Property will be sold at public auction on March 3, 2026.

NOTICE OF 
SALE UNDER POWER
DOUGLAS COUNTY 
   Pursuant to the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by Thomas McCormick to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as grantee, as nominee for Homestar Financial Corp., its successors and assigns dated 3/22/2021 and recorded in Deed Book 3967 Page 198 Douglas County, Georgia records; as last transferred to or acquired by DATA MORTGAGE INC., DBA ESSEX MORTGAGE, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of $201,286.00, with interest at the rate specified therein, there will be sold by the undersigned at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the Courthouse door of Douglas County, Georgia (or such other area as designated by Order of the Superior Court of said county), within the legal hours of sale on March 3, 2026 (being the first Tuesday of said month unless said date falls on a Federal Holiday, in which case being the first Wednesday of said month), the following described property: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING AND BEING IN LAND LOT 70 OF THE 2ND DISTRICT, 5TH SECTION OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DECRIBED AS FOLLOWS: TO FIND THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, BEGIN AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LAND LOT 70, WHICH IS THE COMMON CORNER OF LAND LOT 70, 71, 90 AND 91; RUNNING THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 23 MINUTES EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF LAND LOT 70 A DISTANCE OF 2672.1 FEET RUNNING THENCE SOUTH 06 DEGREES 63 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 1155.8 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF A 50-FOOT PERMANENT EASEMENT FOR ROAD PURPOSES; RUNNING THENCE SOUTH 86 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 01 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED 50-FOOT EASEMENT FOR ROAD PURPOSES A DISTANCE OF 470 FEET; RUNNING THENCE NORTH 86 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 55 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF A 30-FOOT PERMANENT EASEMENT FOR ROAD PURPOSES A DISTANCE OF 230.40 FEET TO AN IRON PIN AT THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; RUNNING THENCE SOUTH A DISTANCE OF 210 FEET TO AN IRON PIN; RUNNING THENCE WEST A DISTANCE OF 210 FEET TO AN IRON PIN; RUNNING THENCE NORTH A DISTANCE OF 210 FEET TO AN IRON PIN; RUNNING THENCE EAST A DISTANCE OF 210 FEET TO AN IRON PIN AT THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING AND BEING IMPROVED PROPERTY HAVING LOCATED THEREON A 2STORY BRICK AND FRAME RESIDENCE AS SHOWN ON A PLAT OF SURVEY MADE BY DANIEL N. BARFIELD, SURVEYOR FOR EDWARD D. MCCONVILLE, DATED OCTOBER 2, 1978. ALSO CONVEYED HEREWITH IS THE RIGHT OF INGRESS EGRESS AS TO ROAD PURPOSES AS TO THE FOLLOWING TWO TRACTS OF LAND: TRACT I TO FIND A TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, BEGIN AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LAND LOT 70; RUNNING THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 23 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 2672.2 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 06 DEGREES 53 MINUTES WEST 1155.8 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE EASEMENT FOR A COMMON DRIVEWAY; RUNNING THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 53 MINUTES EAST A DISTANCE OF 481.6 FEET TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF WINSTON ROAD; RUNNING THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF WINSTON ROAD A DISTANCE OF 50 FEET; RUNNING THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 53 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 483.23 FEET; RUNNING THENCE NORTH 86 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 01 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 463.95 FEET; RUNNING THENCE NORTH 17 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 01 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 21.42 FEET; RUNNING THENCE NORTH 86 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 55 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 228.49 FEET; RUNNING THENCE NORTH A DISTANCE OF 30.06 FEET TO AN IRON PIN; RUNNING THENCE SOUTH 86 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 55 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 230.4 FEET; RUNNING THENCE SOUTH 86 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 01 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 470 FEET TO A TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, AND BEING MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PLAT OF SURVEY MADE BY DANIEL M. BARFIELD, SURVEYOR, DATED OCTOBER 2, 1978. TRACT II BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LAND LOT 70; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 23 MINUTES EAST 2672.1 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 6 DEGREES 51 MINUTES WEST 1155.8 FEET; THENCE NORTH 86 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 01 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 700.4 FEET TO AN IRON PIN; THENCE SOUTH A DISTANCE OF 66 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OFBEGINNING OF THIS EASEMENT; RUNNING THENCE NORTH 74 DEGREES 22 MINUTES 50 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE250559719 Page 8 of 9 OF 108.76 FEET; RUNNING THENCE SOUTH 86 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 55 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 51.3 FEET; RUNNING THENCE NORTH A DISTANCE OF 47 FEET TO A TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, AND BEING MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PLAT OF SURVEY MADE BY DANIEL N. BARFIELD, SURVEYOR, DATED OCTOBER 2, 1978. The debt secured by said Security 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 default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale, as provided in the Security Deed and by law, including attorney’s fees (notice of intent to collect attorney’s fees having been given). Said property is commonly known as 7130 Nantz Road, Winston, GA 30187 together with all fixtures and personal property attached to and constituting a part of said property, if any. To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party (or parties) in possession of the subject property is (are): Devyne S McCormick or tenant or tenants. Essex Mortgage is the entity or individual designated, who shall have full authority to negotiate, amend and modify all terms of the mortgage. Essex Mortgage 1417 N. Magnolia Ave Ocala, FL 34475 855-766-6540 Note, however, that such entity or individual is not required by law to negotiate, amend or modify the terms of the loan. Said property will be sold subject to: (a) any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), (b) unpaid water or sewage bills that constitute a lien against the property whether due and payable or not yet due and payable and which may not be of record, (c) the right of redemption of any taxing authority, (d) any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, and (e) any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above. The sale will be conducted subject to (1) confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code; and (2) final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the Security Deed. Pursuant to O.C.G.A. Section 9-13-172.1, which allows for certain procedures regarding the rescission of judicial and non-judicial sales in the State of Georgia, the Deed Under Power and other foreclosure documents may not be provided until final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan as provided immediately above. DATA MORTGAGE INC., DBA ESSEX MORTGAGE as agent and Attorney in Fact for Thomas McCormick Aldridge Pite, LLP, Six Piedmont Center, 3525 Piedmont Road, N.E., Suite 700, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, (404) 994-7400. 2193-039A THIS LAW FIRM MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 2193-039A
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