SALE UNDER POWER STATE OF GEOR...

SALE UNDER POWER STATE OF GEORGIA COLQUITT COUNTY THIS LAW FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. WHEREAS, on April 4, 2022, JOHN TOUCHTON executed and delivered unto MARY JO WHITE, 756 JR Suber Road, Norman Park, Georgia 31771 a certain Promissory Note and Security Deed With Power of Sale in order to secure the indebtedness therein recited, the original principal amount of said indebtedness being $75,000.00, and all other indebtedness then owing or thereafter arising between the parties, as shown by the record of same in Deed Book 1494, Pages 98-99, among the Deed Records of Colquitt County, Georgia. MARY JO WHITE is the present holder of record of the within referenced Promissory Note and Security Deed which conveys the property hereinafter described as follows: Tract 1 (C037 032): All that certain piece, parcel, or tract of land situate, lying and being in the 8th Land District of Colquitt County, Georgia, and being in Land Lot 216 and designated as Tract 8 on a plat of survey thereof prepared by Hurley J. Griffin, Surveyor, of date of August 30, 1985, and recorded in Plat Book 17, Page 204, in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Colquitt County, Georgia, which said plat and the record thereof are by reference incorporated herein. Tract 2 (C037 033A): All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Land Lot 216 of the 8th Land District of Colquitt County, Georgia, and being that 1.00 acre, more of less, as designated on that certain plat of survey prepared by Southland Surveying Company dated 1/20/04, entitled Survey for Gary and Mary Jo White, as recorded in Plat Book 37, Page 169B, Colquitt County Land Records; reference to said plat and the record thereof being incorporated herein and made a part of this description. Said described property is known as 1996 Sylvester Highway according to the present numbering system for the City of Moultrie, Georgia. PARCEL NO. C037 032; C037 033A WHEREAS, default has been made in the performance of the covenants and agreements secured by the above described security deed, and the present holder of record has elected to declare the entire remaining balance of the indebtedness secured by the aforesaid security deed due according to the terms of said security deed and the note secured thereby, NOW, THEREFORE, according to the original terms of said security deed pursuant to the power of sale contained therein 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 November 2023, the same being November 7, 2023, between the legal hours of sale before the courthouse door in Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia. Bidders for the subject property shall produce, at the time of sale, evidence that such bidder has the financial resources to pay the price submitted by such bidder. Proof of financial capability to comply with a bid shall be in the form of cash, letter of credit from a bank or savings and loan association in Colquitt County, Georgia, or cashiers or certified check for not less than the price to be bid by any such bidder. Sale shall continue from day to day until the property is sold. The undersigned may reject any and all bids and withdraw said property from sale and subsequently re-offer the property for sale in the event no reasonable bid is received and accepted. In that event, the property may be re-offered for sale at a day and time as determined, and as publicly announced at the public sale on November 7, 2023. The proceeds from sale will be used for payment of that certain Security Deed with Power of Sale from JOHN TOUCHTON to MARY JO WHITE, both principal and interest, insurance premiums, taxes, late charges and expenses, and attorneys fees for which proper notice has been given, and the balance, if any, delivered as provided by law. Said property will be sold subject to taxes for the year 2023 and any prior unpaid taxes, any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants of matters of record superior to the security deed first set out above. The property described above shall be sold subject to any right of the United States of America to redeem the aforesaid property within 120 days of the above referenced foreclosure sale date to pay Federal Tax Liens. The persons that have full authority to negotiate, amend and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: MARY JO WHITE, 756 JR Suber Road, Norman Park, GA 31771. Please understand that the secured creditor is not required by law to negotiate, amend or modify the terms of the mortgage instrument. This 25th day of September, 2023. MARY JO WHITE, as Attorney-in-Fact, for JOHN TOUCHTON Under Power of Security Deed WHELCHEL & CARLTON, LLP Attorneys at Law P. O. Box 758 Moultrie, GA 31776 744529 10/11,18,25;11/01/2023