LEGALS
0010 – LEGALS

ABANDONED WATERCRAFT
Notice is hereby given that the following watercraft has been abandoned for more than 60 DAYS on the property of Perrindise Marina & Club, 9737 Cooks Landing Rd., Hayes, VA 23072 PH: 804-642-6177.
Description of watercraft: 32′ 1989 Sea Ray
HIN: SERR1375J889 Reg: VA 6569CF.
Application for watercraft registration/title will be made in accordance with Section 29.1-733.25 of the Code of Virginia, if this watercraft is not claimed and removed within 30 days of first publication of this notice. Please contact the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources with questions.
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Gloucester County Chesapeake Bay Preservation and Erosion Commission:
Notice is hereby given of a Gloucester County Chesapeake Bay Preservation and Erosion Commission hearing to be held Wednesday, July 8, 2026, immediately following the Wetlands Board hearing, which begins at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Colonial Courthouse, Court Circle, Gloucester, Virginia. All interested parties are invited to attend the hearing and express their views on these matters. Citizen comments may also be submitted prior to the public hearing by two different methods:
An online form is available on the County’s website at: www.gloucesterva.gov/citizencomment. Please follow the instructions on the form to indicate your comments are for this specific public hearing.
Comments may be submitted by US Mail to County Administration, ATTN: PUBLIC HEARING, 6489 Main Street, Gloucester, VA 23061. Any mailed comments must include your name, your magisterial district, and the title of this public hearing clearly printed at the top, and all such comments must be received by the scheduled date of this hearing. Please type or print all comments legibly.
Comments submitted through one of these methods prior to the scheduled public hearings must be received by the County, no later than close of business on July 8, 2026, will be read during the public hearing.
“Form letters,” consisting of communications which are verbatim duplicates (other than the identifying information of the author/submitter) of one or more other communications received by the County pertaining to the matter to be considered at the public hearing or public comment period, shall be ready only once per letter, along with the list of persons submitting the same comments pursuant to such “form letter.”
The following applications seeking a buffer modification to the required 100-foot resource protection area will be heard by the Chesapeake Bay Preservation & Erosion Commission:
CBPEC 26-14 The Kathleen L. Rioux Trust seeking authorization for encroachment into the 100′ buffer for installation of a 10′ x 14′ shed at Tax Map 37B(1)-16 in Gloucester County.
CBPEC 26-15 Paul and Diane Gamache seeking authorization for encroachment into the 100′ buffer for installation of pavers, erosion wall, shed, and after-the-fact concrete pad at Tax Map 32A2(14)-18 in Gloucester County.
CBPEC 26-16 Robert and Patricia Foos seeking authorization for encroachment into the 100′ buffer for construction of a single-family dwelling and driveway at Tax Map 51-279A in Gloucester County.
Interested parties are invited to attend the hearing. Applications may be reviewed in the Environmental Programs Office, 6489 Main Street, Suite 235, during regular business hours.
Rachel Strawn, Chairman
Gloucester County Wetlands Board
Chesapeake Bay Preservation & Erosion Commission
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Gloucester County Wetlands Board: Notice is hereby given of a Gloucester County Wetlands Board hearing to held Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. The hearing will be held in the Colonial Courthouse, Court Circle, Gloucester, Virginia. All interested parties are invited to attend the hearing and express their views. Citizen comments may also be submitted prior to public hearing by two different methods:
An online form is available on the County’s website at: www.gloucesterva.gov/citizencomment. Please follow the instructions on the form to indicate your comments are for this specific public hearing.
Comments may be submitted by US Mail to County Administration, ATTN: PUBLIC HEARING, 6489 Main Street, Gloucester, VA 23061. Any mailed comments must include your name, your magisterial district, and the title of this public hearing clearly printed at the top, and all such comments must be received by the scheduled date of this hearing. Please type or print all comments legibly.
Comments submitted through one of these methods prior to the public hearing must be received by the County no later than the close of business on July 8, 2026, and will be read during the public hearing.
“Form letters,” consisting of communications which are verbatim duplicates (other than the identifying information of the author/submitter) of one or more other communications received by the County pertaining to the matter to be considered at the public hearing or public comment period, shall be read only once per letter, along with the list of persons submitting the same comments pursuant to such “form letter.”
The following applications will be heard by the Wetlands Board:
VMRC 2026-0648 James Newton seeking authorization for 105 linear foot bulkhead at Tax Map 29-62 in Gloucester County.
VMRC 2026-0936 Marcia Woody seeking authorization for 120 linear foot bulkhead at Tax Map 29-63 in Gloucester County.
VMRC 2026-1115 Greenleafe Development seeking authorization for a marsh toe sill living shoreline with sand fill and plantings at Tax Map 51G(2)-2 in Gloucester County.
Interested parties are invited to attend the hearing. Applications may be reviewed in the Environmental Programs Office, 6489 Main Street – Suite 235 during regular business hours.
Rachel Strawn, Chairman
Gloucester County Wetlands Board
Chesapeake Bay Preservation & Erosion Commission
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LEGAL NOTICE
Mathews County Wetlands Board hereby gives notice that on Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 7 PM, in the Mathews County Historic Courthouse, 27 Court Street, Mathews, VA, the Board will hold public hearings regarding requests for authorization of the following application:
James Adams – Mill Creek, Mill Creek Dredge Project, VMRC 26-0858 – Request to conduct maintenance dredging within the existing Mill Creek channel & associated side channels to restore previously authorized navigable depths. The proposed work is limited to pre-existing channel system & includes removal of accumulated sediment from the main channel & adjoining side channels.
Interested parties are invited to attend the meeting. Application may be reviewed at the Mathews County Wetlands Board office, located in the County Administration Building, 50 Brickbat Road, Mathews, VA, Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-4:30 pm or online at https://webapps.mrc.virginia.gov/public/habitat/index.php.
KATY WALDEN, CHAIRMAN
MATHEWS COUNTY WETLANDS BOARD
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NOTICE OF ABANDONED WATERCRAFT
Notice is hereby given that the following watercraft has been abandoned for more than 60 DAYS at the property of 2401 Laguard Dr., Hampton, VA 23661. Please contact Quentel Davis at 808-351-1914 with questions.
Description of watercraft: 20′ fiberglass 1991 Sunbird, open motorboat; HIN: SB220209H091; Reg: VA3315CB.
Application for watercraft registration/title will be made in accordance with Section 29.1-733.25 of the Code of Virginia if this watercraft is not claimed and removed within 30 days of the first publication of this notice.
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
11738 Harcum Road, Gloucester, VA 23061
In execution of a Deed of Trust in the original amount of $90,000.00, dated March 3, 2011, recorded as Instrument No. 100001110 in the land records of the County of Gloucester, Virginia, default having been made in the payments of indebtedness thereby secured, the undersigned will on
June 23, 2026 at 12:00 PM
at the front entrance of the Gloucester County Circuit Court, 7400 Justice Drive, Gloucester, VA 23061, offer for sale at public auction the property and improvements thereon, described as follows:
All that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Petsworth Magisterial District, Gloucester County, Virginia, containing 5.226 acres and bounded as follows: on the Northwest and Northeast by land now or formerly of William Robert Dunston, et al; on the Southeast by State Route No. 606 and on the Southwest by land now or formerly of James B. Reed and Hattie D. Reed. For a more accurate and particular description reference is made to a Plat of Survey made by Charles J. Kerns, C.L.S., dated August 30, 1978, with revisions as shown on said plat, entitled “MAP OF 8.402 ACRES OWNED BY WILLIAM ROBERT DUNSTON. . .” a copy of which Plat of Survey is recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Gloucester County, Virginia in Clerk’s Plat Book 22, page 315.
TERMS OF SALE: CASH
This sale is subject to all matters of record in the chain of title to the above property, and also subject to mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens of record and not of record, if any such liens exist.
A bidder’s deposit of 10% of bid amount, in cash, certified or cashier’s check, is required at the time of sale, with the balance due at settlement, to be held within 30 days from the sale date at the office of the Trustee. The property and improvements thereon shall be sold in “as is” condition. All costs of conveyance, by special warranty deed, will be at the cost of the purchaser. Real estate taxes shall be prorated to date of sale. Additional terms of sale shall be announced at the time of sale and contained in a memorandum of sale which the successful bid shall be required to sign,
SAMUEL M. PENDER
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE
For more information please contact:
Samuel M. Pender, Esquire
FRANKLIN, DENNEY, WARD, & STROSNIDER PLC
129 N. Wayne Ave., Waynesboro, Virginia 22980
540-946-4412 email: spender@fdwslaw.com
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION
Va. Code Ann. §§8.01-316, -317
Commonwealth of Virginia
ESTATE OF SIDNEY STEWART HARRIS
LARRY MARK BARRICK, In His Capacity as Co-Executor of the Estate of Sidney Stewart Harris
and
VICKIE CALLIS, In Her Capacity as Co-Executor of the Estate of Sidney Stewart Harris
Plaintiffs,
v.
LEOCADIA N. MATTHEWS,
and
The unknown heirs, devisees, assigns, and successors in title of LEOCADIA N. MATTHEWS, deceased, whose names and last known addresses are unknown, who are also made parties Defendant by the general description of PARTIES UNKNOWN,
Defendants.
CIVIL NO. CL 26-172
The Object of this suit is to: establish good and proper title for the roads known as Leocadia Crescent, Pine Haven Road, Laguna Landing, and Aqua Point, Westville Magisterial District Mathews County, Virginia, shown as Tax Map 38-A-14
It is ORDERED that the above named Defendants shall appear at the above-named court and protect his/her interest on or before August12, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.
Entered: 5/29/2026
Jeffrey W. Shaw, Judge
By: Melissa Winters, Deputy Clerk
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION
Va. Code Ann. §§8.01-316, 317
GLOUCESTER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
CHARLES J. KERNS, SR. FAMILY I LLC, A VIRGINIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Plaintiff,
v.
HENRY BRAXTON, deceased
Unknown Heirs at Law of
Henry Braxton, Parties unknown
and
PHILIP WASHINGTON, deceased
Unknown Heirs at Law of
Philip Washington, Parties unknown
Defendants.
CIVIL NO. CL 26803
The Object of this suit is to: establish good and proper title for Lot 10, 5 acres, Petsworth Magisterial District, Gloucester County, Virginia, shown as Tax Map 018-67, RPC 25221.
It is ORDERED that the above named Defendants shall appear at the above-named court and protect his/her interest on or before Aug. 7, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.
Entered: 5/22/2026
Jeffrey W. Shaw, Judge
By: Jennings Naquin, Deputy Clerk II
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
RFP 27-001-CJ
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
GLOUCESTER COUNTY
FORENSIC AUDIT
Gloucester County will receive sealed proposals for the subject work until 4:30 p.m. on July 30, 2026, in the Central Purchasing Department located at 6489 Main Street, Suite 324, 3rd Floor, Gloucester, Virginia 23061.
The purpose of this RFP is to solicit proposals from qualified independent forensic accounting, governmental auditing, and financial consulting firms to provide forensic financial review and audit services related to County financial operations, internal controls, procurement practices, federal grant administration, compliance processes, and selected financial activities for approximately Fiscal Years 2020 through 2025.
A copy of the solicitation may be obtained from Central Purchasing, 6489 Main Street, Suite 324, 3rd Floor, Gloucester, VA 23061, or by calling (804) 693-6235, downloaded from the County’s Central Purchasing website at www.gloucester.info/purch, or through eVA, Virginia’s eProcurement Marketplace www.eva.virginia.gov.
Christine Joyce, CPPB, VCA
Purchasing Agent
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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR GLOUCESTER COUNTY
PATRICIA D. SHERRER
Petitioner,
v.
JOHN M. GILLESPIE
and
GLOUCESTER COUNTY
and
ALL OTHER PARTIES UNKNOWN
Respondents.
Civil Action No. CL25-1444
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
The Plaintiff, Patricia D. Sherrer (hereinafter “Plaintiff”), having filed an Amended Petition seeking, among other things, the appointment of a Successor Trustee or Special Trustee to receive the disbursement of surplus funds from the sale of property pursuant to Section 58.1-3967 of the Code of Virginia and for Aid and Guidance from this Court construing the terms of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of Nancy A. Gillespie dated December 14, 2000; and
An affidavit having been filed that diligence has been used to without effect to ascertain the location of the Defendant, JOHN M. GILLESPIE, and that there may be other persons with an interest in the property that is subject to the Amended Petition as beneficiaries of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of Nancy A. Gillespie dated December 14, 2000, not made parties by name, if any, and made them defendants by the general description of “parties unknown,” an affidavit having been filed of the fact that they are unknown, it is ORDERED that the above named parties and the said “parties unknown” appear on the 21st day of August, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. before this Court at its courtroom and do what is necessary to protect their interests.
It is further ORDERED that the forgoing portion of this order be published once a week for four successive weeks in Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal. a newspaper published in Gloucester County, Virginia, and that Plaintiff shall mail a copy to the last known address of any Defendant for whom the last address is known.
I ask for this:
Kevin B. O’Donnell, Esquire (VSB#84991)
Virginia Estate & Trust Law, PLC
1700 Bayberry Court, Suite 100
Richmond, Virginia 23226
804-592-3602 – Telephone
804-497-5916 – Facsimile
Counsel for Maiko Roberston Stalvey
ENTER: Jeffrey W. Shaw
DATE: 6-9-2026
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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF MATHEWS
COUNTY OF MATHEWS, VIRGINIA,
a Political Subdivision of
the Commonwealth of Virginia
Complainant,
v.
JOSEPH BARRON POWELL and
VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC. and
HOWARD WAYNE TOMLIN, TRUSTEE and
MIDDLE PENINSULA PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION and
MICHAEL T. HURD, ESQ., TRUSTEE and
J. DAN KAVANAGH, TRUSTEE and
RAPPAHANNOCK GENERAL HOSPITAL N/K/A CHESAPEAKE HOSPITAL, LLC and
BROWN’S WELL DRILLING CO., INC. and
MIDDLE PENINSULA PLANNING DISTRICT COMMISSION and
PARTIES UNKNOWN
Respondent(s)
Case No. CL 26-151
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
The object of this suit is to enforce the lien of the Complainant, County of Mathews, Virginia, for delinquent real estate taxes against certain real property located in the County of Mathews, Virginia, described as follows:
Tax Map No. 24A-1-9-26A
Account No. 5734
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate, lying and being in the Mobjack Bay Estates subdivision, in the Westville Magisterial District of Mathews County, Virginia, and being more particularly described as the northern one-half (1/2) portion of Lot No. Twenty-Six (26) in Block No. Nine (9) of Section No. One (1) as shown on the plat of Mobjack Bay Estates subdivision made by Paul A. Hobday, Certified Surveyor, dated August 1950, and recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Mathews County, Virginia, in Plat Book No. 1, Page 200.
And being one of the same real property conveyed to Joseph Barron Powell from Evelyn R. Childress by Deed dated March 8, 2001 in the Circuit Court Clerk’s Office of Mathews County, Virginia, as Instrument Number 01-726.
This description is made subject to all easements, conditions, agreements, restrictions, and reservations of record which affect the property herein described including but not limited to those recorded in Instrument Number 08-846.
Tax Map No. 24A-1-9-28
Account No. 5736
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate, lying and being in the Mobjack Bay Estates subdivision, in the Westville Magisterial District of Mathews County, Virginia, and being more particularly described as follows: Lot No. Twenty-Eight in Block No. Nine of Section No. One as shown on the plat of Mobjack Bay Estates subdivision made by Paul A. Hobday, C.S., dated August 1950, and recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Mathews County, Virginia, in Plat Book No. 1, Page 200.
And being one of the same real property conveyed to Joseph Barron Powell from Evelyn R. Childress, widow, Ann Lucille Powell, and Lawrence D. Powell, Jr. by Deed dated March 8, 2001 in the Circuit Court Clerk’s Office of Mathews County, Virginia, as Instrument Number 01-726
This description is made subject to all easements, conditions, agreements, restrictions, and reservations of record which affect the property herein described including but not limited to those recorded in Instrument Number 08-846, and Instrument Number 08-1240.
Tax Map No. 24A-1-9-30
Account No. 5738
All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate, lying and being in the Mobjack Bay Estates subdivision, in the Westville Magisterial District of Mathews County, Virginia, and being more particularly described as Lot No. 30 in Block No. 9 of Section No. 1 as shown on the plat of Mobjack Bay Estates subdivision made by Paul A. Hobday, C.S., dated August 1950, and recorded in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Mathews County, Virginia, in Plat Book No. 1, Page 200.
And being one of the same real property conveyed to Joseph Barron Powell from Evelyn R. Childress, widow, Ann Lucille Powell, and Lawrence D. Powell, Jr. by Deed dated March 8, 2001 in the Circuit Court Clerk’s Office of Mathews County, Virginia, as Instrument Number 01-726.
This description is made subject to all easements, conditions, agreements, restrictions, and reservations of record which affect the property herein described including but not limited to those recorded in Instrument Number 08-846, and Instrument 08-1240.
IT APPEARING that an Affidavit has been made and filed stating that due diligence has been used, without effect, to ascertain the identity and location of certain parties to be served, that the last known addresses for the Respondents herein are as follows: Howard Wayne Tomlin, Trustee, whose last known address is 11281 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, Virginia 23601, J. Dan Kavanagh, Trustee, who is believed to be deceased and whose last known address is 125 Bowden Street, Saluda, Virginia 23149; and that any officers, heirs, devisees, and successors in title of the Respondent named herein are made parties Respondent to this action individually and/or by the general description of Parties Unknown, it is hereby
ORDERED<\#9>that the parties herein and all Parties Unknown and/or whose location cannot be ascertained appear on or before August 26, 2026, at 9:30 a.m., in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Mathews, Virginia, and do what may be necessary to protect their interests in this cause.
I Ask For This:
John A. Rife, Esq. (VSB No. 45805)
Jeffrey A.Scharf, Esq. (VSB No. 30591)
Mark K. Ames, Esq. (VSB 27409)
Andrew M. Neville, Esq. (VSB No.86372)
Gregory L. Haynes, Esq. (VSB No. 37158)
Seth R. Konopasek, Esq. (VSB No. 97065)
Garrett W. Patton, Esq. (VSB No. 98345)
Michelle W. Clayton, Esq. (VSB No. 81365)
Lauralei K. Singsank, Esq. (VSB No. 100611)
G. Andrew Hall, Esq. (VSB No. 24114)
Taxing Authority Consulting Services, PC
P.O. Box 31800
Henrico, Virginia 23294-1800
Phone: (804) 220-6176
TACS No.: 1089082
Entered on the 9th Day of June, 2026
Jeffrey W. Shaw
Judge
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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF GLOUCESTER COUNTY
JUSTIN WAYNE BROOKS,
Plaintiff,
v.
SIERRA HOPE BROOKS
SARAH J. GREENWAY,
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS, AND ASSIGNS OF COLBY BROOKS-GROVES a/k/a COLBY BROOKS PADILLA, DECEASED
and
PARTIES UNKNOWN, IF ANY, WHO MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS 13382 GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, GLOUCESTER COUNTY, VIRGINIA, TAX MAP/PARCEL NO. 08-16E,
Defendants
Case No. CL26-824
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
The object of this suit is to quiet title and obtain declaratory relief concerning the real property commonly known as 13382 George Washington Memorial Highway, Gloucester County, Virginia, Tax Map/Parcel No. 08-16E (the “Property”), including a determination that Plaintiff Justin Wayne Brooks holds fee simple title to the Property and that the Defendants have no right, title, estate, lien, encumbrance, or interest in or to the Property adverse to Plaintiff, except for any valid easements, restrictions, taxes, and other matters of record not inconsistent with the relief requested in the Complaint.
It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that the names, identities, locations, and/;or post office addresses of the unknown heirs, devisees, successors, and assigns of Colby Brooks-Grovers a/k/a Colby Brooks Padilla, deceased, and parties unknown, if any, who may claim an interest in the Property, are unknown, and that such persons are proceeded against by order of publication pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 8.01-316 and 8.01-317, it is hereby
ORDERED that the Defendants, the unknown heirs, devisees, successors, and assigns of Colby Brooks-Groves a/k/a Colby Brooks Padilla, deceased, and parties unknown, if any, who may claim an interest in the real property known as 13382 George Washington Memorial Highway, Gloucester County, Virginia, Tax Map/Parcel No. 08-16E, appear on or before August 21, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. which date shall be no sooner than fifty (50) days after entry of this Order, and do what is necessary to protect their interests.
It is further ORDERED that this Order be published once each week for four (4) successive weeks in the Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal, a newspaper of general circulation in Gloucester County, Virginia; that a copy of this Order be posted at the front door of the courthouse wherein this Court is held; and that the Clerk mail a copy of this Order to each Defendant at the post office address stated in the affidavit, if any such address is stated.
I ASK FOR THIS:
Matthew D. Meadows (VSB No. 47172)
HARVEY & DRIGGS PLC
9464 Chamberlayne Road, Suite 200
Mechanicsville, Virginia 23116
Telephone: (804) 396-3580
Facsimile: (804) 200-5646
Email: mmeadows@harveydriggs.com
Counsel for Plaintiff
ENTERED this 9th day of June, 2026.
Jeffrey W. Shaw, Judge
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