Public Notice

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 August 18, 2021, executed by the Borrower, Hope M. Crawford, to Cara Stazenski, the Trustee, of record in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Ohio County, West Virginia, in Book 1635, at Page 336. At the time of the execution of the Deed of Trust, this property was reported to have a mailing address of 106 Gamble Ave., Wheeling, WV 26003. Pill & Pill, PLLC was appointed as Substitute Trustee by an APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE dated March 30, 2026, of record in the Clerk’s Office in Book 1717, at Page 24. 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 Ohio County, in Wheeling, West Virginia, on the following date:
May 1, 2026, at
10:25 a.m.
Situate in Elm Heights Addition to what was formerly known as Town of Elm Grove, now a part of the City of Wheeling, Triadelphia [now Wheeling] District, Ohio County, West Virginia, that is to say:
Lot Eighty-Four (84) as the same is shown and designated on the Amended and Revised Plat of Elm Heights, made by C.C. Smith, Engineers, bearing date August 12, 1909, and recorded in the office of the Clerk of the County Court of Ohio County, West Virginia, in Plat Book No. 1, at page 174.
AND BEING the same real estate conveyed unto Hope M. Crawford by Deed dated the 18th day of August, 2021, from Christie E. Greenwood, formerly known as Christie E. Curley, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Ohio County, West Virginia, in Deed Book 1006, at Page 425.
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 Section 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:
Jonathan L. Wertman, Esq.
Pill & Pill, PLLC
85 Aikens Center
Edwin Miller Boulevard
P.O. Box 440
Martinsburg, WV 25402
(304) 263-4971
foreclosures@
pillwvlaw.com
Int. Apr 15, 22, 29, 2026