PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUST
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9/16/2026
Claiborne Progress
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PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
WHEREAS, by Deed of Trust recorded in the Register’s Office for Claiborne County, Tennessee, in Book 1494, Page 451, on April 6, 2018, Preston Brock, a single person conveyed to Joseph B. Pitt, Jr., Trustee, the hereinafter described real property, to secure the payment of one Promissory Note dated March 30, 2018 in the amount of Fifty Thousand Three Hundred Forty Four Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($50,344.00) to Home Federal Bank Corporation n/k/a Hearthside Bank Corporation, all as fully set forth in said Deed of Trust and Promissory Note; and
WHEREAS, by an Appointment of Substitute Trustee dated August 3, 2026 and recorded in Book 1716, Page 701, in the Register’s Office for Claiborne County, Tennessee, on August 13, 2026, Joseph G. Coker was appointed Substitute Trustee of said Deed of Trust in the place and stead of Joseph B. Pitt, Jr.; and
WHEREAS, default has been made in the payment of the above referenced indebtedness, and other provisions of the Trust Deed have been violated, and the legal holder of the Promissory Note secured by the said Trust Deed has declared the entire amount due and payable as provided in said Trust Deed, and the undersigned, as Substitute Trustee, has been directed to foreclose the aforesaid Trust Deed in accordance with the terms thereof, and the public is hereby notified that the undersigned Substitute Trustee will sell the hereinafter described real estate at public auction, to the highest and best bidder, for cash in hand, on the front steps of the Claiborne County Courthouse in New Tazewell, Tennessee, at 12:00 Noon on October 9, 2026, said property to be sold in bar of the equity of redemption.
Subject lands are set forth as follows:
Situate in District No. Six (6) of Claiborne County, Tennessee, and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a set stone on Pearman Road and at the Marvin Sharp and Carl Keck property line and running with the Sharp and keck line 218 feet in an Easterly direction to a set steel stake; thence in a Northerly direction 200 feet to a steel stake; thence in a Westerly direction 218 feet to the Pearman Road and a steel stake; thence in a Southerly direction 200 feet to the beginning point a the Carl Keck and Marvin Sharp beginning corner and starting point. Containing one (1) acre, more or less.
This conveyance is subject to any and all restrictions, easements, setback line, conditions, plat of record, and encumbrances of record in the Register’s Office for Claiborne County, Tennessee.
Being the same property conveyed to Preston Brock from Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, by Special Warranty Deed dated February 28, 2018, and recorded in Book 1494, Page 446, in the Register’s Office for Claiborne County, Tennessee, on April 6, 2018.
Records in the Property Assessor’s Office for Claiborne County, Tennessee, identify the above described property as follows: Control Map and Parcel 40-17.01.
Subject property is located at 811 Pearman Road, Cumberland Gap, Tennessee 37724
This sale will be free from the equitable right of redemption under the laws of the State of Tennessee, homestead, dower and other exemptions, the same having been waived in said Trust Deed, and will be subject to all unpaid taxes and subject to any easements and restrictions or prior liens or mortgages of record, if any. If the highest bidder is unable to comply with the terms of the sale, I reserve the right to proceed to the next highest bidder able to comply or to re-advertise if I so choose. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of sale to another date and time certain without further publication upon announcement at the time set above. The holder of the Promissory Note shall have the right to bid at said sale.
This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the Lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.
To the best of the Substitute Trustee’s knowledge, information, and belief, there are no Federal or State tax lien claimants or other claimants upon the subject property which would require notice pursuant to the terms and provisions of T.C.A. § 35-5-104 or T.C.A.§ 67-1-1433 or 26 U.S.C. §7425.
This 9th day of September, 2026.
/s/ Joseph G. Coker
Joseph G. Coker, Substitute Trustee
Claiborne Progress:
Sept. 16, 23 and 30, 2026
FC/BROCK, P.
NOTICE OF
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
WHEREAS, by Deed of Trust recorded in the Register’s Office for Claiborne County, Tennessee, in Book 1494, Page 451, on April 6, 2018, Preston Brock, a single person conveyed to Joseph B. Pitt, Jr., Trustee, the hereinafter described real property, to secure the payment of one Promissory Note dated March 30, 2018 in the amount of Fifty Thousand Three Hundred Forty Four Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($50,344.00) to Home Federal Bank Corporation n/k/a Hearthside Bank Corporation, all as fully set forth in said Deed of Trust and Promissory Note; and
WHEREAS, by an Appointment of Substitute Trustee dated August 3, 2026 and recorded in Book 1716, Page 701, in the Register’s Office for Claiborne County, Tennessee, on August 13, 2026, Joseph G. Coker was appointed Substitute Trustee of said Deed of Trust in the place and stead of Joseph B. Pitt, Jr.; and
WHEREAS, default has been made in the payment of the above referenced indebtedness, and other provisions of the Trust Deed have been violated, and the legal holder of the Promissory Note secured by the said Trust Deed has declared the entire amount due and payable as provided in said Trust Deed, and the undersigned, as Substitute Trustee, has been directed to foreclose the aforesaid Trust Deed in accordance with the terms thereof, and the public is hereby notified that the undersigned Substitute Trustee will sell the hereinafter described real estate at public auction, to the highest and best bidder, for cash in hand, on the front steps of the Claiborne County Courthouse in New Tazewell, Tennessee, at 12:00 Noon on October 9, 2026, said property to be sold in bar of the equity of redemption.
Subject lands are set forth as follows:
Situate in District No. Six (6) of Claiborne County, Tennessee, and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a set stone on Pearman Road and at the Marvin Sharp and Carl Keck property line and running with the Sharp and keck line 218 feet in an Easterly direction to a set steel stake; thence in a Northerly direction 200 feet to a steel stake; thence in a Westerly direction 218 feet to the Pearman Road and a steel stake; thence in a Southerly direction 200 feet to the beginning point a the Carl Keck and Marvin Sharp beginning corner and starting point. Containing one (1) acre, more or less.
This conveyance is subject to any and all restrictions, easements, setback line, conditions, plat of record, and encumbrances of record in the Register’s Office for Claiborne County, Tennessee.
Being the same property conveyed to Preston Brock from Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, by Special Warranty Deed dated February 28, 2018, and recorded in Book 1494, Page 446, in the Register’s Office for Claiborne County, Tennessee, on April 6, 2018.
Records in the Property Assessor’s Office for Claiborne County, Tennessee, identify the above described property as follows: Control Map and Parcel 40-17.01.
Subject property is located at 811 Pearman Road, Cumberland Gap, Tennessee 37724
This sale will be free from the equitable right of redemption under the laws of the State of Tennessee, homestead, dower and other exemptions, the same having been waived in said Trust Deed, and will be subject to all unpaid taxes and subject to any easements and restrictions or prior liens or mortgages of record, if any. If the highest bidder is unable to comply with the terms of the sale, I reserve the right to proceed to the next highest bidder able to comply or to re-advertise if I so choose. The right is reserved to adjourn the day of sale to another date and time certain without further publication upon announcement at the time set above. The holder of the Promissory Note shall have the right to bid at said sale.
This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the Lender or Substitute Trustee. This sale may be rescinded at any time. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Substitute Trustee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.
To the best of the Substitute Trustee’s knowledge, information, and belief, there are no Federal or State tax lien claimants or other claimants upon the subject property which would require notice pursuant to the terms and provisions of T.C.A. § 35-5-104 or T.C.A.§ 67-1-1433 or 26 U.S.C. §7425.
This 9th day of September, 2026.
/s/ Joseph G. Coker
Joseph G. Coker, Substitute Trustee
Claiborne Progress:
Sept. 16, 23 and 30, 2026
FC/BROCK, P.