NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER GEORGIA, NEWTON COUNTY Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by Ted A Elkins Jr to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as grantee, as nominee for Branch Banking and Trust Company, its successors and assigns dated November 15, 2012, recorded in Deed Book 3069, Page 67-86, Newton County, Georgia Records, as last transferred to TRUIST BANK by assignment recorded in Deed Book 4680, Page 312, Newton County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND 0/100 DOLLARS ($188,300.00), with interest thereon as set forth therein, there will be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the courthouse door of Newton County, Georgia, or at such place as may be lawfully designated as an alternative, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in August, 2025, the following described property: SEE EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF The debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is hereby declared due because of, among other possible events of default, failure to pay the indebtedness as and when due and in the manner provided in the Note and Security Deed. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale, as provided in the Security Deed and by law, including attorney's fees (notice pursuant to O.C.G.A. SS 13-1-11 having been given). Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), the right of redemption of any taxing authority, any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and any matters of record including, but not limited to, those superior to the Security Deed first set out above. Said property will be sold on an "as-is" basis without any representation, warranty or recourse against the above-named or the undersigned. TRUIST BANK is the holder of the Security Deed to the property in accordance with OCGA SS 44-14-162.2. The entity that has full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the mortgage with the debtor is: Truist Bank, 1001 Semmes Avenue, Richmond, VA 23224, 800-827-3722. Note, however, that such entity is not required by law to negotiate, amend or modify the terms of the loan. To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the party in possession of the property is Ted A Elkins, Jr or a tenant or tenants and said property is more commonly known as 55 Gardenia Ct, Oxford, GA 30054. Should a conflict arise between the property address and the legal description the legal description will control. The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the security deed. TRUIST BANK as Attorney in Fact for Ted A Elkins Jr McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP 1544 Old Alabama Rd Roswell, GA 30076 www.foreclosurehotline.net EXHIBIT "A" ALL THAT TRACT or parcel of land lying and being in Land Lot 404 of the 16th Land District of Newton County, Georgia and being shown as Lot 28, Highlands Plantation in accordance with that Plat of Survey recorded at Plat Book 27, pages 84-90, Public Records of Newton County, Georgia, said plat by reference thereto being incorporated herein and made a part hereof for a more particular description of said property Said property being known as 55 Gardenia Court, Oxford, Georgia 30054 in accordance with the present system of numbering houses in Newton County, Georgia. MR / MA August 5, 2025 Our file no. 25-17866GA-FT17 25-17866GA PUBLIC NOTICE #702515 7/6,13,20,27