By Walter Williams, syndicated columnist
If you're a poor adult in America, for the most part, it's all your fault. That's true, at least today, whether you're black, white, brown or polka dot.
According to the definition the U.S. Bureau of Census uses, a family of four with an income over $18,244 is not poor. The poverty cutoff for a single-person household is $9,359, and that for a two-person household is $12,000. With those definitions, the poverty rate was 11.7 percent, or about 33 million Americans living in poverty in 2001.
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Entries from July 2010
Pike County Legals 07-20-2010
Legal 292
State of Georgia
County of Pike
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
All creditors of the estate of Joseph Marty Sullivan, late of Pike County, Georgia, deceased, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment.
Sharon Jean
Sowinski Kuykendall
Executor of the
Estate of Joseph Marty Sullivan
155 Horsemens Run,
Fayetteville, GA 30215
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Legal 308
In the Superior Court
of Pike County
State of Georgia
Civil Action No. 2010A-00S
In Re: Petition of Joel Graham Green for the Adoption of his step daughter Hailey Renee Chapman, a minor
Notice of Summons
To: Rocky Jack Chapman
You are hereby notified that the above styled action seeking Adoption of Hailey Renee Chapman was filed on July 2, 2010, and by reason of an Order of Service of Summon by publication entered by the Court on the 2nd day of July, 2010, you are hereby commanded and required to show cause, if any you can, to the Clerk of said County and serve upon Don E. Snow, Plaintiff’s Attorney, whose address is P.O. Box 12, Thomaston, Georgia 30286, an answer to the Complaint within thirty (30) days from the last date of publication of this notice. If you fail to do so, Judgement by Default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.
You are further notified you will lose all rights to the child and will neither receive notice nor be entitled to object to the adoption of the child unless, within thirty (30) days of receipt of the notice you file:
(1) A Petition to Legitimate the child pursuant to §19-7-22 O.C.G.A.; and (2) Notice of the filing of the Petition to Legitimate with the Court in which the action under Code Section, if any, is pending and to the person who provided such notice to you (Don E. Snow).
Witness, the Honorable Christopher C. Edwards and Tommy Hankinson, Judges of the Griffin Judicial Circuit.
This the 2nd day of July, 2010.
/s/Carolyn Williams
Clerk, Pike County
Superior Court
Griffin Judicial Circuit
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Legal 311
Take notice that:
The right to redeem the following described property, to wit:
1695 Ga. Hwy. 109, Molena will expire and be forever foreclosed and barred on and after the 9th day of August, 2010.
The tax deed to which this notice relates is dated the 3rd day of October, 2006, and is recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Pike County, Georgia, in Deed Book 670, Page 324.
The property may be redeemed at any time before the 9th day of August, 2010, by payment of the redemption price as fixed and provided by law to the purchasers at said tax sale at the following address:
Leonard Spencer, Jo Spencer, 1195 Hill St. SE, Smyrna, GA 30080.
Please be governed accordingly.
/s/David G. Brisendine, III
Attorney for the Spencers
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Legal 314
Application to Register a
Business to be Conducted
Under Trade Name, Partnership
or Others
State of Rhode Island
County of Providence
The undersigned does hereby certify that Equity National Title & Closing Services, Inc. conducting a business as Secure Collateral in the County of Pike in the State of Georgia, under the name of Secure Collateral and that the nature of the business is Real Estate Valuation and that the names and addresses of the persons, firms or partnership owning and carrying on said trade or business are Dennis F. Hardiman, Owner, 50 Jordan Street, Suite 100, East Providence, RI 02914.
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Legal 315
Notice
Georgia, Pike County
Probate Court
To: All interested parties
Ginger Marie Smith Mitchell & Sharon Joann Smith Royl has petitioned to be appointed Administrators of the estate of Wayne Marshall Smith, deceased, of said County. The petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond and /or grant of certain powers contained in O.C.G.A. §53-12-232. All interested parties are hereby notified to show cause why said petition should not be granted. All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections, and must be filed with the court on or before August 16, 2010. All pleadings/objections must be signed before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone number for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing.
/s/Lynn Brandenburg
Probate Judge
P.O. Box 324
Zebulon, Georgia 30295
770-567-8734
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Legal 317
Statement of Nondiscrimination
Central Georgia Electric Membership Corporation is the recipient of Federal financial assistance from the Rural Utilities Service, an agency of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and is subject to the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended; and the rules and regulations of the U. S. Department of Agriculture which provide that no person in the United States on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, or veteran status shall be excluded from participation in, admission or access to, denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subject to discrimination under any of this organization’s programs or activities.
Any individual, or specific class of individuals, who feels that this organization has subjected them to discrimination may obtain further information about the statutes and regulations listed above from and/or file a written complaint with this organization; or USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410. Complaints must be filed within 180 days after the alleged discrimination. Confidentiality will be maintained to the extent possible.
Central Georgia Electric
Membership Corporation
923 South Mulberry Street
Jackson, GA 30233
7/21
Legal 318
Equal Employment
Opportunity Policy
Pursuant to Executive Order 10925, as amended on June 22, 1963, by Executive Order 1114, and Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, as amended by Executive Order 11375 of October 13, 1967, issued by the President, it is established policy that Central Georgia Electric Membership Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and that employment opportunities created by construction work involving Federal financial assistance through RUS loans will be made equally available to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, disability, or veteran status.
Central Georgia Electric
Membership Corporation
923 South Mulberry Street
Jackson, GA 30233
7/21
Legal 293
Notice of Sale Under Power.
State of Georgia,
County of Pike.
Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Deed to Secure Debt given by Monteen F. Amerson to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”) as nominee for Axiom Financial Services , dated 03/15/2004, and Recorded on 03/28/2004 as Book No. 512 and Page No. 038, Pike County, Georgia records, as last assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for Mastr Asset backed securities trust 2004-he1, mortgage pass-through certificates, series 2004-HE1, by assignment, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note of even date in the original principal amount of $60,000.00, with interest at the rate specified therein, there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash at the Pike County Courthouse within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in August, 2010, the following described property:
All that lot, tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in land lot 131 of the first land district of Pike County, Georgia, and being more particularly shown and designated as tract 6, on a plat of survey entitled “Subdivision of property for Tommy Johnson”, prepared by Kenneth E. Preseley Associates, Inc., registered land surveyor, dated September 6, 1977, a copy of which said plat is recorded in plat book 8, page 27, of the superior court records of Pike County, Georgia, and which said plat, together with the metes, bounds, courses and distances shown thereon with respect to said propety is incorporated herein and made a part hereof as fully as if set out herein.
Being the same property conveyed to B. C. Amerson (deceased) an Monteen F. Amerson by deed from Richard F. Griswell, recorded 09/25/1987 in deed book 107, page 323.
Less and except all that portion of land conveyed to William C. Amerson and Donna H. Amerson by deed from B. C. Amerson and Monteen Amerson, recorded 02/29/1988 in deed book 109 page 655, described as follows:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in land lot 131 of the 1st land district of Pike County, Georgia, containing 2.00 acres and being more particularly described as follows:
Begin at the northeast corner of land lot 131 of the 1st land district in Pike County, Georgia, thence travel west along the northern boundary of land lot 131 a distance of 675. 85 feet to an iron pin. Thenced travel south 30 degrees 56 minutes 32 seconds west a distance of 464.10 feet to an iron pin. Said iron pin is the starting point for the tract herein conveyed. thence north 61 degrees 37 minutes 47 seconds west a distance of 140.68 feet to an iron pin set. thence travel south 30 degrees 56 minutes 62 seconds west a distance of 619.90 feet to an iron pin. Said iron pin located on the north right of way of jonathan’s roost road. thence travel in a southeasterly direction along the north right of way of Jonathan’s Roost Road. Thence travel north 30 degrees 56 minutes 32 east a distance of 619.90 feet to the point of beginning.
The debt secured by said Deed to Secure Debt has been and is hereby declared due because of, among other possible events of default, failure to pay the indebtedness as and when due and in the manner provided in the Note and Deed to Secure Debt. Because the debt remains in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale, as provided in the Deed to Secure Debt and by law, including attorney’s fees (notice of intent to collect attorney’s fees having been given). The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: Chase Home Finance, LLC, 3415 Vision Drive, Foreclosure, Columbus, OH 43219, 800-548-7912. Please understand that the secured creditor is not required to negotiate, amend, or modify the terms of the mortgage instrument.
To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party/parties in possession of the subject property known as 1052 Jonathan Roost Road, Williamson, Georgia 30292 is/are: Monteen F. Amerson or tenant/tenants.
Said property will be sold subject to (a) any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), (b) any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, and (c) all matters of record superior to the Deed to Secure Debt first set out above, including, but not limited to, assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, easements, restrictions, covenants, etc.
The sale will be conducted subject to (1) confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; and (2) final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the security deed. Pursuant to O.C.G.A. Section 9-13-172.1, which allows for certain procedures regarding the rescission of judicial and nonjudicial sales in the State of Georgia, the Deed Under Power and other foreclosure documents may not be provided until final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan as provided in the preceding paragraph.
U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for mastr asset backed securities trust 2004-he1, mortgage pass-through certificates, series 2004-HE1
as Attorney in Fact for Monteen F. Amerson.
This law firm is acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. 20090161900213
Barrett, Daffin &
Frappier, L.L.P.
4004 Beltline,
Building 2, Suite 100
Addison, Texas 75001-4417
Telephone: (972) 341-5398.
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Legal 294
State of Georgia
County of Pike
By virtue of power of sale contained in a Deed to Secure Debt from Billy Grant Sellers, Jr. and Lydia Edmondson Sellers to East Molena Farms, Inc., dated February 1, 2004, recorded March 8, 2004, in Deed Book 509, Page 185, Pike County records, said Deed to Secure Debt being given to secure a note dated February 1, 2004, in the principal amount of $39,700.00, with interest thereon as provided in said note until paid; there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the Courthouse door in Pike County, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in August, 2010, the following described property:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lots 156, 157, and/or 158, 9th District, Pike County, Georgia, being Lot No.16, containing 5.06 acres in East Molena Farms, as shown on a plat of survey prepared by Terra Services, Inc., by Steve J. Reeves, Registered Professional Land Surveyor No. 2765, dated December 1, 1999, recorded in Plat Book 17, Pages 44 - 50, Clerk’s Office, Pike Superior Court. Reference is hereby made to said plat of survey for a more complete description of the property. Being vacant land fronting on New Road, Molena, GA 30258 and having no current assigned street address.
The debt secured by said Deed to Secure Debt and note has been and is hereby declared due because of default under the terms of said note and Deed to Secure Debt. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale, including attorney’s fees, if applicable.
The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the Holder of the Security Deed.
Notice of the initiation of proceedings to exercise the said power of sale and to collect attorney’s fees has been given in accordance with the terms of the note secured by said deed. Said property will be sold as the property of Billy Grant Sellers, Jr. and Lydia Edmondson Sellers, subject to outstanding ad valorem taxes and/or assessments and other restrictions, liens, protective covenants, rights of way, easements and other superior matters of record, if any, and the undersigned will execute a deed to the purchaser as provided in the aforementioned Security Deed.
East Molena Farms Inc.
By: R. Neal Jackson, President
as attorney in fact for
Billy Grant Sellers, Jr.
and Lydia Edmondson Sellers
East Molena Farms, Inc.
316 North Broad Street
Monroe, GA 30655
(770) 267-7557
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Legal 295
Notice of Sale Under Power
Georgia, Pike County
Because of default in the payment of the indebtedness, secured by a Security Deed executed by Jennifer L. Lough and Larry J. Lough to Southern Crescent Mortgage & Investment Corp. dated November 21, 2001 in the amount of $124,489.00, and recorded in Deed Book 353, Page 314, Pike County, Georgia Records; as last transferred to CitiMortgage, Inc. by assignment; the undersigned, CitiMortgage, Inc. pursuant to said deed and the note thereby secured, has declared the entire amount of said indebtedness due and payable and pursuant to the power of sale contained in said deed, will on the first Tuesday in August, 2010 , during the legal hours of sale, at the Courthouse door in Pike County, sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, the property described in said deed to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land lot 37 of the Second Land District of Pike County, Georgia, being more particularly described on a plat of survey dated February 12, 1993, by Robert S. Mitchell, Registered Land Surveyor and called Survey for Larry J. Lough and Jennifer L. Lough recorded in Plat Book 11, Page 154 in the Pike County Superior Court Records.
Located on the above described property is a dwelling known and designated as 146 Hunter Road, Griffin, Georgia.
Which has the property address of 146 Hunter Road, Griffin, Georgia., together with all fixtures and other personal property conveyed by said deed.
The sale will be held subject to any unpaid taxes, assessments, rights-of-way, easements, protective covenants or restrictions, liens, and other superior matters of record which may affect said property.
The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the security deed.
Notice has been given of intention to collect attorneys’ fees in accordance with the terms of the note secured by said deed.
Said property will be sold as the property of Jennifer L. Lough and Larry J. Lough and the proceeds of said sale will be applied to the payment of said indebtedness, the expense of said sale, all as provided in said deed, and the undersigned will execute a deed to the purchaser as provided in the aforementioned Security Deed.
CitiMortgage, Inc.
Attorney in Fact for
Jennifer L. Lough
and Larry J. Lough
Anthony DeMarlo,
Attorney/kandrade
McCurdy & Candler, L.L.C.
(404) 373-1612
www.mccurdycandler.com
File No. 10-12228 /FHA
This law firm is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
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