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051
IN THE PROBATE COURT
OF
SCREVEN COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF
ALVIN ZANE COLLINS,
DECEASED
ESTATE NO: 2024-PC-20
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION NOTICE
To whom it may concern:
MICHAEL DARNELL JONES
has petitioned for MICHAEL
DARNELL JONES to be
appointed administrator(s) of
the estate of ALVIN ZANE
COLLINS, deceased, of said
county. (The petitioner has also
applied for waiver of bond, waiver
of reports, waiver of statements,
and/or grant of certain powers
contained in O.C.G.A. §53-12-
261.) All interested persons 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 April 11,
2024.
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
amount of filing fees. If any
objections are filed, a hearing will
be held on April 11, 2024. If no
objections are filed, the petition
may be granted without a hearing.
Debbie C. Brown
Judge of the Probate Court
By: Vickie L. Parker
Judge of the Probate Court
216 Mims Road, Suite 107
Sylvania, Georgia 30467
912-564-2783
051
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052
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF
SCREVEN COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE THE NAME CHANGE
OF
DONDRE MARQUELL
CORLEY,
Petitioner
Civil Action File No.
SUDR2024000014
NOTICE OF PETITON TO
CHANGE NAME OF ADULT
DONDRE MARQUELL
CORLEY filed a petition in the
Superior Court of Screven County
on March 1, 2024, to change
his named from: DONDRE
MARQUELL CORLEY
to DONDRE MARQUEL
WILLIAMS, with petitioners
first name to be DONDRE, his
middle name to be MARQUEL,
and his last name be WILLIAMS.
Any interested party has the right
to appear in this case and file
objections within thirty (30) days
after the petition was filed.
This 13th day of March, 2024.
Darryl S. Marmon
Georgia Bar No. 470952
Meriwether & Tharp, LLC
Attorney for Petitioner
6465 E. Johns Crossing,
Suite 400
Johns Creek, Georgia 30097
678-879-9000/678-879-9001
(Fax)
DMarmon@mtlawoffice.com
052
03.20-04.10.24
053
IN THE JUVENILE COURT
OF SCREVEN COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN THE INTEREST OF:
E.R.S., SEX: Female; DOB:
07/19/2017
K.D.K., SEX: Male; DOB:
01/22/2020
Minor children under 18 years of
age
NOTICE OF SUMMONS
PETITION TO TERMINATE
PARENTAL RIGHTS
TO: the UNKNOWN
BIOLOGICAL FATHER of
E.R.S., a female; bom on
07/19/2017; K.D.K., a male;
DOB: 01/22/2020; bom to Ciara
Rose Scott. You are hereby
notified that the above styled
action seeking to terminate your
parental rights and place custody
of said child with the Georgia
Department of Human Services,
acting through the Screven
County Department of Family
and Children Services, was filed
in said Court on March 18, 2024,
and that by reason of Order for
Service by Publication, entered
by the Court on March 18, 2024,
you are hereby commanded and
required to file with the Clerk
of said Court and serve upon
Jennifer C. Mock, Attorney for
Petitioner, whose address is P.O.
Box 159, 326 South Main Street,
Statesboro, Georgia 30459 an
answer to the petition within 30
(thirty) days of April 12, 2024. A
copy of the petition is attached to
this summons or, if this summons
is served by publication, can be
obtained from the Clerk of this
Court during business hours.
Final hearing in this matter is
scheduled for 1:30 o'clock p.m.
on 30th day of May, 2024 in a
courtroom of the Screven County
Courthouse, Sylvania, Georgia.
This is a summons requiring
you to be in Court. If you fail
to come to Court as required,
you may be held in Contempt of
Court and punished accordingly.
Now, therefore, you the party
named above, are commanded
to be and appear on the date and
time stated herein and to remain
in attendance from hour to hour,
day to day, month to month, year
to year, and time to time, as said
case may be continued, and until
discharged by the Court, and you
are commanded to lay any and all
other business aside and to be and
appear before the Juvenile Court
of Screven County, Georgia. In
accordance with O.C.G.A. 15-11-
96(b) you are hereby notified that
this proceeding and the hearing (s)
specified herein is for the purpose
of terminating your parental rights.
You are advised that O.C.G.A.
Section 15-11-96 (h) provides as
follows: “ When notice is given
pursuant to subsection (e) of this
code section, it shall advise such
biological father who is not the
legal father that he loses all rights
to the child and will not be entitled
to object to the termination of his
rights to the child unless, within
30 days of receipt of such notice,
he files: A petition to legitimate
the child pursuant to Code Section
19-7-22; and Notice of the filing
of the petition to legitimate
with the court in which the
action under this Code section is
pending.” READ CAREFULLY:
This Summons requires you to
be present at a formal hearing
in the Juvenile Court. The child
or other parties involved may
be represented by a lawyer at all
stages of these proceedings. If you
want a lawyer, you may choose
and hire your own lawyer. If
you want to hire a lawyer, please
contact your lawyer immediately.
If you want a lawyer but are not
able to hire a lawyer without
undue financial hardship, you may
ask for a lawyer to be appointed
to represent you. The Court
would inquire into your financial
circumstances and if the Court
finds you to be financially unable
to hire a lawyer, then a lawyer will
be appointed to represent you. If
you want a lawyer appointed to
represent you, you must let the
Court or the officer of this Court
handling this case know that
you want a lawyer immediately.
WITNESS, the Honorable Donald
O. Sheppard, Judge of said Court.
This 18th day of March, 2024.
Mandy Howard
Clerk, Juvenile Court,
Screven County, Georgia
053
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054
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
All creditors of the estate of
JOHN N. COLLINS, deceased,
late of Screven County, are hereby
notified to render their demands
to the undersigned according to
law, and all persons indebted to
said estate are required to make
immediate payment to me.
This 14th day of March, 2024.
Shirley M. Collins,
Executrix of the Estate of
John N. Collins,
Deceased
552 Rabbit Run Road
Sylvania, Georgia 30467
Grady K. Reddick
Reddick, Sheppard & Mock, LLC
Attorneys at Law
P. O. Box 1923
Sylvania, Georgia 30467
054
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057
GEORGIA,
SCREVEN COUNTY
All creditors of the estate of
KRISTINE A. HARRIS -
ZEIGLER, deceased, late of
Screven County, Georgia, are
hereby notified to render their
demands to the undersigned
according to law, and all persons
indebted to said estate are required
to make immediate payment to
the undersigned.
This 18th day of March, 2024.
Judson E. Zeigler, Jr.
Executor of the Estate of
Kristine A. Harris-Zeigler
5642 Haleyondale Road
Sylvania, Georgia 30467
Hunter and Hunter
Attorneys at Law, P.C.
057
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058
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF SCREVEN COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
ANDREA C. WAITS, in
official capacity as TAX
COMMISSIONER OF
SCREVEN COUNTY,
GEORGIA,
Petitioner, v. ALFRED
WILLIAMS AND/OR HIS OR
HER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN
HEIRS AT LAW, ALBERT
WILLIAMS AND/OR HIS OR
HER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN
HEIRS AT LAW, JOHNNY
WILLIAMS AND/OR HIS OR
HER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN
HEIRS AT LAW, ANY AND
ALL PARTIES THAT MAY
CLAIM AN INTEREST IN THE
EXCESS FUNDS GENERATED
FROM THE APRIL 5, 2016
TAX SALE FOR PROPERTY
LOCATED AT EFFINGHAM
HWY (TAX PARCEL: 55012),
CIVIL ACTION
FILE NO. SUCV2023000011
Respondents.
NOTICE OF SERVICE BY
PUBLICATION
To Respondents - Alfred Williams
And/Or His Or Her Known Or
Unknown Heirs At Law; Johnny
Williams And/Or His Or Her
Known Or Unknown Heirs At
Law; and Any And All Parties
That May Claim An Interest In
The Excess Funds Generated
From The April 5, 2016 Tax
Sale For Property Located At
Effingham Hwy (Tax Parcel:
55012): Please take notice
that Petitioner ANDREA C.
WAITS, in official capacity
as TAX COMMISSIONER
OF SCREVEN COUNTY
(“Petitioner”) has filed a
Summons and Petition for
Interpleader in the Superior Court
of Screven County, Georgia in the
above-captioned case.
Respondents are hereby
commanded to file their Answer
to the Petition within 60 days of
the date of the Order Directing
Service by Publication, or by
May 13, 2024, with the Clerk
of Superior Court of Screven
County, 216 Mims Road #105,
Sylvania, GA 30467, and serve
a copy of their Answer on
Petitioner’s counsel Bradley A.
Hutchins, at WEISSMAN PC,
One Alliance Center, 4th Floor,
3500 Lenox Road, NE, Atlanta,
Georgia 30326.
Witness, the Judge of Screven
County Superior Court.
This, 15th day of March, 2024.
By: Mandy B. Howard
Clerk of Superior Court of
Screven County, Georgia
Prepared by:
D. Andrew Folkner
Georgia Bar No. 695599
Bradley A. Hutchins
GABarNo. 380682
Counsel for Petitioner Andrea C.
Waits,
in official capacity as Tax
Commissioner
of Screven County
WEISSMAN PC
One Alliance Center, 4th Floor
3500 Lenox Road, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
(404) 926-4500 | F 4600
058
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059
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF SCREVEN COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
ANDREA C. WAITS, in
official capacity as TAX
COMMISSIONER OF
SCREVEN COUNTY,
GEORGIA,
Petitioner, v.
ROBERT E. WARENSFORD
AND/OR HIS OR HER KNOWN
OR UNKNOWN HEIRS AT
LAW, KELLI S. WARENSFORD
AND/OR HIS OR HER KNOWN
OR UNKNOWN HEIRS AT
LAW, JOSEPH T SMITH AND/
OR HIS OR HER KNOWN OR
UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW,
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
ANY AND ALL PARTIES THAT
MAY CLAIM AN INTEREST
IN THE EXCESS FUNDS
GENERATED FROM THE
APRIL 2, 2013 TAX SALE
FOR PROPERTY LOCATED
AT 351 MCDONALD ROAD,
SYLVANIA (TAX PARCEL:
034013B ),
Respondents.
CIVIL ACTION
FILE NO. SUCV2023000009
NOTICE OF SERVICE BY
PUBLICATION
To Respondents - Any And All
Parties That May Claim An
Interest In The Excess Funds
Generated From The April 2,
2013 Tax Sale For Property
Located At 351 McDonald
Road, Sylvania (Tax Parcel:
034013B): Please take notice
that Petitioner ANDREA C.
WAITS, in official capacity
as TAX COMMISSIONER
OF SCREVEN COUNTY
(“Petitioner”) has filed a
Summons and Petition for
Interpleader in the Superior Court
of Screven County, Georgia in the
above-captioned case.
Respondents are hereby
commanded to file their Answer
to the Petition within 60 days of
the date of the Order Directing
Service by Publication, or by
May 17, 2024, with the Clerk
of Superior Court of Screven
County, 216 Mims Road #105,
Sylvania, GA 30467, and serve
a copy of their Answer on
Petitioner’s counsel Bradley A.
Hutchins, at WEISSMAN PC,
One Alliance Center, 4th Floor,
3500 Lenox Road, NE, Atlanta,
Georgia 30326.
Witness, the Judge of Screven
County Superior Court.
This, 22nd day of March, 2024.
By: Mandy Howard
Clerk of Superior Court of
Screven County, Georgia
Prepared by:
D. Andrew Folkner
Georgia Bar No. 695599
Bradley A. Hutchins
GABarNo. 380682
Counsel for Petitioner Andrea C.
Waits, in official capacity as Tax
Commissioner of Screven County
WEISSMAN PC
One Alliance Center, 4th Floor
3500 Lenox Road, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
(404) 926-4500 | F 4600
059
03.27-04.17.24
060
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF
SCREVEN COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF
BESSIE LEE MORRELL AKA
BESSIE LEE MORELL
ESTATE NO. 2024-PC-23
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION NOTICE
TO: CALVIN LEE MORELL to
whom it may concern CALVIN
LEE MORELL has petitioned
for CALVIN LEE MORELL to
be appointed administrator(s)
of the estate of BESSIE LEE
MORRELL AKA BESSIE LEE
MORELL, deceased, of said
county. (The petitioner has also
applied for waiver of bond,
waiver of reports, waiver of
statements, and/or grant of certain
powers contained in O.C.G.A.
§53-12-261.) All interested
persons are hereby notified to
show cause why said petition
should not 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 April
18, 2024.
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
a 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 April 18, 2024.
If no objections are filed, the
petitions are filed, the petition
may be granted without a hearing.
Debbie C. Brown
Judge of the Probate Court
By: Vickie L. Parker
Clerk of the Probate Court
216 Mims Road, Suite 107
Sylvania, Georgia 30467
912-564-2783
060
03.27-04.17.24
061
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF
SCREVEN COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF
CHERYL M. ROBERTS,
DECEASED
ESTATE NO. 2024-PC-22
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION NOTICE
To whom it may concern: PETER
ROBERTS has petitioned
for PETER ROBERTS, to be
appointed administrator (s) of the
estate of CHERYLM. ROBERTS,
deceased, of said county. (The
petitioner has also applied for
waiver of bond, waiver of reports,
waiver of statements, and/or
grant of certain powers contained
in O.C.G.A. 53-12-261.) All
interested persons 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 April 29, 2024.
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 April 18, 2024.
If no objections are filed, the
petition may be granted without
a hearing.
Debbie C. Brown
Judge of the Probate Court
By: Vickie L. Parker
Clerk of the Probate Court
216 Mims Road, Suite 107
Sylvania, Georgia 30467
912-564-2783
061
03.27-04.17.24
062
PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Notice of the Public
Hearing and Request for Public
Comment for the State of
Georgia’s
Draft Annual Action Plan FY24
The State of Georgia, in
compliance with applicable
U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD)
regulations, has prepared a
draft version of the State's
Consolidated Annual Action Plan
for the Federal Fiscal Year 2024-
2025. The State of Georgia will
host a public hearing and webinar
to present the 2024 Annual Action
Plan. This FY24 Annual Action
Plan is the second year of the five-
year 2023-2027 Consolidated
Planning period. The Annual
Action Plan outlines the activities
that will be undertaken in the
program year (July 1, 2024,
to June 30, 2025). The six
federally funded HUD programs
covered by the Action Plan are
Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG), Community
Development Block Grant -
Disaster Recovery (CDBG-
DR), HOME Investment
Partnership (HOME), Emergency
Solutions Grant (ESG), Housing
Opportunities for Persons
with AIDS (HOPWA), and the
National Housing Trust Fund
(NHTF). The State of Georgia
encourages citizens, public
agencies and other interested
parties to review the contents
of its draft the Annual Action
Plan and to submit their written
comments.
A draft of the Annual Action Plan
will be available for review on
April 1,2024, by 5 PM by visiting
our website: https://www.dca.
ga.gov/node/4566. The report
may also be obtained upon request
from the Georgia Department of
Community Affairs by emailing
HUDPLanning@dca.ga.gov
The public hearing webinar will
be held on Wednesday, April 17,
2024 from 10:00 AM - 11:00
AM. To participate in the webinar
please, please register to attend
using the following link: https://
tinyurl.com/496a7mbm
If you have trouble with
the link, please email
HUDPLanning@dca.ga.gov
to receive the registration link.
All written comments should
be submitted by email or postal
mail no later than Wednesday,
May 1, 2024, at 5:00 p.m.
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062
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063
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF SCREVEN
CASE NO: 1S24DR19
Notice is hereby given that
MARK ANTHONY EUGENE
WOODS filed a petition to the
Superior Court of said County
on March 27, 2024, praying
for a change in the name of
the Petitioner from MARK
ANTHONY EUGE WOODS, to
MARK ANTHONY EUGENE
HUBBARD, and notice is hereby
given to any interested or affected
party to be and appear in said
matter in said Court on or before,
9 a.m. on the 31 st day of May,
2024, at which time all objections
to the granting of the relief prayed
for must be filed in said Court.
This 27day of March, 2024
Evelyn S. Hubbard
Attorney for Petitioner
PO Box 1704
Sylvania, Georgia
912-687-4754
063
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064
STATE BOARD MEMBER TO
HOLD PUBLIC HEARING
April 22, 2024
Mayor Matt Donaldson to Host
State Board of Education Twelfth
District Public Hearing
The State Board of Education will
hold a public hearing for citizens
in the Twelfth Congressional
District on Monday, April 22,
2024. The meeting will be held
from 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at
Jefferson County High School,
1157 Warrior Trail, Louisville, GA
30434.
The purpose of the hearing is to
hear comments from interested
citizens and educators within the
congressional district regarding
the performance and problems of
public education. Persons wishing
to speak should sign in upon
arrival.
The Georgia Department of
Education does not discriminate on
the basis of disability in admission
to, access to, or operations of its
programs, services, or activities.
Individuals who need assistance
or auxiliary aids for participation
in this public forum are invited
to make their needs known to
Geraldine Price at gprice@doe.
kl2.ga.us no later than 72 hours
before the scheduled event.
064
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065
NOTICE OF LOCATION AND
DESIGN APPROVAL
P. I. 0016600
SCREVEN COUNTY
Notice is hereby given in
compliance with Georgia Code 22-
2-109 and 32-3-5 that the Georgia
Department of Transportation has
approved the Location and Design
of this project.
The date of location and design
approval is: March 25, 2024
Project is located in Screven
County, Georgia along CR238/
Buck Creek Road over South
Prong Buck Creek. It will replace
the existing substandard bridge.
The project begins approximately
0.1 miles west of the bridge and
ends approximately 0.1 miles
east of the bridges with an overall
project length of 0.2 miles. Per
review of the GMD Screven
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at South Prong Buck Creek
appears to be located within GMD
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The proposed project will be
replaced along the existing
alignment with two (2) 10 ft.
travel lanes and 4 ft. (2 ft paved)
shoulders in each direction.
Anticipated phased construction
duration of 24 months combined
for PI 0016600 and PI 0016601.
Traffic will be maintained on an
off-site detour during construction
of the new bridge with a total
bypass length of 6.6 miles. One
bridge location will be detoured at
a time.
GDOT would be responsible for
acquiring property rights for this
project.
Drawings or maps or plats of the
proposed project, as approved,
are on file and are available for
public inspection at the Georgia
Department of Transportation:
Dustin Branum, Area Manager
District 5, Area 4
dubranum@dot.ga.gov
17213 U.S. Hwy 301 North
Statesboro, GA 30458
(912) 871-1103
Any interested party may obtain a
copy of the drawings or maps or
plats or portions thereof by paying
a nominal fee and requesting in
writing to:
Kimberly Nesbitt
Office of Program Delivery
Attn: Micheal Nash
Email: MNash@dot.ga.gov
600 West Peachtree St, N.W. 25th
Floor
Atlanta, GA 30308
Phone: (678) 665-3896
Any written request or
communication in reference to
this project or notice SHOULD
include the Project and P. I.
Numbers as noted at the top of
this notice.
065
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066
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
POWER
GEORGIA, SCREVEN
COUNTY
Under and by virtue of the Power
of Sale contained in a Security
Deed given by David Boutwell to
Mortgage Electronic Registration
Systems, Inc., as grantee, as
nominee for Rocket Mortgage,
LLC, FKA Quicken Loans, LLC,
its successors and assigns, dated
September 30, 2021, recorded
in Deed Book 520, Page 240,
Screven County, Georgia Records
and as re-recorded in Deed
Book 520, Page 412, Screven
County, Georgia Records, as last
transferred to Rocket Mortgage,
LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC
by assignment recorded in Deed
Book 542, Page 970, Screven
County, Georgia Records,
conveying the after-described
property to secure a Note in the
original principal amount of
NINETY-NINE THOUSAND
TWO HUNDRED AND 0/100
DOLLARS ($99,200.00), 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 Screven 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 May, 2024, 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,
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