Public Notice ON JUNE 23, 2025 A PETITION, TOGETHER WITH ACCOMPANYING RULE NISI, NOTICE TO RESPONDENTS AND INTERESTED PARTIES, AND LIS PENDENS, WAS FILED IN Bibb County Superior Court seeking foreclosure of the ad valorem tax lien(s) for the year(s) shown below: This Petition serves as notice to the Respondent(s) and all Interested Parties that (1) each party is presumed to own or have a legal interest in one or more of the Subject Properties, (2) that foreclosure proceedings have been commenced because of the failure to pay the real property taxes cited above, and (3) foreclosure will result in the loss of ownership of the Properties and all rights or interests of all Interested Parties. To avoid loss of ownership or any interest in the Property, payment of the full amount of taxes, penalties, interest, and costs must be paid to the Petitioner's office located at 188 Third Street, Macon, Georgia 31201 prior to any Court-ordered sale of the Property. An owner of the Property may redeem the Property within 60 days after the sale date by paying the full amount of taxes, penalties, interest and costs to the Bibb County Superior Court. A hearing on the above matter shall take place on the 5th day of August, 2025 at 9:30 a.m., Courtroom C, at the Bibb County Courthouse, 601 Mulberry Street, Macon, Georgia 31201. The petition was filed by Samuel Wade McCord Macon-Bibb County Tax Commissioner. For further information, contact the Tax Commissioner's counsel of record's office at (478) 336-5500, or at James Bates Brannan Groover, LLP, 231 Riverside Drive, Suite 100, Macon, Georgia 31201. Civil Action No.: 2025-CV-083182 Respondents and Interested Parties: Occupant; Margina Dunlap Cogswell; Willie J. Johnson; Attorney General of Georgia; Robyn Crittenden Georgia State Revenue Commissioner; Georgia Department of Revenue; 1st Franklin Financial Corporation; Mark Scarpitti c/o 1st Franklin Financial Corporation; Robins Financial Credit Union; Christina O'Brien c/o Robins Financial Credit Union; Kirby R. Moore c/o Robins Financial Credit Union Tax Parcel ID No.: O084-0615 Property Address: 2028 Cedar Street, Macon, GA Record Title vested in: Margina Dunlap Cogswell and Willie J. Johnson Tax Payer: Margina Dunlap Cogswell and Willie J. Johnson Tax Years being foreclosed: 2017-2023 Amount of taxes owed (including any interest and penalties which have accrued through (2023): $4,418.95 (Opening Bid/Total Amount Owed including principal, penalties, interest and legal fees) Legal Description: All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in the City of Macon, Bibb County, Georgia in Land Lot 35 of The Macon Reserve West, being all of the land shown as Lots 4 and 5 of Cedar Grove Subdivision according to a plat recorded in Plat Book 30, Page 8, Clerk's Office, Bibb Superior Court. Said Lot 4 fronts 60 feet on the easterly side of Cedar Street, its northerly line is 98.6 feet, its southerly line is 129.10 feet and its easterly line is 67.82 feet. Said Lot 5 fronts 60 feet on the easterly side of Cedar Street and its northerly line is 129.10 feet, its southerly line is 160.15 feet and its easterly line is 67.82 feet. All of the dimensions here stated are more fully shown on the aforesaid plat which is made a part of this description. ALSO All that tract or parcel of land lying and being in the City of Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, in Land Lot 35, Macon Reserve West, being a part of Lot 2 of Cedar Grove Subdivision according to a plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 30, Page 8, Clerk's Office, Bibb Superior Court, the part of said Lot 2 hereby conveyed to be added to and to become a part of Lot 5 of said subdivision. The part of said Lot 2 which is hereby conveyed is particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron pin at a point which is common to Lots 2, 4 and 5 of said subdivision, which point is on the southwesterly line of said Lot 2 at the point where the same is intersected by the line dividing Lots 4 and 5; and from said beginning point running thence easterly along an extension of the said line dividing Lots 4 and 5 a distance of 31.05 feet, more or less, to the line dividing Lots 1 and 2 of said subdivision; thence southerly along the said line dividing Lots 1 and 2 of said subdivision 60 feet, more or less, to the iron pin where said dividing line is intersected by the line dividing Lots 2 and 5; thence northwesterly along the last mentioned dividing line 67.82 feet to the BEGINNING POINT. Deed Reference: Deed Book 4347, Page 251 and Deed Book 1284, Page 488 IPL0254505 Jul 23,30 2025