(Published in Johnston
County Sentinel on
March 5 & 12, 2026)
IN THE DISTRICT
COURT FOR THE
TWENTIETH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT
TISHOMINGO,
JOHNSTON COUNTY,
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
In the Matter of the Estate of
Wesley Don Scruggs, Sr., a/k/a
Wesley Don Scruggs, a/k/a
Wesley D. Scruggs, Sr., deceased.
Case No. PB-2026-10
COMBINED NOTICE TO
CREDITORS,
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR SUMMARY
ADMINISTRATION,
NOTICE OF FINAL
ACCOUNTING, AND
PETITION FOR
DETERMINATION OF
HEIRSHIP,
DISTRIBUTION AND
DISCHARGE
NOTICE is hereby given to all creditors of, and all other interested persons in the Estate of Wesley Don Scruggs, Sr., also known as Wesley Don Scruggs, also known as Wesley D. Scruggs, Sr., deceased, that Wesley D. Scruggs, Jr., has filed herein his Petition for Summary Administration of the Estate, Final Accounting, Determination of Heirship, Distribution, and Discharge, and pursuant to Title 58 O. S. §246 the following information is provided with respect thereto:
1. Name of Decedent: Wesley Don Scruggs, Sr., also known as Wesley Don Scruggs, also known as Wesley D. Scruggs, Sr.
Date of Death: December 11, 2025
Address: 10329 Greasy Bend Loop
Mannsville, Oklahoma 73447
2. Name of Petitioner: Wesley D. Scruggs, Jr.
2491 Provence Road
Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401
3. The decedent, Wesley Don Scruggs, Sr., also known as Wesley Don Scruggs, also known as Wesley D. Scruggs, Sr., died intestate.
4. The names and residences of the heirs-at-law of the decedent Wesley Don Scruggs, Sr., also known as Wesley Don Scruggs, also known as Wesley D. Scruggs, Sr., deceased, all of whom are of legal age are:
NAME
Wesley D.
Scruggs, Jr.
RELATIONSHIP
Son
HEIR-AT-LAW
Heir-at-law
ADDRESS
2491 Provence Road
Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401
NAME
Samantha Scruggs
RELATIONSHIP
Daughter
HEIR-AT-LAW
Heir-at-law
ADDRESS
101320 Greasy Bend Loop
Mannsville, Oklahoma 73447
5. The Special Administrator has requested an order waiving the filing of an Appraisal and Inventory and the total value of the estate as set forth in the Petition will not be of an aggregate value in excess of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00).
6. A hearing will be held on the Petition for Summary Administration, Appointment of Special Administrator, Final Accounting, and Petition for Determination of Heirship, Distribution and Discharge on the 8th day of April 2026, at 11:00 o’clock a.m., before the Court at the Johnston County Courthouse, located at 403 West Main, Tishomingo, Oklahoma 73460.
7. Any person receiving this notice or otherwise interested in the estate must file an objection to the petition before the hearing and send a copy to the Petitioner, Wesley D. Scruggs, Jr., c/o Mordy, Mordy, Pfrehm & Wilson, P.C., Post Office Box 457, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402, or that person will be deemed to have waived any objections to the petition.
8. If an objection is filed before the hearing, the Court will determine at the hearing whether summary proceedings are appropriate and, if so, whether the estate will be distributed and to whom the estate will be distributed, and the claim of any creditor not shown in the petition will be barred unless the claim is presented to the Special Administrator on or before a date certain at least thirty (30) days following the filing of the combined notice.
9. All creditors having claims against Wesley Don Scruggs, Sr., also known as Wesley Don Scruggs, also known as Wesley D. Scruggs, Sr., 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 undersigned Special Administrator, c/o Mordy, Mordy, Pfrehm & Wilson, P.C., Post Office Box 457, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402, on or before the following presentment date: April 6, 2026 or the same will be forever barred.
Mordy, Mordy, Pfrehm & Wilson, P.C.
/s/ Bradley Wilson
Mike Mordy,
OBA No. 6372
Carrie Pfrehm,
OBA No. 22274
Bradley Wilson,
OBA No. 22771
Connor Dunn,
OBA No. 35102
110 West Main Street
Post Office Box 457
Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402
Tel: (580) 223-4384
Fax: (580) 226-0823
Attorneys for Personal Representative
________________
(Published in Johnston
County Sentinel on
March 12 & 19, 2026)
IN THE DISTRICT
COURT OF JOHNSTON
COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
BILLY FRANK SCRUGGS Deceased.
No. PB-2025-8
NOTICE OF HEARING
FINAL ACCOUNT AND
PETITION FOR
ORDER ALLOWING
FINAL ACCOUNT,
DETERMINATION OF
HEIRSHIP,
DISTRIBUTION AND
DISCHARGE
Notice is hereby given that DEA D. GRAY, Personal Representative of the Estate of Billy Frank Scruggs Deceased, having filed in this Court her Final Account and Petition for Order Allowing Final Account, Determination of Heirship, Distribution and Discharge and that the said account and petition will be heard by this Court in the Johnston County Courthouse in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, on the 8th day of April, 2026, at 11:00 o’clock a.m. All persons interested in said estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have, why the said account should not be settled and allowed, the heirs of Billy Frank Scruggs Deceased, determined, the said estate distributed, and the Personal Representative discharged.
Dated this 9th day of March, 2026.
/s/ Laura J. Corbin
JUDGE OF THE
DISTRICT COURT
FOB F. JONES
OBA #015269
J.W. MORGAN,
OBA#36730
921 WEST 11TH STREET, SUITE 1
SULPHUR, OKLAHOMA 73086
(580) 622-6888
ATTORNEY FOR
PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE
_________________
(Published in
Johnston County Sentinel on March 12, 19 & 26,
2026)
IN THE DISTRICT
COURT OF JOHNSTON
COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
3C CATTLE FEEDERS, INC.,
an Oklahoma
Corporation,
PLAINTIFF,
vs.
The Unknown Heirs, Executors,
Administrators,
Devisees, Trustees,
Assigns, and
Successors, Immediate and Remote, of HATTIE SUTHER, Deceased,
and
The Unknown Heirs, Executors,
Administrators,
Devisees, Trustees,
Assigns, and
Successors,
Immediate and Remote, of MAE EILEEN
OZMENT, Deceased,
DEFENDANT(S)
No. CV-2026-12
NOTICE
STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO:
The Unknown Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Trustees, Assigns and Successors, Immediate and Remote, of HATTIE SUTHER, Deceased, and Unknown Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Trustees, Assigns and Successors, Immediate and Remote, of MAE EILEEN OZMENT, Deceased
GREETINGS:
YOU WILL TAKE Notice that the above-named Plaintiff filed its Petition in the above entitled Court on the 9th day of March, 2026, wherein it asked Judgment against you decreeing that it is the owner of the legal and equitable title to and are in the actual and peaceable possession of the following described real property to-wit:
Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Block 12, in the Town of Mill Creek,
Johnston County,
State of Oklahoma
and confirming and quieting it’s title to said real property and forever barring, restraining and enjoining you, and each of you and all persons claiming by, through or under you from any right, title, interest, lien, estate or equity therein or thereto, and determining the heirs and proportion of interest in the above described real property, and that you must answer said Petition on or before the 4th day of May 2026, or said Petition will be taken as true and Judgment in favor of said Plaintiff will be rendered accordingly, together with such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.
MARCI SNEED,
Court Clerk,
/s/ Amy N. Maples
Deputy
(SEAL)
FOB F. JONES
OBA #015269
J.W. MORGAN
OBA #36730
921 WEST 11TH STREET, SUITE 1
SULPHUR, OK 73086
(580) 622-6888
ATTORNEY FOR
PLAINTIFF
________________
(Published in Johnston
County Sentinel on
March 12, 2026)
IN THE DISTRICT
COURT OF JOHNSTON
COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
In the Matter of the
Estate of JOHNNY TAYLOR a/k/a JOHNNY LEE TAYLOR, Deceased.
No. PB-2024-36
NOTICE OF SALE OF
REAL PROPERTY
Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of an order of the District Court of the County of Johnston, State of Oklahoma, made on the 28th day of January, 2026, in the matter of the estate of JOHNNY TAYLOR a/k/a JOHNNY LEE TAYLOR, deceased, the undersigned, as Personal Representative of the estate of said deceased, will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, with the right reserved to reject any and all bids, and subject to confirmation by said County Court, on the 2nd day of April, 2026 at 10:00 o’clock A. M. at the first floor of the Courthouse located at 403 W. Main St., in the City of Tishomingo, County of Johnston, State of Oklahoma, all the right, title, interest and estate of the said JOHNNY TAYLOR a/k/a JOHNNY LEE TAYLOR, deceased, at the time of his death and all the right, title and interest that the said estate has, by operation of law, or otherwise, acquired in and to all that certain real property, situate, lying and being in the County of Johnston, State of Oklahoma, described as follows, to-wit:
A part of the NW/4 of Section 3, Township 4 South, Range 6 East, Johnston County Oklahoma.
Commencing at the NW corner of the NW/4 of Section 3, Township 4 South, Range 6 East, Indian Meridian; Thence North 90̊00’00” East, a distance of 715.00 feet to the Point of Beginning; Thence continuing Easterly along said line, a distance of 100 feet; Thence South 0̊00’00” East, a distance of 125.00 feet; Thence North 90̊00’00” West, a distance of 100.00 feet; Thence North 0̊00’00” East, a distance of 125.00 feet to the point of beginning; said described tract containing 0.287 acres, more or less.
Physical Address:
116 Morrow Rd.,
Tishomingo, OK 73460
and upon the following terms and conditions, to-wit:
Cash to be paid on closing of real estate transaction.
Dated the 28th day of February, 2026.
/s/ NANCY WALLACE
NANCY WALLACE,
Personal Representative of the estate of
JOHNNY TAYLOR a/k/a JOHNNY LEE TAYLOR
Office of David W. Kelly, Lawyer
512 West Evergreen
Durant, OK 74701
Telephone 580-924-1202
___________________
(Published in Johnston County Sentinel on
March 5 & 12, 2026, 2026))
OKLAHOMA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LAWS
ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE
In accordance with Title 37A, Oklahoma Statutes, Section 2-141, Great Western Dining Service, Inc., at 111 W. Moniteau St., Tipton, MO 65081, a/an Corporation hereby publishes notice of its intention to apply within sixty days from this date to the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission for a Mixed Beverage License under authority of and in compliance with the said Act: That it intend(s), if granted such license to operate as a Mixed Beverage establishment with business premises located at 902 Murray Campus Rd., in Tishomingo, Johnston, Oklahoma under the business name of Great Western Dining Service.
Dated this 19th day of February, 2026.
/s/ Nathan Bush
County of Moniteau, State of Missouri
Before me, the undersigned notary public, personally appeared: Nathan Bush to me known to be the person(s) described in and who executed the foregoing application and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed.
/s/ Betsy Koechner
Notary Public
My commission expires 6/11/2026
(SEAL)
(Published in Johnston County Sentinel on
March 12 & 19, 2026, 2026))
OKLAHOMA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LAWS
ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE
In accordance with Title 37A, Oklahoma Statutes, Section 2-141, Back Door BBQ LLC, at 208 W Main, Tishomingo, OK 73460, a/an limited liability company hereby publishes notice of their intention to apply within sixty days from this date to the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission for a Beer and Wine License under authority of and in compliance with the said Act: That they intend(s), if granted such license to operate as a Beer and Wine establishment with business premises located at 208 West Main in Tishomingo, Johnston, Oklahoma under the business name of Back Door BBQ.
Dated this 3rd day of March, 2026.
/s/ Marsha Kite
County of Carter, State of Oklahoma
Before me, the undersigned notary public, personally appeared: Marsha Kite to me known to be the person(s) described in and who executed the foregoing application and acknowledged that they executed the same as their free act and deed.
/s/ Robert Langdon
Notary Public
My commission expires 3/26/2029
(SEAL)
Commisioners Proceedings
(Published in Johnston County Sentinel on March 12, 2026)
Monday, March 2, 2026
Chairman Mike Niblett called regular meeting of 3-2-26 to order at 9:10 a.m. Others present Cacy Cribbs, Roy Wayne Blevins and Niblett, John Small, Stacey Pulley, Guyla Hart, Kathy Ritchie, Brooke Burch, Mark Canaday, Michael Martin, Sarah Carter, Amanda Smith, 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 2-23-26, second Blevins, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett.
Cribbs moves to approve on OPEH&W Open Enrollment Dates and Preparation for Employees Health Insurance, second Blevins, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett. Open enrollment date for County employees will be 4-13-26 to 4-17-26 and OPEH&W will host open enrollment.
Blevins moved to approve Quote for County Clerk’s office from Kellpro for Email Addresses in the amount of $1,323.00, do we want to include the remainder of the County, second Cribbs, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett. The other offices that are interested is Assessor, Crystal, E911 and Emergency Management, need to check with the Treasurer and Election board.
Cribbs moved to approve Change Order for vault floor to have floor covering the same as office area at the Johnston County Annex Project – $5,781.98, second Blevins, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett.
Cribbs moved to approve Resolution #26-11 for CBRI Funds to be used for REAP Grant 26-003 – Dist #3, second Blevins, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett. The auditor state that this should be transferred to a REAP fund so that it can be properly tracked and not comingled into other state funds.
No action on County Burn Ban.
Blevins moved to approve Monthly Reports – Health, DA Reimb, Election Reimb, County Clerk amd Sheriff, second Cribbs, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett.
Cribbs moved to approve Monthly Blankets/Project Blankets – Bromide FD $500.00, Mill Creek FD $1,000.00, Dist #2 $800.00, second Blevins, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett.
Cribbs moved to approve Claims for 3-2-26 in the amount of $26,535.15, second Blevins, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett. Claims approved: 911 Phone 223, WINDSTREAM, 245.15, SERVICE 224, MID AMERICA TELEPHONE, 224.79, PHONE; Emergency Communications 249, OG&E, 60.24, ELECTRIC 250, CBO TECHNOLGIES, 120.00, INTERNET; General 1990, VYVE BROADBAND, 155.90, INTERNET 1991, AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES, 603.90, SUPPLIES 1992, AYER, VIVIAN, 250.00, CUSTODIAL 1993, TISHOMINGO CHEVROLET, 175.00, SERVICE 1994, CBO TECHNOLGIES, 165.00, SERVICE 1995, BIVINS AUTO, 425.00, PARTS 1996, VARNER, KEEGAN, 1130.14, TRAVEL 1997, WINDSTREAM, 241.80, INTERNET 1998, ATLINK SERVICES INC, 125.00, INTERNET 1999, CBO TECHNOLGIES, 120.00, INTERNET 2000, VYVE BROADBAND, 209.95, INTERNET 2001, TELECOMP, 2827.40, PHONE 2002, TELECOMP, 337.00, PHONE 2003, 3 WB Solutions, LLC, 1724.80, SERVICE 2004, US ALERT SECURITY, 45.00, INSPECTION 2005, AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES, 44.62, SUPPLIES 2006, BA & B HEATING & PLUMBING, 500.00, SERVICE; Health 139, WORKABLE PROGRAMS & SYSTEMS, 549.58, INTERNET 140, JOHNSTON COUNTY HEALTH DEPT, 1090.34, ERROR 141, SANOFI PASTEUR, INC., 109.00, VACCINE 142, ALLEN, REBECCA, 37.68, TRAVEL; Highway 1220, PITMON OIL, 5196.86, FUEL 1221, BURCH, BROOKE, 134.85, TRAVEL 1222, CRIBBS, CACY, 173.28, TRAVEL 1223, ERGON, 421.09, CRS-2 1224, CL BOYD, 83.21, PARTS 1225, Custom Products Corp., 369.02, SIGNS 1226, ACCO, 95.00, REGISTRATION 1227, CL BOYD, 41.62, PARTS 1228, O.D.O.T., 2036.34, LEASE 1229, DOLESE BROS. 1392.00, CONCRETE; Resale 156, LONGNECKER, SHERRI, 780.00, SERVICE 157, KELLPRO, 95.01, SERVICE; SH Commissary 16, AUTO-CHLOR SERVICES, 239.95, MAINTENANCE; SH Forf 62, DR SMITH TIRE AND AUTO CLINIC, 876.89, MAINTENANCE 63, BC KNIGHT ENTERPRISES, 1750.00, TRAINING 64, THE SIGN DEPOT, 750.36, UNIT; SH Svc Fee 371, ADA PAPER COMPANY, 430.58, SUPPLIES 372, ADA PAPER COMPANY, 84.40, SUPPLIES 373, ARDMORE ELECTRIC SUPPLY INC, 67.40, PARTS
Public Hearing: None, New Business: Storm water pollution plan was discussed for the Training Center project. Stacey Pulley states that this is a $500.00 application fee to DEQ. Cribbs moves to approve to pay $500.00 application fee to DEQ but first check with RFD Construction or Architect to see if this was already done or talked about prior to applying again, second Blevins, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett.
Blevins moved to adjourn at 10:19 a.m., second Cribbs, vote aye Blevins, Cribbs and Niblett.
Approved on 9th of March, 2026.
Seal
Attest: /s/ Kathy Ross, County Clerk
/s/ Mike Niblett,
Chairman
/s/ Cacy Cribbs,
Vice Member
/s/ Roy Wayne Blevins,
Member
