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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
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WEDNESDAY
DECEMBER 31,2008
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 noon on Friday will be 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@evanßnewspaperß.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 os divorce, articles of incor
poration, 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 February,
2009, is January 2, 2009 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
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
The Houston County
Board of Commissioners is accept
ing Sealed Proposals, for furnishing
all materials, labor, tools, equipment
and appurtenances necessary for
the construction of the Houston
County S.R. 247 MSW Landfill,
Phases 1 & 2 Gas Collection & Con
trol System (GCCS) Expansion. The
proposals will be received by the
Owner at the Houston County Pur
chasing Department, Attention:
Barry Holland, Purchasing Agent,
2020 Kings Chapel Road, Perry,
Georgia 31069., until, but no later
than 2:00 p.m., local time, on Thurs
day, January 15, 2009, and then at
said office publicly opened, with only
the names of Proposers read aloud.
The Project consists of
consists of a replacement well in
Phase 1; a vertical gas extraction
well system with associated HOPE
lateral and header pipe in Phase 2;
condensate sumps;, isolation valves;
removing an existing landfill gas
system plant; new blower/flare skid
and air compressor; and other re
lated improvements.
A mandatory Pre-Pro
posal Conference will be held for all
Proposers at 11:00 a.m., local time,
January 5, 2009, at the Landfill Ad
ministration Building, 2080 Highway
247 South, Kathleen, GA 31047. All
proposers must attend all of the
Pre-Proposal Conference. Any bid
der that does not attend the pre-pro
posal conference will be disqualified
from bidding and their bids will not
be accepted.
* The work will be awarded
in one Contract.
Request for Proposal may
be examined at the office of: Barry
Holland, Purchasing Agent, 2020
Kings Chapel Road, Perry, Georgia
31069, ph (478) 218-4800; or at At
lantic Coast Consulting, Inc., 630
Colonial Park Drive, Suite 110,
Roswell, Georgia 30075, ph (770)
594-5998.
Copies of Request for Pro
posal may be obtained at the office
of the Engineer, Atlantic Coast Con
sulting, Inc., upon payment of
$275.00, non-refundable, for each
set. No partial sets will be sold.
Shipment will be via delivery serv
ice, two-day delivery. Other shipping
will be at the purchaser's additional
expense. Street address must be
provided to allow delivery.
Each Proposal must be ac
companied by a Proposal Bond, pre
pared on the form of Proposal Bond
attached to the Contract Documents
or a Surety Company's Standard
Proposal Bond, duly executed by
the Proposer as principal and having
as surety thereon a surety company
licensed to do business in the State
of Georgia and listed in the latest is
sue of U.S. Treasury Circular 570, in
the amount of five percent of the
Proposal.
The successful Proposer
for this Contract will be required to
furnish a satisfactory Performance
Bond and Payment Bond each in
the amount of 100 percent of the
Proposal.
Houston County reserves
the right to reject any or all Propos
als, which are not in the County's
best interest, to waive informalities
and to re-advertise.
72435 12/17 & 12/31
1040 ifSW NOTICE
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
RE: ELIZABETH GRIFFIN NEW
SOME
All creditor of the Estate of
Elizabeth Griffin Newsome de
ceased, late of Houston County, GA,
are hereby notified to render in their
demands to the undersigned ac
cording to law, and all person in
debted to said Estate are required to
make immediate payment to me.
This third day of December, 2008.
Sara Newsome Satterfield
Executrix
1011 Greenwood Dr.
Perry, GA 31069
7239812/17-1/7
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
mpniTOß^
IN RE: CUGETTE BARR CHRISTO
PHER, Deceased a/k/a Mary
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Cugette Christopher
All creditors of the Estate
of CUGETTE BARR CHRISTO
PHER a/k/a Mary Cugette Christo
pher, deceased, late of Houston
County, Georgia, 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 us.
Lamar E. Christopher of the Estate
of CUGETTE BARR CHRISTO
PHER Deceased
c/o, Fred E. Godwin, Jr.
Kushinka, Calhoun & Godwin
Attorneys at Law
P.0.80x 8219
Warner Robins, GA 31095
7229612/10-12/31
NOTICE
All creditors of the estate
of Helen Louise Smith, late of Hous
ton County, Georgia, deceased, are
hereby notified to render in their de
mands to the undersigned, accord
ing to law, and all persons indebted
to said Estate are required to make
immediate payment. This 12th day
of December, 2008. Gerald R. Smith
Executor of Estate of Helen Louise
Smith c/o P. O. Box 631328 Nacog
doches, Texas 75963
72417 12/17-1/7
NOTICE
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF HOUSTON
All creditors of the estate
of JULIA A. KNIGHTON, 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 9th day of December,
2008.
Janice K. Walker Executor, Julia A.
Knighton Estate, 2699 Marshallville
Hwy., Perry, GA31069
Larry Walker
WALKER, HULBERT, GRAY &
BYRD, LLP
Attorneys at Law
P. O. Box 1770
Perry. Georgia 31069
7243612/17-1/7
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
All creditors of the estate
of ARTHUR BOWMAN BRYANT,
deceased, 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 9th day of Decem
ber, 2008.
A. STEVEN BRYANT, Executor of
the Estate of ARTHUR BOWMAN
BRYANT, Deceased
c/o H. David Moore
Attorney for Executor
Post Office Drawer 8269
Warner Robins, Georgia
31095-8269
(478) 328-3200
7244312/17-1/7
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF HOUSTON
IN RE: JAMES NATHAN GRAN
THAM, deceased
All creditors of the Estate
of JAMES NATHAN GRANTHAM,
deceased, late of Houston County,
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 me.
Joyce A.G. Dugan, Execu
tor of deceased, 1655 Houston Lake
Road, Kathleen, GA31047
Shirley R. Watson
Attorney at Law
1520 Watson Blvd.
Warner Robins, Georgia, 31093
(478) 328-7464
7244412/17-1/7
GEORGIA, HOUSTON COUNTY
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate
of ELBERT T. LANDRETH, 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-
Lenals
Legal Advertising Information
when a 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 cor
poration and mergers of a corporation. These notices typically run two weeks at a
cost of $40.00.
Notice of elections and referendutns- This category covers a wide range of issues
from notices to hold elections on alcoholic beverage sales to notices on bond refer
endums 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 govern
ments are required to annually publish the results of their audits. The amount of
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sons indebted to said Estate re
quired to make immediate payment.
This 15th day of Decem
ber, 2008
William H. Stuckey, Jr., Executor un
der the Last Will and Testament of
Elbert T. Landreth (deceased), 108
Chantilly Drive, Warner Robins, GA
31088
Roy N. Cowart, P.C.
Attorbey at Law
P. O. Box 818
Warner Robins, GA31099
72587 12/24-1/14
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
IN RE: ALFRED F. ENDLER, De
ceased
All creditors of the Estate
of ALFRED F. ENDLER, 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.
JO ELLEN ROBBINS of the Estate
of ALFRED F. ENDLER Deceased
c/o, Fred E. Godwin, Jr,
Kushinka, Calhoun & Godwin
Attorneys at Law
P. O. Box 8219
Warner Robins, GA 31095
7261612/24-1/14
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
IN RE: JOSEPH A. SLEMP, De
ceased
All creditors of the Estate
of JOSEPH A. SLEMP, 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.
AMY MALO RODARTE of the Es
tate of JOSEPH A. SLEMP De
ceased
c/o, Fred E. Godwin, Jr.
Kushinka, Calhoun & Godwin
Attorneys at Law
P. O. Box 8219
Warner Robins, GA 31095
72619 12/24-1/14
IN RE: Estate of Harold W. Thomp
son
All the creditors of the Es
tate of Harold W. Thompson, 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.
This 18th day of Decem
ber 2008.
Carol W. Thompson, Executrix of
the Estate of Harold W. Thompson
Lawrence E. O'Neal
O'Neal, Long & Hall, LLP
P.O. Box 730
Warner Robins, GA. 31099
(478) 953-4557
72717 12/24 -1/14
GEORGIA,
HOUSTON COUNTY
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate
of JACK E. JENKINS, deceased,
late of Houston County, Georgia,
are herby notified to render in their
demands to the undersigned ac
cording to law, and all persons in
debted to said Estate require to
make immediate payment.
This 3rd day of Novem
ber, 2008.
Jackie J. Pollett, Executrix under the
Last Will and Testament of Jack E.
Jenkins (deceased), 116 Sandy Run
Road, Bonaire, GA31005
Walter E. Harrington,
Attorney at Law
106 Patriot Way
Warner Robins, GA3IOBB
72722 12/24-1/14
IN RE: Estate of Joseph H. Pinaud
All the creditors of the Es
tate of Joseph H. Pinaud, 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 19th day of Decem
ber 2008.
Nancy J. Pinaud, Executrix of the
Georgia
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Estate of Joseph H. Pinaud
Lawrence E. O'Neal
O'Neal, Long & Hall, LLP
P.O. Box 730
Warner Robins, GA. 31099
(478) 953-4557
72771 12/24 -1/14
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate
of Lee F. Toler, 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 10th day of Decem
ber 2008.
/s/ Madeline S Toler •
Executor, Estate of Lee F. Toler
P. 0. Box 13494
Macon, GA 31208
72899 12/31 -1/21
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF HOUSTON
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
IN RE: Estate of Lovell O. Spack
man, Deceased
All creditors of the estate
of Lovell O. Spackman, 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 19th day of Decem
ber, 2008.
Michael L. Glance As Executor un
der the Will of Lovell 0. Spackman
D. Lee Peacock
Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 7807
Warner Robins, Georgia 31095
(478) 953-5195
72902 12/31 -1/21
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF HOUSTON
IN RE: ESTATE OF MATTHEW J.
SMAGNER, DECEASED.
All creditors of the Estate
of Matthew J. Smagner, 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 22nd day of Decem
ber, 2008.
Eleanor P. Debolt, Executor of the
Last Wiil and Testament of Matthew
J. Smagner, Deceased 218 E.
Maiden Street Washington, PA
15301
Robert T. Tuggle, 111
Daniel, Lawson, Tuggle & Jerles,
LLP
Post Office Box 89
Perry, Georgia 11069
72905 12/31 -1/21
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF HOUSTON:
All creditors of the Estate
of Guangmao Nie, 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 23rd day of De
cember, 2008.
/s/ Mingzhou Nie, as Administrator
of the Estate of Guangmao Nie
Kim H. Stroup
Anderson, Walker & Reichert, LLP
P.O. Box 6497
Macon, GA 31208-6497
Attorneys for Executor
72954 12/31 -1/21
1050 DIVORCES
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
HOUSTON COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
BITTLE, ROBERT L, PLAINTIFF
BITTLE, PAULA M, DEFENDANT
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2008 V 094559
TO: BITTLE, PAULA M,
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
By Order for service by
publication dated the 04TH day of
Legal Advertisements:
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E-Mail Attachments: Tkst Format
Legal Fax: 478-988-9194
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Information concerning legals call: 478-987-1823
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, custo
dy, 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 coun
ty 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.
1050 DIVORCES
DECEMBER, 2008 you are hereby
notified that on the 03RD day of DE
CEMBER, 2008, BITTLE, ROBERT
L. 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: VARNER EDWIN, P 0 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 04TH day of DE
CEMBER, 2008.
Carolyn V. Sullivan
CLERK, HOUSTN SUPERIOR
COURT
7229712/10-12/31
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
HOUSTON COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
CROMWELL, TERRANCE J.,
PLAINTIFF
CROMWELL, LATICIA S., DEFEN
DANT
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2008 V 094769
TO: CROMWELL LATICIA S.
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
By Older for service by
publication dated the 22ND day of
DECEMBER, 2008, you are hereby
notified that on the 22ND day of DE
CEMBER, 2008, CROMWELL,
TERRANCE J. filed suit against you
for DIVORCE.
You are required to file
with the clerk of the Superior Court
and to serve upon plaintiffs attor
ney: DAVIS, RODNEY, P. 0. 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 DE
CEMBER, 2008.
Carolyn V. Sullivan
CLERK, HOUSTON SUPERIOR
COURT
72952 12/31 -1/21
1080 foreclosures
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
POWER
Under power of sale con
tained in a security deed from GOV
ERNOR'S ESTATE, LLC to ATLAN
TIC SOUTHERN BANK, dated July
17, 2006, recorded in Deed Book
3924, page 183, Clerk's Office,
Houston Superior Court, said secu
rity deed having been given to se
cure a Note dated July 17, 2006, for
$4,094,216.15, there will be sold by
the undersigned at public outcry to
the highest bidder for cash before
the Courthouse door at Houston
County, Georgia, within the legal
hours of sale on the first Tuesday in
January, 2009, the property de
scribed as follows:
All that tract or parcel of
land situate, lying and being in Land
Lot 162 of the Tenth (10th) Land
District of Houston County, Georgia,
being known and designated as Par
cel 76-9, containing 38.51 acres,
more or less, being more particularly
shown on an Annexation Plat for
Governor's Cove, prepared by
McDougald & Associates, LLC,
dated November 14, 2005, said plat
being of record in Plat Book 66,
page 16, Clerk's Office, Houston Su
perior Court, LESS AND EXCEPT
the following: 1) Lots 1,2, 3 and 4of
Governor's Cove Subdivision ac
cording to a plat of survey recorded
in Plat Book 70, pages 60-61,
Clerk's Office, Houston Superior
Court; and 2) Lots 37, 38, 39 and 40
of Governor's Cove Subdivision ac
cording to a revised plat of survey
recorded in Plat Book 70, pages
126-127, Clerk's Office, Houston
Superior Court.
The note is declared due
because of non-payment. The debt
remaining in default, this sale will be
made for the purpose of paying the
same and all expenses of this sale,
including attorney's fees.
To the best knowledge of
the undersigned the persons in pos
session of the property are Gover
nor's Estate, LLC and it will be sold
subject to any outstanding ad valo
rem taxes and/or assessments and
any easements or restrictions of re
cord, having priority over this secu-
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2008 >
1080 FORECLOSURES
rity deed.
Atlantic Southern Bank as attorney
in fact for Governor's Estate, LLC
Thomas M. Green,
James, Bates, Pope & Spivey, LLP
P.O. Box 4283
Macon, GA 31208-4283
7226512/10-12/31
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 Kenneth J. Graham to Mortgage
Electronic Registration Systems,
Inc., dated October 12, 2004 in the
amount of $90,000.00, and recorded
in Deed Book 3180, Page 167,
Houston County, Georgia Records;
as last transferred to Mortgage Elec
tronic Registration Systems, Inc. by
assignment; the undersigned, Mort
gage Electronic Registration Sys
tems, Inc. pursuant to said deed and
the note thereby secured, has de
clared the entire amount of said in
debtedness due and payable and
pursuant to the power of sale con
tained in said deed, will on the first
Tuesday in January, 2009 , during
the legal hours of sale, at the Court
house door in Houston 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 the
City of Perry, Houston County,
Georgia, known and designated as
Lot 79, Lawson Subdivision, accord
ing to a plat of survey of said Subdi
vision prepared and certified by
Rhodes Sewell, Georgia Registered
Land Surveyor No. 160, dated June
21, 1949, a copy of which is of re
cord in Map Book 3, Page 201,
Clerks Office, Houston Superior
Court. Said plat and the recorded
copy thereof are hereby made a part
of this description by reference
thereto for all purposes.
The above-described prop
erty is conveyed subject to ease
ment and rights-of-way for public
roads and utilities as they now exist,
and building lines and other matters
shown on the aforesaid recorded
plat of survey.
which has the property ad
dress of 625 Hillcrest Avenue,
Perry, Georgia., together with all
fixtures 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 Kenneth J. Gra
ham and the proceeds of said sale
will be applied to the payment of
said indebtedness, the expense of
said sale, all as provided in said
deed, and the undersigned will exe
cute a deed to the purchaser as pro
vided in the aforementioned Security
Deed.
Mortgage Electronic Registration
Systems, Inc. Attorney in Fact for
Kenneth J. Graham
Anthony DeMarlo, Attomey/kgrant
McCurdy & Candler, L.L.C.
(404) 373-1612
www.mccurdvcandler.com
File No. 08-27880 /CONV
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.
7224912/10-12/31
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
POWER
GEORGIA, HOUSTON COUNTY
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACT
ING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AT-
1C