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 July 17, 1988, executed by the Borrowers, Michael L Robinson and Alice M. Grant, to Phyllis H. Arnold and Brian J. Fox, the Trustees of record in the office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Marion County, West Virginia, in Book 662, at Page 477. At the time of the execution of the Deed of Trust, this property was reported to have a mailing address of 109 Virginia Avenue, Fairmont, WV 26554. Pill & Pill, PLLC was appointed as Substitute Trustee by APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE dated December 9, 2025, of record in the Clerk's Office in Book 1376, Page 279. The borrower(s) 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 Trustees will sell the following described property to the highest bidder at the front door of the Courthouse of Marion County, in Fairmont, West Virginia, on the following date:
February 18, 2026, at 4:30 p.m.
All of the following described tract or parcel of real estate, situate In the Fairmont Development Company's Addition to the City of Fairmont, Fairmont District, Marion County, West Virginia, which was surveyed by Wolfe & Associates, and is more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a magnetic nail set in the right of way of Virginia Avenue, said magnetic nail being the southeast corner of the parcel being conveyed and said nail being located N. 37° 14 30" E 17.50 feet from the corner of Lot No. 4 and Lot No. 5 of Block E of the Fairmont Development Company's Addition to the City of Fairmont; thence running with the northern line of Virginia Avenue, S 37° 14' 30" W 57.50 feet to a magnetic nail set in the northern line of Virginia Avenue; thence N 52° 45' 30" W 120.00 feet to a magnetic nail set in the southern right of way of an unnamed alley; thence with the southern line of said alley, N 37° 14' 30" E 57.50 feet to an iron pin set; thence S 52° 45' 30" E 120.00 feet to a magnetic nail set, said point of beginning of this survey, which parcel contains 17.50 feet of Lot No. 5 that adjoins Lot No. 4, all of Lot No. 4 and 15.00 feet of Lot No. 3 that adjoins Lot No. 4, in Block E, containing 0.158 acres, more or less.
Being the same real estate conveyed unto Michael Leon Robinson, single, or Alice Marie Grant, single, by deed dated July 10, 1998, and recorded in Deed Book 948, Page 469.
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.
Pill & Pill, PLLC, Substitute Trustee
BY: /s/Jonathan L. Wertman, Esq.
Pill & Pill, PLLC
85 Aikens Center
Edwin Miller Boulevard
P.O. Box 440
Martinsburg, WV 25402
(304) 263-4971
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