LEGAL NOTICES FOR 7-29-2026

STATE OF GEORGIA
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF
APPLING COUNTY
IN RE: ESTATE OF BETTY JEAN TURNER
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of Betty Jean Turner, late of Appling County, Georgia, deceased, 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 said estate.
This 23rd day of July, 2026.
Mary Jean Cauley
Executrix, Estate of Betty Jean Turner
715 Earl Cauley Road
Baxley, Ga. 31513
7/29 – 8/19
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STATE OF GEORGIA
APPLING COUNTY
All creditors and debtors of the Estate of BOBBY RAY CUMMINGS, SR. deceased, late of Appling County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render 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 the 10th day of July, 2026.
TRACY ALLGOOD CUMMINGS
and OSCAR VINCENT CUMMINGS
Co-Executors
304 Amber Lane
Baxley, Georgia 31513
J. ANDERSON RAMAY, JR.
The Ramay Law Firm
Attorney for the Estate of
BOBBY RAY CUMMINGS, SR.
P. O. Box 2245
28 South Williams Street
Hazlehurst, Georgia 3l539
7/15-8/5
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF APPLING COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: Estate of CAROLYN B. BRANCH, deceased
All creditors of the estate of Carolyn B. Branch, deceased, late of Appling County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to estate are required to make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 15th day of July, 2026.
Brenda Leigh Branch, Co-Executor
Dana Lynn B. Rentz, Co- Executor
Estate of Carolyn B. Branch
210 Miles Road
Baxley, GA 31513
J. Alexander Johnson
JOHNSONFLOYD LLP
132 W. Parker Street
Baxley, Georgia 31513
912-367-9000
7/22-8/12
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All creditors and debtors of the Estate of Carolyn Mincey Polk, deceased, late of Appling County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are rquired to make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This the 10th day of July 2026.
Windell Edwin Nail
and Janet Lee Nail
Executors
3412 Blackshear Hwy
Baxley, Georgia 31513
7/15-8/5
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF APPLING COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: Estate of DESTINY L. SHUMANS, deceased
All creditors of the estate of Destiny L. Shumans, deceased, late of Appling County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render 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 15th day of July, 2025.
Christi Davis, Co-Administrator
Estate of Destiny L. Shumans
405 Bunny Trail
Mershon, Georgia 31551
J. Alexander Johnson
JohnsonFloyd LLP
132 W. Parker Street
Baxley, Georgia 31513
912-367-9000
Matthew A. Shumans, Co-Administrator
Estate of Destiny L. Shumans
1003 Bill Morris Road
Baxley, Georgia 31513
Samantha F. Jacobs
Samantha F. Jacobs, PC
712 E. Cherry Street
Jesup, Georgia 31546
912-427-8786
7/22 – 8/12
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF APPLING COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: Estate of KENNETH EDSEL LEWIS, deceased
All creditors of the estate of Kenneth Edsel Lewis, deceased, late of Appling County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to estate are required to make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 15th day of July, 2026.
Kenneth Cranford Lewis, Executor
Estate of Kenneth Edsel Lewis
4134 South Alston Avenue
Durham, North Carolina 27713
J. Alexander Johnson
JOHNSONFLOYD LLP
132 W. Parker Street
Baxley, Georgia 31513
912-367-9000
7/22 – 8/12
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF APPLING COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: Estate of EDWARD E. CLELAND, deceased
All creditors of the estate of Edward E. Cleland, deceased, late of Appling County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to estate are required to make immediate payment to the undersigned.
This 15th day of July, 2026.
Deborah J. Bullard, Executor
Estate of Edward E. Cleland
688 Cedar Park Road
McRae, GA 31055
J. Alexander Johnson
JOHNSONFLOYD LLP
132 W. Parker Street
Baxley, Georgia 31513
912-367-9000
7/22 – 8/12
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STATE OF GEORGIA
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF
APPLING COUNTY
IN RE: ESTATE OF FRANKIE MAE TILLMAN
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All creditors of the Estate of Frankie Mae Tillman, late of Appling County, Georgia, deceased, 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 said estate.
This 10th day of July, 2026.
James Reginald Tillman
Administrator, Estate of Frankie Mae Tillman
P.O. Box 1301
Baxley, Ga. 31513
7/15-8/5
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STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF APPLING
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
IN RE: ESTATE OF Kathleen Thomas Russell
Estate No: 2026-W-56
All creditors of the estate of Kathleen Thomas Russell late of Appling County, deceased, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment.
This 13th day of July, 2026.
Richard Jackson Russell
Executor of
Kathleen Thomas Russell, deceased
2498 Nails Ferry Rd
Baxley, Ga. 31513
7/15-8/5
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF APPLING COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: Larry R. Williams
ESTATE NO. 2026-A-62
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE
TO: whom it may concern: Jamie Larry Williams
Has petitioned for Jamie Larry Williams to be appointed administrator of the estate of Larry R. Williams deceased, of said county. (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 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 any such objections, and must be filed with the Court on or before August 28th, 2026.
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
7/29-8/19
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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF APPLING COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: Estate of PATRICIA COURSON SCARBOROUGH., deceased
All creditors of the estate of Patricia Courson Scarborough, deceased, late of Appling County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render 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 15th day of July, 2026.
Nanci Rentz, Administrator
Estate of Patricia Courson Scarborough
831 Rentz Lane
Baxley, Georgia 31513
Madeline Rentz-Tucker
JohnsonFloyd LLP
132 W. Parker Street
Baxley, Georgia 31513
912-367-9000
7/22 – 8/12
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NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
APPLING COUNTY
Pursuant to the Power of Sale contained in the Deed to Secure Debt dated February 5, 2026 recorded on February 5, 2026 in Deed Book 771, Page 256, in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia given by Metropolitan Investments, LLC to Forisk Holdings, LLC by virtue of a default under the terms of said Deed to Secure Debt securing that Note in the original principal amount of $36,220.00, the undersigned attorney-in-fact for the Grantor will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the Courthouse door of Appling County, Georgia (or such other area as designated by Order of the Superior Court of said county), within the legal hours of sale on September 1, 2026, (being the first Tuesday of said month unless said date falls on a Federal Holiday, in which case being the first Wednesday of said month), the following described property:
ALL that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot 529 of the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, identified as TRACT 14, containing 5.740 acres, more or less, and being more particularly described according to that certain plat of survey prepared by Everett Tomberlin, Georgia Registered Land Surveyor Number 2922, dated January 21, 2026, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Appling County, Georgia in Plat Book 22, Page 762.
For a further description of said property, reference is made to the aforesaid plat and the record thereof.
This being a portion of the same property conveyed from Dawn Elizabeth Tippins to Forisk Holdings, LLC by Warranty Deed dated July 18, 2025 and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Appling County, Georgia, in Deed Book 735, Page 143.
THIS CONVEYANCE is made subject to all zoning ordinances, easements and restrictions of record affecting said bargained premises.
The debt secured by said Deed to Secure Debt 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 Deed to Secure Debt. 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 the Deed to Secure Debt and by law, including attorney’s fees (notice of intent to collect attorney’s fees having been given).
Said property is commonly known as Tract 14, containing 5.740 acres, more or less, Appling County, Georgia 31513, being a portion of Appling County Tax ID#0059-028. To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party (or parties) in possession of the subject property is Metropolitan Investments, LLC.
The name and address of the individual designated who shall have full authority to negotiate, amend and modify all terms of the Deed to Secure Debt is as follows:
The Ligon Firm, P.C.
William T. Ligon, Jr.
158 Scranton Connector
Brunswick, Georgia 31525
Phone: (912) 261-2263
Note, however that such entity or individuals are not required by law to negotiate, amend or modify the terms of the loan.
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) unpaid water or sewage bill that constitute a lien against the property whether due and payable or not yet due and payable which may not be of record, (c) the right of redemption of any taxing authority, (d) any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, and (e) any assessments, liens, Deed to Secure Debt, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Deed to Secure Debt 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 Deed to Secure Debt. Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 9-13-172.1, which allows for certain procedures regarding the recission of judicial and non-judicial 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 immediately above.
Forisk Holdings, LLC
as Agents and Attorneys in fact for
Metropolitan Investments, LLC
William T. Ligon, Jr., Esq.
The Ligon Firm, P.C.
158 Scranton Connector
Brunswick, Georgia 31525
(912) 261-2263
THIS LAW FIRM MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
7/29 – 8/19