START OF PAGE: 113 26-002869-TX - 2002 LONGBRIDGE RD, FORNEY, TX 75126 Obligation ed: Substitute Trustee: NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE . , ; The Property to be sold is described as. follows: LOT 4, BLOCK SS OF DEVONSHIRE PHASE 2C, A ADDITION TO KAUFMAN COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN CABINET 3, PAGE 383, OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF KAUFMAN COUNTY, TEXAS. Deed of Trust dated August 25, 2021 and recorded on August 26, 2021 as Instrument - Number 2021-0034434 in the real property records of KAUFMAN County, Texas, which contains a power of sale. aise ‘glist 04, 2026} at 10:00 AM, or not later than three hours thereafter, at the front steps of the Kaufman County Justice Center located at 1902 US Highway 175, Kaufman, TX 75142, or as designated by the County Commissioners Court. Public auction to highest bidder for cash. In accordance with Texas Property Code section 51.009, the Property will be sold as is, without any expressed or implied warranties, except as to warranties of title, and will be acquired by the purchaser at its own risk. In accordance _with Texas Property, Code section 51.0075, the substitute trustee reserves the right to set additional, reasonable conditions for conducting the sale and will announce the conditions before bidding is opened for the first sale of the day held by the substitute trustee. The Deed of Trust executed by CRAIG A. WICKLAND AND LEE R WICKLAND secures the repayment, of a Note dated August 25, 2021 in the amount of $390,000.00. ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC, whose address is c/o Rocket Mortgage, LLC s/b/m Nationstar Maorttgage LLC, 8950 Cypress Waters Blvd., Coppell, TX 75019, is the current mortgagee of the Deed of Trust and Note and Rocket Mortgage, LLC s/b/m Nationstar Mortgage LLC is the current mortgage servicer for the mortgagee. Pursuant to a sérvicing agreement and Texas Property Code section 51.0025, the mortgagee authorizes the mortgage servicer to administer the foreclosure on its belialf. In accordance with Texas Property Code section 51.0076 and the Security Instrument referenced above, mortgagee and mortgage servicer’s attormey appoint the substitute trustees listed below. UU 4880667 gs  START OF PAGE: 114 Substitute Trustee(s): Terry Waters, Bruce Miller, Ashlee Luna, Ramiro Cuevas, Patrick Zwiers, Shawn Schiller, Darla Boettcher, Lisa Bruno, Angie Uselton, Conrad Wallace, Tonya Washington, Misty McMillan, Tionna Hadnot, Jeff Benton, Brandy Bacon, Jack Beckman, Brenda Wiggs, Guy Wiggs, David Stockman, Donna Stockman, Janet Pinder, Michelle Schwartz, Jamie Dworsky, Angela Brown, Leslie Shuler, Randy Daniel, Cindy Daniel, Jim O° Bryant, Bonny Mounger, Robin Shelton, Angela Cooper, Auction.com, LLC, Dustin George THIS INSTRUMENT APPOINTS THE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE(S) IDENTIFIED TO SELL THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED: IN THE SECURITY INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIED IN THIS NOTICE OF SALE THE PERSON SIGNING: THIS NOTICE. IS THE ATTORNEY OR AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE MORTGAGEE OR _ MORTGAGE SERVICER. ASSERT AND PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED. STATES. IF YOU ARE OR YOUR SPOUSE IS SERVING ON: ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY, INCLUDING ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY AS A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD OR THE NATIONAL GUARD OF ANOTHER STATE: OR AS. A MEMBER OF A RESERVE COMPONENT OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, PLEASE SEND WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE; ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY SERVICE TO THE SENDER OF THIS NOTICE IMMEDIATELY. i fone | Donna, Jhedenrarnr Tromberg, Miller, Morris & Partners, PLLC Substitute Trustee(s): Terry Waters, Bruce Miller, Jonathan Andring, Attorney at Law Ashlee Luna, Ramiro Cuevas, Patrick Zwiers, Shawn - Melissa Brown, Attorney at Law Schiller, Darla Boettcher, Lisa Bruno, Angie Uselton, Yuri Han, Attomey at Law Conrad Wallace, Tonya Washington, Misty McMillan, Jake Troye, Attormey at Law . Tionna Hadnot, Jeff Benton, Brandy Bacon, Jack 6080 Tennyson Parkway Suite 100 . Beckman, Brenda Wiggs, Guy Wiggs, David “Plano, TX 75024 Stockman, Donna Stockman, Janet Pinder, Michelle Schwartz, Jamie Dworsky, Angela Brown, Leslie. Shuler, Randy Daniel, Cindy Daniel, Jim O’Bryant, Bonny Mounger, Robin Shelton, Angela Cooper, Auction.com, LLC, Dustin George c/o Tromberg, Miller, Morris & Partners, PLLC 6080 Tennyson Parkway Suite 100 Plano, TX 75024 Certificate of Posting 1, DonnaStockman =, declare ‘under penalty of perjury that on the ‘4th day of JULY, 20.2, I filed and posted this Notice of Foreclosure Sale in accordance with the requirements of KAUFMAN County, Texas and Texas Property Code sections 51. .002(b)(1) and‘51, 002(b)(2). \  START OF PAGE: 115 NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE 2 Ps DATE: JULY 13, 2026 : i NOTE: Note described as follows: _ Date: OCTOBER 25, 2023 = Maker: DAVID RAY WADE © NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY RIGHTS: IF YOU ARE A NATURAL PERSON. “YOU_MAY REMOVE OR STRIKE ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING RECORDS: YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER, NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE’S SALE AND APPOINTMENT OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEES THIS INSTRUMENT APPOINTS THE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE(S) IDENTIFIED TO SELL THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE SECURITY INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIED IN THIS NOTICE OF SALE THE PERSON SIGNING THIS NOTICE IS THE ATTORNEY OR AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE MORTGAGEE OR MORTGAGE SERVICER. Payee: THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF TEXAS Original Principal Amount: $477,000.00 DEED OF TRUST: Deed of Trust described as follows: Date: OCTOBER 25, 2023 Grantor: DAVID RAY WADE and MARTIN ALLAN WADE Trustee: PAUL R. PENNY, III Beneficiary: THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF TEXAS Recorded: DOCUMENT NO. 2023-0030870, Real Property Records, KAUFMAN County, Texas LENDER: THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF TEXAS BORROWER: DAVID RAY WADE PROPERTY: The property described as follows: THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN KAUFMAN COUNTY, TEXAS, AS DESCRIBED IN THE DEED OF TRUST AND IN EXHIBIT A, ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN FOR ALL PURPOSES, together with all buildings, structures, fixtures and improvements thereon and any and all appurtenances Page | of 4 107g ONVAANYY O38 4O SYRAL‘O aoa  START OF PAGE: 116 and rights thereto, S4VE AND EXCEPT ANY AND ALL LOTS OR PORTIONS THEREOF THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED OF RECORD BY THE HOLDER OF THE DEED OF TRUST. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE: RANDY DANIEL, CINDY DANIEL, JEFF BENTON, DAVID GARVIN Substitute Trustee’s Mailing Address: 5728 LBJ Freeway Suite 150 Dallas, Texas 75240 DATE AND TIME OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE OF PROPERTY: AUGUSTA; 2026xthe first Tuesday of the month, to commence at 10:00 AM, or within three (3) hours after that time. PLACE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S SALE OF PROPERTY: In KAUFMAN County, Texas, County Courthouse in the area designated by the Commissioners Court of such County, pursuant to Section 51.002 of the Texas Property Code (if no such place is designated, then the sale will take place in the area where this Notice of Substitute Trustee’s Sale is posted). RECITALS Default has occurred in the payment of the Note and/or in the performance of the obligations under the Deed of Trust that secures the Note. Because of this default, Lender, the owner and holder of the Note and the Deed of Trust lien under Texas Property Code Section 51.002, has requested that Substitute Trustee sell the Property according to the terms of the Deed of Trust and applicable law. Formal notice is now given of Lender’s election to proceed against and sell the real property described in the Deed of Trust, consistent with Lender’s rights and remedies under the Deed of Trust and applicable law. Therefore, notice is given that on the Date and Time of Substitute Trustee’s Sale of Property and at the Place of Substitute Trustee’s Sale of Property, I, as Substitute Trustee, or any other substitute trustee Lender may appoint, will sell the Property by public sale to the highest bidder for cash or acceptable certified funds, according to the Deed of Trust and applicable law. The sale and conveyance of the Property will be subject to all matters of record applicable to the Property that are superior to the Deed of Trust and to any permitted exceptions to title described in the Deed of Trust. Substitute Trustee has not made and will not make any covenants, representations, or warranties about the Property other than providing the successful bidder at the sale with a deed to the Property containing any warranties of title required by the Deed of Trust. The Property will be sold AS IS, WHERE IS, AND WITH ALL FAULTS. Page 2 of 4  START OF PAGE: 117 ASSERT AND PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. IF YOU ARE OR YOUR SPOUSE IS SERVING ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY, INCLUDING ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY AS A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD OR THE NATIONAL GUARD OF ANOTHER STATE OR AS_A MEMBER OF A RESERVE COMPONENT OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, PLEASE SEND WRITTEN NOTICE OF THE ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY SERVICE TO THE SENDER OF THIS NOTICE IMMEDIATELY. APPOINTMENT OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE DEED OF TRUST: Deed of Trust described as follows: Date: OCTOBER 25, 2023 Grantor: DAVID RAY WADE and MARTIN ALLAN WADE Trustee: PAUL R. PENNY, ITI Beneficiary: THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF TEXAS Recorded: DOCUMENT NO. 2023-0030870, Real Property Records, KAUFMAN County, Texas PROPERTY: The property described as follows: THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN KAUFMAN COUNTY, TEXAS, AS DESCRIBED IN THE DEED OF TRUST AND IN EXHIBIT A, ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN FOR ALL PURPOSES, together with all buildings, structures, fixtures and improvements thereon and any and all appurtenances and rights thereto, SAVE AND EXCEPT ANY AND ALL LOTS OR PORTIONS THEREOF THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED OF RECORD BY THE HOLDER OF THE DEED OF TRUST. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE: RANDY DANIEL, CINDY DANIEL, JEFF BENTON, DAVID GARVIN Substitute Trustee’s Mailing Address: c/o 5728 LBJ Freeway Suite 150 Dallas, Texas 75240 Each Substitute Trusteé is appointed effective as of JULY 13, 2026, pursuant to Texas Property Code § 51.0075 to succeed to all title, powers, and duties of the original or successor trustees under the Deed of Trust. Appointment of Substitute Trustees: By: __/s/ Michael P_ Menton Name: Michael P. Menton, Attorney for THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF TEXAS Page 3 of 4  START OF PAGE: 118 Name: Randy Daniel Substitute Trustee Page 4 of 4  START OF PAGE: 119 EXHIBIT "A" TRACT 1 BEING a tract of land situated in the Elizabeth Crane Survey, Abstract No. 77, Kaufman County, Texas, and being all of Tracts 4, 5 and 6 described in-deed to James E. Wade and wife, Frances C, Wade, as recorded in Volume 762, Page 594, Deed Records of Kaufman County, Texas, (D.R.K.C.T.), and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a 1/2 inch iron rod found for corner on the Southwest line of a tract of land described in deed to Paul M. Teinert.and Martha A. Teinert, as recorded in Instrument No. 2022-0024967, D.R.K.C.T., being the North corner of a tract of land described in deed to Penclope Sue Davis, as recorded in Instrument No. 2010-0020582, D.R.K.C.T,, and being the East corner of said tract described herein; THENCE South 45 degrees 45 minutes 35 seconds West, a distance of 1,412.61 feet to a point for corner lying on the Northeast right-of-way line of Farm to Market Road 1389, and being the West corner of a tract of land described in deed to Roger Smith and wife, Vickie Smith, as recorded in Instrument No. 2006-00024816, D.R.K.C.T., from which a 1/2 inch iron pipe found for reference bears North 28 degrees 27 minutes 27 seconds East, a distance of 0.52 feet; THENCE North 41 degrees 52 minutes 28 seconds West, along said right-of-way line, a distance of 208.09 feet to a point for corner being the South corner of Tract 2 of said Wade tract; THENCE North 45 degrees 45 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance of 1,397.83 feet to a point for corner on the Southwest line of said Teinert tract, from which a 1/2 inch iron rod found for reference bears North 11 degrees 07 minutes 03 seconds East, a distance of 2.44 feet; THENCE South 45 degrees 56 minutes 50 seconds East, a distance of 208.00 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING and containing 292,161 square feet or 6.707 acres of land. TRACT 2 BEING a tract of land situated in the Elizabeth Crane Survey, Abstract No. 77, Kaufman County, Texas, and being all of Tracts.4, 5 and 6 described in deed to James E. Wade and wife, Frances C. Wade, as recorded in Volume 762, Page 594, Deed Records of Kaufman County, Texas, (D.R.K.C.T.), and being more particularly described as follows: COMMENCING at a 3/8 inch iron rod found for corner on the Southwest line of a tract of land described in deed to Joseph Stephens and Glenda Stephens, husband and wife, as recorded in Volume 1897, Page 129, D.R.K.C.T., being the East corner of a tract of land described in deed to Jess Shipley and wife, Vicki Shipley, as recorded in Voluine 1296, Page 0850, D.R.K.C.T., and being the North corner of Tract 3 of said Wade tract;  START OF PAGE: 120 THENCE South 45 degrees 56 minutes 50 seconds East, passing a 5/8 inch iron rod found online for reference and continuing for a total distance of 208.00 feet to a point for corner on the Southwest line of a tract of land described in deed to Paul M. Teinert and Martina A. Teinert, as recorded in Instrument No. 2022-0024967, D.R.K.C.T, being the PLACE OF BEGINNING and being the North corner of said tract described herein; THENCE South 45 degrees 56 minutes 50 seconds East, a distance of 208.00 feet to a point for corner being the North corner of Tract 1 of said Wade tract, from which a 1/2 inch iron rod found for reference bears North 11 degrees 07 minutes 03 seconds East,.a distance of 2.44 feet; THENCE South 45 degrees 45 minutes 35 seconds West, a distance of 1,397.83 feet to a point for corner on the Northeast right-of-way line of Farm to Market Road 1389; THENCE North 41 degrees 52 minutes 28 seconds West, a distance of 208.09 feet to a point for corner being the South corner of Tract 3 of said Wade tract; THENCE North 45 degrees 45 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance of 1,383.04 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING and containing 289,088 square feet or 6.637 acres of land, TRACT 3 BEING a tract of land situated in the Elizabeth Crane Survey, Abstract No. 77, Kaufman County, Texas, and being all of Tracts 4, 5 and 6 described in deed to James E. Wade and wife, Frances C. Wade, as recorded in Volume 762, Page 594, Deed Records of Kaufman County, Texas, (D.R.K.C.T.), and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a 3/8 inch iron red found for corner on the Southwest line of a tract of land described in deed to Joseph Stephens and Glenda Stephens, husband and wife, as recorded in Volume 1897, Page 129, D.R.K.C.T., being the East corner of a tract of land described in deed to Jess Shipley and wife, Vicki Shipley, as recorded in Volume 1296, Page 0850, D.R.K.C.T., and being the North corner of said tract described herein; THENCE South 45 degrees 56 minutes 50 seconds East, passing a 5/8 inch iron red found online for reference and continuing for a total distance of 208.00 feet to a point for corner being on the Southwest line of a tract of land described in deed to Paul M. Teinert and Martina A. Teinert, as recorded in Instrument No. 2022-0024967, D.R.K.C.T, and being the North corner of Tract 2 of said Wade tract; THENCE South 45 degrees 45 minutes 35 seconds West, a distance of 1,383.04 feet to a point for corner on the Northeast right-of-way line of Farm to Market Road 1389; THENCE North 41 degrees 52 minutes 28 seconds West, a distance of 208.09 feet to a point for corner being the South corner of said Shipley tract, from which a 1/2 inch iron rod found for reference bears North 21 degrees 51 minutes 46 seconds East, a distance of 1.13 feet;  START OF PAGE: 121 THENCE North 45 degrees 45 minutes 35 seconds East, a distance of 1,368.25 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING and containing 286,014 square feet or 6.567 acres of land.