Register of Deeds for Pickens County, South Carolina in Plat Book 21 at Page 80.  For a more accurate description of said property, reference is hereby made to said plat of survey, the same being incorporated herein and made a part hereof by reference.

Pickens County, South Carolina Tax Identification Number:

4151-00-73-8528

Property Address: 152 Beulah Land Way, Pickens, South Carolina 29671

July 30 2026

LAW OFFICES OF

DANIEL E. HUNT, P. A.

/s Daniel E. Hunt

Daniel E. Hunt

SC Bar #2821

502 North A Street (Zip 29640)

Post Office Box 887

Easley, South Carolina

29641-0887

(864) 859-7127

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

Sept. 2, 9, 16

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NOTICE OF FILING A COMPLAINT

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE COURT

OF COMMON PLEAS

C.A. No.: 2026-CP-39-00985

Joel Chad Galloway, Plaintiff vs. Mike V. Berry, deceased, then any Persons entitled to claim under or through him, and all other persons, unknown claiming any right, title, or Interest or lien upon the real property described in the Complaint, herein, or unknown, adults being as  a class designated as John Doe, and any such unknown minors or persons under disability, or in the military service being in a class designated as Richard Roe. Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANTS

ABOVE NAMED:

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the original Summons and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed in the Court of Common Pleas for Pickens County, South Carolina on July 30, 3026, the object and prayer of which is to quiet the title to  real property located in Pickens  County, South Carolina, in which  the Defendants Mike V. Berry, owned an interest, said property located at  152 Beulah Land Way, Pickens, South Carolina,   bearing  Pickens County, South Carolina Tax Identification Number: 4151-00-73-8528.  The property was purchased at a tax sale by the predecessor in title of the current owners, the Plaintiff herein.

And, for any further relief as set forth in the Complaint.

LAW OFFICES OF DANIEL E. HUNT, P. A.

August 13, 2026

BY: s/Daniel E. Hunt

Daniel E. Hunt SC Bar #2821

502 North A Street (Zip 29640)

Post Office Box 887

Easley, South Carolina

29641-0887

(864) 859-7127/

(864) 859-2434

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

Sept. 2, 9, 16

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE COURT

OF COMMON PLEAS

C.A. No.: 2026-CP-39-00985

Joel Chad Galloway, Plaintiff vs. Mike V. Berry, deceased, then any Persons entitled to claim under or through him, and all other persons, unknown claiming any right, title, or Interest or lien upon the real property described in the Complaint, herein, or unknown, adults being as  a class designated as John Doe, and any such unknown minors or persons under disability, or in the military service being in a class designated as Richard Roe. Defendants.

HAVING READ and filed the Petitioner of Daniel E. Hunt, attorney for the Plaintiff herein, and it appearing that this is an action to quiet title to real property located in Pickens County, South Carolina, and further, that Defendant Mike V. Berry is now deceased  and no other Defendants can be found, after due diligence, within said County and State.

IT IS ORDERED that service in this matter be made on all Defendants, if any, by publishing copies of the Summons, Lis Pendens, Notice of Filing of Complaint, and this Order, in a paper of general circulation in Pickens County, South Carolina, once weekly for three (3) consecutive weeks.

August 18, 2026

Clerk of Court or

Circuit Court Judge

Pickens County, South Carolina

Sept. 2, 9, 16

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NOTICE

To: Unknown owner

The following vehicle has been abandoned at: Buddy’s Towing and Recovery 108 S 5th Street, Easley, SC. There is a lien on the vehicle for tow in and storage in the amount of $2,841.00, plus any additional rent from the date of this notice.  Contact Debra Sutton at Buddy’s Towing and Recovery 864 855 4344 to claim this vehicle.

After 30 days from the date of this notice, Buddy’s Towing and Recovery will apply to sell the vehicle at the Pickens County Magistrate for public sale.

Description: Year: 2003

Make: Mitsubishi

Model: Eclipse

Serial Number:

4A3AE75H63E016415

Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30

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NOTICE

To: Unknown owner

The following vehicle has been abandoned at: Buddy’s Towing and Recovery 108 S 5th Street, Easley, SC. There is a lien on the vehicle for tow in and storage in the amount of $5,896.00, plus any additional rent from the date of this notice.  Contact Debra Sutton at Buddy’s Towing and Recovery 864 855 4344 to claim this vehicle.

After 30 days from the date of this notice, Buddy’s Towing and Recovery will apply to sell the vehicle at the Pickens County Magistrate for public sale.

Description: Year: 2013

Make: BMW

Model: 5 Series

Serial Number:

WBAXG5C51DD231144

Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30

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NOTICE

To: Unknown owner

The following vehicle has been abandoned at: Buddy’s Towing and Recovery 108 S 5th Street, Easley, SC. There is a lien on the vehicle for tow in and storage in the amount of $2,653.00, plus any additional rent from the date of this notice.  Contact Debra Sutton at Buddy’s Towing and Recovery 864 855 4344 to claim this vehicle.

After 30 days from the date of this notice, Buddy’s Towing and Recovery will apply to sell the vehicle at the Pickens County Magistrate for public sale.

Description: Year: 2011

Make: Chevy

Model: Equinox

Serial Number:

2CNALBEC7B6223359

Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30

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NOTICE

To: Unknown owner

The following vehicle has been abandoned at: Buddy’s Towing and Recovery 108 S 5th Street, Easley, SC. There is a lien on the vehicle for tow in and storage in the amount of $2,888.00, plus any additional rent from the date of this notice.  Contact Debra Sutton at Buddy’s Towing and Recovery 864 855 4344 to claim this vehicle.

After 30 days from the date of this notice, Buddy’s Towing and Recovery will apply to sell the vehicle at the Pickens County Magistrate for public sale.

Description: Year: 2002

Make: Ford

Model: Explorer

Serial Number:

1FMYU60E42UB65191

Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30

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NOTICE

To: Unknown owner

The following vehicle has been abandoned at: Buddy’s Towing and Recovery 108 S 5th Street, Easley, SC. There is a lien on the vehicle for tow in and storage in the amount of $2,559.00, plus any additional rent from the date of this notice.  Contact Debra Sutton at Buddy’s Towing and Recovery 864 855 4344 to claim this vehicle.

After 30 days from the date of this notice, Buddy’s Towing and Recovery will apply to sell the vehicle at the Pickens County Magistrate for public sale.

Description: Year: 2001

Make: Ford

Model: Expedition

Serial Number:

1FMRU17L71LB76279

Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30

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SUMMONS

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF SPARTANBURG

IN FAMILY COURT

SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

2026-DR-42-736

Jacob Thomas Leslie and Melody Hope Blackwell Leslie, Plaintiffs,

vs. Johnny Sanchez, Cali, a minor under the age of seven (7) years, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED:

You are hereby summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their offices, 108 Gage Ave, Union, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service;  and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Date: , 2026.

               Sheryl Clarkson Bland

Attorney at Law

108 Gage Ave,

Union SC 29379

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFS

Jacob Thomas Leslie &

Hope Blackwell Leslie

Sept. 9, 16, 23

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NOTICE OF ORDER APPOINTING

 GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI

AND ATTORNEY

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF PICKENS

IN THE COURT

 OF COMMON PLEAS

THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

C/A #:  2026-CP-39-00809

TRUIST BANK F/K/A BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY,

MICHAEL H. HENDRICKS, AS HEIR AT LAW OF BOBBY K. HENDRICKS AND NELLIE W. HENDRICKS, BOTH DECEASED, AND ANY OTHER HEIRS-AT-LAW OR DISTRIBUTEES OR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND THEIR SPOUSES, IF ANY THEY HAVE, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS WITH ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN AND TO THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN; ALSO ANY UNKNOWN ADULTS AND THOSE PERSONS WHO MAY BE IN THE MILITARY SERVICES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALL OF THEM BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE; AND ANY UNKNOWN MINORS OR PERSONS UNDER A DISABILITY BEING A CLASS DESIGNATED AS RICHARD ROE; and FARM CREDIT OF THE VIRGINIAS, ACA, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BLUE RIDGE PRODUCTION CREDIT ASSOCIATION, TRUIST BANK F/K/A BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY,  Defendants.

TO: THE DEFENDANTS HEREIN, NAMES AND ADDRESSES UNKNOWN, INCLUDING ANY THEREOF WHO MAY BE MINORS, IMPRISONED PERSONS, INCOMPETENT PERSONS, UNDER OTHER LEGAL DISABILITY OR IN THE MILITARY SERVICE, IF ANY, WHETHER RESIDENTS OR NON-RESIDENTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO THE NATURAL, GENERAL, TESTAMENTARY GUARDIAN OR COMMITTEE, OR OTHERWISE, AND TO THE PERSON WITH WHOM THEY MAY RESIDE, IF ANY THERE BE:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Motion for an order appointing Kelley Woody, Esquire, as Guardian ad Litem Nisi, for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Richard Roe or John Doe, defendants herein, names and addresses unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, imprisoned persons, incompetent persons, or under other legal disability, and as Attorney for said parties who may be in the military service, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Pickens County.

YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said minors or persons under other legal disability, if any, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or either of them, a Guardian ad Litem to represent them for the purposes of this action, the appointment of said Guardian ad Litem Nisi and Attorney shall be made absolute.

SUMMONS AND NOTICE

OF FILING COMPLAINT

TO THE DEFENDANTS

ABOVE NAMED:

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint upon the subscribers, at their office, 3200 Devine Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29205, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint in the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Pickens County on June 22, 2026.

LIS PENDENS

TO THE DEFENDANTS

ABOVE NAMED:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action will be commenced in this Court upon the Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendants for the foreclosure of that certain Mortgage of Real Estate given by Bobby K. Henricks and Nellie W. Hendricks, both deceased, to the Plaintiff, its successors and assigns, dated July 24, 2019, and recorded on July 31, 2019, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Pickens County, South Carolina in Book 5519 at Page 13 (the “Mortgage”).

At the time of the filing of this notice, the premises affected by the said action were situated in the County of Pickens, State of South Carolina, and are described as follows:

All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Pickens, being shown to contain a “Total Area 2.21 ac. Incl. all R/W” according to plat entitled “Survey for Nellie Hope Hendricks and Bobby K. Hendricks” prepared by Robert R. Spearman, RLS #3613, dated May 13, 1987 and recorded in Plat Book 30, at Page 456, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Pickens County, South Carolina, reference to said plat is being hereby made for a more complete metes and bounds description thereof.

This being the same property conveyed to Bobby K. Hendricks and Nellie Hope Hendricks by deed of Mildred W. Page, H. Preston Wood and James T. Wood Individually and H. Preston Wood as Executor of the Estate of Henry Lafayette Wood dated December 7, 1977 and recorded December 29, 1977 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Pickens County, South Carolina in Book 13-I at Page 130.

TMS#: 5141-00-61-6918

For a complete description of the property encumbered by the Mortgage, the undersigned craves reference to the Mortgage, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

By: s/Benjamin E. Grimsley

Benjamin E. Grimsley,

SC Bar No. 70335

Ryan J. Patane,

SC Bar No. 103116

SMITH|ROBINSON

P.O. Box 11682

Columbia, South Carolina 29211

(803) 233-4999

ben.grimsley@

smithrobinsonlaw.com

ryan.patane@

smithrobinsonlaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Sept. 9, 16, 23

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION

Notice is hereby given that Harris Teeter, LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license and/or permit that will allow the sale and on premises consumption of beer and wine at Harris Teeter #400, 501 Old Greenville Highway, Clemson SC 29631. To object to the issuance of the license and/or permit, submit an ABL-20 protest form by September 25, 2026. Submit the ABL-20 online at MyDORWAY.dor.sc.gov, or email to ABL@dor.sc.gov.

Sept. 9, 16, 23

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SECOND AMENDED

NOTICE OF SALE

BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Pickens County in the case of United Community Bank, as the successor by merger to Aquesta Bank, Plaintiff, vs. The Topaz Group LLC dba Amici Italian Café; Ferrante S. Johnson; Stephanie E. Johnson; Jabbar Stackston; the South Carolina Department of Revenue, under Case No. 2026-CP-39-00009 ,

I, the undersigned, Master in Equity for Pickens County, will offer for sale at public outcry at 11:00 A.M., on Monday, October 5, 2026, at the Pickens County Courthouse, 214 E Main Street, Pickens, SC, the following described real property, to-wit:

All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in the County of Pickens in the State of South Carolina being shown and designated as Lot 196 on a plat of Rock Ridge, recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Pickens County, South Carolina in Plat Book 520, pages 17 and 18; reference to said plat being hereby craved for a more particular metes and bounds description thereof. This being the same property conveyed to Stephanie A. Ellison by deed of Lennar Carolinas, LLC, dated July 27, 2007, recorded August 31, 2007, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Pickens County in Book 1129, page 172; and the same property conveyed to Ferrante Johnson by deed of Stephanie A. Ellison, nka Stephanie E. Johnson, dated June 12, 2013, recorded June 17, 2013, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Pickens County in Book 1533, page 17, as to an undivided one-half interest. Property Address: 105 Spirit Mountain Lane, Easley, SC 29642; TMS No. 5018-11-57-8000 .

TERMS OF SALE: For Cash: the purchaser shall be required to deposit the sum of five (5%) percent of the amount of bid (in cash or equivalent) as earnest money and as evidence of good faith. If the Plaintiff is the successful bidder at the sale, the Plaintiff may, after paying the costs of the sale, apply the debt due upon its Mortgage against its bid in lieu of cash. Should the person making the highest bid at the sale fail to comply with the terms of his bid by depositing the said five (5%) percent in cash, then the property shall be sold at the risk of such bidder on the same sales date or some subsequent date as the Master in Equity may find convenient and advantageous. Should the last and highest bidder fail to comply with the terms of his bid within thirty (30) days of the final acceptance of his bid, then the Master in Equity or his designated representative shall re-advertise and resell the property on the same terms on a subsequent date at the risk of such bidder. The purchaser to pay for documentary stamps on deed. The successful bidder will be required to pay interest on the amount of the bid from date of sale to date of compliance with the bid at the interest rates contained in the Order.

Note: As a Deficiency Judgment was granted, the bidding shall remain open for a period of thirty (30) days after the date of the sale as provided by law in such cases and compliance with the bid shall be made within twenty (20) days after the second sale. Plaintiff reserves the right to waive deficiency prior to the sale.

Note: The Mortgaged Property will be sold subject to that certain Mortgage to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. from S. Johnson and F. Johnson dated June 12, 2013, and recorded on June 17, 2013, in the Pickens County Register of Deeds in Book 4648 at Page 344, and Assignment of Real Estate Mortgage to Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr. Cooper dated December 13, 2019, and recorded on December 26, 2019, in the Pickens County Register of Deeds in Book 5588 at Page 25.

Note: If the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff’s representative does not appear at the scheduled sale of the above-referenced property, then the sale of the property will be null, void and of no force and effect. In such event, the sale will be rescheduled for the next available sales day.

Note: This sale is also made subject to all Pickens County taxes and existing easements and restrictions of record.

s/ Judge Adam B. Lambert

Master in Equity, No. 3089

Katherine E. Engels

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

PO Box 11889

Columbia, SC 29211-1889

Sept. 9, 16, 23

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