IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF KANAWHA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS, Petitioner, CASE NO.: 24-P-65 PROJECT NO.: S320-RAN–21. 00 PARCEL NO. 25 UNKNOWN HEIRS OF EARL R. JONES, SR.; UNKNOWN HEIRS OF OMA JEAN JONES; RONNIE N. JONES, an individual; and KANAWHA COUNTY SHERIFF REASURER; Respondents. NOTICE OF PUBLICATION To the Above-Named Respondents and other lawful claimants: The object of the above proceeding is to condemn certain property of the Respondents, or in which the Respondents have an interest, for public purposes for a roadway, designated as Project No. S320-RAN–21. 00, the property proposed to be condemned being a part of Parcel No. 25 of the Project, as designated in the set of plans or maps for the project available for review in the DOH offices of District 1 located in Charleston, West Virginia. The property to be condemned for the purpose aforesaid is situated in Kanawha County, West Virginia, and is described as follows: PARCEL 25: PERMANENT DRAINAGE EASEMENT BEGINNING at a point in the division line between Paul M. Mihelic and the Estate of Earl Ray Jones and Oma J. Jones, said point being in the eastern existing public right of way line of the public alley and 5 feet right of and at right angle to the public alley pipe centerline at Station 116+03, Project S320-RAN–21. 00, Kanawha County, West Virginia; thence, N 07DEGREES 58’54” E, with said existing public right of way line, parallel to centerline, 100 feet, more or less, to a point in the division line between Suzanne Y. Washington-Smith and the Estate of Earl Ray Jones and Oma J. Jones, said point being 5 feet right of and at right angle to centerline at Station 117+03; thence, easterly, with said division line 15 feet, more or less, to a point in the eastern proposed permanent drainage easement line of the public alley, said point being 20 feet right of and at right angle to centerline at Station 117+03; thence, S 07DEGREES 58’54” W, with said proposed permanent drainage easement line, parallel to centerline, 100 feet, more or less, to a point in the division line between Paul M. Mihelic and the Estate of Earl Ray Jones and Oma J. Jones, said point being 20 feet right of and at right angle to centerline at Station 116+03; thence, westerly, with said division line 15 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning and containing 1,500 square feet, more or less. The tract of land hereinabove described is a portion of that same real estate conveyed unto Earl Ray Jones and Oma J. Jones, his wife, as joint tenants with right of survivorship, from Bobby G. Crookshank and Corrine E. Crookshank, his wife, by deed dated June 19, 1967, of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Kanawha County, West Virginia, in Deed Book 1493 at Page 349. The said Earl Ray Jones died on January 10, 1993, and in accordance with the survivorship clause contained in said deed, said real estate became vested in Oma J. Jones, his wife. The said Oma J. Jones died intestate on April 22, 2011. The heirs are not known at this time. The above-named Respondents are hereby notified: 1. that the above-styled condemnation proceeding was instituted in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County on or about February 16, 2024, to take and appropriate the above-described property for the purposes aforesaid; 2. that you may serve upon Brandon A. Chinn, West Virginia Division of Highways, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East, Building 5, Room A-517, Charleston, West Virginia, 25305, an answer to the Petition filed herein; 3. that a copy of the Petition may be obtained from the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County; 4. that a hearing to determine the right of the Petitioner to take, appropriate and use the above-described land will be held on the 08th day of July, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. before the Honorable Judge Akers of Kanawha County at Kanawha County Circuit Court, 111 Court Street, Charleston, WV 25301, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard; 5. that Land Commissioners may be selected, whose purpose will be to determine just compensation for the land proposed to be taken and for damages, if any, to the residue, and 6. that any and all other proceedings may be held and had as may be proper, at which time and place you, and each of you, are hereby notified to be present to protect your interests in said proceeding. Dated this 28th day of May, 2024. THE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS, By Counsel, Brandon A. Chinn Brandon A. Chinn, WV State Bar #14359 West Virginia Division of Highways Legal Division, Room A-517, Building 5 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0430 Counsel for Petitioner (304) 558-2823 Fax: (304) 558-3035 [email protected] Counsel for Petitioner LC-174535 6-04,11