3616 Druid Oaks Dr

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE 
SALE UNDER POWER
LOWNDES COUNTY, GEORGIA
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COL -
LECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMA -
TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED 
FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Under and by virtue of the Power 
of Sale contained in a Security 
Deed given by Henry Ferst Jr. 
to Mortgage Electronic Registra -
tion Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), as 
grantee, as nominee for LoanDe -
pot.com, LLC dated September 
12, 2024 and recorded on Sep -
tember 20, 2024 in Deed Book 
7096, Page 358, Lowndes Coun -
ty, Georgia Records, and later 
assigned to loanDepot.com, LLC 
by Assignment of Security Deed 
recorded on April 7, 2026 in Deed 
Book 7234, Page 790, Lown -
des County, Georgia Records, 
conveying the after-described 
property to secure a Note in the 
original principal amount of One 
Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand 
Six Hundred Fifty-Six and 00/100 
Dollars ($183,656.00), with inter -
est thereon as set forth therein, 
there will be sold at public outcry 
to the highest bidder for cash 
before the courthouse door of 
Lowndes County, Georgia, within 
the legal hours of sale on August 
4, 2026 the following described 
property:
The following described real 
property located in the County 
of Lowndes, State of Georgia, 
to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land sit -
uate, lying and being in Land Lot 
No. 103 in the 11th Land District 
of Lowndes County, Georgia, and 
being more particularly described 
as being all of Lot 71 of Druid 
Oaks Subdivision, according to a 
map or plat of survey thereof re -
corded in Plat Cabinet A, Pages 
3441 and 3442, in the Office of 
the Clerk of the Superior Court 
of Lowndes County, Georgia, to 
which Map or Plat of survey and 
the Record whereof reference is 
hereby made for all purposes in 
aid of description; said described 
property is known and designat -
ed as 3616 Druid Oaks Drive, Val -
dosta, Georgia.
Parcel/APN/Tax ID: 0147 386
The debt secured by said Secu -
rity 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 de -
fault, this sale will be made for 
the purpose of paying the same 
and all expenses of this sale, as 
provided in Security Deed and by 
law, including attorney’s fees (no -
tice of intent to collect attorney’s 
fees having been given).
Your mortgage servicer, Loan -
Depot.com, LLC, as servicer for 
loanDepot.com, LLC, can be con -
tacted at 866-970-7105 or by writ -
ing to P.O. Box 5710 , Chicago, IL 
60680-5681, to discuss possible 
alternatives to avoid foreclosure.
Said property will be sold subject 
to any outstanding ad valorem 
taxes (including taxes which are 
a lien, but not yet due and pay -
able), any matters which might be 
disclosed by an accurate survey 
and inspection of the property, 
any assessments, liens, en -
cumbrances, zoning ordinanc -
es, restrictions, covenants, and 
matters of record superior to the 
Security Deed first set out above.
To the best knowledge and belief 
of the undersigned, the parties 
in possession of the property 
are Estate of Henry C. Ferst, Jr. 
or tenant(s); and said property is 
more commonly known as 3616 
Druid Oaks Drive, Valdosta, GA 
31605.
The sale will be conducted sub -
ject (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.
loanDepot.com, LLC as Attorney 
in Fact for Henry C Ferst Jr.
McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC
3550 Engineering Drive, 
Suite 260
Peachtree Corners, GA 30092
404-474-7149
MTG File No.: 26-002338-01
941313
07/09,16,23,30/2026