LEGALS

NOTICE TO DEBTORS

AND CREDITORS State of Georgia Lincoln County

All persons indebted to the estate of James Bruce Bolden, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment of same to the undersigned and all persons having a claim against said estate are notified to make claim to the undersigned or be barred from participation in said estate.

This 30th day of May, 2007.

Administrator, Estate of James Bruce

Kelly Diane Bolden

Post Office Box 307

Tignall, Georgia 30668 Hammond & Hammond Post Office Box 1137 Thomson, Georgia 30824 6 21 4tc

NOTICE TO DEBTORS

AND CREDITORS State of Georgia Lincoln County

All persons indebted to the estate of Mildred Elizabeth Wells Hammond, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment of same to the undersigned and all persons having a claim against said estate are notified to make claim to the undersigned or be barred from participation in said estate.

This 30th day of May, 2007. Administrator, Estate of Mildred Elizabeth

Wells Hammond

Thomas A. Hammond

1109 Po Folks Lane

Lincolnton, Georgia 30817 Hammond & Hammond Post Office Box 1137 Thomson, Georgia 30824 6 21 4tc

NOTICE TO DEBTORS

AND CREDITORS State of Georgia Lincoln County

All persons indebted to the estate of Peyton Mosley Hawes, deceased, are hereby notified to make payment of same to the undersigned and all persons having a claim against said estate are notified to make claim to the undersigned or be barred from participation in said estate.

This 30th day of May, 2007. Administrator, Estate of Peyton Mosley

Leverta Elam

4115 Augusta Highway

Lincolnton, Georgia 30817 Hammond & Hammond Post Office Box 1137 Thomson, Georgia 30824 6 21 4tc

NAME CHANGE In the Superior Court of Lincoln County State of Georgia

In Re: Lauren Ann Gilbert

Bolden

Hawes

This is to advise all parties of interest, if any, that a Petition to Change Name has been filed with the Lincoln County Clerk of Superior Court's Office on May 14, 2007, by Lauren Ann Roberson to change her name to Lauren Ann Gilbert.

All parties of interest are hereby notified to file their objections, if any, to the Lincoln County Clerk's Office no later than thirty (30) days from the date of filing.

Jimmy D. Plunkett

234 Main Street

Post Office Box 1576

Thomson, Georgia 30824

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NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF LINCOLN

By virtue of the power of sale contained in a Security Deed from Charles S. Crosby and Pamela A. Crosby to Lendmark Financial Services, Inc., dated March 1, 2004, filed March 9, 2004, and recorded in Deed Book 141, Page 328, Lincoln County, Georgia records, there will be sold at public outcry for cash to the highest bidder before the courthouse doors of said county during the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in July, 2007, by Lendmark Financial Services, Inc., as Attorney-in-Fact for Charles S. Crosby and Pamela A. Crosby, the following described property, to-wit:

All those lots or parcels of land with improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the State of Georgia, County of Lincoln, being known and designated as Lot 8 and 9, Block "A", Indian Cove Subdivision of Kimberling Investment Corporation land within the Clark Hill Reservoir area in said County, as shown on a plat of Indian Cove as prepared by James G. Swift, P.E., Augusta, Georgia, dated March 12, 1963 and recorded in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Lincoln County, Georgia in Plat Book 3, page 2; reference being made to said Plat for a more complete and accurate description as to the metes, bounds and location of said property.

The indebtedness secured by said Security Deed having been declared due and payable because of default in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of the sale, including attorney's fees, notice of intention to collect attorney's fees having been given as provided by law.

The property will be sold as the property of Charles S. Crosby and Pamela A. Crosby, subject to the following: (1) all prior restrictive covenants, easements, right-of-ways, or encumbrances; (2) all valid zoning ordinances; (3) matters which would be disclosed by an accurate survey of the property; (4) all outstanding taxes, assessments, unpaid bills, charges and expenses that constitute liens against the property, whether due and payable or not yet due and payable and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above.

To the best of the undersigned's knowledge and belief, the party in possession is Charles S. Crosby and Pamela A. Crosby, a tenant or tenants, or parties claiming under the aforementioned and said property is more commonly known as 1063 Comanche Circle, Lincolnton, Georgia 30817.

The law firm is acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. However, this is not for any purpose prohibited by Title 11, USCS as amended.

Lendmark Financial Services, Inc.

as Attorney-in-Fact, for

Charles S. Crosby and Pamela A. Crosby Gregory M. Eells Attorney at Law Eells & Allen, LLC Suite 181 - The Oglethorpe Bldg. 2971 Flowers Road South Atlanta, Georgia 30341 6 7 4tp

NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER

Whereas, on September 16, 1996, for value received, Toland T. Wynn executed and delivered to the United States of Ameri-ca, acting through the United States Department of Agriculture, a Deed to Secure Debt conveying certain real estate located in Lincoln County, Georgia, and said Deed to Secure Debt was record-ed in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court for Lincoln County, Georgia, in Book # 93, Page# 828; and

Whereas, the United States of America now holds the above described security deed covering the said real estate; and

Whereas, the Deed to Secure Debt held by the United States of America provides that should default occur, the holder may declare the entire indebtedness secured by the Deed to Secure Debt due and payable and, in compliance with the power of sale provisions contained in said security deed proceed to sell the property at public outcry; and

Whereas, after default, the United States of America has declared all of the indebtedness secured by the Deed to Secure Debt due and payable and hereby certifies that it has complied with all of its loan servicing regulations;

Now, therefore, the said United States of America, acting as aforesaid, under and in compliance with the power of sale provision contained in the Deed to Secure Debt, will proceed to sell at public outcry, for cash or certified funds to the highest bidder in front of the Courthouse in Lincoln County, during the legal hours of sale, on the 3rd day of July 2007, the following-described property conveyed in the Deed to Secure Debt, to Wit:

All that tract or parcel of land lying and being within the 186th District, G. M., Lincoln County, Georgia, fronting 98.61 feet on the South side of S.R. # 47, containing .70 Acre, more or less, being bounded on the North by State Road 47; East by lands of Mary F. Murray; South by lands of Boyd Aycock and West by lands of Ernest I. Guthrie, as shown by plat dated July 26, 1996, prepared by Johny Edmond Miller and recorded in Plat Book 9, page 39, Clerk's recordss, Lincoln Superior Court.

The above described property will be sold subject to any and all outstanding real estate taxes that are due and payable.

The failure of any high bidder to pay the purchase price and close the sale shall, at the option of the United States of America, be cause for rejection of the bid, and, if the bid is rejected, the United States of America shall have the option of making the sale to the next highest bidder who is ready, willing and able to comply with the terms thereof. The proceeds of said sale will first be applied to the payment of the indebtedness to the United States of America, other charges, and the expenses of sale, as provided in the abovedescribed Deed to Secure Debt.

This the 17th day of May 2007.

United States of America

Donnie D.

Thomas,

Acting State Director

Rural Development, successor in interest

to the

Farmers Home Administration and Rural Economic and Community

Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture

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NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER GEORGIA, LINCOLN COUNTY

Whereas, heretofore, on January 19, 2001, Gregory Hall did make and execute to Dew Land Development Company a certain Security Deed covering the following described property:

All that lot or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the 183rd District, G.M., Lincoln County, Georgia, containing 16.35 acres, being designated as Lot No. 2 Four Corners Subdivision on a plat of a portion of said subdivision made from a survey by McGill and Associates Land Surveyors, dated May 20, 1997, revised June 25, 1997, and recorded in Plat Book B, at page 236 of the records in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Lincoln County, Georgia.

Said property is conveyed subject to Protective Covenants as the same pertain to the entire Four Corners Subdivision recorded in Deed Book 97, at pages 299-300 of the records in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court, Lincoln County, Georgia.

The driveway leading from Colvin Road to subject property is a part of the total acreage conveyed herewith and is owned in fee simple by the owner of Lot No. 2, and it is the responsibility of the property owner to maintain said driveway. Lincoln County, Georgia, has no responsibility for the maintenance of said driveway.

Whereas, said Security Deed was given to secure a Note of even date therewith in the amount of Forty-three thousand five hundred and no/100 ($43,500.00) Dollars, all as shown by said Security Deed recorded in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Lincoln County, Georgia, in Deed Book 115 at pages 796-799; and,

Whereas, the said Note has become in default as to the payment of installments due thereon and the undersigned elects that the entire Note, principal and interest, become due and payable at once.

Now, therefore, according to the original terms of said Security Deed and the laws in such cases made and provided, the undersigned will expose for sale to the highest and best bidder for cash, the above described property, after proper advertisement, on the first Tuesday in July, 2007, between the legal hours of sale, before the Courthouse door in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, Georgia. The proceeds from said sale will be used to pay the costs and expenses of said sale, to pay the indebtedness secured by said Security Deed and to pay the surplus, if any, to the person or persons legally entitled thereto.

Said sale shall be held subject to all unpaid taxes, assessments and restrictions of record, if any.

Notice has been given of intention to collect attorney's fees in accordance with the terms of the Note secured by said Security Deed.

Said property will be sold as the property of Gregory Hall, the property to the best information, knowledge and belief of the undersigned, being presently in the possession of Gregory Hall. Said property being more commonly known as Lot 2, Four Corners Subdivision, Lincolnton, Lincoln County, Georgia.

This 7th day of June, 2007.

This law firm is acting as a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Dew Land Development Company, as Attorney-in-fact of Gregory Hall

By: Robert E. Knox, Jr.

Its Attorney

Gregory Hall By: Dew Land Development Compnay,

as Attorney-in-Fact

By: Robert E. Knox, Jr. Its Attorney Knox and Swan P. O. Box 539 Thomson, Georgia 30824 6 7 4tc

NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER IN

SECURITY DEED STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF LINCOLN.

On October 21, 2003, Tuyet Tieu, a/k/a Tuyet T. Lam executed a Deed To Secure Debt to Citizens Bank securing a note of even date for Eighty Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Seven and 92/100 Dollars ($80,727.92), said security deed being recorded in deed book 138, pages 457-462, Lincoln County Records. Said security deed conveyed the property hereinafter described.

By virtue of the power of sale contained in said security deed to Citizens Bank n/k/a First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Inc., there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, before the Lincoln County Courthouse door in Lincoln County, Georgia, during the legal hours of sale, being 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Eastern Time, on the first Tuesday in July the same being July 3, 2007, the following described property:

All that tract, lot or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the 187th District, G.M. of Lincoln County, Georgia, containing 1.23 acres, and being designated and distinguished as Lot 48, Block A, of and in the Savannah Bay Subdivision, and being more particularly described by a Plat of Survey of said subdivision, prepared by Randell E. Cook, R.L.S. No. 2270, dated June 10, 2003, a copy of which said Plat is of record in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Lincoln County, Georgia in Plat Cabinet "A", Slide 137, Panels A&B, and to which plat and the official record thereof reference is hereby specifically made in aid of and for a more complete and detailed description of said lot as to its courses, bound, metes and distances.

Said property is conveyed subject to Savannah Bay Subdivision Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements, dated January 28, 2002, a copy of which are recorded in Deed Book 123 at Page 496, Lincoln County Clerk's Office and Savannah Bay Subdivision Amended Declaration of Covenenats, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements dated August 1, 2003, a copy of which are recorded in Deed Book 136 at Pages 500-524, Lincoln County Clerk's Office.

The debt secured by said security deed and note has been and is hereby declared due and payable because of default for non payment as required by the note and security deed. The debt having been declared due and payable and remaining unpaid, and the terms in the note and security deed remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the principal, accrued interest and attorney's fees pursuant to the note and security deed, plus all expenses of this sale.

Said property will be sold as the property of Tieu Tuyet a/k/a Tuyet T. Lam and subject to outstanding ad valorem taxes and/or easements and/or restrictive covenants appearing of record, if any. The undersigned will comply with Georgia law, O.C.G.A. Section 44-14-162.2, prior to conducting the sale.

The undersigned will execute a deed to the purchaser at said sale as provided in the aforementioned deed to secure debt to Citizens Bank.

Dated this 10th day of May, 2007.

First Citizens Bank and Trust Company,

as successor by merger

Attorney-in-fact for Tieu Tuyet Janney E. Sanders P. O. Box 1005 Toccoa, GA 30577 Attorney for First Citizens Bank and Trust Company, Inc. 6 7 4tp

In the Probate Court of Lincoln County State of Georgia In re: Estate of Mavis Elizabeth Keener, Deceased

Inc.,

to Citizens Bank

Petition by personal representative for waiver of bond and/or grant of certain powers

Notice

Gregory Eric Keener has petitioned for waiver of bond and/or for the grant of certain powers contained in O.C.G.A. 53-12-232 in regard to the above estate. 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 July 6, 2007. All pleading/objections must be signed before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone number for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed, the Petition may be denied or a hearing will be scheduled for a later date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing.

Jaime Littleton Probate Clerk/Deputy Clerk

210 Humphrey St.

Lincolnton

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NOTICE Georgia, Lincoln County Probate Court

The petition of Earlean B. Turner, for a year's support from the estate of James Turner, deceased, for decedent's surviving

spouse, having been duly filed, all interested persons are hereby notified to show cause, if any they have, on or before July 6, 2007 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 on or before the time stated in the preceding sentence. All pleadings/objections must be signed before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone number 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.

Lee D. Moss

Probate Judge By Jaime Littleton

Probate Clerk/

Deputy Clerk

210 Humphrey St.

Lincolnton, GA 30817

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NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER

IN DEED TO SECURE DEBT STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF LINCOLN

Uunder and by virtue of the power of sale in that certain Deed to Secure Debt and Security Agreement, executed by Belony Thermidor and Marie Thermidor ("Grantors") in favor of RBC Centura Bank, dated as of November 10, 2003, and recorded at Book 139, Page 88, Lincoln County Records; said Deed to Secure Debt having been given to secure a Promissory Note dated November 10, 2003, in the original principal amount of Forty-Nine Thousand, Three Hundred Ninety-Two Dollars ($49,392.00), with interest from said date at the rate stated in the Note, there will be sold, at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the courthouse door at Lincoln County, Georgia, during the legal hours of sale, on Tuesday, July 3, 2007, the following described property, together with all fixtures and personal property attached to and constituting a part of said property, if any:

All that tract, lot or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the 187th District, G.M. of Lincoln County, Georgia, containing 2.86 acres, and being designated and distinguished as Lot 6-B, Block B, of and in the Savannah Bay Subdivision, and being more particularly described by a Plat of Survey of said subdivision, prepared by Randall E. Cook, R.L.S. No. 2270, dated June 10, 2003, a copy of which said Plat is of record in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Lincoln County, Georgia in Plat Cabinet "A", Slide 137, Panels A&B, and to which Plat and the official record thereof reference is hereby specifically made in aid of and for a more complete and detailed description of said lot as to its courses, bound, metes and distances.

Said property is subject to Savannah Bay Subdivision Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements, dated January 28, 2002, copies of which are recorded in Deed Book 123 at Page 496, Lincoln County Clerk's Office and Savannah Bay Subdivision Amended Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements, dated August 1, 2003, copies of which are recorded in Deed Book 136 at Pages 500- 524, Lincoln County Clerk's Office

The debt secured by virtue of said Deed to Secure Debt has been and is hereby declared due because of, among other possible events of default, nonpayment of amounts due under said Note. The proceeds of sale will be applied to the payment of said indebtedness and all expenses of said sale, including attorney's fees, as provided in said Deed, and the balance, if any will be distributed as provided by law. Notice has been given of intention to enforce provisions for collection of attorney's fees as provided by applicable law.

Said property will be sold as the property of Belony Thermidor and Marie Thermidor, the property, to the best information, knowledge and belief of the undersigned, being presently in the possession of Belony Thermidor and Marie Thermidor. It will be sold subject to outstanding ad valorem taxes and assessments, if any, including taxes and assessments which are a lien, whether or not now due and payable, the right of redemption of any taxing authority, any encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Deed to Secure Debt and Security Agreement first set out above.

DATED this 31st day of May, 2007.

RBC Centura Bank

As Attorney in Fact for the above-named

Grantors Christopher A. Cosper Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, P.C. P.O. Box 1564 Augusta, Georgia 30901 6 7 4tp