Legals

1001
ADOPTIONS

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF E.G.T., a minor child,
by
WILSON KANE HILLIARD and
with the consent of
BETHANY LAUREN HILLIARD,
Petitioners.
CIVIL ACTION NO. 20A-155
NOTICE OF FILING OF ADOPTION
TO: JUSTIN TYLER ROGERS (putative father of E.G.T.)
You are hereby notified that a PETITION TO ADOPT has been filed in regard to your minor children. You required to file with the clerk of said court and serve upon the Plaintiff’s attorney, whose name and address is:
DANIELS LAW LLC
Ronald Edward Daniels
P.O. BOX 4939
Eastman, GA 31023
An answer to the Petition within thirty (30) days after service of this Notice upon you, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.
Please be aware that under Georgia law, unless you file a Petition to Legitimate your child within (thirty) 30 days from the date you receive this Notice, you will forever lose all rights to your child. Furthermore, if you fail to act, you will not be entitled to any notice of any proceedings or have an opportunity to object to the adoption of your minor child.
Dated JULY 29, 2020.
RHETT WALKER, Clerk
Dodge County Superior Court

1007
DEBTORS AND CREDITORS

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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of SARA PITTMAN COWART, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9313
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of SARA PITTMAN COWART 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 16th day of July, 2020.
JEANINE B. HALL and BETTY LORINE PITTMAN BROWN,
Executors of the Estate of
SARA PITTMAN COWART, Deceased
3784 Cochran Highway
Eastman, GA 31023

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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of Margaret Paulette Burnham, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9322
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of MARGARET PAULETTE BURNHAM 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 16th day of July, 2020.
RODERICK HARRIS
BURNHAM,
Executor of the Estate of
MARGARET PAULETTE
BURNHAM, Deceased
891 Oak Grove Church Road
Rhine, GA 31077

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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of ANN REAGIN STUCKEY, Deceased, late of Dodge County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment.
June 23, 2020
MARTHAN S. ALDRIDGE,
Executor
c/o WILLIAM A. TURNER, Esq.
COHEN POLLOCK MERLIN TURNER, P.C.
3350 Riverwood Parkway,
Suite 1600
Atlanta, Georgia 30339

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STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF DODGE
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
IN RE: ESTATE OF JOHN C. LEE
All creditors of the Estate of JOHN C. LEE, 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 the 20th day of JULY, 2020.
Estate of JOHN C. LEE
BEVERLY CATIR, Executor
120 Lantern Lane
DeLand, FL 32720
MARGARET GREER EVANS
Attorney at Law
State Bar No. 488189
478-272-2885

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GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of JACK M. JONES, deceased, late of Dodge County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned
according to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment to me.
This 30th day of July, 2020.
SHERRY H. JONES
Executor of the LW&T of
JACK M. JONES
3621 Roddy Highway
Cochran GA 31014

GPN 07
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF DODGE
All creditors of the Estate of JIMMY A. YAWN, Estate number P-20-9325, deceased, late of Dodge County, Georgia are hereby notified to render their demands by filing same with the PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY, 643 PEARL BATES RD. EASTMAN, GA 31023, according to law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This the 4th day of August, 2020.
SARAH RIEDEL
5607 ANSON AVE
EASTMAN, GA 31023

1011
FORECLOSURES

GPN 11
NOTICE OF SALE
GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY.
By virtue of a power of sale contained in that certain Security Deed from JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER DAVIS AND DONNA SAPP to COLONY BANK, dated July 12, 2019, and recorded in Deed Book 875, Page 425, et seq., Dodge County Deed Records, aforesaid records, said Security Deed having originally been given to secure that certain Promissory in the original principal amount of NINETY TWO THOUSAND EIGHTY FOUR and 10/100 DOLLARS ($92,084.10) of even date therewith, as well as all extensions, renewals and modifications thereof, together with any and all other indebtedness, of any type or description, then or thereafter owing by JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER DAVIS AND DONNA SAPP to COLONY BANK, there will be sold by the undersigned, at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, before the courthouse door at Eastman, Dodge County, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in September, 2020, the following described property:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE EAST CORNER OF LAND LOT NO. 282 IN THE 13TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, CONTAINING 57.27 ACRES, MORE OR LESS; SAID TRACT OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN THE FORM OF A TRIANGLE FORMED BY A STRAIGHT LINE, DRAWN FROM THE NORTH CORNER OF SAID LAND LOT TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHEAST LAND LOT LINE OF SAID LAND LOT LOCATED 560 YARDS FROM THE EAST CORNER OF SAID LAND LOT; SAID LANDS LYING BETWEEN SAID LINE AND THE NORTHEAST LINE OF SAID LAND LOT AND THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST LINE LYING BETWEEN THE EAST CORNER OF SAID LAND LOT AND SAID DIAGONAL LINE AND BEING THE SAME LAND AS DESCRIBED IN A DEED FROM I. S. WEEKS TO G. P. LOWERY WHICH WILL BE FOUND RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 66, PAGES 207-208, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA. SAID LANDS ARE THE IDENTICAL LANDS DESCRIBED IN AND CONVEYED BY THAT CERTAIN DEED FROM G. P. LOWERY TO MRS. SALLIE MAE YAWN DATED FEBRUARY 1, 1955, AS WILL BE FOUND RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 73, PAGE 477, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT OF DODGE, COUNTY, GEORGIA.
SUBJECT TO EXISTING EASEMENTS FOR PUBLIC ROADS AND UTILITIES.
SUBJECT ALSO TO THE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN THAT CERTAIN APPLICATION FOR CURRENT USE ASSESSMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY FOUND RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 678 AT PAGES 304-305 IN THE DEED RECORDS OF DODGE COUNTY.
The indebtedness secured by the aforementioned Security Deed has been and is hereby declared immediately due and payable in full because of the failure of JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER DAVIS AND DONNA SAPP to maintain payments upon said indebtedness owing to the COLONY BANK, in accordance with its terms.  Said indebtedness remaining in default, this sale shall be made for the purpose of paying such indebtedness, as well as all expenses of this sale, including attorneys’ fees.
The above-described property will be sold as the property of JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER DAVIS AND DONNA SAPP and will be sold subject to the following items which may affect the title to said property: all zoning and subdivision ordinances and/or regulations; matters which would be disclosed by an accurate survey or an inspection of the property; all real property ad valorem taxes or assessments, which may constitute liens upon said property; all liens which, under applicable law, would take priority over the Security Deed described above; and all easements, restrictions, rights-of-way, security deeds or other encumbrances of record which have priority over the referenced Security Deed.
To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party presently in possession of said property is JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER DAVIS AND DONNA SAPP and/or a tenant or tenants.
Please be further advised that the entity which has full authority to negotiate, amend and modify all terms of the Note, Security Deed, and related documents, is:
COLONY BANK
206 N Church Street
Thomaston, Georgia 30286
Tel: 706-647-6601
ATTN: Jeffery Alton
Please note, however, that such entity or individual is not required by law to negotiate, amend or modify the terms of such loan.
THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
COLONY BANK,
as Attorney-in-Fact for
JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER DAVIS AND DONNA SAPP
MOORE, CLARKE, DuVALL & RODGERS, P.C.
D. BRADLEY FOLSOM
Attorneys for
COLONY BANK
Post Office Box 4540
Valdosta, Georgia 31604-4540
229-245-7823

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 JOEY PAYNE SR. to COLONY BANK dated September 25, 2000 and recorded in Deed Book 361, Page 163, 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, 09/01/2020 the following described property:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LOT OF LAND NO. 263 IN THE 16TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF A SURVEY MADE BY JIM H. ROSS, DODGE COUNTY SURVEYOR, IN AUGUST, 1979, WHICH PLAT IS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT IN PLAT BOOK 16, PAGE 203 AND WHICH SAID PLAT AND THE RECORD THEREOF ARE BY REFERENCE INCORPORATED HEREIN, CONTAINING 0.97 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND BEING FURTHER DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGIN AT THE SOUTH CORNER OF SAID LOT AND RUN ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOT LINE NORTH 47 DEGREES EAST A DISTANCE OF 246.8 FEET; THENCE IN A DIRECTION OF NORTH 17 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 20 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 164.4 FEET TO AN IRON PIN; THENCE IN A DIRECTION OF SOUTH 47 DEGREES WEST A DISTANCE OF 320.3 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST LOT LINE AND AN IRON PIN; AND THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST LOT LINE SOUTH 43 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 40 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 148.3 FEET TO THE SOUTH CORNER OF THE POINT OF BEGINNING. 
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 JOEY PAYNE SR. 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, ext 3301.  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 27th day of  July, 2020.
COLONY BANK
AS ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR
JOEY PAYNE SR.  
WOLFSON & OSMUS LLC
Attorneys at Law
1010 Williams Street
Valdosta, GA 31601
229-257-0080
State Bar No. 578435

1018
PROBATE NOTICES

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF ROSIE MAE ROLAND, Deceased
ESTATE NO. P-20-9321
NOTICE
IN RE: Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
NOTICE
RE: PETITION OF DONALD H. CLARK TO PROBATE THE WILL OF ROSIE MAE ROLAND, DECEASED, UPON WHICH AN ORDER FOR SERVICE WAS GRANTED BY THIS COURT ON JULY 15, 2020.
TO: JANIE DYKES, WANDA ALLEN, JOYCE TAYLOR, ELAINE CLARK, MELINDA MCCRANIE, DAVID ROLAND, SHIRLEY VICKIE MULLIS, ROSANNA SHADI, CHRISTOPHER DAVID SHAUN AMERSON, CHARLES DAVID AMERSON, JR., BRITTANY AMERSON, SHERITA NOEL AMERSON, CHARLOTTE GOMEZ, VICKI MILLS, ROSANNA BUCK, TINA UMBAO, DUSTY BECK, DANNY BARBER AND MINDY ROWLAND, and all other beneficiaries or heirs at law of ROSIE MAE ROLAND.
This is to notify you to file objection, if there is any, to the above referenced petition, in this Court on or before the thirteenth (13th) day after AUGUST 25, 2020, (the date of the mailing of this Notice to you by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested); provided, however, that if a return receipt for such Notice is actually received by the Court within such 13 days, the deadline for the filing of any objection shall be ten (10) days from the date of receipt shown on such return receipt.
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 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 scheduled at a later date.
If no objections are filed, the Petition may be granted without a hearing.
AL McCRANIE,
Probate Judge of Dodge County
Post Office Box 514
Eastman, Georgia 31023
Telephone: 478-374-3775
STRAUGHN & STRAUGHN
Attorneys at Law
P.O. Box 55567

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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
PETITION TO PROBATE WILL IN SOLEMN FORM
In Re: Estate of JUDY STEELE MILNER, Deceased
Estate No.: P-20-9301
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of JUDY STEELE MILNER 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 them.
This the 29th day of July, 2020.
BLAKE EDWARD MILNER,
Administrator, C. T. A. of the Estate of
JUDY STEELE MILNER,
Deceased
BLAKE EDWARD MILNER
610 Bell Line Road
Eastman, Georgia 31023

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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of WRIGHT T. HARRELL, SR., Deceased
PETITION TO PROBATE WILL IN SOLEMN FORM
Estate No.: P-20-9326
All creditors of the Estate of WRIGHT T. HARRELL, 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 4th day of August, 2020.
JERRY S. HARRELL,
Executor of the Estate of
WRIGHT T. HARRELL, SR., Deceased
JERRY S. HARRELL
P.O. Box 264
Rhine, GA 31077

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IN THE PROBATE COURT
COUNTY OF DODGE
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF RONALD KEITH HUTTO, DECEASED
ESTATE NO. P-20-9323
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION NOTICE
TO: WHOM IT MAY CONCERN;
BARBARA HUTTO has petitioned for Letters of Administration to be appointed Administrator (s) of the Estate of RONALD KEITH HUTTO 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 SEPTEMBER 3, 2020.
BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All pleadings/objections must be signed under oath before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone number for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing.
AL MCRANIE
Judge of the Probate Court
P.O Box 514
Eastman, Ga. 31023
478-374-3775

1001
ADOPTIONS

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF E.G.T., a minor child,
by
WILSON KANE HILLIARD and
with the consent of
BETHANY LAUREN HILLIARD,
Petitioners.
CIVIL ACTION NO. 20A-155
NOTICE OF FILING OF ADOPTION
TO: JUSTIN TYLER ROGERS (putative father of E.G.T.)
You are hereby notified that a PETITION TO ADOPT has been filed in regard to your minor children. You required to file with the clerk of said court and serve upon the Plaintiff’s attorney, whose name and address is:
DANIELS LAW LLC
Ronald Edward Daniels
P.O. BOX 4939
Eastman, GA 31023
An answer to the Petition within thirty (30) days after service of this Notice upon you, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.
Please be aware that under Georgia law, unless you file a Petition to Legitimate your child within (thirty) 30 days from the date you receive this Notice, you will forever lose all rights to your child. Furthermore, if you fail to act, you will not be entitled to any notice of any proceedings or have an opportunity to object to the adoption of your minor child.
Dated JULY 29, 2020.
RHETT WALKER, Clerk
Dodge County Superior Court

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DEBTORS AND CREDITORS

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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of SARA PITTMAN COWART, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9313
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of SARA PITTMAN COWART 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 16th day of July, 2020.
JEANINE B. HALL and BETTY LORINE PITTMAN BROWN,
Executors of the Estate of
SARA PITTMAN COWART, Deceased
3784 Cochran Highway
Eastman, GA 31023

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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of Margaret Paulette Burnham, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9322
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of MARGARET PAULETTE BURNHAM 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 16th day of July, 2020.
RODERICK HARRIS
BURNHAM,
Executor of the Estate of
MARGARET PAULETTE
BURNHAM, Deceased
891 Oak Grove Church Road
Rhine, GA 31077

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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of ANN REAGIN STUCKEY, Deceased, late of Dodge County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment.
June 23, 2020
MARTHAN S. ALDRIDGE, Executor
c/o WILLIAM A. TURNER, Esq.
COHEN POLLOCK MERLIN TURNER, P.C.
3350 Riverwood Parkway,
Suite 1600
Atlanta, Georgia 30339

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STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF DODGE
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
IN RE: ESTATE OF JOHN C. LEE
All creditors of the Estate of JOHN C. LEE, 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 the 20th day of JULY, 2020.
Estate of JOHN C. LEE
BEVERLY CATIR, Executor
120 Lantern Lane
DeLand, FL 32720
MARGARET GREER EVANS
Attorney at Law
State Bar No. 488189
478-272-2885

GPN 07
GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of JACK M. JONES, deceased, late of Dodge County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned
according to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment to me.
This 30th day of July, 2020.
SHERRY H. JONES
Executor of the LW&T of
JACK M. JONES
3621 Roddy Highway
Cochran GA 31014

1011
FORECLOSURES

GPN 11
NOTICE OF SALE
GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY.
By virtue of a power of sale contained in that certain Security Deed from JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER DAVIS AND DONNA SAPP to COLONY BANK, dated July 12, 2019, and recorded in Deed Book 875, Page 425, et seq., Dodge County Deed Records, aforesaid records, said Security Deed having originally been given to secure that certain Promissory in the original principal amount of NINETY TWO THOUSAND EIGHTY FOUR and 10/100 DOLLARS ($92,084.10) of even date therewith, as well as all extensions, renewals and modifications thereof, together with any and all other indebtedness, of any type or description, then or thereafter owing by JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER DAVIS AND DONNA SAPP to COLONY BANK, there will be sold by the undersigned, at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, before the courthouse door at Eastman, Dodge County, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in September, 2020, the following described property:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE EAST CORNER OF LAND LOT NO. 282 IN THE 13TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, CONTAINING 57.27 ACRES, MORE OR LESS; SAID TRACT OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN THE FORM OF A TRIANGLE FORMED BY A STRAIGHT LINE, DRAWN FROM THE NORTH CORNER OF SAID LAND LOT TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHEAST LAND LOT LINE OF SAID LAND LOT LOCATED 560 YARDS FROM THE EAST CORNER OF SAID LAND LOT; SAID LANDS LYING BETWEEN SAID LINE AND THE NORTHEAST LINE OF SAID LAND LOT AND THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST LINE LYING BETWEEN THE EAST CORNER OF SAID LAND LOT AND SAID DIAGONAL LINE AND BEING THE SAME LAND AS DESCRIBED IN A DEED FROM I. S. WEEKS TO G. P. LOWERY WHICH WILL BE FOUND RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 66, PAGES 207-208, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA. SAID LANDS ARE THE IDENTICAL LANDS DESCRIBED IN AND CONVEYED BY THAT CERTAIN DEED FROM G. P. LOWERY TO MRS. SALLIE MAE YAWN DATED FEBRUARY 1, 1955, AS WILL BE FOUND RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 73, PAGE 477, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT OF DODGE, COUNTY, GEORGIA.
SUBJECT TO EXISTING EASEMENTS FOR PUBLIC ROADS AND UTILITIES.
SUBJECT ALSO TO THE COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED IN THAT CERTAIN APPLICATION FOR CURRENT USE ASSESSMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY FOUND RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 678 AT PAGES 304-305 IN THE DEED RECORDS OF DODGE COUNTY.
The indebtedness secured by the aforementioned Security Deed has been and is hereby declared immediately due and payable in full because of the failure of JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER DAVIS AND DONNA SAPP to maintain payments upon said indebtedness owing to the COLONY BANK, in accordance with its terms.  Said indebtedness remaining in default, this sale shall be made for the purpose of paying such indebtedness, as well as all expenses of this sale, including attorneys’ fees.
The above-described property will be sold as the property of JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER DAVIS AND DONNA SAPP and will be sold subject to the following items which may affect the title to said property: all zoning and subdivision ordinances and/or regulations; matters which would be disclosed by an accurate survey or an inspection of the property; all real property ad valorem taxes or assessments, which may constitute liens upon said property; all liens which, under applicable law, would take priority over the Security Deed described above; and all easements, restrictions, rights-of-way, security deeds or other encumbrances of record which have priority over the referenced Security Deed.
To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party presently in possession of said property is JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER DAVIS AND DONNA SAPP and/or a tenant or tenants.
Please be further advised that the entity which has full authority to negotiate, amend and modify all terms of the Note, Security Deed, and related documents, is:
COLONY BANK
206 N Church Street
Thomaston, Georgia 30286
Tel: 706-647-6601
ATTN: Jeffery Alton
Please note, however, that such entity or individual is not required by law to negotiate, amend or modify the terms of such loan.
THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
COLONY BANK,
as Attorney-in-Fact for
JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER DAVIS AND DONNA SAPP
MOORE, CLARKE, DuVALL & RODGERS, P.C.
D. BRADLEY FOLSOM
Attorneys for
COLONY BANK
Post Office Box 4540
Valdosta, Georgia 31604-4540
229-245-7823

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 JOEY PAYNE SR. to COLONY BANK dated September 25, 2000 and recorded in Deed Book 361, Page 163, 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, 09/01/2020 the following described property:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LOT OF LAND NO. 263 IN THE 16TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF A SURVEY MADE BY JIM H. ROSS, DODGE COUNTY SURVEYOR, IN AUGUST, 1979, WHICH PLAT IS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT IN PLAT BOOK 16, PAGE 203 AND WHICH SAID PLAT AND THE RECORD THEREOF ARE BY REFERENCE INCORPORATED HEREIN, CONTAINING 0.97 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AND BEING FURTHER DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGIN AT THE SOUTH CORNER OF SAID LOT AND RUN ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOT LINE NORTH 47 DEGREES EAST A DISTANCE OF 246.8 FEET; THENCE IN A DIRECTION OF NORTH 17 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 20 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 164.4 FEET TO AN IRON PIN; THENCE IN A DIRECTION OF SOUTH 47 DEGREES WEST A DISTANCE OF 320.3 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST LOT LINE AND AN IRON PIN; AND THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST LOT LINE SOUTH 43 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 40 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 148.3 FEET TO THE SOUTH CORNER OF THE POINT OF BEGINNING. 
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 JOEY PAYNE SR. 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, ext 3301.  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 27th day of  July, 2020.
COLONY BANK
AS ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR
JOEY PAYNE SR.  
WOLFSON & OSMUS LLC
Attorneys at Law
1010 Williams Street
Valdosta, GA 31601
229-257-0080
State Bar No. 578435

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PROBATE NOTICES

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IN THE PROBATE COURT
COUNTY OF DODGE
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF CLEVE HAMILTON, DECEASED
ESTATE NO. P-20-9320
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE
TO: (any heir whose current address is unknown) JOANN HAMILTON has petitioned for Letters of Administration to be appointed Administrator (s) of the Estate of CLEVE HAMILTON 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 AUGUST 11, 2020.
BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All pleadings/objections must be signed under oath before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.
Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone number for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing.
AL MCCRANIE
Judge of the Probate Court
P.O. Box 514
Eastman, GA 31023
478-374-3775

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF ROSIE MAE ROLAND, Deceased
ESTATE NO. P-20-9321
NOTICE
IN RE: Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
NOTICE
RE: PETITION OF DONALD H. CLARK TO PROBATE THE WILL OF ROSIE MAE ROLAND, DECEASED, UPON WHICH AN ORDER FOR SERVICE WAS GRANTED BY THIS COURT ON JULY 15, 2020.
TO: JANIE DYKES, WANDA ALLEN, JOYCE TAYLOR, ELAINE CLARK, MELINDA MCCRANIE, DAVID ROLAND, SHIRLEY VICKIE MULLIS, ROSANNA SHADI, CHRISTOPHER DAVID SHAUN AMERSON, CHARLES DAVID AMERSON, JR., BRITTANY AMERSON, SHERITA NOEL AMERSON, CHARLOTTE GOMEZ, VICKI MILLS, ROSANNA BUCK, TINA UMBAO, DUSTY BECK, DANNY BARBER AND MINDY ROWLAND, and all other beneficiaries or heirs at law of ROSIE MAE ROLAND.
This is to notify you to file objection, if there is any, to the above referenced petition, in this Court on or before the thirteenth (13th) day after AUGUST 25, 2020, (the date of the mailing of this Notice to you by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested); provided, however, that if a return receipt for such Notice is actually received by the Court within such 13 days, the deadline for the filing of any objection shall be ten (10) days from the date of receipt shown on such return receipt.
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 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 scheduled at a later date.
If no objections are filed, the Petition may be granted without a hearing.
AL McCRANIE,
Probate Judge of Dodge County
Post Office Box 514
Eastman, Georgia 31023
Telephone: 478-374-3775
STRAUGHN & STRAUGHN
Attorneys at Law
P.O. Box 55567

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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
PETITION TO PROBATE WILL IN SOLEMN FORM
In Re: Estate of JUDY STEELE MILNER, Deceased
Estate No.: P-20-9301
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of JUDY STEELE MILNER 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 them.
This the 29th day of July, 2020.
BLAKE EDWARD MILNER,
Administrator, C. T. A. of the Estate of
JUDY STEELE MILNER,
Deceased
BLAKE EDWARD MILNER
610 Bell Line Road
Eastman, Georgia 31023

1006
CORPORATIONS and BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

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NOTICE OF CHANGE OF CORPORATE NAME
Notice is given that articles of amendment which will change the name of DODGE COUNTY BAND BOOSTERS CLUB, INC. to DODGE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTERS CLUB, INC. have been delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation Code. The registered office of the corporation is located at 2737 HAWKINSVILLE HIGHWAY, EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA 31023.

1007
DEBTORS AND CREDITORS

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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of JEANETTE C. ROSS, 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 the 2nd, day of July, 2020.
CHRISTY HALL
5224 Oak Street
Eastman, GA 31023
Executrix, Estate of
JEANETTE C. ROSS
CANNON LAW FIRM, LLC
Attorney for said Estate
P. O. Box 55270
McRae, GA 31055
Phone: 229-868-6065

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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of SARA PITTMAN COWART, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9313
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of SARA PITTMAN COWART 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 16th day of July, 2020.
JEANINE B. HALL and BETTY LORINE PITTMAN BROWN,
Executors of the Estate of
SARA PITTMAN COWART, Deceased
3784 Cochran Highway
Eastman, GA 31023

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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of Margaret Paulette Burnham, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9322
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of MARGARET PAULETTE BURNHAM 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 16th day of July, 2020.
RODERICK HARRIS
BURNHAM,
Executor of the Estate of
MARGARET PAULETTE
BURNHAM, Deceased
891 Oak Grove Church Road
Rhine, GA 31077

GPN 06
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of ANN REAGIN STUCKEY, Deceased, late of Dodge County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment.
June 23, 2020
MARTHAN S. ALDRIDGE, Executor
c/o WILLIAM A. TURNER, Esq.
COHEN POLLOCK MERLIN TURNER, P.C.
3350 Riverwood Parkway,
Suite 1600
Atlanta, Georgia 30339

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STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF DODGE
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
IN RE: ESTATE OF JOHN C. LEE
All creditors of the Estate of JOHN C. LEE, 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 the 20th day of JULY, 2020.
Estate of JOHN C. LEE
BEVERLY CATIR, Executor
120 Lantern Lane
DeLand, FL 32720
MARGARET GREER EVANS
Attorney at Law
State Bar No. 488189
478-272-2885

1010
FAMILY, CHILDREN, YOUTH

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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of
E.G.T. DOB: 10/02/2013
J.M.T. DOB: 06/03/2003
Estate No.: 2020-TG-0151
PETITION FOR TEMPORARY GUARDIANSHIP OF
MINORS
To: JENNIFER L. TRENT
A Petition has been filed in this Court by WILMA N. PURVIS and HENRY L. PURVIS seeking temporary guardianship of the above-named minors. You are directed to show cause if any why the Petition should not be granted on or before August 5, 2020.
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 pleadings/objections must be signed before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.  Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone for the required amount for filing fees. 
If any objections are filed, a Hearing will be scheduled at a later date in the PROBATE COURT of the above named county, located at 643 PEARL BATES AVENUE, EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA. If no objections are filed the Petition may be granted without a Hearing.
SO ORDRED this 17th day July, 2020.
s/AL MCCRANIE,
Judge of Probate Court
643 Pearl Bates Ave.
Eastman, Georgia 31023
Telephone: 478-374-3775

1011
FORECLOSURES

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 DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as grantee, as nominee for FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, its successors and assigns, dated November 21, 2016, recorded in Deed Book 829, Page 82, DODGE County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to Freedom Mortgage Corporation by assignment recorded in Deed Book 860, Page 553, DODGE County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($163,665.00), with interest thereon as set forth therein, there will be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the courthouse door of 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 AUGUST, 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.
FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION is the holder of the Security Deed to the property in accordance with OLGA § 44-14-162.2.
The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: FREEDOM MORTGAGE, 10500 KINKAID DR. STE. 300, FISHERS, IN 46037, 855-690-5900.
TO THE BEST KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF OF THE UNDERSIGNED, THE PARTY IN POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY IS DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT OR A TENANT OR TENANTS AND SAID PROPERTY IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1350 RODDY HWY, 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.
FREEDOM MORTGAGE
CORPORATION
as Attorney in Fact for
DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT
MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC
1544 Old Alabama Road
Roswell, GA 30076
www.foreclosurehotline.net
EXHIBIT “A”
THE LAND HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, COUNTY OF DODGE, STATE OF GA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING 6.77 ACRES LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT 205 OF THE 19TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA AND SHOWN ON A PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY T. JERRY PEACOCK SR., REGISTERED SURVEYOR, DATED MAY 10, 2010 AND RECORDED AT PLAT BOOK 39 PAGE 78, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA. SAID PLAT AND THE RECORD THEREOF ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN IN AID OF THIS DESCRIPTION. SAID TRACT IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: FROM AN IRON PIN LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE LAND LOT LINE DIVIDING LAND LOTS 204 AND 205 IN THE SAID LAND DISTRICT WITH THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF COUNTY ROAD 195 (RODDY HIGHWAY), SAID POINT BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE PROPERTY HEREIN CONVEYED. RUN THENCE NORTH 47 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 1016.14 FEET TO A POINT. THENCE RUN SOUTH 47 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 173.72 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 14 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 02 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 256.13 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 46 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 26 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 719.95 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF COUNTY ROAD 195; THENCE RUN NORTH 60 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 01 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 188.05 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN NORTH 59 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 41 SECONDS WEST A CHORD DISTANCE OF 150.32 FEET ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF COUNTY ROAD 195 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE PROPERTY HEREIN CONVEYED.
BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED FROM KEITH CROOMS TO DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT BY DEED DATED APRIL 5, 2013 AND RECORDED APRIL 9, 2013 IN BOOK 730 PAGE 232 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS.
AP N: 00690-00000-026-000
MR/lwa 8/4/20
Our file no. 5799720 - FT17

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PROBATE NOTICES

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: CALVIN MARK WIMPEY, Deceased
ESTATE NO. P-20-9317
NOTICE
IN RE: The Petition to Probate Will (and Codicil(s)) in Solemn Form 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 to Probate Will in Solemn Form, in this Court on or before the JULY 30, 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 Probate Court Clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent parte. Contact Probate Court personnel for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be held on JULY 30, 2020. If no objections are filed, the Petition may be granted without a hearing.
AL McCRANIE,
Judge of the Probate Court
P.O. Box 514
Eastman, Georgia 31023
Telephone: 478-374-3775

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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of EDWIN LARKIN HARGROVE, Deceased
Petition For Year’s Support
Estate No.: P-20-9316
NOTICE OF PETITION TO FILE FOR YEAR’S SUPPORT
The Petition of JO HARGROVE, for Year’s Support from the Estate of EDWIN LARKIN HARGROVE, 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 August 5, 2020, 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 pleadings/objections must be signed before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.  Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone for the required amount for filing fees.  If any objections are filed, a Hearing will be scheduled at a later date in the PROBATE COURT of the above named county, located at 643 Pearl Bates Avenue, P.O. Box 514 Eastman, Dodge County, Georgia 31023.  If no objections are filed, the Petition may be granted without a Hearing.
SO ORDRED this 7th day July, 2020.
s/ AL MCCRANIE,
Judge of Probate Court
643 Pearl Bates Avenue
P.O. Box 514
Eastman, Georgia 31023

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IN THE PROBATE COURT
COUNTY OF DODGE
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF CLEVE HAMILTON, DECEASED
ESTATE NO. P-20-9320
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE
TO: (any heir whose current address is unknown) JOANN HAMILTON has petitioned for Letters of Administration to be appointed Administrator (s) of the Estate of CLEVE HAMILTON 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 AUGUST 11, 2020.
BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All pleadings/objections must be signed under oath before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.
Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone number for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing.
AL MCCRANIE
Judge of the Probate Court
P.O. Box 514
Eastman, GA 31023
478-374-3775

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF ROSIE MAE ROLAND, Deceased
ESTATE NO. P-20-9321
NOTICE
IN RE: Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
NOTICE
RE: PETITION OF DONALD H. CLARK TO PROBATE THE WILL OF ROSIE MAE ROLAND, DECEASED, UPON WHICH AN ORDER FOR SERVICE WAS GRANTED BY THIS COURT ON JULY 15, 2020.
TO: JANIE DYKES, WANDA ALLEN, JOYCE TAYLOR, ELAINE CLARK, MELINDA MCCRANIE, DAVID ROLAND, SHIRLEY VICKIE MULLIS, ROSANNA SHADI, CHRISTOPHER DAVID SHAUN AMERSON, CHARLES DAVID AMERSON, JR., BRITTANY AMERSON, SHERITA NOEL AMERSON, CHARLOTTE GOMEZ, VICKI MILLS, ROSANNA BUCK, TINA UMBAO, DUSTY BECK, DANNY BARBER AND MINDY ROWLAND, and all other beneficiaries or heirs at law of ROSIE MAE ROLAND.
This is to notify you to file objection, if there is any, to the above referenced petition, in this Court on or before the thirteenth (13th) day after AUGUST 25, 2020, (the date of the mailing of this Notice to you by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested); provided, however, that if a return receipt for such Notice is actually received by the Court within such 13 days, the deadline for the filing of any objection shall be ten (10) days from the date of receipt shown on such return receipt.
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 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 scheduled at a later date.
If no objections are filed, the Petition may be granted without a hearing.
AL McCRANIE,
Probate Judge of Dodge County
Post Office Box 514
Eastman, Georgia 31023
Telephone: 478-374-3775
STRAUGHN & STRAUGHN
Attorneys at Law
P.O. Box 55567
McRae-Helena, Georgia 31055

1020
DELINQUENT TAXES

GPN 20
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION
TO: OSSIE V. LENDER, GERALDINE V. JONES, ROBERT L. VICKERS AND JAMES L. VICKERS
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT 41 IN THE 19TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, CONTAINING 1.0 ACRE. MORE OR LESS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS; TO ESTABLISH THE POINT OF BEGINNING, BEGIN AT THE SOUTH CORNER OF SAID LOT 41; THENCE RUN ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF A COUNTY ROAD, WHICH IS ALSO THE SOUTHWEST LOT LINE OF SAID LOT 41 IN AT NORTHWEST DIRECTION A DISTANCE 1254 FEET TO A POINT, THIS BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE TRACT HEREIN CONVEYED AND FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING THUS ESTABLISHED, THENCE RUN NORTH 45 DEGREES 30 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 420 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN NORTH 42 DEGREES 40 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 105 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 45 DEGREES 50 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 420 FONT TO A POINT LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST LOT LINE OF SAID CENTER LINE SOUTH 42 DEGREES 40 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 105 FEET BACK TO THE PLACE OR POINT OF BEGINNING. ALL ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SURVEY DATED AUGUST I974, AS PREPARED BY JIM H. ROSS, SURVEYOR‘ SAID PLAT BEING OF RECORD IN THE OFfiCE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE SUPERIOR COURT IN PLAT BOOK 13, PAGE 87, SAID PLAT AND THE RECORD THEREOF INCORPORATED HEREIN
The Tax Deed to which this notice relates is dated the 4th day of October, 2011, 2014 and is recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Dodge County, Georgia, in Deed Book 695, Page 269 Dodge County, Georgia Public Records.
TAKE NOTICE THAT:
THE RIGHT TO REDEEM THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY WILL EXPIRE AND BE FOREVER FORECLOSED AND BARRED ON AND AFTER THE 3RD DAY OF AUGUST, 2020.
Any or all of these properties may be redeemed any time before the 3rd day of August, 2020, by paying the redemption price as fixed and provided by law to the undersigned at the following address:
DANIEL RIDGE WARREN
318 CAROLINA AVENUE
CHESTER GA 31012
Please be governed accordingly.
DENNIS MULLIS
Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 429
Cochran GA 31014
State Bar #529275

1006
CORPORATIONS and BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Gpn 06
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF CORPORATE NAME
Notice is given that articles of amendment which will change the name of DODGE COUNTY BAND BOOSTERS CLUB, INC. to DODGE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTERS CLUB, INC. have been delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation Code. The registered office of the corporation is located at 2737 HAWKINSVILLE HIGHWAY, EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA 31023.

1007
DEBTORS AND CREDITORS

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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
IN RE: ESTATE OF IONNA THIESSEN, DECEASED
All creditors of the Estate of IONNA THIESSEN, deceased, late of Dodge County, Georgia, 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 Executor.
This the 24th day of JUNE, 2020.
HERMAN DAVIS, Executor
1203 Roddy Highway
Eastman, GA 31023

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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of JEANETTE C. ROSS, 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 the 2nd, day of July, 2020.
CHRISTY HALL
5224 Oak Street
Eastman, GA 31023
Executrix, Estate of
JEANETTE C. ROSS
CANNON LAW FIRM, LLC
Attorney for said Estate
P. O. Box 55270
McRae, GA 31055
Phone: 229-868-6065

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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of SARA PITTMAN COWART, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9313
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of SARA PITTMAN COWART 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 16th day of July, 2020.
JEANINE B. HALL and BETTY LORINE PITTMAN BROWN,
Executors of the Estate of
SARA PITTMAN COWART, Deceased
3784 Cochran Highway
Eastman, GA 31023

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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of Margaret Paulette Burnham, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9322
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of MARGARET PAULETTE BURNHAM 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 16th day of July, 2020.
RODERICK HARRIS
BURNHAM,
Executor of the Estate of
MARGARET PAULETTE
BURNHAM, Deceased
891 Oak Grove Church Road
Rhine, GA 31077

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FAMILY, CHILDREN, YOUTH

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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of
E.G.T. DOB: 10/02/2013
J.M.T. DOB: 06/03/2003
Estate No.: 2020-TG-0151
PETITION FOR TEMPORARY GUARDIANSHIP OF MINORS
To: JENNIFER L. TRENT
A Petition has been filed in this Court by WILMA N. PURVIS and HENRY L. PURVIS seeking temporary guardianship of the above-named minors. You are directed to show cause if any why the Petition should not be granted on or before August 5, 2020.
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 pleadings/objections must be signed before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.  Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone for the required amount for filing fees. 
If any objections are filed, a Hearing will be scheduled at a later date in the PROBATE COURT of the above named county, located at 643 PEARL BATES AVENUE, EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA. If no objections are filed the Petition may be granted without a Hearing.
SO ORDRED this 17th day July, 2020.
s/AL MCCRANIE,
Judge of Probate Court
643 Pearl Bates Ave.
Eastman, Georgia 31023
Telephone: 478-374-3775

1011
FORECLOSURES

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 DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as grantee, as nominee for FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, its successors and assigns, dated November 21, 2016, recorded in Deed Book 829, Page 82, DODGE County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to Freedom Mortgage Corporation by assignment recorded in Deed Book 860, Page 553, DODGE County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($163,665.00), with interest thereon as set forth therein, there will be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the courthouse door of 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 AUGUST, 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.
FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION is the holder of the Security Deed to the property in accordance with OLGA § 44-14-162.2.
The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: FREEDOM MORTGAGE, 10500 KINKAID DR. STE. 300, FISHERS, IN 46037, 855-690-5900.
TO THE BEST KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF OF THE UNDERSIGNED, THE PARTY IN POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY IS DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT OR A TENANT OR TENANTS AND SAID PROPERTY IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1350 RODDY HWY, 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.
FREEDOM MORTGAGE
CORPORATION
as Attorney in Fact for
DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT
MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC
1544 Old Alabama Road
Roswell, GA 30076
www.foreclosurehotline.net
EXHIBIT “A”
THE LAND HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, COUNTY OF DODGE, STATE OF GA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING 6.77 ACRES LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT 205 OF THE 19TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA AND SHOWN ON A PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY T. JERRY PEACOCK SR., REGISTERED SURVEYOR, DATED MAY 10, 2010 AND RECORDED AT PLAT BOOK 39 PAGE 78, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA. SAID PLAT AND THE RECORD THEREOF ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN IN AID OF THIS DESCRIPTION. SAID TRACT IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: FROM AN IRON PIN LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE LAND LOT LINE DIVIDING LAND LOTS 204 AND 205 IN THE SAID LAND DISTRICT WITH THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF COUNTY ROAD 195 (RODDY HIGHWAY), SAID POINT BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE PROPERTY HEREIN CONVEYED. RUN THENCE NORTH 47 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 1016.14 FEET TO A POINT. THENCE RUN SOUTH 47 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 173.72 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 14 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 02 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 256.13 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 46 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 26 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 719.95 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF COUNTY ROAD 195; THENCE RUN NORTH 60 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 01 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 188.05 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN NORTH 59 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 41 SECONDS WEST A CHORD DISTANCE OF 150.32 FEET ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF COUNTY ROAD 195 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE PROPERTY HEREIN CONVEYED.
BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED FROM KEITH CROOMS TO DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT BY DEED DATED APRIL 5, 2013 AND RECORDED APRIL 9, 2013 IN BOOK 730 PAGE 232 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS.
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT

GPN 13
JUDICIAL NOTICE
Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 15-11-50(f) the Superior Court is seeking qualified candidates for the position of JUVENILE COURT JUDGE in the OCONEE JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FOR BLECKLEY, DODGE, MONTGOMERY, PULASKI, TELFAIR and WHEELER Counties. This will be a four year appointment by court order beginning on October 1, 2020 and ending on September 30, 2024.
Qualified applicants must be at least 30 years of age, a citizen of Georgia for three years, having practiced law for five years (seven is preferred) and be a member of the State Bar of Georgia in good standing. Travel throughout the Judicial Circuit and some limited state travel will be required.
Anyone expressing an interest in this position including all questions and comments should refer them to:
MR. BOB NADEKOW
DISTRICT COURT
ADMINISTRATOR
POST OFFICE DRAWER C
LYONS, GA 30436
Application packets may also be submitted via email to bnadekow@eighthdistrict.org. Only letters of interest, resumes, questions or comments received by September 15, 2020 will be considered. No phone calls, please.

1018
PROBATE NOTICES

GPN 18
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF DONALD THOMAS
a/k/a DONALD THOMAS, SR., DECEASED
ESTATE NO. P-20-9308
NOTICE
The Petition of DONALD YOHAN THOMAS, JR., 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 July 29, 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 maybe granted without a hearing.
AL MCCRANIE
Judge of the Dodge County Probate Court
Probate Court of Dodge County
P.O. Box 4256
643 Pearl Bates Ave
Eastman GA 31023  
478-374-3775

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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of DOYLE W. JOHNSON, SR., Deceased
Petition For Year’s Support 
Estate No.: P-20-9315
NOTICE OF PETITION TO FILE FOR YEAR’S SUPPORT
The Petition of DEBRA DIANE JOHNSON, for Year’s Support from this Estate of DOYLE W. JOHNSON, SR., 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 July 29, 2020, 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 pleadings/objections must be signed before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.
Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone for the required amount for filing fees. If any objections are filed, a Hearing will be scheduled at a later date in the Probate Court of the above named county, located at 643 PEARL BATES AVENUE / P.O. BOX 514 EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA 31023 (478-374-3775). If no objections are filed the Petition may be granted without a Hearing.
SO ORDERED this 26th day June, 2020.
s/AL MCCRANIE,
Judge of Probate Court

Gpn 18
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: CALVIN MARK WIMPEY, Deceased
ESTATE NO. P-20-9317
NOTICE
IN RE: The Petition to Probate Will (and Codicil(s)) in Solemn Form 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 to Probate Will in Solemn Form, in this Court on or before the JULY 30, 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 Probate Court Clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent parte. Contact Probate Court personnel for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be held on JULY 30, 2020. If no objections are filed, the Petition may be granted without a hearing.
AL McCRANIE,
Judge of the Probate Court
P.O. Box 514
Eastman, Georgia 31023
Telephone: 478-374-3775

Gpn 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of EDWIN LARKIN HARGROVE, Deceased
Petition For Year’s Support
Estate No.: P-20-9316
NOTICE OF PETITION TO FILE FOR YEAR’S SUPPORT
The Petition of JO HARGROVE, for Year’s Support from the Estate of EDWIN LARKIN HARGROVE, 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 August 5, 2020, 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 pleadings/objections must be signed before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.  Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone for the required amount for filing fees.  If any objections are filed, a Hearing will be scheduled at a later date in the PROBATE COURT of the above named county, located at 643 Pearl Bates Avenue, P.O. Box 514 Eastman, Dodge County, Georgia 31023.  If no objections are filed, the Petition may be granted without a Hearing.
SO ORDRED this 7th day July, 2020.
s/ AL MCCRANIE,
Judge of Probate Court
643 Pearl Bates Avenue
P.O. Box 514
Eastman, Georgia 31023

gpn 18
IN THE PROBATE COURT
COUNTY OF DODGE
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF CLEVE HAMILTON, DECEASED
ESTATE NO. P-20-9320
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE
TO: (any heir whose current address is unknown) JOANN HAMILTON has petitioned for Letters of Administration to be appointed Administrator (s) of the Estate of CLEVE HAMILTON 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 AUGUST 11, 2020.
BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All pleadings/objections must be signed under oath before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.
Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone number for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing.
AL MCCRANIE
Judge of the Probate Court
P.O. Box 514
Eastman, GA 31023
478-374-3775

1020
DELINQUENT TAXES

GPN 20
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION
TO: OSSIE V. LENDER, GERALDINE V. JONES, ROBERT L. VICKERS AND JAMES L. VICKERS
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT 41 IN THE 19TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, CONTAINING 1.0 ACRE. MORE OR LESS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS; TO ESTABLISH THE POINT OF BEGINNING, BEGIN AT THE SOUTH CORNER OF SAID LOT 41; THENCE RUN ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF A COUNTY ROAD, WHICH IS ALSO THE SOUTHWEST LOT LINE OF SAID LOT 41 IN AT NORTHWEST DIRECTION A DISTANCE 1254 FEET TO A POINT, THIS BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE TRACT HEREIN CONVEYED AND FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING THUS ESTABLISHED, THENCE RUN NORTH 45 DEGREES 30 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 420 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN NORTH 42 DEGREES 40 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 105 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 45 DEGREES 50 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 420 FONT TO A POINT LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST LOT LINE OF SAID CENTER LINE SOUTH 42 DEGREES 40 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 105 FEET BACK TO THE PLACE OR POINT OF BEGINNING. ALL ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SURVEY DATED AUGUST I974, AS PREPARED BY JIM H. ROSS, SURVEYOR‘ SAID PLAT BEING OF RECORD IN THE OFfiCE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE SUPERIOR COURT IN PLAT BOOK 13, PAGE 87, SAID PLAT AND THE RECORD THEREOF INCORPORATED HEREIN
The Tax Deed to which this notice relates is dated the 4th day of October, 2011, 2014 and is recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Dodge County, Georgia, in Deed Book 695, Page 269 Dodge County, Georgia Public Records.
TAKE NOTICE THAT:
THE RIGHT TO REDEEM THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY WILL EXPIRE AND BE FOREVER FORECLOSED AND BARRED ON AND AFTER THE 3RD DAY OF AUGUST, 2020.
Any or all of these properties may be redeemed any time before the 3rd day of August, 2020, by paying the redemption price as fixed and provided by law to the undersigned at the following address:
DANIEL RIDGE WARREN
318 CAROLINA AVENUE
CHESTER GA 31012
Please be governed accordingly.
DENNIS MULLIS
Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 429
Cochran GA 31014
State Bar #529275

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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
IN RE: ESTATE OF IONNA THIESSEN, DECEASED
All creditors of the Estate of IONNA THIESSEN, deceased, late of Dodge County, Georgia, 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 Executor.
This the 24th day of JUNE, 2020.
HERMAN DAVIS, Executor
1203 Roddy Highway
Eastman, GA 31023

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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of JEANETTE C. ROSS, 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 the 2nd, day of July, 2020.
CHRISTY HALL
5224 Oak Street
Eastman, GA 31023
Executrix, Estate of
JEANETTE C. HALL
CANNON LAW FIRM, LLC
Attorney for said Estate
P. O. Box 55270
McRae, GA 31055
Phone: 229-868-6065

1010
FAMILY, CHILDREN, YOUTH

Gpn 10
IN THE JUVENILE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN THE INTEREST OF:
A.C., Sex: F, DOB: 08/09/2018
J.C., Sex: F, DOB: 08/07/2012
Minor Children
Case No.: 045-19J-3349
NOTICE OF SUMMONS
PUBLICATION
TO: STACEY DONEY and CHRISTOPHER KING and any unknown unnamed putative fathers, and any other persons claiming to have a parental interest in the minor children named above born to CHELSEY CARTER on the dates above listed.
The Georgia Department of Human Resources has filed a Petition on APRIL 6, 2020, in the Juvenile Court of Dodge County, Georgia, seeking to appoint a permanent guardian for your child.
An Order allowing service on you by newspaper publication was signed on APRIL 2, 2020.
The final hearing in this matter is scheduled for JULY 14, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. at the Dodge County Courthouse in Eastman, Georgia.
You are entitled to object to the establishment of a permanent guardianship or to the selection of guardian or both. An objection must be filed in writing with the court within ten days of the second publication of this notice.
You will lose all rights to object to the appointment of a permanent guardian if you do not file an objection with the court and file a petition to legitimate the minor within thirty days of the hearing on your objection.
WITNESS HON. STEPHANIE BURTON, JUDGE OF SAID COURT
RHETT WALKER
Clerk, Juvenile Court of
Dodge County
SARAH TIPTON-DOWNIE
Special Assistant Attorney General
Post Office Box 925
Vidalia, Georgia 30475
912-537-9265

1011
FORECLOSURES

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 DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as grantee, as nominee for FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, its successors and assigns, dated November 21, 2016, recorded in Deed Book 829, Page 82, DODGE County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to Freedom Mortgage Corporation by assignment recorded in Deed Book 860, Page 553, DODGE County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($163,665.00), with interest thereon as set forth therein, there will be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the courthouse door of 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 AUGUST, 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.
FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION is the holder of the Security Deed to the property in accordance with OLGA § 44-14-162.2.
The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: FREEDOM MORTGAGE, 10500 KINKAID DR. STE. 300, FISHERS, IN 46037, 855-690-5900.
TO THE BEST KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF OF THE UNDERSIGNED, THE PARTY IN POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY IS DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT OR A TENANT OR TENANTS AND SAID PROPERTY IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1350 RODDY HWY, 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.
FREEDOM MORTGAGE
CORPORATION
as Attorney in Fact for
DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT
MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC
1544 Old Alabama Road
Roswell, GA 30076
www.foreclosurehotline.net
EXHIBIT “A”
THE LAND HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, COUNTY OF DODGE, STATE OF GA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING 6.77 ACRES LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT 205 OF THE 19TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA AND SHOWN ON A PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY T. JERRY PEACOCK SR., REGISTERED SURVEYOR, DATED MAY 10, 2010 AND RECORDED AT PLAT BOOK 39 PAGE 78, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA. SAID PLAT AND THE RECORD THEREOF ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN IN AID OF THIS DESCRIPTION. SAID TRACT IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: FROM AN IRON PIN LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE LAND LOT LINE DIVIDING LAND LOTS 204 AND 205 IN THE SAID LAND DISTRICT WITH THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF COUNTY ROAD 195 (RODDY HIGHWAY), SAID POINT BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE PROPERTY HEREIN CONVEYED. RUN THENCE NORTH 47 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 1016.14 FEET TO A POINT. THENCE RUN SOUTH 47 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 173.72 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 14 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 02 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 256.13 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 46 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 26 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 719.95 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF COUNTY ROAD 195; THENCE RUN NORTH 60 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 01 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 188.05 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN NORTH 59 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 41 SECONDS WEST A CHORD DISTANCE OF 150.32 FEET ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF COUNTY ROAD 195 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE PROPERTY HEREIN CONVEYED.
BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED FROM KEITH CROOMS TO DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT BY DEED DATED APRIL 5, 2013 AND RECORDED APRIL 9, 2013 IN BOOK 730 PAGE 232 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS.
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1018
PROBATE NOTICES

GPN 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of James C. McCranie, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9303
All creditors of the Estate of JAMES C. MCCRANIE 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 18th day of June, 2020.
WILMATINE GRAHAM MCCRANIE, Executor
of the Estate of JAMES C. MCCRANIE, Deceased
WILMATINE GRAHAM MCCRANIE
983 Cochran Highway
Eastman, GA 31023

Gpn 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of JAMES H. LEE, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9307
All creditors of the Estate of JAMES H. LEE 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 18th day of June, 2020.
LYNN S. FENNELL,
Executor of the
Estate of JAMES H. LEE,
Deceased
621 Tom Giddens Road
Eastman, GA 31023

GPN 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of Robert Julian Braswell, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9302
All creditors of the Estate of ROBERT JULIAN BRASWELL 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 18th day of June, 2020.
JENNIE LYNN BRASWELL, Executor of the Estate of ROBERT JULIAN BRASWELL, Deceased
238 Wilson Woodard Road
Eastman, GA 31023

GPN 18
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF DONALD THOMAS
a/k/a DONALD THOMAS, SR., DECEASED
ESTATE NO. P-20-9308
NOTICE
The Petition of DONALD YOHAN THOMAS, JR., 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 July 29, 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 maybe granted without a hearing.
AL MCCRANIE
Judge of the Dodge County Probate Court
Probate Court of Dodge County
P.O. Box 4256
643 Pearl Bates Ave
Eastman GA 31023  
478-374-3775

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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of DOYLE W. JOHNSON, SR., Deceased
Petition For Year’s Support 
Estate No.: P-20-9315
NOTICE OF PETITION TO FILE FOR YEAR’S SUPPORT
The Petition of DEBRA DIANE JOHNSON, for Year’s Support from this Estate of DOYLE W. JOHNSON, SR., 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 July 29, 2020, 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 pleadings/objections must be signed before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.
Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone for the required amount for filing fees. If any objections are filed, a Hearing will be scheduled at a later date in the Probate Court of the above named county, located at 643 PEARL BATES AVENUE / P.O. BOX 514 EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA 31023 (478-374-3775). If no objections are filed the Petition may be granted without a Hearing.
SO ORDERED this 26th day June, 2020.
s/AL MCCRANIE,
Judge of Probate Court

Gpn 18
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: CALVIN MARK WIMPEY, Deceased
ESTATE NO. P-20-9317
NOTICE
IN RE: The Petition to Probate Will (and Codicil(s)) in Solemn Form 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 to Probate Will in Solemn Form, in this Court on or before the JULY 30, 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 Probate Court Clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent parte. Contact Probate Court personnel for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be held on JULY 30, 2020. If no objections are filed, the Petition may be granted without a hearing.
AL McCRANIE,
Judge of the Probate Court
P.O. Box 514
Eastman, Georgia 31023
Telephone: 478-374-3775

Gpn 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of EDWIN LARKIN HARGROVE, Deceased
Petition For Year’s Support
Estate No.: P-20-9316
NOTICE OF PETITION TO FILE FOR YEAR’S SUPPORT
The Petition of JO HARGROVE, for Year’s Support from the Estate of EDWIN LARKIN HARGROVE, 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 August 5, 2020, 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 pleadings/objections must be signed before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.  Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone for the required amount for filing fees.  If any objections are filed, a Hearing will be scheduled at a later date in the PROBATE COURT of the above named county, located at 643 Pearl Bates Avenue, P.O. Box 514 Eastman, Dodge County, Georgia 31023.  If no objections are filed, the Petition may be granted without a Hearing.
SO ORDRED this 7th day July, 2020.
s/ AL MCCRANIE,
Judge of Probate Court
643 Pearl Bates Avenue
P.O. Box 514
Eastman, Georgia 31023

gpn 18
IN THE PROBATE COURT
COUNTY OF DODGE
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF CLEVE HAMILTON, DECEASED
ESTATE NO. P-20-9320
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE
TO: (any heir whose current address is unknown) JOANN HAMILTON has petitioned for Letters of Administration to be appointed Administrator (s) of the Estate of CLEVE HAMILTON 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 AUGUST 11, 2020.
BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All pleadings/objections must be signed under oath before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone number for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing.
AL MCCRANIE
Judge of the Probate Court
P.O. Box 514
Eastman, GA 31023
478-374-3775

1020
DELINQUENT TAXES

GPN 20
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION
TO: OSSIE V. LENDER, GERALDINE V. JONES, ROBERT L. VICKERS AND JAMES L. VICKERS
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT 41 IN THE 19TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, CONTAINING 1.0 ACRE. MORE OR LESS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS; TO ESTABLISH THE POINT OF BEGINNING, BEGIN AT THE SOUTH CORNER OF SAID LOT 41; THENCE RUN ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF A COUNTY ROAD, WHICH IS ALSO THE SOUTHWEST LOT LINE OF SAID LOT 41 IN AT NORTHWEST DIRECTION A DISTANCE 1254 FEET TO A POINT, THIS BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE TRACT HEREIN CONVEYED AND FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING THUS ESTABLISHED, THENCE RUN NORTH 45 DEGREES 30 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 420 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN NORTH 42 DEGREES 40 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 105 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 45 DEGREES 50 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 420 FONT TO A POINT LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST LOT LINE OF SAID CENTER LINE SOUTH 42 DEGREES 40 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 105 FEET BACK TO THE PLACE OR POINT OF BEGINNING. ALL ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SURVEY DATED AUGUST I974, AS PREPARED BY JIM H. ROSS, SURVEYOR‘ SAID PLAT BEING OF RECORD IN THE OFfiCE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE SUPERIOR COURT IN PLAT BOOK 13, PAGE 87, SAID PLAT AND THE RECORD THEREOF INCORPORATED HEREIN
The Tax Deed to which this notice relates is dated the 4th day of October, 2011, 2014 and is recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Dodge County, Georgia, in Deed Book 695, Page 269 Dodge County, Georgia Public Records.
TAKE NOTICE THAT:
THE RIGHT TO REDEEM THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY WILL EXPIRE AND BE FOREVER FORECLOSED AND BARRED ON AND AFTER THE 3RD DAY OF AUGUST, 2020.
Any or all of these properties may be redeemed any time before the 3rd day of August, 2020, by paying the redemption price as fixed and provided by law to the undersigned at the following address:
DANIEL RIDGE WARREN
318 CAROLINA AVENUE
CHESTER GA 31012
Please be governed accordingly.
DENNIS MULLIS
Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 429
Cochran GA 31014
State Bar #529275

1007
DEBTORS AND CREDITORS

gpn 07
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
IN RE: ESTATE OF IONNA THIESSEN, DECEASED
All creditors of the Estate of IONNA THIESSEN, deceased, late of Dodge County, Georgia, 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 Executor.
This the 24th day of JUNE, 2020.
HERMAN DAVIS, Executor
1203 Roddy Highway
Eastman, GA 31023

Gpn 07
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of JEANETTE C. ROSS, 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 the 2nd, day of July, 2020.
CHRISTY HALL
5224 Oak Street
Eastman, GA 31023
Executrix, Estate of
JEANETTE C. HALL
CANNON LAW FIRM, LLC
Attorney for said Estate
P. O. Box 55270
McRae, GA 31055
Phone: 229-868-6065

1010
FAMILY, CHILDREN, YOUTH

Gpn 10
IN THE JUVENILE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN THE INTEREST OF:
A.C., Sex: F, DOB: 08/09/2018
J.C., Sex: F, DOB: 08/07/2012
Minor Children
Case No.: 045-19J-3349
NOTICE OF SUMMONS
PUBLICATION
TO: STACEY DONEY and CHRISTOPHER KING and any unknown unnamed putative fathers, and any other persons claiming to have a parental interest in the minor children named above born to CHELSEY CARTER on the dates above listed.
The Georgia Department of Human Resources has filed a Petition on APRIL 6, 2020, in the Juvenile Court of Dodge County, Georgia, seeking to appoint a permanent guardian for your child.
An Order allowing service on you by newspaper publication was signed on APRIL 2, 2020.
The final hearing in this matter is scheduled for JULY 14, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. at the Dodge County Courthouse in Eastman, Georgia.
You are entitled to object to the establishment of a permanent guardianship or to the selection of guardian or both. An objection must be filed in writing with the court within ten days of the second publication of this notice.
You will lose all rights to object to the appointment of a permanent guardian if you do not file an objection with the court and file a petition to legitimate the minor within thirty days of the hearing on your objection.
WITNESS HON. STEPHANIE BURTON, JUDGE OF SAID COURT
RHETT WALKER
Clerk, Juvenile Court of
Dodge County
SARAH TIPTON-DOWNIE
Special Assistant Attorney General
Post Office Box 925
Vidalia, Georgia 30475
912-537-9265

1011
FORECLOSURES

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 DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as grantee, as nominee for FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, its successors and assigns, dated November 21, 2016, recorded in Deed Book 829, Page 82, DODGE County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to Freedom Mortgage Corporation by assignment recorded in Deed Book 860, Page 553, DODGE County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($163,665.00), with interest thereon as set forth therein, there will be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the courthouse door of 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 AUGUST, 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.
FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION is the holder of the Security Deed to the property in accordance with OLGA § 44-14-162.2.
The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: FREEDOM MORTGAGE, 10500 KINKAID DR. STE. 300, FISHERS, IN 46037, 855-690-5900.
TO THE BEST KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF OF THE UNDERSIGNED, THE PARTY IN POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY IS DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT OR A TENANT OR TENANTS AND SAID PROPERTY IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1350 RODDY HWY, 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.
FREEDOM MORTGAGE
CORPORATION
as Attorney in Fact for
DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT
MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC
1544 Old Alabama Road
Roswell, GA 30076
www.foreclosurehotline.net
EXHIBIT “A”
THE LAND HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, COUNTY OF DODGE, STATE OF GA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING 6.77 ACRES LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT 205 OF THE 19TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA AND SHOWN ON A PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY T. JERRY PEACOCK SR., REGISTERED SURVEYOR, DATED MAY 10, 2010 AND RECORDED AT PLAT BOOK 39 PAGE 78, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA. SAID PLAT AND THE RECORD THEREOF ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN IN AID OF THIS DESCRIPTION. SAID TRACT IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: FROM AN IRON PIN LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE LAND LOT LINE DIVIDING LAND LOTS 204 AND 205 IN THE SAID LAND DISTRICT WITH THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF COUNTY ROAD 195 (RODDY HIGHWAY), SAID POINT BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE PROPERTY HEREIN CONVEYED. RUN THENCE NORTH 47 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 1016.14 FEET TO A POINT. THENCE RUN SOUTH 47 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 173.72 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 14 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 02 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 256.13 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 46 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 26 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 719.95 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF COUNTY ROAD 195; THENCE RUN NORTH 60 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 01 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 188.05 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN NORTH 59 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 41 SECONDS WEST A CHORD DISTANCE OF 150.32 FEET ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF COUNTY ROAD 195 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE PROPERTY HEREIN CONVEYED.
BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED FROM KEITH CROOMS TO DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT BY DEED DATED APRIL 5, 2013 AND RECORDED APRIL 9, 2013 IN BOOK 730 PAGE 232 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS.
AP N: 00690-00000-026-000
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Our file no. 5799720 - FT17

1018
PROBATE NOTICES

GPN 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of James C. McCranie, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9303
All creditors of the Estate of JAMES C. MCCRANIE 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 18th day of June, 2020.
WILMATINE GRAHAM MCCRANIE, Executor
of the Estate of JAMES C. MCCRANIE, Deceased
WILMATINE GRAHAM MCCRANIE
983 Cochran Highway
Eastman, GA 31023

Gpn 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of JAMES H. LEE, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9307
All creditors of the Estate of JAMES H. LEE 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 18th day of June, 2020.
LYNN S. FENNELL,
Executor of the
Estate of JAMES H. LEE,
Deceased
621 Tom Giddens Road
Eastman, GA 31023

GPN 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of Robert Julian Braswell, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9302
All creditors of the Estate of ROBERT JULIAN BRASWELL 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 18th day of June, 2020.
JENNIE LYNN BRASWELL, Executor of the Estate of ROBERT JULIAN BRASWELL, Deceased
238 Wilson Woodard Road
Eastman, GA 31023

GPN 18
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF DONALD THOMAS
a/k/a DONALD THOMAS, SR., DECEASED
ESTATE NO. P-20-9308
NOTICE
The Petition of DONALD YOHAN THOMAS, JR., 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 July 29, 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 maybe granted without a hearing.
AL MCCRANIE
Judge of the Dodge County Probate Court
Probate Court of Dodge County
P.O. Box 4256
643 Pearl Bates Ave
Eastman GA 31023  
478-374-3775

Gpn 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of DOYLE W. JOHNSON, SR., Deceased
Petition For Year’s Support 
Estate No.: P-20-9315
NOTICE OF PETITION TO FILE FOR YEAR’S SUPPORT
The Petition of DEBRA DIANE JOHNSON, for Year’s Support from this Estate of DOYLE W. JOHNSON, SR., 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 July 29, 2020, 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 pleadings/objections must be signed before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.
Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone for the required amount for filing fees. If any objections are filed, a Hearing will be scheduled at a later date in the Probate Court of the above named county, located at 643 PEARL BATES AVENUE / P.O. BOX 514 EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA 31023 (478-374-3775). If no objections are filed the Petition may be granted without a Hearing.
SO ORDERED this 26th day June, 2020.
s/AL MCCRANIE,
Judge of Probate Court

Gpn 18
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: CALVIN MARK WIMPEY, Deceased
ESTATE NO. P-20-9317
NOTICE
IN RE: The Petition to Probate Will (and Codicil(s)) in Solemn Form 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 to Probate Will in Solemn Form, in this Court on or before the JULY 30, 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 Probate Court Clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent parte. Contact Probate Court personnel for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be held on JULY 30, 2020. If no objections are filed, the Petition may be granted without a hearing.
AL McCRANIE,
Judge of the Probate Court
P.O. Box 514
Eastman, Georgia 31023
Telephone: 478-374-3775

Gpn 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of EDWIN LARKIN HARGROVE, Deceased
Petition For Year’s Support
Estate No.: P-20-9316
NOTICE OF PETITION TO FILE FOR YEAR’S SUPPORT
The Petition of JO HARGROVE, for Year’s Support from the Estate of EDWIN LARKIN HARGROVE, 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 August 5, 2020, 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 pleadings/objections must be signed before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.  Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone for the required amount for filing fees.  If any objections are filed, a Hearing will be scheduled at a later date in the PROBATE COURT of the above named county, located at 643 Pearl Bates Avenue, P.O. Box 514 Eastman, Dodge County, Georgia 31023.  If no objections are filed, the Petition may be granted without a Hearing.
SO ORDRED this 7th day July, 2020.
s/ AL MCCRANIE,
Judge of Probate Court
643 Pearl Bates Avenue
P.O. Box 514
Eastman, Georgia 31023

gpn 18
IN THE PROBATE COURT
COUNTY OF DODGE
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF CLEVE HAMILTON, DECEASED
ESTATE NO. P-20-9320
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE
TO: (any heir whose current address is unknown) JOANN HAMILTON has petitioned for Letters of Administration to be appointed Administrator (s) of the Estate of CLEVE HAMILTON 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 AUGUST 11, 2020.
BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All pleadings/objections must be signed under oath before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone number for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing.
AL MCCRANIE
Judge of the Probate Court
P.O. Box 514
Eastman, GA 31023
478-374-3775

1020
DELINQUENT TAXES

GPN 20
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION
TO: OSSIE V. LENDER, GERALDINE V. JONES, ROBERT L. VICKERS AND JAMES L. VICKERS
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT 41 IN THE 19TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, CONTAINING 1.0 ACRE. MORE OR LESS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS; TO ESTABLISH THE POINT OF BEGINNING, BEGIN AT THE SOUTH CORNER OF SAID LOT 41; THENCE RUN ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF A COUNTY ROAD, WHICH IS ALSO THE SOUTHWEST LOT LINE OF SAID LOT 41 IN AT NORTHWEST DIRECTION A DISTANCE 1254 FEET TO A POINT, THIS BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE TRACT HEREIN CONVEYED AND FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING THUS ESTABLISHED, THENCE RUN NORTH 45 DEGREES 30 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 420 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN NORTH 42 DEGREES 40 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 105 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 45 DEGREES 50 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 420 FONT TO A POINT LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST LOT LINE OF SAID CENTER LINE SOUTH 42 DEGREES 40 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 105 FEET BACK TO THE PLACE OR POINT OF BEGINNING. ALL ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SURVEY DATED AUGUST I974, AS PREPARED BY JIM H. ROSS, SURVEYOR‘ SAID PLAT BEING OF RECORD IN THE OFfiCE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE SUPERIOR COURT IN PLAT BOOK 13, PAGE 87, SAID PLAT AND THE RECORD THEREOF INCORPORATED HEREIN
The Tax Deed to which this notice relates is dated the 4th day of October, 2011, 2014 and is recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Dodge County, Georgia, in Deed Book 695, Page 269 Dodge County, Georgia Public Records.
TAKE NOTICE THAT:
THE RIGHT TO REDEEM THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY WILL EXPIRE AND BE FOREVER FORECLOSED AND BARRED ON AND AFTER THE 3RD DAY OF AUGUST, 2020.
Any or all of these properties may be redeemed any time before the 3rd day of August, 2020, by paying the redemption price as fixed and provided by law to the undersigned at the following address:
DANIEL RIDGE WARREN
318 CAROLINA AVENUE
CHESTER GA 31012
Please be governed accordingly.
DENNIS MULLIS
Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 429
Cochran GA 31014
State Bar #529275

1006
CORPORATIONS and BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

GPN06
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF CORPORATE NAME
Notice is given that articles of amendment which will change the name of CITIZENS CORPORATION to GREAT OAKS FINANCIAL, INC. have been delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation Code. The registered office of the corporation is located at 5101 5TH AVENUE, EASTMAN, GEORGIA, 31023.

1007
DEBTORS AND CREDITORS

gpn 07
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
IN RE: ESTATE OF IONNA THIESSEN, DECEASED
All creditors of the Estate of IONNA THIESSEN, deceased, late of Dodge County, Georgia, 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 Executor.
This the 24th day of JUNE, 2020.
HERMAN DAVIS, Executor
1203 Roddy Highway
Eastman, GA 31023

Gpn 07
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of JEANETTE C. ROSS, 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 the 2nd, day of July, 2020.
CHRISTY HALL
5224 Oak Street
Eastman, GA 31023
Executrix, Estate of
JEANETTE C. HALL
CANNON LAW FIRM, LLC
Attorney for said Estate
P. O. Box 55270
McRae, GA 31055
Phone: 229-868-6065

1010
FAMILY, CHILDREN, YOUTH

Gpn 10
IN THE JUVENILE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN THE INTEREST OF:
A.C., Sex: F, DOB: 08/09/2018
J.C., Sex: F, DOB: 08/07/2012
Minor Children
Case No.: 045-19J-3349
NOTICE OF SUMMONS
PUBLICATION
TO: STACEY DONEY and CHRISTOPHER KING and any unknown unnamed putative fathers, and any other persons claiming to have a parental interest in the minor children named above born to CHELSEY CARTER on the dates above listed.
The Georgia Department of Human Resources has filed a Petition on APRIL 6, 2020, in the Juvenile Court of Dodge County, Georgia, seeking to appoint a permanent guardian for your child.
An Order allowing service on you by newspaper publication was signed on APRIL 2, 2020.
The final hearing in this matter is scheduled for JULY 14, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. at the Dodge County Courthouse in Eastman, Georgia.
You are entitled to object to the establishment of a permanent guardianship or to the selection of guardian or both. An objection must be filed in writing with the court within ten days of the second publication of this notice.
You will lose all rights to object to the appointment of a permanent guardian if you do not file an objection with the court and file a petition to legitimate the minor within thirty days of the hearing on your objection.
WITNESS HON. STEPHANIE BURTON, JUDGE OF SAID COURT
RHETT WALKER
Clerk, Juvenile Court of
Dodge County
SARAH TIPTON-DOWNIE
Special Assistant Attorney General
Post Office Box 925
Vidalia, Georgia 30475
912-537-9265

1011
FORECLOSURES

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 DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as grantee, as nominee for FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, its successors and assigns, dated November 21, 2016, recorded in Deed Book 829, Page 82, DODGE County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to Freedom Mortgage Corporation by assignment recorded in Deed Book 860, Page 553, DODGE County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($163,665.00), with interest thereon as set forth therein, there will be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the courthouse door of 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 AUGUST, 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.
FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION is the holder of the Security Deed to the property in accordance with OLGA § 44-14-162.2.
The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: FREEDOM MORTGAGE, 10500 KINKAID DR. STE. 300, FISHERS, IN 46037, 855-690-5900.
TO THE BEST KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF OF THE UNDERSIGNED, THE PARTY IN POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY IS DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT OR A TENANT OR TENANTS AND SAID PROPERTY IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 1350 RODDY HWY, 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.
FREEDOM MORTGAGE
CORPORATION
as Attorney in Fact for
DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT
MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC
1544 Old Alabama Road
Roswell, GA 30076
www.foreclosurehotline.net
EXHIBIT “A”
THE LAND HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF EASTMAN, COUNTY OF DODGE, STATE OF GA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING 6.77 ACRES LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT 205 OF THE 19TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA AND SHOWN ON A PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY T. JERRY PEACOCK SR., REGISTERED SURVEYOR, DATED MAY 10, 2010 AND RECORDED AT PLAT BOOK 39 PAGE 78, IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA. SAID PLAT AND THE RECORD THEREOF ARE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN IN AID OF THIS DESCRIPTION. SAID TRACT IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: FROM AN IRON PIN LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE LAND LOT LINE DIVIDING LAND LOTS 204 AND 205 IN THE SAID LAND DISTRICT WITH THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF COUNTY ROAD 195 (RODDY HIGHWAY), SAID POINT BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE PROPERTY HEREIN CONVEYED. RUN THENCE NORTH 47 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 1016.14 FEET TO A POINT. THENCE RUN SOUTH 47 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 173.72 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 14 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 02 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 256.13 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 46 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 26 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 719.95 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF COUNTY ROAD 195; THENCE RUN NORTH 60 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 01 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 188.05 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN NORTH 59 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 41 SECONDS WEST A CHORD DISTANCE OF 150.32 FEET ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF COUNTY ROAD 195 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE PROPERTY HEREIN CONVEYED.
BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED FROM KEITH CROOMS TO DAVID CHRISTIAN KNIGHT BY DEED DATED APRIL 5, 2013 AND RECORDED APRIL 9, 2013 IN BOOK 730 PAGE 232 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS.
AP N: 00690-00000-026-000
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1018
PROBATE NOTICES

GPN 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of James C. McCranie, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9303
All creditors of the Estate of JAMES C. MCCRANIE 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 18th day of June, 2020.
WILMATINE GRAHAM MCCRANIE, Executor
of the Estate of JAMES C. MCCRANIE, Deceased
WILMATINE GRAHAM MCCRANIE
983 Cochran Highway
Eastman, GA 31023

Gpn 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of JAMES H. LEE, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9307
All creditors of the Estate of JAMES H. LEE 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 18th day of June, 2020.
LYNN S. FENNELL,
Executor of the
Estate of JAMES H. LEE,
Deceased
621 Tom Giddens Road
Eastman, GA 31023

GPN 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of Robert Julian Braswell, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9302
All creditors of the Estate of ROBERT JULIAN BRASWELL 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 18th day of June, 2020.
JENNIE LYNN BRASWELL, Executor of the Estate of ROBERT JULIAN BRASWELL, Deceased
238 Wilson Woodard Road
Eastman, GA 31023

GPN 18
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF DONALD THOMAS
a/k/a DONALD THOMAS, SR., DECEASED
ESTATE NO. P-20-9308
NOTICE
The Petition of DONALD YOHAN THOMAS, JR., 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 July 29, 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 maybe granted without a hearing.
AL MCCRANIE
Judge of the Dodge County Probate Court
Probate Court of Dodge County
P.O. Box 4256
643 Pearl Bates Ave
Eastman GA 31023  
478-374-3775

Gpn 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of DOYLE W. JOHNSON, SR., Deceased
Petition For Year’s Support 
Estate No.: P-20-9315
NOTICE OF PETITION TO FILE FOR YEAR’S SUPPORT
The Petition of DEBRA DIANE JOHNSON, for Year’s Support from this Estate of DOYLE W. JOHNSON, SR., 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 July 29, 2020, 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 pleadings/objections must be signed before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.
Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone for the required amount for filing fees. If any objections are filed, a Hearing will be scheduled at a later date in the Probate Court of the above named county, located at 643 PEARL BATES AVENUE / P.O. BOX 514 EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA 31023 (478-374-3775). If no objections are filed the Petition may be granted without a Hearing.
SO ORDERED this 26th day June, 2020.
s/AL MCCRANIE,
Judge of Probate Court

Gpn 18
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: CALVIN MARK WIMPEY, Deceased
ESTATE NO. P-20-9317
NOTICE
IN RE: The Petition to Probate Will (and Codicil(s)) in Solemn Form 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 to Probate Will in Solemn Form, in this Court on or before the JULY 30, 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 Probate Court Clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent parte. Contact Probate Court personnel for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be held on JULY 30, 2020. If no objections are filed, the Petition may be granted without a hearing.
AL McCRANIE,
Judge of the Probate Court
P.O. Box 514
Eastman, Georgia 31023
Telephone: 478-374-3775

Gpn 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of EDWIN LARKIN HARGROVE, Deceased
Petition For Year’s Support
Estate No.: P-20-9316
NOTICE OF PETITION TO FILE FOR YEAR’S SUPPORT
The Petition of JO HARGROVE, for Year’s Support from the Estate of EDWIN LARKIN HARGROVE, 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 August 5, 2020, 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 pleadings/objections must be signed before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.  Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone for the required amount for filing fees.  If any objections are filed, a Hearing will be scheduled at a later date in the PROBATE COURT of the above named county, located at 643 Pearl Bates Avenue, P.O. Box 514 Eastman, Dodge County, Georgia 31023.  If no objections are filed, the Petition may be granted without a Hearing.
SO ORDRED this 7th day July, 2020.
s/ AL MCCRANIE,
Judge of Probate Court
643 Pearl Bates Avenue
P.O. Box 514
Eastman, Georgia 31023

1020
DELINQUENT TAXES

GPN 20
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF RIGHT OF REDEMPTION
TO: OSSIE V. LENDER, GERALDINE V. JONES, ROBERT L. VICKERS AND JAMES L. VICKERS
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT 41 IN THE 19TH LAND DISTRICT OF DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, CONTAINING 1.0 ACRE. MORE OR LESS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS; TO ESTABLISH THE POINT OF BEGINNING, BEGIN AT THE SOUTH CORNER OF SAID LOT 41; THENCE RUN ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF A COUNTY ROAD, WHICH IS ALSO THE SOUTHWEST LOT LINE OF SAID LOT 41 IN AT NORTHWEST DIRECTION A DISTANCE 1254 FEET TO A POINT, THIS BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE TRACT HEREIN CONVEYED AND FROM SAID POINT OF BEGINNING THUS ESTABLISHED, THENCE RUN NORTH 45 DEGREES 30 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 420 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN NORTH 42 DEGREES 40 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 105 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN SOUTH 45 DEGREES 50 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 420 FONT TO A POINT LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST LOT LINE OF SAID CENTER LINE SOUTH 42 DEGREES 40 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 105 FEET BACK TO THE PLACE OR POINT OF BEGINNING. ALL ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SURVEY DATED AUGUST I974, AS PREPARED BY JIM H. ROSS, SURVEYOR‘ SAID PLAT BEING OF RECORD IN THE OFfiCE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE SUPERIOR COURT IN PLAT BOOK 13, PAGE 87, SAID PLAT AND THE RECORD THEREOF INCORPORATED HEREIN
The Tax Deed to which this notice relates is dated the 4th day of October, 2011, 2014 and is recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Dodge County, Georgia, in Deed Book 695, Page 269 Dodge County, Georgia Public Records.
TAKE NOTICE THAT:
THE RIGHT TO REDEEM THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY WILL EXPIRE AND BE FOREVER FORECLOSED AND BARRED ON AND AFTER THE 3RD DAY OF AUGUST, 2020.
Any or all of these properties may be redeemed any time before the 3rd day of August, 2020, by paying the redemption price as fixed and provided by law to the undersigned at the following address:
DANIEL RIDGE WARREN
318 CAROLINA AVENUE
CHESTER GA 31012
Please be governed accordingly.
DENNIS MULLIS
Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 429
Cochran GA 31014
State Bar #529275

1006
CORPORATIONS and BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

gpn 06
NOTICE OF INTENT TO VOLUNTARILY DISSOLVE A CORPORATION
Notice is given that a Notice of Intent to Dissolve JAN WEST REALTY, INC., a Georgia Corporation with its registered office at 2137 Orphans Cemetery Road, Eastman, Georgia 31023, has been delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation Code.

GPN06
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF CORPORATE NAME
Notice is given that articles of amendment which will change the name of CITIZENS CORPORATION to GREAT OAKS FINANCIAL, INC. have been delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation Code. The registered office of the corporation is located at 5101 5TH AVENUE, EASTMAN, GEORGIA, 31023.

1007
DEBTORS AND CREDITORS

gpn 07
GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of DALLAS DEE WALKER, deceased, of Dodge County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said Estate required to make immediate payment.
This 8th day of June, 2020.
PAMELA BRATZ, Executor 
c/o REBECCA C. MOODY
REBECCA C. MOODY, LLC
P.O. Box 422
Perry, GA 31069

gpn 07
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
IN RE: ESTATE OF IONNA THIESSEN, DECEASED
All creditors of the Estate of IONNA THIESSEN, deceased, late of Dodge County, Georgia, 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 Executor.
This the 24th day of JUNE, 2020.
HERMAN DAVIS, Executor
1203 Roddy Highway
Eastman, GA 31023

1018
PROBATE NOTICES

GPN 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of James C. McCranie, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9303
All creditors of the Estate of JAMES C. MCCRANIE 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 18th day of June, 2020.
WILMATINE GRAHAM MCCRANIE, Executor
of the Estate of JAMES C. MCCRANIE, Deceased
WILMATINE GRAHAM MCCRANIE
983 Cochran Highway
Eastman, GA 31023

Gpn 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of JAMES H. LEE, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9307
All creditors of the Estate of JAMES H. LEE 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 18th day of June, 2020.
LYNN S. FENNELL,
Executor of the
Estate of JAMES H. LEE,
Deceased
621 Tom Giddens Road
Eastman, GA 31023

GPN 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of Robert Julian Braswell, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9302
All creditors of the Estate of ROBERT JULIAN BRASWELL 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 18th day of June, 2020.
JENNIE LYNN BRASWELL, Executor of the Estate of ROBERT JULIAN BRASWELL, Deceased
238 Wilson Woodard Road
Eastman, GA 31023

GPN 18
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF DONALD THOMAS
a/k/a DONALD THOMAS, SR., DECEASED
ESTATE NO. P-20-9308
NOTICE
The Petition of DONALD YOHAN THOMAS, JR., 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 July 29, 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 maybe granted without a hearing.
AL MCCRANIE
Judge of the Dodge County Probate Court
Probate Court of Dodge County
P.O. Box 4256
643 Pearl Bates Ave
Eastman GA 31023  
478-374-3775

Gpn 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of DOYLE W. JOHNSON, SR., Deceased
Petition For Year’s Support 
Estate No.: P-20-9315
NOTICE OF PETITION TO FILE FOR YEAR’S SUPPORT
The Petition of DEBRA DIANE JOHNSON, for Year’s Support from this Estate of DOYLE W. JOHNSON, SR., 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 July 29, 2020, 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 pleadings/objections must be signed before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.
Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone for the required amount for filing fees. If any objections are filed, a Hearing will be scheduled at a later date in the Probate Court of the above named county, located at 643 PEARL BATES AVENUE / P.O. BOX 514 EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA 31023 (478-374-3775). If no objections are filed the Petition may be granted without a Hearing.
SO ORDERED this 26th day June, 2020.
s/AL MCCRANIE,
Judge of Probate Court

1006
CORPORATIONS and BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

gpn 06
NOTICE OF INTENT TO VOLUNTARILY DISSOLVE A CORPORATION
Notice is given that a Notice of Intent to Dissolve JAN WEST REALTY, INC., a Georgia Corporation with its registered office at 2137 Orphans Cemetery Road, Eastman, Georgia 31023, has been delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation Code.

1007
DEBTORS AND CREDITORS

Gpn 07
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF DODGE
IN RE: ESTATE OF LESTINE MCNEAL
All creditors of the Estate of LESTINE MCNEAL, late of Dodge County, deceased, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment.
This 3rd day of June, 2020.
EXECUTORS:
ANGELA GENILLA
MACIVER
740 4th Street N #152
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
EDDIE JAMES MCNEAL
2440 Merrimont Drive
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
ATTORNEY:
John P. Harrington
Smith and Harrington
P.O. Box 130
Eastman, GA 31023

Gpn 07
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF DODGE
IN RE: ESTATE OF CHARLES EDISON SMITH
All creditors of the Estate of CHARLES EDISON SMITH, late of Dodge County, deceased, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment.
This 3rd day of June, 2020.
EXECUTOR:
DAVID B. SMITH
19 Walden Lane
Oglethorpe, GA 30648
ATTORNEY:
JOHN P. HARRINGTON
Smith and Harrington
P.O. Box 130
Eastman, GA 31023

Gpn 07
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF DODGE
IN RE: ESTATE OF SID D. SCARBOROUGH
All creditors of the Estate of SID D. SCARBOROUGH, late of Dodge County, deceased, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment.
This 3rd day of June, 2020.
EXECUTOR:
JOHN J. THOMPSON
636 Airport Road
Eastman, Georgia 31023
ATTORNEY:
John P. Harrington
Smith and Harrington
P.O. Box 130
Eastman Ga, 31023

gpn 07
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF DODGE
IN RE: ESTATE OF IRIS MEREDITH MORRIS, DECEASED
ESTATE NO. P-20-9305
All creditors of the Estate of IRIS MEREDITH MORRIS, 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 1st day of JUNE, 2020.
JEANNIE KELSO
Executrix of the Estate of IRIS
MEREDITH MORRIS,
Deceased
JEANNIE KELSO
2810 Whisper Oaks Drive
Gulf Breeze, FL 32563

gpn 07
GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of DALLAS DEE WALKER, deceased, of Dodge County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said Estate required to make immediate payment.
This 8th day of June, 2020.
PAMELA BRATZ, Executor 
c/o REBECCA C. MOODY
REBECCA C. MOODY, LLC
P.O. Box 422
Perry, GA 31069

1011
FORECLOSURES

gpn 11
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF DODGE
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
Pursuant to the power of sale contained in the Security Deed executed by ROSETTA TARVER AND JAMES W. TARVER to CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. in the original principal amount of $35,649.72 dated September 23, 2003 and recorded in Deed Book 454, Page 282, DODGE County records, said Security Deed being last transferred to NEW YORK MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC in Deed Book 881, at Page 386, in DODGE County records, the undersigned will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, before the Courthouse door in said County, or at such other place as lawfully designated, WITHIN THE LEGAL HOURS OF SALE, ON JULY 07, 2020, the property in said Security Deed and described as follows:
ALL OF THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF CHAUNCEY, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, SAID TRACT BEING A PORTION OF THE MAXINE HOLLOMAN TRACT AS DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 140 PAGES 45-47 OF SAID COUNTY RECORDS AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID HOLLOMAN TRACT, SAID POINT ALSO BEING 443 FEET FROM THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF U.S. HIGHWAY #341 AS MEASURED SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE WESTERN MARGIN OF AN UNNAMED DIRT STREET TO THE NORTHERN MARGIN OF BUSH AVENUE, THENCE ALONG SAID MARGIN NORTH 80 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 70 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID MARGIN NORTH 80 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 50 FEET TO A POINT THENCE NORTH 10 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 80 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE SOUTH 80 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 50 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE SOUTH 10 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 80 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
THE ABOVE DESCRIBED TRACT IS BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: SOUTH BY BUSH AVENUE 50 FEET, WEST BY WALLACE ADAMS 80 FEET, NORTH BY OLD MILL POND 50 FEET, AND EAST BY MAXINE HOLLOMAN 80 FEET.
TAX MAP REFERENCE:
052A-023
BEING THAT PARCEL OF LAND CONVEYED TO JAMES W. TARVER FROM MAXINE HOLLOMAN BY THAT DEED DATED 10/19/1978 AND RECORDED 11/02/1978 IN DEED BOOK 156, AT PAGE 232 OF THE DODGE COUNTY, GA PUBLIC REGISTRY.
Said property being known as: 76 BUSH ST, CHAUNCEY, GA 31011
TO THE BEST OF THE UNDERSIGNED’S KNOWLEDGE, THE PARTY OR PARTIES IN POSSESSION OF SAID PROPERTY IS/ARE ROSETTA TARVER AND JAMES W. TARVER OR TENANT(S).
The debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is hereby declared due and payable because of, among other possible events of default, failure to pay the indebtedness as provided for in the Note and said Security Deed. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of sale, including attorney’s fees (notice of intent to collect attorney’s fees having been given).
Said property will be sold subject to the following: (1) any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, whether or not yet due and payable); (2) the right of redemption of any taxing authority; (3) any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property; and (4) any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above.
Said sale will be conducted subject to the following: (1) confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; and (2) final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the Security Deed.
The name, address, and telephone number of the individual or entity who has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage is as follows:
FAY SERVICING, LLC
425 S. FINANCIAL
PLACE SUITE 2000
CHICAGO, IL, 60605
1-800-495-7166
Note that pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 44-14-162.2, the above individual or entity is not required by law to negotiate, amend, or modify the terms of the mortgage.
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
NEW YORK MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC,
as Attorney-in-Fact for
ROSETTA TARVER AND JAMES W. TARVER
ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID & CRANE LLC
0700 Abbott’s Bridge Road
Suite 170
Duluth, GA 30097
Phone: 470.321.7112
irm File No. 19-401750 - AmE

1018
PROBATE NOTICES

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF MARY VAN SMITH, DECEASED
ESTATE NO. P-20-9304
NOTICE
The Petition of TIMOTHY SAMUEL SMITH 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 the Court on or before the 10th day of JULY 7, 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 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 Dodge County
Probate Court
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
P.O. Box 4256
643 Pearl Bates Avenue
Eastman, GA 31023
478-374-3775

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PETITION FOR DISCHARGE OF PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF DODGE
IN RE: ESTATE OF LOIS P. MULLIS
ESTATE NO. P-19-9228
IN RE: Petition for Discharge of Personal Representative
TO WHOM IT MY CONCERN:
This is to notify you to file objection, if there is any, to The Petition for Discharge of Personal Representative in this Court on or before the (30th) day after June 20, 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 held on (to be scheduled at a later date). If no objections are filed, the Petition may be granted without a hearing.
AL MCCRANIE
Judge of Probate Court
Clerk of the Probate Court
643 Pearl Bates Avenue
Eastman, Georgia 31023
478-374-3775 - Phone
This 3rd day of June, 2020.
ATTORNEY:
JOHN P. HARRINGTON
Smith and Harrington
P.O. Box 130
Eastman GA, 31023

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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of James C. McCranie, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9303
All creditors of the Estate of JAMES C. MCCRANIE 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 18th day of June, 2020.
WILMATINE GRAHAM MCCRANIE, Executor
of the Estate of JAMES C. MCCRANIE, Deceased
WILMATINE GRAHAM MCCRANIE
983 Cochran Highway
Eastman, GA 31023

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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of JAMES H. LEE, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9307
All creditors of the Estate of JAMES H. LEE 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 18th day of June, 2020.
LYNN S. FENNELL,
Executor of the
Estate of JAMES H. LEE,
Deceased
621 Tom Giddens Road
Eastman, GA 31023

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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of Robert Julian Braswell, Deceased
Petition to Probate Will in Solemn Form
Estate No.: P-20-9302
All creditors of the Estate of ROBERT JULIAN BRASWELL 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 18th day of June, 2020.
JENNIE LYNN BRASWELL, Executor of the Estate of ROBERT JULIAN BRASWELL, Deceased
238 Wilson Woodard Road
Eastman, GA 31023

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF JACKIE D. WARREN, DECEASED
ESTATE NO. P-19-9255
NOTICE
(For Discharge from Office and all Liability)
IN RE: PETITION FOR DISCHARGE OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
TO: ALL AND SINGULAR THE HEIRS OF SAID DECEDENT, THE BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE WILL AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
This is to notify you to file objection, if there is any, to the above referenced Petition, in this Court on or before JULY 27, 2020.
BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections. All pleadings/objections must be signed before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.
Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone number for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be scheduled at a later date.
If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing.
HON. AL McCRANIE
Probate Judge
643 Pearl Bates Avenue
Eastman, GA 31023
478-374-3775

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF JOAN R. WARREN, DECEASED
ESTATE NO. P-19-9255
NOTICE
(For Discharge from Office and all Liability)
IN RE: PETITION FOR DISCHARGE OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
TO: ALL AND SINGULAR THE HEIRS OF SAID DECEDENT, THE BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE WILL AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
This is to notify you to file objection, if there is any, to the above referenced Petition, in this Court on or before JULY 27, 2020.
BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections. All pleadings/objections must be signed before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.
Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone number for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be scheduled at a later date.
If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing.
HON. AL McCRANIE
Probate Judge
643 Pearl Bates Avenue
Eastman, GA 31023
478-374-3775

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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 HELEN TURNER SPAULDING
All creditors of the Estate of HELEN TURNER SPAULDING, 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 22nd day of May, 2020.
SAMUEL TYLER
SPAULDING, JR.
Executor of the Estate of
HELEN TURNER
SPAULDING, Deceased
SAMUEL TYLER SPAULDING, JR.
1650 Harlington Road
Smyrna, GA 30028

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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF DODGE
IN RE: ESTATE OF LESTINE MCNEAL
All creditors of the Estate of LESTINE MCNEAL, late of Dodge County, deceased, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment.
This 3rd day of June, 2020.
EXECUTORS:
ANGELA GENILLA
MACIVER
740 4th Street N #152
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
EDDIE JAMES MCNEAL
2440 Merrimont Drive
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
ATTORNEY:
John P. Harrington
Smith and Harrington
P.O. Box 130
Eastman, GA 31023

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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF DODGE
IN RE: ESTATE OF CHARLES EDISON SMITH
All creditors of the Estate of CHARLES EDISON SMITH, late of Dodge County, deceased, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment.
This 3rd day of June, 2020.
EXECUTOR:
DAVID B. SMITH
19 Walden Lane
Oglethorpe, GA 30648
ATTORNEY:
JOHN P. HARRINGTON
Smith and Harrington
P.O. Box 130
Eastman, GA 31023

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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF DODGE
IN RE: ESTATE OF SID D. SCARBOROUGH
All creditors of the Estate of SID D. SCARBOROUGH, late of Dodge County, deceased, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment.
This 3rd day of June, 2020.
EXECUTOR:
JOHN J. THOMPSON
636 Airport Road
Eastman, Georgia 31023
ATTORNEY:
John P. Harrington
Smith and Harrington
P.O. Box 130
Eastman Ga, 31023

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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF DODGE
IN RE: ESTATE OF IRIS MEREDITH MORRIS, DECEASED
ESTATE NO. P-20-9305
All creditors of the Estate of IRIS MEREDITH MORRIS, 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 1st day of JUNE, 2020.
JEANNIE KELSO
Executrix of the Estate of IRIS
MEREDITH MORRIS,
Deceased
JEANNIE KELSO
2810 Whisper Oaks Drive
Gulf Breeze, FL 32563

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GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of DALLAS DEE WALKER, deceased, of Dodge County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said Estate required to make immediate payment.
This 8th day of June, 2020.
PAMELA BRATZ, Executor 
c/o REBECCA C. MOODY
REBECCA C. MOODY, LLC
P.O. Box 422
Perry, GA 31069
478-988-0238

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FORECLOSURES

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STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF DODGE
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
Pursuant to the power of sale contained in the Security Deed executed by ROSETTA TARVER AND JAMES W. TARVER to CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. in the original principal amount of $35,649.72 dated September 23, 2003 and recorded in Deed Book 454, Page 282, DODGE County records, said Security Deed being last transferred to NEW YORK MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC in Deed Book 881, at Page 386, in DODGE County records, the undersigned will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, before the Courthouse door in said County, or at such other place as lawfully designated, WITHIN THE LEGAL HOURS OF SALE, ON JULY 07, 2020, the property in said Security Deed and described as follows:
ALL OF THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF CHAUNCEY, DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, SAID TRACT BEING A PORTION OF THE MAXINE HOLLOMAN TRACT AS DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 140 PAGES 45-47 OF SAID COUNTY RECORDS AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID HOLLOMAN TRACT, SAID POINT ALSO BEING 443 FEET FROM THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF U.S. HIGHWAY #341 AS MEASURED SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE WESTERN MARGIN OF AN UNNAMED DIRT STREET TO THE NORTHERN MARGIN OF BUSH AVENUE, THENCE ALONG SAID MARGIN NORTH 80 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 70 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID MARGIN NORTH 80 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 50 FEET TO A POINT THENCE NORTH 10 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 80 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE SOUTH 80 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 50 FEET TO A POINT, THENCE SOUTH 10 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 80 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
THE ABOVE DESCRIBED TRACT IS BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: SOUTH BY BUSH AVENUE 50 FEET, WEST BY WALLACE ADAMS 80 FEET, NORTH BY OLD MILL POND 50 FEET, AND EAST BY MAXINE HOLLOMAN 80 FEET.
TAX MAP REFERENCE:
052A-023
BEING THAT PARCEL OF LAND CONVEYED TO JAMES W. TARVER FROM MAXINE HOLLOMAN BY THAT DEED DATED 10/19/1978 AND RECORDED 11/02/1978 IN DEED BOOK 156, AT PAGE 232 OF THE DODGE COUNTY, GA PUBLIC REGISTRY.
Said property being known as: 76 BUSH ST, CHAUNCEY, GA 31011
TO THE BEST OF THE UNDERSIGNED’S KNOWLEDGE, THE PARTY OR PARTIES IN POSSESSION OF SAID PROPERTY IS/ARE ROSETTA TARVER AND JAMES W. TARVER OR TENANT(S).
The debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is hereby declared due and payable because of, among other possible events of default, failure to pay the indebtedness as provided for in the Note and said Security Deed. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of sale, including attorney’s fees (notice of intent to collect attorney’s fees having been given).
Said property will be sold subject to the following: (1) any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, whether or not yet due and payable); (2) the right of redemption of any taxing authority; (3) any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property; and (4) any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above.
Said sale will be conducted subject to the following: (1) confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; and (2) final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the Security Deed.
The name, address, and telephone number of the individual or entity who has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage is as follows:
FAY SERVICING, LLC
425 S. FINANCIAL
PLACE SUITE 2000
CHICAGO, IL, 60605
1-800-495-7166
Note that pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 44-14-162.2, the above individual or entity is not required by law to negotiate, amend, or modify the terms of the mortgage.
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
NEW YORK MORTGAGE FUNDING, LLC,
as Attorney-in-Fact for
ROSETTA TARVER AND JAMES W. TARVER
ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID & CRANE LLC
0700 Abbott’s Bridge Road
Suite 170
Duluth, GA 30097
Phone: 470.321.7112
Firm File No. 19-401750 - AmE

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PROBATE NOTICES

GPN 18
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In Re: Estate of JUDY STEELE MILNER, Deceased
Estate No.: P-20-9301
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
NOTICE
GEORGIA, DODGE COUNTY PROBATE COURT
TO: All interested persons: BLAKE EDWARD MILNER has petitioned to be appointed Administrator of the Estate of Judy Steele Milner, 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. Section 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 June 24, 2020.
All pleadings/objections must be signed before a Notary Public or before a Probate Court Clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.
Contact Probate Court personnel at the following address/telephone number for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no objections are filed, the Petition may be granted without a hearing.
s/AL MCCRANIE,
Probate Judge
643 Pearl Bates Ave.
Eastman, Georgia 31023
Telephone: 478/374-3775
JOSEPH I. MARCHANT, LLC
Attorney at Law
Post Office Box 4218
Eastman, Georgia 31023
Telephone No.: 478-374-1505
Facsimile No.: 478-374-1512

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF MARY VAN SMITH, DECEASED
ESTATE NO. P-20-9304
NOTICE
The Petition of TIMOTHY SAMUEL SMITH 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 the Court on or before the 10th day of JULY 7, 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 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 Dodge County
Probate Court
PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUNTY
P.O. Box 4256
643 Pearl Bates Avenue
Eastman, GA 31023
478-374-3775