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Dear editor,
May 21, 2017, several teenage young men found themselves joyriding near my family home. Of course, driving ATVs and vehicles on dirt roads are legal in the state of Georgia; however, vandalizing public property and trespassing on private property are not. At six in the evening, these boys were trying to get their vehicles unstuck while on the private property from which they were trespassing. At seven in the evening, these teens spray painted many obscenities about women, Blacks, and male phalluses on the Old Bethel Church Bridge. At eight in the evening, my neighbor stopped to speak to these boys who were cordial, but they failed to leave the bridge or the private property that they were illegally treading upon. At ten in the evening, these young men were loudly tearing up our road with their ATVs making it difficult to drive through the next morning.
My parents Jimmy and Cynthia Greene spent thirty years paying for the land that adjoins the bridge on Old Bethel Church Road, Chester, Georgia. My father passed away in December, and my husband and I will be living on his land and in his home. It is my honor to live on the land that my parents provided for me as a child. I respect our home, our property, and the environment. Gum Swamp is a beautiful place to live and raise my children. Unfortunately, people like these boys disrespect us and our environment by riding on private property, drinking while underage, vandalizing a public bridge, and throwing trash into the creek while loitering in the middle of the road and on private property.
My neighbors and I are raising children and grandchildren while appreciating the natural beauty of Gum Swamp, yet people who live elsewhere in Dodge and Bleckley Counties continuously travel to our Gum Swamp Bridge to loiter, vandalize, trespass, and disrespect us. [Full Story »] 

A body of an unidentified person was found at approximately 7:00 p.m. off Frank P. Holder Road on Friday, May 19, 2017.

A hunter from Florida was setting up cameras in the woods and discovered the body in a water hole approximately a quarter of a mile from Frank P. Holder Road across cutover land.

The body will be sent to the Georgia State Crime Lab in Atlanta to be identified and try and determine the cause of death.

The body was found near the vicinity where a missing teenager’s car was located on Thursday, January 19.

The teen, Michael Anthony Boone, age 18, was last seen leaving his girlfriend’s house in Hawkinsville and has been missing since then.

Authorities speculate that the body that was found could be that of Boone, but they will not know until results from the crime lab are available.

Dear editor,
With all the hysteria in recent months of southern heritage and our national flag, the “Stars and Bars,” somehow that piece of cloth has caused an asunder of racial divide, which is pure nonsense. Thanks be to these nitwits like the NAACP, white liberals, dimwits and two-faced politicians like former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, now UN ambassador. She campaigned under the confederate flag in the past to garner southern votes. She had an epiphany as a crusader, however, to remove the confederate flag from the state capital based on the actions of one lunatic who killed nine people in a black church two years ago. Somehow that flag is the catalyst for more killings to come. Fast forward to 2017; now, more liberal politicians, like Louisiana Governor Landrieu, have ordered the removal of all confederate memorials off of state grounds. Shoot, why not go further. Should the likes of Eastman’s own John Battle, a rabble rousing malcontent for the NAACP, who is an accelerant to stirring up tumult in Dodge County, be satisfied when all confederate memorials are piles of rubble, confederate bones are interred in the city landfill and confederate flags linger on, mainly as fading stickers on pickup trucks? Will America be a better nation? Will a single inner city school improve? Will community and police relations improve? Of course not! The only change you’ll see is the grinning pearly white teeth faces of these black activists (“gotcha moment” ), and, at the end of the day, the self-righteous and America will be just as ignorant.
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Dodge County High School sent three athletes to the state track meet most recently, and they have done very well. Clayton Scarborough set a pair of new school records. He ran a 4.36 minute mile that was good for a third place finish in AA. His second school record came in the two mile run in 10.01 minutes, winning him a second place finish in AA.
Larry Johnson also had a big day at the state meet. He finished fourth in the long jump competition with a 22-foot jump. He also finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles with a 15.05.
Europe Brown also had a big day, setting a new school record in the 400-meter dash with a time of 58.50. She came in sixth in the state in the 400-meter run and seventh in the 200-meter run.
These performances gave Dodge County High School a ninth place finish in the state.

“The Wind blows where it wants to. You hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going.” That familiar quote from John 3:8 may have crossed the minds of many of the competitors in the 25th Annual Eastman-Dodge County Kiwanis Club golf tournament.
The day of the tournament was beautiful, but the winds were persistent, and skill was required to compensate for the effect of the wind on the ball. Regardless of the circumstances, those that competed had a great time and helped make the tournament a successful fund raiser for the Kiwanis Club.
The mission of the Kiwanis International is to serve the children of the world and money raised from this local tournament will go toward helping children and families in our community.
The tournament could not be a success without the many businesses and individuals who support the Kiwanis Club as a Tournament Hole Sponsor. The Eastman-Dodge County Kiwanis Club wishes to thank the following for their sponsorship: Affordable Storage, The Bank of Eastman, Bug House Pest Control, Chasmar Home and Garden, Chic King, Citizens Bank and Trust, Coleman Paint and Body, Colony Bank, Dairy Queen and Brazier, Earl W. Rogers Jr., CPA, Easter Seals Middle Georgia, Eastman Drugs, Eastman Equipment Company, Eastman Fast Lube, Eastman Insurance, Ethridge Plastics, Peggy Wilson/Farm Bureau, The Floor Plan, Globalnet, Tony Goodman Auto Sales, Ocmulgee EMC, SS&M Insurance, Flash Foods, Sonic, Guide One, Hartley Tire, Jackie’s Gun and Pawn, Legacy Flexible Packaging, Little’s Forklift, Martha Sheldon Florist, McDonalds, Ocmulgee Animal Care, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Pruett Heating and Air, Rhine Drugs, Sawtooth Ranch/Zack and Debbie Mercer, SFMC, Jones Farms/Mark and Sheila Jones, Shorty’s Quick Stop and Used Cars, Attaway’s Sidetrack Cafe, Stamps-Walker Agency, State Farm Insurance, Stuckey Timberland, The Prescription Shop, Tommy Thomas Realty, Village Pizza, Wayne’s Lawn and Equipment, Wholesale Builder’s Supply, Tripp’s Barber Shop, Five Otter’s Olive Orchard, Dublin, Ford, Dublin Chevrolet, Paul’s Tire, Patty Henley State Farm. Eastman Pediatric, Eastman Lion’s Club, Lakeside Assembly, Dodge Baptist Association, Bohannon Wrecker, Lauren’s County Lockout.

Dodge County High School Wrestler Porter Faulk competed in the Freestyle/Greco Roman State Championships this past Saturday, May 13, 2017, in Lawrenceville.  Porter captured first place in both styles. Porter is now the Georgia State Champion in all three styles, Folkstyle, Freestyle, and Greco Roman, earning him the coveted title of Triple Crown Winner, a distinction few wrestlers accomplish. 

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CORPORATIONS/BUSINESS
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NO­TICE OF IN­COR­PO­RA­TION
No­tice is here­by given that ar­ti­cles of in­cor­po­ra­tion that will in­cor­po­rate REF­UGE HOUSE FOR LADIES as a Do­mes­tic non prof­it or­gan­i­za­tion have been de­liv­ered to the Sec­re­tary of State in ac­cor­dance with Geor­gia Busi­ness Cor­po­ra­tion Code. The ini­tial reg­is­tered of­fice of the cor­po­ra­tion is lo­cat­ed at 345 PEARL BATES AVE­NUE, EAST­MAN, GEOR­GIA 31023 and its ini­tial reg­is­tered agent at such ad­dress is DAHL MCDER­MITT, JR.

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DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
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NO­TICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI­TORS
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
COUN­TY OF DODGE
IN RE: ES­TATE OF JOYCE COL­LINS JOHN­STON HAR­GRAVES
All credi­tors of the Es­tate of JOYCE COL­LINS JOHN­STON HAR­GRAVES 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 3rd day of May, 2017.
JOY JOHN­STON RO­BERTS,
Ex­ec­u­tor of the
Es­tate of JOYCE COL­LINS
JOHN­STON HAR­GRAVES,
De­ceased
JOY JOHN­STON RO­BERTS
8973 Hei­fer­horn Court
Col­um­bus, Geor­gia 31904-1263

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NO­TICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI­TORS
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
COUN­TY OF DODGE
IN RE: ES­TATE OF STUART H. FLOYD, JR.
All credi­tors of the Es­tate of STUART H. FLOYD, JR., 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 26th day of April, 2017.
CHER­YL ELAINE ROZ­I­ER FLOYD,
Ex­ec­u­tor of the Es­tate of STUART H. FLOYD, JR., De­ceased
CHER­YL ELAINE ROZ­I­ER FLOYD
5315 Chester High­way
Chester, Geor­gia 31012

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NO­TICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI­TORS
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
COUN­TY OF DODGE
IN RE: ES­TATE OF CAL­VIN W. YAWN
All credi­tors of the Es­tate of CAL­VIN W. YAWN, 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 4th day of May, 2017.
LIL­LIE ANN YAWN
Ex­ec­u­tor of the
Es­tate of CAL­VIN W. YAWN,
De­ceased
LIL­LIE ANN YAWN
1424 Wood Val­ley Drive
East­man, GA 31023

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NO­TICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI­TORS
All credi­tors of the Es­tate of LESA TRIPP LAMP, late of Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia, de­ceased, are here­by no­ti­fied to render in their de­mands to the un­der­signed ac­cord­ing to law, and all per­sons in­debt­ed to said es­tate are re­quired to make im­me­diate pay­ment.
This 5th day of May 2017.
WIL­LIAM LAMP
4828 Mal­bor­ough Ave­nue
Al­ba­ny, GA 31721
c/o:
RITA J. LLOP
At­tor­ney at Law
Rita J. Llop, P. C.
5007 9th Ave­nue, N.E.
East­man, Geor­gia 31023

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FORECLOSURES
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STATE OF GEOR­GIA
COUN­TY of DODGE
NO­TICE OF SALE
UN­DER POW­ER
By vir­tue of the pow­er of sale con­tained in that cer­tain Deed to Se­cure Debt from ANNA WHA­TLEY to MAC­ON MORT­GAGE dat­ed Oc­tob­er 21, 2002, filed for record No­vem­ber 1, 2002, and record­ed in Deed Book 422, Page 93, DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia Records, as last trans­ferred to ABN AMRO MORT­GAGE GROUP, INC. by as­sign­ment record­ed in Deed Book 422, Page 113, DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia Records. Said Deed to Se­cure Debt hav­ing been given to se­cure a Note dat­ed Oc­tob­er 21, 2002 in the origi­nal prin­ci­pal sum of FIF­TY THREE THOU­SAND SIX HUNDRED AND 0/100 DOL­LARS ($53,600.00), with in­ter­est from date at the rate stated in said Note on the un­paid bal­ance un­til paid, there will be sold by the un­der­signed at pub­lic out­cry to the high­est bid­der for cash be­fore the Court­house door at DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia, or at such place as has or may be law­ful­ly des­ig­nat­ed as an al­ter­na­tive lo­ca­tion, with­in the le­gal hours of sale on the
first Tues­day in June, 2017, the fol­low­ing de­scribed prop­er­ty:
THE FOL­LOW­ING REAL PROP­ER­TY SITU­ATE IN COUN­TY OF DODGE AND STATE OF GEOR­GIA DE­SCRIBED AS FOL­LOWS:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PAR­CEL OF LAND LY­ING AND BE­ING IN LAND LOT 276 OF THE 16TH LAND DIS­TRICT, DODGE COUN­TY, GEOR­GIA CON­SIST­ING OF AP­PROX­IMATE­LY 2.13 ACR­ES, MORE OR LESS, SAID PAR­CEL BE­ING THE EAST­ERN POR­TION OF THE SAME PROP­ER­TY SAME PROP­ER­TY SHOWN ON A CER­TAIN PLAT OF SUR­VEY BY JIM H. ROSS GRLS, PRE­PARED FOR CHA­RLES W. HOME, SR. DAT­ED MAY 12, 1984 AND RECORD­ED PLAT BOOK 26, PAGE 183, CLERK’S OF­FICE, SU­PE­RI­OR COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY, GEOR­GIA. SAID PROP­ER­TY IS, AT THE TIME OF THIS CON­VEYANCE, BOUND­ED ON THE WEST BY THE HICK­MAN PROP­ER­TY, THE NORTH BY LANDS OF HOME AND NOW OR FOR­MER­LY OWNED BY E. LOW­ERY AND ON THE SOUTH BY LAN­TIE DRIVE.
THIS IS A POR­TION OF THAT SAME 5.72 ACRE-PAR­CEL CON­VEYED AS ‘TRACT I’ BY CHA­RLES W. HOME SR. AND JAC­QUE­LYN G. HOME TO BOB­BY HICK­MAN AND WAN­DA HICK­MAN BY WAR­RAN­TY DEED DAT­ED FE­BRU­ARY 13, 1988 AND RECORD­ED IN DEED BOOK 298, PAGE 345, SAID CLERK’S OF­FICE.
PAR­CEL ID: 060 085
PROP­ER­TY AD­DRESS: 34 LAN­TIE DRIVE
To the best of the knowl­edge and be­lief of the un­der­signed, the par­ty in pos­ses­sion of the prop­er­ty is ANNA WHA­TLEY or a ten­ant or ten­ants. Said prop­er­ty may more com­mon­ly be known as: 34 LAN­TIE DRIVE, EAST­MAN, GA 31023.
The debt se­cured by said Deed to Se­cure Debt has been and is here­by de­clared due be­cause of, among oth­er pos­si­ble ev­ents of de­fault, non-pay­ment of the month­ly in­stall­ments on said loan. The debt re­main­ing in de­fault, this sale will be made for the pur­pose of pay­ing the same and all ex­pens­es of this sale, in­clud­ing at­tor­ney’s fees (no­tice of int­ent to col­lect at­tor­ney’s fees hav­ing been given).
The in­di­vid­u­al or ent­i­ty that has full au­thor­i­ty to ne­go­tiate, amend, and mod­i­fy all terms of the loan is CIT­I­MORT­GAGE, INC., 1000 TECH­NOL­O­GY DRIVE, O’FAL­LON, MO 63368-2239; (866) 272-4749.
Said prop­er­ty will be sold sub­ject to any out­stand­ing ad valor­em tax­es (in­clud­ing tax­es which are a lien, wheth­er or not now due and pay­able), the right of re­demp­tion of any tax­ing au­thor­i­ty, any mat­ters which might be dis­closed by an ac­cu­rate sur­vey and in­spec­tion of the prop­er­ty, any as­sess­ments, liens, en­cum­branc­es, zon­ing or­di­nanc­es, re­stric­tions, cov­en­ants, and mat­ters of record su­pe­ri­or to the Se­cur­i­ty Deed first set out above.
The sale will be con­duct­ed sub­ject (1) to con­fir­ma­tion that the sale is not pro­hibi­ted un­der the U.S. Bank­rupt­cy Code and (2) to fin­al con­fir­ma­tion and au­dit of the sta­tus of the loan with the hold­er of the Se­cur­i­ty Deed. Pur­su­ant to O.C.G.A. Sec­tion 9-13-172.1, which al­lows for cer­tain pro­cedures re­gard­ing the re­scis­sion of ju­di­cial and non­ju­di­cial sales in the State of Geor­gia, the Deed Un­der Pow­er and oth­er fore­clo­sure docu­ments may not be pro­vid­ed un­til fin­al con­fir­ma­tion and au­dit of the sta­tus of the loan as pro­vid­ed in the pre­ced­ing para­graph. *Auc­tion serv­ic­es to be pro­vid­ed by Auc­tion.com (www.auc­tion.com)*
CIT­I­MORT­GAGE, INC., SUC­CES­SOR BY MERG­ER TO ABN AMRO MORT­GAGE GROUP, INC.
As At­tor­ney-in-Fact for
ANNA WHA­TLEY
PHE­LAN HAL­LI­NAN DI­A­MOND & JONES, PLLC
11675 Great Oaks Way, Su­ite 375
Al­pha­re­tta, GA 30022
Tel­e­phone: 770-393-4300
Fax: 770-393-4310
PH # 32722
This law firm is act­ing as a debt col­lec­tor. Any in­for­ma­tion ob­tained will be used for that purpose.

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STATE OF GEOR­GIA
COUN­TY OF DODGE
NO­TICE OF SALE
UN­DER POW­ER
Be­cause of a de­fault un­der the terms of the Se­cur­i­ty Deed ex­e­cut­ed by ROG­ER THOMP­SON and SAN­DRA THOMP­SON to MORT­GAGE ELEC­TRON­IC REG­IS­TRA­TION SYS­TEMS, INC. as no­mi­nee for COUN­TRY­WIDE HOME LOANS, INC., its suc­ces­sors and as­signs dat­ed June 26, 2007, and record­ed in Deed Book 581, Page 78, Dodge Coun­ty Records, said Se­cur­i­ty Deed hav­ing been last sold, as­signed, trans­ferred and con­veyed to THE BANK OF NEW YORK MEL­LON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUS­TEE FOR THE CER­TIFI­CATES HOLD­ERS OF THE CWABS INC., AS­SET- BACKED CER­TIFI­CATES, SER­IES 2007-12, se­cur­ing a Note in the origi­nal prin­ci­pal amount of $132,050.00, the hold­er there­of pur­su­ant to said Deed and Note there­by se­cured has de­clared the en­tire amount of said in­debt­ed­ness due and pay­able and, pur­su­ant to the pow­er of sale con­tained in said Deed, will on the first Tues­day, June 6, 2017, dur­ing the le­gal hours of sale, be­fore the Court­house door in said Coun­ty, sell at pub­lic out­cry to the high­est bid­der for cash, the prop­er­ty de­scribed in said Deed, to-wit:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PAR­CEL OF LAND LY­ING AND BE­ING LAND LOT 312 OF THE 16TH LAND DIS­TRICT OF DODGE COUN­TY, GEOR­GIA, CON­SIST­ING OF 1.31 ACR­ES, MORE OR LESS, AND BE­ING MORE PAR­TICU­LAR­LY DE­SCRIBED AS FOL­LOWS: TO ES­TAB­LISH THE POINT OF BE­GIN­NING, BE­GIN AT A POINT LO­CAT­ED IN THE CEN­TER OF THE OLD GAR­STON AND EAST­MAN ROAD, WHICH POINT IS LO­CAT­ED IN A SOUTH­EAST­ER­LY DI­REC­TION A DIS­TANCE OF 1,6271 FEET FROM THE NORTH­WEST LOT LINE OF SAID LAND LOT; THENCE RUN NORTH 79 DE­GREES 41 MINUTES EAST A DIS­TANCE OF 40 FEET TO A POINT LO­CAT­ED ON THE NORTH­EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SAID ROAD TO THE POINT OF BE­GIN­NING AND FROM SAID POINT OF BE­GIN­NING, THUS ES­TAB­LISHED, RUN THENCE NORTH 79 DE­GREES 41 MINUTES EAST A DIS­TANCE OF 311.1 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 8 DE­GREES 34 MINUTES EAST A DIS­TANCE OF 94.2 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 49 DE­GREES 27 MINUTES 40 SEC­ONDS WEST A DIS­TANCE OF 366.2 FEET TO A POINT LO­CAT­ED ON THE NORTH­EAST­ER­LY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SAID ROAD; THENCE RUN ALONG SAID ROAD NORTH 5 DE­GREES 29 MINUTES 20 SEC­ONDS WEST A DIS­TANCE OF 63 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN NORTH 8 DE­GREES 38 MINUTES 20 SEC­ONDS WEST A DIS­TANCE OF 113.5 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN NORTH 10 DE­GREES 33 MINUTES WEST A DIS­TANCE OF 102.3 FEET BACK TO SAID POINT OF BE­GIN­NING. SAID PROP­ER­TY IS FUR­THER DE­SCRIBED AS THE PROP­ER­TY ON A PLAT OF SUR­VEY MADE BY F. B. FLOUR­NOY, G.R.L.S. NO. 1302, DAT­ED APRIL 27, 1985, WHICH PLAT RECORD­ED IN THE OF­FICE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE SU­PE­RI­OR COURT IN PLAT BOOK 20, PAGE 72, SAID PLAT, TO­GETH­ER WITH THE RECORD­ING THERE­OF, BE­ING IN­COR­PO­RAT­ED HERE­IN AND MADE A PART HERE­OF BY REF­ER­ENCE FOR DE­SCRIP­TIVE AND ALL OTH­ER LE­GAL PUR­POS­ES.?TO­GETH­ER WITH A WA­TER LINE EASE­MENT DAT­ED JANU­ARY 29, 1982, WHICH EASE­MENT IS OF RECORD IN SAID CLERKS OF­FICE IN DEED BOOK 172, PAG­ES 44-45.
BY FEE SIM­PLE DEED FROM CARL BRANDT MCDON­ALD AND PA­TRI­CIA C. MCDON­ALD AS SET FORTH IN DEED BOOK 233, PAGE 41 AND RECORD­ED ON 5/5/1993, DODGE COUN­TY RECORDS.?TAX ID #: 047 050
Said prop­er­ty is known as 264 GOLF COURSE ROAD, EAST­MAN, GA 31023, to­geth­er with all fix­tures and per­son­al prop­er­ty at­tached to and con­sti­tut­ing a part of said prop­er­ty, if any.
Said prop­er­ty will be sold sub­ject to any out­stand­ing ad valor­em tax­es (in­clud­ing tax­es which are a lien, wheth­er or not now due and pay­able), the right of re­demp­tion of any tax­ing au­thor­i­ty, any mat­ters which might be dis­closed by an ac­cu­rate sur­vey and in­spec­tion of the prop­er­ty, any as­sess­ments, liens, en­cum­branc­es, zon­ing or­di­nanc­es, re­stric­tions, cov­en­ants, and mat­ters of record su­pe­ri­or to the Se­cur­i­ty Deed first set out above.
The pro­ceeds of said sale will be ap­plied to the pay­ment of said in­debt­ed­ness and all ex­pens­es of said sale as pro­vid­ed in said Deed, and the bal­ance, if any, will be dis­trib­ut­ed as pro­vid­ed by law.
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 se­cured credi­tor.
The prop­er­ty is or may be in the pos­ses­sion of ROG­ER THOMP­SON AND SAN­DRA THOMP­SON, SUC­CES­SOR IN IN­TER­EST OR TEN­ANT(S).
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MEL­LON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUS­TEE FOR THE CER­TIFI­CA­TESHOLD­ERS OF THE CWABS INC., AS­SET- BACKED CER­TIFI­CATES, SER­IES 2007-12
AS AT­TOR­NEY-IN-FACT FOR
ROG­ER THOMP­SON AND SAN­DRA THOMP­SON
File no. 17-064929
SHAPIRO PEN­DER­GAST & HAS­TY, LLP*
At­tor­neys and Coun­selors at Law
211 Per­i­met­er Cen­ter Park­way, N.E.
Su­ite 300
Atlan­ta, GA 30346
770-220-2535/CH
shapir­oand­has­ty.com
*THE LAW FIRM IS ACT­ING AS A DEBT COL­LEC­TOR. ANY IN­FOR­MA­TION OB­TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR­POSE.

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NO­TICE OF SALE
UN­DER POW­ER
DODGE COUN­TY
Pur­su­ant to the Pow­er of Sale con­tained in a Se­cur­i­ty Deed given by MARI­ON C LAN­I­ER AKA MARI­ON LAN­I­ER to MORT­GAGE ELEC­TRON­IC REG­IS­TRA­TION SYS­TEMS, INC., as NO­MI­NEE FOR ALA­CRI­TY LEND­ING COM­PA­NY dat­ed 5/29/2008 and record­ed in Deed Book 607 Page 234 and modi­fied at Deed Book 618 Page 30
Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia records; as last trans­ferred to or ac­quired by OC­WEN LOAN SERV­IC­ING, LLC, con­vey­ing the af­ter-de­scribed prop­er­ty to se­cure a Note in the origi­nal prin­ci­pal amount of $ 120,115.00, 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 DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia (or such oth­er area as des­ig­nat­ed by Or­der of the Su­pe­ri­or Court of said coun­ty), with­in the le­gal hours of sale on JUNE 06, 2017 (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 AND BE­ING IN LAND LOTS NOS. 25 AND 26 IN THE 15TH LAND DIS­TRICT OF DODGE COUN­TY, GEOR­GIA, AND BE­ING MORE PAR­TICU­LAR­LY DE­SCRIBED AS LOT 53, MOR­GAN CREEK SUB­DI­VI­SION, CON­TAIN­ING 0.59 ACR­ES ON THAT CER­TAIN PLAT OF SUR­VEY PRE­PARED BY OLIN J MCLEOD, REG­IS­TERED LAND SUR­VEYOR NO. 2259, DAT­ED JUNE 4, 2000, AND RECORD­ED IN THE OF­FICE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE COUN­TY, GEOR­GIA, IN PLAT BOOK 21, PAGE 113, WHICH DEED AND PLAT BY THIS REF­ER­ENCE IS IN­COR­PO­RAT­ED HERE­IN FOR A MORE COM­PLETE AND AC­CU­RATE DE­SCRIP­TION.
SAID PROP­ER­TY IS SUB­JECT LO THOSE CER­TAIN RE­STRIC­TIVE COV­EN­ANTS, RECORD­ED IN DEED BOOK 354, PAGE 251, DODGE COUN­TY RECORDS.
SAID PROP­ER­TY IS IM­PROVED WITH A 2008 FLEET­WOOD MAN­U­FAC­TURED HOME, SE­RI­AL NUMBERS GAFL83­4A81338SM-11 AND GAFL834B81338SM-11.
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 13 LAR­YN LANE, EAST­MAN, GA 31023 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): MARI­ON C LAN­I­ER AKA MARI­ON LAN­I­ER or ten­ant or ten­ants.
OC­WEN LOAN SERV­IC­ING, LLC is the ent­i­ty or in­di­vid­u­al des­ig­nat­ed who shall have full au­thor­i­ty to ne­go­tiate, amend and mod­i­fy all terms of the mort­gage.
OC­WEN LOAN SERV­IC­ING, LLC
FORE­CLO­SURE LOSS
MIT­I­GA­TION
1661 WOR­THI­NGTON ROAD
SU­ITE 100
WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33409
1-877-596-8580
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.
OC­WEN LOAN SERV­IC­ING, LLC
as agent and At­tor­ney in Fact for
MARI­ON C LAN­I­ER
AKA MARI­ON LAN­I­ER
AL­DRIDGE PITE, LLP
15 Pied­mont Cen­ter
3575 Pied­mont Road, N.E.
Su­ite 500
Atlan­ta, Geor­gia 30305
404-994-7637
1017-664339A
THIS LAW FIRM MAY BE ACT­ING AS A DEBT COL­LEC­TOR AT­TEMPT­ING TO COL­LECT A DEBT. ANY IN­FOR­MA­TION OB­TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR­POSE.
1017-664339A

1015
NAME CHANGE
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IN THE SU­PE­RI­OR COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
In Re: CORT­NEY RASHOD CON­EY, SR.
Civil Ac­tion File No. 17V-8130
NO­TICE OF PE­TI­TION TO CHANGE NAME
GEOR­GIA, DODGE COUN­TY
No­tice is here­by given that CORT­NEY RASHOD CON­EY, SR., the un­der­signed, filed his Pe­ti­tion to the Su­pe­ri­or Court of DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia on the 8th day of May 2017, pray­ing for a change in the name of the pe­ti­tion­er from CORT­NEY RASHOD CON­EY, SR. to CORT­NEY RASHOD RO­BER­SON, SR.
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 8th day of MAY, 2017.
CORT­NEY CON­EY
Pe­ti­tion­er

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IN THE SU­PE­RI­OR COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
In Re: RACHAEL J. WI­DEN­ER
Civil Ac­tion File No. 17V-8128
NO­TICE OF PE­TI­TION TO CHANGE NAME
GEOR­GIA, DODGE COUN­TY
No­tice is here­by given that RACHAEL J. WI­DEN­ER, the un­der­signed, filed her Pe­ti­tion to the Su­pe­ri­or Court of DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia on the 9th day of May 2017, pray­ing for a change in the name of the pe­ti­tion­er from RACHAEL JOHN­SON WI­DEN­ER to RACHAEL MICHELLE JOHN­SON.
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 9th day of MAY, 2017.
RACHAEL J. WI­DEN­ER
Pe­ti­tion­er

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IN THE SU­PE­RI­OR COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
In Re: CORT­NEY RASHOD CON­EY, SR and HA­LIE LOVE
MINOR CHILD(REN) CORT­NEY RASHOD CON­EY, JR.
Civil Ac­tion File No. 17V-8131
NO­TICE OF PE­TI­TION TO CHANGE NAME
GEOR­GIA, DODGE COUN­TY
No­tice is here­by given that HA­LIE LOVE and CORT­NEY R. CON­EY, SR., the un­der­signed, filed his Pe­ti­tion to the Su­pe­ri­or Court of DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia on the 15th day of May 2017, pray­ing for a change of minor child(ren) from CORT­NEY RASHOD CON­EY, JR. to CORT­NEY RASHOD RO­BER­SON, JR.
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 8th day of MAY, 2017.
CORT­NEY CON­EY and
HA­LIE LOVE
Pe­ti­tion­er

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IN THE SU­PE­RI­OR COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
In Re: MICHAEL GOD­WIN
Civil Ac­tion File No. 17V-8129
NO­TICE OF PE­TI­TION TO CHANGE NAME
GEOR­GIA, DODGE COUN­TY
No­tice is here­by given that MICHAEL GOD­WIN, the un­der­signed, filed his Pe­ti­tion to the Su­pe­ri­or Court of DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia on the 12th day of May 2017, pray­ing for a change in the name of the pe­ti­tion­er from MICHAEL SHANE GOD­WIN to MICHAEL SHANE WOOD.
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 3rd day of MAY, 2017.
MICHAEL GOD­WIN
Pe­ti­tion­er

1018
PROBATE NOTICES
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IN THE PROBATE COURT
COUN­TY OF DODGE
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
IN RE: ES­TATE OF RUS­SELL HALL, a/k/a RUS­SELL HALL, SR., De­ceased
ES­TATE NO. P.17-9057
NO­TICE OF PE­TI­TION TO FILE FOR YEAR’S SUP­PORT
The Pe­ti­tion of JUA­NI­TA HALL, for a year’s sup­port from the Es­tate of RUS­SELL HALL, De­ceased, for De­ced­ent’s Sur­viv­ing Spouse, hav­ing been duly filed, all in­ter­est­ed per­sons are here­by no­ti­fied to show cause, if any they have, on or be­fore June 1, 2017, 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 on or be­fore the time stated in the pre­ced­ing sen­tence. 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 held on June 1, 2017 in the Probate Court of the above named Coun­ty, 5401 An­son Ave­nue, #100; East­man, Geor­gia 31023. If no ob­jec­tions are filed the Pe­ti­tion may be grant­ed with­out a hear­ing.
HON. AL MCCRA­NIE
Judge of the Probate Court
P.O. Box 514
East­man, GA 31023
478-374-3775
By: ASH­LEY W. BURCH
Clerk/Depu­ty Clerk of the Probate Court

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IN THE PROBATE COURT
COUN­TY OF DODGE
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
IN RE: ES­TATE OF
MAD­E­LINE S. HORNE,
DE­CEASED
ES­TATE NO. P-17-9035
NO­TICE
The Pe­ti­tion of CAR­O­LYN H. DRURY, for an Or­der De­clar­ing No Ad­min­is­tra­tion is Nec­es­sary in the above-ref­er­enced Es­tate hav­ing been duly filed,
TO: WHOM IT MAY CON­CERN
This is to no­ti­fy you to file ob­jec­tion, if there is any, to the Pe­ti­tion, in this Court on or be­fore the 23rd day of May, 2017.
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 [Full Story »] 

Louise Tomberlin Selph, age 91, of Vidalia, formerly of Lake Sinclair, died Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at Community Hospice House in Vidalia.
Funeral services were held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, May 12, 2017, at Southerland Funeral Chapel, with Reverend LaDon Connell and Reverend Ronnie Moore officiating, with interment in Sugar Creek Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery.
Selph was born in Irwin County and a graduate and valedictorian of Mystic High School in Irwin County. She was a charter member of Sugar Creek Congregational Methodist Church and an associate member of Lakeshore Community Church at Lake Sinclair. Selph was former employee of Stuckey’s Inc. and a retired employee of Robins Air Force Base.
Selph was daughter of the late Effie Bell Snow Tomberlin and James Oliver Tomberlin, and was preceded in death by her husband of 58 and one-half years, Grover H. Selph.
Survivors include two daughters, Gail Hollingsworth (Charles) of Vidalia and Grace Smith (Greg) of Warner Robins; one son, Andy “Bo” Selph of Vidalia; eight grandchildren – Tony Mullis (Barbie), Andrea Chase (Lans), Shirley Kilgore (Tommy), Eric Selph, Caren Gladden (Jack), Rachel Meyer, Steve Selph (Rachel) and Dustin Selph; several great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; six sisters-in-law, Nita Tomberlin of Winter Haven, Florida, Monette Selph of Milan, Geraldine Selph, Dicie McLean, Jackie Spires and B.J. Selph, all of McRae.
Serving as pallbearers were Jack Gladden, Tony Mullis, Tommy Kilgore, Eric Selph, Robert Tomberlin and Lans Chase.
Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home of Eastman was in charge of arrangements.

William “Dub” Atkins, age 78, of Chauncey, passed away Thursday, May 11, 2017, at Coliseum Medical Center.
Funeral Services were at 2:00 p.m., Monday, May 15, 2017 at Hardy-Towns Chapel with Reverend Billy Baker and Reverend Tim Nardi officiating.
Interment followed in Chauncey Cemetery.
Visitation was from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 14, 2017 at Hardy-Towns Funeral Home.
Atkins, a retired construction contractor, was born April 11, 1939, in Ocala, Florida, to the late Mesba Moore and Wallace Adkins.
Atkins is survived by his wife of 55 years, Joanne Dobbs Atkins of Chauncey; five children, Linda McLain (Johnny) of Baxley, Brenda Higgins (Odell) of Baxley, Gloria Atkins of Brooklet, Dub Atkins (Lisa) of Valrico, Florida, and James Atkins (Dell) of Chauncey; five siblings, Linda Wilbanks (Ben) of Danielsville, Kathy Parrish (Doc), Jay Atkins (Tammy) and Billy Atkins of Ocala, Florida; special friend, Penny Diaz; 14 grandchildren, Haley, William, Bryan, Benjamin, Morgan, Heather, Abbie, Ben, Kandi, Marcie, John, Shane, Ashlee, and Tyler and six great grandchildren, McKenzie, Briceson, Maddie, Aspen, Cora and Bailee.
Those serving as pallbearers were Andy Newsome, Mike Patterson, Steven Sutton, Joel Hanson, Troy Purvis and Lynn Sheffield.
Hardy-Towns Funeral Home of Eastman is in charge of arrangements.

Essie Pearl Woodard Smith, age 84, of Eastman, died Friday, May 12, 2017, at Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin.
Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, May 15, 2017, at Southerland Funeral Chapel, with Reverend Daniel Cook officiating Interment was held in Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Smith was a native of Eastman, a member of Cottondale Baptist Church and was a retired employee from Standard Candy Company. She was a longtime co manager of Sugar Creek Nursery with her husband, a textile worker for over 15 years at Eastman Cotton Mill, a former worker at Dogwood Gardens and an employee of Goody’s Inc. for several years. Smith was daughter of the late Essie Howell Woodard and John Olin Woodard, widow of J.B. Smith and was preceded in death by 11 siblings, Wynelle Justice, Myranelle Fountain, Ann Sanders, Ruby Wright, Betty McCranie, Lewis Garland Woodard, Billy J. Woodard, Johnny Woodard, William Woodard, Robert Horne and Benjamin A. “Bobby” Horne.
Survivors include one sister-in-law, Marie Wright of Eastman;
Serving as pallbearers were Delacey Brantley, Robbie Horne, Thurman Horne, Jerry Woodard, Brinson Woodard, Donald Wright, Tony Wright and Bill Woodard
Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home of Eastman was in charge of arrangements.

Larry R. Mullis, age 68, of Eastman, died Friday, May 12, 2017, at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon.
Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Southerland Funeral Chapel, with Reverend Myron Parkerson officiating. A committal service was held at 3:00 p.m. at Good Hope Cemetery in Naylor.
Mullis was a native of Lowndes County, of the Baptist faith and a retired textile worker at the Eastman Cotton Mill. He was an automobile mechanic, an accomplished aircraft, automobile and boat painter and an avid motorcyclist and fisherman. He was son of the late Mildred Moore Mullis and Russell Dewitt Mullis, and was preceded in death by a sister, Patricia Wiggins.
Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Linda Hendrix Mullis of Eastman; three sons, Larry Wayne Mullis (Lara) of Valdosta, Michael Ray Mullis of Eastman and James Joel Mullis (Monica) of Hahira; four grandchildren, Anna Marie Lee, Christopher Wayne Mullis, Neva Mullis and Nathan Mullis; two great-grandchildren, Harley Mullis and Ryder Mullis; two sisters, Rhonda Hall of Monticello, Florida and Susan Clark of Boston; one brother, Rusty Mullis (Joanne) of Ray City; three sisters-in-law, Jeanell English, Ramona Evans (Jack) and Mary Dean Hendrix, all of Eastman and one brother-in-law, Clayton Hendrix of Eastman.
Serving as pallbearers were Brandon Sisk, Todd Hendrix, Wade Driver, Christopher Wayne Mullis and Nathan Mullis.
Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home of Eastman was in charge of arrangements.

John William “J.W.” Dennis, age 85, of Eastman, died Sunday, May 14, 2017 at his residence.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at Southerland Funeral Chapel, with Greg Cook and Stephen Grantham officiating. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Dennis was born in Cochran, a dedicated member and former song leader of Ocmulgee Baptist Church, a former machine operator at Standard Candy Company for over 16 years and a retired head mechanic at Opelika Manufacturing Inc. for over 30 years. He was the son of the late Essie Raffield Dennis and Charlie B. Dennis, and was preceded in death by a son, Larry Dennis, a grandson, Chris Coursey and four sisters, Maude Kilcriss, Bertha Wynn, Pauline Dennis and Essie Mae Wynn.
Survivors include his wife of 35 years, Ruby Peacock Dennis of Eastman; two daughters, Carol Ledbetter (Donny) of Douglasville and Kathy Purvis (Jeff) of Eastman; one son, David Coursey (Cathy) of Eastman; three grandchildren, Joah Purvis, Nick Ricks (Brittany) and Sarah Pham (Hien); two great-grandsons, Kaleb Collins and Jackson Pham; three brothers-in-law, Harvard Peacock (Peggy) of Georgetown, FL, Radford Peacock (Sue) of Warner Robins and Caulion Peacock (Brenda) of Dublin.
The family will receive friends in Southerland Funeral Chapel from 1:30 p.m. until 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 17, 2017.
Serving as pallbearers are Wallace Mullis, Michael Peacock, Benjie Peacock, John Peacock, Don Foster and Joah Purvis
Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home of Eastman has charge of arrangements.

Gracie Lee West, 95, of Eastman, died on May 11, 2017, after an extended illness.
A celebration of life service will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, 2007, at the St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in Eastman. Reverend Arthur Gordon, reverend Milton Hughes and pastor Victor Cooper will be officiating.
On Friday, May 19, 2017, the family will be receiving callers at the residence of her niece, Marlyn Barnes at 215 Edna Moore Road, Eastman, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Connie Hilburn will be the hostess for the memorial roast on Friday. Flowers will be accepted at the residence or at St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church.
West lived in Dodge County for 13 years, after moving from Pompano Beach, Florida. She was the daughter of the late Richard and Louvnia Hill Basley. West was a member of St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in Eastman. She was a Hostess in the culinary department of Hopewell Baptist Church and a volunteer in Pompano Baptist Church.
West was preceded in death by one daughter, Ruby Moore; one grandson, Michael Maxwell and one brother, William Basley.
West is survived by one niece and caregiver, Marlyn Barnes, of Eastman, a host of grandchildren and a host of great grandchildren
Brantley Funeral Home of Wrightsville is in charge of the arrangements.