Legals
(Published in Johnston
County Sentinel on
November 6, 13 & 20,
2025)
Legal Notice
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(Published in Johnston
County Sentinel on
November 13 & 20, 2025)
IN THE DISTRICT
COURT IN AND FOR
JOHNSTON COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
In the matter of the estate of
COLENE WALLACE, a/k/a
COLLENE WALLACE, Deceased.
Case No: PB-2025-29
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
All creditors having claims against COLENE WALLACE, a/k/a COLLENE WALLACE, deceased, are required to present the same with a description of all security interests and other collateral, if any, held by each creditor with respect to such claim, to the named Personal Representative, ROBERT BLACK, at the office of David Youngblood, Attorney at Law, P. O. Box 540, Atoka, Oklahoma, 74525, on or before the following presentment date: the 18th day of January, 2026, or the same will be forever barred.
Dated this 4th day of November, 2025.
/s/ Robert Black
ROBERT BLACK,
Personal Representative
David Youngblood,
OBA 11021
P. O. Box 540
Atoka, Oklahoma 74525
Attorney for Estate
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(Published in Johnston
County Sentinel on
November 20, 2025)
Legal Notice
The Board of Education of Coleman Public School District hereby provides legal notice that the school board election filing period for candidates will open on Monday, December 1, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. and will end at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, December 3, 2025.
Board Member Position on Ballot:
The Voters shall elect a board member for board position No. 1, which has a five-year term of office.
The voters shall elect a board member for board position No. 5, an unexpired term with 4 years left on the term.
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(Published in Johnston
County Sentinel on
November 20 & 27, 2025)
IN THE DISTRICT
COURT OF JOHNSTON
COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
In the Matter of the Estates of:
SHIRLEY D. (LEWIS) PARKER,
Choctaw, NE,
And
GARY L. PARKER,
Choctaw, NE,
Deceased.
Case No. PB-2024-32
ORDER FOR AND
NOTICE OF HEARING
FINAL ACCOUNT AND
PETITION FOR
DETERMINATION OF
HEIRSHIP AND FOR
DISTRIBUTION OF
ESTATE
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the duly appointed and qualified representative of the above captioned Estate has filed in this Court a Final Account and Report of the Administration of said Estate and a Petition for Determination of Heirship, Distribution of said estate, and Discharge; said hearing of the same has been fixed by the Judge of the Court for the 10th day of December, 2025, at 9:30 a.m., at the Johnston County Courthouse in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, and all persons interested in said Estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have why said Account should not be settled and allowed, and said Estate distributed and the Personal Representative discharged.
Dated this 13th day of November, 2025.
/s/ Laura J. Corbin
Judge of the District Court
Prepared by:
/s/ Niki Lindsey
Niki Lindsey,
OBA #19344
Oklahoma Indian Legal Services, Inc.
4200 Perimeter Center Drive, Suite 222
Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma 73112
lindsey@oilsonline.org
T: (405) 948-9314
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(Published in Johnston
County Sentinel on
November 20 & 27, 2025)
“REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS:
Construction Services for City-owned Property Located at 601 W Main Street.
The City of Tishomingo (City) invites the submittal of responses to this Request for Proposals (RFP) from experienced contractors to provide construction services for City-owned property at 601 W Main Street. The contractor will provide exterior restoration, exterior painting, interior ceiling restoration, dry wall patching, and interior painting.
Each bidder must provide a detailed specification sheet with price in a sealed bid to City Manager, Bryce Jones, located at 1130 E Main Street, Tishomingo, Oklahoma 73460 by December 12th, 2025, by 10:00 AM (local time).
On Friday, December 5th, at 1:00-2:00 PM (local time), the property and assessment of work will be shown to all contractors interested in the job to inspect. The City reserves the right to reject all bids and waive informalities.
For more information on the RFP, please visit Bryce Jones, City Manager, at City Hall at the above address or by email at citymanager@tishomingo.com.”
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(Published in Johnston
County Sentinel on
November 20, 2025)
BEFORE THE
CORPORATION
COMMISSION OF THE
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT: Coronado Energy Partners, LLC
relief sought: HORIZONTAL DRILLING AND SPACING UNITS
LAND COVERED: Section(s) 30, Township 3 South, Range 4 East, JOHNSTON County, Oklahoma
CAUSE NO. CD
2025-003660
NOTICE OF HEARING
THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: To the following parties, if living; or if deceased, then their unknown heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, successors, trustees, and/or assigns; or, the unknown successors, trustees or assigns, if any, of any dissolved corporation, or the unknown successors of any party designated in any record as trustee: Auburn Royalty, LP; Bobby Jones, aka Bobby Dean Jones; Brandan K Heller; Brycen J Heller; Chapman Energy, LLC c/o Edward Scott Chapman; Chapman Minerals, LLC c/o Fred A Chapman Jr; Chase Franklin Heltcel, heir of Wanda Mae Jones; Clennan Wade Pitts; Crissy Ann Mason, heir of Wanda Mae Jones; Cullins Resources, Inc; Daniel O Patterson; Daube Ranch and Mineral Limited Partnership; Delaware River Resources, Inc; Edith C Hennigan and Henry W Hennigan Trustees of The Edith C Hennigan Living Trust dated April 4, 1996; Edward E Robbs and Belinda R Robbs, Co-Trustees of The Robbs Family Trust; Frances E Patterson; George Schnerk, Trustee of Schnerk Revocable Trust; Gordon Minerals, LLC; Heller Oil Inc; Jack Conroy Patterson; Jeremy Jones, heir of Wanda Mae Jones; John K. Applegath; K Dale Gann and Susan B Gann, HWJT; Kafl, LLC; Kolibri Energy US, Inc; Kory DeShawn Shepard, heir of Wanda Mae Jones; Orville Scott Chapman; Peter S Terpstra, Trustee; Reach Petroleum, LLC; Robert Quillin and Vanessa Morgan, Trustees of the Quillin-Morgan Trust under Agreement dated 10/2/2008; Sadie Patterson Whisman; Samuel Rea Patterson; Source Oil and Gas, LLC; Steven James Cotter, heir of Wanda Mae Jones; Texoma Partners, LP; The Known and Unknown Heirs of John Samuel Patterson, deceased; Troy K. Walker, Trustee; XTO Energy, Inc; XYR Oil & Gas, LLC; Peggy Lou Heldenbrand (formerly Quinton); The Known and Unknown Heirs of Dan Bean, deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Edith Hennigan, deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Gertrude Bean (Ruth G Bean), deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Jean McNeil, deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Kathryn Bean Gregory, deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Mahota Bean Patterson, deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of Mary Bean, deceased; The Known and Unknown Heirs of William P Bean, deceased; and all persons, owners, producers and operators of oil and gas and all other interested persons in Johnston County, Oklahoma.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant in this Cause is requesting the following relief:
(a) An Order creating 640-acre horizontal drilling and spacing units for the Caney, Sycamore and Woodford common source(s) of supply underlying Section(s) 30, Township 3 South, Range 4 East, Johnston County, Oklahoma. Said 640-acre horizontal units to be formed by the governmental section, with the permitted well location for the Sycamore to be located not closer than 660 feet from the boundary of such unit; the permitted well location for the Caney to be located not closer than 330 feet from the boundary of such unit; and the permitted well location for the Woodford to be not closer than 165 feet from the north and south line and not closer than 330 feet from the east and west line of such unit.
(b) Applicant may request that said Order be made effective on a date prior to its signing.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Cause will be set before an Administrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Commission.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Protest Hearing Docket at 8:30 A.M. on the 8th day of December, 2025, at the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building, 2401 N. Lincoln Blvd., in the Capitol Complex, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105, and that this notice be published as required by law and the rules of the Commission.
Due to renovation work at the Jim Thorpe Office Building, the Commission’s Oklahoma City office is relocating to the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building at 2401 N. Lincoln Blvd., in the Capitol Complex, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105. All hearings, docket calls, and public meetings will be conducted in the Concourse Theater or additional courtrooms located in the tunnel between the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building and the Sequoyah Memorial Office Building. The specific room location, including updates, of each scheduled hearing or public meeting will be available on or before the day of the event at the information desk in the first-floor lobby of the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building and on the Commission’s website at: https://oklahoma.gov/occ/court-dockets.html.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this application, contact BENJAMIN J. BROWN, OBA #30843, Attorney for Applicant, 233 S. Detroit Ave., Suite 100, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74120, Telephone (918) 779-6047, www.charneybrown.com/faqs, or contact Stephen Evans, (539) 215-9359, landman at Coronado Energy Partners, LLC.
OKLAHOMA
CORPORATION
COMMISSION
Kim David,
Chairman
J. Todd Hiett,
Commissioner
Brian Bingman,
Commissioner
BENJAMIN J. BROWN, OBA NO. 30843
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(Published in Johnston
County Sentinel on
November 20 & 27, 2025)
IN THE DISTRICT
COURT OF PONTOTOC
COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY JUNE SMITH, Deceased.
Case No. PB-2025-35
COMBINED NOTICE:
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS; NOTICE
OF FINAL HEARING
PETITION FOR
SUMMARY
ADMINISTRATION;
HEARING ON FINAL
ACCOUNT; AND FINAL
HEARING ON PETITION FOR DETERMINATION
OF HEIRS,
DISTRIBUTION OF
ESTATE AND
DISCHARGE
Notice is hereby given to all persona interested in the estate of Mary June Smith, Deceased, that on November 7, 2025, Kristy Michele Cox, who may be contacted through counsel at the address listed below, filed a Petition for Summary Administration in the District Court of Johnston County, State of Oklahoma, praying for Letters of Special Administration. Said Petition further prays that the heirs-at-law of said Decedent be determined; that the final accounting be approved; that the property of the Decedent subject to the jurisdiction of this Court be distributed; and that the Special Administrator be discharged, and for other relief prayed for in said Petition, which Petition may refer to other particulars.
The names, ages and last known addresses of the heirs-at-law:
Kristy Michele Cox,
Petitioner named
herein.
The probable value of the estate, so far known to Petitioner, is $1,500.00 and consists of an interest in real estate described as follows: Lots 11 and 12 of Block 4, Town of Fillmore, Johnston County Oklahoma, according to the plat thereof; and
Lot 18 of Block 5, Town of Fillmore, Johnston County Oklahoma, according to the plat thereof.
The above-named Decedent died on July 14, 2023.
Notice is hereby given that on the 20th day of January, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. in the Courtroom of the Judge to whom this cause is assigned on said date, in the County Courthouse for Johnston County, Oklahoma has been appointed as the time and place for hearing said Petition, and considering all relief prayed for in the Petition presented to the Court on said date. All persons interested may appear.
Any person receiving this notice or any interested party may file objections to the Petition at or before the final hearing. All objections to the Petition and/or any relief requested must be made in writing, with such objection to be filed herein, with a copy being provided to the Petitioner and the attorney for the same, and if an objection is not made within the allowed time, all persons will be deemed to have waived any objection to the Petition and the relief prayed for. If an objection is filed on or before the hearing date, on the hearing date, the Court will determine whether summary proceedings are appropriate, and, if so, whether the Estate will be distributed and to whom the Estate will be distributed.
The Special Administrator will present final accounting at the hearing date set forth above, and an Order will not be entered until at least 5 days after the final hearing date.
TO ALL CREDITORS OF THE ABOVE NAMED DECEDENT: all Creditors having claims against the above named Decedent are required to present the same, with a description of all security interests or other collateral (if any) held by each creditor with respect to such claim, to Jared Easterling at the office address shown below, within thirty (30) days following the first publication of this Combined notice or the same will be forever barred.
Dated this 17th day of November, 2025.
Jared Easterling,
OBA 31544
5722 North US
Highway 377
Ada, OK 74820
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Commisioners Proceedings
(Published in Johnston County Sentinel on
November 20, 2025)
Monday, November 10, 2025
Chairman Mike Niblett called regular meeting of 11-10-25 to order at 9:10 a.m. Others present Cacy Cribbs, Roy Wayne Blevins and Niblett, John Small, Floyd Ross, Guyla Hart, Stacey Pulley, Kathy Ritchie, Mark Canaday, Brooke Burch, Scott Kirby, Jason Bryant, Crystal Alvarez and Kathy Ross.
Blevins proceeded with the prayer and Cacy Cribbs lead the flag salute.
Cribbs moved to approve the minutes for regular meeting of 11-3-25, second Blevins, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett.
Cribbs moved to approve to Bid Out to Purchase 2001 or Newer Pumper Truck for Milburn FD, 1000 Gal Tank, Less than 25,000 Miles, 1500 GPM PTO Pump, 4 SCBA Seats or More, 20 Gal Foam Tank, Generator & Scene Lights, Color – Red, White or Black, second Blevins, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett. Bid will open 11-24-25 at 10:00 am.
Blevins moved to approve 19743 ODMP 23 Oklahoma Disaster Mitigation and Recovery Matching Funds Program Contract & Grant Admin Contract w/SODA for Johnston Co EOC Training Center – Grant Amt $350,000.00, second Cribbs, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett.
Blevins moved to approve Chapman Ranch Request for Designation of an “Open Pasture Road” per 4 O.S. § 116 (OSCN 2025), Grazing in Open Range Counties, second Cribbs, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett.
Cribbs moved to approve CED 4 Special Transportation Funding Request form for Rocky Road, Six Mile Creek in the amount of $62,500.00, second Blevins, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett. This will run in conjunction with the Unpaved Roads funding.
Blevins moved to approve Rental Agreement with CL Boyd on Excavator with Hammer for Dist #3 – Unpaved Roads Grant, monthly rental $5,710.00, second Cribbs, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett.
Cribbs moved to approve to Bid Out for 6 Month Bids for the following: Grader Blades, Emulsions, Chips, Pipe, Tires, Tubes, Concrete, 8-9’ Used Railroad ½ Tank Car Culverts, with ¼ or better steel floor and head walls, 8-10’ Used Railroad Tank Car Culverts, 10 x 42 H-Pile, Structural Steel, Sheet Piling 10 ga Black, Sheet Piling 10 ga Galvanized, #4 grade 60 Concrete Reinforcing Steel (Rebar), #5 grade 60 Concrete Reinforcing Steel (Rebar), #6 grade 60 Concrete Reinforcing Steel (Rebar), W Beam Guard Railing (New & Used), second Blevins, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett. These bids will be opened on 12-8-25 at 10 am.
Blevins moved to approve to Bid Out for 2026 Digital Ballot Printing Certification for Election Board, second Cribbs, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett. The agenda states that this bid is for 2025 and that was an error, should be 2026 ballot printing.
Cribbs moved to approve Monthly Appropriations for October 2025, second Blevins, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett. Appropriations are as follows: 1102 Highway $206,654.29, 1103 CBRI $22,626.17, 1201 E911 $17,943.32, 1204 Assessors Revl $100.00, 1208 County Clerk Lien $1,255.00, 1209 RM&P $1,600.00, 1210 Jail $24.38, 1220 Resale $2,933.63, 1223 Commissary $3,556.42, 1226 Sheriff Serv Fee $44,880.38, 1230 CMT $110.00, 1251 Opioid Abatement $190.70, 1302 Logding ST $2,051.53, 1315 Jail ST $34,603.79, 1321 Rural FD ST $35,211.43, 1327 Emg Commun ST $69,271.10, 1565 COVID $73.55, 1566 ARPA $1,222.85, 1570 LATC $211.35, 7205 Law Libr $492.81, 7210 Court Clerk Pres $458.64, 7406 Mechanics Lien Cash Bond $482.69, 7409 Escrow Acct $3.06.
Cribbs moved to approve Monthly Reports for County Offices – Election Board, Sheriff, DA Reimb, Election Board Reimb, second Blevins, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett.
Blevins moved to approve Project Blankets or Monthly Blankets – OSU $1,600.00, Health $3,400.00, Connerville FD $500.00, General $600.00, Dist #2 $16,200.00, Dist #3 $16,000.00, second Cribbs, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett.
Cribbs moved to approve for Claims for 11-10-25 in the amount of $261,480.35 and Payroll in the amount of $219,142.25, second Blevins, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett. Claims approved as follows: 911 Phone 130, PITMON OIL, 60.00, FUEL 131, AT&T, 57.09, SERVICES 132, U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, 25.00, POSTAGE; ARPA 2021 4, RFD CONSTRUCTION LTD, 196556.90, CONSTRUCTION; Emergency Communications 132, PEC, 102.32, ELECTRIC 133, AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER, 14395.94, ELECTRIC; General 1049, PEC, 41.76, ELECTRIC 1050, ADA PAPER COMPANY, 427.99, SUPPLIES 1051, SOONER FOODS, 345.24, FOOD 1052, PERFORMANCE FOODSERVICE, 4569.29, FOOD 1053, WELLS FARGO, 176.10, LEASE 1054, PITMON OIL, 67.99, FUEL 1055, EMBASSY SUITES, 1760.00, LODGING 1056, PONTOTOC SAND AND STONE, 122.60, OEC BUILDING 1057, TELECOMP, 2827.33, SERVICE 1058, MILLER OFFICE EQUIPMENT, 36.66, COPIES 1059, JOHNSTON, DENISE, 137.41, TRAVEL 1060, PITMON, SHARYNE, 312.76, TRAVEL 1061, Touchtone Communications, 11.17, PHONE 1062, OSU Cooperative, 51.01, SERVICE 1063, SOONER FOODS, 40.13, SUPPLIES 1064, ADA PAPER COMPANY, 129.05, SUPPLIES 1065, CULLIGAN QUENCH, 49.51, WATER 1066, PEC, 264.37, ELECTRIC 1067, RAVIA PUBLIC WORKS, 25.14, WATER 1068, TELECOMP, 247.00, PHONE 1069, TISHOMINGO WATER DEPARTMENT, 144.18, WATER 1070, TISHOMINGO WATER DEPARTMENT, 268.24, WATER 1071, JOHNSTON COUNTY RWD #3, 64.93, WATER 1072, TISHOMINGO WATER DEPARTMENT, 94.31, WATER 1073, AT&T MOBILITY, 89.59, INTERNET 1074, COMDATA, 338.95, FUEL 1075, REDLINE FIRE EQUIPMENT, 9066.70, SERVICE 1076, HART, GUYLA, 163.80, TRAVEL 1077, AT&T, 46.17, PHONE 1078, DEL-MAX RESTAURANT SUPPLY, 201.99, PARTS 1079, TISHOMINGO COMMUNITY LUMBER, 32.93, MATERIALS 1080, WINN, BOB, 150.00, SERVICE 1081, WYRICK LUMBER, 18.57, SUPPLIES;
Health 71, Family Health Center, 75.00, SERVICE 72, STAR2STAR COMMUNICATIONS, 667.66, SERVICE; Highway 649, BLEVINS, ROY, 139.02, REIMBURSEMENT 650, CANADAY, MARK, 178.22, REIMBURSMENT 651, BANK OF AMERICA, 220.00, LODGING 652, BANK OF AMERICA, 220.00, LODGING 653, CANADAY, MARK, 110.46, REIMBURSMENT 654, BURCH, BROOKE, 173.04, TRAVEL 655, CRIBBS, CACY, 138.60, REIMBURSEMENT 656, RITCHIE, KATHERINE, 66.64, REIMBURSEMENT 657, NIBLETT, MICHAEL, 138.74, TRAVEL 658, BANK OF AMERICA, 220.00, LODGING 659, ACCO, 60.00, REGISTRATION 660, SIMPLY SAFE OF TISHOMINGO, 115.00, TEST 661, DAVIS FLEET PARTS, 323.94, PARTS 662, KSM EXCHANGE LLC, 84.51, PARTS 663, TISH LUMBER, 96.13, SUPPLIES 664, PITMON OIL, 4270.16, FUEL 665, KSM EXCHANGE, 186.14, PARTS 666, EDWARDS CANVAS INC., 240.00, PARTS 667, WARREN CAT, 645.27, PARTS 668, WARREN CAT, 265.63, PARTS 669, TISHOMINGO COMMUNITY LUMBER, 132.78, MATERIALS 670, WARREN CAT, 31.96, PARTS 671, ABC, 521.40, SUPPLIES 672, ATWOODS, 169.80, SUPPLIES 673, SOONER FOODS, 42.64, SUPPLIES 674, PITMON OIL, 8248.72, FUEL 675, O.D.O.T., 1340.89, LEASE 676, O.D.O.T., 892.67, LEASE 677, TISHOMINGO MOTOR SALES, 678.15, PARTS 678, O.D.O.T., 3130.05, LEASE 679, GROGAN, BEAU, 3635.00, 680, ACCO, 130.00, REGISTRATION; ML Fee 11, CANADAY, KIMBERLEY, 147.21, REIMBURSEMENT 12, ROSS, KATHY, 138.88, REIMBURSEMENT; Rural Fire-ST 8, PITMON OIL, 85.92, FUEL
Reports gave by: Guyla Hart – Assessor states that she has spoke with Janis Ashbey regarding the Christmas tree lighting on Dec 3, 2025. Ashby states that she only needs the County to provide the trailer and to block the roadway for the event. Stacey Pulley – E911 states that she is working on finishing up the audit this week. Mark Canaday – Dist #1 states that the Annex should be getting drywall and that the front exterior material should be getting delivered soon. The EOC Training Center project, the plumbers are roughing in and the building package will be there next week. On 11-13-25 there will be a bridge dedication at Delaware Creek for Ricky Martin at 11 am. Scott Kirby – EMS states that he is overseeing gathering things for the Community Thanksgiving dinner and the Assessor’s office will gather funds for part of the vegetables. Jason Bryant – EOC states that we are still needing a tree trimming company to do some clean up at the Wapanucka Tower site. Cribbs states that CED meeting is Wednesday.
Public Hearing: None, New Business: None
Cribbs moved to adjourn at 9:58 a.m., second Blevins, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett.
Approved on 17th of November, 2025.
Seal
Attest: /s/ Kathy Ross, County Clerk
/s/ Mike Niblett,
Chairman
/s/ Cacy Cribbs,
Vice Member
/s/ Roy Wayne Blevins,
Member
