NOTICE OF SALE STATE OF TEXAS...

NOTICE OF SALE

STATE OF TEXAS § BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE

CHEROKEE COUNTY §

and issued pursuant to judgment decree(s) of the District Court of Cherokee County, Texas, by the Clerk of said Court on said date, in the hereinafter numbered and styled suit(s) and to me directed and delivered as Sheriff or Constable of said County, I have on May 27, 2026, seized, levied upon, and will offer for sale the following properties, on the first Tuesday in July, 2026, the same being the 7th day of said month, at the Front Steps, West 6th Street of the Courthouse of the said County, in the City of Rusk, Texas, between the hours of 10 o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock p.m. on said day, beginning at 10:00 AM, and will proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder all the right, title, and interest of the defendants in such suit(s) in and to the following described real estate levied upon as the property of said defendants, the same lying and being situated in the County of Cherokee and the State of Texas, to-wit:

Sale #
Cause # Judgment Date
Acct # Order Issue Date
Style of Case
Legal Description
Adjudged Value
1
2016070445 12/03/24
531535000CHE MAY 27, 2026
BULLARD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT VS. WILLIAM R. MILLER
Lot 358, Shadybrook Subdivision, Unit 2, a subdivision in Cherokee County, Texas, including a mobile home Label #PSF0418442/43, Serial # OC05979701A/B, according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Cabinet "A", Slide 158, B, Plat Records of Cherokee County, Texas.
$12,160.00
2
2018060461 10/09/25
430173551CHE MAY 27, 2026
BULLARD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT VS. JAMES H. ALEXANDER, II, AKA JAMES HAMILTON ALEXANDER, II, ET AL
TRACT 1 Lot 335, Block 5, Lakewood Addition Subdivision, a subdivision in Cherokee County, Texas, as described in Volume 935, Page 410, Land Records of Cherokee County, Texas.
$5,680.00
3
2018060461 10/09/25
430173552CHE MAY 27, 2026
BULLARD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT VS. JAMES H. ALEXANDER, II, AKA JAMES HAMILTON ALEXANDER, II, ET AL
TRACT 2 Lot 336, Block 5, Lakewood Addition Subdivision, a subdivision in Cherokee County, Texas, as described in Volume 935, Page 410, Land Records of Cherokee County, Texas.
$5,680.00
4
2020020045 02/06/25
530784518CHE MAY 27, 2026
BULLARD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT VS. JUDY LYNN BISHOP
Lot 496, Lakewood Subdivision, Unit 2, a subdivision in the City of Bullard, Cherokee County, Texas, as described in Volume 2083, Page 402, Official Records of Cherokee County, Texas.
$17,250.00
5
2020020048 12/03/24
530784209CHE MAY 27, 2026
BULLARD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT VS. CHARLES L BENTLEY, ET AL
Lot 77, Lakewood Subdivision at Lake Palestine, Unit 2, a subdivision in Cherokee County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Cabinet "A", Slide 165- B, Plat Records of Cherokee County, Texas.
$390.00
6
2021100292 07/03/24
985853870CHE MAY 27, 2026
BULLARD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT VS. SILVESTER M. THOMPKINS, AKA SILVESTER THOMPKINS
1.00 acre, more or less, situated in the John Vaughn Survey, Abstract 53, Cherokee County, Texas, as described in deed dated October 12, 2009, from Barbara Moore to Silvester Thompkins, in Volume 1994, Page 419, Official Records of Smith County, Texas.
$325,800.00
7
2023070277 10/09/25
532643000CHE MAY 27, 2026
BULLARD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT VS. STACEY MCKAIN
LOT 383 BLK 4 LAKE PALESTINE SHADYBROOK 74X215 - BISD NTA1482755/56 (MR) (000000.3160)
$133,460.008
95-7-00588 07/06/05
429648000CHE JULY 06, 2005
BULLARD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT VS. DDI PROPERTIES INC
****THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES WERE STRUCK-OFF AT A PREVIOUS TAX SALES AND ARE NOW BEING OFFERED FOR RESALE****
Being Lot 22, Unit 6, part of the Shadybrook Subdivision, as described in Deed recorded in Volume 1173, Page 555, on instrument filed February 20, 1992 Cherokee County, Texas and being further identified on the tax rolls of Smith County Tax Office under Account Number 27050000006022000 (429648000CHE).
$2,200.00
9
2016060404 12/03/24
532936000CHE MAY 27, 2025
BULLARD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT VS. DDI PROPERTIES, INC.
TRACT 3 Lot 79, Unit 1E, Shadybrook Subdivision, a subdivision in Cherokee County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof, recorded in Cabinet "A", Slide 158- B, Plat Records of Cherokee County, Texas.

$17,280.00(any volume and page references, unless otherwise indicated, being to the Deed Records, Cherokee County, Texas, to which instruments reference may be made for a more complete description of each respective tract.) or, upon the written request of said defendants or their attorney, a sufficient portion of the property described above shall be sold to satisfy said judgment(s), interest, penalties, and cost; and any property sold shall be subject to the right of redemption of the defendants or any person having an interest therein, to redeem the said property, or their interest therein, within the time and in the manner provided by law, and shall be subject to any other and further rights to which the defendants or anyone interested therein may be entitled, under the provisions of law. Said sale to be made by me to satisfy the judgment(s) rendered in the above styled and numbered cause(s), together with interest, penalties, and costs of suit, and the proceeds of said sales to be applied to the satisfaction thereof, and the remainder, if any, to be applied as the law directs.

RECENT CHANGES IN THE PROPERTY TAX CODE NOW REQUIRE PURCHASERS OF TAX SALE PROPERTY TO HAVE A STATEMENT FROM THE CHEROKEE COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR CERTIFYING THAT THE PERSON/FIRM/COMPANY PURCHASING PROPERTY AT A TAX SALE OWES NO DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES TO ANY TAXING ENTITY WITHIN THE COUNTY. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE A TAX SALE DEED TO ANY PROPERTY YOU PURCHASE WITHOUT THIS CERTIFICATE.TO OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CHEROKEE COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE SALE.

Dated at Rusk, Texas, May 27, 2026

Notes:
The Minimum Bid is the lesser of the amount awarded in the judgment plus interest and costs or the adjudged value. However, the Minimum Bid for a person owning an interest in the property or for a person who is a party to the suit (other than a taxing unit), is the aggregate amount of the judgments against the property plus all costs of suit and sale. ALL SALES SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL TAXES DUE ON THE PROPERTY WHICH HAVE BEEN ASSESSED SINCE THE DATE OF THE JUDGMENT. For more information, contact your attorney or LINEBARGER GOGGAN BLAIR & SAMPSON, LLP, attorney for plaintiffs, at (903) 683-2296