NOTICE OF SALE STATE OF TEXAS § BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE § AND BY VIRTURE OF TAX WARRANTS SMITH COUNTY § ISSUED JUNE 8, 2026 AND JUNE 9, 2026 § DATED JUNE 24, 2026 and issued pursuant to judgment decree(s) of the District Court of Smith 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 June 24, 2026, seized, levied upon, and will, on the first Tuesday in August, 2026, the same being the 4th day of said month, Pursuant to Texas Tax Code 34.01, and as further provided in the Resolution To Allow Online Auctions For Tax Foreclosure Sales, Tax Resales And To Adopt Rules Governing Online Auctions adopted by vote of Commissioners Court of Smith County, Texas, on September 13, 2022, and recorded as instrument number 202201036814 in the Official Real Property Records of Smith County, Texas. The sale shall be conducted as an ONLINE AUCTION at the following URL: https://smith.texas.sheriffsaleauctions.com, between the hours of 10 o’clock a.m. and 4 o’clock p.m. on said day, beginning at 10:00 AM, 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 Smith and the State of Texas, to-wit: 25,925-B, Account No(s). 100000077500010000, LINDALE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. LEE ERNEST GREEN, ET AL, ABST A0775 J POTTER TRACT 00010 SEE NOTES (000002.8000), with an adjudged value of $43,386.00 26,755-B, Account No(s). 100000001201172000, ARP INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. BONNIE WILSON, ET AL, ABST A0012 J JORDAN TRACT 172 (000003.0000), with an adjudged value of $196,659.00 THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES WAS STRUCK-OFF AT A PREVIOUS TAX SALE & IS NOW BEING OFFERED FOR RE-SALE 25,478-A, Account No(s). 180510000000006500, VAN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. STEVEN BARRON, AKA STEPHEN RAY BARRON, ET AL, HOLIDAY PINES LOT 65 (000000.0000), with an adjudged value of $5,749.00 26,750-C, Account No(s). 100000091700004010, ARP INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. A B CHILDS, ABST A0917 D SHAW TRACT 4A AKA OLD TRACT 01200 (000001.0000), with an adjudged value of $10,560.00 27,242-C, Account No(s). 100000024000002000, WINONA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. EVELYN JEWELL MECASKEY, ESTATE, ET AL, ABST A0240 J CRAWFORD TRACT 2 TR00002 (000001.5000), with an adjudged value of $60,750.00 27,726-A, Account No(s). 140000005100006000, TROUP INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. JAMES E HOLLIS, ET AL, CITY OF TROUP BLOCK 51 LOT 6-9 (000000.0000), with an adjudged value of $18,453.00 TAX WARRANT ISSUED JUNE 8, 2026 27,635-C, Account No(s). 100000039300013000, LINDALE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. RICKY THOMPKINS, ABST A0393 S GRAVES TRACT 13 (000001.0000), with an adjudged value of $50,320.00 TAX WARRANT ISSUED JUNE 9, 2026 27,638-C, Account No(s). 100000072900009001, WINONA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, ET AL VS. ANTHONY GLEN EDWARDS, ABST A0729 D WHITE TRACT 9.1 (000000.7410), with an adjudged value of $90,340.00 TAX WARRANT ISSUED JUNE 8, 2026 28,097-C, Account No(s). 181040000600005000, SMITH COUNTY, ET AL VS. WILLIAM PAUL BAGNIEFSKI, ET AL, ROLLINGWOOD HILLS BLOCK 06 LOT/SPACE 00005 LT00005 BL06 (000000.0000), with an adjudged value of $19,983.00 (any volume and page references, unless otherwise indicated, being to the Deed Records, Smith 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 SMITH 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 SMITH COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE SALE. Dated at Tyler, Texas, June 24, 2026 /s/ Larry R. Smith Sheriff Larry R. Smith Smith County, Texas By /s/ Tina Glover Deputy 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 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) 597-2897