LEGAL NOTICES FOR 05-21-2025
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF APPLING COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF
NESSA LYNN ELLIOTT
MINOR
ESTATE NO. 2024-111
NOTICE
Date of mailing, if any, Date of second publication, if any 5/28/2025
TO: WHITNEY MARIE ELLIOTT & PHILLIP EDWARD PHILLIPS
You are hereby notified that JASMINE & KELLI BREWTON has filed a Petition seeking to be appointed temporary guardian(s) of the above-named Minor. All objections to the Petition to the appointment of a temporary guardian or the appointment of the Petitioner(s) as temporary
guardian(s), must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections, and be filed with this Court no later than fourteen (14) days after this notice is mailed., or (10) days after this notice is personally served upon you, or (10) days after the second publication of this notice if you are served by publication. All objections should be sworn to before a notary public or Georgia 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.
NOTE: If a natural guardian files a timely objection to the creation of the temporary guardianship, the Petition will be dismissed. If a natural guardian files
an objection to the appointment of the Petitioner(s) as guardian(s), or if a parent who is not a natural guardian files an objection to the Petition, a hearing on the matter
shall be (Scheduled at a later date). If no objection is filed, the Petition may be granted without a hearing.
Gretchen Bailey
Judge of the Probate Court
36 S. MAIN STREET
BAXLEY, GA 31513
912-367-8114
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF APPLING COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF ROYCE UPCHURCH
CASE NO. 2025-45
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Rima Upchurch has petitioned to be appointed Administrator of the estate of Royce Upchurch, deceased, of Appling County, Georgia. The Petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond, waiver of reports, waiver of statements, 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 May 26, 2025.
BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All objections to the Petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds for 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.
GRETCHEN J. BAILEY, Judge
Probate Court of Appling County
36 South Main Street
Baxley, GA 31513
912-367-8114
Graham F. Floyd
JohnsonFloyd LLP
Attorney for Petitioner
132 West Parker St.
Baxley, GA 31513
912-367-9000
4/30-5/21
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF APPLING COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF
S.S. SELLERS & LOISA SELLERS
DECEASED,
ESTATE NO. 2011-19 (95-92)
NOTICE
The petition of personal representative for leave to sell property in the above-referenced estate having been duly filed,
TO DELORES LOISE SELLERS WOOTEN; DEBORAH SELLERS SHAFEEH
This is to notify you to file an objection, if there is any, to the above-referenced petition, in this Court on or before May 30, 2025.
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.
Gretchen Bailey
Judge of the Probate Court
By: A Griffis
Clerk of the Probate Court
36 S. Main Street
Baxley, GA 31513
912-367-8114
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF APPLING COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: Estate of B.F. HUNTER, deceased
All creditors of the estate of B.F. Hunter, deceased, late of Appling County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to the estate are required to make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 6 th day of May, 2025.
James H. Hunter, Executor
Estate of B.F. Hunter
664 Hunter Road
Baxley, GA 31513
- Alexander Johnson
JOHNSONFLOYD LLP
132 W. Parker Street
Baxley, Georgia 31513
912-367-9000
5/14-6/4
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF APPLING
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
Pursuant to the power of sale contained in the Security Deed executed by JANET LEGGETT A/K/A JANET L. KESLER to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS MORTGAGEE, AS NOMINEE FOR SUNTRUST MORTGAGE, INC in the original principal amount of $65,800.00 dated October 24, 2012, and recorded in Deed Book 493, Page 725, Appling County records, said Security Deed being last transferred to NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING in Deed Book 710, Page 25, Appling County records, the undersigned will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, before the Courthouse door in said County, or at such other place as lawfully designated, within the legal hours of sale, on June 03, 2025, the property in said Security Deed and described as follows:
TRACT I:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING, BEING AND SITUATE IN LAND LOT NO. 145 CONSISTING OF 0.16 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, IN THE SECOND LAND DISTRICT OF APPLING COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND BEING BOUND, NOW OR FORMERLY, ON THE NORTHEAST BY JANET L. KESLER; SOUTHEAST BY SATILLA CHURCH ROAD; SOUTHWEST BY OTHER LANDS OF ANNIE LAURIE WILSON, THE LINE BEING AGREED UPON AND DESCRIBED ON THE BELOW REFERENCED PLAT; AND NORTHWEST BY W. L. AND MARY E. LEGGETT. SAID TRACT OF LAND IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY A SURVEY AND PLAT THEREOF BY
MERLIN J. TOMBERLIN, SURVEYOR, DATED 10/13/97, WHICH SAID PLAT IS INCORPORATED HEREIN FOR PURPOSES OF DESCRIPTION AND ALL OTHER PURPOSES, A COPY OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN DEED BOOK 307, PAGE 672, APPLING COUNTY, GEORGIA DEED RECORDS.
TRACT II:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN THE SECOND LAND DISTRICT OF APPLING COUNTY, GEORGIA, CONSISTING OF 2.13 ACRES OF LAND LOT #145 AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT A POINT LOCATED BY COMMENCING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE WESTERN RIGHT OF WAY OF SATILLA CHURCH ROAD WITH THE SOUTHERN ORIGINAL LOT LINE OF SAID LOT: THENCE NORTH 21 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 16 SECONDS EAST 2,983 FEET ALONG SAID WESTERN RIGHT OF WAY OF THE SAID SATILLA CHURCH ROAD TO SAID POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 68 DEGREES 3 MINUTES 41 SECONDS WEST 248.59 FEET; THENCE NORTH 15 DEGREES 47 MINUTES 43 SECONDS WEST 348 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 68 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 55 SECONDS EAST 282.76 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 21 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 38 SECONDS WEST 205.56 FEET; THENCE 21 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST 143.46 FEET TO THE SAID POINT OF BEGINNING; SAID TRACT OF LAND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED ACCORDING TO A SURVEY AND PLAT THEREOF BY CHARLES H. TOMBERLIN, SURVEYOR, DATED JULY 22, 1985.
THE ABOVE TRACT OF LAND INCLUDES THE .813 ACRES DEEDED TO JANET L. KESLER BY W.L. LEGGETT AND HIS WIFE, MARY C. LEGGETT, DATED AUGUST 6, 1985.
PROPERTY
ADDRESS:
4130
SATILLA
CHURCH
RD,
BAXLEY,
GA
31513
PARCEL ID: 0038 026, 0038 024, 0038 031, 0038 023
TAX ID: 0038 026, 0038 024, 0038 031, 0038 02
Said property being known as: 4130 SATILLA CHURCH RD, BAXLEY, GA 31513
To the best of the undersigned’s knowledge, the party or parties in possession of said property is/are JANET LEGGETT A/K/A JANET L. KESLER or tenant(s).
The debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is hereby declared due and payable because of, among other possible events of default, failure to pay the indebtedness as provided for in the Note and said Security Deed. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of sale, including attorney’s fees (notice of intent to collect attorney’s fees having been given).
Said property will be sold subject to the following: (1) any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, whether or not yet due and payable); (2) the right of redemption of any taxing authority; (3) any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property; and (4) any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above.
Said sale will be conducted subject to the following: (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.
The name, address, and telephone number of the individual or entity who has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage is as follows:
NEWREZ LLC D/B/A Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing
75 Beattie Place, Suite 300
Greenville , SC 29601
866-825-2174
Note that pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 44-14-162.2, the above individual or entity is not required by law to negotiate, amend, or modify the terms of the mortgage.
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING,
as Attorney-in-Fact for
JANET LEGGETT A/K/A JANET L. KESLER
Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC
13010 Morris Rd., Suite 450
Alpharetta, GA 30004
Phone: 470-321-7112
Firm File No. 25-302266 – AnB
IN THE PROBATE COURT of
APPLING COUNTY, GEORGIA
All creditors of the Estate of John Randall Perry, Deceased, late of Appling 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 to the undersigned.
This 8th day of May, 2025.
Karon Gaye Sheerington
9132 Caroline Ridge Lane North
Jacksonville, FL 32225
Law Office of Thomas and Johnson, PC
300 Carswell Avenue
Waycross, Georgia, 31501
(912) 283-5030
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF APPLING COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF
SCOTTY MARTIN
DECEASED
ESTATE NO. 2025-56
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
NOTICE
TO: whom it may concern:
MILDRED WILLIAMS has petitioned for MILDRED WILLIAMS to be appointed administrator(s) of the estate of SCOTTY MARTIN deceased. of said county. (The petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond, waiver of reports, waiver of statement, and/or grant of certain 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 petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of ant such objections, and must be filed with the Court on or before June 9, 2025.
BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of ant 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 letter date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing.
Gretchen Bailey
Judge of the Probate Court
A Griffis
Clerk of the Probate Court
36 S. Main Street
Baxley, Ga 31513
912-367-8114
5/14 – 6/3
IN THE PROBATE COURT of
APPLING COUNTY, GEORGIA
All creditors of the Estate of Faron Owen Perry, Deceased, late of Appling 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 to the undersigned.
This 8th day of May, 2025.
Karon Gaye Sheerington
9132 Caroline Ridge Lane North
Jacksonville, FL 32225
Law Office of Thomas and Johnson, PC
300 Carswell Avenue
Waycross, Georgia, 31501
(912) 283-5030
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
The City of Baxley will hold a Called Meeting on June 5, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 282 E. Parker Street, Baxley, Georgia. The primary purpose of the Called Meeting will be to conduct Public Hearings, as well as, any other business that may come before the Mayor and Council. The Public Hearings will offer opportunities for comments on:
- APPLICATION FOR ANNEXATION, Milus Burkett, located on Steel Street, be annexed establishing a Business-Residential (BR-15) Zone.
Tract 1: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, consisting of 5.84 acres, more or less, of original Land Lot No. 333, and bound, now or formerly, as follows: North in part by lands of Summerall Corporation, in part by what is designated as Tract 2A on the hereinafter referred to plat and in part by what is designated as Tract 8, on the hereinafter described plat; East by lands of Knight Lumber Company, South by what is designated as Tract 5 on the hereinafter referred to plat and West by a county road, dividing from land of Bax-Steel.
Said land being the same as designated as Tracts 6 and 7 on a survey and plat thereof by Merlin J. Tomerlin, County Surveyor, dated April 29, 1977, and a copy of same being of record in Office, Clerk of Superior Court, Appling County, Georgia, in Plat Book 9, page 31, incorporated herein by reference for descriptive and all other legal purposes. This being the same tract of land described as Tract 1 and conveyed from Murtice Burch to Murtice Burch and Bobby Lee Burch, Jr., by deed dated August 25, 1995, and recorded in Deed Book 287, page 301 in the deed records in office, Clerk of Superior Court, Appling County, Georgia.
Tract 2: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, consisting of one (1) acre, more or less, of Lot of Land No. 333 and being bound, now or formerly, as follows: North by a proposed street, East and South by lands of Isabelle Gordon; and West, now or formerly, by lands of Tom Williams Estate. Said land being more particularly described as follows: Commence at the northwest corner of tract of land formerly owned by Isabelle Gordon and from said northwest corner run due West a distance of 208.7 feet: thence turn and run due South a distance of 208.7 feet; thence turn and run due West a distance of 208.7 feet; thence turn and run due North a distance of 208.7 feet to the Point of Beginning. Said land being more fully described according to a survey and plat thereof by David Hutto, County Surveyor, dated July 24, 1972. This being the same tract of land conveyed from Isabelle Gordon to Summerall Corporation, by Warranty Deed dated August 4, 1972, recorded January 6, 1986, and also deed from Summerall Corporation, a Georgia Corporation, to Murtice Burch by deed dated October 6, 1986, recorded in deed records of Appling County, Georgia, and deeded from Summerall Corporation, a Georgia Corporation by warranty deed dated February 24, 1997 and recorded in Deed Book 300, page 350, in deed records in Office, Clerk of Superior Court, Appling County, Georgia.
- APPLICATION FOR REZONING, Jeremy Wiggins, located at 637 Fair Street, be rezoned from an R-15 to an RM-10 zone.
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot No. 293 of the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, being in the City of Baxley, and consisting of Lot Numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11, and 12 of Block 2, Fairview Subdivision, a plat of said subdivision by W. L. Woodard, Surveyor, being recorded in Plat Book 1A, Page 46 in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Appling County, Georgia, which plat is incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof for descriptive and all other legal purposes.
Said tract being bound, now or formerly, as follows: Northerly by the Southern right of way of Kent Street (formerly known as Pine Street); Easterly by the western right of way of Peachtree Street; Southerly by the northern right of way of Plier Street (formerly known as Bennet Street); and Westerly by the eastern right of way of Fair Street (formerly known as Mill Street).
This being the same and identical property conveyed in three deeds: (1) by deed dated October 31, 2019 from Geraldine Wiggins to the Geraldine Wiggins Trust dated October 16, 2019, recorded at Deed Book 569, Pages 804-806; (2) Tract One in that certain deed dated October 31, 2019 from Geraldine M. Wiggins to the Geraldine Wiggins Trust dated October 16, 2019, recorded at Deed Book 569, Pages 807-811; and (3) that certain deed dated October 31, 2019, from Geraldine M. Wiggins to The Geraldine Wiggins Trust dated October 16, 2019 recorded at Deed Book 569, Pages 812-814, aforesaid county deed records.
CITY OF BAXLEY
5/21 & 5/28
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF APPLING COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF
NESSA LYNN ELLIOTT
MINOR
ESTATE NO. 2024-111
NOTICE
Date of mailing, if any, Date of second publication, if any 5/28/2025
TO: WHITNEY MARIE ELLIOTT & PHILLIP EDWARD PHILLIPS
You are hereby notified that JASMINE & KELLI BREWTON has filed a Petition seeking to be appointed temporary guardian(s) of the above-named Minor. All objections to the Petition to the appointment of a temporary guardian or the appointment of the Petitioner(s) as temporary
guardian(s), must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections, and be filed with this Court no later than fourteen (14) days after this notice is mailed., or (10) days after this notice is personally served upon you, or (10) days after the second publication of this notice if you are served by publication. All objections should be sworn to before a notary public or Georgia 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.
NOTE: If a natural guardian files a timely objection to the creation of the temporary guardianship, the Petition will be dismissed. If a natural guardian files
an objection to the appointment of the Petitioner(s) as guardian(s), or if a parent who is not a natural guardian files an objection to the Petition, a hearing on the matter
shall be (Scheduled at a later date). If no objection is filed, the Petition may be granted without a hearing.
Gretchen Bailey
Judge of the Probate Court
36 S. MAIN STREET
BAXLEY, GA 31513
912-367-8114