NOTICE ON NOVEMBER 19, 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 January, 2026 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-084075 Respondents and Interested Parties: Occupant; The Estate of Joseph Wayne Herndon, Sr.; The Heirs of The Estate of Joseph Wayne Herndon, Sr.; Sylvia Herndon; Magnolia State Bank; Jolene J. Carroll c/o Magnolia State Bank Tax Parcel ID No.: O082-0178 Property Address: 218 Pansy Avenue, Macon, GA Record Title vested in: Joseph Wayne Herndon, Sr. and Sylvia Herndon Tax Payer: Joseph Wayne Herndon, Sr. and Sylvia Herndon Tax Years being foreclosed: 2017-2023 Amount of taxes owed (including any interest and penalties which have accrued through (2023): $12,817.99 (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, being more fully described as Lot No. 43 of the Washington Heights property, as shown on plat and survey of the same appearing of record in the Clerk's Office of Bibb Superior Court, in Book AJ, Page 684; said lot fronting fifty feet on First Avenue (Unionville) and extending back with an even width 100 feet to an alley. Deed Reference: Deed Book 4848, Page 44 and Deed Book 4937, Page 119 IPL0295766 Dec 17,24 2025