Wednesday, June 4, 2025

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STATE OF GEORGIA

COUNTY OF EMANUEL

IN RE: ESTATE OF ROBERT SAMUEL STEWART, III, DECEASED.

All creditors of the estate of Robert Samuel Stewart, III, deceased, late of Emanuel County, are hereby notified to render their demands to Richard M. McNeely, attorney for Robert Samuel Stewart, IV, Administrator of the Robert Samuel Stewart, III Estate, at P. O. Box 767, Swainsboro, Georgia 30401, according to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment of any indebtedness due the estate.

This 29th day of April, 2025.

RICHARD M. MCNEELY,

Attorney for Robert Samuel Stewart, IV, Administrator of the Robert Samuel Stewart, III Estate

Richard M. McNeely, P.C.

P. O. Box 767

Swainsboro, Georgia 30401

(478) 237-4225

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF EMANUEL COUNTY

STATE OF GEORGIA

IN RE: ESTATE OF

ORTER BELL ROUNTREE, a/k/a

AUTHAR B. ROUNTREE, a/k/a

ORTHER BELL ROUNTREE, DECEASED

ESTATE NO. 25E0066

PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE

TO: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES and to whom it may concern:

MILDRED ROUNTREE and RICHARD ROUNTREE has petitioned to be appointed administrators of the estate of ORTER BELL ROUNTREE, a/k/a AUTHAR B. ROUNTREE, a/k/a ORTHER BELL ROUNTREE 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 JUNE 16, 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.

J. Chase Sherrod

Judge of the Probate Court

By: Jeanie Hooks

Clerk of the Probate Court

P. O. Box 70

Swainsboro, Ga. 30401

Address

(478) 237-7091

Telephone Number

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF EMANUEL COUNTY

STATE OF GEORGIA

IN RE: ESTATE OF

JOSEPH CARL BUTLER, DECEASED

ESTATE NO. 25E0067

PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE

TO: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES and to whom it may concern:

GINGER BUTLER

has petitioned to be appointed administrator of the estate of JOSEPH CARL BUTLER 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 June 16, 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.

J. Chase Sherrod

Judge of the Probate Court

By: Jeanie Hooks

Clerk of the Probate Court

P. O. Box 70

Swainsboro, Ga. 30401

Address

(478) 237-7091

Telephone Number

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF EMANUEL COUNTY

STATE OF GEORGIA

IN RE: ESTATE OF

JAMES EDWARD FLANDERS, DECEASED

ESTATE NO. 25E0068

PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE

TO: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES and to whom it may concern:

CAROLYN JEAN FLANDERS has petitioned to be appointed administrator of the estate of JAMES EDWARD FLANDERS 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 June 16, 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.

J. Chase Sherrod

Judge of the Probate Court

By: Jeanie Hooks

Clerk of the Probate Court

P. O. Box 70

Swainsboro, Ga. 30401

Address

(478) 237-7091

Telephone Number

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF EMANUEL COUNTY

STATE OF GEORGIA

IN RE: ESTATE OF

EVA MAE WAITER a/k/a,

EVA P. WAITERS DECEASED

ESTATE NO. 25E0072

PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE

[Strike the sentence in parenthesis below if not applicable.]

TO: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES and to whom it may concern:

CHERYL CARSWELL has petitioned to be appointed administrator of the estate of EVA MAE WAITERS a/k/a EVA P. WAITERS 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 June 16, 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.

J. Chase Sherrod

Judge of the Probate Court

By: Jeanie Hooks

Clerk of the Probate Court

P. O. Box 70

Swainsboro, Ga. 30401

Address

(478) 237-7091

Telephone Number

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF EMANUEL COUNTY

STATE OF GEORGIA

IN RE: ESTATE OF

TORMEKA LESHAY BRYANT-SAPP, DECEASED

ESTATE NO. 25E0071

PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE

TO: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES and to whom it may concern:

JEFFERY SAPP

has petitioned to be appointed administrator of the estate of TORMEKA LESHAY BRYANT-SAPP 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 JUNE 16, 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.

J. Chase Sherrod

Judge of the Probate Court

By: Jeanie Hooks

Clerk of the Probate Court

P. O. Box 70

Swainsboro, Ga. 30401

Address

(478) 237-7091

Telephone Number

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STATE OF GEORGIA

COUNTY OF EMANUEL

IN RE: ESTATE OF LYNDA JEWELL MARTIN, DECEASED.

All creditors of the estate of Lynda Jewell Martin, deceased, late of Emanuel County, are hereby notified to render their demands to Richard M. McNeely, attorney for Tammy Martin Berry, Executor of the Lynda Jewell Martin Estate, at P. O. Box 767, Swainsboro, Georgia 30401, according to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment of any indebtedness due the estate.

This 16th day of May, 2025.

RICHARD M. MCNEELY,

Attorney for Tammy Martin Berry,

Executor of the Lynda Jewell Martin Estate

Richard M. McNeely, P.C.

P. O. Box 767

Swainsboro, Georgia 30401

(478) 237-4225

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Georgia Department of Transportation

Requests for Feedback

P.I. No. 0017933

Emanuel County

The Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) in coordination with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), is seeking feedback regarding the FHWA’s intention to issue a Section 4(f) de minimis (minor) impact finding for a bridge replacement project within George L. Smith State Park. A de minimis impact is one that, after taking into account avoidance, minimization, mitigation and enhancement measures, results in no adverse effect to the activities, features, or attributes qualifying a park, recreation area, wildlife or waterfowl refuge, or significant historic site for protection under Section 4(f) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Act of 1966.

Georgia DOT has posted information at https://www.dot.ga.gov/GDOT/Pages/PublicOutreach.aspx related to the proposed bridge replacement at State Route (SR) 26 over Fifteen Mile Creek.

The existing bridge is approximately 240 feet long and 34 feet wide, with two 12-foot travel lanes and 2-foot paved shoulders. The existing speed limit is 55 miles per hour (mph). The existing right-of-way (ROW) width is approximately 100 feet. The proposed project would construct a new 275-foot-long bridge on the existing alignment and improve the roadway on both approaches to current Georgia DOT standards. The typical roadway section would consist of two 12-foot travel lanes (one in each direction) with 10-foot shoulders, of which 4 feet would be paved. The proposed bridge would also have two 12-foot travel lanes and 10-foot paved shoulders. The proposed speed limit would remain 55 mph. The proposed ROW width varies from approximately 100 feet to 150 feet. A temporary on-site detour would be installed on one side of the bridge to facilitate traffic flow while the existing bridge is removed, and the new bridge is constructed.

George L. Smith State Park is a 1,634-acre state park located in southern Georgia. The park contains a 412-acre lake; 10 cottages; 24 Tent, Trailer, and RV campsites, 4 picnic shelters, 1 conference center, 1 pioneer campground, a historic covered bridge and mill, and a playground. The park is used for a variety of recreation including biking, birding, boating, fishing, geocaching, hiking, picnicking, paddling, and kayaking and canoeing.

To construct the proposed project, approximately 77,101 square feet (sf), or 1.77 acres of ROW from George L. Smith State Park immediately adjacent to the bridge would be required. This ROW would be permanently converted from recreational park use to transportation use.

As a publicly owned park, George L. Smith State Park qualifies for protection under Section 4(f). As a result, Georgia DOT offer this notification per The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), which requires that the public can review and comment before the FHWA can issue a de minimis (minor) impact finding under Section 4(f). The official with jurisdiction over the George L. Smith State Park concurs that the proposed project would have a de minimis impact.

The purpose of this internet posting is for the public to review and provide comments in order for the FHWA to issue a de minimis impact finding for the proposed project.

To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities contact the district planning and programming liaison, Ms. Ellen Wright at 478-553-3407.

Comments will be accepted concerning this project until June 7, 2025. Written statements may be submitted to:

Mr. Eric Duff

State Environmental Administrator

Georgia Department of Transportation

600 West Peachtree Street, NW – 16th Floor

Atlanta, Georgia 30308

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NOTICE OF LOCATION AND DESIGN APPROVAL

P. I. 0020166

EMANUEL COUNTY

Notice is hereby given in compliance with Georgia Code 22-2-109 and 32-3-5 that the Georgia Department of Transportation has approved the Location and Design of this project.

The date of location and design approval is: February 26, 2025

The proposed project would replace the existing bridge at McGarrh Mill Pond Road over Daniels Mill Creek located in Emanuel County approximately 2.0 miles NW of the City of Summertown in Georgia Militia District 57 and 1208. The proposed bridge is 130-foot long and 28-foot wide gutter to gutter with a proposed roadway typical section that would consist of two 10-foot travel lanes (one in each direction) and 5-foot rural shoulders. The total length of the project is approximately 0.1 miles. An off-site detour will be used for the duration of the approximate 18 months of construction.

Georgia Dept. of Transportation would be responsible for acquiring property rights for this project.

Drawings or maps or plats of the proposed project, as approved, are on file and are available for public inspection at the Georgia Department of Transportation:

C. Dylan Lindsey, Area Manager

District 2, Area 3

[email protected]

2971 US Hwy 1 North

Louisville, GA 30434

(478) 625-3681

Any interested party may obtain a copy of the drawings or maps or plats or portions thereof by paying a nominal fee and requesting in writing to:

Kimberly Nesbitt, State Program Delivery Administrator

GDOT Office of Program Delivery

Attn: Phillip Payne

[email protected]

600 West Peachtree St NW

Atlanta, GA 30308

(404)-434-3305

Any written request or communication in reference to this project or notice SHOULD include the Project and P. I. Numbers as noted at the top of this notice.

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STATE OF GEORHGIA EMANUEL COUNTY

NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given to all persons having demands against CONNIE JOHNSON TURNER, late of said County, deceased, to present them to the undersigned properly made out, within the time prescribed by law, so as to show their character and amount; and all persons indebted to said deceased are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This 23rd day of May, 2025.

Clint Turner

Chad Turner

Co-Administrators of the Estate of

CONNIE JOHNSON TURNER

c/o Danny Olliff, Attorney

Post Office Box 537

Metter, GA 30439

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NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER GEORGIA, EMANUEL COUNTY

Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by Michael L Terry, Nicole Terry to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as grantee, as nominee for Quicken Loans, LLC, its successors and assigns dated July 9, 2020, recorded in Deed Book 499, Page 502, Emanuel County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC by assignment recorded in Deed Book 588, Page 328, Emanuel County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of EIGHTY-ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($81,150.00), 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 Emanuel County, Georgia, or at such place as may be lawfully designated as an alternative, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in July, 2025, 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 the Security Deed and by law, including attorney’s fees (notice pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 13-1-11 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), the right of redemption of any taxing authority, any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and any matters of record including, but not limited to, those superior to the Security Deed first set out above. Said property will be sold on an “as-is” basis without any representation, warranty or recourse against the above-named or the undersigned.

Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC is the holder of the Security Deed to the property in accordance with OCGA § 44-14-162.2.

The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: Rocket Mortgage, LLC, 1050 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226, 8005080944.

Note, however, that such entity is not required by law to negotiate, amend or modify the terms of the loan.

To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is Michael L Terry or a tenant or tenants and said property is more commonly known as 732 Sam Overstreet Rd, Twin City, GA 30471. Should a conflict arise between the property address and the legal description the legal description will control.

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.

Rocket Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Quicken Loans, LLC

as Attorney in Fact for

Michael L Terry, Nicole Terry

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP

1544 Old Alabama Rd

Roswell, GA 30076

www.foreclosurehotline.net

EXHIBIT “A”

Tax Id Number(s): 148 001B

Land situated in the County of Emanuel in the State of GA

ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING, SITUATE, AND BEING IN THE 1333TH G.M. DISTRICT OF EMANUEL COUNTY, GEORGIA, CONTAINING 3.89 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AS SHOWN ON PLAT PREPARED BY J.D. MCLEOD, SURVEYOR DATED FEBRUARY 15, 1977, AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 8, PAGE 572, OF THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK, EMANUEL COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT. SAID PLAT BY REFERENCE IS INCORPORATED HEREIN FOR A MORE FULL, COMPLETE, AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF SAID PROPERTY. SAID TRACT OF LAND IS BOUNDED, NOW OR FORMERLY AS FOLLOWS: ON THE NORTH AND EAST BY LANDS OF SOL CHANCE; ON THE SOUTH BY A PAVED COUNTY ROAD; AND ON THE WEST BY OTHER LANDS OF SAM OVERSTREET, JR.

Commonly known as: 732 Sam Overstreet Rd, Twin City, GA 30471-3515

MR / KS July 1, 2025

Our file no. 25-17400GA-FT1

25-17400GA

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF EMANUEL COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA

IN RE: ESTATE OF

GARY EUGENE WATERS, DECEASED

ESTATE NO. 24E0140

NOTICE

[For discharge from office and all liability]IN RE: Petition for Discharge of Personal Representative

TO: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES and to whom it may concern:

This is to notify you to file an objection, if there is any, to the above-referenced petition, in this Court on or before JUNE 16, 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.

J. Chase Sherrod

Judge of the Probate Court

By: Jeanie Hooks

Clerk of the Probate Court

P. O. Box 70

Swainsboro, Ga. 30401

Address

(478) 237-7091

Telephone Number

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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS GEORGIA, EMANUEL COUNTY

All creditors of the estate of Tommy L. Robertson Sr., decedent, late of Emanuel County, are hereby notified to render in their demands to Jerry N. Cadle, P.C., P.O. Box 68, Swainsboro, GA 30401 according to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment.

This 29th day of May 2025.

Tyrone Clark,

Executor of the Estate of

Tommy L. Robertson Sr., decedent

Jerry N. Cadle, P.C.

P.O. Box 68

Swainsboro, GA 30401

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IN THE PROBATE COURT OF EMANUEL COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA

IN RE: ESTATE OF

DOUGLAS J. BENNET JR., DECEASED

ESTATE NO. 25E0077

NOTICE

IN RE: Petition for Letters of Administration with Will Annexed (Will Previously Probated)

TO: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES

[List here all interested parties having unknown addresses to be served by publication]

This is to notify you to file objection, if there is any, to the above referenced petition, in this Court on or before June 30, 2025.

BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections. All objections must 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.

J. Chase Sherrod

Judge of the Probate Court

By: Jeanie Hooks

Clerk of the Probate Court

P. O. Box 70

Swainsboro, Ga. 30401

Address

(478) 237-7091

Telephone Number

NOTICE OF SALE

The Mitchell Building

101 S. Main Street, Swainsboro, GA

South Auction Inc. has been contracted by the Emanuel County Board of Commissioners to sell at public auction 101 S. Main Street, Swainsboro, GA located at the intersection of US Hwy 1 and US Hwy 80. The bidding for this property is strictly on www.SouthAuction.com. The bidding will open June 4th, 2025, and End on June 25, 2025. The Emanuel County Commissioners will have the right to reject any and all bids or cancel any proposed sale. Contact agent Rusty Lane 478-455-1861, South Auction Inc. GAL #3022