117 Williams Bridge Road

NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER IN SECURITY DEED STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF FRANKLIN On October 5, 2022, Shayla Cook and Tristan Guthrie executed a Deed to Secure Debt to Shirley Williams Montgomery securing a Note of even date for Forty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Five and 84/100 ($42,585.84), said Security Deed being recorded in Deed Book 01546, Page 0260, Franklin County Records. Said Security Deed conveyed the property hereinafter described. By virtue of the power of sale contained in said Security Deed to Shirley Williams Montgomery there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, before the Franklin County Courthouse door in Franklin County, Georgia, during the legal hours of sale, being 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Eastern Time, on the first Tuesday in June, 2026, the same being June 2, 2026, the following described property: All that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the 211th District, G.M., Franklin County, Georgia. Being designated as Tract 2 Containing 3.97 acres, more or less, as shown on a plat of survey prepared for Eugene Montgomery, dated 5/7/1999, prepared by G Brian Slate, Registered Surveyor, and being recorded in Plat Book 25 Page 582 in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Franklin County Georgia. Said plat is recorded an incorporated by reference and made a part of this deed. Said property is bound on the North by Tract #1, East by Williams Bridge Ext. Road, South by Tracts # 3 4, and 5, West by N/F Toccoa Lumber Co 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 attorneys fees pursuant to the Note and Security Deed, plus all expenses of this sale. Said property will be sold as the property of Shayla Cook and Tristan Guthrie 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. To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, equitable title to said property is now held by Shayla Cook and Tristan Guthrie. The person with full authority to negotiate, amend and modify all terms of the mortgage with the Debtor is Clyde Mark Montgomery, Co-Executor of the Estate of Shirley Williams Montgomery, Phone Number (706) 540-0657. The undersigned will execute a Deed to the purchaser at said sale as provided in the aforementioned Deed to Secure Debt to Shirley Williams Montgomery. Dated this 30th day of April, 2026. Clyde Mark Montgomery and Jeannie Elizabeth Smith as Co-Executors of the Estate of Shirley Ann Williams Montgomery, Deceased, Attorney-in-fact for Shayla Cook and Tristan Guthrie Sanders, Ranck & Skilling, P.C. 597 Big A Road P.O. Box 1005 Toccoa, GA 30577 (706) 886-7533 (p) (706) 886-0617 (f) Attorneys for Clyde Mark Montgomery and Jeannie Elizabeth Smith as Co-Executors of the Estate of Shirley Ann Williams Montgomery, Deceased, #909603-5/28