PUBLIC NOTICE

NORTH CAROLINA
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE
DISTRICT COURT DIVISION
FILE NO. 20CvD000215-650
COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON Plaintiff, vs. DAVID HOWARD LEE HORTON, et al Defendants. 
NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

TO: WANDA MELISSA HORTON and any HEIRS, ASSIGNS, or DEVISEES of WANDA MELISSA HORTON or any other person or entity claiming thereunder
A pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action and notice of service of process by publication began on October 14, 2026.
The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Foreclosure on tax parcel(s) more completely described in the Complaint, to collect delinquent ad valorem taxes (assessments). Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claim or interest that you may have in said property.
You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than forty (40) days after the date of the first publication of notice stated above, exclusive of such date, being forty (40) days after October 14, 2026, or by November 23, 2026, and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service of process by publication will apply to the Court for relief sought.
This the 7th day of October, 2026.
ZACCHAEUS LEGAL SERVICES
By: _________________________
Mark D. Bardill/Mark B. Bardill
Attorney for Plaintiff
NC Bar #12852/56782
310 W. Jones St.
P. O. Box 25
Trenton, North Carolina 28585
Telephone: (252) 448-4541                 
Publication dates:
October 14, 2026
October 21, 2026
October 28, 2026

Roanoke-Chowan:
Oct. 14, 21 and 28, 2026
20CVD000215-650/LEE