STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF YORK IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Case Number: 2025-CP-46-03301 Patricia C. Jones, Plaintiff, vs. Rosa Cauthen Leftridge; Elizabeth B. Cauthen; Sarah Cauthen Harris; Curtis Cauthen; Cleveland Jerome Cauthen; Tyrone Brown; Jerome Brown; Delois Cauthen; Timothy Cauthen; Melinda Cauthen Thompson; Diane Cauthen; Renee Wilks Streety; Kenneth Wilks; Felicia Wilks Mitchual; Daniel Powell; Kenneth Smith, Jr.; Amber Garvin Jackson; Christian Garvin; Karina A. Howze; Portia T. Howze; Vorandus Michael T. Howze; Ronald Milan Sterling; Tai Sterling; Charisse Sterling Nichols; Carol Sterling Hemphill; Pamela Sterling Douglas; Reginald Sterling; Shawn Sterling; Frankie Sterling; Sharon Sterling; James Sterling; Lakita Sterling; Chauncey Sterling; Rose Cureton Cauthen; Cleveland Watkins; Dennis Watkins; Cynthia Jackson; Benjamin Jaggers; Delois Golden; Tony Watkins; Elizabeth Cureton McKnight; Dentavious Williams; Timothy Williams; Ernest Floyd Jackson; Ernest Floyd Jackson, II; Lakeisha Jackson; Jayla Jackson; Rosemary Jackson; Deborah Ward, Denim Ward; Chase Ward; and Cedric Antoine Ward; any and all spouses, children and heirs at law, distributes, devisees of other heirs-at-law, Personal Representatives, Administrators, Successors and Assigns, and/or devisees of the estates of William Cauthen; Laura Thorpe Cauthen; Arlise White; Martha Taylor; Jacob Cauthen; Minas Cauthen; Minas Cauthen, Jr.; Cleveland Minas Cauthen; Cleveland Cauthen; Catherine Wilks; Deborah Wilks Smith; Dana Wilks; Virginia Garvin; Emily Garvin Ball; Vetta Garvin; Stella Cauthen Sterling; Karen Sterling Howze; Ronald Sterling; Frank Sterling; Wanda Sterling; Arthur Lee Sterling; Costella Sterling; Harold Sterling; Ezekiel Cauthen; Mary Watkins Jackson; Cynthia Watkins Williams; Jaren T. Jackson; Cedric Clinton Ward; Antoinette Ward; Michael Ward; Rebecca C. Leaphart, who are believed to be deceased, or any other deceased Defendants, and all others persons or entities entitled to claim through them, and all unknown persons or entities with any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint herein, including any unknown minors, incompetent or imprisoned persons or persons under a disability, being a class designated as John Doe; and any persons who may be in the military service of the United States of America, being as a class designated as Richard Roe, whose true name is unknown, SC Department of Revenue, Midland Funding, LLC, Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, Defendant(s) TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-NAMED: AMENDED LIS PENDENS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action will be commenced in this Court upon the Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff(s) against the above-named Defendant(s). This action is brought to have the title to the real property quieted and to obtain a partition by sale of the following described property: All that certain lot of land located just outside of the City Limits of Rock Hill, S.C., being more particularly described as follows, to wit: Beginning at a stake, corner of Lots Nos. 26 and 27, said stake being 100 feet from the inner line of sidewalk, and running thence N. 10-50 W. 50 feet to a stake; thence N. 79-10 W. 100 feet to a stake; thence S. 10-50 E. 50 feet to a stake; thence S. 79-10 E. 100 feet to the beginning, being the rear one-half of lot No. 27 in Block M, as shown on Plat of Woodland Park, said plat being duly recorded in Plat Book 3, pages 16 and 17 in the office of the Clerk of Court for York County, S.C. DERIVATION: This being the same property conveyed to McKitchat Cauthen and Marion Cauthen, by deed of Ruby A. Elder dated June 7, 1945, and recorded January 11, 1946 in Book 121, Page 101 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for York County, SC. Property Address: 475 Frank Street, Rock Hill, SC 29730, Tax Map #: 600-08-02-037 SUMMONS YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to appear and defend by answering the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to said Complaint upon the subscriber at her office located at 2025 Ebenezer Road, Suite 113, Rock Hill, South Carolina 29732, within thirty (30) days 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 the Court issued a general Order of Reference of this action to a Master in Equity, pursuant to Rule 53, of the SC Rules of Civil Procedure. NOTICE OF ORDER APPOINTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM NISI TO CHAUNCEY L. STERLING AND ANY UNKNOWN MINORS/ADULTS, PERSONS UNDER A DISABILITY OR IN THE MILITARY SERVICE, IF ANY, HEREIN COLLECTIVELY DESIGNATED AS JOHN DOE AND RICHARD ROE: YOU ARE FURTHER SUMMONED and notified that that there has been filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for York County an Order Appointing Kelley Y. Woody, Esq., whose address is PO Box 6432, Columbia, SC 29260, as Guardian ad Litem Nisi. This appointment becomes absolute thirty (30) days after the service of the Notice and publication of the Summons herein, unless you or someone on your behalf shall, before the expiration of the thirty (30) days after the service hereof, procure to be appointed for you a Guardian ad Litem to represent your interests in this action. NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Complaint was filed with the Clerk of Court for York County, SC on August 26, 2025. A copy of the Complaint is available for review and inspection by all interested persons. - Crystal L. Welton (SC#:102629), Attorney for Plaintiff, 2025 Ebenezer Road, Suite 113, Rock Hill, SC 29732, Phone: (803) 752-0922 IPL0369114 Aug 28,Sep 4,11 2026