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NOTICE OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE’S SALE

WHEREAS, C & L Partnership, LLP conveyed to D. Michael Tranum, as Trustee, real property in Knox County, Tennessee by a Deed of Trust dated June 29, 2007, and recorded on June 29, 2007, as Instrument No. 200706290107561 in the Register’s Office of Knox County, Tennessee; as further secured by a General Assignment of Leases and Rents dated June 29, 2007, and recorded on June 29, 2007, as Instrument No. 200706290107562, said Register’s Office (collectively, the “Deed of Trust”), to secure payment and performance of the debt described in the Deed of Trust; and

WHEREAS, SunTrust Bank (the “Bank”) is the owner and holder of the debt secured by and the beneficiary of the Deed of Trust; and

WHEREAS, the Bank, as such owner, holder and beneficiary, appointed Laura F. Ketcham of Miller & Martin PLLC as Successor Trustee by Appointment of Successor Trustee filed of record on November 1, 2016 as Instrument No. 201611010028110, in said Register’s Office; and

WHEREAS, default has been made under the Deed of Trust and the Bank has declared the entire balance due and payable and has instructed the Successor Trustee to foreclose the Deed of Trust in accordance with its terms.

NOW THEREFORE, the Successor Trustee, on Monday, December 12, 2016, commencing at 11:00 a.m., local time, outside the main front entrance of the City-County Building in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, will offer for sale and sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash the property therein conveyed and described as follows:

Situated in District No. 8 of Knox County and being all of the property shown by map of same of record in Map Cabinet O, Slide 193-D, in the Register’s Office for Knox County, Tennessee, to which map reference is made and incorporated herein for a more particular description, said property being located at the intersection of Loves Creek Road and Millertown Pike containing 1.29 acres, more or less.

Property address: 2520 Loves Creek Road, Knoxville, Tennessee, Map/Parcel No. 060HA00301.

BEING the same property conveyed to C & L Partnership, LLP by Warranty Deed dated June 29, 2007 of record as Instrument No. 200706290107560 in the Register’s Office of Knox County, Tennessee.

TOGETHER WITH (i) all buildings and improvements now or hereafter erected on the above-described property, (ii) all fixtures attached to the above-described property or any buildings or improvements situated thereon, and (iii) all estates, rights, tenements, hereditaments, privileges, rents, issues, profits, easements and appurtenances of any kind benefiting the above-described property, all means of access to and from the above-described property, whether public or private, and all water and mineral rights.

The sale shall be in bar of the legal, equitable, and statutory rights of redemption, exemption or homestead, all rights arising by virtue of marriage, and all other similar exemptions and rights arising under or created by an applicable statute or judicial decision, all of which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, but excluding any statutory right of redemption of a governmental agency, state or federal, that survives this sale as a matter of law. Title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Successor Trustee.

The Deed of Trust is subject to the following: (a) unpaid taxes or assessments against the property; (b) recorded easements, restrictions, conditions, covenants, setback lines, rights-of-way or subdivision plats affecting the property; (c) dedication of roads affecting the property and applicable governmental zoning and subdivision ordinances and regulations; (d) prior or superior liens, judgments, deeds of trust or other interests of record; (e) matters that an accurate survey of the property might disclose; and (f) any tenants which may be in possession of the property, to the extent they have any rights to remain in possession of the property that survive foreclosure.

To the best of the Successor Trustee’s knowledge, information and belief, there are no Federal or State tax lien claimants upon the subject property which may require notice pursuant to the terms and provisions of T.C.A. § 35-5-104, T.C.A. § 50-7-404(i)(2)(B) or T.C.A. § 67-1-1433 or 26 U.S.C. § 7425.

THE PROPERTY IS TO BE SOLD WITHOUT COVENANTS OR WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE.

Successor Trustee, at her sole discretion, at the time and place appointed above for the sale, to accomplish the most advantageous sale and consequent discharge of her trust obligation under the circumstances, reserves the right to do any or all of the following:

(1) Postpone the sale of all or any portion of the property by public announcement at such time and place of sale, and from time to time thereafter postpone such sale by public announcement at the time fixed by the preceding postponement or subsequently noticed sale, and, without further notice, make such sale at the time and place fixed by the last postponement, or in her discretion, give a new notice of sale.

(2) Appoint an agent to sell the property in accordance with the power of sale contained in the Deed of Trust and to take other action which the Successor Trustee may take thereunder.

(3) Elect to delay the sale for a reasonable time during regular business hours on the same day to be continued at the same place at the announced time in order to enable any bonafide bidder to determine and submit a bid, so long as no potential purchaser is thereby precluded from placing a bid.

(4) Elect to sell the property in any other manner as may accomplish the most advantageous sale and consequent discharge of her trust obligation under the circumstances.

The failure of the high bidder to close this sale shall be cause for rejection of the bid, and if the bid is rejected, the Successor Trustee shall have the option of making the sale to the next highest bidder who is capable and willing to comply with the terms thereof. The proceeds of the sale will be applied to the debt described in the Deed of Trust.

CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER: C & L Partnership, LLP

OTHER POSSIBLE LIEN HOLDERS OR HOLDERS OF INTEREST:

Empire Petroleum Partners, LLC

8350 N. Central Expy, Ste. M2185

Dallas, TX 75206-1600

East Town Exxon LLC

230 S. Roane Street

Harriman, TN 37748-7435

Dated: November 15, 2016

Laura F. Ketcham, Successor Trustee

Miller & Martin PLLC

832 Georgia Avenue, Suite 1200

Chattanooga, TN 37402

Notice Published In: The Knoxville Focus, Knoxville, Tennessee

Publication Dates: November 21, 2016, November 28, 2016, and December 5, 2016

NOTICE OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE’S SALE

WHEREAS, Kishanrao Motheramgari conveyed to Mark E. Lapczynski, as Trustee, real property in Knox County, Tennessee by a Deed of Trust dated May 28, 2008, and recorded on June 2, 2008, as Instrument No. 200806020090491 in the Register’s Office of Knox County, Tennessee; as further secured by an Assignment of Rents, Profits and Leases dated May 28, 2008, and recorded on June 2, 2008, as Instrument No. 200806020090492, said Register’s Office (collectively, the “Deed of Trust”), to secure payment and performance of the debt described in the Deed of Trust; and

WHEREAS, SunTrust Bank (the “Bank”) is the owner and holder of the debt secured by and the beneficiary of the Deed of Trust; and

WHEREAS, the Bank, as such owner, holder and beneficiary, appointed Laura F. Ketcham of Miller & Martin PLLC as Successor Trustee by Appointment of Successor Trustee filed of record on November 1, 2016 as Instrument No. 201611010028111, in said Register’s Office; and

WHEREAS, default has been made under the Deed of Trust and the Bank has declared the entire balance due and payable and has instructed the Successor Trustee to foreclose the Deed of Trust in accordance with its terms.

NOW THEREFORE, the Successor Trustee, on Monday, December 12, 2016, commencing at 11:00 a.m., local time, outside the main front entrance of the City-County Building in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, will offer for sale and sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash the property therein conveyed and described as follows:

SITUATED in the 2nd Civil District of Knox County, Tennessee, and within the 15th Ward of the City of Knoxville, Tennessee, and being known and designated as all of Lot 9 and 44 feet of Lot 10, Block HH of Cold Springs Addition, as shown on plat of record in Plat Cabinet A, Slide 80D (formerly map Book 3, page 106) in the Register’s Office for Knox County, Tennessee, and being more particularly bounded and described as follows:

BEGINNING at an iron pin set in the northwestern line of Magnolia Avenue, said iron pin marking common corner to Lots 8 and 9, Block HH in Cold Spring Addition, said point also being distant 400 feet in the southwesterly direction from the point of intersection of the northwesterly line of Magnolia Avenue with the southwesterly line of Milligan Street, and from said point of beginning running thence along the common dividing line between Lots 8 and 9 in a northwesterly direction 175 feet, more or less, to an iron pin in the southeasterly line of an alley; thence along the southeastern line of said alley in a northeasterly direction 94 feet to a point, said point being distant in a southwesterly direction 6 feet from the common corner of Lots 10 and 11 in said Block in said Addition; thence running a southeasterly direction on a line at all times 6 feet from the common dividing line between Lots 10 and 11, 175 feet, more or less, to a point in the northwestern line of Magnolia Avenue, said point being distant in a southwesterly direction 6 feet from the common corner of Lots 10 and 11; thence in a southwesterly direction along the northwestern line of Magnolia Avenue, 94 feet to the point of BEGINNING.

Property address: 2817 E. Magnolia Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee, Map/Parcel No. 082FR-022.

BEING the same property conveyed to Kishanrao Motheramgari by Warranty Deed of record as Instrument No. 200806020090490 in the Register’s Office of Knox County, Tennessee.

TOGETHER WITH (i) all buildings and improvements now or hereafter erected on the above-described property, (ii) all fixtures attached to the above-described property or any buildings or improvements situated thereon, and (iii) all estates, rights, tenements, hereditaments, privileges, rents, issues, profits, easements and appurtenances of any kind benefiting the above-described property, all means of access to and from the above-described property, whether public or private, and all water and mineral rights.

The sale shall be in bar of the equity or redemption and all rights of redemption contained in Tennessee Code Annotated Section 66-8-101 et seq., homestead, dower, elective share, rights of appraisement or valuation, and all other rights and exemptions of every kind, all of which are expressly waived in the Deed of Trust, but excluding any statutory right of redemption of a governmental agency, state or federal, that survives this sale as a matter of law. Title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Successor Trustee.