NOTICE OF SALE

UNDER POWER

WHEREAS, on 01/21/10, for value

received, Tessa Reed executed

and delivered to the United States

of America, acting through the

United States Department of Agri-

culture, a Deed to Secure Debt

conveying certain real estate lo-

cated in Ben Hill County, Georgia,

and said Deed to Secure Debt was

recorded in the Office of the Clerk

of the Superior Court for Ben Hill

County, Georgia, in Book # 744,

Page# 320; and

WHEREAS, the United States of

America now holds the above de-

scribed security deed covering the

said real estate; and

WHEREAS, the Deed to Secure

Debt held by the United States of

America provides that should de-

fault 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 de-

clared all of the indebtedness se-

cured by the Deed to Secure Debt

due and payable and hereby certi-

fies 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 Ben Hill County, dur-

ing the legal hours of sale, on the

5th day of February, 2013, the fol-

lowing-described property con-

veyed in the Deed to Secure Debt,

to Wit:

All that tract or parcel of land situ-

ate, lying and being in the City of

Fitzgerald, Original Land Lot 122 in

the 3rd Land District of Ben Hill

County, Georgia, being Lots 36 and

37 of Victory Heights Addition Sub-

division, containing 0.32 acre, more

or less, according to that certain

plat of survey prepared for Tessa

Reed by Weeks Surveying dated

December 10, 2009, and recorded

in the Office of the Clerk of Supe-

rior Court of Ben Hill County, Geor-

gia, in Plat Slide 691-F4, and being

further described as follows: Begin

at the South right of way of Patton

Avenue and the West right of way

of Victory Drive, thence South 88

degrees 49 minutes 40 seconds

West 200 feet to a point and the

POINT OF BEGINNING; then

South 01 degree 10 minutes 20

seconds East 140 feet to a point;

thence South 88 degrees 49 min-

utes 40 seconds West 100 feet to a

point; thence North 01 degree 10

minutes 20 seconds West 140 feet

to a point; thence North 88 degree

49 minutes 40 seconds East 100

feet to a point and the POINT OF

BEGINNING.

The above described property will

be sold subject to any and all out-

standing 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 pro-

vided in the above-described Deed

to Secure Debt.

This the 27th day of December,

2012.

United States of America

/S/Rich Cohen, Acting Director for

Toni L. Carter Director, Escrow and

Front End Management

Branch and Acting Director of Di-

rect Loss Mitigation/Bankruptcy

Foreclosure Sections

United States Department of Agri-

culture, Rural Development

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