Public Notice

NOTICE OF SALE
UNDER DEED OF TRUST
Notice is hereby given that, under authority of a certain deed of trust hereinafter described, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will, at the front door of the Randolph County Courthouse, in Elkins, West Virginia, on
November 5, 2025
11:00 a.m.
offer for sale certain property described in that certain deed of trust executed by ALLEN C. RHODES to David E. Thompson and Rudy F. Torjak, Jr., as Trustees, which deed of trust is dated the 18 th day of December, 2006, and of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Randolph County, West Virginia, in Trust Deed Book 421, at Page 139 ; and given to secure Citizens Bank of West Virginia , the payment of a note therein described.
By Substitution of Trustee dated September 25, 2025, and of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Randolph County, West Virginia, in Trust Deed Book 650, at Page 619, Jennifer L. Morgan was appointed Substitute Trustee.
The premises subject to the above-described deed of trust, which premises will be sold at the above stated public auction is that certain lot, parcel or tract of land, together with the improvements thereon and the appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate in Leadsville District, Randolph County, West Virginia, being a part of Burgess, DB 426/542, lying east of and adjoining Secondary Route 25, Kelly Mountain Road, being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the eastern boundary of Secondary Route 25, Kelly Mountain Road, common corner to Phares, DB 439/618; thence
S 74 deg 25′ 00″ E, 163.63′, leaving said Secondary Route 25, Kelly Mountain Road, and traveling with a line common to Phares, DB 439/618, to a point on a reserved right-of-way; thence
N 00 deg 44′ 00″ E, 128.96′, traveling with said reserved right-of-way, with a line common to Phares, DB 439/618, to a point; thence
N 05 deg 13′ 00″ W, 167.07′, traveling with said reserved right-of-way, with a line common to Phares, DB 439/618, to a point; thence
N 72 deg 53′ 00″ W, 28.36′, traveling with said reserved right-of-way, with a line common to Phares, DB 439/618, to a point on the eastern boundary of Secondary Route 25, Kelly Mountain Road; thence
N 23 deg 04′ 00″ E, 54.11′, traveling with said Secondary Route 25, Kelly Mountain Road to a point; thence
N 19 deg 03′ 00″ E, 31.22′, traveling with said Secondary Route 25, Kelly Mountain Road, to a point; thence
N 08 deg 27′ 03″ E, 60.58′, traveling with said Secondary Route 25, Kelly Mountain Road, to a point in line common to Pross, DB 310/388; thence
S 03 deg 57′ 00″ E, 429.57′, traveling with a line common to Pross, DB 310/388, to a found 1″ pipe; thence
S 82 deg 26′ 00″ E, 131.39′, traveling with a line common to Pross, DB 310/388, to a point; thence
S 01 deg 40′ 21″ W, 236.20′, traveling into Burgess, DB 426/542, of which this is a part, to a 13″ Cherry tree; thence
S 53 deg 48′ 21″ E, 45.82′, traveling to a point; thence
S 12deg 26′ 42″ E, 56.46′, traveling to a point; thence
S 15 deg 37′ 06″ W, 39.09′, traveling to a point, in a line common to Burgess, DB 287/607, and a common corner to Burgess reserved, DB 426/542; thence
S 86 deg 09′ 26″ W, 198.05′, traveling with a line common to Burgess reserved, DB 426/542, to a 14″ Poplar tree; thence
S 49 deg 13′ 47″ W, 105.21′, continuing with a line common to Burgess reserved, DB 426/542, to a point on the eastern boundary of Secondary Route 25, Kelly Mountain Road; thence
N 19deg 12′ 00″ W, 38.77′, traveling with said Secondary Route 25, Kelly Mountain Road, to a point; thence
N 15 deg 46′ 00″ W, 58.13′, traveling with said Secondary Route 25, Kelly Mountain Road, to a point; thence
N 19 deg 34′ 00″ W, 42.66′, traveling with said Secondary Route 25, Kelly Mountain Road, to a point; thence
N 25 deg 13′ 00″ W, 44.51′, traveling with said Secondary Route 25, Kelly Mountain Road, to a point; thence
N 27 deg 25′ 00″ W, 81.77′, traveling with said Secondary Route 25, Kelly Mountain Road, to a point; thence
N 22 deg 41′ 00″ W, 32.87′, traveling with said Secondary Route 25, Kelly Mountain Road, to a point; thence
N 10 deg 52′ 00″ W, 49.81′, traveling with said Secondary Route 25, Kelly Mountain Road, to a point; thence
N 01 deg 21′ 00″ W, 33.79′, traveling with said Secondary Route 25, Kelly Mountain Road, to a point; thence
N 09 deg 03′ 00″ E, 37.92′, traveling with said Secondary Route 25, Kelly Mountain Road, to a point; thence
N 23 deg 09′ 00″ E, 41.67′, traveling with said Secondary Route 25, Kelly Mountain Road, to a point; thence
N 29 deg 32′ 00″ E, 58.10′, traveling with said Secondary Route 25, Kelly Mountain Road, to the beginning, containing 3.30 acres , more or less, as surveyed by Kenneth Kelly, Professional Surveyor No. 973, of Dailey, WV, in August 1998, and shown on a plat.
And being the same real estate conveyed unto Allen C. Rhodes from Christopher A. Blevins and Sara D. Blevins, by deed dated December 18, 2006, and of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Randolph County, West Virginia, in Deed Book 496 at page 669.
This conveyance is made subject to any and all reservations, restrictions, exceptions, rights-of-way and easements as set forth in prior instruments of record in the chain of title to said real estate.
The above-described property will be sold subject to all reservations, restrictions, exceptions and conditions contained in all prior deeds conveying said real estate except those pertaining to race, color or creed, and subject to all unpaid levies and assessments including real estate taxes.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash in hand on day of sale, or ten percent (10% down), or approved line of credit with closing to occur within thirty (30) days. Purchaser accepts subject real estate “AS IS”.
The undersigned Substitute Trustee reserves the right to reject any and all bids received, and to continue said sale from time to time, upon announcement thereof given verbally, on day of sale and any continuance thereof.
Dated this 25th day of September, 2025.
Jennifer L. Morgan,
Substitute Trustee
10/08/25, 10/15/25