Eunice News
July 16, 2026
PUBLIC NOTICE
SHERIFF’S SALE
ASSURANCE FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC
VS.
KIARA JAKISHA COOPER-HICKS THROUGH COURT APPOINTED CURATOR AMBER L. VIDRINE
NO. 25-C-01371-D, CIVIL DOCKET, 27TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
ST. LANDRY PARISH, LOUISIANA
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT BY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE ISSUED OUT OF THE HONORABLE, THE 27TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF LOUISIANA, IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED AND NUMBERED CAUSE AND TO ME DIRECTED, I HAVE SEIZED AND TAKEN INTO MY POSSESSION AND WILL OFFER FOR SALE TO THE LAST AND HIGHEST BIDDER, ACCORDING TO LAW, COMMENCING AT THE LEGAL HOUR OF 10:00 A.M. AT THE PRINCIPAL FRONT DOOR OF THE COURTHOUSE AT OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA ON WEDNESDAY, THE 19TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2026, THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY, TO WIT:
A CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES AND APPURTENANCES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, CONTAINING 1.326 ACRES, LOCATED IN EUNICE, ST. LANDRY PARISH, LOUISIANA, SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 1 WEST, ST. LANDRY PARISH, LOUISIANA, WHICH SAID PROPERTY HAS A FRONTAGE OF 300 FEET ON MAPLE AVENUE, BY A DEPTH RUNNING SOUTH BETWEEN PARALLEL LINES A DISTANCE OF 192.5 FEET, ALL SHOWN BY REFERENCE TO A MAP OF SURVEY MADE FOR HAROD GOURNAY, DATED MARCH 15, 1972, SIGNED BY LINDSEY J. AUCOIN, CIVIL ENGINEER, A COPY OF WHICH SAID PLAT IS ATTACHED TO A CASH SALE FROM THAYER MAY GOURNAY ET AL TO HAROLD A. GOURNAY RECORDED MARCH 23, 1972, IN CONVEYANCE BOOK H-18, PAGE 262, AS ORIGINAL ACT NO. 561902, CLERK OF COURT RECORDS, ST. LANDRY PARISH, LOUISIANA; AND WHICH SAID PROPERTY IS BOUNDED, NOW OR FORMERLY, AS FOLLOWS: NORTH BY MAPLE AVENUE; SOUTH AND WEST BY THE HEIRS OF CORBET A. GOURNAY; AND EAST BY UNIVERSITY STREET; AND BEING THE SAME PROPERTY WHICH HAROLD A. GOURNAY ACQUIRED FROM THAYER MAY GOURNAY ET AL BY CASH SALE RECORDED MARCH 23, 1972, IN CONVEYANCE BOOK H-18, PAGE 262, AS ORIGINAL ACT NO. 561902, CLERK OF COURT RECORDS, ST. LANDRY PARISH, LOUISIANA;
LESS AND EXCEPT THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF LAND BELIEVED TO CONTAIN .35 ACRE(S) SOLD BY HAROLD A. GOURNAY TO CLAUDE J. OUELLETTE AND LINDA BELLARD OUELLETTE BY ACT OF CREDIT SALE SIGNED ON MAY 21, 2018, AND FILED ON MAY 22, 2018, UNDER ACT NUMBER 1173930 IN THE CONVEYANCE RECORDS OF THE ST. LANDRY PARISH CLERK OF COURT. SUCH PROPERTY MORE FULLY DESCRIBED AS: A CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES AND APPURTENANCES THEREUNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, CONTAINING 0.35 ACRES, SITUATED IN THE CITY OF EUNICE, ST. LANDRY PARISH, LOUISIANA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS “0.35 ACRES” ON A CERTAIN MAP OF SURVEY ENTITLED, “PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED SHOWING A 0.35 ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN SECTION 35, T-6-S, R-1-W, ST. LANDRY PARISH, LOUISIANA”, DATED JANUARY 22, 2018, PREPARED BY AUCOIN & ASSOCIATES, INC., SAID PROPERTY BEING BOUNDED, NOW OR FORMERLY, AS FOLLOWS: NORTH BY MAPLE AVENUE; SOUTH BY CLAUDE J. OUELLETTE AND LINDA BELLARD OUELLETTE AND BAYOU STATE INVESTMENT; EAST BY HAROLD A. GOURNAY; AND WEST BY BAYOU STATE INVESTMENT.
PROPERTY ADDRESS IS BELIEVED TO BE:
101 LSU-EAST DRIVE, EUNICE, LA 70535
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE:
CASH WITH BENEFIT OF APPRAISEMENT TO PAY AND SATISFY THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT AND 75/100 ($139,858.75) DOLLARS, TOGETHER WITH INTEREST AT THE RATE OF SIX AND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-NINE THOUSANDTHS (6.499%) PERCENT, PER ANNUM THEREON FROM FEBRUARY 1, 2025 UNTIL PAID AND ATTORNEY FEES OF TWENTY-FIVE (25%), PERCENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, AS WELL AS ALL OTHER COSTS OF THIS SUIT.
ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF’S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY THE FULL PURCHASE AMOUNT.
BOBBY J. GUIDROZ, SHERIFF
ST. LANDRY PARISH, LOUISIANA
(PUBLISH: JULY 16 & AUGUST 16, 2026 (2T) COST: $189.00
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