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Houston home journal £3ome WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 Legal advertisements are published each Wednesday in The Houston Home Journal newspaper, the designated legal organ of Houston County and the City of Perry. City of Warner Robins and City of Centerville. For information concerning billing, please contact The Houston Home Journal at (478)-987-1823. Notices cancelled after rißon on Friday will he billed for insertion in that edition. Legal ads may be sent via Federal Express for Saturday delivery. Legal ads may be sent via email to hjlegals@evansnewspapers.com. Many legal notices are hilled at the rate of SIO.OO per 100 words or a portion thereof for each insertion for the first four insertions. Some specific types of ads. such as divorce, articles of incorporation, articles of merger, petition to adopt, name changes and DUI notices have fees set based on the number of times the notice is inserted. All rates are set by the Georgia General Assembly. For billing purposes, every word shall be counted as one word including words such as: the, of, a etc. Grouped numbers shall be counted as one word. The deadline for foreclosure notices and tax sales for disposal for November, 2007, is October 5, 2007 at NOON. Here are some of the types of public notices included in this section of The Houston Home Journal. Hearings and Meeting Notices - There are a w ide variety of public meetings which must be held in order for a government to take an action. Among the most common are notices of planning commission meetings at which rezoning request are to be acted upon and of hearings when a city or county government is setting a budget or tax rate. Sometimes these notices about upcoming meetings, especially when a 10Q0 ADOPTION ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HOUSTON STATE OF GEORGIA IN RE: JONATHAN D. WHITE, Petitioners CIVIL ACTION NO. 2007 A 2937 ADOPTION PROCEEDING FILED 7/06/2007 ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLI CATION DATED 70/06/2007 TO: KELLY HARMON You are hereby notified that on the 06TH day of JULY 2007, JONATHAN D. WHITE filed a peti tion in the Superior Court of said County to seek adoption of: Child 1 LYDIA GAIL SEALE You are herby com manded to file any objection to said adoption, in writing, on or before 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2007, and to show cause before the presiding Judge in Chambers of Houston Su perior Court at 8:45 o'clock, on the 7TH day of SEPTEMBER, 2007, in the Courthouse in Petry, 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 HONORABLE ED WARD LUKEMIRE Judge(s) of said Court, this the 06TH day of JULY, 2007. Carolyn V. Sullivan Clerk. Houston Superior Court 52014 8/16-9/5 ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HOUSTON STATE OF GEORGIA IN RE: MORGAN B. LAW Petitioners CIVIL ACTION NO. 2007 A 2947 ADOPTION PROCEEDING FILED 8/14/2007 ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLI CATION DATED 8/14/2007 TO: UNKNOWN FATHER You are hereby notified that on the 14TH day of AUGUST, 2007, MORGAN B. LAW filed a peti tion in the Superior Court of said County to seek adoption of: Child 1 CASSIDY DARLENE RICH ARDSON You are herby com manded to file any objection to said adoption, in writing, on or before 23RD OCTOBER, 2007, and to show cause before the presiding Judge in Chambers of Houston Su perior Court at 8:45 o'clock, on the 23RD day of OCTOBER, 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 KATHERINE K LUMSDEN Judge(s) of said Court, this the 14TH day of AUGUST, 2007. Carolyn V. Sullivan, Clerk Houston Superior Court 52910 9/5-9/19 1040 NOTICE NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF HOUSTON COUNTY Notice is herby given to the debtors and creditors of Bertha K. Duckworth, deceased of Houston County, GA. You are required to render your demands and/or pay ments to the undersigned estate representative according to law. This Bth day of August, 2007. Laurie 0. Tucker, Administrator of the estate of Bertha K. Duckworth 1328 Parkway Drive Perry, GA. 31069 52016 8/16 - 9/5 STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF HOUSTON All creditors of the Estate of MARVIN W. SANDERS, 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 Bth day of August, 2007. ELIZABETH P. SANDERS, Execu trix Hall & Hall Attorneys at Law 317 Commerce Street Hawkinsville, Georgia 31036 (478) 783-1730 52012 8/16-9/5 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF HOUSTON All creditors of the estate of EDWARD E. REDMOND, 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 16th day of August, 2007. ROBERT E. REDMOND, EXECU TOR OF THE ESTATE OF ED WARD E. REDMOND 476 Milledge Gate Terrace Marietta, Georgia 30067 (770)952-6751 52068 8/16 - 9/5 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS IN RE: ELIZABETH JANET SHEP HERD, Deceased All creditors of the Estate of ELIZABETH JANET SHEPHERD, deceased, 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 us. M. Mae Deming, Executrix of the Estate of Elizabeth Janet Shepherd Deceased c/o, Fred E. Godwin, Jr. Kushinka, Calhoun & Godwin Attorneys at Law P.0.80x 8219 Warner Robins, GA31095 52175 8/23-9/12 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS GEORGIA HOUSTON COUNTY All creditors of the Estate of JOHN D. BREWER, 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 required to make immediate payment. This 20TH day of August, 2007. Carolyn M. Brewer As the Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of John D. Brewer (deceased), 124 Ben Edwards Road, Kathleen, GA 31047 Roy N. Cowart, PC. P. O. Box 818 Warner Robins, GA31099 52367 8/23 - 9/12 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS GEORGIA HOUSTON COUNTY All creditors of the Estate of ROBERT L. GRUBBS, SR., de ceased, 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 20TH day of August, 2007. Ramona N. Grubbs, As the Co-Ex ecutrix of the Last Will and Testa ment of Robert L. Grubbs, Sr. (de ceased), 151 Willow Avenue, War ner Robins, GA31093 Rachael G. Dugger As the Co-Ex ecutrix of the Last Will and Testa ment of Robert L. Grubbs, Sr. (de ceased), 148 Vale Drive, Haddock, GA31033 Roy N. Cowart, P.C. P. O. Box 818 Warner Robins, GA31099 52368 8/23-9/12 STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF HOUSTON IN RE: Pattie L. Couillard, Deceased All creditors of the estate of Pattie L. Couillard, deceased, late Legals Legal Advertising Information meeting is to be held outside the regular schedule of that government or when a change will be made in the regular time or place of meeting. Most of these notices are priced by the SIO.OO per 100 words fee. Estate Notices • There are some 20 different type of estate notices whiph can be published, the most common of which is a notice to creditors to let the court know if a deceased person owes them any money. Most estate-related notices come from the county prohate judge’s office. Most of these notices are priced by the SIO.OO per 100 words fee. . Incorporation Notice - These are notices concerning a business which is to be incorporated with the office located in Houston County. Related incorporation notices can include an intent to dissolve a corporation, a name change of the corporation and mergers of a corporation. These notices typically run two weeks at a cost of $40.00. Notice of elections and referendums- This category covers a wide range of issues frbm notices to hold elections on alcoholic beverage sales to notices on bond referendums to construct school buildings in Houston County. Notices must also appear concerning city and county elections when candidates are seeking elected public office. The notices typically cost SIO.OO per 100 words or fractions thereof. Bid Notices - When a local government is going to buy something or have work done on a project, it is often required to solicit bids via legal notices. A related area of legal notices involves the sale of surplus government-owned equipment, which also must be listed and published. Notice of Government Financial Results - Most city, county and school governments are required to annually publish the results of their audits. The 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. Robert A. Couillard, Sr., Executor of deceased, 110 Louis Street, Warner Robins, GA 31093 Shirley R. Watson Attorney at Law 1520 Watson Blvd. Warner Robins, GA31093 (478) 328-7464 52407 8/23 - 9/12 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS GEORGIA HOUSTON COUNTY All creditors of the estate of Warren J. Grantham, Sr. de ceased, late of Houston County, Georgia, are hereby notified to ren der in their demands to the under signed according to law and all other persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate pay ment to the undersigned. This 23 day of August, 2007. To: Estate of Warren J. Grantham, Sr. 724 Hwy 26 E. Elko, GA31025 (478) 988-1155 52655 8/30 - 9/19 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF HOUSTON IN RE: ESTATE OF MARY C. BA CON, DECEASED-. All creditors of the Estate of Mary C. Bacon, 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 immediate pay ment to the undersigned. This 31st day of August, 2007. Davis Weaver, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Mary C. Ba con, Deceased, 1126 Federal High way #514, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316. Leslie Lemke Leslie Lemke, Inc. 110 A Tommy Stalnaker Drive Warner Robins, Georgia 31088-8957. 52719 8/30-9/19 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS STATE OF GEORGIA HOUSTON COUNTY All creditors of the estate of YVONNE STAFFORD, 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 me. This 30th day of August, 2007. JANE S. LESTER, EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF YVONNE STAF FORD 2192 Kenward Court Marietta, Georgia 30064 (770) 424-4227 52720 8/30 - 9/19 GEORGIA HOUSTON COUNTY NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS All creditors of the Estate of SUE FRANCES JAUDON, de ceased, 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 28th day of August, 2007. Frances Sue Gordon As Executrix of the Estate of Sue Frances Jaudon (deceased), 804 Mud Road, Cor dele, GA 31015 Roy N. Cowart, RC. P. O. Box 818 Warner Robins, GA 31099 52929 9/5 - 9/26 asasnr-rnsas —n —m i'Tiri i ■■ v.r~ n~; 1050 DIVORCES NOTICE OF PUBLICATION IN THE SUPERIOR COURT STATE OF GEORGIA WOODCOCK, ANERA DIAN, PLAINTIFF WOODCOCK, WESLEY JOHN, DE FENDANT CIVIL ACTION NO. 2007 V 088949 TO: WOODCOCK, WESLEY JOHN NOTICE OF PUBLICATION By Order for service by publication dated the 16TH day of AUGUST, 2007 you are hereby noti fied that on the 16TH day of AUGUST, 2007 WOODCOCK, AN ERA DIAN 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: JOHNSON, DANA, 401 CHERRY STREET, MACON, GA 31201 an Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of the date of the or der for publication. WITNESS, the Honorable George F. Nunn, Jr. and Edward D. Lukemire, Judges of this Superior Court. This the 16TH day of AUGUST, 2007. Carolyn V. Sullivan CLERK, HOUSTON SUPERIOR COURT 52415 8/23 - 9/12 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF HOUSTON COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA NASWORTHY, BETTY J. PLAINTIFF LITTLE, BOBBY JEAN DEFENDANT CIVIL ACTION NO. 2007 V 089063 TO: LITTLE, BOBBY JEAN NOTICE OF PUBLICATION By Order for service by publication dated the 27TH day of AUGUST, 2007 you are hereby noti fied that on the 27TH day of AUGUST, 2007, NASWORTHY, BETTY J. 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: WYNN, RANDY, P.O. BOX 8812, 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 27TH day of AUGUST, 2007. Carolyn V. Sullivan CLERK, HOUSTON SUPERIOR COURT 52911 9/5 - 9/26 ORDER OF PUBLICATION FAMILY COURT OF KANAWHA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA IN RE: THE MARRIAGE/CHILDREN OF: RENEE SALMONS COX, Petitioner, V. BRIAN ROBERT COX, Respon dent. CIVIL ACTION NO: 06-D-2240 JUDGE: Smallridge The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony. TO THE ABOVE NAME RESPON DENT: It appearing by affidavit filed in this action that the Petitioner has used due diligence to ascertain the whereabouts of Brian Robert Cox without effect is hereby Ordered that Robert Brian Cox, serve upon Julia B. Shalhoup, counsel for Peti tioner, whose address is Suite 600 Renaissance Tower, 109 Capitol Street, Charleston, West Virginia 25301, an answer, including any re lated counter claim or defense you may have to the complaint filed in this action on or before the final hearing in this action scheduled for Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. before the Honorable Jane Charnock Smallridge, Judge. If you fail to do so, thereafter judg ment, upon proper hearing and trail, may be taken against you for the re lief demanded in the complaint. A copy of said complaint can be obtained from the under signed Clerk at her office. Entered by the Clerk of said Court Aug. 21,2007. Clerk of Court Deputy Clerk 53137 9/5 - 9/26 Legal Advertisements: E-Mail: hjlegals@evansnewspapers.com E-Mail Attachments: Text Format Legal Fax: 478-988-9194 AD DEADLINES: Fridays at 12:00 Noon Information concerning legals call: 478-987-1823 amount of detail varies by government. Typically these notices are published in boxed display advertisements. Driving Under the Influence ■ State law requires publication of a picture and a brief notice of anyone convicted in Houston County of a third Driving Under the Influence charge. The fines and related matters of settlement are included. The fee for these ads is $25 each. These ads run one time and typically come from the Houston County State Court or the Municipal Court of incorporated cities. Juvenile Matters - This broad category can include notices such as adoption, custody, juvenile court actions and contemporary custody. These matters frequently run from two to four times, depending on the order. Some of these issues come from the Houston County Juvenile Court, others from the Houston County Probate Court. Domestic Matters ■ These include notices for change of name and for divorce. When one of the parties cannot be located locally. Both of these items run four times. 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 Wednesdays 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. 1070 ELECTION NOTICES CALL FOR ELECTION Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Charter of the City of Perry, as amended, and the Georgia Municipal Election Code as amended through the regular 2007 Session of the Georgia General As sembly, an election shall be held in the City of Perry for the election of Councilpersons to Council District 1, Post 2, Council District 2, Post 2 and Council District 3, Post 2 for a term of four (4) years beginning January 1, 2008. The election will be held on November 6, 2007. Qualifying for the election shall be held at the Houston County Board of Elections at 801 Main Street, Room 237, Perry, Georgia, beginning at 8:30 a.m. on August 27, 2007 and ending at 4:30 p.m. on August 31, 2007. Qualifying fee shall b.e $126.00. All persons who are not registered to vote and who desire to register to vote in the election may register to vote through the close of business on October 9, 2007. Polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on election day. The 22nd of August, 2007. Lee Giimour City Clerk 52168 8/30 - 9/5 1080 FORECLOSURES NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER GEORGIA HOUSTON COUNTY THIS LAW FIRM IS ACT ING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AT TEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR POSE. Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Secu rity Deed given by Gregory J. Hunter to Sun Trust Mortgage, Inc., dated May 23, 2003, recorded in Deed Book 2543, Page 97, Houston County, Georgia Records, convey ing the after-described property to secure a Note in the original princi pal amount of FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FOUR AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($44,304.00), 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 October, 2007, the following described prop erty: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot 199 of the sth Land District, Houston County Georgia, being known and designated as Lot 307 of Warner Robins Defense Homes Subdivision, according to a plot of survey re corded in Plat Book 2, Page 55, Clerks Office, Houston Superior Court. Said plat and the recorded copy thereof are incorporated herein for all purposes 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, this sale will be made for the pur pose of paying the same and all ex penses of this sale, as provided in 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 valo rem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), any matters which might be dis closed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any as sessments, 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 Gregory J. Hunter or a tenant or tenants and said property is more commonly known as 142 Vernon Drive, Warner Robins, Georgia WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 Trass 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. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Attorney in Fact for Gregory J. Hunter Morris Schneider & Prior, LLC 1587 Northeast Expressway Atlanta, Georgia 30329 (770) 234-9181 www.msDlaw.com/forecLQ..- sure sales.asp MSP/dbl 10/2/07 Our file no. 1562807-FT2 53146 9/5 - 9/26 NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER GEORGIA HOUSTON COUNTY THIS LAW FIRM IS ACT ING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AT TEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR POSE. Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Secu rity Deed given by Sean Brown to Liberty Mortgage Corporation, dated July 17, 1998, recorded in Deed Book 1373, Page 555, Houston County, Georgia Records, convey ing the after-described property to secure a Note in the original princi pal amount of NINETY-ONE THOU SAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND 0/100 DOLLAFIS ($91,800.00), 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 Houston County, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in October, 2007, the following de scribed 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 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, this sale will be made for the pur pose of paying the same and all ex penses of this sale, as provided in 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 valo rem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), any matters which might be dis closed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any as sessments, 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 Sean Brown or a tenant or tenants and said property is more commonly known as 1019 Elberta Road, War ner Robins, Georgia 31093. 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. Liberty Mortgage Corporation as At torney in Fact for Sean Brown McCalla Daymen LLC 1544 Old Alabama Road Roswell, Georgia 30076 www.foreclosurehotline.net MR/dbl 10/2/07 Our file no. 51634107-FT2 EXHIBIT 'A': All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Land Lot 175, Fifth Land District of Houston County, Georgia, being known and designated as Tract "C-1", containing 0.74 acres, more or less, according to a plat of survey entitled ''Tracts "B" and "C", W.N. Johnson Property", prepared by Waddle Surveying Co., Inc., dated January 8, 1963, revised July 24, Surveying Co., Inc., dated January 8,1963, revised July 24,1964, of re cord in Map Book 9, Page 190, Clerk's Office, Houston Superior 1C