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STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY
OF BURKE
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF MARY
CHRISTINE KIRKENDOLL
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of MARY
CHRISTINE KIRKENDOLL,
deceased, are hereby notified
to render their demands to the
undersigned according to law, or
lose priority as to your claim, and
all persons indebted to said estate
are required to make immediate
payment to me.
This 151 day of December, 2020.
PATRICIA ANN HILL
127 Pecos Road
Hephzibah, Georgia 30815
Administrator of the
Estate of Mary Christine Kirkendoll
Walter P. Degenhardt
Attorney at Law
205 East Sixth Street Waynesboro,
GA 30830 (706) 554-7086
Dec. 9,16,23, 30,2020
305
DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA
BURKE COUNTY
All persons having claims against
William Henry Harper, Jr. and his
estate are required to present the
same to the undersigned, properly
itemized and proven, within the time
required by law. And all persons
indebted to said deceased, or
his estate, are requested to
make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
This 1st day of December, 2020.
William H. Harper, III Executor
Attorney: Patrick C. Smith, Jr.
3549 Wheeler Rd. Augusta, GA
30909
Estate of: William Henry Harper, Jr.
Dec. 9,16,23, 30,2020
306
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
SALE UNDER POWER
BURKE COUNTY, GEORGIA
Linder and by virtue of the Power of
Sale contained in a Security Deed
given by James L. Herring a/k/a
James Herring and Gwendolyn H.
Herring to First Choice Mortgage,
Inc., dated January 28, 2003,
and recorded in Deed Book 419,
Page 306, Burke County, Georgia
Records, as last transferred to
Truist Bank, successor by merger
to SunTrust Bank by assignment
recorded on February 10, 2003 in
Book 419 Page 315 in the Office
of the Clerk of Superior Court of
Burke County, Georgia Records,
conveying the after-described
property to secure a Note in the
original principal amount of One
Hundred Three Thousand Six
Hundred Eighty-Seven and 0/100
dollars ($103,687.00), 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 Burke County,
Georgia, within the legal hours
of sale on January 5, 2021, the
following described property:
All that tract or parcel of land lying
and being in Burke County, Georgia;
being known as Farm #5, containing
4.74 acres, and Farm #6, containing
6.11 acres, in the West Augusta
Farms, Unit I Subdivision as shown
on Plat for files A-6246, Burke
County Clerk's Office, Burke County
Superior court, to which reference is
hereby made for a more complete
description.
These conveyances are subject to
all existing easements of record or
in place; Grantee accepts that this
road is a private road.
These farms are subject to the
covenants, which are recorded
covenants running with the land.
All Purchasers of this farm, for
themselves, their heirs and assigns,
by the acceptance of the conveyance
of these farms, agree to be bound by
the covenants which are recorded
in Plat Book 180, Page 298, in the
Burke County Real Estate Records,
Burke County Georgia.
Invalidation of any of these
covenants by judgment or court
order shall in now way affect any
of the other provisions, which shall
remain in full force and effect.
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 indebtedness 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 provided in
Security Deed and by law, including
attorney’s fees (notice of intent to
collect attorney’s fees having been
given).
The entity having full authority to
negotiate, amend or modify all terms
of the loan (although not required
by law to do so) is: Truist Bank,
successor by merger to SunTrust
Bank they can be contacted at
(800) 443-1032 for Loss Mitigation
Dept, or by writing to 1001 Semmes
Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23222,
to discuss possible alternatives to
avoid foreclosure.
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
matters 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.
To the best knowledge and belief
of the undersigned, the party in
possession of the property is The
Estate of Gwendolyn H. Herring or
tenant(s); and said property is more
commonly known as 206 Oak Hill
Drive, Hephzibah, GA 30815.
The sale will be conducted subject to
(1) confirmation that the sale is not
prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code (2) final confirmation and audit
of the status of the loan with the
holder of the security deed and (3)
any right of redemption or other lien
not extinguished by foreclosure.
Truist Bank, successor by merger to
SunTrust Bank as Attorney in Fact
for James L. Herring a/k/a James
Herring and Gwendolyn H. Herring.
Brock & Scott, PLLC
4360 Chamblee Dunwoody Road
Suite 310
Atlanta, GA 30341
404-789-2661
B&S file no.: 20-02559
Dec. 9,16, 23, 30, 2020
310
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF
RIGHTTO REDEEM
To: Jacqueline Hankerson, Erma
Griner, Linda Diane Edenfield,
Marian S. Jackson in her Official
Capacity as Burke County Tax
Commissioner, and to any person
claiming an interest in the property
described herein:
Dennis Lendell Carpenter hereby
gives Notice that he intends to
forever foreclose the right of
redemption on that tract or parcel
of land known as:
All that lot, tract or parcel of land
situate, lying and being in the City
of Waynesboro, the 60-62nd G.M.
District, County of Burke, State of
Georgia, fronting a distance of 59
feet 10 inches on the West side of
Wallace Street in the Southwesterly
direction a distance or depth of
approximately 92 feet to a lot
known as the “Sessions” Lot, its
Southwestern end being 61 feet 9
inches in width, each corner of said
lot being evidenced by stakes, said
lot having been previously descried
as bounded on the North by lot of
James E. Graham, East by Wallace
Street, South by lot of the Bible
Church of Waynesboro, and west
by said Sessions lot. This is the
same lot conveyed to W.W. Griner by
deed of L.J. Joiner dated September
15, 1956 and recorded in Deed
Book 61, Page 501, Burke County
records. This lot or parcel of land is
also known as 615 Wallace Street
in the City of Waynesboro and the
same lot the Grantors received in a
Division deed of the hears of W.W.
Griner, deceased, where in the
said Grantor Erma Griner became
vested in with a life estate and upon
hear death the remainder interest
therein to vest in Grantor, Linda
Diane Edenfield.
As describer in Deed Book 384,
Page 47. Further described as Map
& Parcel W10069.
The right to redeem said property
will expire and be forever foreclosed
and barred on and after the 15th
day of January, 2021. The tax deed
to which this notice relates is dated
the 1st day of October, 2019 and is
recorded in the Office of the Clerk
of Superior Court of Burke County,
Georgia in Deed Book 1120, Pages
164-165.
The property may be redeemed
at any time before the 15th day
of January, 2021, by payment
of the redemption price as fixed
and provided by law to the
undersigned.
Please be governed accordingly.
Tameka Haynes
Frails & Wilson, LLC
211 Pleasant Home Road, Suite A-1
Augusta, Georgia 30907
Dec. 9,16, 23, 30, 2020
311
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
POWER OF SECURITY DEED
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF BURKE
Under and by virtue of the Power
of Sale contained in the Deed to
Secure Debt from AMANDA W.
BURNETT, to ROBERT K. BELL,
JR. INVESTMENTS, INC., dated
February 14, 2018, and being
recorded in Deed Book 1054, pages
289-296, Burke County, Georgia
Records, given to secure one Note
in the original amount of $27,500,
and modified by that certain First
Modification of Deed to Secure
Debt dated December 18, 2018,
recorded in Deed Book 1084, Pages
9-11, Burke County Records, the
undersigned will sell, at public
outcry, to the highest bidder for cash
before the door of the Courthouse
of Burke County, Georgia, during
the legal hours of sale on the first
Tuesday in JANUARY, 2021, the
following described property to-wit:
All that tract, lot or parcel of land,
lying and being in 63rd G.M.D.,
Burke County Georgia, the same
being designated as Tract 4G on a
plat of survey prepared by L. Steve
Bargeron, Surveyor, Ga. Reg. No.
1871, on a plat of survey dated
October 14, 1994. Said plat of
survey is recorded in the File for
Plats A-7319 on March 19, 1995.
Said plat of survey is by reference
incorporated herein and made a
part hereof.
Also conveyed herewith is a
perpetual easement Forty (40')feet in
width for the purpose of ingress and
egress over, across and through the
remaining lands of the Waynesboro
Deliverance Evangelistic Church
and subsequent Grantees to State
Highway 24.
SUBJECT HOWEVER, to all valid
easements and restrictions of record
or in existence.
Total acreage - 0.53 acres, more
or less.
Said tract of land is known as 249
Stripp Lane, Waynesboro, Georgia
and further known as Map/Parcel
083A 071 in the Tax Assessor’s
Office of Burke County, Georgia.
AND
All that tract, lot or parcel of land,
lying and being in 63rd G.M.D.,
Burke County Georgia, the same
being designated as Tract 3G on a
plat of survey prepared by L. Steve
Bargeron, Surveyor, Ga. Reg. No.
1871, on a plat of survey dated
October 14, 1994. Said plat of
survey is recorded in the File for
Plats A-7319 on November 7,1994.
Said plat of survey is by reference
incorporated herein and made a
part hereof.
Also conveyed herewith is a
perpetual easement Forty (4C)
feet in width for the purpose of
ingress and egress over, across
and through the remaining lands
of the Waynesboro Deliverance
Evangelistic Church and subsequent
Grantees to State Highway 24. Said
easement shall be construed as a
covenant running with the land and
shall bind the Grantor herein, his
heirs and assigns.
SUBJECT HOWEVER, to all valid
easements and restrictions of record
or in existence.
Total acreage - 0.46 acres, more
or less.
Said tract of land is known as Lot 3,
Block G, Morris Village, Stripp Lane,
Waynesboro, Georgia and further
known as Map/Parcel 083A 072 in
the Tax Assessor’s Office of Burke
County, Georgia.
AND
THAT CERTAIN 1998 Manufactured/
Mobile Home VIN: HWC228733,
which has been made a permanent
part of this property by Form
T-234 Mobile/Manufactured Home
Certificate of Permanent Location
filed with the Superior Court of Burke
County in Deed Book 1056, Pages
61-63, Burke County Records.
The indebtedness secured by said
Deed to Secure Debt has been
and is hereby declared due and
payable in full by reason of default
under the provisions of said Deed
to Secure Debt and the terms of
the Note secured thereby, and sale
will be made for the purpose of
applying the proceeds thereof to
the payment of the indebtedness
and interest thereon, attorney's
fees and expenses of sale, and the
balance, if any, shall be applied as
provided by law.
To the best knowledge and belief
of the Lender, said property will be
sold as the property of AMANDA
W. BURNETT, and is being sold
subject to any and all liens superior
to this lien, outstanding ad valorem
taxes, and easements, restrictions
against the property, if any. The
undersigned will execute a deed to
the purchaser as authorized by the
aforementioned debt deed.
This the 3rd day of December, 2020.
Publication dates: December 9,
16,23 and 30,2020.
ROBERT K. BELL, JR.
INVESTMENTS, INC. AS
ATTORNEY IN FACT FOR
AMANDA W. BURNETT
BY:ROBERT K. BELL, JR.,
PRESIDENT
STEPHEN T. RUSHING, ESC.
TAULBEE, RUSHING, SNIPES,
MARSH & HODGIN, LLC
12 SIEBALD STREET
POST OFFICE BOX 327
STATESBORO, GEORGIA 30458
(912) 764-9055
THIS LAW FIRM IS COLLECTING
A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION
OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR
THAT PURPOSE.
Dec. 9,16, 23, 30,2020
312
TO: ESTATE OF LEE O. BRAY,
DECEASED, ESTATE OF FREDDIE
BRAY, ELIZABETH BRAY, SARAH
BRAY a/k/ a SARAH QUILLER,
WALLACE BRAY and anyone
claiming an interest in the property
described below.
Take Notice That:
The right to redeem the following
described property, to wit:
All that tract or parcel of land
lying and being in the 72nd G.M.
District of Burke County, Georgia
containing 1.08 acres, more or less,
and being described as Lot #12 of
Circle (K) Estates and described
more particularly on plat of survey
for Circle (K) Estates made by
W. C. Howell, Ga. Reg. Surveyor
No. 2287, dated May 25, 1998 a
copy of which is of record in the
Office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Burke County, Georgia in
File for Plats A-8172, which plat is
hereby incorporated in its entirety
herein for a more complete and
comprehensive description of the
metes, bounds, dimensions and
location of said property.
This conveyance is made subject
to all easements, reservations,
restrictions of record.
Said tract of land is known as 2068
Susie Bailey Road, Waynesboro,
Burke County, Georgia 30830,
and further known as Map/Parcel
033 083 in the Tax Assessor’s Office
of Burke County, Georgia,
will expire and be forever foreclosed
and barred on and after the 18th
day of JANUARY, 2021. The tax
deed to which this notice relates
is dated the 2nd day of October,
2018, and is recorded in the office
of the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Burke County, Georgia, in Deed
Book 1077, at page 133-134.
The property may be redeemed
at any time before the 18th day of
JANUARY 2021, by payment of
the redemption price as fixed and
provided by law to the undersigned
at the following address: 12 Siebald
Street, Statesboro, Georgia 30458.
ROBERT K. BELL, JR.
INVESTMENTS, INC.
Stephen T. Rushing, Esq.
Taulbee, Rushing, Snipes, Marsh &
Hodgin, LLC
12 Siebald Street, Statesboro,
Georgia 30458
912/764-9055
Dec. 9,16, 23, 30,2020
313
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF
BURKE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF
LEVESTERB. WILLIAMS,
DECEASED
NOTICE - PUBLICATION
IN RE: Petition to Probate Will in
Solemn Form and for Letters of
Administration with Will Annexed
TO: MELANIE COLLINS,
VIRGEREE HARDEN, CORALEE
HARDEN, CLARETHA HARDEN,
JASON HARDEN, JAMIE
HARDEN, ERICA HARDEN, LEON
HARDEN,TERESA HARDEN,
LINEAR HARDEN, III, DWIGHT
HARDEN, CLARA MAE HARDEN,
CATHERINE HARDEN, ANGELA
HARDEN, ALBERTA HARDEN,
DEBBIE HARDEN ANTHONY
HARDEN, ALDEN HARDEN, AND
ANY AND ALL THE SINGULAR
HEIRS OF SAID DECEASED NOT
SPECIFICALLY NAMED HEREIN
ABOVE,
This is to notify you to file objection, if
there is any to the above-referenced
Petition, in this Court on or before
JANUARY 4, 2021.
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 scheduled at
a later date. If no objections are filed,
the Petition may be granted without a
hearing.
REX T. MYERS
Judge of the Probate Court
BURKE COUNTY JUDICIAL CENTER
200 EAST SIXTH STREET
P.O. BOX 322
WAYNESBORO, GA 30830
Address
(706) 554-3000
Telephone Number
Dec. 9,16, 23, 30,2020
314
“NOTICETO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
State of Georgia
County of Burke
All creditors of the Estate of Talmadge
E. Burke, deceased, are hereby
notified to render their demands to
the undersigned according to law, or
lose priority as to your claim, and all
persons indebted to said estate are
required to make immediate payment
to the undersigned.
This 30th day of November, 2020.
Connie Burke Judy
Executor of the Estate of
Talmadge E. Burke
Law Office of
Tyler C. Mahaffey, LLC
Attorney for Estate
603 North Liberty Street
Waynesboro, Georgia 30830
(706) 360-6096”
Dec. 9,16, 23, 20, 2020
315
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND
DEBTORS
State of Georgia
County of Burke
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF JERRY
JONES SMITH
All creditors of the Estate of JERRY
JONES SMITH, deceased, late of
BURKE COUNTY, Georgia, are hereby
notified to render an account of their
demands to the undersigned according
to law or lose priority as to your claim
and all persons indebted to said
estate are required to make immediate
payment to the undersigned.
This the 8th day of December 2020.
Vera Douglas Smith
1008 Hwy 56, North
Waynesboro, Georgia 30830
Executor of the Estate of Jerry Jones
Smith, Deceased
Bettieanne Childers Hart
Attorney at Law, LLC
P.O. Box 311006
Atlanta, GA 31131
Dec. 16,23, 30,2020 Jan. 6, 2021
316
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF BURKE
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF HAROLD
L SEABROOK
All creditors of the Estate of HAROLD
L. SEABROOK, deceased, are hereby
notified to render their demands to the
undersigned according to law, or lose
priority as to your claim, and all persons
indebted to said estate are required to
make immediate payment to me.
This 7th day of December, 2020.
Walter P. Degenhardt
Attorney at Law
205 East Sixth Street
Waynesboro, GA 30830
(706) 554-7086
Dec. 16,23, 30, 2020, Jan. 6, 2021
317
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF
BURKE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF
IMOGENETINDAL JONES,
DECEASED
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION
NOTICE
ANISSA LASHAWN JONES, has
petitioned to be appointed Administrator
of the estate of IMOGENE TINDAL
JONES, 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 11,2021.
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 scheduled at a later date.
If no objections are filed, the
Petition may be granted without
a hearing.
REX T. MYERS
Judge of the Probate Court
BURKE COUNTY JUDICIAL
CENTER
200 EAST SIXTH STREET
P.O. BOX 322
WAYNESBORO, GA 30830
Address
(706) 554-3000
Telephone Number
Dec. 16, 23, 30, 2020, Jan. 6,
2021
318
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF
BURKE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE:
JENNY MCBURNEY
YOUNGQUIST,
DECEASED
NOTICE OF PETITION TO FILE
FOR YEAR’S SUPPORT
The Petition of RANDOLPH
MITCHELL YOUNGCUIST,
for a year’s support from the
estate of JENNY MCBURNEY
YOUNGCUIST, Deceased, for
Decedent’s Surviving Spouse,
having been duly filed, all
interested persons are hereby
notified to show cause, if any they
have, on or before JANUARY 11,
2021, 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 on or before
the time stated in the preceding
sentence. 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 scheduled at a
later date. If no objections are
filed the Petition may be granted
without a hearing.
REX T. MYERS
Judge of the Probate Court
BURKE COUNTY JUDICIAL
CENTER
200 EAST SIXTH STREET,
ROOM 208
P.O. BOX 322
WAYNESBORO, GA 30830
Address
706-554-3000
Telephone Number
319
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF
BURKE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF
RANDALL E. SELPH,
DECEASED
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION
NOTICE
REBECCA L. DIXON has
petitioned to be appointed
Administrator of the estate of
RANDALL E. SELPH, 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
11,2021.
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 scheduled at a later date.
If no objections are filed, the
Petition may be granted without
a hearing.
REX T. MYERS