NOTICE ON SEPTEMBER 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 6th day of November, 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-083734 Respondents and Interested Parties: Occupant; The Estate of Hattie Ethridge (Etheridge); The Heirs of the Estate of Hattie Ethridge (Etheridge) Tax Parcel ID No.: M074-0228 Property Address: 1161 W. Fourth Avenue, Macon, GA Record Title vested in: Hattie Ethridge Tax Payer: Hattie Ethridge Tax Years being foreclosed: 2017-2023 Amount of taxes owed (including any interest and penalties which have accrued through (2023): $4,229.97 (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 Vineville District of Bibb County Georgia and more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point on Fourth (4th) Avenue 150 feet South of "B" Street, thence along 4th Avenue South 50 feet and running back between parallel lines and at right angles a distance of 100 feet. Said property being two lots located in Block 14 of sub-division of New Columbus Heights as shown by a plat recorded in Clerk's Office of Bibb Superior Court in Book 1, Folio 65 reference to which is hereby made. This is the same property conveyed to Hattie Ethridge by deed dated August 2, 1920, and recorded in Deed Book 251, Page 112, Bibb County Records. IPL0276838 Oct 22,29 2025