Entries from February 2011
Public Notices
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
Georgia, Pike County
All creditors of the estate of Verdie D. Beckham, deceased, late of Pike County, Georgia, 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 to us.
This 19th day of January, 2011.
John Charles Beckham and
Thomas Eugene Beckham, as
Co-Executors of the Estate of Verdie D. Beckham, deceased.Jack L. Park, Jr.
Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 909
Zebulon, Georgia 30295
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Legal 43
State of Georgia
County of Pike
In Re: Estate of Mary Elizabeth Spano, deceased.
All creditors of the estate of Mary Elizabeth Spano, deceased, late of Pike County, are hereby notified to render their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment to me.
This 21st day of January 2011.
Anthony Charles Spano
Administrator of Mary Elizabeth Spano, deceased.
At 105 West Oak St., Griffin, Georgia, 30224.
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Legal 45
Notice Georgia, Pike County
Probate Court
Dale L. Jackson has petitioned to be appointed Administrator of the estate of Barbara Ann Jackson, deceased, of said County. The petition has also applied for waiver of bond and/or grant of certain powers contained in O.C.G.A. §53-12-261.) 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 February 23, 2011. 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 S. Brandenburg
Probate Judge
P.O. Box 324
Zebulon, GA 30295
770-567-8734
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Legal 67
Office of the District Attorney
Griffin Judicial Circuit
Scott L. Ballard, District Attorney
Notice of Seizure of Personal Property
valued at less than $25,000
Three Hundred Forty-Five and No/100ths in U.S. Currency; One 1997 Ford Mustang Automobile VIN # 1FALP4048VF135823; One Savage Model 64 .22 Caliber Rifle, Serial No.L204018; One Audiobahn Amp; Model A2800; One Kicker 12” CVR Speaker, Defendant, in rem
Pursuant to O.C.G.A. Sec. 16-13-49, any party claiming an interest in the above referenced property is hereby notified that on the 20th day of December, 2010, said property was seized by the below referenced agency in Pike County, Georgia.
Conduct giving rise to seizure was as follows:
Violation of O.C.G.A. 16-13-30;
Possession of Marijuana With intent to Distribute; Sale of Marijuana
Seizing Agency: Pike County Sheriff’s Department
Location: Hwy 19 South at Rose Hill Road, Pike County
Date: December 20, 2010
You are further notified that you may file a claim as required by O.C.G.A. 16-13-49(n) within thirty (30) days of second publication of this notice of seizure by sending a claim to the seizing law enforcement agency and to the district attorney by certified mail, return receipt requested.
This 25th day of January, 2011.
Scott Ballard
District Attorney
Benjamin D. Coker
Assistant District Attorney
Office of District Attorney
P. O. Box 871
Thomaston, GA 30286
706/647-4042
Lieutenant Jonathan Hemphill, Seizing Agent
Pike County Sheriff’s
Department
89 Jackson Street
Zebulon, Pike County, GA
(770) 567-8431
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Legal 80
Notice of Foreclosure of the
Right to Redeem
To Whom It May Concern:
This is Notice that Richard York intends to Forever Foreclose the Right of Redemption on that tract or parcel of land known as Lot 17, Etheridge Mill Road, as shown at Plat Book 20, page 86, Pike County Superior Court records. This right of redemption will expire and be forever foreclosed and barred on or after the 1st day of March, 2011.
The tax deed to which this notice relates is dated the 2nd day of February, 2010, and is recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Pike County, Georgia, in Deed Book 820, page 9.
The property may be redeemed at any time before the 1st day of March, 2011, by payment of the redemption price as fixed and provided by law to the purchasers at said tax sale at the following address:
Richard York
262 Arbor View Drive
Williamson, GA 30292
Please be governed accordingly.
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Legal 82
Griffin Judicial Circuit
Scott L. Ballard, District Attorney
Notice of Seizure to Personal property
valued at less than $25,000
One 1998 Land Rover Discovery, VIN # SALJY1243WA776668; One FEC Hungary 9 mm Handgun, Serial No. F9011; One H & R Model 923, .22 caliber revolver, Serial No. K22049
One Radio Shack Scanner, Serial No. 0038484, Defendant, in rem
Pursuant to O.C.G.A. Sec. 16-16-2, any party claiming an interest in the above referenced property is hereby notified that on the 20th day of January, 2011, said property was seized by the below referenced agency in Pike County, Georgia.
Conduct giving rise to seizure was as follows:
Violation of O.C.G.A. 16-7-1;
Burglary. Seizing Agency: Pike County Sheriff’s Department
Location: 2882 New Hope Road, Pike County Date: January 20, 2010
You are further notified that you may file a claim as required by O.C.G.A. 16-16-2 within thirty (30) days of second publication of this notice of seizure by sending a claim to the seizing law enforcement agency and to the district attorney by certified mail, return receipt requested.
This 1st day of February, 2011.
Scott Ballard
District Attorney
Benjamin D. Coker
Assistant District Attorney
Office of District Attorney
P. O. Box 871
Thomaston, GA 30286
706/647-4042
Inv. Kevin Cress, Seizing Agent
Pike County Sheriff’s
Department
89 Jackson Street
Zebulon, Pike County, GA
(770) 567-8431
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Legal 83
Office of the District Attorney
Griffin Judicial Circuit
Scott L. Ballard,
District Attorney
Notice of Seizure to
Personal Property
valued at less than $25,000
One Ruger Model P90, .45 caliber handgun, Serial No. 661-97530; One U.S.A. Inc. 308 caliber Rifle, Serial No. DS25044; One Marlin .22 caliber rifle, Serial No. 91617337; One Stevens .22 Caliber rifle, Serial No. Unknown; One Stevens .22 caliber rifle, Serial No. Unknown; Misc. Ammunition for the above listed weapons; Defendant, in rem
Pursuant to O.C.G.A. Sec. 16-13-49, any party claiming an interest in the above referenced property is hereby notified that on the 21st day of January, 2011, said property was seized by the below referenced agency in Pike County, Georgia.
Conduct giving rise to seizure was as follows:
Violation of O.C.G.A. 16-13-30;
Possession of a Schedule I controlled Substance; Possession of Marijuana (Felony); Possession of Marijuana With Intent to Distribute; Manufacturing Marijuana; Possession of Firearm by Convicted Felon Seizing Agency: Pike County Sheriff’s Department
Location: 1371 Turner Road, Concord, Pike County, Georgia 30206 Date: January 21, 2010
You are further notified that you may file a claim as required by O.C.G.A. 16-13-49 within thirty (30) days of second publication of this notice of seizure by sending a claim to the seizing law enforcement agency and to the district attorney by certified mail, return receipt requested.
This 1st day of February, 2011.
Scott Ballard
District Attorney
Benjamin D. Coker
Assistant District Attorney
Office of District Attorney
P. O. Box 871
Thomaston, GA 30286
706/647-4042
Lieutenant Terry Batchelor,
Seizing Agent
Pike County Sheriff’s
Department
89 Jackson Street
Zebulon, Pike County, GA
(770) 567-8431
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Legal 86
Notice
Georgia, Pike County
Probate Court
Willie Mae Davis and Shirley Combs has petitioned to be appointed Administrators of the estate of Willie Davis, Jr., 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. §53-12-261.) 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 March 14, 2011. 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 S. Brandenburg
Probate Judge
P.O. Box 324
Zebulon, GA 30295
770-567-8734
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Legal 87
Georgia, Pike County
Notice to Debtors
and Creditors
All creditors of the estate of Dian J. Lachance, of Pike County, Georgia are hereby notified to render their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This the 7th of February, 2011.
/s/Joy Ann Lachance
Executrix
Eugene W. Dabbs, IV
Attorney for Executrix
P.O. Box 60
Griffin, Georgia 30224
770-229-1234
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Legal 88
In the Superior Court of
Pike County
State of Georgia
In Re: Baby Girl Murphy, a minor child born on January 5, 2011.
Civil Action No. 2011A-001
Sherry Murphy,
biological mother
John Doe, putative
biological father
You are hereby notified that a petition for adoption was filed by Vickie and Justin Lazenby on February 4, 2011. Now, therefore, you must, file your answer to the Petition in said suit or otherwise file your appearance in the Pike County Clerk’s Office, 100 Barnesville Street, Zebulon, Georgia 30295.
Jessica Slade Whatley
Georgia Bar No. 752608
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Legal 47
Notice of Sale Under Power
Georgia, Pike County
By virtue of the power of sale contain ++ed in a Security Deed from Brian Maurice Skelton and Sara Grace Skelton to United Bank dated October 24, 2008 recorded in Deed Book 769, Page 322, Pike County Records, and last assigned to Chase Home Finance LLC, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of one hundred twenty-five thousand ninety-eight and 00/100 ($125,098.00), with interest thereon as set forth therein, there will be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, before the Courthouse door of Pike County, Georgia, during the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday, March 1, 2011 the following described property, to wit:
All that tract or parcel of land containing 2.585 acres, more or less, lying and being in Land Lot 103 of the First Land District of Pike County, Georgia, and being more particularly shown and designated as TRACT “A” – 2.585 ACRES according to that certain plat of survey entitled “Property survey for Robert M. Skelton and Jerrell L. Skelton”, dated August 23, 1973, prepared by Kenneth Edward Presley, Georgia Registered Professional Land Surveyor #1327, a copy of which said plat is recorded in Plat Book 7, Page 94, Clerk’s Office, Superior Court, Pike County, Georgia, and which said plat, together with the metes, bounds, courses and distances as shown thereon with respect to the said 2.585 acres, is by this reference incorporated herein in aid of this description as fully as if copied at length herein.
The Debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is hereby declared due because of nonpayment of the indebtedness when due and in the manner provided in the Note and Security Deed. The debt remaining in default, the sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of sale, as provided in the Security Deed and by law, including attorney’s fees, notice of intent to collect attorney’s fees having been given.
Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above.
To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property Brian Maurice Skelton and Sara Grace Skelton or, a tenant or tenants, and said property was or is commonly known as 3808 Bethany Church Rd, Williamson, GA 30292.
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.
Chase Home Finance LLC
As Attorney in Fact for
Brian Maurice Skelton
and Sara Grace Skelton
Martin & Brunavs
2800 North Druid Hills Rd.
Building B, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 982-0088
M&B File No.: 10-10485
This law firm is acting as a debt collector, attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
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Legal 48
Notice of Sale Under Power
Georgia, Pike County
By virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Security Deed from Robert Kent Holloway and Heather Holloway to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Mortgage Lenders Network USA, Inc., dated October 25, 2006, recorded October 30, 2006, in Deed Book 675, Page 60-79, Pike County, Georgia Records, said Security Deed having been given to secure a Note of even date in the original principal amount of One Hundred Forty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and 00/100 dollars ($142,500.00), with interest thereon as provided for therein, said Security Deed having been last sold, assigned and transferred to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee for the MLMI Trust Series 2007-MLN1, there will be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the courthouse door of Pike County, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in March, 2011, all property described in said Security Deed including but not limited to the following described property:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in land lot 211 of the 9th district, Pike County, Georgia, being lot 2 of Piney Woods Subdivision, as per plat recorded in plat book 23, page 24, Pike County, Georgia records, which plat is incorporated herein and made a part hereof by this reference for a more complete and accurate description.
Parcel ID Number: 014-102
Said property is commonly known as 1669 Bates Road, Concord, GA 30206.
The indebtedness secured by said Security Deed has been and is hereby declared due because of default under the terms of said Security Deed and Note, including but not limited to the nonpayment of the indebtedness as and when due.
The indebtedness remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same, all expenses of the sale, including attorney’s fees and all other payments provided for under the terms of the Security Deed and Note.
Said property will be sold subject to the following items which may affect the title to said property: all zoning ordinances; matters which would be disclosed by an accurate survey or by an inspection of the property; any outstanding taxes, including but not limited to ad valorem taxes, which constitute liens upon said property; special assessments; all outstanding bills for public utilities which constitute liens upon said property; any rights of redemption, if applicable, by the United States of America, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 7425(d)(1); all restrictive covenants, easements, rights-of-way and any other matters of record superior to said Security Deed. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is Robert Kent Holloway and Heather Holloway, Heather Holloway, Robert Kent Holloway, or tenants(s).
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. The below law firm may be held to be acting as a debt collector, under federal law. if so, any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company asTrustee for the MLMI trust series 2007-MLN1
as Attorney in Fact for
Robert Kent Holloway
and Heather Holloway
Lender Contact: BAC,
Loss Mitigation Dept.,
P.O. Box 940070,
Simi Valley, CA 93094-0070
Telephone Number:
800-720-3758
Attorney Contact: Rubin Lublin Suarez Serrano, LLC, 3740 Davinci Court, Suite 400, Norcross, GA 30092
Telephone Number: (888) 890-5309 Case No. BAC-10-10719-2
www.rubinlublin.com/property-listings.php
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Legal 49
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 Donald J Coots to United Mortgage Associate, Inc. , dated 12/08/2006, and Recorded on 12/15/2006 as Book No. 681 and Page No. 276-293, Pike County, Georgia records, as last assigned to Chase Home Finance, LLC, by assignment, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note of even date in the original principal amount of $132,500.00, 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 March, 2011, the following described property: All that lot, tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in land lot 93 of the 8th land district of Pike County, Georgia, being more particularly shown and designated as 2.00 acres on that plat of survey entitled “David Jackson & Karen Jackson” dated January 21, 2004, prepared by Conkle-Lane & Associates, a copy of which said plat is recorded in plat book 22, page 17, Pike County, Georgia records, and which said plat together with the metes, bounds, courses and distances as shown thereon is incorporated herein and made a part of this description by reference.
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, 800-848-9136. 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 416 Crane Road, Zebulon, Georgia 30295 is/are: Donald J Coots 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.
Chase Home Finance, LLC
as Attorney in Fact for
Donald J. Coots.
This law firm is acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
20100187425645
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 50
State of Georgia
County of Pike
Notice of Sale Under Power
Because of a default in the payment of the indebtedness secured by a Security Deed executed by Gary Davis and Joni Davis to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. dated January 23, 2006, and recorded in Deed Book 627, Page 59, Pike County Records, said Security Deed having been last sold, assigned, transferred and conveyed to US Bank National Association as Trustee, by Assignment , securing a Note in the original principal amount of $248,000.00, the holder thereof pursuant to said Deed and 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, March 1, 2011, during the legal hours of sale, before the Courthouse door in said County, sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, the property described in said Deed, to-wit:
All that certain piece or plat of land situated in the city of Griffin, county of Pike, in the state of Georgia, described as follows, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land containing 1.54 acres, more or less, lying and being in land lot 70 of the second district, Pike County, Georgia, being more particularly shown and designated as lot 7 – 1.54 acres according to that certain plat of survey entitled “Final plat Wellington”, sheet 3 or 4, dates May 12, 2000, prepared by Steve J. Reeves, Georgia registered professional land surveyor #2765, a copy of which said plat is recorded in plat book 18, page 24, Pike County, Georgia records, in which plat reference is made for a more detailed description.
Said property is known as 72 Cambridge Drive North, Griffin, GA 30224, together with all fixtures and personal property attached to and constituting a part of said property, if any.
Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, whether or not now due and payable), the right of redemption of any taxing authority, any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above.
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 attorney’s fees in accordance with the terms of the Note secured by said Deed.
Said property will be sold as the property of Gary Davis and Joni Davis, the property, to the best information, knowledge and belief of the undersigned, being presently in the possession of Gary Davis and Joni Davis, and the proceeds of said sale will be applied to the payment of said indebtedness and all the expenses of said sale, including attorney’s fees, all as provided in said Deed, and the balance, if any, will be distributed as provided by law.
US Bank National Association as Trustee as Attorney-in-Fact for
Gary Davis and Joni Davis
File no. 10-001330
Shapiro & Swertfeger, LLP*
Attorneys and Counselors at Law
2872 Woodcock Blvd., Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30341-3941
(770)220-2535/KMM
www.swertfeger.net
*The law firm is acting as a debt collector. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
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Legal 51
Notice of Sale Under Power
Georgia, Pike County
Because of default in the payment of the indebtedness, secured by a Security Deed executed by Starr Richmond and Gary Richmond Jr to United Bank dated June 4, 2008 in the amount of $300,100.00, and recorded in Deed Book 756, Page 307, Pike County, Georgia Records; as last transferred to United Bank by assignment; the undersigned, United Bank 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 March, 2011 , 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 containing 5.00 acres, more or less, lying and being in Land Lot 193 of the 9th Land District of Pike County, Georgia, and being more particularly shown and designated as Area: 5.00 acres according to that certain plat of survey entitled “Gary Richmond and Starr Richmond” dated September 1, 2006, prepared by Kenneth Edward Presley, Georgia Registered Professional Land Surveyor Number 1327, a copy of which said plat is recorded in Plat Book 24, Page 158, Clerk`s Office, Superior Court, Pike County, Georgia, and which said plat, together with the metes, bounds, courses and distances as shown thereon with respect to the said 5.00 acres, is by this reference incorporated herein in aid of this description as fully as if copied at length herein.
Which has the property address of 1396 Mountain Creek Road, Molena, 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 Starr Richmond and Gary Richmond Jr 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.
United Bank
Attorney in Fact for
Starr Richmond
and Gary Richmond Jr
Anthony DeMarlo,
Attorney/smagnuson
McCurdy & Candler, L.L.C.
(404) 373-1612
www.mccurdycandler.com
File No. 11-00190 /FHLMC
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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