Legals: April 27, 2022

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STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF EMANUEL

NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER

Pursuant to the power of sale contained in the Security Deed executed by CARLTON WHIGHAM AND KALEY WHIGHAM to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN FINANCIAL NETWORK, INC. in the original principal amount of $145,024.00 dated February 5, 2018 and recorded in Deed Book 460, Page 68, Emanuel County records, said Security Deed being last transferred to FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION in Deed Book 505, Page 105, Emanuel County records, the undersigned will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, before the Courthouse door in said County, or at such other place as lawfully designated, within the legal hours of sale, on May 03, 2022, the property in said Security Deed and described as follows:

ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE, LYING, AND BEING IN THE 1429TH G.M. DISTRICT OF EMANUEL COUNTY, GEORGIA, CONTAINING 6.25 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AS SHOWN ON THAT PARTICULAR PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY DONALD W. MARSH, GEORGIA REGISTERED LAND SURVEYOR NUMBER 2371, DATED MARCH 24, 2017 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT, EMANUAL COUNTY, GEORGIA IN PLAT BOOK 23, PAGE 29. SAID LAND IS TRIANGULAR IN SHAPE AND BOUNDED ACCORDING TO SAID PLAT, NOW OR FORMERLY, AS FOLLOWS: EAST BY LANDS OF M. FRANKLIN SASSER, LANDS OF LEON G. & CHRISTINE LEWIS, AND LANDS OF BARRY O. MORGAN; SOUTH BY LANDS OF BARRY O. MORGAN AND THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF OLD BOATRIGHT ROAD A/K/A COUNTY DIRT ROAD #327; AND WEST BY LANDS OF DONALD R. ATKINSON AND JO ANNA ATKINSON AND LAND OF BENJIE ROBERSON.

FOR A FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF SAID PROPERTY, REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE AFORESAID PLAT AND THE RECORD THEREOF.

THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED FROM DONALD R. ATKINSON AND JO ANNA J. ATKINSON TO KALEY WHIGHAM BY WARRANTY DEED DATED APRIL 10, 2017 AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT, EMANUEL COUNTY, GEORGIA, IN DEED BOOK 444, PAGES 516-517.

TOGETHER WITH THAT CERTAIN 2017 CLAYTON MODEL NUMBER 30CRB3276BH17 MANUFACTURED HOME BEARING VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WHC022843GAAB, THE SAME BEING AN IMMOVABLE FIXTURE PERMANENTLY ATTACHED TO THE PROPERTY.

THIS CONVEYANCE IS MADE SUBJECT TO ALL ZONING ORDINANCES, EASEMENTS

AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD AFFECTING SAID BARGAINED PREMISES.

Said property being known as: 20 OLD BOATRIGHT RD GARFIELD, GA 30425

To the best of the undersigned’s knowledge, the party or parties in possession of said property is/are CARLTON WHIGHAM AND KALEY WHIGHAM or tenant(s).

The debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is hereby declared due and payable because of, among other possible events of default, failure to pay the indebtedness as provided for in the Note and said Security Deed. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of sale, including attorney’s fees (notice of intent to collect attorney’s fees having been given).

Said property will be sold subject to the following: (1) any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, whether or not yet due and payable); (2) the right of redemption of any taxing authority; (3) any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property; and (4) any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above.

Said sale will be conducted subject to the following: (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.

The name, address, and telephone number of the individual or entity who has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage is as follows:

Freedom Mortgage Corporation 907 Pleasant Valley Avenue, Suite 3

Mount Laurel, NJ 08054

Note that pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 44-14-162.2, the above individual or entity is not required by law to negotiate, amend, or modify the terms of the mortgage.

THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as Attorney-in-Fact for

CARLTON WHIGHAM AND KALEY WHIGHAM

Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC

10700 Abbott’s Bridge Road Suite 170 Duluth, GA 30097 Phone: 470.321.7112

Firm File No. 22-014674 – MaO

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF SPECIAL T-SPLOST ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with O.C.G.A. §48-8-243 and OCGA §21-2-540 a special T-SPLOST (Transportation Investment Act) election shall be held in Emanuel County for the purpose of submitting to the voters the following question for approval or rejection;

Heart of Georgia Altamaha Regional T-SPLOST

(Vote for One)

Provides for local transportation projects to create jobs, improve roads and safety with citizen oversight.

“Shall Emanuel County’s transportation system and the transportation network in this region and the state be improves by providing for a 1 percent special district transportation sales and use tax for the purpose of transportation projects and programs for a period of ten years?”

( ) Yes

( ) No

The special election will be held on May 24, 2022 in conjunction with the General Primary Election and Non-partisan General Election. A full list of the approves projects us available for review on-line at http://www.ga-tia.com/Project

All persons who are not registered to vote and desire to vote in the special election may register to vote through the close of business on April 25, 2022.

Advance voting will be held on May 2, 2022.

Polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7 p.m. on election day.

Kerry K. Curry

Emanuel County Election Director

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NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER, EMANUEL COUNTY

Pursuant to the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by Corey P. Canady to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as grantee, as nominee for Renasant Bank, its successors and assigns dated 5/17/2016 and recorded in Deed Book 430 Page 457 Emanuel County, Georgia records; as last transferred to or acquired by Renasant Bank , conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of $167,018.00, with interest at the rate specified therein, there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the Courthouse door of Emanuel County, Georgia (or such other area as designated by Order of the Superior Court of said county), within the legal hours of sale on May 3, 2022 (being the first Tuesday of said month unless said date falls on a Federal Holiday, in which case being the first Wednesday of said month), the following described property:

ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING, SITUATE AND BEING IN THE 53RD G.M. DISTRICT OF EMANUEL COUNTY, GEORGIA, CONTAINING 7.745 ACRES, FRONTING ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF ROBIN CIRCLE (COUNTY ROAD #504) AS SHOWN ON PLAT OF SURVEY DATED APRIL 18, 2003, MADE BY GEORGE WILLIAM DONALDSON, SURVEYOR, WHICH IS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF CLERK, EMANUEL SUPERIOR COURT IN PLAT BOOK 21, PAGE 81 TO WHICH REFERENCE IS MADE AS A PART OF THIS DESCRIPTION. SAID PROPERTY IS BOUNDED NOW OR FORMERLY AS FOLLOWS: NORTH BY LANDS OF DONALD WILSON AND SHARON D. WILSON AND LANDS OF JIMMY D. PEEBLES AND DENISE PEEBLES; EAST BY LANDS OF WALLACE D. SAPP AND JENNIFER C. SAPP; SOUTH BY ROBIN CIRCLE (COUNTY ROAD #504); AND WEST BY LANDS OF CHERYL WHEELER.

The debt secured by said Security Deed 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 Security Deed. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this 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 is commonly known as 79 Robin Blvd, Swainsboro, GA 30401 together with all fixtures and personal property attached to and constituting a part of said property, if any. To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party (or parties) in possession of the subject property is (are): Corey P. Canady or tenant or tenants.

cenlar is the entity or individual designated who shall have full authority to negotiate, amend and modify all terms of the mortgage.

cenlar Mortgage Servicing Representative 425 Phillips Boulevard Ewing, NJ 08618

customerservice@loanadministration.com 1-800-223-6527

Note, however, that such entity or individual is not required by law to negotiate, amend or modify the terms of the loan.

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) unpaid water or sewage bills that constitute a lien against the property whether due and payable or not yet due and payable and which may not be of record, (c) the right of redemption of any taxing authority, (d) any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, and (e) 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 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 non-judicial 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 immediately above.

Renasant Bank as agent and Attorney in Fact for Corey P. Canady

Aldridge Pite, LLP, 15 Piedmont Center, 3575 Piedmont Road, N.E., Suite 500, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, (404) 994-7637.

1010-1809A

THIS LAW FIRM MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 1010-1809A

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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS GEORGIA, EMANUEL COUNTY

All creditors of the estate of Linda Thomas Roberts, decedent, late of Emanuel County, are hereby notified to render in their demands to Jerry N. Cadle, P.C., P.O. Box 68, Swainsboro, GA 30401 according to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment.

This 30th day of March, 2022.

Brice Thomas Roberts, Executor of the Estate of

Linda Thomas Roberts, decedent

Jerry N. Cadle, P.C.

P.O. Box 68

Swainsboro, GA 30401

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF EMANUEL COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA

IN RE: ESTATE OF

ENNIS WARNER, ESTATE NO. 22E0047

DECEASED

PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION

NOTICE

TO: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES and to whom it may concern:

CHRISTOPHER WARNER has petitioned to be appointed administrator of the estate of ENNIS WARNER deceased, of said county. (The petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond, waiver of reports, waiver of statements, and/or grant of certain powers contained in O.C.G.A. § 53-12-261.) All interested persons 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 MAY 2, 2022, 2022.

BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections. All objections should be sworn to before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court personnel 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.

DON E. WILKES

Judge of the Probate Court

By: Jeanie Hooks

Clerk of the Probate Court

P. O. Box 70 / 125 South Main Street

Swainsboro, Ga. 30401

Address

478-237-7091

Telephone Number

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF EMANUEL COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA

IN RE: ESTATE OF

TERRY MICHAEL GAY, ESTATE NO. 22E0048

NOTICE

TO: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES and to whom it may concern:

MICHAEL ADAM GAY has petitioned to be appointed administrator of the estate of TERRY MICHAEL GAY deceased, of said county. (The petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond, waiver of reports, waiver of statements, and/or grant of certain powers contained in O.C.G.A. § 53-12-261.) All interested persons 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 MAY 2, 2022.

BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections. All objections should be sworn to before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court personnel 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.

DON E. WILKES

Judge of the Probate Court

By: Jeanie Hooks

Clerk of the Probate Court

P. O. Box 70 / 125 S. Main Street

Swainsboro, Ga. 30401

Address

478-237-7091

Telephone Number

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF EMANUEL COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA

IN RE: ESTATE OF

MICHELLE LYNN HOWARD, ESTATE NO. 22E0030

DECEASED

PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION

NOTICE

TO: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES and to whom it may concern:

ANTHONY L. HOWARD has petitioned to be appointed administrator of the estate of MICHELLE LYNN HOWARD deceased, of said county. (The petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond, waiver of reports, waiver of statements, and/or grant of certain powers contained in O.C.G.A. § 53-12-261.) All interested persons 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 MAY 2, 2022.

BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections. All objections should be sworn to before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court personnel 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.

DON E. WILKES

Judge of the Probate Court

By: Jeanie Hooks

Clerk of the Probate Court

P. O. Box 70 / 125 South Main Street

Swainsboro, Ga. 30401

Address

478-237-7091

Telephone Number

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TO: MID-STATE HOMES, INC., ESTATE OF F. W. WILLIAMS, Deceased, CAROLYN BOATRIGHT, and anyone claiming an interest in the property described below.

Take Notice That:

The right to redeem the following described property, to wit:

All that lot of land fronting 420 feet on the east side of an unnamed county maintained road and thence extending back ease between parallel lines on its north and south lines 420 feet to its rear line of 420 feet; said lot is located in the 1452 G.M. District of Emanuel County, Georiga. The lot is bound West by said road, North by Eltan Newsome, East and South by property of Geneva Williams.

Said property is part of the M. P. Newsome Estate.

Said tract of land is known as 50 Asa Lindsey Road, Kite, Emanuel County, Georgia 31049 and further known as Map/Parcel 019 011 in the Tax Assessor’s Office of Emanuel County, Georgia.

will expire and be forever foreclosed and barred on and after the 10th day of MAY 2022. The tax deed to which this notice relates is dated the 3rd day of November, 2020, and is recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Emanuel County, Georgia, in Deed Book 507, at page 108-109.

The property may be redeemed at any time before the 10th day of MAY 2022, by payment of the redemption price as fixed and provided by law to the undersigned at the following address: 12 Siebald Street, Statesboro, Georgia 30458.

ROBERT K. BELL, JR. INVESTMENTS, INC.

Stephen T. Rushing, Esq.

Taulbee, Rushing, Snipes, Marsh & Hodgin, LLC

12 Siebald Street, Statesboro, Georgia 30458

912/764-9055

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF EMANUEL COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA

IN RE: ESTATE OF

DOROTHY M GARRETSON, ESTATE NO. 22E0045

DECEASED

PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION

NOTICE

TO: CHERRELLE TURNER and TAMMY CLARK and to whom it may concern:

THOMAS JAMES MOCK has petitioned to be appointed administrator of the estate of DOROTHY M GARRETSON, deceased, of said county. (The petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond, waiver of reports, waiver of statements, and/or grant of certain powers contained in O.C.G.A. § 53-12-261.) All interested persons 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 MAY 2, 2022.

BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections. All objections should be sworn to before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court personnel 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.

DON E. WILKES

Judge of the Probate Court

By: Jeanie Hooks

Clerk of the Probate Court

P O. Box 70 / 125 South Main Street

Swainsboro, Ga. 30401

Address

478-237-7091

Telephone Number

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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS GEORGIA, EMANUEL COUNTY

All creditors of the estate of Betty Jean Lawson Thompson, decedent, late of Emanuel County, are hereby notified to render in their demands to Jerry N. Cadle, P.C., P.O. Box 68, Swainsboro, GA 30401 according to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment.

This 19th day of April, 2022.

Terry E. Thompson, Executor of the Estate of

Betty Jean Lawson Thompson, decedent

Jerry N. Cadle, P.C.

P.O. Box 68

Swainsboro, GA 30401

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF EMANUEL COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA

IN RE: ESTATE OF

EMORY CLYDE EDWARDS, ESTATE NO. 22E0036

DECEASED

PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION

NOTICE

TO: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES and to whom it may concern:

BARBARA JEAN EDWARDS has petitioned to be appointed administrator of the estate of EMORY CLYDE EDWARDS deceased, of said county. (The petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond, waiver of reports, waiver of statements, and/or grant of certain powers contained in O.C.G.A. § 53-12-261.) All interested persons 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 MAY 23, 2022.

BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections. All objections should be sworn to before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court personnel 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.

DON E. WILKES

Judge of the Probate Court

By: Jeanie Hooks

Clerk of the Probate Court

P. O. Box 70 / 125 South Main Street

Swainsboro, Ga. 30401

Address

478-237-7091

Telephone Number