8708 Cogdell Hwy

NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER STATE OF GEORGIA COUNTY OF ATKINSON Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain Security Deed (Security Deed) executed by Mary A. Simmons in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated May 27, 2022, recorded at Deed Book 282, Pages 519-530 of the Atkinson County Deed Records, as assigned by Assignment of Security Deed from MERS to SouthState Bank, N.A. dated June 17, 2025, recorded at Deed Book 293, Page 912, aforesaid records, the undersigned will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the door of the Courthouse of Atkinson County, Georgia, during the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in August, that being August 5, 2025, the following described property: All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Original Lot of Land No. 195 in the 7th Land District of Atkinson County, Georgia, containing 2.84 acres, more or less, according to that certain plat prepared by Adam H. Evans, Registered Land Surveyor, dated May 10, 2022 and recorded in Plat Book 9, Page 419, in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Coffee County, Georgia; said plat being incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. Property Address: 8708 Cogdell Hwy Pearson, GA 31642 Map and Parcel: 0081-003 The debt secured by said Security Deed is evidenced by a Note (Note) from Mary A. Simmons, dated May 27, 2022, in the original principal amount of $118,000.00, payable, principal and interest from the date thereof shown on said Note on the unpaid balance until paid. Default has occurred in the payment of the debt evidenced by the Note and secured by the Security Deed as a result of the nonpayment of installments owed thereunder. The total balance of said debt has, therefore, been declared due and the Security Deed foreclosable according to its terms. The debt remaining in default, the property will be sold to the highest bidder for cash as the property of Mary A. Simmons, the proceeds to be applied to the payment of said indebtedness, attorneys fees (notice of intention to collect attorneys fees having been given), and the lawful expenses of said sale, all as provided in the Note and the Security Deed, said sale to be subject to any and all unpaid taxes and assessments, and restrictions, easements and liens of record with priority over the Security Deed referenced above. To the best of the undersigneds knowledge and belief, the property is in the possession of Mary A. Simmons and will be sold as the property of Mary A. Simmons. The undersigned will execute a deed to the purchaser as authorized in the aforementioned Security Deed. Mary A. Simmons By: SouthState Bank, N.A. as Attorney-in-Fact Hulsey, Oliver & Mahar, LLP P.O. Box 1457 Gainesville, Georgia 30503 (770) 532-6312 480w PD. Hulsey 7-3-24