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Had the late Atty. Billy C. Coleman (Saluda, SC) and his cohorts [including Atty. Kathy O. Rushton (Saluda, SC); ATTY. CHRISTIAN G. SPRADLEY (MOORE TAYLOR LAW FIRM, PA, SALUDA, SC); Atty. Henrietta Gill (Leesville, SC); the late Richard "Dick" Clark (Coleman's friend, Leesville, SC); & Bobbie Jo Clark (Clark's wife, Leesville, SC)], not been involved in the outright taking & then secret selling on 3/28/2014 of the I(E)rvings' heirs property in Saluda, SC, then the 185+ U.S. residing descendants of David & Sallie Mae (Williams) Irving (Saluda, SC), would have climaxed their grand celebration of the 100th year of ownership of their property on 11/ 28/18.
Coleman & Clark, in befriending the I(E)rving family for years, got to know the Irving's 13 children & also their children very well. David & Sallie Mae's sons hunted & fished lots of times with both Coleman & Clark on the I(E)rvings' property which was purchased by David & Sallie Mae on 11/28/17 for $2,750.00 in cash from Mrs. Eva Lou Mitchell (Saluda, SC). Coleman was, at one time, even the legal counselor for the entire I(E)rving family.
Coleman & Clark forced the I(E)rvings into a decade-long (2004 -2014) court battle where they & their cohorts continuously attacked & tormented the family, especially targeting some of the weak, sick & mentally incompetent I(E)rving family members. In order to destroy the I(E)rvings' original 1917 deed, Coleman & Clark filed in the Saluda Court House records, a number of erroneous court documents along with nine falsified and/or questionable deeds they made up from 17 transactions that they executed.
After Clark's death & Coleman's retirement, Attys. Rushton, SPRADLEY & Gill dutifully continued to try & take the I(E)rvings' land. Without one of the 185+ I(E)rving family members knowing, Rushton, serving as the Judge/Special Referee, eventually used a 2008 untruthful complaint written & filed by SPRADLEY, to quiet title & then sell, on 3/28/14, the I(E)rvings 110 acres of Saluda farmland to Randy A. Barnes & Adam T. Barnes (Barnes Oil & Propane, Batesburg, SC) for supposedly $201,000.00. No notification or paperwork regarding this sale of their property was received by the I(E)rvings until nearly a month after it's occurrence. To this day, the I(E)rvings have no idea who cut down and took the timber (having grown for over twenty years) & the 14 pecan trees (planted between 1917-1929) that were on their property.
At a so-called "supplemental hearing" held on 4/22/14, in a backroom of the Saluda Courthouse, SPRADLEY then presented the I(E)rving family with his Disbursement Explanations (Exhibits A & B) that included his made up monetary distribution amounts, incorrect mathematical calculation, misspellings, I(E)rving family name omissions as well as other errors. He assigned $100,464.67 to a plaintiff with no name & $57, 312.12 to the attorneys/law firm where he worked (MOORE, TAYLOR & THOMAS, P.A., SALUDA, SC). Even Gill, serving as the Guardian ad litem (GAL) who couldn't even tell the I(E)rvings the name of one I(E)rving family member she had been an advocate for during this decade-long case, was included to be paid for services rendered. Only three living members of the I(E)rving family were assigned a total of $27,813.88 along with three deceased members of the I(E)rving family assigned $15,449.33. Rushton, without even examining or questioning the Exhibits, signed the final Order which was "improper" & had Spradley file it in courthouse records before the hearing ended. The I(E)rving family, to this day, has no final document(s) or clear idea as to what these attorneys exactly did with all of the money from the sale of their property.
"So, why are these lawyers & their cohorts, five years after committing this most atrocious criminal act upon the I(E)rving family, still walking around free?"

HEIRS PROPERTY OUTRIGHT TAKEN & SOLD FOR LEGAL PROFESSIONALS’ SELF-PROFIT

My family had 110 acres of farmland in Saluda, SC which they had owned since 1917. Then, in 2003, Atty. Billy C. Coleman, (Saluda, SC) & his friend Richard “Dick” Clark (Leesville, SC) decided to execute a most devious plot to take our family's property. Between 2003-2008, Coleman & Clark lied, cheated, filed false court documents, & also publicly harassed & embarrassed my family. When Clark got sick/died & Coleman retired, Atty. Kathy O. Rushton (Saluda, SC), the Judge/Special Referee along with Atty. Henrietta Gill (Leesville, SC) the GAL & Atty. Christian G. Spradley (Saluda, SC), a co-worker with Coleman at Moore Taylor Law Firm P.A., Saluda, SC, got heavily involved in carrying out this plot & without my family's knowledge, they sold our property on 3/28/14. Then, in April 2014, they worked together to distribute only a small fraction of the proceeds from this sale to only SOME of my family. Majority of money was kept for their self-profit.

Debrah J. Taylor Greene 4/16/2019

My family had 110 acres of farmland in Saluda, SC which they had proudly and happily owned since 1917. Then, in 2003, Attorney Billy C. Coleman,(former affiliate of Moore Taylor & Thomas) with one of his friends, decided to execute a most devious plot to take our family's property from us. Between 2003-2008, Coleman, along with his friend, lied, cheated, filed false court documents, and also publicly harassed and embarrassed my family. When Coleman decided to retire from practice and his friend got sick (and soon thereafter died), he got three other Saluda area lawyers (the lawyer acting as Judge/Special Referee, the GAL, and Christian G. Spradley who is currently still affiliated with Moore Taylor & Thomas) to carry out this most devious plot with their continuation of even more lies, misuse of court procedures, falsifying of court documents, and degradation of my family. In December 2013, this trio decided to just finally outright take my family's property. Without my family's knowledge, they sold our property on March 28, 2014. Then, in April 2014, they distributed only a small fraction of the proceeds from this sale to only SOME of my family members (knowingly, they intentionally omitted distributing any funds to some of my family's rightful heirs). For their own self-profit, these legal professionals then kept the majority of the money from their outright taking and then selling of my family's heirs property. *** Thelma Joyce Irving Taylor [87-Year-Old I(E)rving family matriarch]

My family had 110 acres of farmland in Saluda, SC which they had proudly and happily owned since 1917. Then, in 2003, Attorney Billy C. Coleman,(former affiliate of Moore Taylor & Thomas) with one of his friends, decided to execute a most devious plot to take our family's property from us. Between 2003-2008, Coleman, along with his friend, lied, cheated, filed false court documents, and also publicly harassed and embarrassed my family. When Coleman decided to retire from practice and his friend got sick (and soon thereafter died), he got three other Saluda area lawyers (the lawyer acting as Judge/Special Referee, the GAL, and Christian G. Spradley who is currently still affiliated with Moore Taylor & Thomas) to carry out this most devious plot with their continuation of even more lies, misuse of court procedures, falsifying of court documents, and degradation of my family. In December 2013, this trio decided to just finally outright take my family's property. Without my family's knowledge, they sold our property on March 28, 2014. Then, in April 2014, they distributed only a small fraction of the proceeds from this sale to only SOME of my family members (knowingly, they intentionally omitted distributing any funds to some of my family's rightful heirs). For their own self-profit, these legal professionals then kept the majority of the money from their outright taking and then selling of my family's heirs property. Thelma Joyce Irving Taylor [87-Year-Old I(E)rving family matriarch]

I had Christian Spradley as my attorney and not only was he not a good attorney but he was rude. His office gives you the run around. It took him forever to even get my paperwork started and on top of that he's horrifically more expensive than everyone else! If I were you I would spend my money elsewhere!