VIRGINIA:

In the Circuit Court of Prince Edward County

WILLIE E. BOWEN,

FREDDIE L. BOWEN, and

WILBERT M. BOWEN

Plaintiffs

v.

JAMES SALLEE, JAMES HAYWOOD BOOKER, BERTHA M. BAILEY, JEAN SMITH HOBBS, CAROLEN SMITH DAVIS, MADELENE SMITH JACKSON, CLAUDE M. SMITH, JAMES PURCELL SMITH, MARION D. SMITH, LEONARD SMITH, JR., DONNELL SMITH, VALERIE SMITH KING, DEBBIE SMITH, DIANE SMITH DELANEY, MICHAEL E. SMITH, JR., EDWARD BOOKER, DAVID BOOKER, WILLIAM VENABLE, JEANETTE JUSTIS DAVIS,

And

UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES AND/OR ASSIGNS OF MARIA BOOKER, PAUL BOOKER, JAMES HAYWOOD BOOKER, ONEL BOOKER MARSHALL, WINSTON BOOKER, JAMES ELWOOD SMITH, EDITH SMITH BOWEN, LESLIE SMITH, LEONARD SMITH, WILLIE SMITH, JR., JULIA BOOKER JUSTIS, JEANETTE JUSTIS DAVIS, LEROY BOOKER, VIRGINIA BOOKER VENABLE AND ALL OTHER PERSONS UNKNOWN WHO CLAIM RIGHT, TITLE OR INTERST IN THE REAL ES-TATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT DESCRIBED UNER THE GENERAL DESCRIPTION AS PARTIES UNKNOWN,

Defendants

ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to partition certain property located in Prince Edward County being a portion of the tract of land conveyed to Maria Booker by a deed dated September 3, 1904, and recorded October 4, 1909 in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Prince Edward County, Virginia in Deed Book 55, page 475. Said tract of land contains 17.68 acres, shown on plat of survey by Maxey-Hines & Associates dated July 21, 2001, Said property lies in both Prince Edward and Nottoway Counties and is being taxed in Prince Edward County only. The above named defendants are believed to be heirs of Maria Booker and may have an interest in the real property. which is the subject of this partition suit.

It appearing from an affidavit that there are parties who are non-residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, parties whose whereabouts are unknown, and that there are or may be parties who are the heirs of MARIA BOOKER, PAUL BOOKER, JAMES HAYWOOD BOOKER, ONEL BOOKER MARSHALL, WINSTON BOOKER, JAMES ELWOOD SMITH, EDITH SMITH BOWEN, LESLIE SMITH, LEONARD SMITH, WILLIE SMITH, JR., JULIA BOOKER JUSTIS, JEANETTE JUSTIS DAVIS, LEROY BOOKER, VIRGINIA BOOKER VENABLE, and other unknown parties who may claim right, title or interest in the real estate described in the Complaint who are joined in this matter under the general description of “Par-ties Unknown,” it is ordered that the defendants named herein appear before this Court before October 25, 2010, and do what is necessary to protect his or her interest herein.

It is FURTHER ORDERED that the foregoing portion of this Order be published once a week for four successive weeks in The Farmville Herald, a newspaper published in Farmville, Virginia, and having general circulation in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

MACHELLE J. EPPES

Clerk of the Circuit Court

Prince Edward County,

Virginia

I ask for this:

JILL C. DICKERSON

VSB #25167

Jill C. Dickerson, P.C.

117 North Main Street

Farmville, Virginia 23901

Telephone (434) 392-1422

Facsimile (434) 392-1777

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