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PAGE 4B PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. DECEMBER 29. 2016 Legal Notices NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER GEORGIA, PICKENS COUNTY Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by Glen E Davies to Washington Mutual Bank, FA, dated April 1,2008, recorded in Deed Book 818, Page 149, Pickens County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to Specialized Loan Servicing LLC by assignment recorded in Deed Book 1083, Page 43, Pickens County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of THREE HUNDRED NINETY-SIX THOUSAND AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($396,000.00), 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 Pickens County, Georgia, or at such place as may be lawfully desig nated as an alternative, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in January, 2017, the follow ing described property: See Exhibit ”A” attached here to and made a part hereof. The debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is here by declared due because of, among other possible events of default, fail ure to pay the indebtedness as and when due and in the manner provid ed in the Note and Security Deed. The debt remaining in default, 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 attor ney's fees having been given). Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), any mat ters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above. Specialized Loan Servicing LLC is the holder of the Security Deed to the property in accordance with OCGA§ 44-14-162.2. The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: Specialized Loan Servicing, 8742 Lucent Blvd STE 300, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 800-306-6059. To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in pos session of the property is Glen E Davies or a tenant or tenants and said property is more commonly known as 2480 Wedgewood Dr, Jasper, Georgia 30143. The sale will be conducted sub ject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final con firmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the security deed. EXHIBIT “A” All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot 17 of the 4th District, 2nd Section of Pickens County, Georgia, being Lot 2480 of Wedgewood Neighborhood of Big Canoe Subdivision, as per plat recorded in Plat Book S, Page 228 and Plat Book R, Pages 180-183, of Pickens County, Georgia Records, which plat is incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof. Specialized Loan Servicing LLC as Attorney in Fact for Glen E Davies McCalla Raymer Pierce, LLC 1544 Old Alabama Road Roswell, Georgia 30076 www.foreclosurehotline.net MR/th4 1/3/17 Our file no. 5513915 - FT1 This is an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. (33-36) IN THE JUVENILE COURT OF PICKENS COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA IN THE INTEREST OF: K. C. DOB: 06/05/08; SEX: M; AGE: 8; CASE NO.: 2016-JU-J-259-03 Z. C. DOB: 04/24/10; SEX: M; AGE: 6; CASE NO.: 2016-JU-J-260-03 Minor children under the age of eighteen (18) years. NOTICE OF SUMMONS TO: TINA COGGINS JOHN DOE AND ANY UNKNOWN BIOLOGI CAL FATHER LAST KNOWN ADDRESS: UNKNOWN PRESENT WHEREABOUTS: UNKNOWN You are hereby notified that a Petition for Dependency respecting the above named children has been filed in this Court by the Georgia Department of Human Services act ing by and through the Pickens County Department of Family and Children Services. A copy of the Petition can be obtained from the Clerk's office during normal business hours. You are hereby notified that a hearing for the purpose of temporary custody of the above named minor children, will be held by the Pickens County Juvenile Court on January 23, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. at the Pickens County Courthouse, 52 N. Main Street, Jasper, Georgia 30143 at which time you should make your objections known. The relief being sought by the Petitioner is to obtain an order which will grant the Department temporary custody of your minor children. You have the right to be repre sented by counsel. If you are unable to employ legal counsel without undue financial hardship, the Court will appoint an attorney to represent you. If you desire appointment of an attorney, you should advise the Court of such need immediately. WITNESS the Honorable Jan Wheeler, Judge of the Pickens County Juvenile Court. This 1st day of December, 2016. JENNIFER JORDAN, Clerk of Pickens County Juvenile Court (35-38) NOTICE OF INTENT TO VOLUN TARILY DISSOLVE A CORPORA TION Notice is given that a notice of intent to dissolve Claims Management Services, Inc., a Georgia corporation with tits regis tered office at 11651 Big Canoe, Jasper GA 30143, has been deliv ered to the Secretary of state for filing in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation Code. (35-36) STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY of PICKENS NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER By virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain Deed to Secure Debt from MONA RAE WIL SON to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR THE AMERICAN EAGLE MORTGAGE CO, LLC dated December 31, 2015, filed for record January 5, 2016, and recorded in Deed Book 1072, Page 887, Pickens County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to AMERIHOME MORT GAGE COMPANY, LLC by assign ment recorded in Deed Book 1094, Page 686, Pickens County, Georgia Records. Said Deed to Secure Debt having been given to secure a Note dated December 31,2015 in the orig inal principal sum of ONE HUNDRED THREE THOUSAND NINETY EIGHT AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($103,098.00), with interest from date at the rate stated in said Note on the unpaid bal ance until paid, there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the Courthouse door at Pickens County, Georgia, or at such place as has or may be lawfully designated as an alternative location, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in January, 2017, the following described property: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOTS 301,302 & 312 OF THE 24TH DISTRICT, 2ND SECTION OF PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA, BEING LOT 28, BLACK KNOB FALLS II, RECORDED AT PLAT BOOK PP, PAGE 158, PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA RECORDS; SAID PLAT OF SURVEY IS INCOR PORATED HEREIN AND MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE HERETO. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is MONA RAE WILSON or a tenant or tenants. Said property may more commonly be known as: 155 BLACK KNOB FALLS DR, RANGER, GA 30734. The debt secured by said Deed to Secure Debt has been and is hereby declared due because of, among other possible events of default, non payment of the monthly installments on said loan. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale, including attor ney ,s fees (notice of intent to collect attorney,s fees having been given). The individual or entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the loan is AMERIHOME MORTGAGE COMPA NY, LLC, PO BOX 77404. EWING, NJ 08628; (855) 501-3035. Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, whether or not now due and payable), the right of redemption of any taxing authority, any matters which might be disclosed by an accu rate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above. The sale will be conducted sub ject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final con firmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the Security Deed. Pursuant to O.C.G.A. Section 9-13-172.1, which allows for certain procedures regarding the rescission of judicial and nonjudicial sales in the State of Georgia, the Deed Under Power and other foreclosure docu ments may not be provided until final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan as provided in the preceding paragraph. “Auction services to be provided by Auction.com (www.auc- tion.com)* AMERIHOME MORTGAGE COMPA NY, LLC As Attorney-in-Fact forMONA RAE WILSON Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, PLLC 11675 Great Oaks Way, Suite 375 Alpharetta, GA 30022 Telephone: 770-393-4300 Fax: 770-393-4310 PH # 30764 This law firm is acting as a debt collector. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. (33-36) IN THE PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF PICKENS STATE OF GEORGIA IN RE: ESTATE OF ELMA AYARS CHAPMAN, DECEASED ESTATE# 2016-ES-143 PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE TO: THE HEIRS OF ROBERT KEN NETH AYARS, KENNETH AYARS, SHARI WACHS, PAUL G. WAL- RAVEN, JR., J. GEORGE PAULEY, JR., RENE PAULEY, H. BRUCE MEYERS, MICHAEL AYARS, MINI AYARS, MICHAEL AYARS, AND ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS OF ELMA AYARS CHAPMAN Stuart G. Anderson Jr. has peti tioned to be appointed Administrator(s) of the estate of Elma Ayars Chapman, deceased, of said County. (The Petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond and/ or grant of certain powers contained in O.C.G.A. §53-12-261.) All interested parties 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 January 2, 2016. All plead ings/ objections must be signed under oath before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and fil ing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/ objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court personnel at the following address/ telephone number for the required amount of fil ing fees. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing. David W. Lindsey, Judge of The Probate Court 50 North Main Street Jasper, GA30143 (706)253-8755 (33-36) NOTICE OF INTENT TO INCORPO RATE Notice is given that Articles of Incorporation which will incorporate Erin Kirby Entertainment, Inc, have been delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation Code (O.C.G.A. Section 14-2-201.1). The initial registered office of the corpora tion is located at 100 Wild turkey Lane; Jasper; Pickens County, Georgia, 30143, and its initial regis tered agent at such address is Charles Vernon Kirby. NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER GEORGIA, PICKENS COUNTY Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by Mike Reece to HOME CAP ITAL INC., dated 11/20/2004, record ed in Deed Book 627, Page 490, Pickens County, Georgia records, as last transferred to WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR OPTION ONE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-1, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-1 by assignment recorded or to be recorded in the Pickens County, Georgia records conveying the after-described proper ty to secure a Note in the original principal amount of Seventy-Seven Thousand Six Hundred and 00/100 DOLLARS ($77,600.00), with interest thereon as set forth therein, there will be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash at the usual place for conducting Sheriff's sales in Pickens County, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in January 2017, the following described property: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN ORIGINAL LAND LOT NUMBER 121 IN THE 12TH DISTRICT AND 2ND SECTION OF PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA. ALL OF SUBDIVISION LOTS 5 AND 6 OF THE J.A. DARNELL SUB DIVISION IN SAID LAND LOT, DISTRICT, SECTION, COUNTY AND STATE AS SHOWN BY SURVEY AND PLAT OF SAID SUBDIVISION, MADE BY LUCIUS GRANT. REGIS TERED SURVEYOR, RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK B. PAGE 18, PICK ENS COUNTY, GEORGIA RECORDS. WHICH SAID SURVEY, PLAT AND RECORD ARE MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE FOR FURTHER DESCRIPTION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTY HEREIN DESCRIBED, TOGETHER WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON. THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION IS THE SAME AS FOUND IN PRIOR DEED OF RECORD AS A BOUND ARY LINE SURVEY WAS NOT DONE AT THE TIME OF THIS CON VEYANCE. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO MIKE REECE FROM JESSICA REECE BY QUIT CLAIM DEED DATED OCTOBER 15, 2002 AND RECORDED OCTOBER 18, 2002 IN BOOK 480, PAGE 198 IN THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT'S OFFICE FOR PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA. THIS CONVEYANCE IS SUB JECT TO ALL RESTRICTIONS, EASEMENTS, SETBACK LINES, AND OTHER CONDITIONS SHOWN OF RECORD IN THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURTS OFFICE FOR PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA. The debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is here by declared due because of, among other possible events of default, fail ure to pay the indebtedness as and when due and in the manner provid ed in the Note and Security Deed. The debt remaining in default, 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 attor ney's fees having been given). Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), any mat ters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above. The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, 1661 Worthington Road, Suite 100, West Palm Beach, FL 33409, 561-682- 8000. Please understand that the secured creditor is not required by law to negotiate, amend, or modify the terms of the mortgage instrument. To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the parties in possession of the property are Mike Reece or a tenant or tenants. The sale will be conducted sub ject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final con firmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the security deed. WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR OPTION ONE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-1, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-1 As Attorney in Fact for Mike Reece Weissman, PC. Attn: Lender Services One Alliance Center, 4th Floor 3500 Lenox Road Atlanta, GA 30326 Our File# 017237-008105 This is an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. (33-36) IN THE PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF PICKENS STATE OF GEORGIA IN RE: ESTATE OF MAX DAVID CHILDERS, DECEASED ESTATE # 2016-ES-139 PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE TO: WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Gaylene Gleason has petitioned to be appointed Administrator(s) of the estate of Max David Childers, deceased, of said County. (The Petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond and/ or grant of certain pow ers contained in O.C.G.A. §53-12- 261.) All interested parties are hereby notified to show cause why said peti tion should not be granted. All objec tions 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 January 2, 2017. All pleadings/ objections must be signed under oath before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/ objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court personnel at the following address/ telephone number for the required amount of fil ing fees. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing. David W. Lindsey, Judge of the Probate Court 50 North Main Street Jasper, GA 30143 (706)253-8755 (33-36) NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER, PICKENS COUNTY Pursuant to the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by Nancy L. Anderson and Douglas W. Anderson to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nomi nee for FIRST BANK MORTGAGE A DIVISION OF FIRST BANK OF GEORGIA dated 11/8/2010 and recorded in Deed Book 910 Page 38 Pickens County, Georgia records; as last transferred to or acquired by Branch Banking and Trust Company, conveying the after-described proper ty to secure a Note in the original principal amount of $ 85,000.00, with interest at the rate specified therein, there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the Courthouse door of Pickens County, Georgia (or such other area as designated by Order of the Superior Court of said county), within the legal hours of sale on January 03, 2017 (being the first Tuesday of said month unless said date falls on a Federal Holiday, in which case being the first Wednesday of said month), the fol lowing described property: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot 8 of the 13th District and 2nd Section of Pickens County, Georgia containing 1.73 acres and being Lot 11 of MILLER CROSSING SUBDIVISION as per plat of survey prepared by Roy D. Wilson G.R.L.S. No. 2081, dated December 23, 1996, recorded in Plat Book BB, pages 53-54, Pickens County, Georgia Records and by ref erence thereto, said plat of survey is incorporated herein and made a part hereof. The debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is here by declared due because of, among other possible events of default, fail ure to pay the indebtedness as and when due and in the manner provid ed in the Note and Security Deed. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale, as provided in the Security Deed and by law, including attorney's fees (notice of intent to collect attor ney's fees having been given). Said property is commonly known as 203 Firetower Road, , Jasper, GA 30143 together with all fixtures and personal property attached to and constituting a part of said proper ty, if any. To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party (or parties) in possession of the sub ject property is (are): Douglas W. Anderson and Nancy L. Anderson or tenant or tenants. Branch Banking and Trust Company is the entity or individual designated who shall have full authority to negotiate, amend and modify all terms of the mortgage. Branch Banking and Trust Company Mortgage Loan Servicing P.O. Box 2467 Greenville, SC 29602-2467 1-800-827-3722 Note, however, that such entity or individual is not required by law to negotiate, amend or modify the terms of the loan. Said property will be sold subject to: (a) any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), (b) unpaid water or sewage bills that constitute a lien against the property whether due and payable or not yet due and payable and which may not be of record, (c) the right of redemp tion of any taxing authority, (d) any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, and (e) any assess ments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above. The sale will be conducted sub ject to (1) confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; and (2) final confir mation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the Security Deed. Pursuant to O.C.G.A. Section 9-13-172.1, which allows for certain procedures regarding the rescission of judicial and non-judicial sales in the State of Georgia, the Deed Under Power and other foreclosure docu ments may not be provided until final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan as provided immediately above. Branch Banking and Trust Company as agent and Attorney in Fact for Nancy L. Anderson and Douglas W. Anderson Aldridge Pite, LLP (formerly known as Aldridge Connors, LLP) 15 Piedmont Center 3575 Piedmont Road, N.E. Suite 500 Atlanta, Georgia 30305 (404) 994-7400. 1207-787A This law firm may be acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. 1207-787A (33-36) IN THE PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF PICKENS STATE OF GEORGIA IN RE: ESTATE OF FAYE COLINE WOFFORD, DECEASED ESTATE NO# 2016ES155 PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE TO: WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Heather Pendley has petitioned to be appointed Administrator(s)) of the estate of Faye Coline Wofford, deceased, of said County. (The Petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond and/ or grant of certain pow ers contained in O.C.G.A. §53-12- 261.) All interested parties are hereby notified to show cause why said peti tion should not be granted. All objec tions to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such 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 February 6, 2016. All pleadings/ objections must be signed under oath before a notary public or before a pro bate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/ objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court personnel at the following address/ telephone number for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no objec tions are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing. David W. Lindsey Judge of the Probate Court 50 North Main Street Jasper, GA30143 (706)253-8755 (36-39) NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF RIGHT TO REDEEM [REF. O.C.G.A., Section 48-4-5 et seq.; 48-4-45 & 48-4-46] TO: VACATION HOME SHARES, INC. FLEET FINANCIAL CORPORATION as successor-by-merger to FLEET FINANCE INC. OF GEORGIA BENT TREE COMMUNITY, INC. PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCI ATES, LLC JANE B. REAM LAWRENCE MIRANDA ROSE E. MIRANDA DAVID A. CROCKETT JUANITA T. CROCKETT DEBORAH G. BROWN A/K/A DEB ORAH G. OWENS ROGER F. WILKINSON AND HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW HILDA WILKINSON AND HER UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW 800 LITTLE PINE MOUNTAIN OWN ERS ASSOCIATION DENNIS H. DAUGHTERY AND HER UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW LORRIE DAUGHTERY III GAINES A. WESTMORELAND JR. GREGORY V. WESTMORELAND JAMES C. CLINKSCALES PILAR CLINKSCALES E. ROCKFORD MCCORD GRAHAM R. ADAMS AND HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW ETHEL O. ADAMS AND HER UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW BILLY JOE DICKERSON SHAY C. DICKERSON EDGAR M. PERRYMON BRENDA C. PERRYMON ERNEST G. CROFT ANNETTE M. CROFT AND HER UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW ANNA W. TINSLEY AND HER UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW DAVID JAY AND HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW REBECCA W. CLEMENTS FLEET FINANCE, INC. JANICE CRADDOCK AND HER UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW SUSAN WILLIAMS-ROGERS JIM WILLIAMS-ROGERS ANDREW J. HALL AND HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW REVOCABLE TRUST OF JAMES HAROLD WILLIAMS AND EDITH R. WILLIAMS GRACE G. DORRIS AND HER UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW MARVIN R. WEBB CHRISTINE A. WEBB PAUL BARKLEY MARY C. BARKLEY ROBERT M. KUNIG DONALD L. COLE PATSY B. COLE JOHN T. CONROY AND HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW DONNA M. CONROY SUSAN L. CLINTON AND HER UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW GLYNDON S. CRUTCHER KAREN CRUTCHER OCCUPANT OF 1725 LITTLE PINE MOUNTAIN AND ALL PERSONS KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HAVING ANY RIGHT, TITLE INTEREST IN, OR LIEN UPON 1725 LITTLE PINE MOUNTAIN RE: FORECLOSURE OF EQUITY OF REDEMPTION FOR TAX SALE DEED (REF. O.C.G.A. § 48-4-45, 46) Take notice that: The right to redeem the following described property, to wit will expire and be forever foreclosed and barred as of five o'clock (5 p.m.) on and after February 7, 2017 or 30 days after legal service of the Notice pursuant to OCGA 48-4-45 et seq., whichever date is later: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT 259 OF THE 5TH DIS TRICT, 2ND SECTION, PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND BEING LOT 800 AS PER PLAT OF A POR TION OF LITTLE PINE MOUNTAIN SECTION, BENT TREE, BY W.N. HIGGS, R.L.S., DATED AUGUST 26, 1970, AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK D, AT PAGE 213, PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA RECORDS. PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN SUPPLEMENTARY DECLARATION DATED AUGUST 26, 1970, AND RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 7, AT PAGE 613, PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA RECORDS, THE ABOVE- DESCRIBED PROPERTY IS SUB JECT TO THAT CERTAIN DECLA RATION OF COVENANTS, CONDI TIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AND RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 4, AT PAGE 362, PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA. RECORDS. SAID DEC LARATION SUBJECTS THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED PROPERTY TO CERTAIN PROTECTIVE COVENANTS, RESTRICTIONS, EASEMENTS, ASSESSMENTS AND LIENS AND ALL OF THE PROVI SIONS OF SAID DECLARATION ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN AND MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE. That property known as 1725 LIT TLE PINE MOUNTAIN according to the present system of numbering homes and having tax parcel identifi cation number 027A-587. The tax deed to which this notice relates is dated October 6, 2015, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Pickens County, Georgia in Deed Book 1068 Page 100. The property may be redeemed on or before the time and date stated above by payment of the redemption price as fixed and provided by law to the undersigned at the following address: SOVEREIGN HOLDINGS, LLC c/o Carolina D. Bryant, Esq. Ayoub & Mansour, LLC 675 Seminole Avenue, Suite 301 Atlanta, Georgia 30307 404.892.2599 Please be governed accordingly. (35-38) IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF PICKENS COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA MICAH AUSTIN HENSON, PLAINTIFF, vs. SHAWNA NOEL GODFREY, DEFENDANT CIVIL ACTION # 2016SUCV659 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION By order for service of publication dated the 2nd day of December, 2016, you are hereby notified that on the 2nd day of December, 2016, Micah Austin Henson, filed suit against you for Legitimization and Custody/ Visitation. You are required to file with the Clerk of Superior Court, and serve upon the Plaintiff an answer in writing within sixty (60) day s of the date of the order for publication. Witness, the Honorable Brenda S. Weaver, Judge of the Superior Court. This the 2nd day of December, 2016. Gail Brown, Clerk Pickens County Superior Court (33-36) NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER GEORGIA, PICKENS COUNTY Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by Robert E. Martin and Anthony J. Vilone to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Mortgagelt, Inc, its successors and assigns, dated March 23, 2006, recorded in Deed Book 704, Page 399, Pickens County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. by assignment recorded in Deed Book 1091, Page 574, Pickens County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of THREE HUNDRED THIR TY-THREE THOUSAND AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($333,000.00), with inter est thereon as set forth therein, there will be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the courthouse door of Pickens 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 January, 2017, the following described property: See Exhibit “A” attached here to and made a part hereof. The debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is here by declared due because of, among other possible events of default, fail ure to pay the indebtedness as and when due and in the manner provid ed in the Note and Security Deed. The debt remaining in default, 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 attor ney's fees having been given). Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), any mat ters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is the holder of the Security Deed to the property in accordance with OCGA § 44-14-162.2. The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: Wells Fargo Home Mortgage a div. of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., PO Box 10335, Des Moines, IA 50306 1-800- 416-1472. To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in pos session of the property is Robert E. Martin and Anthony J. Vilone or a tenant or tenants and said property is more commonly known as 6352 Huckleberry Trail, Big Canoe, Georgia 30143. The sale will be conducted sub ject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final con firmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the security deed. EXHIBIT “A” ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT 299 OF THE 5TH DIS TRICT, 2ND SECTION, PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA, BEING LOT 6352, OF THE DISHAROON VAL LEY NEIGHBORHOOD OF BIG CANOE SUBDIVISION, AS PER PLAT RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK G, PAGE 30, PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA RECORDS, TO WHICH PLAT REFERENCE IS MADE FORA MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Attorney in Fact for Robert E. Martin and Anthony J. Vilone McCalla Raymer Pierce, LLC 1544 Old Alabama Road Roswell, Georgia 30076 www.foreclosurehotline.net MR/kjf 1/3/17 Our file no. 5406716 - FT7 This is an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. (33-36) NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF RIGHT TO REDEEM [REF. O.C.G.A., Section 48-4-5 et seq.; 48-4-45 & 48-4-46] TO: CAROL ABERNATHY BAILEY as Executor of the Estate of STEL LA M. ABERNATHY a/k/a STELLA EULALIA ABERNATHY BENT TREE COMMUNITY, INC. OCCUPANT OF 225 OGLETHORPE MOUNTAIN ROAD AND ALL PER SONS KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HAVING ANY RIGHT, TITLE INTER EST IN, OR LIEN UPON 225 OGLETHORPE MOUNTAIN ROAD RE: FORECLOSURE OF EQUITY OF REDEMPTION FOR TAX SALE DEED (REF. O.C.G.A. § 48-4-45, 46) Take notice that: The right to redeem the following described property, to wit will expire and be forever foreclosed and barred as of five o'clock (5 p.m.) on and after January 6, 2016 or 30 days after legal service of the Notice pursuant to OCGA 48-4-45 et seq., whichever date is later: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT 297 OF THE 5TH DIS TRICT AND 2ND SECTION OF PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND BEING LOT NO. 110 AS PER PLAT OF A PORTION OF OGLETHORPE MOUNTAIN SECTION, BENT TREE, BY W. N. HIGGS, R.L.S., DATED JULY 24, 1970, AS FINALLY REVISED AUGUST 14, 1970, AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK D, PAGE 210, PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA RECORDS. That property known as 225 OGLETHORPE MOUNTAIN ROAD according to the present system of numbering homes and having tax parcel identification number 026C 164. The tax deed to which this notice relates is dated October 6, 2015, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Pickens County, Georgia in Deed Book 1068 Page 102. The property may be redeemed on or before the time and date stated above by payment of the redemption price as fixed and provided by law to the undersigned at the following address: ENCORE ASSETS, LLC c/o Carolina D. Bryant, Esq. Ayoub & Mansour, LLC 675 Seminole Avenue, Suite 301 Atlanta, Georgia 30307 404.892.2599 Please be governed accordingly. (34-37) For questions about legal ads contact Stacey at the Pickens Progress 706-253-2457 legals@pickensprogress.com