhaeuser Company, et al v. Yellow Poplar Lumber Company, Inc., et al, Case No. 1:13CV00062, and a bankruptcy proceeding styled In re Yellow Poplar Lumber Company, Case No. 1:15CV00037.

Yellow Poplar was incorporated in Illinois and owned property in Buchanan and Dickenson Counties in Virginia. Yellow Poplar was adjudicated bankrupt in 1928 in the U.S. District Court in South Carolina, and the case was closed in 1930. In 2015, the bankruptcy case was reopened and transferred to Virginia.

In the bankruptcy case, the following creditors had unsatisfied claims: Iron City Savings Bank; Willie Johnson; Norfolk & Western Railway Co.; National Lumber Manufacturers Credit Ass’n.; Daniel W. Von Bremen; C. T. Venable; Union Sulphur Co.; White Oak Lumber Co.; and T. L. Zimmerman

Records show that Yellow Poplar had the following shareholders: C. M. Ringo; Wm. F. Rapp; John E. Lowe; John H. Moriarity; John W. Gwinn; Gallie Friend; A.A. Kapp, Leon Isaacsen, R.W. Rowland, Olive H. Crawford, C.M. Crawford, Jr.; Louise C. Johnson; E. L. Lambert;W.F. Phipps, Trustee; Mary R. Day; John B. Day; First National Bank; W. H. Hampton; Mrs. L.L. Loehr; Lilly B. Kirkpatrick; G.C. Kinley; Mary E. Haywood; Frank Sanda; Minnie Glaser; Caroline Wuest; EvenstineHorschel; E.F. Horschel; J. J. Horschel; H. C. Horschel; Marguerite Frazer; Elizabeth Berg; George Berg; Sue Raine; Theresa Geil; W. H. Foster; Mrs. W.H. Foster; E.L. Foster; Ruth N. Foster; C.A. Terry; Marguerite B. Jones; Dan C. Jones; Andrew J. Geil; O.B. Dunn; Lila Shaw; Rosemary K. Beddall; J. W. or Katie P. Gerlach; Anna Berg; Grace D. Cassatt; W.C. Hall; Elizabeth C. Jones; Edna Jones; Margaret E. Jones; D.C. Davis, Jno. E. Williams, Exe.; Jennie Vaughan Conlon; Mary Mott Day; Viora Lambert; Fred J. Horschel; C.B. Egerton; Mary H. Edwards; Marion S. Lambert; Audrey Richey Praither; Georgia A. Richey; Rebecca C. Richey; J. R. and Wilda Anna Hensley; Mrs. Emmett Quinn; Stephen E. Klein; and Gertrude Bull.

Notice is hereby given that the Trustee of the Estate of Yellow Poplar (“Trustee”) has moved the Court to approve a proposed settlement involving competing claims to the gas estate on property in Buchanan and Dickenson Counties, Virginia, described as Tracts 4 and 11 in a deed dated January 5, 1906, to Yellow Poplar from Excelsior Coal and Lumber Corporation, recorded in Buchanan County, Virginia, Deed Book 30, page 226, and Dickenson County, Virginia, Deed Book 25, page 476 (“Property”). The proposed settlement involves (1) a division of ownership of the gas estate on the Property, (2) a division of royalties from past production of gas on the Property, which royalties are now in an escrow account of the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals & Energy, (3) a division of future royalties from production of gas on the Property, and (4) the release and dismissal of claims involving the Property. Under the proposed settlement, the Trustee would receive a 67% ownership interest in the gas estate on Tract 4 and a 50% ownership interest in the gas estate on Tract 11. The royalties generated from past and future production would be divided on these same percentages. The Court will also be asked to approve guardian ad litem and attorney’s fees payable by the Estate. Further information is available at http://bit.ly/YellowPoplarInformation.

The rights of the creditors and shareholders or their successors in interest may be affected. If you do not want the Court to grant the motion, or if you want the Court to consider your views on the motion, then on or before May 5, 2017, you or your attorney must file with the Court a written objection. A hearing on the motion will be held on May 12, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. at the U.S. Courthouse, 180 West Main Street, Abingdon, Virginia 24210.

JOHN M. LAMIE, TRUSTEE

FOR THE ESTATE OF YELLOW

POPLAR LUMBER COMPANY

P.O. Box 519

Abingdon, Virginia 24212

Telephone: 276/628-6165

Facsimile: 276/628-4847

jlamie@blglaw.us

April 12, 19

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SUMMONS

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE PROBATE COURT

CA NO: 2003-ES-39-635

IN THE MATTER OF

CONRAD ARDELL BRYSON, DECEASED

Carl N. Bryson as Personal Representative Of the Estate of Conrad Ardell Bryson, Petitioner, Vs. Bessy Marie Merck, Carl N. Bryson as Personal Representative of the Estate of Naamon Bryson, Louise Bryson, Thomas C. Bryson, Herman Billy Bryson, Donna J. Riddle, Becky C. Martin, Nellie M. Mulligan, Furman L. Bryson, Glenda Jane Smith, Harold Robert Bryson, Brenda Lynn Moore, Randolph Ray Bryson, Janice Diane Bryson Rhyne, Roger Eugene Bryson, Mary Elizabeth Bryson Teal, Roy Edward Fowler, Jr., Sara Bernice Parker, Bobby Joe Fowler, Thomas Wayne Fowler, Johnny Albert Fowler, Billy Ray Fowler, Debbie Freeman, Donna Orr, Charley Fowler, Buffy Fowler, Amanda Julie Bryson, Attorney General for the State Of South Carolina, Robert Edward Austin, Jr., Clarence Freeman, and Bryan Smith, the named Personal Representatives Under the Purported Last Will and Testament of Conrad Ardell Bryson dated April 20, 1970, Respondents.

TO THE RESPONDENTS ABOVE-NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to Answer to the Complaint of the Petitioner in the above-captioned action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscriber at 101-A North East Main Street, Post Office Box 665, Easley, South Carolina 29641-0665, within thirty (30) days after the service thereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to Answer within the time aforesaid, Petitioner will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said Complaint.

The Hendricks Firm, LLC

L. Lesesne Hendricks, Jr.

S.C. Bar No. 10172

Attorney for Plaintiff

Post Office Box 665

101-A North East Main Street

Easley, South Carolina 29641-0665

(864) 859-7160/ Fax (864) 859-5399

LHendricks@carolinalawandmediation.com

Easley, South Carolina

Dated: December 22, 2016

April 12, 19, 26

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NOTICE OF HEARING

[§62-1-302(a)(1)]

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE PROBATE COURT

CASE NO: 2003-ES-39-635

IN THE MATTER OF CONRAD

ARDELL BRYSON, DECEASED

Carl N. Bryson as Personal Representative Of the Estate of Conrad Ardell Bryson, Petitioner, Vs. Bessy Marie Merck, Carl N. Bryson as Personal Representative of the Estate of Naamon Bryson, Louise Bryson, Thomas C. Bryson, Herman Billy Bryson, Donna J. Riddle, Becky C. Martin, Nellie M. Mulligan, Furman L. Bryson, Glenda Jane Smith, Harold Robert Bryson, Brenda Lynn Moore, Randolph Ray Bryson, Janice Diane Bryson Rhyne, Roger EugeneBryson, Mary Elizabeth Bryson Teal, Roy Edward Fowler, Jr., Sara Bernice Parker, Bobby Joe Fowler, Thomas Wayne Fowler, Johnny Albert Fowler, Billy Ray Fowler, Debbie Freeman, Donna Orr, Charley Fowler, Buffy Fowler, Amanda Julie Bryson, Attorney General for the State Of South Carolina, Robert Edward Austin, Jr., Clarence Freeman, and Bryan Smith, the named Personal Representatives Under the Purported Last Will and Testament of Conrad Ardell Bryson dated April 20, 1970, Respondents

TO: ALL HEIRS AND

INTERESTED PARTIES:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the above captioned action was filed on December 28, 2016, in the Probate Court for Pickens County, South Carolina. This action seeks Petition for Sale of Real Estate of the estate ofConrad Ardell Bryson,who died on April 9, 2003.

A hearing has been scheduled in connection with this matter on the 15th day of June, 2017, at 9:30 o’clock a.m. in the Probate Court for Pickens County located at 222 McDaniel Avenue, Pickens, South Carolina.

Please be present at said hearing if you are an heir or interested party in the aforementioned estate of Conrad Ardell Bryson, if so minded.

L. Lesesne Hendricks

THE HENDRICKS FIRM, LLC

P. O. Box 665

Easley, South Carolina 29641

(864 859-7160

March 22, 2017

April 12, 19, 26

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LEGAL NOTICE

The Pickens County Planning Commission will meet inregular session and conduct public hearings on Monday,May 8, 2017, at 6:30 p.m.in the Main Conference Roomat the Pickens County Administration Facility, 222 McDaniel Avenue, Pickens, SC.

Prior to the regular meeting and public hearings, the Planning Commission will meet in a worksession at 6:00 p.m. in the same location.

The Planning Commission will hold public hearings on the following items:

1. SD-17-005Coggins Creek S/D, 58 Lot,Open Space Residential Developmentlocated on Crumpton Lane, Easley. The proposed development is located on approximately 22 acres. The property owner is Hazel Coggins and the applicant is Crumpton Lane Ventures, LLC.

TMS# 5049-13-14-5505

2. LU-17-002 Expansion of an existing, non-conforming Manufactured Home Park. The manufactured home park is located on Lynch Court and Farrs Bridge Road, Easley on approximately 3.25 acres. The property owner is William D. Lynch, Trustee and the applicants are Chris D. Lynch and Rhonda Lynch Lunsford.

TMS# 5101-00-72-6811

More information for each item is available in the Planning office in the Department of Community Development and is open for public inspection during regular business hours. If any member of the public requires special assistance please call 864-898-5956.

April 19

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SUMMONS

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE PROBATE COURT

CASE NO. 1996ES00421

Jennifer Williams Petitioner, vs. Barry E. Murray, Jr., Samuel Holland, Francis Davis, John Holland, Robert Holland, Joseph Holland, Tammie Robinson, Jessie Robinson, Mildred,Robinson, Maurice Robinson, Sundae Davis, and Tonya Gambrell Respondent(s).

TO THE RESPONDENT^) ABOVE-NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Petition herein, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to this Petition upon the subscriber, at the address shown below, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Petition, judgment by default will be renderedagainst you for the relief demanded in the Petition.

Acker Lambert Hinton, PA

859 Pendleton Street

Pickens, SC 29671

Pickens, South Carolina

Dated: March 17, 2017

April 19, 26, May 3

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LES PENDENS

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

IN COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

Case No. 2017LP____

Pickens County Probate

Case No: 1996ES00421

IN THE MATTER OF: Anna Henry Decedent

Jennifer Williams Petitioner, vs. Barry E. Murray, Jr., Samuel Holland,Frances Davis, John Holland, Robert Holland, Joseph Holland, Tammie Robinson, Jessie Robinson, Mildred Robinson, Maurice Robinson, Sundae Davis, and Tony Gambreli, Respondents.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced and is now pending for the Petition for Sale of Real Property located in Pickens County, South arolina owned by Decedent. The real property is described as follows:

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land lying, situate and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, Town of Clemson, being shown and designated as 2.58 acres on a plat prepared for Robinson Estate by R. Jay Cooper, Surveyor, dated April 22, 1993, and last revised on September 2, 1994, and having such courses, distances, metes and bounds as will be shown by reference to said survey recorded in the RMC Office for Pickens County in Plat Book 63 at Page 192.

TMS: 4053-14-34-7752

Property Address: S/Side Robinson St., Clemson, SC 29631

ACKER LAMBERT HINTON P.A.

s/ Adam B. Lambert

SC Bar No.: 100155

Attorney for Petitioner PO Box 9

859 Pendleton Street Pickens, South Carolina 864-878-1184

Pickens, SC

April 12, 2017

April 19, 26, May 3