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PUBLIC NOTICES
Legal 52
In The Superior Court
Of Pike County
State Of Georgia
In Re: Summer Alexandra
Childs
Civil Action No.: 2021CV-
064SLB
Notice of Petition To Change
Name
Notice is hereby given that
Summer Alexandra Childs, the
undersigned, filed her peti
tion to the Superior Court of
Pike County, Georgia, on the
22nd day of March 2021, pray
ing for a change in the name
of petitioner from Summer
Alexandra Childs to Summer
Alexandra Clackum. Notice is
hereby given pursuant to law
to any interested or affected
party to appear in said court
and to file objections to such
name change. Objections must
be filed with said court within
30 days of the filing of said peti
tion.
This the 22nd day of March,
2021.
/s/Summer Alexandra Childs,
Petitioner
Monica Hamlett, Attorney for
Petitioner
GA Bar No. 599998
The English Law Group, LLC
222 Plaza Drive
Zebulon, Georgia 30295
770-229-0009
monica@englishlawgroupllc.
com
3/31; 4/7, 14, 21
Legal 53
Notice to Debtors
and Creditors
Georgia, Pike County
All creditors of the Estate
of Mary Laney Meadows, late
of said County, are hereby no
tified to render in their claims
or demands to the undersigned
Executrix according to law, and
all persons indebted to said
estate are required to make im
mediate payment to the under
signed Executrix.
This 23rd day of March,
2021.
Cathy Meadows Takle,
as Executrix aforesaid
Beck, Owen & Murray
Attorneys, Griffin, GA
3/31; 4/7, 14, 21
Legal 56
In the Probate Court
of Pike County
State of Georgia
In Re: Estate of Robyn Carol
Barnett Fuller, deceased
Petition for Letters of
Administration Notice
To: Whom it may concern:
Terry Cameron Fuller has
petitioned for letters of ad
ministration to be appointed
Administrator of the estate of
Robyn Carol Barnett Fuller,
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 inter
ested parties are hereby noti
fied 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 objec
tions, and must be filed with
the Court on or before May 3,
2021.
BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All
objections to the Petition must
be in writing, setting forth the
grounds of any such objec
tions. All objections should be
sworn to before a notary pub
lic 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 Pro
bate 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 grant
ed without a hearing.
/s/ Ginny W. Blakeney
Judge of the Probate Court
P. O. Box 324
Zebulon, Georgia 30295
770-567-8734
4/7, 14, 21, 28
Legal 58
In the Superior Court
of Pike County
State of Georgia
Civil Action Case No. 2021CV
0818LB
In Re: the name change of
Ronie Heather Michelle Ben
nett, Petitioner
Notice of Petition to Change
Name of Adult
Ronie Heather Michelle Ben
nett filed a petition in the Pike
County Superior Court on April
6, 2021 to change the name
from Ronie Heather Michelle
Bennett to Michelle D. Bennett.
Any interested party has the
right to appear in this case and
file objections within 30 days
after the Petition was filed.
/s/R. H. Michelle Bennett, Peti
tioner
921 Old Lifsey Springs Rd., Mo-
lena, GA 30258
4/14, 21, 28; 5/5
Legal 59
Notice To Debtors And Credi
tors
All creditors of the estate
of HELEN J. THOMPSON, de
ceased, a resident of Pike
County,
Georgia, are hereby notified
to render in their demands to
the undersigned according to
law, and all persons indebted
to said estate are required to
make immediate payment.
This 29th day of March,
2021.
Wayne Thompson
Executor of the Estate of
Helen J. Thompson
c/o Michelle Chaudhuri, Esq.
Talley & Associates, PC.
1892 Ga. Hwy 138, SE
Conyers, GA 30013
(770)483-1431
4/14, 21, 28; 5/5
Legal 60
Public Notice of the Public
Hearing and request for public
comment on the State of Geor
gia's proposed Annual Action
Plan for FFY 2021, the 4th year
of the
2018-2022 Consolidated Plan
The State of Georgia will
host a public hearing and webi
nar to present its proposed Ac
tion Plan for FFY 2021, the 4th
year of the five-year 2018-2022
Consolidated Plan.
The Annual Action Plan in
dicates how anticipated funds
received from the U.S. Depart
ment of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) will be
implemented from July 1, 2021
- June 30, 2022 for the following
programs: Community Devel
opment Block Grant (CDBG),
Community Development
Block Grant Disaster Relief (CD-
BG-DR), Emergency Solutions
Grant (ESG), HOME Investment
Partnerships (HOME), Housing
Opportunities for Persons with
AIDS (HOPWA), and the Nation
al Housing Trust Fund (NHTF)
Programs.
The Plan provides strate
gies and investments of re
sources to address housing
and community development
needs, barriers to fair housing,
and lead-based paint hazards.
The Plan includes all records of
citizen participation/consulta
tion.
The State of Georgia encour
ages all of its residents, sub
recipients and grantees, public
agencies, and other interested
parties to attend this public
hearing and/or webinar and
submit any written comments
to the agency.
The public comment period
for the Plan is open from April
1 through May 15, 2021.
The public hearing webinar
will be held on Wednesday,
April 28 from 2:00-3:00 PM.
To participate in the webinar
please email HUDPLanning@
dca.ga.gov to ask to receive the
registration link.
Copies of the proposed plan
and supporting data may be
downloaded for free at https://
www.dca.ga.gov/node/4566
To request copies of the
proposed Plan or copies of
data used:
By email: HUDPlanning@
dca.ga.gov
By mail: Georgia Depart
ment of Community Affairs,
ATTN: Samanta Carvalho, Of
fice of Community Housing De
velopment, 60 Executive Park
South, Atlanta, Georgia 30329
DCA is prepared to provide
appropriate language services
for non-English-speaking (LEP)
individuals. Spanish, Chinese,
Korean, and/or Vietnamese in
terpreters can be made avail
able upon request. Please
identify any language services
needed 10 days prior to the
public hearing, including in
which language(s) such ser
vices are required.
Translation of the notice
and interpretation services for
this event are available upon
request.
Traduccion de la notifi-
cacion y servicios de interpre
tation para este evento estan
disponibles a pedido.
DCA complies with Title II of
the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990 and the Rehabilita
tion Act of 1973. Individuals
with disabilities who may need
auxiliary aids or special modifi
cation to participate in the pub
lic comment process should
call (404) 679-0567 or email
HUDPlanning@dca.ga.gov
Individuals seeking reasonable
accommodations or with spe
cific ADA needs should email
fairhousing@dca.ga.gov. Visit
https://dca.ga.gov/fairhousing
for more information.
4/14
Legal 61
The Georgia Department of
Community Affairs (DCA) an
nounced today that the Hous
ing Choice Voucher (HCV) pro
gram, or Section 8, waiting list
preliminary application period
will be open April 22-26, 2021
through an online system.
The voucher program pro
vides a rental subsidy to assist
extremely low and low-income
individuals and families in rent
ing safe, decent, and affordable
housing in the private rental
market throughout DCA’s juris
diction of 149 counties in Geor
gia. The subsidy is given to eli
gible families who are selected
from the wait list. Eligibility for
the program is based on sever
al factors including the family’s
income and eligible citizenship
status.
DCA will accept prelimi
nary applications for the HCV
program beginning Thursday,
April 22, at 12:01 a.m. through
Monday April 26, at 11:59 p.m.
for all 149 of the counties it
serves. The remaining 10 coun
ties in Georgia are served by
their local housing authorities.
Complete lists of the coun
ties and cities in which DCA
administers the HCV program
can be found at https://www.
dca.ga.gov/node/2167/docu-
ments/2085.
Applications will only be ac
cepted electronically through
an online system. Beginning
April 22, applicants may log on
to the wait list application at
www.applygadca.com. The ap
plication is available in English,
Korean, Mandarin, Spanish and
Vietnamese. Applicants requir
ing assistance in completing
the preliminary application or
an accommodation because
of a disability may email DCA
at applygadca@dca.ga.gov or
they may call an application as
sistance phone line, which will
be available April 22, 23 and 26
from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., at
1-888-858-6085, select option 2.
Requests must be made during
the application acceptance pe
riod of April 22-26, 2021. Infor
mation regarding the wait list
application process is available
at 855-741-5177.
DCA’s Housing Assistance
Division representatives say
there is no advantage to apply
ing on the first day, April 22. All
preliminary applications will
be entered into a lottery, and
a random drawing will be held
to determine the ranking of the
preliminary applications on
the waiting list. Not all prelimi
nary applications will result in
placement on the wait list after
the lottery drawing.
No duplicate preliminary
applications will be accepted.
Any duplicate applications
with the same household mem
bers listed will be removed. All
applications must be complete
including correct social secu
rity numbers and dates of birth
for each family member, includ
ing minors.
DCA does not charge for an
application and advises appli
cants to beware of any website
or company that states that it
charges on behalf of DCA.
For more information about
DCA’s Housing Choice Voucher
program, visit https://www.
dca.ga.gov/safe-affordable-
housing/rental-housing-assis-
tance/housing-choice-voucher-
program-formerly-known
About the Georgia Depart
ment of Community Affairs:
The Georgia Department
of Community Affairs (DCA)
partners with communities to
create a climate of success for
Georgia’s families and busi
nesses through community
and economic development,
local government assistance,
and safe and affordable hous
ing. Using state and federal re
sources, DCA helps communi
ties spur private job creation,
implement planning, develop
downtowns, generate afford
able housing solutions, and
promote volunteerism. DCA
also helps qualified low- and
moderate-income Georgians
buy homes, rent housing, and
prevent foreclosure and home
lessness. For more informa
tion, www.dca.ga.gov.
4/14
Legal 63
In the Probate Court
of Pike County
State of Georgia
In Re: Estate of Timothy Wayne
Reese, deceased
Petition for Letters of
Administration Notice
To: Whom it may concern:
Brandi Vining has peti
tioned for letters of administra
tion to be appointed Adminis
trator of the estate of Timothy
Wayne Reese, 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 be
fore May 7, 2021.
BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All
objections to the Petition must
be in writing, setting forth the
grounds of any such objec
tions. All objections should be
sworn to before a notary pub
lic 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 Pro
bate 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 grant
ed without a hearing.
/s/ Ginny W. Blakeney
Judge of the Probate Court
P.O. Box 324
Zebulon, Georgia 30295
770-567-8734
4/14, 21, 28; 5/5
FORECLOSURE
Legal 57
State of Georgia
County of Pike
NOTICE OF SALE
UNDER POWER
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale contained with
that certain Security Deed dat
ed May 12, 2015, from Thomas
J. Burgess to Mortgage Elec
tronic Registration Systems,
Inc., as nominee for Live Well
Financial, Inc., recorded on
May 21, 2015 in Deed Book
3951 at Page 23 Pike County,
Georgia records, having been
last sold, assigned, transferred
and conveyed to Reverse Mort
gage Funding LLC by Assign
ment and said Security Deed
having been given to secure
a note dated May 12, 2015, in
the amount of $186,000.00, and
said Note being in default, the
undersigned will sell at public
outcry during the legal hours
of sale before the door of the
courthouse of Pike County,
Georgia, on May 4, 2021 the fol
lowing described real property
(hereinafter referred to as the
“Property”):
All that lot, tract or parcel of
land situate, lying and being in
land lot 42 of the second land
district of originally Monroe,
now Spalding County, Georgia
being more particularly shown
and designated as lot 14 of
Phase II in Moreland Crossing
subdivision containing 1.050
Acres, on a plat of survey enti
tled “property survey for Rob
ert D. Watkins and June I. Wat
kins”, prepared by Presley, Farr
and Associates, dated October
24, 1990, and recorded in plat
book 19, page 130, Spalding
Superior court records. Said
plat together with the metes,
bounds, courses and distances
as shown thereon is incorpo
rated by reference and made a
part hereof as fully as if set out
herein.
The debt secured by the Se
curity Deed and evidenced by
the Note and has been, and is
hereby, declared due and pay
able because of, among other
possible events of default, fail
ure to make the payments as
required by the terms of the
Note. The debt remaining is
in default and this sale will be
made for the purposes of pay
ing the Security Deed, accrued
interest, and all expenses of the
sale, including attorneys’ fees.
Notice of intention to collect at
torneys' fees has been given as
provided by law. To the best of
the undersigned’s knowledge,
the person(s) in possession of
the property is Thomas J. Bur
gess.
The property, being com
monly known as 103 Mead-
owview Ln, Williamson, GA,
30292 in Pike County, will be
sold as the property of Thomas
J. Burgess, subject to any out
standing ad valorem taxes (in
cluding taxes which are a lien
and not yet due and payable),
any matters affecting title to
the property which would be
disclosed by accurate survey
and inspection thereof, and
all assessments, liens, encum
brances, restrictions, cov
enants, and matters of record
to the Security Deed. Pursu
ant to O.C.G.A.Section 44-14-
162.2, the name, address and
telephone number of the indi
vidual or entity who shall have
the full authority to negotiate,
amend or modify all terms of
the above described mortgage
is as follows: Compu-Link Cor
poration, d/b/a Celink, 2900
Esperanza Crossing, Austin, TX
78758, 512-691-1699. The fore
going notwithstanding, noth
ing in O.C.G.A. Section 44-14-
162.2 shall require the secured
creditor to negotiate, amend
or modify the terms of the
mortgage instrument. The sale
will be conducted subject (1)
to confirmation that the sale
is not prohibited under U.S.
Bankruptcy code and (2) to fi
nal confirmation and audit of
the status of the loan with the
holder of the Security Deed.
Albertelli Law Attorney for Re
verse Mortgage Funding LLC as
Attorney in Fact for Thomas J.
Burgess 100 Galleria Parkway
Suite 960 Atlanta, GA 30339
Phone: (770) 373-4242 By:
Cory P. Sims For the Firm
THIS FIRM IS ACTING AS A
DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPT
ING TO COLLECT A DEBT.
ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR
POSE.
4/7, 14,21,28
PIKE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
MONTHLY MEETING
6:30 P.M. April 8, 2021
The Pike County Planning Commission will conduct a special called meeting on April 29, 2021 at 6:30
p.m. on the second floor of the Pike County Courthouse located at 16001 Barnesville Street, Zebulon,
Georgia. The Planning Commission will conduct a PUBLIC HEARING on the following items:
(1) Rezoning application, REZ-21-01, Jennifer Gilow & Angie Woodall, applicants, and Cecelia
Carol McGuffey, owner, are requesting a rezoning from P-I, Professional-Institutional to C-2, General
Commercial for the property located at 3022 US Hwy 19, Meansville, GA 30256. The subject property is
2 acres in size with approximately 204 feet of frontage along US 19. It is located in Landlot 57 of the 71st
land district of Pike County. It is further identified by Parcel ID 071-058. The purpose of the rezoning re
quest is to develop an indoor event center to host birthday gatherings, bridal and baby showers, banquets,
and small business meetings in the main building and utilize the accessory building as office space. The
public is invited to attend to speak in favor or in opposition of the request. The Planning Commission
will forward a recommendation to the Board of Commissioner for final decision. *
The Pike County Board of Commissioners will conduct a PUBLIC HEARING on this item on Wednes
day, May 12, 2021 at 9:00 am on the second floor of the Pike County Courthouse located at 16001 Barnes
ville Street, Zebulon, Georgia. The public is invited to attend to speak in favor or in opposition of the
request.
^Quorum was not achieved at the stated Planning Commission meeting on 4/8/21.
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