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THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by Lantz M Orvin to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated February 1, 2008, recorded in Deed Book 441, Page 305, Appling County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to Branch Banking and Trust Company by assignment to be recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($167,373.00), 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 Appling County, Georgia within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in July, 2011, the following described property: SEE EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF The debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is hereby declared due because of, among other possible events of default, 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). 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. The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: Branch Banking & Trust Company, 301 College Street, PVN #101729, Greenville, SC 29601, 800-827-3722. 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 party in possession of the property is Lantz M Orvin or a tenant or tenants and said property is more commonly known as 231 Heath Street, Baxley, Georgia 31513. The sale will be conducted subject (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.
Branch Banking and Trust Company
as Attorney in Fact for Lantz M Orvin
McCalla Raymer, LLC
1544 Old Alabama Road
Roswell, Georgia 30076
www.foreclosurehotline.net
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Our file no. 52682610-FT1
EXHIBIT “A” All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, consisting of 0.929 acre, more or less, of lot of Land No. 244, being bound now or formerly as follows: Northerly by Kathy Atkins; easterly by James E. & Yvonne J. Howell; southerly by Heath Street; and westerly by Medders Construction Company. Said tract of land being more particularly described according to a plat of survey by Denean W. Dixon, G.R.L.S. No. 1647, dated April 9, 2003, recorded in Plat Book 16, Page 348, Office of the Clerk, Superior Court, Appling County, Georgia, incorporated herein for descriptive and all other legal purposes. This conveyance is subject to declaration of restrictions, covenants, limitation, conditions, reservations, and easements applicable to Oakridge Subdivision, Appling County Georgia, dated January 1, 1999, recorded in Deed Book 323, Page 448, in Office Clerk of Superior Court, Appling County, Georgia.
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Our file no. 52682610 - FT1
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On September 25, 2008, LARRY E. FORTH executed a Note in the original principal amount of $55,498.96. Time was made the essence of the contract and the Note contained a provision for the payment of attorney’s fees if collected by law or through an attorney at law. In order to secure the payment of said Note, LARRY E. FORTH, O.D., executed and delivered to PEOPLES STATE BANK & TRUST a Deed to Secure Debt, recorded in Deed Book 335, Page 525, in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, conveying the following described property:
All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the City of Baxley, Appling County, Georgia, being bound: Northerly for a distance of 58 feet 6 inches by an established line as shown on the hereinafter referred to plat dividing from lands of M.E. and Pauline S. Long; Easterly for a distance of 41 feet 9 inches by an established line as shown on the hereinafter referred to plat dividing from lands of M.E. and Pauline S. Long; Southerly for a distance of 58 feet 7 inches by what is known as the Pace lands and Westerly for a distance of 44 feet 6 inches by lands of Larry E. Forth. Said tract of land is more particularly shown in accordance with a survey and plat therefrom by Allen T. Beach, Surveyor, dated July 16, 1968, which is made a part hereof for all purposes, a copy of which is recorded in Deed Book 134, page 160, Appling County, Georgia, deed records.
The above-described tract of land is Block No. 1 as shown on a plat by A.T. Beach, Surveyor, dated July 30, 1968, recorded in Office, Clerk of Superior Court, said county, in Plat Book 5, page 195. Said plat dated July 30, 1968 has shown thereon a driveway and parking areas, a walkway and alley. Grantee and his assigns are hereby granted for himself, his agents, patients and employees, the right to the use of said designated areas for driving and parking vehicles and walking thereon. Said use shall be a joint use with other owners and tenants of properties in the tract of property shown on said plat. Said driveways, parking areas and walkways shall not be obstructed by any building or structure and shall be left open for use as aforesaid.
This is the same property conveyed from Malcolm E. Long and Pauline S. Long to Dr. Wilton F. Davis dated August 8, 1968, recorded in Deed Book 134, page 159, Appling County, Georgia, deed records.
Street address: 205 N. Main Street, Baxley, Georgia
Because the said LARRY E. FORTH defaulted in making payment of said Note, PEOPLES STATE BANK & TRUST, pursuant to the provisions of said Note and the aforesaid Deed securing the same, has exercised its option and declared the entire balance due and collectible. Notice fixing the liability for attorney(s fees has been given according to the law.
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, easements, leases, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above.
The property will be sold as the property of LARRY E. FORTH, O.D., who, to the best of the undersigned’s knowledge and belief, is the party in possession.
The said Deed contains a power of sale, authorizing the Grantee, as attorney in fact for Grantor therein, to sell the property conveyed thereby in order to satisfy said Note, as well as subsequent advances, after advertising the same once a week for four (4) weeks in the official gazette of said County, and in accordance with said power of sale and by virtue thereof, PEOPLES STATE BANK & TRUST will sell the property above described at public outcry to the highest and best bidder for cash, on the first Tuesday in July at the place of public sales before the Courthouse door in Appling County, Georgia, and within the legal hours of sale.
The proceeds of the sale will be used as follows: (a) to pay the expenses of said sale; (b) to pay the sums secured by said Deed; and (c) the balance according to law.
PEOPLES STATE BANK & TRUST
As Attorney in Fact for
LARRY E. FORTH, O.D.
/s/ Stephen Rigdon .
Stephen Rigdon
Vice President
John R. Ferrelle, P.C.
777 Gloucester Street, Ste. 411
P. O. Box 1601
Brunswick, GA 31521
(912) 264-0209
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
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THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by Mark A. Eason to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated September 14, 2009, recorded in Deed Book 461, Page 351, Appling County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to MetLife Home Loans, a division of MetLife Bank, N.A. by assignment recorded in Deed Book 474, Page 322, Appling County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWELVE AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($161,912.00), 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 Appling County, Georgia within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in July, 2011, the following described property: SEE EXHIBIT “A” ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF The debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is hereby declared due because of, among other possible events of default, 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). 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. The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: MetLife Home Loans, 4000 Horizon Way Mail Stop 6205, Irving, TX 75063, 800-364-7662. 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 party in possession of the property is Mark A. Eason or a tenant or tenants and said property is more commonly known as 194 Brandon St, Baxley, Georgia 31513. The sale will be conducted subject (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.
MetLife Home Loans, a division of MetLife Bank, N.A.
as Attorney in Fact for Mark A. Eason
McCalla Raymer, LLC
1544 Old Alabama Road
Roswell, Georgia 30076
www.foreclosurehotline.net
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Our file no. 53225910-FT17
EXHIBIT “A” Tract One: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot No. 244 of the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, consisting of 0.979 acre, more or less, being designated as Tract 1 on that certain survey and plat thereof by M. Jerry Tomberlin, Jr., GRLS No. 2942, dated July 28, 2003, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, in Plat Book 16, Page 464, and incorporated herein for all purposes. Said property being bound, now or formerly, as follows: North by Brandon Street; east by Tract 2 on the above described plat; south by Tract 4 on the above described plat; and west by Alicia Street. Tract Two: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot No. 244 of the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, consisting of 0.170 acre, more or less, being designated as Tract 4 on that certain survey and plat thereof by M. Jerry Tomberlin Jr., GRLS No. 2942, dated July 28, 2003, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, in Plat Book 16, Page 464, and incorporated herein for all purposes. Said property being bound, now or formerly, as follows: North by Tracts 1 and 2 on the above described plat; east by Tract 3 on the above described plat; south by lands of Glynn Herndon, et. Al.; and west by Alicia Street. This being the same property conveyed to Timothy D. Gardner and Melanie D. Gardner from Baxley Land Development Inc. by deed dated November 20, 2003, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, in Deed Book 384, Page 63.
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Our file no. 53225910 - FT17
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Pursuant to the Power of Sale contained in a certain Deed to Secure Debt from GUY A. BEASLEY in favor of FIRST CITIZENS BANK, dated September 26, 2008, and recorded in Deed Book 450, page 754, Appling County, Georgia Records and assigned to COLLINS MOBILE HOME SALES, INC., dated May 4, 2011, and recorded in Deed Book 477, page 224, Appling County, Georgia Records, the undersigned having declared the entire indebtedness due under said Deed to Secure Debt by reason of a default in the payments due thereunder, will sell at public outcry before the Courthouse Door in said County, on the first Tuesday in July, 2011, during the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property, to wit:
All that certain tract or parcel of land, together with improvements thereon, lying, situate and being in Land Lot 530 of the Second Land District, Appling County, Georgia, consisting of 8.957 acres, more or less, and being shown as Tract 1 upon a plat of survey prepared by M. Jerry Tomberlin, Surveyor, dated February 29, 2008, recorded in Plat Book 19, page 86, Appling County, Georgia Records, specific reference to which is made a part of this description. Said property is known as 951 Jack Moody Road, Baxley, Georgia 31513
Also: One 2002 Fleetwood Mobile Home, Model Anniversary, 32'x80', VIN #GAFL175A72833-AV21 and Home, Model Anniversary, 32'x80', VIN #GAFL175ZB2833, located upon, permanently attached and made a part of the real estate.
Said property will be sold as the property of COLLINS MOBILE HOME SALES, INC., subject to all taxes, assessments, easements and restrictions, if any, and the proceeds derived from said sale applied as provided in said Deed to Secure Debt.
Collins Mobile Home Sales, Inc.
Attorney in fact for
Guy A. Beasley
Post Office Box 326
Reidsville, Georgia 30453
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Sealed proposals from General Contractors will be received by Appling County Board of Education, the Owner, at 249 Blackshear Hwy. Baxley, Georgia, until 3:00 p.m. at the time legally prevailing in Baxley, Georgia, on July 14, 2011 for construction of “Appling Elementary School Phase III-HVAC Renovations, Appling County Board of Education.”
At the time and place noted above, the proposals will be publically opened and read aloud.
Bidding documents may be obtained at the office of the Architect, SP Design Group Architects and Engineers, Inc., 5191 Columbus Road, Macon, Georgia 31206 (Mailing address: P. O. Box 6254, Macon, GA 31208; Phone 478/477-7465; Fax 478/477-9511). Applications for documents together with deposit of $100.00 per set, and a properly executed AIA Document A305, “Contractor’s Qualification Statement,” should be filed promptly with the architect. Bidding material will be forwarded as soon as possible thereafter. The full amount of the deposit for two (2) sets will be refunded to each General Contractor who submits a bona fide bid upon return of such sets in good condition within 30 days after the date of opening the bids. All other deposits will be refunded with deduction approximately the cost of reproduction of documents upon return of same in good condition within 30 days after the date of bid opening. Documents should be returned to 5191 Columbus Road, Macon, GA 31206.
Contract, if awarded, will be on a lump sum basis to the lowest responsible and qualified bidder. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of 30 days after time has been called on the date of opening. Bids must be accompanied by a bid bond in an amount not less than 5% of the base bid. Both a performance bond and a payment bond will be required in an amount equal to 100% of the contract price.
THE OWNER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS AND TO WAIVE TECHNICALITIES AND FORMALITIES.
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Notice is given that Articles of Incorporation, which will incorporate Stone Construction of Baxley, Inc., have been delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation Code.
The initial registered office of the corporation is located at 9480 Nails Ferry Road, Baxley, Georgia 31513, and its initial registered agent at such address is WILLIAM DARRELL STONE.
KRIS KNOX, INCORPORATOR
37 Tippins Street, Suite B
Baxley, Georgia 31513
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