Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Gypsy Gardner to United States of America, acting through The Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, dated July 1, 1994 said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Pickens County, Alabama, in Book 67 or Page 880 Said mortgage was subsequently sold, assigned and transferred to Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development. Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the undersigned, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the main entrance of the Courthouse in Pickens County, Alabama on December 3, 2024, during the legal hours of sale, all of its right, title, and interest in and to the following describe real estate situated in Pickens County, Alabama, to-wit: