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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL ptome Jmmtal . WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31,2007 Legal advertisements are published each Wednesday in Ihe 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 noon on Friday will be billed for insertion in that editiqn. 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 billed 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 hilling 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 (or foreclosure notices and tax sales (or disposal (or December, 2007, is November 2, 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 wide 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 1000 ADOPTION IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HOUSTON STATE OF GEORGIA IN RE: MARGARET M. JOHNSON, Petitioners CIVIL ACTION NO. 2007 A 2959 ADOPTION PROCEEDING FILED 10/17/2007 ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLI CATION DATED 10/17/2007 TO: UNKNOWN BIOLOGICAL FA THER You are hereby notified that on the 17TH day of OCTOBER, 2007, MARGARET M. JOHNSON filed a petition in the Superior Court of said County to seek adoption of: Child 1 JAMICE CHANTEL JOHN SON You are herby com manded to file any objection to said adoption, in writing, on or before 21 ST DECEMBER, 2007, and to show cause before the presiding Judge in Chambers of Houston Su perior Court at 8:45 o'clock, on the 21 ST day of DECEMBER, 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 17TH day of OCTOBER, 2007. Carolyn V. Sullivan Clerk, Houston Superior Court 55500 10/31 -11/14 1040 NOTICE NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF HOUSTON IN RE ESTATE OF KAY LEONARD MIZELL All creditors of the estate of KAY LEONARD MIZELL, 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 persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate pay ment to the estate. This 3rd day of October, 2007. ARTHUR H. CLARKE, JR. Adminis trator of the Estate of KAY LEON ARD MIZELL ARTHUR H. CLARKE, JR., PC. Post Office Box 7995 Warner Robins, GA 31095-7995 (478) 329-8222 54738 10/10- 10/31 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF HOUSTON IN RE ESTATE OF CHARLES FOR REST BARR All creditors of the estate of CHARLES FORREST BARR, 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 persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate pay ment to the estate. This day of Octo ber, 2007. CHARLES BRUCE BARR Executor of the Estate of CHARLES FOR REST BARR ARTHUR H. CLARKE, JR., P.C. Post Office Box 7995 Warner Robins, GA 31095-7995 (478) 329-8222 54739 10/10-10/31 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS All creditors of the Estate of Leon M. Gill, 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. This 22nd day of October, 2007. /s/ Henry C Johnson Sr. Executor, Estate of Leon M. Gill P. 0. Box 13494 Macon, GA31208 55522 10/31 -11/21 IN RE: ESTATE OF EDWARD AL- LEN HAWKINS All the creditors of the Es tate of EDWARD ALLEN HAWKINS, 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. This 11th day of October 2007. Ramona Boone Hawkins, Executor of the Estate of Edward Allen Hawk ins Michael J. Long O'Neal, Long & Hall, LLP P.O. Box 730 Warner Robins, GA. 31099 (478) 953-4557 5497310/17-11/7 NOTICE TO DEBTORS & CREDITORS STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF HOUSTON: All creditors of the Estate of Sweet Lee Stevenson, 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 the un dersigned. This 12th day of October, 2007. FAYE WHITE As Executor of the Estate of Sweet Lee Stevenson c/o George L. Williams, Jr. 127 Carl Vinson Pkwy. Warner Robins, GA3IOBB 55140 10/24 -11/14 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS IN RE: WILLIAM M. MCLENDON, Deceased All creditors of the. Estate of WILLIAM M. MCLENDON, 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 us. Thelma G. McLendon, Executor of the Estate of William M. McLendon Deceased c/o, Fred E. Godwin, Jr. Kushinka, Calhoun & Godwin Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 8219 Warner Robins, GA31095 5538210/24-11/14 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF HOUSTON IN RE: ESTATE OF ANNIE LES TER DENNARD, DECEASED. All creditors of the Estate of Annie Lester Dennard, deceased, late of Houston County, are hereby notified to render their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said es tate are required to make immediate payment to the undersigned. This 19th day of October, 2007. Bobby Lester, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Annie Lester Dennard, Deceased 1027 King Cir cle Perry, GA31069 Robert T. Tuggle, 111 Daniel, Lawson, Tuggle & Jerles, LLP Post Office Box 89 Perry, Georgia 31069 55504 10/31 -11/21 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS RE: Estate of Leon Stark, Deceased All creditors of the Estate of Leon Stark, deceased, late of Houston County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render in their de mands to the undersigned according to law, and all person indebted to said Estate are required to make im mediate payment. This 3rd day of October, 2007. Gary Jay Stark, EXECUTOR 1285 Pate Road Juliette. Georgia 31046 ATTORNEY: J Michael Carpenter 201 Second St. Suite 580 Macon. GA 31201 5480510/10-10/31 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND Lenals 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 which 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 probate 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 from 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 CREDITORS HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA. The Last Will and Testa ment of VERNON CLARKE OTTEN, SR. having been admitted to Pro bate in Solemn Form and Letters Testamentary, having been issued to MILDRED J. OTTEN this is to cite all creditors of said estate to make their demands known to us and all debtors of said estate to make im mediate payment to us. October 23, 2007. MILDRED J. OTTEN EXECUTRIX C/O Lawrence C. Collins Collins & Aromatorio, P.C. GABar No. 178600 110 Main Street Byron, Georgia 31008 478/956-3071 55519 10/31 -11/21 GEORGIA, HOUSTON COUNTY NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS All creditors of the estate of JAMES RAYFORD JOHNSON, a/k/a JAMES R. JOHNSON, a/k/a JAMES R. JOHNSON, 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 persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate pay ment. This the 24th day of Octo ber, 2007. DAVID GEORGE JOHNSON, Ex ecutor of the Estate of JAMES RAY FORD JOHNSON, a/k/a JAMES R. JOHNSON, a/k/a JAMES R. JOHN SON, SR., 119 Chantilly Drive, War ner Robins, GA3IOBB c/o H. DAVID MOORE Attorney for Executor Post Office Drawer 8269 Warner Robins, Georgia 31095-8269 55521 10/31 -11/21 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF HOUSTON IN RE: James Foster McCown All creditors of the Estate of James Foster McCown, 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 the undersigned. This 25th day of October, 2007. Ruth Ann McCown, Executrix of the Estate of James Foster McCown, Deceased Geiger & Geiger, P.C. P. O. Box 888 Perry, Georgia 31069 (478) 987-2952 55662 10/31 -11/21 NOTICE STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF HOUSTON All creditors of the estate of ALRIE J. ADAMS, SR., 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 25th day of October, 2007. Alrie J. Adams, Jr. 640 Hill Crest Avenue Perry, Georgia 31069 David G. Walker WALKER, HULBERT, GRAY & BYRD, LLP Attorneys at Law Perry, Georgia 31069 55697 10/31 -11/21 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS IN RE: MARGARET B. FULTON, Deceased All creditors of the Estate of MARGARET B. FULTON, 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 us. JoAnna S. Fulton, Executor of the Estate of Margaret B. Fulton De- ceased c/o, Fred E. Godwin, Jr. Kushinka, Calhoun & Godwin Attorneys at Law P. 0. Box 8219 Warner Robins, GA31095 54802 10/10-10/31 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF HOUSTON IN RE: ESTATE OF ROBERT EARL HARRIS, DECEASED. All creditors of the Estate of ROBERT EARL HARRIS, de ceased, late of Houston County, are hereby notified to render their de mands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make im mediate payment to the under signed. This 2nd day of October, 2007. James Robert Harris, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Rob ert Earl Harris, Deceased 2020 Har ris Loop Road, Apt 611 Little Rock, Arkansas 72212 William R. Jerles, Jr. Daniel, Lawson, Tuggle & Jerles, LLP Post Office Box 89 Perry, Georgia 31069 54806 10/10- 10/31 1050 DIVORCES NOTICE OF PUBLICATION IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF HOUSTON COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA RODRIGUEZ, BRANDY LYN, PLAINTIFF RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL AN THONY, DEFENDANT CIVIL ACTION NO. 2007 V 089482 TO: RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL AN THONY NOTICE OF PUBLICATION By Order for service by publication dated the 12TH day of OCTOBER, 2007, you are hereby notified that on the 05TH day of OC TOBER, 2007, RODRIGUEZ, BRANDY LYN 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: RODRIGUEZ, BRANDY LYN, 800 LEISURE LAKE DRIVE, WAR NER 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 12TH day of OC TOBER, 2007. Carolyn V. Sullivan CLERK, HOUSTON SUPERIOR COURT 55148 10/24-11/14 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF HOUSTON COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA EDWARDS, ANTHONY, PLAINTIFF EDWARDS, MARY J., DEFEN DANT CIVIL ACTION NO. 2007 V 089654 TO: EDWARDS, MARY J. NOTICE OF PUBLICATION By Order for sen/ice by publication dated the 22ND day of OCTOBER 2007 you are hereby no tified that on the 22ND day of OC TOBER, 2007, EDWARDS, AN THONY filed suit against you for DI VORCE. You are required to file with the clerk of the Superior Court and to serve upon plaintiff's attor ney: DAVIS, RODNEY P.O. BOX 6983 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 OCTOBER, 2007. Carolyn V. Sullivan CERK, HOUSTON SUPERIOR COURT 55499 10/31 -11/21 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF HOUSTON COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA 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 mpnth when the sales are held at the Houston County Courthouse in Perry. The fee for these notices is $lO per 100 words per insertion. DRISKELL. KATHHYN rAE, PLAINTIFF DRISKELL, LOREN MIGUEL, DE FENDANT CIVIL ACTION NO. 2007 V 089664 TO: DRISKELL, LOREN MIGUEL NOTICE OF PUBLICATION By Order for service by publication dated the 23RD day of OCTOBER, 2007, you are hereby notified that on the 22ND day of OC TOBER, 2007, DRISKELL, KATH RYN RAE 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: DRISKELL, KATHRYN RAE, 110 TORRES DRIVE, BONAIRE GA 31005 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 23RD day of OC TOBER, 2007. Carolyn V. Sullivan CLERK, HOUSTN SUPERIOR COURT 55517 10/31 -11/21 1060 om 2nd DUI IN FIVE YEARS STEPHEN CHARLES MORTON, 456 River Rd., Ft. Valley, Ga. arrested for DUI by the Houston County Sheriff's Dept, on August 15, 2006 at 2:18 a.m. on Loxley Dr. in Houston County, Ga. After a plea of guilty on October 11, 2007 was sen tenced to a fine of $1,526.00, 30 days community service, 12 months probation and 10 days jail. 55698 10/31 2nd PUI IN FIVE YEARS JONATHAN M. MARTIN, 337 Burns Dr., Warner Robins, Ga. arrested for DUI by the Houston County Sheriff's Dept, on Septem ber 29, 2007 at 7:54 p.m. on Russell Parkway in Warner Robins, Ga. Af ter a plea of guilty on October 4, 2007 was sentenced to a fine of $1,526.00, 30 days community serv ice, 12 months probation and 10 days jail. 5570010/31 1080 FORECLOSURES STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF HOUSTON NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER IN DEED TO SECURE DEBT Under and by virtue of the power of .sale contained in that cer tain Deed to Secure Debt from Don aid T. Faircioth and Ellen Marie Dykes Faircioth to CitiFinancial Services, Inc. dated 02/12/2004, and recorded in Deed Book 2901, page 344, Houston County records, the undersigned will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the Courthouse door in said County, during the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in Novem ber, 2007 by CitiFinancial Services, Inc., as Attorney-in-Fact for Donald T. Faircioth and Ellen Marie Dykes Faircioth the following described WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2007 * property: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Land Lot 222, of the Tenth Land District of Houston County, Georgia, being known and designated as Lot 15, Block "F", Section No. 3, Idlewood Acres Subdivision, according to a plat of survey prepared by Story Surveying Company, dated April 18, 1984 and recorded in Map Book 26, page 283, Clerk's Office, Houston Superior Court. Said plat and the re corded copy thereof are hereby made a part of this description by reference thereto for all purposes. Property known as: 114 Brookhaven Dr., Bonaire, GA 31005 The indebtedness se cured by said Deed to Secure Debt having been declared due and pay able because of default in the pay ment of the indebtedness secured thereby, this sale will be made for the purposes of paying the same and all expenses of sale, including attorney's fees, (notice having been given as provided by law). The property will be sold as the property of The Aforesaid Grantors subject to the following: (1) all prior restrictive covenants, ease ments, rights-of-way or encum brances; (2) all valid zoning ordi nances; (3) matters which would be disclosed by an accurate survey of the property; (4) the outstanding ad valorem taxes and assessments, if any; (5) unpaid water and sewage bills, that constitute liens against the property, whether due and payable or not yet due and payable; and (6) matters of record superior to the se curity deed first set out above. To the best of the under signed's knowledge and belief, the party in possession is Donald T. Faircioth and Ellen Marie Dykes Faircioth. CitiFinancial Services, Inc., as Attorney-in-fact for Donald T. Faircioth and Ellen Marie Dykes Faircioth. This law firm is acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Pendergast & Jones, P.C. South Terraces. Suite 1000 115 Perimeter Center Place Atlanta, GA 30346 770-392-0303 54732 10/10-10/31 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 Jennifer T. Cole and Carl Jackson to Mortgage Elec tronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated November 22, 2006, recorded in Deed Book 4086, Page 211, Houston County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. by assignment to be re corded in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Houston County, Georgia Records, conveying the af ter-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX AND 0/100 DOL LARS ($132,126.00), 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 Novem ber, 2007, the following described property: SEE EXHIBIT 'A' AT TACHED 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 de fault, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses 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 1C