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-083192 Respondents and Interested Parties: Occupant, The Estate of Eddie C. Tomblin, The Heirs of the Estate of Eddie C. Tomblin, The Estate of Ella Mae Tomblin, The Heirs of the Estate of Ella Mae Tomblin Tax Parcel ID No.: O082-0739 Property Address: 551 Poppy Avenue, Macon, Georgia Record Title vested in: Eddie C. Tomblin and Ella Mae Tomblin Tax Payer: (Current Taxpayer) Eddie C. Tomblin and Ella Mae Tomblin Tax Years being foreclosed: 2019-2022 Amount of taxes owed (including any interest and penalties which have accrued through (latest year of delinquent taxes): $5,066.36. (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 Godfrey District of Bibb County, Georgia, and in Lot 35, M.R.W., and known as Lot No. 12, Block 4, Unionville, according to plat of record in Book WW, Folio 351, Clerk's Office, Bibb Superior Court; said part of Lot 12, BEGINNING at a point on the Northern boundary of said Lot 12, 115 feet from the West side of Poppy Avenue and extending in a westerly direction 55 feet to a 10-foot alley, thence along said alley in a southerly direction a distance of 55 feet to the southern boundary of said Lot 12, thence along southern boundary a distance of 55 feet in an easterly direction, thence in a northerly direction a distance of 55 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, so that the land hereby conveyed shall constitute a square consisting of 55 feet on each side, taken from the west side of said Lot 12. Deed Reference: Deed Book 793, Page 721 and Deed Book 1730, Page 6 IPL0254700 Jul 23,30 2025