Submitted by Wanda Stone

Appling County will be having a special Cry Out America service on Monday, September 14, at 7:00 p.m. at Harvest Chapel Church.

Cry Out America - Patriot Day is on 9/11. Christian Leaders are calling for a Nationwide Prayer Initiative for Repentance, Revival and Patriotism. Cry Out America prayer gatherings are Bible based, non-partisan and non-denominational events. The vision is for The Church, as the Body of Christ, diverse and unique but united, standing together, repenting of our sins as we seek God for a Christ Awakening, that results in true and lasting revival across our nation.

The tragedy of 9/11 was seen by many as a wake-up call for America. This is how the Cry Out America prayer initiative began. Bill Bright, (Crusade for Christ) and Loren Cunningham (Youth with a Mission), along with many other people, felt God was speaking to...

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Nobles Funeral Home and Crematory announces the funeral service of Mr. Tracy Fleming Beckworth, 85, who passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2020. Mr. Beckworth was a native and lifelong resident of Appling County and a retired painter.

Mr. Tracy was preceded in death by his parents F.F. Beckworth and Bertha Beaver Beckworth, two brothers, Ferris Beckworth and Clinton Beckworth and one sister, Bobbie L. Robinson.

He is survived by his four children, Kathy Crosby, Deran Beckworth, Matilda Beckworth, and Dwight Beckworth all of Baxley, seven grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren, one brother, Donnie R. Beckworth, two sisters, Denese Rushing of Richmond Hill, and Linda Richardsen of Atlanta, a special family friend, Mary Fountion, also survives.

A private graveside service was held on Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. at the Beckworth-Swinson Cemetery.

Active Pallbearers were Marland Cauley, Jeremy Beckworth, Dustin Beckworth, Victoria Reynolds, and Marcos Andrade.

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want, He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23; 1-4

Noble Funeral Home and Crematory was honored to serve the family of Mr. Tracy Fleming Beckworth.

Nobles Funeral Home and Crematory announces the funeral services for Mrs. Maxine Hunter Brown, 69, who passed away on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at her residence in Surrency. She was a native and lifelong resident of Appling County. Mrs. Brown was a member of Harmony Baptist Church.

Mrs. Brown was preceded in death by her parents, John and Bertie Lee Hunter, two sons, Timothy Howell and Randy Brown and one brother, Ronnie Hunter.

Surviving is her husband, Bobby S. Brown of Surrency, three sons, John Howell of Augusta, Bobby Brown Jr. and wife Jane, and Eric Brown both of Fernandina Beach, FL, one daughter, Robin and husband Jeff Parker of Wilmington, NC, seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren, two brothers, Frank and wife Debbie Hunter, and J.C Hunter both of Surrency, three sisters, Anita and husband David Brown of Bryant, AR, Johnnie Mae Hunter of Tennessee and Ann and husband Mitch Stanfield of Surrency.

A private family funeral service was held Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. from the Harmony Baptist Church with the Reverend Sam Holland and Reverend Kenny Hutcheson officiating.

Interment followed in the Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery.

Active Pallbearers were Robbie Beecher, Anthony Page, Bobby Brown Jr., Bobby Brown III, Austin Headley, and Brandon Holland.

Nobles Funeral Home and Crematory was honored to serve the family of Mrs. Maxine Hunter Brown.

Nobles Funeral Home and Crematory announces the death of Mrs. Julie Carter, 67, who passed away Sunday, August 30, 2020 at Ascension St. Vincent’s in Jacksonville, Fl.
Arrangement are currently incomplete.

Nobles Funeral Home and Crematory is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Julie Carter.

Nobles Funeral Home and Crematory announces the funeral services for Mr. Kendall Mills, 78, who passed away Friday, September 4, 2020 at the Baptist Village Nursing Home in Waycross. Mr. Mills was a native and lifelong resident of Appling County and a retired truck driver with McKenzie Tank Lines and Appling Gas Company. He was a United States Army Veteran stationed in Korea, a member of the Holmesville Masonic Lodge, Alee Shrine Temple, Knights Templar and a member of the Hopewell United Methodist Church. Mr. Mills was a past President of the Young Farmers, served on the Board of the Appling County Chamber of Commerce and a thirty-one-year member of the Appling County Tax Assessor’s Board.

Mr. Mills was preceded in death by his parents Jesse Lee and Catherne Ware Mills.
Surviving is his wife of fifty-seven years, Claudine Mills of Baxley, son, Brian and Bea Mills of Richmond Hill, grandchildren, Grayson and Madelyn Mills of Richmond Hill, brother, Warren and Deborah Mills of Baxley and brother and sister in law, Sandy and Gary Thomas of Baxley.

Graveside funeral services were held Sunday, September 6, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at the Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery with the Reverend Bobby Gale and the Reverend Robby Kerr officiating.

In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children at www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org.

Nobles Funeral Home and Crematory is honored to serve the family of Mr. Kendall Mills.

Karl Sexton, 54, of Baxley passed away August 13, 2020 at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida.
 
Bro. Sexton was born October 29, 1965 in Moline, Illinois. He surrendered to the call to ministry and, at the age of 17, became the pastor of Macedonia Free Will Baptist Church in Rienza, Mississippi. He planted a church in Hackleburg, Alabama before moving to Virginia Beach, Virginia to serve at Gateway Free Will Baptist Church as Military Pastor, then as Youth Pastor, and finally as Senior Pastor. He was honored with the opportunity to preach at the 74th Annual Association of Free Will Baptists Convention in 2010 in Oklahoma City, OK.
 
In 2011, Bro. Sexton moved to Appling County, where he continued to minister as a pastor and servant to the community while at Memorial Free Will Baptist Church, and in 2015 he became the pastor of Sand Hill Creek Free Will Baptist Church.

Bro. Sexton was also a bus driver for the Appling County Board of Education, where he loved and encouraged many children and the other bus drivers through daily devotions as their unofficial chaplain. He served as Assistant Director of the Appling County Food Bank and as Vice President of the Appling County Ministerial Alliance. He also was a Bible teacher at Appling Christian Academy and a Bible Study Teacher for Freedom Living Ministry. Bro. Sexton was a devoted family man who loved Jesus and people. He was a true servant and a passionate soul winner for his Lord Jesus Christ.

Survivors include his wife, Lourdes Sola-Sexton of Baxley; children, Leah & David Dell of Ashland City, TN, Jonathan & Janessa Sexton of Virginia Beach, VA, Timothy & Christina Sexton of Suffolk, VA, Luke Myers of Baxley, Jonathan Myers and Gabriel Myers of Brunswick, Evan Myers of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Redaphca Mogene, Belinda Mogene, and Tahina Thilus all of Baxley; his parents, Rev. Johnny & Peggy Sexton of Angier, NC; sisters & brothers-in-law, Tracy & Tom Wilson of Willow Springs, NC and Teresa & Rev. Doug Snipes of Jesup; and brother & sister-in-law, Rev. David & Charity Sexton of Suffolk, VA. Ten grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive.

A private funeral service was held Friday, September 4, 2020 at Sand Hill Creek Free Will Baptist Church with the Rev. David Sexton & Rev. James Forlines officiating.

Interment followed in the church cemetery.

Active pallbearers were Gene Mann, Richard Aldridge, Eric Mincey, Darren Jackson, Andy Orvin, and Corey Bass.

Honorary pallbearers were J. W. Orvin, James Forlines, B. G. Crosby, Danny Orvin, Justin Orvin and Alan Johnson.

Musical selections were rendered by Shannon Knight, Stephanie Allen, Beth Mann, Jonathan Myers and the congregation.

Floral donations will be accepted; however, in lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to Freedom Living Ministry (c/o Sand Hill Creek Free Will Baptist Church P. O. Box 262 Baxley, Georgia 31515).

Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Swain Funeral Home.

Nobles Funeral Home and Crematory announces the funeral services of Mr. Alex Simmons, 80, who passed away Sunday, September 6, 2020 at his residence. He was a native and lifelong resident of Appling County and a retired handyman.

Mr. Simmons was preceded in death by his parents, William Andrew and Cassie Spell Simmons and a daughter, Tamela K. Simmons.

Surviving is his son, Ricky and wife Amanda Simmons of Baxley, grandchildren, Masie and husband Travis Crosby and Mason Simmons both of Baxley, great grandchildren, Jasie Crosby and Jayliegh Crosby both of Baxley and a brother, James Arlen Simmons of Douglas.

A private funeral service will be held Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. from the chapel of Nobles Funeral Home and Crematory with the Reverend Rick Brown officiating.

Interment will follow in the Zoar Cemetery.

Active Pallbearers will be Tyler Higgins, Travis Crosby, Tony Harrell and Lloyd Potter.

Nobles Funeral Home and Crematory is honored to serve the family of Mr. Alex Simmons.

Mr. Richard Anthony Stapleton, 65, passed away Monday, August 31, 2020 at Jeff Davis Hospital under the care of Serenity Hospice after an extended illness. 

Mr. Stapleton was born November 9, 1954 in McRae, Georgia.

He was preceded in death by his parents, the late William Marcus Stapleton, Jr. and Mary Thompson Stapleton and a sister, Marilyn Stapleton. He was a member of Fishing Creek Baptist Church and was self-employed as a farmer. Mr. Stapleton was also a pilot and spent many hours crop dusting. When he wasn’t working, he enjoyed airplanes, riding motorcycles and racecars. He loved to travel and made numerous snow skiing trips to Colorado, loved to cruise and enjoyed the warm beaches as he grew older. 

He is survived by his daughter, Somer (Brad)Turner of Lumber City, three grandchildren, Lexi Turner, Hayden Turner and Samantha Turner, his former wife of 42 years, Nancy Stapleton of Baxley, two sisters, Gail Stapleton of Athens and Carol Ray Haynie of Macon and a special friend, Deanie Ellis. 

Graveside funeral services were held at 4:00 p.m., Thursday, September 3, 2020 at Fishing Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Dusty Allen, Rev. Phillip Worthington and Somer Turner officiating.  

To sign the online registry, please visit wainrightparlor.com 

Wainright-Parlor Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. 

Hildra Faye Stone, 75, passed away Monday, August 31, 2020 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida.

Mrs. Stone was born March 27, 1945 in Lucedale, Mississippi to the late Claiborne Matthew Lane and the late Willie Nell Cochran Lane Jones. She was a member of Melton’s Chapel United Methodist Church and was a homemaker.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Monica Goolsby and a sister, Barbara Buckhalter.

Survivors include her husband, Herbert Randall Stone of Baxley; daughter, Kenda Mischelle Hendrix of Baxley; a son, Ira Martin Havard of Baxley; brothers, Rayborne Lane of Girard and Kenny Lane of Lenoir City, TN.  Five grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild; and a special aunt, Lumerl Lawley also survive.

A graveside service was held Thursday , September 3, 2020 at 11:00 am at Melton’s Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery with Rev. Danita Knowles and Rev. Rickey Rushing officiating.

Active Pallbearers were Vernon Alferink, Jared Craven, Josh Stone, Randy Havard, Justin Hooks, Brock Norris and Al Marsh.

Honorary Pallbearers were members of Melton’s Chapel and family.

Musical selections were rendered by Sandra Smith.

Remembrances may be made to Melton’s Chapel United Methodist Church Building Fund 136 Altamaha School Road, Baxley, Ga. 31513 or Gideons International, P.O. Box 403, Baxley, Ga. 31515

Arrangements were under the direction of Swain Funeral Home.

This past week Appling taxpayers received welcome news in the form of less property taxation. The Appling County Board of Education rolled back its millage by almost a half of a mill. Then the Appling County Commission also rolled back its millage by a miniscule amount as well. But hey, I guess that is better than raising millage, right?

The board of education set it’s millage at 13.602, down from the previous year at 14.072. This will benefit property owners across the county on ad valorem taxation. The county’s rate went from 13.24 in 2019 to 13.21 for 2020.

The board of education’s budget for FY2021 is $36,532,176.15. Of that budget the system expects to collect $14,648,000.00 through local ad valorem taxes. The county’s budget is set at $19,911,930.00 with somewhere around $12.5 million coming from ad valorem taxes.

It is this newspaper’s hope that if the community begins receiving...

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We are now into September of what has so far been a bummer of a year. My colleague, David Carroll, a Chattanooga TV anchor with whom I share the editorial page in several papers, calls 2020 “ the Edsel of years.” I wish I had thought of that line. I hate it when TV anchors are funnier than I am.

We have had to endure eight months of sheltering in place, social distancing, to mask or not to mask, boycotts, layoffs, government bailouts and computer-generated everything else except burning up buildings and tearing down statues. That has been human-generated.

Can things go further into the dumper? With a presidential election roughly eight weeks away, the answer is self-evident. Having to watch two old white guys with bad hairdos going at each other while political pundits ponderously pontificate will likely drive me to binge-watch all the back episodes of “The Gong Show.”

So, what do we have to look forward to? Certainly not the annual scrum between the scholar-athletes from the University of Georgia, the oldest state-chartered university in the nation, located in Athens, the Classic City of the South, and You-Know-Where Institute of Technology.

Absent this momentous event, I will strive to be gracious. I promise not to bring up all the Rhodes Scholars we have that YKWIT doesn’t have. That seems to upset them worse than laying 52 points on their scholar-athletes in a recent scrum.

Frankly, September doesn’t hold a lot of promise. How excited can you get over the fact this is National Blueberry Popsicle Month? I asked Junior E. Lee, general manager of the Yarbrough Worldwide Media and Pest Control Company headquartered in Greater Garfield, Georgia, if he had done any surveys on public attitudes regarding National Blueberry Popsicle Month. Given the way things are going these days, it wouldn’t surprise me that somebody has his nose out of joint over blueberries or popsicles, or both.

Junior was late getting back to me. He told me he had been observing Fight Procrastination Day and had lost. He didn’t seem to be too upset about it.

Between us, I have been having a bit of a problem with Junior’s attitude recently. While he is one of the most respected media analysts in the free world, he is also a pest control professional. That is something he likes to rag the snoots in the national media about. He can hang with the best of them on stuff like the U.S. trade deficit and what is going on in Belarus but loves to ask them how they would get rid of clover mites and then watch the blank looks on their faces.

It was my fault that I had Junior E. Lee working on an assignment on June 6 and forgot all about that being National Pest Control Day, a salute to pest control professionals around the world. He wasn’t happy. Pest control professionals are proud people.

Junior says pest control isn’t just a job, it is an essential service and had I heard anyone talk about defunding pest control professionals? I admitted I had not and told him National Pest Control Day would be duly observed next year. He seemed mollified and said he was heading over to Aunt Flossie Felmer’s house to rummage around in her drawers, supposedly looking for fire ants. He seems to be doing that a lot these days.

With that out of the way, we are back to trying to figure out how to outlast 2020. I don’t see much ahead that excites me. In October, there is National Punk Day which is sure to be big in Portland and Seattle. And we need to keep an eye on Leif Erickson Day. Leif was the first European to set foot in North America. He was from Greenland where they eat seals and make dogs pull people around on sleds. I guarantee you that’s going to get his statue pulled down somewhere.

There is National Take a Hike Day in November which will thrill those of you who have been suggesting for years I do just that and in December National Ding-a-Ling Day, a salute to those who believe everything they read on social media.

I am afraid that is about all the good news I have as to what to expect for the rest of 2020, boys and girls. In the meantime, I suggest we hunker down, give each other a virtual hug and pray there is not another Edsel in our future.

You can reach Dick Yarbrough at dick@dickyarbrough.com; at P.O. Box 725373, Atlanta, Georgia 31139; online at dickyarbrough.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/dickyarb.

Mama used to tell me that bad things come in threes and then they are gone. Not so, or not for me this weekend anyway. Saturday night I put a chicken in the crock pot so I could get up Sunday morning before Facebook church and make said fowl into a luscious pot pie. I wanted to sit and actually watch the church service even though the coronavirus prevented my going. Then I went to bed, carefully setting the alarm for 7:30 a.m. Every time Nature called me during the night, I could smell the lovely aroma of chicken cooking. I nearly sprained my shoulder patting myself on the back for being so efficient and then back to bed I’d go.

At 5:30, long before alarm time, I awoke to a monstrous headache. All the minor demons were pounding the backside of my eyeballs with sharp, heavy hammers and the inside of my head rang in response. Nearly tripping over a dog, I stumbled off to the bathroom for Tylenol. Back in bed, I lay there engulfed in pain. Consciously I tried to go back to sleep, but that rarely works. It didn’t work for me. When the alarm sounded, I turned it off and went back to bed. My head still ached, and I couldn’t convince myself to get up. No church for me. I did manage to turn off the crock pot before I finally fell asleep.

At 9:00 I got up and took more Tylenol. After a big cup of coffee, the headache started to fade. By 10:30 I was well enough to listen to the service on the radio as I put my pot pie together. I even managed to make banana bread during the service. Lunch was served.

After lunch I sat down to visit with my...

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF APPLING COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF
VIRGIL LEE CARTER
DECEASED
ESTATE NO. 2020-90
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
NOTICE
TO AND TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
SHEILA ELAINE KENNEDY has petitioned for (SHEILA ELAINE KENNEDY) to be appointed Administrator(s) of the estate of VIRGIL LEE CARTER, deceased, of said County. (The Petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond 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 objection, and must be filed with the Court on or before Oct. 2, 2020.
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 filling 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.
Diane Hallman
Judge of the Probate Court
36 South Main Street
Baxley, GA  31513
912-367-8114
9/9, 9/16, 9/23 & 9/30

NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA,
COUNTY OF APPLING.
All creditors of the estate of CURTIS M. SMITH, JR., deceased, late of Appling County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all person indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment to the estate.
This 19th day of August, 2020.
DINAH SHORE SMITH, EXECUTRIX OF THE LAST WILL AND
TESTAMENT OF CURTIS M. SMITH JR., DECEASED
C/O E. PRESTON JOHNSON, JR., ATTORNEY AT LAW
P.O. BOX 304, BAXLEY, GA 31515
8/26, 9/2, 9/9 & 9/16

NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
STATE OF GEORGIA,
COUNTY OF APPLING.
All creditors of the estate of FANNIE RUTH WATERS, deceased, late of Appling County, Georgia, are hereby notified to render in their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all person indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment to the estate.
This 21st day of August, 2020.
DONNA RUTH TROWELL, EXECUTRIX
OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF FANNIE RUTH WATERS,
DECEASED
C/O E. PRESTON JOHNSON, JR.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
P.O. BOX 304, BAXLEY, GA 31515
8/26, 9/2, 9/9 & 9/16

NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that Bay Street Storage will hold a public auction pursuant to the Georgia Self Storage Facility Act, Georgia code Section 10-4-210 to 10-4-21 on Saturday, Sept 26th @ 10:00am at the Bay Street Storage facility located at 419 Bay Street, Baxley, 
Unit # 84 contents belonging to Mary Johnson. MISC ITEMS
Unit # 95 &135 contents belonging to Nicole King. MISC ITEMS
Unit # 105 & 111 contents belonging to Stephen Smith. MISC ITEMS
Unit # 110 contents belonging to Devan Lee. MISC ITEMS
Unit # 136 contents belonging to Octavia King. MISC ITEMS
Auction will be held on Sept. 26th, 2020 @10:00 am.
9/2, 9/9 & 9/16

Notice is given that Articles of Incorporation which will incorporate Baxley Wellness Pharmacy, 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 4497 Hatch Parkway N, Baxley, Georgia 3l513, and its initial registered agent at such address is Briana Aycock.
Kris Knox, Incorporator
37 Tippins Street, Suite B
Baxley, Georgia 31513

NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
COUNTY OF APPLING
STATE OF GEORGIA
By virtue of the Power of Sale contained in the Deed to Secure Debt from MICHAEL CASEY TOMBERLIN to FNB South, dated June 17, 2011 recorded in Deed Book 478, Pages 515-521, Clerk(s Office, Appling County, Georgia, there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the courthouse door at Appling County, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in October, 2020, the following described property:
TRACT ONE: All that tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the 2nd Land District of Appling County, Georgia, consisting of 5.179 acres, more or less, of Land Lot No. 420. Said tract of land being more particularly described according to the courses, metes and bounds of that certain survey and plat thereof by Merlin J. Tomberlin and Associates, G.R.L.S. No. 2477, dated March 3, 2006, recorded in Plat Book 19, Page 450, in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia. Said plat by reference thereto is made a part hereof for all purposes. This property being a portion of the same property described in that certain Warranty Deed from Lori Lynne Lee f/k/a Lori Weisberg to Clifton Courson recorded in Deed Book 341, Page 271, in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia.
TRACT TWO: All that tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the 2nd Land District of Appling County, Georgia, consisting of 5.0 acres, more or less, of Land Lot No. 420. Said tract of land being more particularly described according to the courses, metes, and bounds of that certain survey and plat thereof by Merlin J. Tomberlin and Associates, G.R.L.S. No. 2477, dated July 28, 2001, recorded in Plat Book 16, Page 8, in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Appling County, Georgia. Said plat by reference thereto is made a part hereof for all purposes. This is a portion of the same property described in that certain Warranty Deed from Lori Lynne Lee f/k/a Lori Weisberg to Clifton Courson recorded in Deed Book 341, Page 271, in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Appling County, Georgia.
TOGETHER WITH and made a part thereof One 2000 Fleetwood Mobile Home, Vin Number GAFLX07A45609WZ12.
Property address: 280 Acorn LN, Baxley, GA
Map and Parcel # 0030-090J
Said Deed to Secure Debt having been given to secure a note dated June 17, 2011 in the original principal amount of $35,353.00 and a note date July 20, 2015 in the amount $53,887.09 with interest from date at the rate as specified therein
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 in accordance with the terms of said notes. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of the sale, including attorney(s fees.
To the best of the undersigned(s knowledge, the party in possession of the subject property is: Michael Casey Tomberlin
The above described property will be sold subject to unpaid state, county and city taxes to the highest bidder for cash and the proceeds will be applied to said indebtedness and the lawful expenses of said sale as provided in said security deed and a conveyance will be made to the purchaser at the sale as authorized by said security deed.
Debtor should contact FNB South, P.O. Box 2028, Alma Georgia 31510, phone number 912-632-7262, as to any negotiations, amendments or modification of the above stated Note.
This the 24th day of June, 2020.
FNB South as
Attorney-in-Fact for Michael C Tomberlin
P.O. Box 2028
Alma, GA 31510
912-367-0200
Jerome Adams
Attorney at Law
P. O. Box 1005
Douglas, GA 3l534
(912)384-7109
9/2, 9/9, 9/16 & 9/23

NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
COUNTY OF APPLING
STATE OF GEORGIA
By virtue of the Power of Sale contained in the Deed to Secure Debt from THOMAS JOHNSON, JR. and VICKIE NICOLE SHELLMAN to FNB South, dated August 11, 2006 recorded in Deed Book 420, Pages 87-93, Clerk(s Office, Appling County, Georgia, there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the courthouse door at Appling County, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in October, 2020, the following described property:
TRACT ONE: All that tract or parcel of land lying, being and situated in Land Lot No. 341 of the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, being designated as Lot No 1, Block “A”, on that certain survey and plat thereof, prepared by Merlin J. Tomberlin, G.R.L.S. No. 2477, dated November 27, 1990, recorded in Plat Book 14, Page 60, of the records of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, said plat by this reference hereto being incorporated herein and made a part hereof for all necessary purposes.
This being a portion of the property conveyed from Lennox M. Morris to Thomas Johnson, Jr. et. al. by deed dated October 12, 2004, recorded in Deed Book 396, Page 192 of the records of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia.
Map and Parcel # C004-025
TRACT TWO: All that tract or parcel of land lying, being and situate in Land Lot No. 341 of the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, being designated as Lot No 2 of Block “A”, on that certain survey and plat thereof, prepared by Merlin J. Tomberlin, G.R.L.S. No. 2477, dated November 27, 1990, recorded in Plat Book 14, Page 60, of the records of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, said plat by this reference hereto being incorporated herein and made a part hereof for all necessary purposes.
This being a portion of the property conveyed from Lennox M. Morris to Thomas Johnson, Jr. et. al. by deed dated October 12, 2004, recorded in Deed Book 396, Page 192 of the records of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia.
Map and Parcel # C004-025
TRACT THREE: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot No 218 of the 3rd Land District of Appling County, Georgia, consisting of 5.878 acres, more or less, and being bounded, now or formerly, as follows: Northeast by the Southwestern right of way of Oak Street; Southeast by Northwestern right of way of Main Street; South by the Northern right of way of Norwood Street; and Northwest by lands of Michael Whitmore and Angela Whitmore and lands of G. Anthony Tillman
For a more particular description reference is hereby made to a survey and plat thereof prepared by Denean W. Dixon and Associates, certified by Denean W. Dixon, G.R.L.S. No. 1647, dated April 2, 2003, recorded in Plat Book 18, Page 118, of the records of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, and incorporated herein for a more full and complete description and all other legal purposes.
This being the same and identical property conveyed from Carlos Lindsey Flowers, Jr. et.al. to Carlos Lindsay Flowers, Jr. by deed dated April 8, 2003, recorded in Deed Book 409, Page 12 of the records of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia.
Map and Parcel# C0097-B043
TRACT FOUR: All that tract or parcel of land lying, being and situated in Land Lot No. 341 of the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, being designated as Lot 4 of Block “A” on that certain survey and plat thereof entitled “Survey for Mickey Morris,” prepared by Merlin J. Tomberlin, G.R.LS. No. 2477, dated November 27, 1990, recorded in Plat Book 14, Page 60, of the records of the Clerk of Superior County of Appling County, Georgia, said plat by this reference hereto being incorporated herein and made a part hereof for all necessary purposes.
This being a portion of the property conveyed from Lennox M. Morris to Thomas Johnson, Jr. et. al. by deed October 12, 2004, recorded in Deed Book 396, Page 192 of the records of the Clerk of Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia.
Map & Parcel # C004-021
Said Deed to Secure Debt having been given to secure a note dated August 11, 2006 in the original principal amount of $24,637.00 and a note date December 20, 2016 in the amount $59,162.38 with interest from date at the rate as specified therein
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 in accordance with the terms of said notes. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of the sale, including attorney(s fees.
To the best of the undersigned(s knowledge, the party in possession of the subject properties is: Thomas Johnson, Jr. and Vickie Nicole Shellman
The above described property will be sold subject to unpaid state, county and city taxes to the highest bidder for cash and the proceeds will be applied to said indebtedness and the lawful expenses of said sale as provided in said security deed and a conveyance will be made to the purchaser at the sale as authorized by said security deed.
Debtor should contact FNB South, P.O. Box 2028, Alma Georgia 31510, phone number 912-632-7262, as to any negotiations, amendments or modification of the above stated Note.
This the 31st day of July, 2020.
FNB South as
Attorney-in-Fact for
P.O. Box 2028
Alma, GA 31510
912-367-0200
Jerome Adams
Attorney at Law
P. O. Box 1005
Douglas, GA 3l534
(912)384-7109

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF APPLING COUNTY,
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: PETITION OF
LORI ANNE GARBUTT
TO CHANGE NAME TO
LORIANNE GARBUTT
CAFN: SUC2020000185
NOTICE OF PETITION TO CHANGE NAME
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF APPLING
Notice is hereby given that LORI ANNE GARBUTT, the undersigned, filed her Petition in the Superior Court of Appling County, Georgia, on the 28th day of August, 2020, praying for a change in the name of Petitioner from LORI ANNE GARBUTT to LORIANNE GARBUTT. Notice is hereby given pursuant to law to any interested or affected party to appear in said Court and to file objections to such name change. Objections must be filed with said Court within 30 days of the filing of said Petition.
This 28th day of August, 2020.
Lori Anne Garbutt, Petitioner
Keith M. Morris
Attorney for Petitioner
581 E. Parker St.
Baxley, Ga. 31513
(912) 367-2636
9/2, 9/9, 9/16 & 9/23

Notice is hereby given that UStore ULock Rentals, LLC will hold a public auction pursuant to the Georgia Self Storage Facility Act, Georgia code Section 10-4-210 to 10-4-215 on September 18th at 10:00 AM at the Storage facility located at 371 Luckie Street Baxley, GA 31513.
Unit #B08 belonging to Alisha Joiner, containing: Boxes, Furniture, Cloths
Unit #46 Catherine Gamble, containing: Furniture, Boxes, Appliances
Unit # C12 Jennifer Crapps, containing: Furniture, Boxes, Household Goods
Unit # 73 James Sanders, containing: Cloths, Furniture
Unit # 139 Brandon Black, containing, Furniture, Toolbox, Mattress

GEORGIA, APPLING COUNTY
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
Because of default in the payment of a note secured by a deed to secure debt executed by Randy Branch and Aaron Branch, Jr. dated March 8, 2001, recorded in Deed Book 345, Page 57, Appling County records, the undersigned has declared the full unpaid amount of the indebtedness referred to due and payable and, acting under the power of sale contained in said deed, for the purpose of paying said indebtedness, will on the first Tuesday in October, 2020 during the legal hours of sale at the Appling County Courthouse, sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, the lands described in said deed, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in the Second Land District of Appling County, Georgia, consisting of 69.30 acres, more or less, of original Land Lot No. 135 and being bound as follows: north by the original land lot line; East by the Red Oak Highway; Southerly and Westerly by the run of Chancy Branch.
Said track of land being designated as Tract 1 and being more accurately described according to a survey and plat thereof by H. K. Emanuel, Surveyor, dated October 18, 1961, and a copy of same being of record in the deed record of Appling County, Georgia, and by reference incorporated herein for all purposes. Said tract of land being all of the land shown on the West side of Red Oak Highway on said plat.
This being a portion of the Land conveyed the Federal Land Bank, as Attorney-in-Fact for Aaron Branch, Jr. to Albert B. Lynch, et al. by deed under power dated May 17, 1985, and being of record in the deed records of Appling County, Georgia.
Said property is to be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes, which are liens, 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 and encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants and matters superior to the aforesaid Deed to Secure Debt first set out above. Said property is also sold “as is” without any representation, warranty, or recourse against the above named creditor or the undersigned.
The undersigned will execute a deed to the purchaser as authorized by the aforementioned debt deed.
This the 2nd day of September, 2020.
AgSouth Farm Credit, ACA as Attorney in Fact for Randy Branch and Aaron Branch, Jr.
BROWN ROUNTREE PC
26 N MAIN STREET
STATESBORO, GEORGIA 30458
9/9, 9/16, 9/23 & 9/30

IN PROBATE COURT OF APPLING COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF
STEVEN DEVON SIMMONS 
DECEASED      
ESTATE NO. 2020-89
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
NOTICE
TO:  and to whom it may concern:
Keely Thornton has petitioned for Keely Thornton to be appointed Administrator(s) of the estate of Steven Devon Simmons deceased, of said county, (The Petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond 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 an such objections, and must be filed with the Court on or before Oct. 5, 2020.
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.
Diane Hallman
Probate Judge of the Probate Court
36 S Main Street
Baxley, GA  31513
912-367-8114
9/9, 9/16, 9/23, 9/30