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Hugh Douglas "Doug" Orr, 49, of Griffin, died July 23, 2010. Services will be held Saturday, Aug. 7, at Neal Baptist Church in Concord. [Full story »] 

Linda C. Payne, 60, of Zebulon, died July 23, 2010. Friends visited the family on Sunday, July 25 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Moody Funeral Home. Services were held Sunday at 5 p.m. at the funeral home. [Full story »] 

Jack Morris Goldman, 74, of Meansville died Saturday, July 24, 2010. Services will be held Monday, July 26, at 2 p.m. at Pine Mountain Church of the Nazarene. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service. [Full story »] 

Get your realtime election results here!

District 2 Commission

Parrish Swift: 252

Tamra Jarrett: 324


State Rep. 127 District

Billy Maddox: 1,567

Spencer Price: 743

With only a few votes left to be counted, Maddox led Price 3356-2126 districtwide and has won this race. [Full story »] 

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
7/7, 14, 21, 28 gpn1

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
7/14, 21, 28, 8/4

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.
7/14, 21 gpn6

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
7/21, 28, 8/4, 11 gpn18

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.
7/7, 14, 21, 28 gpn11

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.
7/7, 14, 21, 28 gpn11 [Full story »] 

Between Monday, July 12, and Sunday, July 18, the sheriff's office made the following arrests:
Dustin Jarrad Anthony, warrants pending and probation violation;
Duane Douglas Armistead, warrants pending;
Bradley Mitchell Baker, drinking underage;
Billy Joseph Buchanan, probation violation;
Ralph Delaney Clowers, DUI and failure to maintain lane;
Selena Michelle Gordy, simple battery and two counts criminal trespass;
Kriss Kailyn Hart, DUI;
Jackie Wayne Martin, serving sentence;
Marika Jankita McDowell, driving with a suspended license;
Cathy Christine Milling, DUI;
Mark Avotin Jonathan Pryor, family violence battery;
Charles Allen Rippy, theft by taking;
Bryant Norman Sheriff, warrants pending and two counts open container;
John Allen Wright, in for court. [Full story »] 

Mr. William Luther "Bill" Paris, 84, of Concord, died Saturday, July 17, 2010. A memorial service will be held Sunday, July 25 at 4 p.m. at Concord Baptist Church. [Full story »] 

Legal 284
Notice of Petition to
Change Her Name
State of Georgia
County of Pike
Notice is hereby given that Lynsey Jo Spradlin, filed her petition to the Superior Court Clerk’s Office of Pike County, Georgia, on the 13th day of August, 2010, praying for a change in the name of Lynsey Jo Spradlin to Lynsey Jo Adams. Notice is hereby given pursuant to O.C.G.A. 19-12-1 to any interest of affected party to appear in said court and to file objections to such name change. Objections must be filed with said Court within 30 days of filing of said Petition.
This the 2nd day of June, 2010.
/s/Lynsey Jo Spradlin
Attorney for Petitioner:
David G. Brisendine, III, Esq.
Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 632
Zebulon, GA 30295
6/23, 30, 7/7, 14 gpn15

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
6/30, 7/7, 14, 21 gpn7

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
7/7, 14, 21, 28 gpn1

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
7/14, 21, 28, 8/4

Legal 312
LEGAL NOTICE
The Atlanta Gas Light Company has filed with the Georgia Public Service Commission a Petition for Approval of Adjustment of its Rates and Revised Tariff. Copies of this filing are on file with the Georgia Public Service Commission. This matter has been assigned Docket No. 31647 and has been scheduled for public hearing before the Georgia Public Service Commission on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 through Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 10 a.m. each day, except Thursday, August 12, 2010, on which hearings will begin at 1:30 p.m. Hearings will resume on Monday, September 13, 2010 through Tuesday, September 14, 2010, beginning at 10:00 a.m. on each day, and again on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 through Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 10 a.m. each day, except Thursday, October 14, 2010, on which hearings will begin at 1:30 p.m. Any one interested in this matter will be given the opportunity to express his or her view pursuant to O.C.G.A. Section 46-2-59. All hearings will be held in Room 110 of the Georgia Public Service Commission offices located at 244 Washington Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30334.
In accordance with O.C.G.A. Section 46-2-59(c), persons wishing to intervene must file a Petition to Intervene with the Georgia Public Service Commission within thirty (30) days of the first publication of this notice.
An original and thirty (30) copies of any pre-filed testimony of statements by interveners along with a 3 1/2 inch diskette or CD ROM containing an electronic version of this filing in Microsoft Word for text documents or Excel for spread sheets must be filed with the Georgia Public Service Commission’s Executive Secretary by 4:00 p.m. on August 19, 2010 in accordance with the Procedural and Scheduling Order issued in this docket. Any expert testimony or testimony of a technical nature must be pre-filed. Parties of record must also file with one another copies of any pre-filed testimony. Hearings on intervenor testimony will be heard beginning September 13, 2010.
If you have a disability and will need assistance or accommodations to participate, or need further information, please contact the Executive Secretary’s Office, Georgia Public Service Commission at (404) 656-4501 or 1-800-282-5813 (inside Georgia only) at least one day prior to the hearing in this matter.
This notice is published at the direction of the Georgia Public Service Commission.
David C. Weaver
Director, Regulatory Affairs
Atlanta Gas Light Company
7/14

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.
7/14, 21 gpn6

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.
7/7, 14, 21, 28 gpn11

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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Legal 296
Notice of Sale Under Power
Georgia, Pike County
Because of default in the payment of the indebtedness, secured by a Security Deed executed by Melissa Moody and Michael Moody to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. dated April 5, 2007 in the amount of $97,600.00, and recorded in Deed Book 699, Page 323, Pike County, Georgia Records; as last transferred to American Home Mortgage Servicing Inc. by assignment; the undersigned, American Home Mortgage Servicing 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 lot or parcel of land situate lying and being in Land Lot 165 of the 1st Land District of Pike County, Georgia, and being shown as area 2.07 acres on that plat of survey entitled, Property survey for H. Jeffery Treadway, dated May 30, 2000, which plat is incorporated herein by reference from said plat said Tract is more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point located at the intersection of the Southern Right-Of-Way of Blanton Mill Road and the Eastern Boundary of Land Lot 165, said District, thence proceed along the Southern Right-Of-Way of Blanton Mill Road 2529.62 Feet to a point; thence South 05 Degrees 08 Minutes 56 Seconds East 550.93 Feet to a point; thence South 72 Degrees 18 Minutes 10 Seconds West 156.29 to a ? inch rebar and the Point of Beginning; from said Point of Beginning proceed South 05 Degrees 08 Minutes 56 Seconds East 440.00 feet to a ? inch rebar located on the Northwestern Right of Way of Georgia State Route No. 362; thence continue along said Right of Way South 72 degrees 18 minutes 10 seconds West 210.00 feet to a ? inch rebar; thence North 05 degrees 08 minutes 56 seconds West 440.00 feet to a ? inch rebar; thence North 72 degrees 18 minutes 10 seconds East 210.00 feet to the Point of Beginning.
Said Lot is bounded, now or formerly, on the South by Georgia State Route No. 362 (80 foot Right of Way); on the East by R.H. Bottoms; on the North by R.H. Bottoms and on the West by James Eubanks.
Located on the afore-described Lot is a duplex known as 812 Highway 362 West, Williamson, Pike County, Georgia, according to the system of numbering presently in use in Pike County, Georgia.
Which has the property address of 3364-3366 GA Hwy 362 W, Williamson, 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 Melissa Moody and Michael Moody 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.
American Home
Mortgage Servicing Inc.
Attorney in Fact for
Melissa Moody
and Michael Moody
Anthony DeMarlo,
Attorney/smitchell
McCurdy & Candler, L.L.C.
(404) 373-1612
www.mccurdycandler.com
File No. 09-28038 /FNMA
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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Legal 297
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 Steven E. Flowers and Susannah K. Flowers to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. dated August 19, 2003, and recorded in Deed Book 477, Page 01, Pike County Records, said Security Deed having been last sold, assigned, transferred and conveyed to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., by Assignment securing a Note in the original principal amount of $144,000.00, 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, August 3, 2010, 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 tract or parcel of land lying and being in land lot 99 & 100 of the 9th district, Pike County, Georgia, as per plat recorded in plat book 12, page 120, records of Pike County, Georgia, which plat is by reference incorporated herein and made a part hereof.
Said property is known as 308 Deer Trail, Molena, GA 30258, 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 Steven E. Flowers and Susannah K. Flowers, the property, to the best information, knowledge and belief of the undersigned, being presently in the possession of Steven E. Flowers and Susannah K. Flowers, 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.
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Attorney-in-Fact for Steven E. Flowers and Susannah K. Flowers
File no. 10-005514
Shapiro & Swertfeger, LLP*
Attorneys and
Counselors at Law
2872 Woodcock Blvd., Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30341-3941
(770)220-2535/KF
HYPERLINK “http://www.swertfeger.net” 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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