6/13/2025

PUBLIC NOTICES

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHEROKEE
IN THE COURT OF
COMMON PLEAS
CASE NO. 2024-CP-11-00776
NewRez LLC dba Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing,
PLAINTIFF,
VS.
Jaclyn Marie Pleva a/k/a Jacqueline Pleva a/k/a Jaclyn M. Pleva, as Personal Representative, and as Legal Heir of the Estate of Steve Pleva a/k/a Stephen F. Pleva a/k/a Stephen Francis Pleva, Deceased; any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of Steve Pleva a/k/a Stephen F. Pleva a/k/a Stephen Francis Pleva, Deceased; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as John Doe; any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Deborah McCue, as Legal Heir of the Estate of MaryEllen Pleva a/k/a Mary Ellen Pleva, Deceased; any other Heirs-at-Law or Devisees of the Estate of MaryEllen Pleva a/k/a Mary Ellen Pleva, Deceased; all unknown persons with any right, title or interest in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being a class designated as Jane Doe; and any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Rachel Roe,
DEFENDANT(S).
SUMMONS AND NOTICES
(241136.00264)
TO ALL THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-NAMED:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer on the subscribers at their offices, 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 200, Columbia, Post Office Box 2065, Columbia, South Carolina, 29202-2065, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that should you fail to Answer the foregoing Summons, the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-In-Equity or Special Referee for Cherokee County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53 (e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-In-Equity or Special Master is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause.
TO MINOR(S) OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND/OR MINOR(S) UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE MINOR(S) RESIDES AND/OR TO PERSONS UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED AND NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons and Notice upon you. If you fail to do so, Plaintiff will apply to have the appointment of the Guardian ad Litem Nisi, Ian C. Gohean, made absolute.
NOTICE
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:
YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were filed with the Clerk of Court for Cherokee County, South Carolina on November 4, 2024.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the order appointing Ian C. Gohean, whose address is 325 Rocky Slope Road, Suite 201, Greenville, SC 29607, as Guardian Ad Litem Nisi for all persons whomsoever herein collectively designated as Rachel Roe, defendants herein whose names and addresses are unknown, including any thereof who may be minors, incapacitated, or under other legal disability, whether residents or non-residents of South Carolina; for all named Defendants, addresses unknown, who may be infants, incapacitated, or under a legal disability; for any unknown heirs-at-law of MaryEllen Pleva a/k/a Mary Ellen Pleva, including their heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; and for all other unknown persons with any right, title, or interest in and to the real estate that is the subject of this foreclosure action, was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Cherokee County on the 25th day of April, 2025.
YOU WILL FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that unless the said Defendants, or someone in their behalf or in behalf of any of them, shall within thirty (30) days after service of notice of this order upon them by publication, exclusive of the day of such service, procure to be appointed for them, or any of them, a Guardian Ad Litem to represent them or any of them for the purposes of this action, the Plaintiff will apply for an order making the appointment of said Guardian Ad Litem Nisi absolute.
AMENDED LIS PENDENS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been commenced by the Plaintiff above named against the Defendant(s) above named for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage given by Stephen F. Pleva and MaryEllen Pleva to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., dated September 22, 2006, recorded September 25, 2006, in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Cherokee County, in Book 1238 at Page 131; thereafter, said Mortgage was assigned to NewRez LLC dba Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing by assignment instrument dated July 9, 2024 and recorded July 12, 2024 in Book 174 at Page 526. The Note and Mortgage were subsequently modified by a Loan Modification Agreement effective July 10, 2020.
The description of the premises is as follows:
All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, with all improvements constructed thereon, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Cherokee, approximately two miles north of the Town of Gaffney, on the northwest side of the National Highway, being shown and delineated as Lots 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 of Block C, on plat prepared for C.L. Chandler by John L. Stacy, dated April 1923, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Cherokee County in Plat Book U at Page 718. Reference to the aforesaid plat is made in aid of further description.
Plaintiff has contemporaneously filed a Complaint herein, which includes a cause of action to reform the legal description of the mortgage to be as follows:
All that certain piece, parcel, or lot of land, with all improvements constructed thereon, lying and being in the State of South Carolina, County of Cherokee, approximately two miles north of the Town of Gaffney, on the northwest side of the National Highway, being shown and delineated as Lots 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 of Block C, on plat prepared for C.L. Chandler by John L. Stacy, dated April 1923, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Cherokee County in Plat Book U at Page 718. Reference to the aforesaid plat is made in aid of further description.
ALSO:
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with all improvements thereon or to be constructed thereon, lying and being situate in the State of South Carolina, County of Cherokee, being shown and delineated as Tract B, containing 3166 Sq. Ft., more or less, on plat prepared for Stephen F. Pleva and MaryEllen Pleva by Mike W. Byars and Associates, Surveyor, dated October 1, 2009, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Cherokee County in Volume 32 at Page 162. Reference to the aforesaid plat is made in aid of further description.
LESS AND EXCEPT:
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with all improvements thereon or to be constructed thereon, lying and being situate in the State of South Carolina, County of Cherokee, being shown and delineated as Tract A, containing 596 Sq. Ft., more or less, on plat prepared for Stephen F. Pleva and MaryEllen Pleva by Mike W. Byars and Associates, Surveyor, dated October 1, 2009, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Cherokee County in Volume 32 at Page 162. Reference to the aforesaid plat is made in aid of further description.
This being a portion of the same property conveyed to Stephen F. Pleva and MaryEllen Pleva by deed of Chris H. Thomas dated September 22, 2006 and recorded September 25, 2006 in Book 253 at Page 262 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Cherokee County, and by deed of Bertha M. Phillips, Pamela Diane Allen, and Cris Ann Thomas, dated November 17, 2009 and recorded November 19, 2009 in the Office of the Clerk of Court/Register of Deeds for Cherokee County.
Subsequently, Steve Pleva a/k/a Stephen F. Pleva a/k/a Stephen Francis Pleva died intestate on or about March 12, 2020, leaving the subject property to his heir, namely Jaclyn Marie Pleva a/k/a Jacqueline Pleva a/k/a Jaclyn M. Pleva, as shown in Probate Case No. 2021-ES-11-00332. Thereafter, Jaclyn Marie Pleva a/k/a Jacqueline Pleva a/k/a Jaclyn M. Pleva was appointed as Personal Representative of the Estate of Steve Pleva a/k/a Stephen F. Pleva a/k/a Stephen Francis Pleva (Probate Case No. 2021-ES-11-00332). Subsequently, MaryEllen Pleva a/k/a Mary Ellen Pleva died intestate on or about February 13, 2024, leaving the subject property to her heir, namely Deborah McCue.
TMS No. 118-05-00-026.000
Property address: 706 Marietta Street
 Gaffney, SC 29340
SCOTT AND CORLEY, P.A.
By: _/s/Angelia J. Grant
Ronald C. Scott ([email protected]),
SC Bar #4996
Reginald P. Corley ([email protected]),
SC Bar #69453
Angelia J. Grant ([email protected]),
SC Bar #78334
Allison E. Heffernan ([email protected]),
SC Bar #68530
H. Guyton Murrell ([email protected]),
SC Bar #64134
Jordan D. Beumer ([email protected]),
SC Bar #104074
ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF
1800 St. Julian Place, Suite 407
Columbia, SC 29204
803-252-3340
April 25, 2025
Published: May 30, June 6 & 13, 2025.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on Form #371 PC with the Probate Court of Cherokee County, the address of which is P. 0. Box 22, Gaffney, SC 29342 within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.) or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC), indicating the name and the address of the claimant. the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: James Gary Thomas
Death: 02/22/2025
Case# 2025ES1100114
PR: Tena Lynne Earls
108 Holly Grove Rd.
Blacksburg, SC 29702
Published: May 30, June 6 & 13, 2025

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on Form #371 PC with the Probate Court of Cherokee County, the address of which is P. 0. Box 22, Gaffney, SC 29342 within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.) or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC), indicating the name and the address of the claimant. the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: Joyce Harrill Childers
Death: 04/30/2025
Case# 2025ES1100203
PR: Scott Childers
105 Sunning Hill Rd.
Simpsonville, SC 29681
Published: May 30, June 6 & 13, 2025

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on Form #371 PC with the Probate Court of Cherokee County, the address of which is P. 0. Box 22, Gaffney, SC 29342 within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.) or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC), indicating the name and the address of the claimant. the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: Annie Owens Smalley
Death: 04/21/2025
Case# 2025ES1100200
PR: Jennie L. Owens
209 Picketts Mill Dr.
Piedmont, SC 29673
Published: May 30, June 6 & 13, 2025

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF ESTATES
All persons having claims against the following estates MUST file their claims on Form #371 PC with the Probate Court of Cherokee County, the address of which is P. 0. Box 22, Gaffney, SC 29342 within eight (8) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice to Creditors or within one (1) year from date of death, whichever is earlier (SCPC 62-3-801, et seq.) or such persons shall be forever barred as to their claims. All claims are required to be presented in written statements on the prescribed form (FORM #371PC), indicating the name and the address of the claimant. the basis of the claim, the amount claimed, the date when the claim will become due, the nature of any uncertainty as to the claim, and a description of any security as to the claim.

Estate: Johnny David Wyatt
Death: 04/21/2025
Case# 2025ES1100201
PR: Johnny Dewayne Wyatt
212 Woodside Dr.
Gaffney, SC 29340
Published: May 30, June 6 & 13, 2025

SUMMONS
(Non Jury)
(Foreclosure of Mortgage)
(Deficiency Sought)
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF CHEROKEE
in the circuit court
Case No. 2025-CP-11-00185
Founders Federal Credit Union,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Sharon B. Nivens,
Defendant.
TO: THE DEFENDANT ABOVE-NAMED
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to answer the Complaint in the above-entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys at their offices located at 128 S. Congress Street, Winnsboro, South Carolina 29180, MAILING: PO Box 117, Winnsboro, SC 29180, within (30) days after the date of such service, exclusive of the date of service, except that the United States of America, if named, shall have sixty (60) days to answer after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to do so, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Lis Pendens and Summons and Verified Complaint in this action were filed on March 7, 2025 in the Office of Clerk of Court for Cherokee County.
YOU WILL ALSO TAKE NOTICE that the Plaintiff will move for a general Order of Reference of this cause to the Master-in-Equity or Special Referee for this County, which Order shall, pursuant to Rule 53(e) of the South Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically provide that the said Master-in-Equity or Special Referee is authorized and empowered to enter a final judgment in this cause with any appeal directly to the South Carolina Court of Appeals.
Winnsboro, South Carolina
s/ John Croom Colvin Hunter
John Croom Colvin Hunter
(SC Bar #101253)
Gaston, Marion, Stubbs, Hunter & Swancy P.A.
128 S. Congress Street
Post Office Box 117
Winnsboro, South Carolina 29180
Phone: 803-385-2114
[email protected]
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Founders Federal
Credit Union
Winnsboro, South Carolina
Published: June 6, 13 & 20, 2025

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