ORDER OF PUBLICATION
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
IN RE:
A.F. & A.F
Case Number: 25-FIG-14
The object of this Petition is to establish guardianship of A.F. & A.F.
By sworn affidavit filed with Jefferson County Circuit Clerk’s Office, the whereabouts of Dontavious Fuller, Father of A.F. & A.F., are unknown.
To Dontavious Fuller, Father of A.F. & A.F., please take notice that a hearing will be held on December 18, 2025 @ 9:30 a.m., at the Jefferson County Judicial Center, 119 N. George Street, Charles Town, WV, 25414, on the matters contained in the Petition filed in Jefferson County Family Court case # 25-FIG-14. You have the right to appear & protect your interests in this matter.
A copy of said Petition can be obtained from the undersigned clerk at her office.
Entered by the clerk of said court 11th day of December, 2025.
Tina Renner, Circuit Clerk
119 N. George Street
Charles Town, WV 25414
By: Deanna L. Davis
Deputy Clerk
12/18/2t
TRUSTEE’S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
The undersigned Substitute Trustee, by virtue of the authority vested in him by that certain Deed of Trust, dated February 13, 2010, and duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Jefferson County, West Virginia, in Document No. 2010003279, in Book No. 1796, at Page 362, Marilyn E Cavallaro and Frank N Cavallaro did convey unto Premier Reverse Closing Divisions of NCS & Placer Title, Trustee(s), certain real property described in said Deed of Trust; and the beneficiary has elected to appoint Seneca Trustees, Inc., as Substitute Trustee; and default having been made under the aforementioned Deed of Trust, and the undersigned Substitute Trustee having been instructed by Headlands Residential Series Owner Trust, Series H to foreclose thereunder, will offer for sale at public auction at the front door of the Jefferson County Courthouse in Charles Town, West Virginia, on
January 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
the following described real estate, together with its improvements, easements and appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate in 08 – Ranson Corp District, Jefferson County, West Virginia, and more particularly described as follows:
Situate in the County of Jefferson, State of West Virginia:
All that certain lot or parcel of real estate situated in the City of Ranson, Jefferson County, West Virginia, and more particularly bound and described as follows:
Being all of Lot 216 of Brian Run Estates-Phase V, as the same is designated and described on a plat entitled “Final Plat Briar Run Phase V Lots 198-276” made by Resource International, Ltd., dated October 23, 2003, said plat being recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Jefferson a non-exclusive right-of-way over the streets and roadways of Phase I, II, III and IV for access to and from the real estate hereinabove described.
At the time of the execution of the Deed of Trust, this property was reported to have an address of: 90 Peter Rabbit Dr, Ranson, WV 25438.
The referenced real estate will be conveyed with no covenants of warranty, and subject to all covenants, restrictions, easements, rights of way and reservations which may be a matter of record in the aforesaid Clerk’s Office or visible upon the ground, all prior liens and encumbrances, including, without limitation, liens for real estate taxes, incinerator, sanitary and sewer charges. The purchasers at the sale shall be responsible for paying the recording costs and also the tax on the privilege of transferring real property (the cost of the tax stamp to be affixed to the deed). The purchasers shall be responsible for payment of all real estate taxes.
The subject property will be sold in “AS IS” condition. The Substitute Trustee shall be under no duty to cause any existing tenant or person occupying the subject property to vacate said property.
TERMS: $9000.00 in cash and/or certified funds as deposit at the time of sale with the balance due and payable within 30 days of the day of sale.
FEDERAL TAX LIEN: In the event that there are Federal Tax Liens against the property, the United States would have the right to redeem the property within a period of 120 days from the date of such sale or the period allowable for redemption under local law, whichever is longer.
Pursuant to the Deed of Trust, the Trustee may postpone the sale by public announcement at the time and place designated or by posting a notice of the same, and act by agent in the execution of the sale. The parties secured by the Deed of Trust reserve the right to purchase the property at such sale.
SENECA TRUSTEES, INC.
5000 Coombs Farm Drive, Suite 104
Morgantown, WV 26508
(304) 413-0044
(304) 292-2918
Toll free: (888) 534-3132
Reference File No. 94373
cc: Spirit of Jefferson
December 18, 2025, December 25, 2025
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NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The Jefferson County Commission, in accordance with WV Code §8A-4-5, has scheduled a Public Hearing on the proposed text amendments to the Jefferson County Subdivision and Land Development Regulations and the Zoning and Land Development Ordinance:
1. File #STA25-03 & ZTA25-03. STA25-03 is a proposed text amendment to Section 20.201, Section 20.203C, Section 21.105C, Section 22.208A, Section 22.208B, and Appendix B, Division 5.1 of the Subdivision Regulations. ZTA25-03 is a proposed text amendment to the Table of Contents, Article 2, Section 4.10B, Section 5.1, Section 5.5, Section 5.7, Section 6.3, Section 8.14, Section 9.5, Section 10.5, Section 11.2, Appendix A, Appendix B, and Appendix C of the Zoning Ordinance. The purpose of these amendments are to establish and create the necessary criteria regarding the proposed Rural Residential Zoning District.
2. File #STA25-04 & ZTA25-04. STA25-04 is a proposed text amendment to Section 21.105 and Section 22.208B of the Subdivision Regulations. ZTA25-03 is a proposed text amendment to the Table of Contents, Section 4.6, Section 5.1, Section 5.9, Section 9.5, Appendix A, Appendix B, and Appendix C of the Zoning Ordinance. The purpose of these amendments are to establish and create the necessary criteria regarding the proposed Residential Commercial Zoning District.
3. File # ZTA25-05. ZTA25-05 is a proposed text amendment to Section 5.17 and Appendix C of the Zoning Ordinance. The purpose of this amendment is to update the Office Commercial portion of the Zoning Ordinance and its connectivity to the Subdivision Regulations.
Oral or written comments can be provided at the hearing, 7:00 PM Thursday, January 22, 2026 in the County Commission Meeting Room located on the main level of the Jefferson County Government Complex (entrance on East side of building), 393 N. Lawrence Street, Charles Town, WV 25414 You may also submit written comments to [email protected] or to PO Box 716, Charles Town, WV 25414. Emailed public comment must be received by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 15, 2026.
Copies of the proposed text amendments are available at the Office of Planning & Zoning office and on the County’s website at: www.jeffersoncountywv.org. If you have any questions, please call the Office of Planning & Zoning at 304-728-3228.
By Order of the Jefferson County Commission
Pasha Majdi, President
12/18/2t
TRUSTEE’S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
The undersigned Substitute Trustee, by virtue of the authority vested in it by that certain Deed of Trust dated April 19, 2022, and duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Jefferson County, West Virginia, in Deed of Trust Book 2456, at Page 532, Natasha Jean Brooks-Pitts and Henry Laurence Pitts, Jr. did convey unto Paragon Title Company, PLLC, Trustee, certain real property described in said Deed of Trust; and the beneficiary has elected to appoint Pill & Pill, PLLC as Substitute Trustee by a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the aforesaid Clerk’s Office; and default having been made under the aforementioned Deed of Trust, and the undersigned Substitute Trustee having been instructed by the secured party to foreclose thereunder, will offer for sale at public auction at the front door of the Jefferson County Courthouse, in Charles Town, West Virginia, on
January 12, 2026, at 5:04 PM
The following described real estate, with its improvements, easements and appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate in the Charles Town District, Jefferson County, West Virginia, and more particularly described as follows:
The land referred to herein below is situated in the Charles Town District, County of Jefferson, State of West Virginia, and is described as follows:
Being all of Lot 150, Phase 1 of Magnolia Springs Subdivision, as more particularly designated and described according to a plat entitled “Minor Plat Change #2 of Magnolia Springs Subdivision, Phase I”, dated July 23, 2020, made by William H. Gordon Associates, Inc., and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Jefferson County, West Virginia, in Plat Book 26 at page 126.
TOGETHER with a non-exclusive easement across the roads contained in the subdivision shown on the aforementioned plat, and on other plats of said subdivision recorded in the aforesaid Clerk’s Office, for the purpose of ingress and egress between the property and the public road.
AND BEING the same real estate conveyed unto, Natasha Jean Brooks-Pitts and Henry Laurence Pitts, Jr., wife and husband, by virtue of a deed from D.R. Horton, Inc., dated April 19, 2022, and recorded in the aforesaid Clerk’s Office immediately preceding the recordation of this deed of trust.
At the time of the execution of the Deed of Trust, this property was reported to have a mailing address of 194 Gumspring Drive, Charles Town, WV 25414.
AND BEING the same real estate which was conveyed to Natasha Jean Brooks-Pitts and Henry Laurence Pitts, Jr., by Deed dated April 19, 2022, from D.R. Horton, Inc., and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Jefferson County, West Virginia, in Deed Book 1279, at Page 305.
The above-described property will be sold subject to any covenants, restrictions, easements, leases and conditions of record, and subject to any unpaid real estate taxes.
The subject property will be sold in “AS IS” condition. The Substitute Trustee shall be under no duty to cause any existing tenant or person occupying the subject property to vacate said property.
TERMS: Ten percent (10%) of the purchase price as a deposit with the balance due and payable within 30 days of the day of sale. Pill & Pill, PLLC, Substitute Trustee
Richard A. Pill, Member
P. O. Box 440, 85 Aikens Center, Martinsburg, WV 25404
Phone (304) 263-4971, Fax (304) 267-5840, e-mail: [email protected]
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
Civil Action No.: CC-19-2025-C-292
Judge Hammer
HARVEST HOMES LLC,
Petitioner,
v.
THE UNKNOWN AND/OR UNASCERTAINABLE HEIRS, DESCENDANTS, DEVISEES, TRUSTEES, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, GRANTEES, BENEFICIARIES AND/OR CREDITORS OF ALAN F. MISKILL, AND ANY AND ALL OTHER PERSONS having or claiming an interest in or to the real property commonly identified as Lots 209, 210, and 215 of Section 2, Avon Bend,
Respondents.
To the above-named Respondents:
The object of this action is for the Petitioner to clear a cloud upon the title to certain real property in the Kabletown District, Jefferson County, West Virginia, which said tracts or parcels of real estate are more particularly bounded and described as Lots 209, 210, and 215, Section 2, Avon Bend, as recorded in Deed Book 305, at Page 7, in the land records of Jefferson County, West Virginia.
It appearing by affidavit filed in this action that certain respondents are unknown or not ascertainable, it is hereby ordered that Respondents serve upon Abraham M. Ashton, counsel for Petitioner, whose address is 208 S. Queen Street, Martinsburg, West Virginia 25401, an answer, including any related counterclaim or defense you may have to the Petition to Quiet Title filed in this action on or before the date which is 30 days following the date of the first publication of this notice. If you fail to do so, thereafter judgment, upon proper hearing and trial, may be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Petition to Quiet Title. This Order of Publication shall be published as a Class II Legal Advertisement in the Spirit of Jefferson, a newspaper in the Jefferson County, West Virginia.
A copy of said Petition to Quiet Title can be obtained from the Clerk at her office.
Entered by the Clerk of said Court December 15, 2025
Tina Renner,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
By:Becky Chalk, Deputy
12/25/2t
Meeting Notice
Shepherdstown Historic Landmarks Commission
Date: Monday, January 5, 2026
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Shepherdstown Town Hall, 104 N. King St., First Floor
Applications:
25-40 101 West German Street
Business Sign Above Front Door
25-41 208 West German Street
Replacement Windows
12/25/1t
Notice of Administration to Creditors, Distributees & Legatees
Notice is hereby given that the following estate(s) have been opened for probate in the Jefferson County Clerk’s Office at PO Box 208 Charles Town, WV 25414‑0208. Any person seeking to impeach or establish a will must make a complaint in accordance with the provisions of West Virginia Code 41‑5‑11 through 13. Any interested person objecting to the qualifications of the personal representative or the venue or jurisdiction of the court, shall file written notice of an objection with the County Commission through the Jefferson County Clerk’s Office at the address listed above within 60 days after the date of the first publication or within 30 days of the service of the notice, whichever is later. If an objection is not filed timely, the objection is forever barred. Any person interested in filing claims against an estate must file them in accordance with West Virginia Code 44‑2 or 44‑3A.
Settlement of the estate(s) of the following named decedent(s) will proceed without reference to a fiduciary commissioner unless within 60 days from the first publication of this notice a reference is requested by a party of interest or an unpaid creditor files a claim and good cause is shown to support reference to a fiduciary commissioner.
First Publication Date: Thursday, December 25, 2025
Claim Deadline: Monday, February 23, 2026
ESTATE OF:
LAVERNE JANE DILLOW
CO EXECUTOR:
RONALD G SIGLER
503 TURNBERRY DRIVE
CHARLES TOWN WV 25414‑4946
CO EXECUTOR:
WARD F SIGLER JR
311 HOMEWOOD DRIVE
CHARLES TOWN WV 25414‑5162
ESTATE OF:
JANICE MAY CARPER
EXECUTRIX:
SAMANTHA E YATES
PO BOX 267
SHEPHERDSTOWN WV 25443‑0267
ESTATE OF:
KATHRYN LOUISE NEWCOMB
EXECUTOR:
KAREN M TANNER
110 HIGGS BOULEVARD
CHARLES TOWN WV 25414‑1716
ESTATE OF:
ROBERT D FLETCHER
EXECUTOR:
TERRY LEE FLETCHER
90 GREEN BAY DRIVE
YOUNGSTOWN OH 44512‑6229
ATTORNEY:
JOHN K DORSEY
104 W CONGRESS STREET
CHARLES TOWN WV 25414‑1622
ESTATE OF:
CLAIRE WALSH
ADMINISTRATRIX:
COLLEEN UHLENHOPP
112 TROTTING WAY
CHARLES TOWN WV 25414‑3313
ATTORNEY:
AMY LEONARD
9627 TUSCARORA PIKE
PO DRAWER 1419
MARTINSBURG WV 25403‑1131
ESTATE OF:
JOHN DUANE SMITH
ADMINISTRATOR:
JOHN AUSTIN SMITH
271 ANTLER TRAIL
HARPERS FERRY WV 25425‑6261
ESTATE OF:
LEROY MILLER JOHNSON
ADMINISTRATRIX:
YVETTE JOHNSON
455 MILLEVILLE ROAD
MILLVILLE WV 25432‑4021
ESTATE OF:
ELIZABETH SAN MIGUEL
ADMINISTRATOR:
PETER ZORRILLA
45 AUBREY CT
CHARLES TOWN WV 25414‑3809
Subscribed and sworn to before me on 12/19/2025
Jacqueline C Shadle
Clerk of Jefferson County
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Notice of Ancillary Filing without any Administration to Creditors, Distributees & Legatees
Notice is hereby given that the following foreign will or affidavit of heirs has been filed in the Jefferson County Clerk’s Office at PO Box 208 Charles Town, WV 25414‑0208, and no appointment or administration is being made pursuant to the provisions of West Virginia Code 44‑1‑14b.
An interested person(s) objecting to the filing of the foreign will or affidavit or objecting to the absence of appointment or administration being made in this state must file a statement with the Jefferson County Commission through the County Clerk’s Office at the address listed above within 60 days after the date of first publication or 30 days of service of the notice, whichever is later. If an objection is not timely filed, the objection is forever barred. The Jefferson County Commission upon receiving any timely objection thereto shall schedule a hearing or hearings thereon and order relief, if any, it considers proper including, but not limited to, an order directing that full and complete ancillary administration of the estate of the nonresident decedent be made in this state.
First Publication Date: Thursday, December 25, 2025
DATE FILED
12/15/2025
ESTATE NAME:
JAMES F KIELT
321 MONROE AVENUE
WYCKOFF NJ 07481‑1961
BARBARA A KIELT
59 SHERBROOKE DRIVE
FLORHAM PARK NJ 07932‑2815
ADMINISTRATRIX
DATE FILED
12/08/2025
ESTATE NAME:
ANNA IMOGENE FLUHARTY
117 ROBERT STREET
CAMDEN NC 27921‑6801
DONALD D FLUHARTY
4322 WEBSTER DRIVE N
YORK PA 17402‑3353
EXECUTOR
HENRY W MORROW JR
PO BOX 459
CHARLES TOWN WV 25414‑0459
ATTORNEY
Subscribed and sworn to before me on 12/19/2025
Jacqueline C Shadle
Clerk of Jefferson County
12/25/2t
NOTICE OF
TRUSTEE’S SALE
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE is hereby given pursuant to and by virtue of the authority vested in the Substitute Trustee, Pill & Pill, PLLC, by that certain Deed of Trust dated February 25, 2022, executed by the Borrowers, Todd S. Rummel and Joanne Rummel, husband and wife, to Douglas McElwee, the Trustee, of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Jefferson County, West Virginia, in Book 2446 at Page 642. At the time of the execution of the Deed of Trust, this property was reported to have a mailing address of 243 Pebble Beach Dr, Charles Town, WV 25414. Pill & Pill, PLLC was appointed as Substitute Trustee by APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE dated November 17, 2025, of record in the Clerk’s Office in Book 1362, at Page 31. The Borrower defaulted under the Note and Deed of Trust and the Substitute Trustee has been instructed to foreclose under the Deed of Trust. Accordingly, the Substitute Trustee will sell the following described property to the highest bidder at the front door of the Courthouse of Jefferson County, in Charles Town, West Virginia, on the following date:
January 12, 2026,
at 5:06 p.m.
All that certain parcel of real property, with the improvements thereon and the appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate in the Charles Town District, Jefferson County, West Virginia, designated and described as Lot 272 of the Locust Hill Subdivision, as set forth upon that certain Subdivision Survey Plat prepared by Appalachian Surveys of West Virginia, dated July, 2001, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission, Jefferson County, West Virginia, in Plat Book 19, at pages 7, et seq, TOGETHER WITH rights to traverse the streets and roads of the subdivision in common with other lot owners.
243 Pebble Beach Drive, Charles Town, WV 25414
TERMS OF SALE:
1)The property will be conveyed in an “AS IS” physical condition by Deed containing no warranty, express or implied, subject to the Internal Revenue Service right of redemption, all property taxes, prior Deeds, liens, reservations, encumbrances, restrictions, rights-of-ways, easements, covenants, conveyances and conditions of record in the Clerk’s office or affecting the subject property.
2)The Purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the transfer taxes imposed by the West Virginia Code § 11-22-1.
3)The Beneficiary and/or the Servicer of the Deed of Trust and Note reserve the right to submit a bid for the property at sale.
4)The Trustee reserves the right to continue sale of the subject property from time to time by written or oral proclamation, which continuance shall be in the sole discretion of the Trustee.
5)The Trustee shall be under no duty to cause any existing tenant or person occupying the property to vacate said property, and any personal property and/or belongings remaining at the property after the foreclosure sale will be deemed to constitute ABANDONED PROPERTY AND WILL BE DISPOSED OF ACCORDINGLY.
6)The total purchase price is payable to the Trustee within thirty (30) days of the date of sale, with ten (10%) of the total purchase price payable to the Trustee at sale.
Should any party have inquiries, objections to the sale or protests regarding the sale, or requests regarding the sale, please notify the Trustee below by one of the means of communication set forth below.
Pill & Pill, PLLC,
Substitute Trustee
Richard A. Pill, Esq.
Pill & Pill, PLLC
85 Aikens Center
Martinsburg, WV 25404
(304) 263-4971
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