PUBLIC NOTICES

061709-01 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION By Order for service by publication dated the 9th day of June, 2009, you, Charlie R. Hooper, Jr., are hereby notified that on the 17th day of June, 2009, Rosalyn M. Hooper filed suit against your for divorce, child custody and ownership of all properties of the parties not located in the State of Georgia. You are hereby required to file with the Clerk of Superior Court, and to serve upon the plaintiff to 1707 Flat Creek Road, Blakely, GA 39823, and to the plaintiff's attorney, Thomas E. Sasser, III, P.O. Drawer 351, Blakely, GA 39823, an Answer in writing within sixty (60) days of the date of the order for publication. WITNESS, the Honorable Ronnie Joe Lane, Judge of this Superior Court. This the 9th day of June, 2009. /s/ India E. Thompson DEPUTY CLERK, SUPERIOR COURT FOR EARLY COUNTY 07/08/4tp 062409-01 LEGAL NOTICE The Georgia Department of Community Affairs which administers the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Rental Assistance Program will accept requests for applications for the EARLY COUNTY waiting list beginning at 9:00 A.M., THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2009 from the first fifty eligible callers or for twenty nine days, whichever comes first. Applications are reserved for callers who live or work in EARLY COUNTY. You may obtain an application by calling toll-free 1-888-340-7069 or 229- 430-7815. Hearing impaired applicants may apply for assistance by telephoning TDD 800-736-1155. (Leave message; you will be contacted the next business day.) Visually impaired applicants needing assistance to complete the application form should make the DCA office aware of this need at the time the application form is requested. Applicants already on the waiting list need not reapply. Current residents of public housing and persons on the waiting list for public housing must make a separate application for Section 8 assistance to be considered. Completing an application will not affect your status on the waiting list for other programs. DCA does not discriminate in admission or access to its federally assisted housing programs. Any individual eligible to be served who has a visual or hearing impairment will be provided with the information necessary to understand and participate in DCA's efforts to comply with the nondiscrimination based on handicap regulations by contacting Gary Moseley at DCA, 60 Executive Park South, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30329-2231 or by calling 1-800- 359-4663 or TDD 1-800-736-1155. Equal Housing Opportunity 07/01/1tc 070109-02 NOTICE GEORGIA, EARLY COUNTY TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: DENITA S. THORNTON has petitioned for an order finding that no administration is necessary on the estate of ANNIE P. THORNTON FREEMAN, deceased. All creditors who have not consented to the petition are, therefore, required to show cause on or before August 3, 2009, or within ten days after personal service, whichever is later, why such order should not be granted. All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be scheduled for a later date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing. Date: June 23, 2009 s/Tonya Holley JUDGE OF THE PROBATE COURT 07/22/4tc 060309-03 NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER GEORGIA, EARLY COUNTY: Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale in a certain Deed to Secure Debt from VAN ESSIE L. LESLIE, grantor, to JACK WATSON, grantee, dated May 23, 1995, and recorded in Deed Book 202, Page 677, Early County, Georgia, Deed Records, which Deed to Secure Debt was given to secure grantor's Promissory Note dated May 23, 1995, in the original principal amount of $25,000.00, as well as to secure the payment of all renewals of said note, future advances and other indebtedness owing from grantor to grantee, there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry, during the legal hours of sale before the door of the Courthouse of Early County,

Georgia, in Blakely, Georgia, on the
First Tuesday in July, 2009, to-wit:
July 7, 2009, to the highest and
best bidder for cash, the following
described property:
A parcel of land in the City of
Blakely, part of Lot of Land No.
153, in the 28th District of Early
County, Georgia, more particularly
described as follows: COMMENCING
at a point on the east margin
of Lancelot Lane which point is 290
feet south 0 degrees 54 minutes
west from the south margin of
County Street and from such
beginning point run south 89
degrees 6 minutes east the distance
of 108.93 feet; thence south
25 degrees 24 minutes east the distance
of 89.24 feet; thence north 89
degrees 6 minutes west the distance
of 148.47 feet to the east
margin of Lancelot Lane; thence
north 0 degrees 54 minutes east
along the east margin of Lancelot
Lane the distance of 80 feet to the
point of beginning.
A plat of said parcel of land
made by Claud C. Bence is recorded
in Deed Book 101, Page 154,
Deed Records of Early County,
Georgia, which plat and the record
thereof are by reference incorporated
in this description.
The debt secured by said Deed
to Secure Debt has been and is
hereby declared due and payable in
full because of the grantor's failure
to pay pursuant to the terms of
said Deed to Secure Debt and the
indebtedness secured thereby. The
indebtedness remaining in default,
the sale will be made for the purpose
of applying the proceeds
thereof to the payment of the
indebtedness secured by the Deed
to Secure Debt, including principal,
interest, attorney's fees and
expenses of the sale, and other
sums secured by the Deed to
Secure Debt, and the balance, if
any, shall be applied as provided by
law.
aid property will be sold subject
to any outstanding ad valorem	S
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 ordinance, restrictions,
covenants, and matters of record
superior to the Security Deed first
set out above. The undersigned will
execute a deed to the purchaser at
said sale as provided in said Deed
to Secure Debt.
To the best of the undersigned's
knowledge and belief the property
is in the possession of EZERA
LESLIE, or a tenant or tenants
and said property will be sold as
the property of VAN ESSIE L.
LESLIE. Said property is more
commonly known as 294 S.
Lancelot Street, Blakely, GA
39823.
THIS LAW FIRM IS ACTING
AS A DEBT COLLECTOR. ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
This 29th day of May, 2009.
JACK WATSON,
as Attorney in fact for
VAN ESSIE L. LESLIE
Thomas H. Baxley
Attorney At Law
12837 Magnolia Street
P.O. Box 670
Blakely, Georgia 39823
(229) 723-3426
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061009-07
LEGAL NOTICE PRIVATE
GEORGIA, EARLY COUNTY.
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale contained in that certain
security deed from Alton
Bullington, Jr. to Colony Bank
dated October 14, 2003, and recorded
in Deed Book 248, at Pages 260-
264, in the office of the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Early County,
Georgia, and further by virtue of
the default in the payment of the
indebtedness secured by said deed

to secure debt and for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said deed to secure debt together with the costs of sale and together with attorneys' fees as provided by said security deed, proper notice of the enforcement of the same and of intention to collect attorneys' fees in accordance with the terms of the note secured by said deed having been given to the said Alton Bullington, Jr., there will be sold by the undersigned before the Courthouse door in Early County, Georgia on the legal sale day in July, 2009, between the legal hours of sale to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, to-wit: A certain tract of land containing 2.066 acres, more or less, in Land Lot No. 155 in the 28th Land District of Early County, Georgia, being more particularly described as follows: Begin at a point on the south right-of-way margin of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, which point is South 88 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds East the distance of 911.63 feet from the intersection of said south right-of-way margin with the east right-of-way margin of Howell Street, the Point of Beginning. From said point of beginning thence run South 88 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds East the distance of 300.00 feet; thence run South 01 degree 31 minutes 00 seconds West the distance of 300.00 feet; thence run North 88 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds West the distance of 300.00 feet to the Point of Beginning. A plat of said parcel of land made by G.L. Holman, Registered Land Surveyor, dated November 26, 2002, is recorded at page 163 of deed record 230 in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Early County, Georgia, which plat and the record thereof are by reference incorporated in this description. 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. Said property to be sold as the property of Alton Bullington, Jr. and by virtue of the powers and authority contained in said deed to secure debt in favor of the undersigned for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured thereby and the proceeds of said sale shall be applied to the principal and interest owing, the expense of said sale, including attorneys' fees, all as provided in said deed and the balance, if any, will be held for the account of said debtor. To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is Alton Bullington, Jr., or a tenant or tenants and is located at 185 Eastwood Lake Drive, Cordele, GA 31015. This 21st day of June, 2009. COLONY BANK as Attorney in Fact for Alton Bullington, Jr. MILLS & LARKEY, LLC 07/01/4tc