News Democrat Public Notices 9/24/25

PUBLIC NOTICE

Opioid Settlement Funds

Humphreys County has received opioid abatement funds to support efforts aimed at addressing the opioid crisis in our community. Any nonprofit organization, community group, or service provider involved in opioid prevention, treatment, recovery support, or related public health initiatives is invited to apply for funding. Detailed guidelines and application forms are available via e-mail or at The Rawlings Building, Room 102 Thompson Street, Waverly, Tennessee. Applications must be submitted no later than October 8, 2025 to be considered for funding. For additional information please contact Humphreys County Executive’s Office at 931-296-7795. Funding is not guaranteed and Humphreys County reserves the right to reject any or all applications.

Publication Date: September 24, 2025.

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE

Sale at public auction will be on 10/21/2025  on or about 11:00 AM, at the At the Humphreys County Courthouse, 202 Court Square, Waverly, TN, Humphreys, Tennessee, conducted by the Co-Substitute Trustees as identified and set for the herein below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by THOMAS V. JONES AND ELLEN L. JONES, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to JOSEPH B. PITT, JR., Trustee, and recorded on 12/12/2012 as Instrument No. 12003098, Book TD215 Page 1152 as in the real property records of Humphreys County Register’s Office, Tennessee.

Owner of Debt: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee for Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust HB15

The following real estate located in Humphreys County, Tennessee, will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of records:

LAND SITUATED IN THE CITY OF WAVERLY IN THE COUNTY OF HUMPHREYS IN THE STATE OF TN

LYING AND BEING IN THE SECOND CIVIL DISTRICT OF HUMPHREYS COUNTY, TENNESSEE, IN WHAT IS KNOWN AS SLAYDEN HOLLOW, AND BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS:

BEING LOT NO. 13 IN BLOCK BIN WHAT IS KNOWN AS SLAYDEN SUBDIVISION NO. 1, SAID LOT FACES SYCAMORE STREET, FRONTING 100 FEET, RUNNING BACK APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET TO THE RAWLINGS TRACT, AS SHOWN BY PLAT OF RECORD IN DEED BOOK 66, PAGE 26, REGISTER`S OFFICE OF HUMPHREYS COUNTY, TENNESSEE.

BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO THOMAS V. JONES AND ELLEN L. JONES, HUSBAND AND WIFE, BY DEED DATED NOVEMBER 19, 2003 OF RECORD IN DEED BOOK 186, PAGE 90, IN THE COUNTY CLERK`S OFFICE.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 207 SYCAMORE AVENUE, WAVERLY, TN 37185-1219

Tax ID: 064B F 00700 000

Current Owner(s) of Property: THOMAS V. JONES AND ELLEN L. JONES, HUSBAND AND WIFE

The street address of the above described property is believed to be 207 SYCAMORE AVE, WAVERLY, TN 37185, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property sold herein and in the event of any discrepancy, the legal description referenced herein shall control.

SALE IS SUBJECT TO OCCUPANT(S) RIGHTS IN POSSESSION.

THE RIGHT IS RESERVED TO ADJOURN THE DAY OF THE SALE TO ANOTHER DAY, TIME AND PLACE CERTAIN WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLICATION, UPON ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE SALE SET FORTH ABOVE.  THE TERMS OF SALE ARE CASH.  ANY TAXES OR FEES WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PURCHASER.  IF THE SALE IS SET ASIDE FOR ANY REASON, THE PURCHASER AT THE SALE SHALL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO A RETURN OF THE PURCHASE PRICE.  THE PURCHASER SHALL HAVE NO FURTHER RECOURSE AGAINST THE GRANTOR, THE GRANTEE, OR THE CO-TRUSTEES.

OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY- INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, FINANCE & MORTGAGE ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, SONYA GRAY, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE ATTN: COLLECTION ADVISORY GROUP MANAGER, MIDLAND FUNDING LLC C/O MARK A SEXTON, BPR 023397, HOSTO & BUCHAN, P.L.L.C., ROBERT J. MARTINEAU JR., TDEC COMMISSIONER, TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION, THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

If applicable, the notice requirements of Tenn. Code Ann. 35-5-101 have been met.

All right of equity of redemption, statutory and otherwise, and homestead are expressly waived in said Deed of Trust, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.

If the U.S. Department of Treasury/IRS, the State of Tennessee Department of Revenue, or the State of Tennessee Department of Labor or Workforce Development are listed as Interested Parties in the advertisement, then the Notice of this foreclosure is being given to them, and the Sale will be subject to the applicable governmental entities’ right to redeem the property as required by 26 U.S.C. 7425 and Tenn. Code Ann. §67-1-1433.

This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or co-trustees.

For additional sale information visit: https://www.tnforeclosurenotices.com 

Trustee File No. 2025-00249-TN-REV

Western Progressive - Tennessee, Inc., Co-Substitute Trustee

Corporation Service Company, Registered Agent

2908 Poston Ave

Nashville, TN 37203-1312

AVT Title Services LLC, Co-Substitute Trustee

Park East

725 Cool Springs Blvd., Suite 140

Franklin, TN 37067

SALE INFORMATION:

Sales Line: (866) 960-8299

Website:https://www.altisource.com/loginpage.aspx

Publication Dates September 24, 2025 and October 1, 2025.

IN THE JUVENILE COURT OF HUMPHREYS COUNTY, TENNESSEE

STATE OF TENNESSEE

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN’S SERVICES

PETITIONER

vs

SHAWANDA LOMBARDO

RESPONDENT

.No. J575-25

IN THE MATTER OF:

Colin Lombardo, DOB:  12/21/09

A CHILD UNDER EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

It appearing to the Court from the allegations of the Petition in this cause and the affidavit of the Petitioner that the whereabouts of the mother, Shawanda Lombardo, are unknown and that ordinary process of law cannot be served upon said Respondent,

It is therefore ordered that Shawanda Lombardo be served by publication of the following notice for four (4) consecutive weeks in The News-Democrat, a newspaper published in Humphreys County, Tennessee.

TO SHAWANDA LOMBARDO:

The State of Tennessee, Department of Children’s Services, has filed a petition against you due to the dependency and neglect of the minor child Colin Lombardo.  It appears that ordinary process of law cannot be served upon you because your whereabouts are unknown.  You are, therefore, ordered to respond by filing an Answer to the Petition filed in this matter.  A copy of the Petition may be obtained at the office of the Juvenile Court of Humphreys County, 100 Court Square, Waverly, Tennessee. 

This notice will be published for four consecutive weeks.  The last date of publication will be 9/24/2025.  You must file an Answer within thirty days from the last date of publication.  If you fail to do so, judgment by default shall be taken against you on 10/28/2025 at 9:00 a.m. for the relief demanded in the petition.  All future documents filed in this cause shall be filed with the Clerk of the Court and shall be considered as served upon you.  You may request your copy from the Clerk of the Court.

Entered this 22nda day of August 2025

/s/ Scott Daniels, Juvenile Court Judge

Approved for Entry:

/s/  Johnna I. Duke, BPR #016663

Attorney for State of Tennessee

Department of Children’s Services

225 Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Drive

Jackson, TN  38301

731-421-2000

Publication Date: September 3, 10, 17, and 24, 2025.

CITY OF NEW JOHNSONVILLE ORDINANCE

RELATING TO ELIMINATION OF DANGEROUS STRUCTURES

COMPLAINT TO: JENNIFER PHAIR OR THE INDIVIDUALS OWNING OR

CONTROLLING THE PREMISES KNOWN AS 97 TRIPP ROAD,

NEW JOHNSONVILLE, HUMPHREYS COUNTY, TENNESSEE

Take notice that the Mayor of the City of New Johnsonville, Tennessee, acting as the designated public officer of said municipality asserts and complains that:

Real property with improvements located at 97 Tripp Road, New Johnsonville, Humphreys County, Tennessee, and further identified as Tax Map 87, Parcel 48.01 of the records of the Property Assessor of Humphreys County, Tennessee, owned and/or controlled by Jennifer Phair, is a public nuisance and an unsafe, hazardous, and dangerous structure, and is unfit for use. For further title reference, see Warranty Deed Book 207, at Page 130, in the Register's Office of Humphreys County, Tennessee.

NOTICE

A public hearing will be conducted before the governing body, the Mayor and City Council of the City on October 7, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the board room of the City Hall of the City of New Johnsonville located at 323 Long Street, New Johnsonville, Tennessee. All parties in interest may appear in person or by counsel at said hearing and may answer the Complaint there or earlier in writing. Testimony may be taken at the time and place of the hearing. Specifically, it is alleged that the dwelling is a public nuisance and an unsafe, hazardous, and dangerous structure, and that the property is unfit for use as it is consumed with junk, debris, and an accumulation of weeds and other overgrown vegetation constituting a safety hazard which is in violation of N.J.M.C. §13-218.

The governing body shall, at the said hearing, determine whether the structure under consideration is dangerous or unfit for human occupation or use, pursuant to N.J.M.C. §13-209. Additionally, the governing body will determine whether the property is a public nuisance and a dangerous structure pursuant to N.J.M.C. §13-208 and §13-209. If said structure is determined to be a nuisance and dangerous or unfit, then an Order will issue relative to the described structure ordering its demolition or rehabilitation.

DATED this 2^nd day of September, 2025.

Wayne Woods

Mayor

Michael U. King, BPR #20830

KING LAW OFFICE

P.O. Box 667

Huntington, Tennessee 38344

(731) 986-2266

Attorney for City of New Johnsonville

Publication Dates: September 17 and 24, 2025.

PUBLIC NOTICE

The October 13,2025 meeting of the Waverly Mayor and Board of Aldermen has been rescheduled due to the Columbus Day Holiday. The Mayor and Board will meet on Tuesday October 14th @ 5PM in the City of Waverly Municipal Room located at 103 East Main St. The public is invited to attend.

Publication Date: September 24, 2025.