On Monday, April 6, 2020, shortly after 3:00 p.m., the Eastman Police Department requested the assistance of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Eastman Office to assist with an aggravated assault investigation. Law enforcement initially responded to Eastman Street in reference to a person being shot. When responding officers made contact with the victim, Terry Faulk, age 47, it was determined that Faulk was shot multiple times. Faulk was transported to the Dodge County Hospital where he was later airlifted to Navicent Hospital in Macon. Faulk was treated and released.
It was determined that the shooting incident occurred on Page Street. Faulk was involved in a verbal altercation with Roger Burnham, age 61, while both were seated in their respective vehicles. Faulk’s vehicle struck Burnham’s vehicle during the altercation. Burnham then shot at Faulk, striking him multiple times. Faulk left the scene and traveled to his residence on Eastman Street. There was a passenger in Faulk’s vehicle that was not injured during the incident.
Burnham is being held at the Dodge County Law Enforcement Center on two counts of aggravated assault.
The investigation is active and ongoing. If anyone has information, please contact the GBI Eastman office at 478-374-6988 or the Eastman Police Department at 478-374-7721.
The Dodge County Sheriff’s Department reported the following arrests from March 16 through March 31, 2020.
Micheal David Carrigg, age 41, of Milledgeville was arrested for battery/simple assault-family violence.
Christopher Marquis Cofield, age 45, was arrested for sale of methamphetamine.
Entries from April 2020
CLASSIFIEDS
100
HOMES FOR SALE
HOUSE FOR SALE: Two bedroom, one bath, large carport with utility room and storage. Metal roof, vinyl siding, storm windows, shop in rear, security system, good neighborhood, fenced yard, central H/A and new water system. Corner lot; 5931 9th Avenue/Rose Street, Eastman. Asking $40,000.00. Call 478-231-0606 between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
120
LAND FOR SALE
TWO LOTS IN TRIPP’S SUBDIVISION. One lot has water frontage for $65,000.00 and one lot is road frontage for $45,000.00. Call 478-231-2020 for more information.
200
HOMES FOR RENT
ATTENTION MIDDLE GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF AVIATION STUDENTS: 4 bedroom house available for rent. Call 478-278-8665 for more information.
600
SERVICES
Hardeman construction Land and lot clearing: top soil; fill dirt; pond building; hauling. Call Terry Hardeman at 478-285-1430 anytime. State Certified Septic Tank Installation.
FOR ALL YOUR ROOFING NEEDS call BRICE BLOCKER, sales manager at FRASER ROOFING. Free Estimates. 478-231-8176
600
SERVICES
GRASS CUTTING services available. Call Henry at 478-231-2369.
700
FOR SALE
2006 PAGGIO FLY SCOOTER with 539 miles. Asking $800.00 OBO. Call 478-374-7254.
LAWN MOWER 17.5 HP, 42” cut. Asking $350.00. Call 478-934-2635. Please leave phone number if no answer.
800
AUTOMOTIVE
2002 FORD EXPLORER XLT SPORT trac pickup, 150K miles, serviced regularly and has good tires. Asking $3,895.00. For more information please call 478-374-5639 and leave message if there is no answer.
HOMES FOR SALE
HOUSE FOR SALE: Two bedroom, one bath, large carport with utility room and storage. Metal roof, vinyl siding, storm windows, shop in rear, security system, good neighborhood, fenced yard, central H/A and new water system. Corner lot; 5931 9th Avenue/Rose Street, Eastman. Asking $40,000.00. Call 478-231-0606 between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
120
LAND FOR SALE
TWO LOTS IN TRIPP’S SUBDIVISION. One lot has water frontage for $65,000.00 and one lot is road frontage for $45,000.00. Call 478-231-2020 for more information.
200
HOMES FOR RENT
ATTENTION MIDDLE GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF AVIATION STUDENTS: 4 bedroom house available for rent. Call 478-278-8665 for more information.
600
SERVICES
Hardeman construction Land and lot clearing: top soil; fill dirt; pond building; hauling. Call Terry Hardeman at 478-285-1430 anytime. State Certified Septic Tank Installation.
FOR ALL YOUR ROOFING NEEDS call BRICE BLOCKER, sales manager at FRASER ROOFING. Free Estimates. 478-231-8176
600
SERVICES
GRASS CUTTING services available. Call Henry at 478-231-2369.
700
FOR SALE
2006 PAGGIO FLY SCOOTER with 539 miles. Asking $800.00 OBO. Call 478-374-7254.
LAWN MOWER 17.5 HP, 42” cut. Asking $350.00. Call 478-934-2635. Please leave phone number if no answer.
800
AUTOMOTIVE
2002 FORD EXPLORER XLT SPORT trac pickup, 150K miles, serviced regularly and has good tires. Asking $3,895.00. For more information please call 478-374-5639 and leave message if there is no answer.
Legals
1006
CORPORATIONS and BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
Gpn 06
NOTICE OF
INCORPORATION
Notice is given that article of incorporation which incorporate SIDECAR ADVENTURES LTD. have been delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation Code. The initial registered office of the corporation is location at 340 TOM WEST ROAD, EASTMAN, GEORGIA and its initial registered agent at such address is JOEL YARBROUGH.
1007
DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
Gpn 07
PROBATE
COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of JOSEPH STEVE WESTON, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9289
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of JOSEPH STEVE WESTON are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned in accordance with the law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to me.
This the 20th day of March, 2020.
SHANNON M. WESTON,
Executor of the
Estate of JOSEPH STEVE WESTON, Deceased
921 Chauncey Dublin Hwy
Chauncey, GA 31011
1011
FORECLOSURES
Gpn 11
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by JOSEPH PAYNE A/K/A JOEY PAYNE SR AND JANELLE B. PAYNE to COLONY BANK dated January 12, 2007 and recorded in Deed Book 580, Page 183, DODGE County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the amount of FIFTY TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FORTY NINE DOLLARS AND 96/100 ($52,549.96) 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 DODGE County, Georgia, WITHIN THE LEGAL HOURS OF SALE ON TUESDAY, 04/07/2020 the following described property:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT NO. 14 IN THE 15TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTHEAST LOT LINE OF SAID LOT WHICH IS THE CENTER OF A COUNTY ROAD KNOWN AS GIDDENS ROAD, SAID POINT BEING LOCATED 420 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SAID SOUTHEAST LOT LINE AND THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, SAID POINT BEING THE EAST CORNER OF LANDS NOW OR FORMERLY OF MRS. GUSSIE HAMBRICK, AND FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING RUN ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOT LINE IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 119 FEET; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES AND RUNNING IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 185 FEET; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES AND RUNNING IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 119 FEET TO A NORTHERLY CORNER OF LANDS OF MRS. GUSSIE HAMBRICK; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES AND RUNNING ALONG SAID HAMBRICK LANDS IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 185 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, SAID TRACT CONTAINING ONE-HALF (1/2) ACRE, MORE OR LESS; SAID PROPERTY BEING BOUNDED NOW OR FORMERLY AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST BY LANDS OF L. B. PACE ESTATE, AND ON THE SOUTHWEST BY LANDS OF NOW OR FORMERLY MRS. GUSSIE HAMBRICK, AND ON THE SOUTHEAST BY THE SOUTHEAST LOT LINE, AND BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED BY THURMAN DUNLAP TO JACK PAYNE BY DEED DATED JANUARY 9, 1956 AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT IN DEED BOOK 100, PAGE 441; AND BEING ALSO THE SAME PROPERTY AS WAS CONVEYED BY JACK PAYNE TO MRS. NELLIE MAE WILLIAMSON BY DEED DATED FEBRUARY 2, 1966, AND RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 104, PAGE 403 OF DODGE COUNTY RECORDS.
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 said Security Deed and by law, including attorneys’ fees (notice of intent to collect attorneys’ fees having been given).
Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), 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.
To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is JOSEPH PAYNE A/K/A JOEY PAYNE SR AND JANELLE B. PAYNE or a tenant or tenants.
Pursuant to O. C. G. A. §44-14-162.2, the name, address and telephone number of the individual or entity who shall have the full authority to negotiate, amend, or modify all terms of the above described mortgage is as follows: COLONY BANK; P.O. BOX 1186; THOMASTON, GEORGIA 30286 OR CALL 706-647-6601. The foregoing notwithstanding, nothing in O. C. G. A.§44-14-162.2 shall be construed to require Colony Bank to negotiate, amend or modify the terms of the Deed to Secure Debt described herein.
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.
This 28th day of February, 2020.
Colony Bank
AS ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR
Joseph Payne a/k/a
Joey Payne Sr and Janelle B. Payne
WOLFSON & OSMUS LLC
Attorneys at Law
1010 Williams Street
Valdosta, GA 31601
(229) 257-0080
State Bar No. 578435
Gpn 11
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by CECIL JOE JOHNSON AND MARY ROSE R JOHNSON to CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., dated September 11, 2007, recorded in Deed Book 586, Page 7, DODGE County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to GREENWICH REVOLVING TRUST by assignment recorded in Deed Book 868, Page 278, Dodge County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of FORTY-ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX AND 98/100 DOLLARS ($41,936.98), 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 DODGE County, Georgia, or at such place as may be lawfully designated as an alternative, within the legal hours of sale on the FIRST TUESDAY IN APRIL, 2020, the following described property:
SEE EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF
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 will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), 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.
GREENWICH REVOLVING TRUST BY WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee is the holder of the Security Deed to the property in accordance with OCGA § 44-14-162.2.
The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: FAY SERVICING, LLC, 425 S. FINANCIAL PLACE, SUITE 2000, CHICAGO, IL 60605, 800-495-7166.
To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is CECIL JOE JOHNSON and MARY ROSE R JOHNSON or a tenant or tenants and said property is more commonly known as 612 CONGO LANE SE, EASTMAN, GEORGIA 31023.
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.
GREENWICH REVOLVING TRUST BY WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE
as Attorney in Fact for
CECIL JOE JOHNSON and MARY ROSE R JOHNSON
MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC
1544 Old Alabama Road
Roswell, GA 30076
www.foreclosurehotline.net
EXHIBIT “A”
THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LOT OF LAND NO. 38 IN THE 15TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY GEORGIA, AND BEING A PART OF THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY KNOWN AS PEABODY HEIGHTS EXTENSION AND BEING ALL OF LOT NO. 4 IN BLOCK D AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF A SURVEY MADE BY CAREY E. TREADWELL, ON DECEMBER 16, 1973, AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE SUPERIOR COURT IN PLAT BOOK 14, PAGE 191, AND BY REFERENCE INCORPORATED HEREIN.
BEING THE SAME FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY CONVEYED BY DEED FROM CHESTER L. SAUNDERS TO CECIL JOE JOHNSON and MARY ROSE R. JOHNSON JOINT TENANTS, DATED 06/21/1978 RECORDED ON 06/21/1978 IN BOOK 154, PAGE 461 IN DODGE County RECORDS, STATE OF GA.
MR/mtj 4/7/20
Our file no. 5869420 - FT18
1015
NAME CHANGE
gpn 15
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: NOVIAN LOCKETT
Civil Action File No. 20V-8855
NOTICE OF PETITION TO CHANGE NAME
GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY
Notice is hereby given that NOVIAN LOCKETT, the undersigned, filed his Petition to the Superior Court of DODGE County, Georgia on the 21st day of FEBRUARY 2020, praying for a change in the name from NOVIAN LOCKETT to NOVIAN CARR.
Notice is hereby given pursuant to law to any interested or affected party to appear in said Court and to file objections to such name change. Objections must be filed with said Court within thirty (30) days of the filing of said Petition.
This 21st day of FEBRUARY, 2020.
NOVIAN LOCKETT
Petitioner
1018
PROBATE NOTICES
GPN 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of CARLTON LEE SHEFFIELD
PETITION TO PROBATE WILL IN SOLEMN FORM
Estate No.: P-20-9292
All creditors of the Estate of CARTON LEE SHEFFIELD, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned in accordance with the law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to us.
This the 24th day of March, 2020.
WILLENE E. SHEFFIELD,
Executor of the Estate of CARLTON LEE SHEFFIELD, Deceased
WILLENE E. SHEFFIELD
585 Old River Rd
Eastman, GA 31023
Gpn 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of BONNIE SUE BACON CONNER, Deceased
PETITION TO PROBATE WILL IN SOLEMN FORM
Estate No.: P-20-9290
All creditors of the Estate of BONNIE SUE BACON CONNER are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned in accordance with the law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to me.
This the 24th day of March, 2020.
SUSAN DENISE
CONNER LEE,
Executor of the Estate of BONNIE SUE BACON CONNER, Deceased
450 Fish Road
Eastman, Georgia 31023
GPN 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of Harris Miller, Sr., Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9291
All creditors of the Estate of HARRIS W. MILLER, SR. are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned in accordance with the law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to me.
This the 24th day of March, 2020.
PEGGY W. MILLER,
Executor of the Estate of
HARRIS MILLER, SR.,
Deceased
2451 Airport Road
Eastman, Georgia 31023
Gpn 18
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF
BRAYDON CHAD STOKES,
Deceased
ESTATE NO. P-20-9287
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
NOTICE
And to whom it may concern:
JENNIFER MCDANIEL JOHNSON has petitioned for JENNIFER MCDANIEL JOHNSON to be appointed Administrator(s) of the estate of BRAYDON CHAD STOKES 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 April 22, 2020.
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.
AL MCCRANIE
Judge of the Probate Court
643 Pearl Bates Avenue
Eastman, GA 31023
478-374-3775
CORPORATIONS and BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
Gpn 06
NOTICE OF
INCORPORATION
Notice is given that article of incorporation which incorporate SIDECAR ADVENTURES LTD. have been delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation Code. The initial registered office of the corporation is location at 340 TOM WEST ROAD, EASTMAN, GEORGIA and its initial registered agent at such address is JOEL YARBROUGH.
1007
DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
Gpn 07
PROBATE
COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of JOSEPH STEVE WESTON, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9289
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of JOSEPH STEVE WESTON are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned in accordance with the law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to me.
This the 20th day of March, 2020.
SHANNON M. WESTON,
Executor of the
Estate of JOSEPH STEVE WESTON, Deceased
921 Chauncey Dublin Hwy
Chauncey, GA 31011
1011
FORECLOSURES
Gpn 11
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by JOSEPH PAYNE A/K/A JOEY PAYNE SR AND JANELLE B. PAYNE to COLONY BANK dated January 12, 2007 and recorded in Deed Book 580, Page 183, DODGE County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the amount of FIFTY TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FORTY NINE DOLLARS AND 96/100 ($52,549.96) 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 DODGE County, Georgia, WITHIN THE LEGAL HOURS OF SALE ON TUESDAY, 04/07/2020 the following described property:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT NO. 14 IN THE 15TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTHEAST LOT LINE OF SAID LOT WHICH IS THE CENTER OF A COUNTY ROAD KNOWN AS GIDDENS ROAD, SAID POINT BEING LOCATED 420 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SAID SOUTHEAST LOT LINE AND THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, SAID POINT BEING THE EAST CORNER OF LANDS NOW OR FORMERLY OF MRS. GUSSIE HAMBRICK, AND FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING RUN ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOT LINE IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 119 FEET; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES AND RUNNING IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 185 FEET; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES AND RUNNING IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 119 FEET TO A NORTHERLY CORNER OF LANDS OF MRS. GUSSIE HAMBRICK; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES AND RUNNING ALONG SAID HAMBRICK LANDS IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 185 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, SAID TRACT CONTAINING ONE-HALF (1/2) ACRE, MORE OR LESS; SAID PROPERTY BEING BOUNDED NOW OR FORMERLY AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST BY LANDS OF L. B. PACE ESTATE, AND ON THE SOUTHWEST BY LANDS OF NOW OR FORMERLY MRS. GUSSIE HAMBRICK, AND ON THE SOUTHEAST BY THE SOUTHEAST LOT LINE, AND BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED BY THURMAN DUNLAP TO JACK PAYNE BY DEED DATED JANUARY 9, 1956 AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT IN DEED BOOK 100, PAGE 441; AND BEING ALSO THE SAME PROPERTY AS WAS CONVEYED BY JACK PAYNE TO MRS. NELLIE MAE WILLIAMSON BY DEED DATED FEBRUARY 2, 1966, AND RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 104, PAGE 403 OF DODGE COUNTY RECORDS.
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 said Security Deed and by law, including attorneys’ fees (notice of intent to collect attorneys’ fees having been given).
Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), 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.
To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is JOSEPH PAYNE A/K/A JOEY PAYNE SR AND JANELLE B. PAYNE or a tenant or tenants.
Pursuant to O. C. G. A. §44-14-162.2, the name, address and telephone number of the individual or entity who shall have the full authority to negotiate, amend, or modify all terms of the above described mortgage is as follows: COLONY BANK; P.O. BOX 1186; THOMASTON, GEORGIA 30286 OR CALL 706-647-6601. The foregoing notwithstanding, nothing in O. C. G. A.§44-14-162.2 shall be construed to require Colony Bank to negotiate, amend or modify the terms of the Deed to Secure Debt described herein.
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.
This 28th day of February, 2020.
Colony Bank
AS ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR
Joseph Payne a/k/a
Joey Payne Sr and Janelle B. Payne
WOLFSON & OSMUS LLC
Attorneys at Law
1010 Williams Street
Valdosta, GA 31601
(229) 257-0080
State Bar No. 578435
Gpn 11
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by CECIL JOE JOHNSON AND MARY ROSE R JOHNSON to CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., dated September 11, 2007, recorded in Deed Book 586, Page 7, DODGE County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to GREENWICH REVOLVING TRUST by assignment recorded in Deed Book 868, Page 278, Dodge County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of FORTY-ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX AND 98/100 DOLLARS ($41,936.98), 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 DODGE County, Georgia, or at such place as may be lawfully designated as an alternative, within the legal hours of sale on the FIRST TUESDAY IN APRIL, 2020, the following described property:
SEE EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF
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 will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), 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.
GREENWICH REVOLVING TRUST BY WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee is the holder of the Security Deed to the property in accordance with OCGA § 44-14-162.2.
The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: FAY SERVICING, LLC, 425 S. FINANCIAL PLACE, SUITE 2000, CHICAGO, IL 60605, 800-495-7166.
To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is CECIL JOE JOHNSON and MARY ROSE R JOHNSON or a tenant or tenants and said property is more commonly known as 612 CONGO LANE SE, EASTMAN, GEORGIA 31023.
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.
GREENWICH REVOLVING TRUST BY WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE
as Attorney in Fact for
CECIL JOE JOHNSON and MARY ROSE R JOHNSON
MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC
1544 Old Alabama Road
Roswell, GA 30076
www.foreclosurehotline.net
EXHIBIT “A”
THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LOT OF LAND NO. 38 IN THE 15TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY GEORGIA, AND BEING A PART OF THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY KNOWN AS PEABODY HEIGHTS EXTENSION AND BEING ALL OF LOT NO. 4 IN BLOCK D AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF A SURVEY MADE BY CAREY E. TREADWELL, ON DECEMBER 16, 1973, AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE SUPERIOR COURT IN PLAT BOOK 14, PAGE 191, AND BY REFERENCE INCORPORATED HEREIN.
BEING THE SAME FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY CONVEYED BY DEED FROM CHESTER L. SAUNDERS TO CECIL JOE JOHNSON and MARY ROSE R. JOHNSON JOINT TENANTS, DATED 06/21/1978 RECORDED ON 06/21/1978 IN BOOK 154, PAGE 461 IN DODGE County RECORDS, STATE OF GA.
MR/mtj 4/7/20
Our file no. 5869420 - FT18
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NAME CHANGE
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: NOVIAN LOCKETT
Civil Action File No. 20V-8855
NOTICE OF PETITION TO CHANGE NAME
GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY
Notice is hereby given that NOVIAN LOCKETT, the undersigned, filed his Petition to the Superior Court of DODGE County, Georgia on the 21st day of FEBRUARY 2020, praying for a change in the name from NOVIAN LOCKETT to NOVIAN CARR.
Notice is hereby given pursuant to law to any interested or affected party to appear in said Court and to file objections to such name change. Objections must be filed with said Court within thirty (30) days of the filing of said Petition.
This 21st day of FEBRUARY, 2020.
NOVIAN LOCKETT
Petitioner
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PROBATE NOTICES
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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of CARLTON LEE SHEFFIELD
PETITION TO PROBATE WILL IN SOLEMN FORM
Estate No.: P-20-9292
All creditors of the Estate of CARTON LEE SHEFFIELD, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned in accordance with the law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to us.
This the 24th day of March, 2020.
WILLENE E. SHEFFIELD,
Executor of the Estate of CARLTON LEE SHEFFIELD, Deceased
WILLENE E. SHEFFIELD
585 Old River Rd
Eastman, GA 31023
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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of BONNIE SUE BACON CONNER, Deceased
PETITION TO PROBATE WILL IN SOLEMN FORM
Estate No.: P-20-9290
All creditors of the Estate of BONNIE SUE BACON CONNER are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned in accordance with the law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to me.
This the 24th day of March, 2020.
SUSAN DENISE
CONNER LEE,
Executor of the Estate of BONNIE SUE BACON CONNER, Deceased
450 Fish Road
Eastman, Georgia 31023
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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of Harris Miller, Sr., Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9291
All creditors of the Estate of HARRIS W. MILLER, SR. are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned in accordance with the law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to me.
This the 24th day of March, 2020.
PEGGY W. MILLER,
Executor of the Estate of
HARRIS MILLER, SR.,
Deceased
2451 Airport Road
Eastman, Georgia 31023
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF
BRAYDON CHAD STOKES,
Deceased
ESTATE NO. P-20-9287
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
NOTICE
And to whom it may concern:
JENNIFER MCDANIEL JOHNSON has petitioned for JENNIFER MCDANIEL JOHNSON to be appointed Administrator(s) of the estate of BRAYDON CHAD STOKES 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 April 22, 2020.
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.
AL MCCRANIE
Judge of the Probate Court
643 Pearl Bates Avenue
Eastman, GA 31023
478-374-3775
Dodge’s Spitfire Legend By Joey Marchant
The Georgia High School Association called a meeting for March 27th to discuss all possible options for resuming spring sports. Before that meeting could take place, Governor Kemp extended Georgia school closings through April 24th. The GHSA seems to be holding off on any sort of decision pending Governor Kemp’s next move, which should be made known in the next three weeks.
With no current baseball to report on, I thought it would be interesting to look back at one of Dodge’s oldest and most accomplished baseball players of whom I suspect most have never heard. John Byron (“Jimmy”) Vaughan was born in Eastman in 1892. Jimmy played baseball growing up in Eastman, but I do not know much about Jimmy’s exploits until he joined the Macon Peaches of the South Atlantic League in 1914.
Jimmy made his minor league debut 106 years ago to the day that I am writing this article on March 27, 1914. Jimmy was 22 years old. Jimmy’s first assignment was to face what would turn out to be the 1914 World Series Champion Boston Braves.
Jimmy, who had begun pitching at the age of 16, scattered six hits over nine innings in a 4-0 victory over the Braves. Jimmy allowed only one Brave past second base. To be fair to the future World Series Champions, this was a split squad game with the Braves’ A Team traveling to Atlanta to face the Minor League Atlanta Crackers while the Braves’ B Team stayed behind at the Braves’ spring training home in Macon to face the Peaches. The fact that Jimmy was facing the B Team means he probably did not see Boston’s Hall of Famers Rabbit Maranville and the newly acquired former Cub Johnny Evers. However, Jimmy’s feat was still impressive. These were real major league players on a World Series Championship Team.
When Jimmy arrived in Macon, he stood only 5’8” and weighed 145 lbs. He was armed with a good fastball and a curveball, but he had yet to develop his famous spitball. Throwing a spitball involved wetting the ball with saliva in certain spots. Applied over and over between pitches, the saliva would cause the ball to drop sharply as it crossed the plate. A good spitball was almost impossible to hit. Jimmy learned the spitball from another young Macon Peaches pitcher from Columbus, Georgia by the name of Dana Fillingim. The spitball would carry Fillingim all the way to the Major Leagues where he pitched six seasons with the Boston Braves and parts of two more seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics and the Philadelphia Phillies. Meanwhile, Jimmy played the 1914 and 1915 seasons with the Macon Peaches and the 1916 season with the Montgomery Rebels.
In 1917, Jimmy and his wife Joe Lee left Alabama and headed to Akron, Ohio where they both found jobs in Akron’s booming rubber industry. However, Jimmy’s baseball career was just getting started. Baseball was truly America’s National Pastime in those days. In addition to the Major Leagues and the various Minor Leagues existed several Industrial League Teams across America. These semiprofessional teams were sponsored by local industries and made up primarily of factory workers. However, the managers were not above bringing in a ringer or two. This is how Shoeless Joe Jackson found work after being banned from the Major Leagues for his role in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. Back home, the Eastman Cotton Mill had a team.
Interestingly, Jimmy joined the General Tire Company baseball team despite being an employee of rival Firestone. As you might imagine, this did not go over well with either company. However, rather than changing baseball teams, Jimmy changed jobs taking a position with General Tire in 1919.
Jimmy dominated Akron Industrial League Baseball for several years. Jimmy pitched a total of 10 years for General Tire before the team disbanded in 1929 averaging nine strikeouts a game with a 1.75 ERA. Jimmy threw two no hitters. On six occasions, Jimmy pitched both games of a doubleheader. In 1919, Jimmy went 15-0 and pitched 56 consecutive scoreless innings.
Jimmy’s most famous performance came in 1922 when he hooked up with Firestone’s Percy McKinstry in a pitching duel for the ages. Jimmy struck out 24 batters allowing 7 hits and 0 runs in a game that went 20 innings before being called for darkness. It appeared that McKinstry had bested Jimmy by striking out 33 batters in the contest while allowing 5 hits and 0 runs. However, Jimmy got the last laugh when he blanked Firestone three days later by a score of 4-0 to give General Tire the League Championship. The marathon game is still talked and written about in Akron today.
While pitching for General Tire, Jimmy had several opportunities to pitch against Major League teams and some of the All-Time Greats in exhibition games. It was not uncommon for Major League teams in that day to play an exhibition game against a semiprofessional team in the middle of the regular season. One would expect the Major League teams to rest their star players for these exhibitions, but this was frowned upon as the stars were necessary to maximize the tickets sold and the profit. As Jimmy was General Tire’s best pitcher, he started many of these games.
Such was the case in September 1922 when the New York Yankees came to Akron to face General Tire. Akron was abuzz with news that the Great Babe Ruth was coming to town. The Akron Beacon Journal ran a contest inviting youngsters to guess the Babe’s weight. The kids mobbed Ruth at times during the game. Ever the showman, Ruth would have loved nothing more than to belt a homerun for the kids of Akron. Ruth had hit two homers and two doubles the day before in Philadelphia. The box score shows that Ruth had two hits and scored two runs in the Yankees 11-4 victory over General Tire. However, a newspaper account reveals that Jimmy kept Ruth in the park that day and struck out the Babe swinging in his final at bat.
In other exhibition games, Jimmy faced Hall of Famers Pie Traynor of the Pittsburgh Pirates and George Sisler of the Boston Braves. Jimmy also faced great Negro National League teams like the Kansas City Monarchs and the Homestead Grays who were stationed in nearby Pittsburgh. Jimmy also faced very talented hitters in the Industrial League. On one occasion, Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby brought his Boston Braves to town for an exhibition and left having signed two of Jimmy’s teammates and taken them with the Braves team on the train back to Boston.
Jimmy himself had a chance to sign a professional contract with the St. Louis Browns (now known as the Baltimore Orioles), but he declined presumably because the Browns made known they planned to send him to start off with their Mobile, Alabama minor league team. I wonder if it also had something to do with the Majors having outlawed the spitball after the 1920 season due in part to the death of Cleveland’s Ray Chapman who died after being struck in the head with a pitch. Chapman is believed to have been unable to see the dirtied up baseball. Seventeen major league pitchers then throwing the spitball were grandfathered in and allowed to keep throwing it. Among these was Jimmy’s old friend Dana Fillingim.
When Firestone struggled to defeat Jimmy on the mound, Firestone’s manager lobbied the Akron Industrial League to outlaw the spitball. I am not sure if the Akron Industrial League ever banned the pitch, but Jimmy quit going to his mouth with his fingers and learned to spit in his glove where he could apply the necessary saliva. Jimmy learned that he could produce more saliva by chewing a substance known as slippery elm. Some teams got wise to Jimmy and put a substance known as acacia on the baseballs, which was intended to make the balls less susceptible to spittle. Not to be outdone, Jimmy developed a paraffin ball by secretly applying the substance to his gray uniform and then the baseball. Jimmy would fake the spitball and throw the paraffin ball, which tended to sail rather than drop. Jimmy credited the spitball for his longevity. He noted that he threw the spitball about every three pitches and never had a sore arm. When Jimmy wasn’t pitching for General Tire, he picked up with other teams across Ohio and Pennsylvania getting paid as much as $100.00 a game to pitch.
Jimmy was inducted to the Summit County, Ohio Sports Hall of Fame in 1963. After retiring, Jimmy and Joe Lee moved to Fort Pierce, Florida where Jimmy died in 1966 at the age of 74. If you would like to read more about Jimmy including seeing many photographs, you can access old copies of the Akron Beacon Journal on newspapers.com. I hope that you have enjoyed reading about this forgotten Dodge County baseball player. Next week, I intend to write about Dodge’s first college football star. I doubt you have heard of him either, but you will certainly recognize the surname.
With no current baseball to report on, I thought it would be interesting to look back at one of Dodge’s oldest and most accomplished baseball players of whom I suspect most have never heard. John Byron (“Jimmy”) Vaughan was born in Eastman in 1892. Jimmy played baseball growing up in Eastman, but I do not know much about Jimmy’s exploits until he joined the Macon Peaches of the South Atlantic League in 1914.
Jimmy made his minor league debut 106 years ago to the day that I am writing this article on March 27, 1914. Jimmy was 22 years old. Jimmy’s first assignment was to face what would turn out to be the 1914 World Series Champion Boston Braves.
Jimmy, who had begun pitching at the age of 16, scattered six hits over nine innings in a 4-0 victory over the Braves. Jimmy allowed only one Brave past second base. To be fair to the future World Series Champions, this was a split squad game with the Braves’ A Team traveling to Atlanta to face the Minor League Atlanta Crackers while the Braves’ B Team stayed behind at the Braves’ spring training home in Macon to face the Peaches. The fact that Jimmy was facing the B Team means he probably did not see Boston’s Hall of Famers Rabbit Maranville and the newly acquired former Cub Johnny Evers. However, Jimmy’s feat was still impressive. These were real major league players on a World Series Championship Team.
When Jimmy arrived in Macon, he stood only 5’8” and weighed 145 lbs. He was armed with a good fastball and a curveball, but he had yet to develop his famous spitball. Throwing a spitball involved wetting the ball with saliva in certain spots. Applied over and over between pitches, the saliva would cause the ball to drop sharply as it crossed the plate. A good spitball was almost impossible to hit. Jimmy learned the spitball from another young Macon Peaches pitcher from Columbus, Georgia by the name of Dana Fillingim. The spitball would carry Fillingim all the way to the Major Leagues where he pitched six seasons with the Boston Braves and parts of two more seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics and the Philadelphia Phillies. Meanwhile, Jimmy played the 1914 and 1915 seasons with the Macon Peaches and the 1916 season with the Montgomery Rebels.
In 1917, Jimmy and his wife Joe Lee left Alabama and headed to Akron, Ohio where they both found jobs in Akron’s booming rubber industry. However, Jimmy’s baseball career was just getting started. Baseball was truly America’s National Pastime in those days. In addition to the Major Leagues and the various Minor Leagues existed several Industrial League Teams across America. These semiprofessional teams were sponsored by local industries and made up primarily of factory workers. However, the managers were not above bringing in a ringer or two. This is how Shoeless Joe Jackson found work after being banned from the Major Leagues for his role in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. Back home, the Eastman Cotton Mill had a team.
Interestingly, Jimmy joined the General Tire Company baseball team despite being an employee of rival Firestone. As you might imagine, this did not go over well with either company. However, rather than changing baseball teams, Jimmy changed jobs taking a position with General Tire in 1919.
Jimmy dominated Akron Industrial League Baseball for several years. Jimmy pitched a total of 10 years for General Tire before the team disbanded in 1929 averaging nine strikeouts a game with a 1.75 ERA. Jimmy threw two no hitters. On six occasions, Jimmy pitched both games of a doubleheader. In 1919, Jimmy went 15-0 and pitched 56 consecutive scoreless innings.
Jimmy’s most famous performance came in 1922 when he hooked up with Firestone’s Percy McKinstry in a pitching duel for the ages. Jimmy struck out 24 batters allowing 7 hits and 0 runs in a game that went 20 innings before being called for darkness. It appeared that McKinstry had bested Jimmy by striking out 33 batters in the contest while allowing 5 hits and 0 runs. However, Jimmy got the last laugh when he blanked Firestone three days later by a score of 4-0 to give General Tire the League Championship. The marathon game is still talked and written about in Akron today.
While pitching for General Tire, Jimmy had several opportunities to pitch against Major League teams and some of the All-Time Greats in exhibition games. It was not uncommon for Major League teams in that day to play an exhibition game against a semiprofessional team in the middle of the regular season. One would expect the Major League teams to rest their star players for these exhibitions, but this was frowned upon as the stars were necessary to maximize the tickets sold and the profit. As Jimmy was General Tire’s best pitcher, he started many of these games.
Such was the case in September 1922 when the New York Yankees came to Akron to face General Tire. Akron was abuzz with news that the Great Babe Ruth was coming to town. The Akron Beacon Journal ran a contest inviting youngsters to guess the Babe’s weight. The kids mobbed Ruth at times during the game. Ever the showman, Ruth would have loved nothing more than to belt a homerun for the kids of Akron. Ruth had hit two homers and two doubles the day before in Philadelphia. The box score shows that Ruth had two hits and scored two runs in the Yankees 11-4 victory over General Tire. However, a newspaper account reveals that Jimmy kept Ruth in the park that day and struck out the Babe swinging in his final at bat.
In other exhibition games, Jimmy faced Hall of Famers Pie Traynor of the Pittsburgh Pirates and George Sisler of the Boston Braves. Jimmy also faced great Negro National League teams like the Kansas City Monarchs and the Homestead Grays who were stationed in nearby Pittsburgh. Jimmy also faced very talented hitters in the Industrial League. On one occasion, Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby brought his Boston Braves to town for an exhibition and left having signed two of Jimmy’s teammates and taken them with the Braves team on the train back to Boston.
Jimmy himself had a chance to sign a professional contract with the St. Louis Browns (now known as the Baltimore Orioles), but he declined presumably because the Browns made known they planned to send him to start off with their Mobile, Alabama minor league team. I wonder if it also had something to do with the Majors having outlawed the spitball after the 1920 season due in part to the death of Cleveland’s Ray Chapman who died after being struck in the head with a pitch. Chapman is believed to have been unable to see the dirtied up baseball. Seventeen major league pitchers then throwing the spitball were grandfathered in and allowed to keep throwing it. Among these was Jimmy’s old friend Dana Fillingim.
When Firestone struggled to defeat Jimmy on the mound, Firestone’s manager lobbied the Akron Industrial League to outlaw the spitball. I am not sure if the Akron Industrial League ever banned the pitch, but Jimmy quit going to his mouth with his fingers and learned to spit in his glove where he could apply the necessary saliva. Jimmy learned that he could produce more saliva by chewing a substance known as slippery elm. Some teams got wise to Jimmy and put a substance known as acacia on the baseballs, which was intended to make the balls less susceptible to spittle. Not to be outdone, Jimmy developed a paraffin ball by secretly applying the substance to his gray uniform and then the baseball. Jimmy would fake the spitball and throw the paraffin ball, which tended to sail rather than drop. Jimmy credited the spitball for his longevity. He noted that he threw the spitball about every three pitches and never had a sore arm. When Jimmy wasn’t pitching for General Tire, he picked up with other teams across Ohio and Pennsylvania getting paid as much as $100.00 a game to pitch.
Jimmy was inducted to the Summit County, Ohio Sports Hall of Fame in 1963. After retiring, Jimmy and Joe Lee moved to Fort Pierce, Florida where Jimmy died in 1966 at the age of 74. If you would like to read more about Jimmy including seeing many photographs, you can access old copies of the Akron Beacon Journal on newspapers.com. I hope that you have enjoyed reading about this forgotten Dodge County baseball player. Next week, I intend to write about Dodge’s first college football star. I doubt you have heard of him either, but you will certainly recognize the surname.
Letter to the editor
Dear editor,
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, we are not accepting any clothing and household donations at this time. We are trying to provide food for those who are in need, so any monetary donation would be appreciated. If you’d like to donate to the food pantry, checks can be made out to the Christian Life Center with a memo: food pantry and mail to: Christian Life Center P.O. Box 476 Eastman, GA. 31023
The Christian Life Center thanks the Dodge County community for its continued support. As soon as this passes, prayerfully, we will be back open again.
Mike Grenade
Director
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, we are not accepting any clothing and household donations at this time. We are trying to provide food for those who are in need, so any monetary donation would be appreciated. If you’d like to donate to the food pantry, checks can be made out to the Christian Life Center with a memo: food pantry and mail to: Christian Life Center P.O. Box 476 Eastman, GA. 31023
The Christian Life Center thanks the Dodge County community for its continued support. As soon as this passes, prayerfully, we will be back open again.
Mike Grenade
Director
Letter to the editor
Dear editor,
Each day in Georgia, physicians, nurses and other health care providers go to work in our hospitals, nursing centers or private office practices to care for patients with a variety of health needs. This practice of medicine occurs 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and 365 days per year; because illnesses and injuries don’t take a holiday. Without thinking twice, patients visit emergency departments and provider practices to seek care, and that need is met by the dedicated individuals who serve our communities as front-line heroes to ensure your health and safety.
During this global pandemic of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, these health care providers, hospitals, and nursing centers are still open and providing the same compassionate care as always, but this public health emergency is different. This new virus has spread rapidly across the world, and the general public and health care workers are placed in harm’s way each time a person chooses to attend large gatherings, visit elderly family members, or widen their circle of personal interaction with friends, family and neighbors. These practices lead to increased exposure and viral spread, which places an additional burden on our increasingly strained health care system.
It is up to Georgia’s citizens to accept personal responsibility and adhere to best practices during this outbreak such as staying home, avoiding large groups and limiting interactions with friends and family to those that do not involve close personal contact. As our hospitals and providers fight to maintain control over COVID-19, increased patient volumes and added exposure to health care staff will threaten the foundation of our health care system. We must all make the personal choice to protect our nurses, physicians, hospitals, and nursing centers by taking steps to ensure that the next COVID-19 patient isn’t one of us.
Health care providers are bravely assuming great personal risk each day as they care for the sick. Hospitals are making room and accommodating growing numbers of patients as they continue to maintain a safe haven for the public. Georgia’s citizens can do their part by following the advice of Governor Kemp and DPH Commissioner Dr. Toomey including avoiding large crowds and staying at home whenever possible. Personal responsibility also includes holding your friends, family and neighbors accountable to these same standards as we all fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 together. Help protect your health care professionals, hospitals, and nursing centers by making the personal choice to socially distance in order to reduce or eliminate potential exposure to COVID-19 for yourself and those you are closest to. The health care community thanks you for being personally responsible and doing your part to end this COVID-19 Public Health Emergency; these choices, whatever they may be, will have a far-reaching effect. Let’s all work together to protect Georgia’s health care providers and hospitals while they protect us.
Georgia Hospital Association
Medical Association of Georgia
Georgia Nurses Association
Georgia Health Care Association
Georgia Academy of Family Physicians
Georgia Primary Care Association
Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Each day in Georgia, physicians, nurses and other health care providers go to work in our hospitals, nursing centers or private office practices to care for patients with a variety of health needs. This practice of medicine occurs 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and 365 days per year; because illnesses and injuries don’t take a holiday. Without thinking twice, patients visit emergency departments and provider practices to seek care, and that need is met by the dedicated individuals who serve our communities as front-line heroes to ensure your health and safety.
During this global pandemic of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, these health care providers, hospitals, and nursing centers are still open and providing the same compassionate care as always, but this public health emergency is different. This new virus has spread rapidly across the world, and the general public and health care workers are placed in harm’s way each time a person chooses to attend large gatherings, visit elderly family members, or widen their circle of personal interaction with friends, family and neighbors. These practices lead to increased exposure and viral spread, which places an additional burden on our increasingly strained health care system.
It is up to Georgia’s citizens to accept personal responsibility and adhere to best practices during this outbreak such as staying home, avoiding large groups and limiting interactions with friends and family to those that do not involve close personal contact. As our hospitals and providers fight to maintain control over COVID-19, increased patient volumes and added exposure to health care staff will threaten the foundation of our health care system. We must all make the personal choice to protect our nurses, physicians, hospitals, and nursing centers by taking steps to ensure that the next COVID-19 patient isn’t one of us.
Health care providers are bravely assuming great personal risk each day as they care for the sick. Hospitals are making room and accommodating growing numbers of patients as they continue to maintain a safe haven for the public. Georgia’s citizens can do their part by following the advice of Governor Kemp and DPH Commissioner Dr. Toomey including avoiding large crowds and staying at home whenever possible. Personal responsibility also includes holding your friends, family and neighbors accountable to these same standards as we all fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 together. Help protect your health care professionals, hospitals, and nursing centers by making the personal choice to socially distance in order to reduce or eliminate potential exposure to COVID-19 for yourself and those you are closest to. The health care community thanks you for being personally responsible and doing your part to end this COVID-19 Public Health Emergency; these choices, whatever they may be, will have a far-reaching effect. Let’s all work together to protect Georgia’s health care providers and hospitals while they protect us.
Georgia Hospital Association
Medical Association of Georgia
Georgia Nurses Association
Georgia Health Care Association
Georgia Academy of Family Physicians
Georgia Primary Care Association
Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
R.I.P. Kenny Rogers
R.I.P. Kenny Rogers. I used to see him watching his twin sons play baseball at NYO (Northside Youth Organization) in Atlanta. My grandsons played sports there and went to elementary school with the Rogers twins. Every time I saw Kenny’s kids playing he was there, good father, nice fellow.
Boycott-Liberalism.com has a list of conservative companies to support, also a list of others to avoid. Among the good guys are: Arby’s, Bass Pro Shops, Carl’s Jr. (Hardee’s in the east), Cracker Barrel, Exxon Mobil, One America News, Publix Super Markets, Marriott Hotels, Waffle House.
Top Ten Company Boycotts are #1 Starbucks #2 NFL #3 CNN/MSNBC followed by #4 Hollywood Movies, #5 Jimmy Kimmel, #6 Stephen Colbert, #7 HBO: Bill Maher, #8 ABC/NBC/CBS News, #9 Netflix: The Obamas, #10 ESPN. Yes, ESPN is just one more liberal outfit: Egotistical Sociologists Peddling Nonsense.
“For the left, fighting extremism always entails crushing normal conservatives.”
Brenda Walker on VDare.com
“When have Dems shown empathy to victims of illegal immigrant crimes?”
Laura Ingraham LifeZette.com LauraIngraham.com
Trump got more minority support in 2016 than Romney did in 2012.
“Calls for gun control are kind of class warfare.”
Tucker Carlson
“War is just one more big government program.”
Joe Sobran Sobran.com
There is a broad brush media demonization of border agents, even though half are Hispanic.
“Democrats like the issue more than they want to resolve it.”
Jason Chaffetz
MS-13 gang members are being arrested by the border patrol as they try to come into the USA via the border caravans. I thought all illegals were just looking for a better life in America, picking fruits and vegetables, etc., jobs Americans won’t do. I guess MS-13 gang members cannot be trusted either.
Huge food intake increase: 2,880 calories consumed daily by the average American in 1961, 3,689 by November 2018, maybe more today.
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Boycott-Liberalism.com has a list of conservative companies to support, also a list of others to avoid. Among the good guys are: Arby’s, Bass Pro Shops, Carl’s Jr. (Hardee’s in the east), Cracker Barrel, Exxon Mobil, One America News, Publix Super Markets, Marriott Hotels, Waffle House.
Top Ten Company Boycotts are #1 Starbucks #2 NFL #3 CNN/MSNBC followed by #4 Hollywood Movies, #5 Jimmy Kimmel, #6 Stephen Colbert, #7 HBO: Bill Maher, #8 ABC/NBC/CBS News, #9 Netflix: The Obamas, #10 ESPN. Yes, ESPN is just one more liberal outfit: Egotistical Sociologists Peddling Nonsense.
“For the left, fighting extremism always entails crushing normal conservatives.”
Brenda Walker on VDare.com
“When have Dems shown empathy to victims of illegal immigrant crimes?”
Laura Ingraham LifeZette.com LauraIngraham.com
Trump got more minority support in 2016 than Romney did in 2012.
“Calls for gun control are kind of class warfare.”
Tucker Carlson
“War is just one more big government program.”
Joe Sobran Sobran.com
There is a broad brush media demonization of border agents, even though half are Hispanic.
“Democrats like the issue more than they want to resolve it.”
Jason Chaffetz
MS-13 gang members are being arrested by the border patrol as they try to come into the USA via the border caravans. I thought all illegals were just looking for a better life in America, picking fruits and vegetables, etc., jobs Americans won’t do. I guess MS-13 gang members cannot be trusted either.
Huge food intake increase: 2,880 calories consumed daily by the average American in 1961, 3,689 by November 2018, maybe more today.
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Legals 04-01-20
1006
CORPORATIONS and BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
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NOTICE OF
INCORPORATION
Notice is given that article of incorporation which incorporate SIDECAR ADVENTURES LTD. have been delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation Code. The initial registered office of the corporation is location at 340 TOM WEST ROAD, EASTMAN, GEORGIA and its initial registered agent at such address is JOEL YARBROUGH.
1007
DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
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PROBATE
COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of JOSEPH STEVE WESTON, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9289
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of JOSEPH STEVE WESTON are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned in accordance with the law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to me.
This the 20th day of March, 2020.
SHANNON M. WESTON,
Executor of the
Estate of JOSEPH STEVE WESTON, Deceased
921 Chauncey Dublin Hwy
Chauncey, GA 31011
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FORECLOSURES
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NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by JOSEPH PAYNE A/K/A JOEY PAYNE SR AND JANELLE B. PAYNE to COLONY BANK dated January 12, 2007 and recorded in Deed Book 580, Page 183, DODGE County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the amount of FIFTY TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FORTY NINE DOLLARS AND 96/100 ($52,549.96) 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 DODGE County, Georgia, WITHIN THE LEGAL HOURS OF SALE ON TUESDAY, 04/07/2020 the following described property:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT NO. 14 IN THE 15TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTHEAST LOT LINE OF SAID LOT WHICH IS THE CENTER OF A COUNTY ROAD KNOWN AS GIDDENS ROAD, SAID POINT BEING LOCATED 420 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SAID SOUTHEAST LOT LINE AND THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, SAID POINT BEING THE EAST CORNER OF LANDS NOW OR FORMERLY OF MRS. GUSSIE HAMBRICK, AND FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING RUN ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOT LINE IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 119 FEET; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES AND RUNNING IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 185 FEET; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES AND RUNNING IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 119 FEET TO A NORTHERLY CORNER OF LANDS OF MRS. GUSSIE HAMBRICK; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES AND RUNNING ALONG SAID HAMBRICK LANDS IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 185 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, SAID TRACT CONTAINING ONE-HALF (1/2) ACRE, MORE OR LESS; SAID PROPERTY BEING BOUNDED NOW OR FORMERLY AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST BY LANDS OF L. B. PACE ESTATE, AND ON THE SOUTHWEST BY LANDS OF NOW OR FORMERLY MRS. GUSSIE HAMBRICK, AND ON THE SOUTHEAST BY THE SOUTHEAST LOT LINE, AND BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED BY THURMAN DUNLAP TO JACK PAYNE BY DEED DATED JANUARY 9, 1956 AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT IN DEED BOOK 100, PAGE 441; AND BEING ALSO THE SAME PROPERTY AS WAS CONVEYED BY JACK PAYNE TO MRS. NELLIE MAE WILLIAMSON BY DEED DATED FEBRUARY 2, 1966, AND RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 104, PAGE 403 OF DODGE COUNTY RECORDS.
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 said Security Deed and by law, including attorneys’ fees (notice of intent to collect attorneys’ fees having been given).
Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), 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.
To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is JOSEPH PAYNE A/K/A JOEY PAYNE SR AND JANELLE B. PAYNE or a tenant or tenants.
Pursuant to O. C. G. A. §44-14-162.2, the name, address and telephone number of the individual or entity who shall have the full authority to negotiate, amend, or modify all terms of the above described mortgage is as follows: COLONY BANK; P.O. BOX 1186; THOMASTON, GEORGIA 30286 OR CALL 706-647-6601. The foregoing notwithstanding, nothing in O. C. G. A.§44-14-162.2 shall be construed to require Colony Bank to negotiate, amend or modify the terms of the Deed to Secure Debt described herein.
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.
This 28th day of February, 2020.
Colony Bank
AS ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR
Joseph Payne a/k/a
Joey Payne Sr and Janelle B. Payne
WOLFSON & OSMUS LLC
Attorneys at Law
1010 Williams Street
Valdosta, GA 31601
(229) 257-0080
State Bar No. 578435
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NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by CECIL JOE JOHNSON AND MARY ROSE R JOHNSON to CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., dated September 11, 2007, recorded in Deed Book 586, Page 7, DODGE County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to GREENWICH REVOLVING TRUST by assignment recorded in Deed Book 868, Page 278, Dodge County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of FORTY-ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX AND 98/100 DOLLARS ($41,936.98), 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 DODGE County, Georgia, or at such place as may be lawfully designated as an alternative, within the legal hours of sale on the FIRST TUESDAY IN APRIL, 2020, the following described property:
SEE EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF
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 will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), 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.
GREENWICH REVOLVING TRUST BY WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee is the holder of the Security Deed to the property in accordance with OCGA § 44-14-162.2.
The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: FAY SERVICING, LLC, 425 S. FINANCIAL PLACE, SUITE 2000, CHICAGO, IL 60605, 800-495-7166.
To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is CECIL JOE JOHNSON and MARY ROSE R JOHNSON or a tenant or tenants and said property is more commonly known as 612 CONGO LANE SE, EASTMAN, GEORGIA 31023.
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.
GREENWICH REVOLVING TRUST BY WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE
as Attorney in Fact for
CECIL JOE JOHNSON and MARY ROSE R JOHNSON
MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC
1544 Old Alabama Road
Roswell, GA 30076
www.foreclosurehotline.net
EXHIBIT “A”
THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LOT OF LAND NO. 38 IN THE 15TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY GEORGIA, AND BEING A PART OF THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY KNOWN AS PEABODY HEIGHTS EXTENSION AND BEING ALL OF LOT NO. 4 IN BLOCK D AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF A SURVEY MADE BY CAREY E. TREADWELL, ON DECEMBER 16, 1973, AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE SUPERIOR COURT IN PLAT BOOK 14, PAGE 191, AND BY REFERENCE INCORPORATED HEREIN.
BEING THE SAME FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY CONVEYED BY DEED FROM CHESTER L. SAUNDERS TO CECIL JOE JOHNSON and MARY ROSE R. JOHNSON JOINT TENANTS, DATED 06/21/1978 RECORDED ON 06/21/1978 IN BOOK 154, PAGE 461 IN DODGE County RECORDS, STATE OF GA.
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NAME CHANGE
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: NOVIAN LOCKETT
Civil Action File No. 20V-8855
NOTICE OF PETITION TO CHANGE NAME
GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY
Notice is hereby given that NOVIAN LOCKETT, the undersigned, filed his Petition to the Superior Court of DODGE County, Georgia on the 21st day of FEBRUARY 2020, praying for a change in the name from NOVIAN LOCKETT to NOVIAN CARR.
Notice is hereby given pursuant to law to any interested or affected party to appear in said Court and to file objections to such name change. Objections must be filed with said Court within thirty (30) days of the filing of said Petition.
This 21st day of FEBRUARY, 2020.
NOVIAN LOCKETT
Petitioner
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PROBATE NOTICES
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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of CARLTON LEE SHEFFIELD
PETITION TO PROBATE WILL IN SOLEMN FORM
Estate No.: P-20-9292
All creditors of the Estate of CARTON LEE SHEFFIELD, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned in accordance with the law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to us.
This the 24th day of March, 2020.
WILLENE E. SHEFFIELD,
Executor of the Estate of CARLTON LEE SHEFFIELD, Deceased
WILLENE E. SHEFFIELD
585 Old River Rd
Eastman, GA 31023
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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of BONNIE SUE BACON CONNER, Deceased
PETITION TO PROBATE WILL IN SOLEMN FORM
Estate No.: P-20-9290
All creditors of the Estate of BONNIE SUE BACON CONNER are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned in accordance with the law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to me.
This the 24th day of March, 2020.
SUSAN DENISE
CONNER LEE,
Executor of the Estate of BONNIE SUE BACON CONNER, Deceased
450 Fish Road
Eastman, Georgia 31023
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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of Harris Miller, Sr., Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9291
All creditors of the Estate of HARRIS W. MILLER, SR. are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned in accordance with the law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to me.
This the 24th day of March, 2020.
PEGGY W. MILLER,
Executor of the Estate of
HARRIS MILLER, SR.,
Deceased
2451 Airport Road
Eastman, Georgia 31023
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF
BRAYDON CHAD STOKES,
Deceased
ESTATE NO. P-20-9287
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
NOTICE
And to whom it may concern:
JENNIFER MCDANIEL JOHNSON has petitioned for JENNIFER MCDANIEL JOHNSON to be appointed Administrator(s) of the estate of BRAYDON CHAD STOKES 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 April 22, 2020.
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.
AL MCCRANIE
Judge of the Probate Court
643 Pearl Bates Avenue
Eastman, GA 31023
478-374-3775
CORPORATIONS and BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
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NOTICE OF
INCORPORATION
Notice is given that article of incorporation which incorporate SIDECAR ADVENTURES LTD. have been delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation Code. The initial registered office of the corporation is location at 340 TOM WEST ROAD, EASTMAN, GEORGIA and its initial registered agent at such address is JOEL YARBROUGH.
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DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
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PROBATE
COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of JOSEPH STEVE WESTON, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9289
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of JOSEPH STEVE WESTON are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned in accordance with the law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to me.
This the 20th day of March, 2020.
SHANNON M. WESTON,
Executor of the
Estate of JOSEPH STEVE WESTON, Deceased
921 Chauncey Dublin Hwy
Chauncey, GA 31011
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FORECLOSURES
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NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by JOSEPH PAYNE A/K/A JOEY PAYNE SR AND JANELLE B. PAYNE to COLONY BANK dated January 12, 2007 and recorded in Deed Book 580, Page 183, DODGE County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the amount of FIFTY TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FORTY NINE DOLLARS AND 96/100 ($52,549.96) 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 DODGE County, Georgia, WITHIN THE LEGAL HOURS OF SALE ON TUESDAY, 04/07/2020 the following described property:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT NO. 14 IN THE 15TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTHEAST LOT LINE OF SAID LOT WHICH IS THE CENTER OF A COUNTY ROAD KNOWN AS GIDDENS ROAD, SAID POINT BEING LOCATED 420 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SAID SOUTHEAST LOT LINE AND THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, SAID POINT BEING THE EAST CORNER OF LANDS NOW OR FORMERLY OF MRS. GUSSIE HAMBRICK, AND FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING RUN ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOT LINE IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 119 FEET; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES AND RUNNING IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 185 FEET; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES AND RUNNING IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 119 FEET TO A NORTHERLY CORNER OF LANDS OF MRS. GUSSIE HAMBRICK; THENCE AT RIGHT ANGLES AND RUNNING ALONG SAID HAMBRICK LANDS IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION A DISTANCE OF 185 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, SAID TRACT CONTAINING ONE-HALF (1/2) ACRE, MORE OR LESS; SAID PROPERTY BEING BOUNDED NOW OR FORMERLY AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST BY LANDS OF L. B. PACE ESTATE, AND ON THE SOUTHWEST BY LANDS OF NOW OR FORMERLY MRS. GUSSIE HAMBRICK, AND ON THE SOUTHEAST BY THE SOUTHEAST LOT LINE, AND BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED BY THURMAN DUNLAP TO JACK PAYNE BY DEED DATED JANUARY 9, 1956 AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT IN DEED BOOK 100, PAGE 441; AND BEING ALSO THE SAME PROPERTY AS WAS CONVEYED BY JACK PAYNE TO MRS. NELLIE MAE WILLIAMSON BY DEED DATED FEBRUARY 2, 1966, AND RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 104, PAGE 403 OF DODGE COUNTY RECORDS.
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 said Security Deed and by law, including attorneys’ fees (notice of intent to collect attorneys’ fees having been given).
Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), 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.
To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is JOSEPH PAYNE A/K/A JOEY PAYNE SR AND JANELLE B. PAYNE or a tenant or tenants.
Pursuant to O. C. G. A. §44-14-162.2, the name, address and telephone number of the individual or entity who shall have the full authority to negotiate, amend, or modify all terms of the above described mortgage is as follows: COLONY BANK; P.O. BOX 1186; THOMASTON, GEORGIA 30286 OR CALL 706-647-6601. The foregoing notwithstanding, nothing in O. C. G. A.§44-14-162.2 shall be construed to require Colony Bank to negotiate, amend or modify the terms of the Deed to Secure Debt described herein.
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.
This 28th day of February, 2020.
Colony Bank
AS ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR
Joseph Payne a/k/a
Joey Payne Sr and Janelle B. Payne
WOLFSON & OSMUS LLC
Attorneys at Law
1010 Williams Street
Valdosta, GA 31601
(229) 257-0080
State Bar No. 578435
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NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by CECIL JOE JOHNSON AND MARY ROSE R JOHNSON to CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., dated September 11, 2007, recorded in Deed Book 586, Page 7, DODGE County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to GREENWICH REVOLVING TRUST by assignment recorded in Deed Book 868, Page 278, Dodge County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of FORTY-ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX AND 98/100 DOLLARS ($41,936.98), 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 DODGE County, Georgia, or at such place as may be lawfully designated as an alternative, within the legal hours of sale on the FIRST TUESDAY IN APRIL, 2020, the following described property:
SEE EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF
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 will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), 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.
GREENWICH REVOLVING TRUST BY WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee is the holder of the Security Deed to the property in accordance with OCGA § 44-14-162.2.
The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: FAY SERVICING, LLC, 425 S. FINANCIAL PLACE, SUITE 2000, CHICAGO, IL 60605, 800-495-7166.
To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is CECIL JOE JOHNSON and MARY ROSE R JOHNSON or a tenant or tenants and said property is more commonly known as 612 CONGO LANE SE, EASTMAN, GEORGIA 31023.
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.
GREENWICH REVOLVING TRUST BY WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE
as Attorney in Fact for
CECIL JOE JOHNSON and MARY ROSE R JOHNSON
MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC
1544 Old Alabama Road
Roswell, GA 30076
www.foreclosurehotline.net
EXHIBIT “A”
THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LOT OF LAND NO. 38 IN THE 15TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY GEORGIA, AND BEING A PART OF THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY KNOWN AS PEABODY HEIGHTS EXTENSION AND BEING ALL OF LOT NO. 4 IN BLOCK D AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF A SURVEY MADE BY CAREY E. TREADWELL, ON DECEMBER 16, 1973, AND RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE SUPERIOR COURT IN PLAT BOOK 14, PAGE 191, AND BY REFERENCE INCORPORATED HEREIN.
BEING THE SAME FEE SIMPLE PROPERTY CONVEYED BY DEED FROM CHESTER L. SAUNDERS TO CECIL JOE JOHNSON and MARY ROSE R. JOHNSON JOINT TENANTS, DATED 06/21/1978 RECORDED ON 06/21/1978 IN BOOK 154, PAGE 461 IN DODGE County RECORDS, STATE OF GA.
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NAME CHANGE
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: NOVIAN LOCKETT
Civil Action File No. 20V-8855
NOTICE OF PETITION TO CHANGE NAME
GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY
Notice is hereby given that NOVIAN LOCKETT, the undersigned, filed his Petition to the Superior Court of DODGE County, Georgia on the 21st day of FEBRUARY 2020, praying for a change in the name from NOVIAN LOCKETT to NOVIAN CARR.
Notice is hereby given pursuant to law to any interested or affected party to appear in said Court and to file objections to such name change. Objections must be filed with said Court within thirty (30) days of the filing of said Petition.
This 21st day of FEBRUARY, 2020.
NOVIAN LOCKETT
Petitioner
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PROBATE NOTICES
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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of CARLTON LEE SHEFFIELD
PETITION TO PROBATE WILL IN SOLEMN FORM
Estate No.: P-20-9292
All creditors of the Estate of CARTON LEE SHEFFIELD, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned in accordance with the law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to us.
This the 24th day of March, 2020.
WILLENE E. SHEFFIELD,
Executor of the Estate of CARLTON LEE SHEFFIELD, Deceased
WILLENE E. SHEFFIELD
585 Old River Rd
Eastman, GA 31023
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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of BONNIE SUE BACON CONNER, Deceased
PETITION TO PROBATE WILL IN SOLEMN FORM
Estate No.: P-20-9290
All creditors of the Estate of BONNIE SUE BACON CONNER are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned in accordance with the law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to me.
This the 24th day of March, 2020.
SUSAN DENISE
CONNER LEE,
Executor of the Estate of BONNIE SUE BACON CONNER, Deceased
450 Fish Road
Eastman, Georgia 31023
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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of Harris Miller, Sr., Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9291
All creditors of the Estate of HARRIS W. MILLER, SR. are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned in accordance with the law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to me.
This the 24th day of March, 2020.
PEGGY W. MILLER,
Executor of the Estate of
HARRIS MILLER, SR.,
Deceased
2451 Airport Road
Eastman, Georgia 31023
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF
BRAYDON CHAD STOKES,
Deceased
ESTATE NO. P-20-9287
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
NOTICE
And to whom it may concern:
JENNIFER MCDANIEL JOHNSON has petitioned for JENNIFER MCDANIEL JOHNSON to be appointed Administrator(s) of the estate of BRAYDON CHAD STOKES 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 April 22, 2020.
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.
AL MCCRANIE
Judge of the Probate Court
643 Pearl Bates Avenue
Eastman, GA 31023
478-374-3775
Curfew, some closures now mandatory
With the increased spread of the coronavirus (CORVID-19), and now two positive cases in Dodge County, through a conference call on March 25, 2020, which included Eastman City Manager Jason Cobb and all council members and Dodge County Manager Spence Barron and all commissioners, they have taken additional measures because of the continued emergency caused by Corvid-19.
The additional measures include a mandatory curfew imposed from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. effective at 8:00 a.m. on March 26, 2020. Residents, unless “exempt individuals” as defined in the joint resolution dated, March 23, 2020, shall remain in their homes or on their property during the curfew period.
Violators of the joint emergency declaration and ordinance could face a fine not to exceed $1,000.00 or imprisonment for 60 days or both.
The resolution also include mandatory closure for the duration of the emergency for gyms, fitness centers, pools, social clubs, amusement facilities, bowling alleys, pool halls, theaters, massage parlors, nail salons, hair salons and any other similar facility, any facility used for an activity that involves prolonged physical proximity of individuals and any facility used for entertainment, social, grooming or general health and well being purposes.
The resolution also states that all other establishments such as grocery stores, pharmacies and other businesses, which remain open during the emergency, must post signage on entrance doors informing consumers to maintain at least six feet of personal distance between themselves and others and shall not allow more than 10 people into such establishment at any one time if such social distancing cannot be maintained.
For the complete joint resolution and ordinance and details about the resolution and ordinance additional measures, see page 12 of this edition of The Dodge County News.
The additional measures include a mandatory curfew imposed from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. effective at 8:00 a.m. on March 26, 2020. Residents, unless “exempt individuals” as defined in the joint resolution dated, March 23, 2020, shall remain in their homes or on their property during the curfew period.
Violators of the joint emergency declaration and ordinance could face a fine not to exceed $1,000.00 or imprisonment for 60 days or both.
The resolution also include mandatory closure for the duration of the emergency for gyms, fitness centers, pools, social clubs, amusement facilities, bowling alleys, pool halls, theaters, massage parlors, nail salons, hair salons and any other similar facility, any facility used for an activity that involves prolonged physical proximity of individuals and any facility used for entertainment, social, grooming or general health and well being purposes.
The resolution also states that all other establishments such as grocery stores, pharmacies and other businesses, which remain open during the emergency, must post signage on entrance doors informing consumers to maintain at least six feet of personal distance between themselves and others and shall not allow more than 10 people into such establishment at any one time if such social distancing cannot be maintained.
For the complete joint resolution and ordinance and details about the resolution and ordinance additional measures, see page 12 of this edition of The Dodge County News.
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