NORTH CAROLINA MADISON COUNTY   Special Proceedings No. 25SP000030-560 Substitute Trustee: Philip A. Glass   NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE       Date of Sale: January 13, 2026 Time of Sale: 11:30 a.m. Place of Sale: Madison County Courthouse Description of Property: See Attached Description Record Owners: Elizabeth J. Wilds Address of Property: 56 Walnut Creek Road                                  Marshall, NC 28753   Deed of Trust: Book : 655 Page: 432 Dated: August 15, 2018 Grantors: Elizabeth J. Wilds Original Beneficiary: State Employees' Credit Union   CONDITIONS OF SALE:   This sale is made subject to all unpaid taxes and superior liens or encumbrances of record and assessments, if any, against the said property, and any recorded leases. This sale is also subject to any applicable county land transfer tax, and the successful third party bidder shall be required to make payment for any such county land transfer tax. The property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale "AS IS, WHERE IS." THERE ARE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES relating to the title or to any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition are expressly disclaimed. A cash deposit of 5% of the purchase price will be required at the time of the sale. Remote bidding will not be accepted pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes Section 45-21.25 (a). Credit bids on behalf of the Noteholder will be accepted. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance of the purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price so bid at that time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statutes Section 45-21.30 (d) and (e). This sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law. Residential real property with less than 15 rental units, including single-family residential real property: an order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.   Dated: 10/16/25                                        ?                                                                                                    Philip A. Glass, Substitute Trustee                                      Nodell, Glass & Haskell, L.L.P. Posted on 10/16/25   Exhibit A   THE FOLLOWING LAND AND PROPERTY, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED THEREON, LYING IN MADISON COUNTY, NC TO WIT:   ALL THAT CERTAIN 2.70 ACRE, MORE OR LESS, TRACT OF LAND, LYING AND BEING IN NO. 1 TOWNSHIP NORTH, MADISON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND IN THE TOWN OF MARSHALL, BEING BOUND ON THE NORTH BY W. CLINE CROWE LANDS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 187, PAGE 17, EAST BY PLEMMONS ESTATE, SOUTH BY CHARLES CROWE LAND DESCRIBED IN BOOK 93, PAGE 172 AND WEST BY THE MARGIN OF THE PAVEMENT OF WALNUT CREEK ROAD, STATE ROAD 1395, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED ACCORDING TO A SURVEY AND PLAT THEREOF ENTITLED A SURVEY FOR KAREN ANN YOUNG AND ALAN NEAL YOUNG, DATED SEPTEMBER 1, 1995, PREPARED BY RAYBUM A. REEVES, RLS, AS FOLLOWS:   BEGINNING AT A RAILROAD SPIKE FOUND ON THE MARGIN OF THE PAVEMENT OF WALNUT CREEK ROAD, THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE CHARLES CROWE LANDS DESCRIBED IN BOOK 93, PAGE 172, AND RUNS THENCE WITH THE LINE OF THAT TRACT SOUTH 60-32-00 EAST 92.58 FEET TO AN IRON PIN FOUND, SOUTH 58-44-00 EAST 385.24 FEET TO A DOUBLE BLACK OAK AT A FENCE, CORNER TO PLEMMONS ESTATE, THENCE WITH THE FENCE, RIDGE AND LINE OF THAT TRACT, NORTH 58-30-00 EAST 281.17 FEET TO A 20 INCH OAK, COMMON CORNER TO W. CLINE CROWE; THENCE WITH THE LINE OF THAT TRACT. NORTH 63-54-00 WEST, PASSING AN IRON PIN FOUND AT 442.80 FEET, A TOTAL DISTANCE OF 600.5 FEET TO A RAILROAD SPIKE FOUND AT THE EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT OF WALNUT CREEK ROAD; THENCE WITH THE EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT OF SAID ROAD. SOUTH 30-27-00 WEST 132.3 FEET TO A NAIL FOUND AND SOUTH 40-01-00 WEST 67.59 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.   THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO ELIZABETH J. WILDS, SINGLE, DATED 06/06/2018 AND RECORDED ON 06/13/2018 IN BOOK 651, PAGE 478, IN THE MADISON COUNTY RECORDERS OFFICE.   Subject to easements, restrictions and rights of way of record, and utility lines and rights of way in existence over, under or upon the above-described property.   PIN: 9706-87-2558 Property Address: 56 Walnut Creek Rd. Marshall, NC 28753 December 31, 2025 and January 7, 2026. #11886670