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PAGE 8B PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. MARCH 2. 2023
Legal Notices
STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY
OF PICKENS
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
POWER
Because of a default under
the terms of the Security Deed
executed by Tammy M. Martin
to Mortgage Electronic Registra
tion Systems, Inc., as nominee
for Regions Bank d/b/a Regions
Mortgage dated February 23,
2009, and recorded in Deed
Book 852, Page 112, Pickens
County Records, said Security
Deed having been last sold, as
signed, transferred and con
veyed to Regions Bank D/B/A
Regions Mortgage, securing a
Note in the original principal
amount of $81,000.00, the
holder thereof pursuant to said
Deed and Note thereby secured
has declared the entire amount
of said indebtedness due and
payable and, pursuant to the
power of sale contained in said
Deed, will on the first Tuesday,
March 7, 2023, during the legal
hours of sale, before the Court
house door in said County, sell
at public outcry to the highest
bidder for cash, the property de
scribed in said Deed, to-wit:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL
OF LAND lying and being in
Land Lot 106, 13th District, 2nd
Section, Pickens County, Geor
gia, and being more particularly
described as follows:
TO FIND THE TRUE POINT OF
BEGINNING, begin at an iron
pin found at the common corner
of Land Lots 74, 75, 106 and
107 said district, section and
county; run thence South 01 de
grees 15 minutes 43 seconds
West along the common bound
ary line between said Land Lots
106 and 107 for a distance of
377.16 feet to an iron pin set;
run thence South 84 degrees 59
minutes 20 seconds East 200.0
feet to an iron pin set; run
thence North 19 degrees 04
minutes 44 seconds East
194.87 feet to an iron pin set on
the southwesterly right-of-way of
White Pine Crossover Road
(having a 40 foot right-of-way);
run thence South 59 degrees 18
minutes 14 seconds East along
the southwesterly right-of-way of
White Pine Crossover Road for
a distance of 126.16 feet to a
point; run thence South 57 de
grees 46 minutes 56 seconds
East along the southwesterly
right-of-way of White Pine
Crossover Road for a distance
of 121.85 feet to a point; run
thence South 53 degrees 53
minutes 13 seconds East along
the southwesterly right-of- way
of White Pine Crossover Road
for a distance of 112.93 feet -to
a point; run thence South 53 de
grees 39 minutes 09 seconds
East along the southwesterly
right-of-way of White Pine
Crossover Road for a distance
of 55.62 feet to an iron pin set
and THE TRUE POINT OF BE
GINNING; running thence South
53 degrees 39 minutes 09 sec
onds East along the southwest
erly right-of-way of White Pine
Crossover Road for a distance
of 83.85 feet to a point; running
thence South 57 degrees 18
minutes 02 seconds East along
the southwesterly right-of- way
of White Pine Crossover Road
for a distance of 87.75 feet to an
iron pin found and fence corner
on the common boundary line
between the subject property
and property now or formerly
owned by Timothy and Cheryl
McFarland (the “McFarland
Property”); running thence
South 26 degrees 43 minutes
05 seconds West along the
common boundary line between
the subject property and the Mc
Farland Property for a distance
of 191.71 feet to an iron pin
found; running thence North 68
degrees 45 minutes 24 seconds
West along the common bound
ary line between the subject
property and the McFarland
Property for a distance of
239.04 feet to an iron pin set;
running thence North 42 de
grees 41 minutes 03 seconds
East 247.23 feet to an iron pin
set on the southwesterly right-
of-way of White Pine Crossover
Road and THE TRUE POINT
OF BEGINNING; being im
proved property known as 536
White Pine Crossover Road ac
cording to the present system of
numbering houses in Pickens
County, Georgia, including a
one-story brick Veneer resi
dence and being identified as
Tract #1 containing 1.00 acre on
that certain plat of survey pre
pared by Roy D. Wilson, Jr.,
Registered Land Surveyor No.
2081, dated December 6, 1995.
Said property is known as
536 White Pine Crossover,
Jasper, GA 30143, together
with all fixtures and personal
property attached to and consti
tuting a part of said property, if
any.
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 au
thority, any matters which might
be disclosed by an accurate sur
vey and inspection of the prop
erty, any assessments, liens,
encumbrances, zoning ordi
nances, restrictions, covenants,
and matters of record superior
to the Security Deed first set out
above.
The proceeds of said sale will
be applied to the payment of
said indebtedness and all ex
penses of said sale as provided
in said Deed, and the balance, if
any, will be distributed as pro
vided by law.
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 confirmation and audit of
the status of the loan with the
secured creditor.
The property is or may be in the
possession of Tammy M. Martin,
successor in interest or
tenant(s).
Regions Bank d/b/a Regions
Mortgage as Attorney-in-Fact for
Tammy M. Martin
File no. 23-079896
LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP*
Attorneys and Counselors at
Law
211 Perimeter Center Parkway,
N.E., Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30346
(770) 220-2535/jw
https://www.logs.com/
*THE LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS
A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY IN
FORMATION OBTAINED WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PUR
POSE.
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF PICKENS
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
POWER
By virtue of the power of sale
contained in a Deed to Secure
Debt dated the 13th day of Sep
tember, 2019, BILLY LEE DAL
TON from to, JOHNNY J.
JONES REALTY, INC. recorded
in Deed Book 1191, Page 994-
998 , said Deed to Secure Debt
having been given to secure a
promissory note of even date, in
the original principal sum of
$42,500.00 , interest from date
as stated therein; the holder
thereof will offer the property de
scribed below for sale at public
outcry to the highest bidder for
cash before the courthouse door
at PICKENS COUNTY, GEOR
GIA within the legal hours of
sale on the first Tuesday in
March 2023, The property is de
scribed as follows:
All that tract or parcel of land
lying and being in Land Lots 56
and 57, of the 4th District and
2nd Section, of Pickens County,
Georgia and being more particu
larly described as Lot 63, of
Deer Run Subdivision as per
plat of record, recorded in Plat
Book P, Page 288, Pickens
County, Georgia Records of the
Clerk of Superior Court, said
plat being by T.M. Patton & As
sociates and said plat being by
this reference thereto incorpo
rated herein and made part
hereof including all improve
ments now located and placed
on said lot 63 including a 1992,
14 x 66, Fleetwood, Broadmore
mobile home with the Serial
Number: GAFLN07A24749BM.
The property has the physi
cal address of 76 Hensley Way,
Marble Hill, GA 30148-2202.
As described in Deed Book 952,
Page 733. Further described as
Map & Parcel 047C011.
This is the same property
bought by Johnny J. Jones at a
Tax Sale on December 3,2013
and the Tax Sale Deed is
recorded in Deed Book 1022,
Page 13-14, of the Pickens
County, Georgia records.
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 de
fault, this sale will be made for
the purpose of paying the same
and all expenses of this sale, in
cluding attorney’s fees.
To the best information, knowl
edge and belief of the under
signed, the property is presently
in the possession of BILLY LEE
DALTON .
The property will be sold as
the property of said BILLY LEE
DALTON and will be sold sub
ject to all restrictions, liens, en
cumbrances, easements and
other matter of record, if any, to
which the Deed to Secure Debt
is junior and inferior in terms of
priority, and subject to any and
all unpaid taxes of assessments
relating to the property.
JOHNNY J. JONES REALTY,
INC.
As Attorney-in-Fact-for BILLY
LEE DALTON
JOHNNY J. JONES REALTY,
INC.
7010 Boardtown Road
Ellijay, GA 30540
(706) 635-5046
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
POWER, PICKENS COUNTY
Pursuant to the Power of
Sale contained in a Security
Deed given by Gregory Argo to
Mortgage Electronic Registra
tion Systems, Inc., as grantee,
as nominee for United Whole
sale Mortgage, its successors
and assigns dated 4/13/2009
and recorded in Deed Book 857
Page 716 and modified at Deed
Book 996 Page 209 Pickens
County, Georgia records; as last
transferred to or acquired by
Wilmington Savings Fund Soci
ety, FSB, as trustee of Stanwich
Mortgage Loan Trust F, convey
ing the afterdescribed property
to secure a Note in the original
principal amount of
$156,346.00, with interest at the
rate specified therein, there will
be sold by the undersigned at
public outcry to the highest bid
der for cash before the Court
house door of Pickens County,
Georgia (or such other area as
designated by Order of the Su
perior Court of said county),
within the legal hours of sale on
March 7, 2023 (being the first
Tuesday of said month unless
said date falls on a Federal Holi
day, in which case being the first
Wednesday of said month), the
following described property:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PAR
CEL OF LAND LYING AND
BEING IN LAND LOT 28 OF
THE 4TH DISTRICT, 2ND SEC
TION, PICKENS COUNTY,
GEORGIA, CONTAINING 3.39
ACRES MORE OR LESS, AS
PER PLAT OF SURVEY ENTI
TLED “SURVEY FOR TIMOTHY
DUNCAN AND TAMMY DUN
CAN”, PREPARED BY ROY D.
WILSON, GRLS NO. 2081,
DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 1991,
RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK
BB, PAGE 104, PICKENS
COUNTY, GEORGIA
RECORDS, WHICH PLAT IS
INCORPORATED HEREIN BY
REFERENCE AND MADE A
PART OF THIS DESCRIPTION.
The debt secured by said
Security Deed has been and is
hereby declared due because
of, among other possible events
of default, failure to pay the in
debtedness as and when due
and in the manner provided in
the Note and Security Deed.
The debt remaining in default,
this sale will be made for the
purpose of paying the same and
all expenses of this sale, as pro
vided 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 1504 Fitts Rd,
Jasper, GA 30143 together with
all fixtures and personal prop
erty attached to and constituting
a part of said property, if any. To
the best knowledge and belief of
the undersigned, the party (or
parties) in possession of the
subject property is (are): Gre
gory Argo or tenant or tenants.
Carrington Mortgage Services,
LLC is the entity or individual
designated who shall have full
authority to negotiate, amend
and modify all terms of the mort
gage.
Carrington Mortgage Services,
LLC 1600 South Douglass Road
Suite 200-A Anaheim, CA 92806
(800) 561-4567
Note, however, that such en
tity or individual is not required
by law to negotiate, amend or
modify the terms of the loan.
Said property will be sold sub
ject 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 redemption of any taxing
authority, (d) any matters which
might be disclosed by an accu
rate survey and inspection of
the property, and (e) any as
sessments, liens, encum
brances, zoning ordinances,
restrictions, covenants, and
matters of record superior to the
Security Deed first set out
above.
The sale will be conducted
subject to (1) confirmation that
the sale is not prohibited under
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; and
(2) final confirmation 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 forcer-
tain procedures regarding the
rescission of judicial and non-ju-
dicial sales in the State of Geor
gia, the Deed Under Power and
other foreclosure documents
may not be provided until final
confirmation and audit of the
status of the loan as provided
immediately above.
Wilmington Savings Fund Soci
ety, FSB, as trustee of Stanwich
Mortgage Loan Trust F as agent
and Attorney in Fact for Gregory
Argo
Aldridge Pite, LLP, 15 Piedmont
Center, 3575 Piedmont Road,
N. E., Suite 500, Atlanta, Geor
gia 30305, (404) 994-7637.
2191-2621A
THIS LAW FIRM MAY BE ACT
ING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR
ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A
DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB
TAINED WILL BE USED FOR
THAT PURPOSE. 2191-2621A
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
PICKENS COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
In re the Name Change of:
Ethan L. Youmans, Petitioner.
Civil Action File No.
2023SUCV48
NOTICE OF PETITION TO
CHANGE NAME OF ADULT
I, Ethan Laurens Youmans,
filed a petition in the Superior
Court of Pickens County on Jan
uary 31,2023 to change his/her
name from Ethan Laurens
Youmans to Mabel Annabell
Wright. Any interested party has
the right to appear in this case
and file objections within 30
days after the Petition was filed.
Signed this 31st day of January,
2023.
STATE OF GEORGIA
PICKENS COUNTY
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
RE: Estate of Paula Elaine
Duke
All debtors and creditors of
the Estate of Paula Elaine Duke,
deceased, late of Pickens
County, Georgia, are hereby no
tified to render their demands
and payments to the Personal
Representative(s) of the estate,
according to law, and all per
sons indebted to said estate are
required to make immediate
payment to the Personal Repre
sentative^).
Donald Wilburn Lee Duke, 745
Moore Street, Jasper, Ga.
30143.
This January 31,2023
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF
PICKENS COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: JOHN DANIEL MCLAIN
DECEASED
ESTATE NO: 2023-ES-014
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION NOTICE
To whom it may concern:
Lucy Tomlena Glass Mclain has
petitioned to be appointed Ad
ministrator of the estate of John
Daniel Mclain, deceased, of said
County. The petitioner has also
applied for waiver of bond,
waiver of reports, waiver of
statements, and/or grant of cer
tain 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 pe
tition must be in writing, setting
forth the grounds of any such
objections, and must be filed
with the Court on or before
March 6th, 2023.
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 be
fore a probate court clerk, and
filing fees must be tendered with
your objections, unless you
qualify to file as in indigent party.
Contact probate court personnel
for the required amount of filing
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.
Judge of the Probate Court
David W. Lindsey, 50 N. Main
Street, Jasper, GA30143
706-253-8755
STATE OF GEORGIA
PICKENS COUNTY
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
POWER
By virtue of the power of sale
contained in that certain Deed to
Secure Debt from Robert Ed
ward Murdock, Jr. and Cyn
thia Van DeGejuchte to Robert
Dowis and Tonie Dowis, dated
December 4, 2020, filed for
record on December 7, 2020,
and recorded in Deed Book
1247, Pages 487-192, Pickens
County, Georgia Records, said
Deed to Secure Debt having
been given to secure a Note
dated December 4, 2020, in the
original principal sum of Two
Hundred Twenty Thousand and
NO/100 Dollars ($220,000.00),
with interest from date at the
rate stated in said Note on the
unpaid balance 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, within the legal
hours of sale on the first Tues
day in March, 2023, the property
described as follows:
ALL THAT TRACT OR A
PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND
BEING IN LAND LOT 167 OF
THE 4TH DISTRICT AND 2ND
SECTION OF PICKENS
COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND
BEING TRACT 2, CONTAINING
1.500 ACRES, MORE OR
LESS, AS SHOWN ON PLAT
OF SURVEY FOR ROBERTA.
& TONIE L. DOWIS, PRE
PARED BY RICHARD J. WEBB,
GRLS NO. 2507, DATED OC
TOBER 27, 2020, AND
RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK
2020, PAGE 229, PICKENS
COUNTY, GEORGIA
RECORDS, WHICH PLAT BY
REFERENCE IS INCORPO
RATED HEREIN FOR A MORE
COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF
THE PROPERTY.
SUBJECT PROPERTY IS
COMMONLY KNOWN AS 364
POOLE ROAD, BALL
GROUND, GA 30107, AC
CORDING TO THE CURRENT
SYSTEM OF NUMBERING IN
PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA.
The indebtedness secured by
said Security Deed has been
and is hereby declared due be
cause of default under the terms
of said Deed to Secure Debt
and one or more of the Notes
listed, including but not limited
to the nonpayment of the indebt
edness as and when due. The
indebtedness remaining in de
fault, this sale will be made for
the purpose of paying the same,
all expenses of the sale, includ
ing attorney’s fees and all other
payments provided for under the
terms of the Deed to Secure
Debt and Note(s).
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 au
thority, any matters which might
be disclosed by an accurate sur
vey and inspection of the prop
erty, any assessments, liens,
encumbrances, zoning ordi
nances, restrictions, covenants
and matters of record superior
to the Deed To Secure Debt first
set out above. THIS IS A PUR
CHASE MONEY NOTE.
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 confirmation and audit of
the status of the loan with the
holder of the Deed To Secure
Debt.
Notice has been given of inten
tion to collect attorney's fees in
accordance with the terms of
the Note secured by said Deed
To Secure Debt.
Said property will be sold as the
property of Robert Edward Mur
dock, Jr. and Cynthia Van
DeGejuchte, (the property, to
the best information, knowledge
and belief of the undersigned
being presently in the posses
sion of Robert Edward Murdock,
Jr. and Cynthia Van DeGejuchte
or the Estate of Cynthia Van
DeGejuchte), and the proceeds
of said sale will be applied to the
payment of said indebtedness
and all expenses of said sale,
including attorney's fees, all as
provided in said Deed To Secure
Debt, and the balance, if any,
will be distributed as provided
by law.
Robert Dowis and Tonie Dowis ,
As Attorney-in-Fact for
Robert Edward Murdock, Jr. and
Cynthia Van DeGejuchte or the
Estate of Cynthia Van DeGe
juchte
Nancy Cochran Maddox
Attorney at Law, PC.
23 Mary Street
Jasper, GA30143
706-253-3707
‘This law firm is acting as a debt
collector. Any information ob
tained will be used for that pur
pose.
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
OF RIGHT TO REDEEM
To: EDWARD A. ARM
STRONG, BIG CANOE PROP
ERTY OWNERS
ASSOCIATION, INC., any and
all occupants of the property de
scribed herein, and any and all
individuals/entities claiming an
interest in or right to the prop
erty described herein.
TAKE NOTICE THAT:
The right to redeem the follow
ing described property, to wit:
All and only that parcel of land
designated as Tax Parcel 046C
001 003, lying and being in
Land Lot 52 of the 4th Land Dis
trict, 2nd Section, Pickens
County, Georgia, containing
1.86 acres, more or less, being
Lot 8267, Cox Mountain Neigh
borhood of Big Canoe Subdivi
sion, shown in Plat Book HH,
Page 132, described in Deed
Book 440, Page 20, the descrip
tion contained therein being in
corporated herein by this
reference, located on Cox
Mountain Lane.
Will expire and be forever
foreclosed and barred on the
10th day of March, 2023, or 30
days after you are served with
this Notice, whichever comes
later.
The tax deed to which this
notice relates is dated the 1 st
day of February, 2022 and is
recorded in the Office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court of
Pickens County, Georgia in
Deed Book 1321, Page 763.
The property may be redeemed
at any time before the close of
business on the 10th day of
March, 2023, or 30 days after
you are served with this Notice,
whichever comes later, by pay
ment of the redemption priced
as fixed and provided by law to
Psachiyah Futterman, c/o P. An
drew Lowman, Attorney at Law,
12 North Main Street, Jasper,
GA 30143.
Please be governed accordingly.
This 2nd day of February, 2023.
P. Andrew Lowman
Attorney for Psachiyah Futter
man
12 North Main Street
Jasper, GA30143
706-253-7701
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
POWER
GEORGIA, PICKENS COUNTY
By virtue of a Power of Sale
contained in that certain Secu
rity Deed from CECIL E.
O'KELLEY to MORTGAGE
ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION
SYSTEMS INCAS NOMINEE
FOR QUICKEN LOANS INC.,
dated March 30, 2018, recorded
April 6, 2018, in Deed Book
1144, Page 767, Pickens
County, Georgia Records, said
Security Deed having been
given to secure a Note of even
date in the original principal
amount of One Hundred Eleven
Thousand Eight Hundred Three
and 00/100 dollars
($111,803.00), with interest
thereon as provided for therein,
said Security Deed having been
last sold, assigned and trans
ferred to Rocket Mortgage, LLC
f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC f/k/a
Quicken Loans Inc., there will
be sold at public outcry to the
highest bidder for cash at the
Pickens County Courthouse,
within the legal hours of sale on
the first Tuesday in March,
2023, all property described in
said Security Deed including but
not limited to the following de
scribed property:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PAR
CEL OF LAND LYING AND
BEING IN LAND LOT 93, 13TH
DISTRICT, 2ND SECTION,
PICKENS COUNTY, GEORGIA,
BEING LOT 20, EMERALD
CREEK, AS PER PLAT
RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK V,
PAGE 204, PICKENS COUNTY,
GEORGIA RECORDS, WHICH
PLAT IS HEREBY REFERRED
TO AND MADE A PART OF
THIS DESCRIPTION.
Said legal description being
controlling, however the prop
erty is more commonly known
as 343 EMERALD CREEK DR,
JASPER, GA 30143.
The indebtedness secured by
said Security Deed has been
and is hereby declared due be
cause of default under the terms
of said Security Deed. The in
debtedness remaining in de
fault, this sale will be made for
the purpose of paying the same,
all expenses of the sale, includ
ing attorneys’ fees (notice to col
lect same having been given)
and all other payments provided
for under the terms of the Secu
rity Deed.
Said property will be sold on
an “as-is” basis without any rep
resentation, warranty or re
course against the
above-named or the under
signed. The sale will also be
subject to the following items
which may affect the title: any
outstanding ad valorem taxes
(including taxes which are a
lien, whether or not now due
and payable); the right of re
demption of any taxing author
ity; matters which would be
disclosed by an accurate survey
or by an inspection of the prop
erty; all zoning ordinances; as
sessments; liens;
encumbrances; restrictions;
covenants, and any other mat
ters of record superior to said
Security Deed.
To the best of the knowledge
and belief of the undersigned,
the owner and party in posses
sion of the property is CECIL E.
O'KELLEY, ortenants(s).
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 confirmation and audit of
the status of the loan with the
holder of the Security Deed.
The entity having full authority to
negotiate, amend or modify all
terms of the loan (although not
required by law to do so) is:
Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a
Quicken Loans, LLC, Loss Miti
gation Dept., 635 Woodward
Ave., Detroit, Ml 48226, Tele
phone Number: (800) 508-0944.
Nothing in O.C.G.A. Section 44-
14-162.2 shall be construed to
require a secured creditor to ne
gotiate, amend, or modify the
terms of the mortgage instru
ment.
ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC
F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC
F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS INC.
as Attorney in Fact for
CECIL E. O'KELLEY
THE BELOW LAW FIRM MAY
BE HELD TO BE ACTING AS A
DEBT COLLECTOR, UNDER
FEDERAL LAW. IF SO, ANY IN
FORMATION OBTAINED WILL
BE USED FOR THAT PUR
POSE.
Attorney Contact: Rubin Lublin,
LLC, 3145 Avalon Ridge Place,
Suite 100, Peachtree Corners,
GA 30071
Telephone Number: (877) 813-
0992 Case No. QKN-19-00228-
11
NOTICE OF Sale Under Power
State of Georgia, County of
Pickens
Under and by virtue of the
Power of Sale contained in a
Security Deed given by Ryan L.
Collins and Kasandra Collins
to Mortgage Electronic Registra
tion Systems, Inc., as nominee
for Equity Prime Mortgage, LLC
(the Secured Creditor), dated
June 11,2019, and Recorded
on February 12, 2020 as Book
No. 1207 and Page No. 935,
Pickens County, Georgia
records, conveying the after-de
scribed property to secure a
Note of even date in the original
principal amount of
$117,472.00, with interest at the
rate specified therein, as last as
signed to Carrington Mortgage
Services, LLC by assignment
that is or to be recorded in the
Pickens County, Georgia
Records, there will be sold by
the undersigned at public outcry
to the highest bidder for cash at
the Pickens County Courthouse
within the legal hours of sale on
the first Tuesday in April, 2023,
the following described property:
The following described real es
tate located in Pickens County,
Georgia:
All that tract or parcel of land
lying in the 4th District, 2nd Sec
tion of Pickens County, Georgia
and part of Land Lots 203 and
216 and designated as Lot 7 of
Lawson Landing, Phase I, as
shown on survey of Ron R.
Wilkie, Jr., RLS #2378, dated
September 24, 1996 and
recording Plat Book BB, Page
21, Pickens County Records to
which reference is hereby made
for a more complete metes and
bounds description as provided
by Section 44-2-28 Official Code
of Ga. Ann. (29-423 Ga. Code
Ann.)
This deed is given subject to
easements and restrictions of
record.
Tax ID: 068-086-007
The debt secured by said Secu
rity Deed has been and is
hereby declared due because
of, among other possible events
of default, failure to pay the in
debtedness as and when due
and in the manner provided in
the Note and Security Deed.
Because the debt remains in de
fault, 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
attorney’s fees having been
given). Carrington Mortgage
Services, LLC holds the duly en
dorsed Note and is the current
assignee of the Security Deed
to the property. Carrington Mort
gage Services, LLC is the entity
with the full authority to negoti
ate, amend, and modify all
terms of the loan.
Pursuant to O.C.G.A. §44-
14-162.2, Carrington Mortgage
Services, LLC may be contacted
at: 1 -800-790-9502 or by writing
to 1600 South Douglass Road,
Suite 110 and 200-A, Anaheim,
CA 92806-5951.
Please note that, pursuant to
O.C.G.A. §44-14-162.2, the se
cured creditor is not required to
amend or modify the terms of
the loan.
To the best knowledge and
belief of the undersigned, the
party/parties in possession of
the subject property known as
337 LAWSON FEDERAL
ROAD, BALL GROUND, GA
30107 is/are: Ryan L. Collins or
tenant/tenants. 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) any matters which
might be disclosed by an accu
rate survey and inspection of
the property, and (c) all matters
of record superior to the Secu
rity Deed first set out above, in
cluding, but not limited to,
assessments, liens, encum
brances, zoning ordinances,
easements, restrictions,
covenants, etc.
The sale will be conducted
subject to (1) confirmation that
the sale is not prohibited under
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; and
(2) final confirmation and audit
of the status of the loan with the
holder of the security deed.
Pursuant to O.C.G.A. §9-13-
172.1, which allows for certain
procedures regarding the rescis
sion of judicial and nonjudicial
sales in the State of Georgia,
the Deed Under Power and
other foreclosure documents
may not be provided until final
confirmation and audit of the
status of the loan as provided in
the preceding paragraph.
Funds used at sale shall be in
certified funds and payable to
“Bell Carrington Price & Gregg,
LLC”.
Carrington Mortgage Services,
LLC as Attorney in Fact for
Ryan L. Collins and Kasandra
Collins.
Any information obtained on this
matter may be used by the debt
collector to collect the debt. Bell
Carrington Price & Gregg, LLC,
339 Heyward Street, 2nd Floor,
Columbia, SC 29201 (803)-509-
5078. File: 23-40217
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