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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
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THURSDAY
DECEMBER 14, 2006
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1000 ADOPTION
ORDER FOR SERVICE
BY PUBLICATION
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
FOR THE COUNTY
OF HOUSTON
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ROBERT CUMMINGS
HALLIE W. CUMMINGS, Petitioners
CIVIL ACTION NO.
2006 A 2892
ADOPTION PROCEEDING
FILED 11/22/2006
ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLI
CATION
DATED 11/22/2006
TO: MARIO ANDRE CARTER
You are hereby notified
that on the 22ND day of NOVEM
BER, 2006, ROBERT CUMMINGS
& HALLIE W CUMMINGS filed a pe
tition in the Superior Court of said
County to seek adoption of:
Child 1: GARY KAI ROBERT WOF
FORD
You are herby com
manded to file any objection to said
adoption, in writing, on or before
26TH JANUARY, 2007, and to show
cause before the presiding Judge in
Chambers of Houston Superior
Court at 8:45 o'clock, on the 26TH
day of JANUARY, 2007, in the
Courthouse in Perry, Houston
County, Georgia, why the adoption
proceeding filed on behalf of the pe
titioner should not be granted with
out the written consent of the NATU
RAL FATHER of said minor child.
WITNESS THE HONOR
ABLE GEORGE F NUNN Judge(s)
of said Court, this the 22ND day of
NOVEMBER, 2006.
Carolyn V. Sullivan
Clerk, Houston Superior Court
41425 12/7- 12/21
ORDER FOR SERVICE
BY PUBLICATION
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
FOR THE
COUNTY OF HOUSTON
STATE OF GEORGIA
MARCY LEAH COX, Petitioners
IN RE: CIVIL ACTION NO. 2006 A
2891
ADOPTION PROCEEDING
FILED 11/21/2006
ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLI
CATION
DATED 11/21/2006
TO: LISA RENEE COX
You are hereby notified
that on the 21 ST day of NOVEM
BER, 2006, MARCY LEAH COX
filed a petition in the Superior Court
of said County to seek adoption of
Child 1 MALCOLM BRUCE COX, 111
You are herby com
manded to file any objection to said
adoption, in writing, on or before
26TH JANUARY, 2007, and to show
cause before the presiding Judge in
Chambers of Houston Superior
Court at 8:45 o'clock, on the 26TH
day of JANUARY, 2007, in the
Courthouse in Perry, Houston
County, Georgia, why the adoption
proceeding filed on behalf of the pe
titioner should not be granted with
out the written consent of the NATU
RAL MOTHER of said minor child.
WITNESS THE HONORABLE ED
WARD D LUKEMIRE Judge(s) of
said Court, this the 21 ST day of NO
VEMBER, 2006.
Carolyn V. Sullivan
Clerk, Houston Superior Court
41765 12/7- 12/21
M/|fl DEBTORS &
lU<>U AUDITORS NOTICE
"NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS OF JEAN M. CUNHA
All creditors of the Estate
of Jean M. Cunha, deceased, late of
Houston County are hereby notified
to render their demands to the un
dersigned according to law, and all
persons indebted to said Estate are
required to make payment to me.
This 7th day of December,
2006.
Gilbert G. Cunha, Executor
113 Crestwood Court
Centerville, GA31028"
4204212/14-1/4
NOTICE TO DEBTORS
AND CREDITORS
GEORGIA
HOUSTON COUNTY
All creditors of the Estate
Of CHARLES LEWIS SHUGART,
deceased, late of Houston County,
Georgia, are hereby notified to ren-
der in their demands to the under
signed according to law, and all per
sons indebted to said Estate re
quired to make immediate payment.
This 21st day of Novem
ber, 2006.
Patricia Lee Naugle As Executrix of
the Estate of Charles Lewis Shugart,
(deceased), 619 Old Perry Rd.,
Kathleen, GA 31047
Roy N. Cowart, PC.
233 North Houston Road,
Suite 114
P. 0. Box 818
Warner Robins, GA31099
41288 11/30- 12/21
NOTICE
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF HOUSTON
All creditors of the estate
of MAGGIE RUTH DORSETT, de
ceased, late of Houston County,
Georgia, are hereby notified to ren
der their demands to the under
signed according to law, and all per
sons indebted to said Estate are re
quired to make immediate payment
to me.
This 27th day of Novem
ber, 2006.
Mr. James William Dorsett, 6140
Lackland Ct., Norcross, GA 30092
Larry Walker
WALKER, HULBERT, GRAY &
BYRD, LLP
Attorneys at Law
Perry, Georgia 31069
41426 12/7- 12/28
NOTICE TO DEBTORS
AND CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF HOUSTON
All creditors of the Estate
of R. C. DeFOOR, late of Houston
County, Georgia, deceased, are
hereby notified to render in their de
mands to the undersigned according
to law, and all persons indebted to
said estate are required to make im
mediate payment. Dated this 28th
day of November, 2006.
SARAH C. DeFOOR, CHARLOTTE
DeFOOR LOCKHART and D. JAY
DeFOOR, as Co-Executors of the
Estate of R. C. DeFOOR, 152 Giles
Road, Warner Robins, Georgia
31093
Smith, Hawkins, Hollingsworth &
Reeves
PO Box 6495
Macon, Georgia 31208-6495
4144912/6-12/28
NOTICE TO DEBTORS
AND CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF HOUSTON
In Re: Estate of Annie L. Stoney
All creditors of the estate
of ANNIE L. STONEY, deceased,
late of Houston County, Georgia,
are hereby notified to render in their
demands to the undersigned, ac
cording to law, and all persons in
debted to said estate are required to
make immediate payment to the es
tate.
This 7th day of November,
2006.
ARTHUR H. CLARKE, JR., Adminis
trator of the Estate of ANNIE L.
STONEY
Post Office Box 7995
Warner Robins, GA 31095-7995
(478)329-8222
41779 12/7-12/28
NOTICE
IN RE: ESTATE OF MARY K.
MOORE
All the creditors of the Es
tate of Mary K. Moore, deceased,
late of Houston County, Georgia,
are hereby notified to render their
demands to the undersigned ac
cording to law, and all persons in
debted to said estate are required to
make immediate payment to us.
This BTH day of Decem
ber 2006.
R. Wayne Kell, Executor of the Es
tate of Mary K. Moore
K. Thomas Hall
O'Neal, Long & Hall, LLP
P.O. Box 730
Warner Robins, GA. 31099
(478)953-4557
42032 12/14-1/4
NOTICE TO DEBTORS
AND CREDITORS
GEORGIA
HOUSTON COUNTY
All creditors of the Estate
Legate
Legal Advertising Information
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of that government or when a change will be made in the regular time or place
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on bond referendums to construct school buildings in Houston County. Notices
must also appear concerning city and county elections when candidates are
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which also must be listed and published.
Notice of Government Financial Results Most city, county and school
of Guy Ryan Morrison, deceased,
late of Houston County, Georgia,
are hereby notified to render in their
demands to the undersigned ac
cording to law and all persons in
debted to said estate are required to
make immediate payment to the un
dersigned.
This 7th day of December,
2006.
Ann W. Welch, Administrator, 1245
Shady Lane, Jena, Louisiana 71342
J. STEVEN STEWART, ESQ.
Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer, LLP
P. 0. Box 5088
Macon, GA 31208-5088
42034 12/14- 1/4
NOTICE TO DEBTORS
AND CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF HOUSTON
IN RE. Estate of Jack C. Byrd, Jr.,
Deceased
All creditors of the estate
of Jack C. Byrd, Jr., deceased, late
of Houston County, are hereby noti
fied to render in their demands to
the undersigned according to law,
and all persons indebted to said es
tate are required to make immediate
payment to me.
This 6th day of December,
2006.
Maggie M. Byrd As Executrix of the
Estate of Jack C. Byrd, Jr.
D. Lee Peacock
Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 7807
Warner Robins, Georgia 31095
(478)953-5195
4203612/14- 1/4
NOTICE TO DEBTORS
AND CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF HOUSTON
IN RE: Estate of Nellie Snider Wil
liams, Deceased
Ail creditors of the estate
of Nellie Snider Williams, deceased,
late of Houston County, are hereby
notified to render in their demands
to the undersigned according to law,
and all persons indebted to said es
tate are required to make immediate
payment to me.
This 6th day of December, 2006.
Janet W. Grant As Executrix of the
Estate of Nellie Snider Williams
D. Lee Peacock
Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 7807
Warner Robins, Georgia 31095
478-953-5195
42037 12/14-1/4
NOTICE TO DEBTORS
AND CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF HOUSTON
IN RE: Estate of Charles E. Wil
liams, Deceased
All creditors of the estate
of Charles E. Williams, deceased,
late of Houston County, are hereby
notified to render in their demands
to the undersigned according to law,
and all persons indebted to said es
tate are required to make immediate
payment to me.
This 6TH day of December, 2006.
Janet W. Grant As Executrix of the
Estate of Charles E. Williams
D. Lee Peacock
Attorney at Law
P. 0. Box 7807
Warner Robins, Georgia 31095
(478)953-5195
4204012/14- 1/4
NOTICE
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF HOUSTON
All creditors of the estate
of CLARICE L. LIVINGSTON, de
ceased, late of Houston County,
Georgia, are hereby notified to ren
der their demands to the under
signed according to law, and all per
sons indebted to said Estate are re
quired to make immediate payment
to me.
This 6th day of December,
2006.
Ann Livingston, 312 Spyglass Drive,
Perry, Georgia 31069
David G. Walker
WALKER, HULBERT, GRAY &
BYRD, LLP
Attorneys at Law
Perry, Georgia 31069
4204312/14-1/4
1050 DIVORCES
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF HOUSTON COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
VAN SLYKE, SARAHA E„ PLAIN
TIFF
VAN SLYKE, MICHAEL J„ DEFEN
DANT
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2006 V 086457
TO: VAN SLYKE, MICHAEL J.
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
By Order for service by
publication dated the 14TH day of
NOVEMBER, 2006, you are hereby
notified that on the 14TH day of NO
VEMBER, 2006, VAN SLYKE,
SARAHA E. filed suit against you for
DIVORCE.
You are required to file
with the clerk of the Superior Court
and to serve upon plaintiff's attor
ney: VAN SLYKE, SARAHA E„ 800
LEISURE LAKE DRIVE, WARNER
ROBINS GA 31088 an Answer in
writing within sixty (60) days of the
date of the order for publication.
WITNESS, the Honorable
George F. Nunn, Jr. and Edward D.
Lukemire, Judges of this Superior
Court.
This the 14TH day of NO
VEMBER, 2006.
Carolyn V. Sullivan
CLERK, HOUSTON SUPERIOR
COURT
41154 11/22- 12/14
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF HOUSTON COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
WARNER, ILENE COPELAND,
PLAINTIFF
WARNER. RUFUS JR., DEFEN
DANT
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2006 V 086540
TO: WARNER, RUFUS JR.
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
By Order for service by
publication dated the 22ND day of
NOVEMBER, 2006, you are hereby
notified that on the 22ND day of NO
VEMBER, 2006, WARNER, ILENE
COPELAND filed suit against you
for DIVORCE.
You are required to file
with the clerk of the Superior Court
and to serve upon plaintiff's attor
ney: VARNER, EDWIN, P.O. BOX
8099, WARNER ROBINS GA 31095
an Answer in writing within sixty (60)
days of the date of the order for pub
lication.
WITNESS, the Honorable
George F. Nunn, Jr. and Edward D.
Lukemire, Judges of this Superior
Court.
This the 22ND day of NO
VEMBER, 2006.
Carolyn V. Sullivan
Clerk, Houston Superior Court
41766 12/7- 12/28
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF HOUSTON COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
JOHNSON, KENNETH DAVID,
PLAINTIFF
JOHNSON, ANTONIA S„ DEFEN
DANT
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2006 V 085681
TO: JOHNSON, ANTONIA S.
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
By Order for service by
publication dated the 04TH day of
DECEMBER, 2006 you are hereby
notified that on the 31 ST day of
AUGUST, 2006 JOHNSON, KEN
NETH DAVID filed suit against you
for DIVORCE.
You are required to file
with the clerk of the Superior Court
and to serve upon plaintiff's attor
ney: CULPEPPER, DONNA, P.O.
BOX 905, FT. VALLEY GA 31030
an Answer in writing within sixty (60)
days of the date of the order for pub
lication.
WITNESS, the Honorable
George F. Nunn, Jr. and Edward D.
Lukemire, Judges of this Superior
Court.
This the 04TH day of DE
CEMBER, 2006.
Carolyn V. Sullivan
CLERK, HOUSTON SUPERIOR
COURT
4200812/14-1/4
1080 FORECLOSURES
NOTICE OF SALE
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governments are required to annually publish the results of their audits. The
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Driving Under the Influence - State law requires publication of a picture and a
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Notice of Sale or Foreclosure Notice These notices are usually run when
someone, generally a financial institution, has not recieved payment on a loan.
Property which secures the loan is being foreclosed on so the lender can take
it to sell or otherwise pay off the loan. A similar category is a tax sale, where the
county or a city is selling the property to collect unpaid property taxes. These
notices typically run the four Thursdays prior to the first Tuesday of the month
when the sales are held at the Houston County Courthouse in Perry. The fee for
these notices is $lO per 100 words per insertion.
eouNTvor HOUSTON
WHEREAS, heretofore on
the 6th day of October, 2004,
SOUTHERN EXECUTIVE HOME
BUILDERS did execute to COLONY
BANK QUITMAN, FSB, a certain se
curity deed to the following land:
All that tract or parcel of
land lying and being in Land Lot 95
of the 10th and District, Houston
County, Georgia, being known and
designated as Lot 2, Block A, of a
subdivision known as Rose Hill
Plantation at Sandy Creek Planta
tion, according to a plat of survey re
corded in Plat Book 58, Pages
130-131, Clerk’s Office, Houston
Superior Court. Said plat and the re
corded copy thereof are incorpo
rated herein for all purposes.
The address of the prop
erty is 103 Rose Hill Drive, Warner
Robins, Houston County, Georgia
31088.
Said security deed was
given to secure a note of even date
therewith for ONE HUNDRED
THIRTY-EIGHT THOUSAND,
SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY AND
NO/100 ($138,750.00) all shown by
a security deed recorded in the Of
fice of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Houston County, Georgia,
in Deed Book 3182, page 228; and
WHEREAS, said note has
become in default to the installments
of the principal and interest due and
now remain due, and the under
signed has elected that the entire
note, principal and interest, become
due at once as provided in said note
and security deed;
NOW, THEREFORE, ac
cording to the original terms of said
security deed and pursuant to the
power of sale contained therein and
the laws in such cases made and
provided, the undersigned will ex
pose for sale to the highest and best
bidder for cash the above-described
property, after proper advertise
ments, on the first Tuesday, in Janu
ary, 2007, between the legal hours
of sale before the courthouse door
in Perry, Houston County, Georgia.
The proceeds from said
sale will be used first to the payment
of the note, principal, interest and
expenses and attorney's fees for
which proper notice is given, and the
balance, if any, delivered as pro
vided in said security deed.
Said property will be sold
as the property of SOUTHERN EX
ECUTIVE HOME BUILDERS who
may be in possession and will be
sold subject to any lien for unpaid
taxes.
This 30th day of Novem
ber, 2006.
COLONY BANK QUITMAN, FSB, as
Attorney-in-Fact for SOUTHERN
EXECUTIVE HOME BUILDERS un
der power of sale in said security
deed.
Daniel M. Mitchell, Jr.
Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 787
Quitman, GA 31643
229-263-7509
41274 12/7-12/28
.NOTICE OF SALE
UNDER POWER
GEORGIA
HOUSTON COUNTY
Because of default in the
payment of the indebtedness, se
cured by a Security Deed executed
by Willie D. Anderson and Brenda F.
Anderson to Washington Mutual
Bank, FA dated the 9th day of June,
2004 in the amount of $65,331.00,
and recorded in Deed Book 3059,
Page 270, HOUSTON County,
Georgia Records; the undersigned,
Washington Mutual Bank ska Wash
ington Mutual Bank, FA, pursuant to
said deed and the note thereby se
cured, has declared the entire
mount of said indebtedness due and
payable and pursuant to the power
of sale contained in said deed, will
on the first Tuesday in January,
2007, during the legal hours of sale,
at the Courthouse door in HOUS
TON County, sell at public outcry to
the highest bidder for cash, the
property described in said deed
to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of
land situate, lying and being in Land
Lot 137, of the Fifth (sth) Land Dis
trict of Houston County, Georgia,
being known and designated as Lot
18 and Lot 18A, Block "B", Section
No. 1, Valle Venado Subdivision, ac
cording to a Plat of Survey which is
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2006 >
of record in Plat Book 45, Page 199
Clerk's Office, Houston Superior
Court. Parcel ID#: W 0000834
Commonly known as: 234
Valencia Circle, Centerville, GA
31028
which has the property ad
dress of 234 Valencia Circle, Cen
terville, GA., together with all fix
tures and other personal property
conveyed by said deed.
The sale will be held sub
ject to any unpaid taxes, assess
ments, rights-of-way, easements,
protective covenants or restrictions,
liens, and other superior matters of
record which may affect said prop
erty.
The sale will be con
ducted subject (1) to confirmation
that the sale is not prohibited under
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to
final confirmation and audit of the
status of the loan with the holder of
the security deed.
Notice has been given of
intention to collect attorneys' fees in
accordance with the terms of the
note secured by said deed.
Said property will be sold
as the property of Willie D. Ander
son and Brenda F. Anderson and
the proceeds of said sale will be ap
plied to the payment of said indebt
edness, the expense of said sale, all
as provided in said deed, and the
undersigned will execute a deed to
the purchaser as provided in the
aforementioned Security Deed.
Washington Mutual Bank ska Wash
ington Mutual Bank, FA Attorney in
Fact for Willie D. Anderson and
Brenda F. Anderson
Anthony DeMarlo, Attorney/lw
McCurdy & Candler, L.L.C.
(404)373-1612
www.mccurdycandler.com
File No. 200602408 /VA
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACT
ING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND
IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A
DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB
TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
4122012/7- 12/28
NOTICE OF SALE
UNDER POWER
GEORGIA
HOUSTON COUNTY
Under and by virtue of the
Power of Sale contained in a Secu
rity Deed given by Jamison D.
Hairrington and Joy L. Hairrington to
Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage
Corporation, dated October 29,
1999, recorded in Deed Book 1491,
Page 435, Georgia
Records, as last transferred to
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. by
assignment to be recorded in the Of
fice of the Clerk of Superior Court of
Houston County, Georgia Records,
conveying the after-described prop
erty to secure a Note in the original
principal amount of FIFTY-FOUR
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
FIFTY AND 0/100 DOLLARS
($54,550.00), with interest thereon
as set forth therein, there will be
sold at public outcry to the highest
bidder for cash before the court
house door of Houston County,
Georgia, within the legal hours of
sale on the first Tuesday in January,
2007, the following described prop
erty: SEE EXHIBIT 'A' ATTACHED
HERETO AND MADE A PART
HEREOF
EXHIBIT 'A': All that tract or parcel
of land situate, lying and being in
Land Lot 81 of the Tenth Land Dis
trict of Houston County and in the
City of Perry, Georgia, being known
and designated as Lot 11, Block "D",
Camelot Subdivision, according to a
plat of survey made by Milton Beck
ham, Surveyor, on July 6, 1970, a
copy of said plat being of record in
Map Book 13, Page 305, Clerk's Of
fice, Houston Superior Court. Said
plat and recorded copy thereof are
hereby made a part of this descrip
tion by reference thereto.
The above described prop
erty is conveyed subject to Protec
tive Covenants of record in Deed
Book 383, Page 172, said Clerk's
Office.
The debt secured by said
Security Deed has been and is
hereby declared due because of,
among other possible events of de
fault, 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,
3B