PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE

STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF DECATUR

By virtue of the power of sale conferred upon the undersigned FAMILY BANK, grantee in that certain security deed, dated October 28, 2022, recorded in Deed Book 512, page 358, in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Decatur County, Georgia, wherein HENRY JACKSON BUCHANAN JR and LEANNA GRAY BUCHANAN, are the grantors, such power of sale having become operative in consequence of grantors’ failure to pay the therein mentioned indebtedness in accordance with the terms agreed upon, the undersigned has elected to declare the entire amount due and payable and will, at the Courthouse door in Decatur County, Georgia on the 1st Tuesday in September, 2026, sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, between the legal hours of sale the property described in said aforesaid security deed, described as follows:

Tract 1:
All of that tract of land in Land Lot 8 of the 20th Land District of Decatur County, Georgia, comprising 55.258 acres of land, more or less, being described as follows:

All of that tract of land in Land Lot 8 of the 20th Land District of Decatur County, Georgia being all of Tract #1 containing 99.258 acres more or less, as shown on a plat of survey prepared by Leroy R. Hall dated July 22, 2005 and recorded in Plat Cabinet C-35, Slide SA, Plat Records of Decatur County, Georgia. Said property is bounded on the east by Carl Cloud Road, on the south by the south land lot line of Land Lot 8, on the west by the centerline of Attapulgus Creek, and on the north by property now or formerly owned by Dennis Logue, the property line of which is established in an Agreement recorded in Book 198, page 850, Land Records of Decatur County, Georgia.

LESS AND EXCEPT therefrom the following described property: All that certain tract or parcel of land located in Land Lot 8 of the 20th Land District of Decatur County, Georgia containing 44.0 acres, more or less, as shown on a plat of survey prepared by Leroy R. Hall, dated August 26, 2008 and recorded in Plat Cabinet C-70, slide 7B, Plat Records of Decatur County, Georgia.

Tract 2:
All of that certain tract or parcel of land located in Land Lot 8 of the 20th Land District of Decatur County, Georgia, containing 2.0 acres, more or less, together with that certain 60’ Access Easement, as shown on that plat of survey for Henry J. Buchanan, prepared by Grady Lodge Holman, GRLS No. 2033, dated July 6, 2021, recorded July 7, 2021 in Plat Book C124, slide 35 in the Deed Records of Decatur County, Georgia.

Said property is known as 242 Carl Cloud Rd., Climax, GA.

Upon completion of sale, the undersigned will execute conveyance to the purchaser by virtue of the power of attorney in said deed, the proceeds from said sale to be used first to pay the indebtedness owing grantee by said grantor, attorney fees in accordance with notice given, the expense of the sale and the balance, if any, to said grantor.

This the 20th day of July, 2026.

FAMILY BANK
Attorney in fact for Henry Jackson Buchanan, Jr. and Leanna Gray Buchanan
Justin B. Adams
Chew & Adams, P.C.
Attorney At Law
P. O. Box 684
Pelham, Georgia 31779

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