McDowell County Courthouse News: June 15–19, 2026

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES ISSUED

Seth Michael Tackett & Montana Faith Meadows

Phillip Herbert Blankenship & Maria Ann Frazier

Jacob Dale Pruitt & Cindi Nicole Fox

James Nathaniel Newsome & Rebecca Susan Goss

DEATH CERTIFICATES ISSUED

Richard David Marushia Jr.

Raymond Blankenship

Lorene Hale

Doris Gail Dotson

LAND TRANSFERS

Roy Anthony Lester and Alice Lester → Bobby Tyler Speer
1 acre, more or less, Sandy River District. Consideration: $20,000.00 (Deed dated: July 13, 2025)

William Edwards → Sam Baker
Part of Lot No. 11, Kimball Corporation District. Consideration: $5,000.00 (Deed dated: June 5, 2026)

Premier Park Association → Tina Payne
Lot No. 11, Premier Park (portion only), Browns Creek District (Deed dated: April 19, 2026)

Premier Park Association → Ronnie Auville
Lot No. 12, 0.10 acre (portion only), Browns Creek District (Deed dated: April 19, 2026)

Anna R. Ziegler, Substitute Trustee → Blue Spring House Works LLC
Lot No. 16, Block No. 6, Houston Addition, City of Welch, Welch Corporation District. Consideration: $51,000.00 (Deed dated: June 8, 2026)

Kevin Chaffins and Scarlet Chaffins → McDowell County Commission
Lot No. 106, Marytown, Browns Creek District. Consideration: $71,000.00 (Deed dated: June 15, 2026)

Edward Lane → Howard Johnson and Jessica Johnson
Lot No. 63, Twin Branch (1977 12×65 mobile home), Browns Creek District. Right of survivorship. Consideration: $1,000.00 (Deed dated: June 15, 2026)

Phil Allen Akers and Mary Jane Akers → Mary Jane Akers
Property situated in the Bartley Raysal Subdivision, Big Creek District. Husband-to-wife transfer (Deed dated: May 19, 2026)

James N. Rowe and Angguna R. Rowe → Nicole Andina Rowe
5.00 surface acres, Woosley Branch, Parcel 31, Sandy River District. Gift from parents to daughter (Deed dated: June 15, 2026)

Angguna R. Rowe → James Nicholas Rowe
Parcel on Bradshaw Creek, surface-only tract, and Lots 3 & 4, Block 7, Town of Bradshaw, Bradshaw Corporation District. Conveyance pursuant to divorce order (Deed dated: June 15, 2026)

Jessica Chloe Lester → Stanley Lee Hagerman
1 acre, more or less, Groundhog Branch of Bradshaw Creek, Sandy River District. Consideration: $8,000.00 (Deed dated: May 22, 2026)

Walter Ryan Deskins and Jared Alex Deskins → Walter Ryan Deskins and Jared Alex Deskins
Property in Sandy River and Big Creek districts. Deed between brothers with right of survivorship (Deed dated: Jan. 2, 2026)

R.C. Mustard and Margaret M. Mustard → R.L. Whitt
1.82 acres, Adkin District (Deed dated: March 29, 1921)

Randall Johnson → Howard S. Johnson Jr.
Lots 68 and 69, Village of Marytown, Browns Creek District. Consideration: $500.00 (Deed dated: July 6, 2018)

Lila Newcomb → Jessica L. Johnson and Howard S. Johnson Jr.
Lot No. 6, Village of Marytown, Browns Creek District. Mother-to-daughter and son-in-law transfer (Deed dated: Oct. 2, 2019)