Bibb County Foreclosure ON JULY 28, 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 September, 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-083425 Respondents and Interested Parties: Occupant; Estate of Addie Lee Sims; Margaret Louise Sims, Executor of the Estate of Addie Lee Sims; Alfred Sims, Heir of Estate of Addie Lee Sims; Andrew W. Sims, Heir of Estate of Addie Lee Sims; Doris Sims McBride, Heir of Estate of Addie Lee Sims; Margaret Sims, Heir of Estate of Addie Lee Sims; Juanita Sims McBride, Heir of Estate of Addie Lee Sims; Tammi Sims, Heir of Estate of Addie Lee Sims Tax Parcel ID No.: O081-0179 Property Address: 3060 Columbus Road, Macon, GA Record Title vested in: Estate of Addie Lee Sims Tax Payer: Estate of Addie Lee Sims Tax Years being foreclosed: 2017-2023 Amount of taxes owed (including any interest and penalties which have accrued through (2023): $ 4,850.65 (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 Bibb County, Georgia, known and distinguished as that certain Lot "E" fronting sixty (60) feet on the south side of Columbus Road and extending back one hundred and fifty-five (155) feet, more or less, in a southerly direction along Cliett Drive; and having a width in the rear of fifty-five (55) feet; more or less, said lot being bounded on the north by Columbus Road, on the west by Cliett Drive and on the south and east by lands now or formerly owned by James Culverhouse. LESS AND EXCEPT any portion of the above-described property conveyed by that Right of Way Deed recorded in Deed Book 2971, Page 32, Clerk's Office, Bibb County, Georgia records. IPL0261482 Aug 24,31 2025