(Published in Johnston County
Sentinel on
September 24 & October 1,
2026)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
JOHNSTON COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF
OKLAHOMA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
RUSSELL IVAN RICHESON, DECEASED
Case No. PB-2026-06
NOTICE OF HEARING FINAL
ACCOUNT,
DETERMINATION OF HEIRS, AND PETITION FOR
DISTRIBUTION AND
DISCHARGE
Notice is hereby given that Valerie Richeson, Personal Representative of the Estate of Russell Ivan Richeson, deceased, having on the 16th day of September, 2026 filed in this Court her final account of the personal representative of said Estate and petition for order allowing final account, determination of heirs, distribution of said Estate and for final discharge of said personal representative, the hearing of the same has been fixed by the Judge of said court for the 4th day of November, 2026 at 3:00 o’clock p.m., at the courtroom of the District Court of Johnston County, County Courthouse, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, and 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, said Estate distributed, and the personal representative discharged.
DATED this 16th day of September, 2026.
/s/ Laura J. Corbin
JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT
Approved as to form:
Mark H. Colbert
200 Stanley Street
P.O. Box 2169
Waurika, OK 73402
(580) 226-1911
ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
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(Published in Johnston County Sentinel on
September 24 & October 1,
2026)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF JOHNSTON COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
FLOYD REAVES
HACKWORTH,
Deceased.
Case No. PB-2025-30
NOTICE OF HEARING FIRST
AND FINAL ACCOUNT AND
PETITION FOR ORDER
ALLOWING FINAL
ACCOUNT,
DETERMINATION OF HEIRS, DEVISEES AND LEGATEES, AND DISTRIBUTION OF
ESTATE AND FINAL
DISCHARGE AND
TERMINATION OF JOINT
TENANCY
Notice is hereby given that the duly appointed and qualified Administrator of the captioned Estate has filed in this Court a Final Account and Petition for Order Allowing Final Account, Determination of Heirs, and Distribution of Estate and Final Discharge and Termination of Joint Tenancy of said Estate and,
Said hearing on the same has been fixed by the Judge of this Court for the 4th day of November, 2026, at 9:00 o’clock a.m., at the Courtroom in the Johnston County Courthouse at 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 Administrator discharged.
Dated this 15th day of
September, 2026.
/s/ Laura J. Corbin
JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT
/s/ Sam C. (Van) Bingaman
Sam C. (Van) Bingaman, III,
OBA #15933
Bingaman Law Office
127 W. Chickasha Ave
Chickasha, OK 73018
Phone: (405) 222-4646
Fax: (405) 222-4666
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(Published in Johnston County
Sentinel on
September 24 & October 1,
2026)
Advertisement for Bids Notice to Bidders
Notice is hereby given that loan recipient hereinafter’ called the “Owner” will receive sealed bids at the Office of the Johnston Co. RWD #3, Oklahoma, until 2:00 pm on the 15th day in the month of October, 2026.
Contract #2: Construction of two (2) gravel pack water wells with surface casing, pump and steel pump column piping. Contract time 90 calendar days.
A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at the Office of the Johnston Co. RWD #3, Oklahoma, at 2:00 pm on
the 8th day in the month of October, 2026.
All bids received at said time shall be publicly opened and read aloud. All work shall be performed and all construction and material used and furnished shall be in accordance with the Plans and Specifications prepared by Fox Engineering, Inc. and on file in the office of the (owner) Johnston County RWD #3.
The Notice to Bidders, Form of Bid, Form of Contract, Plans and Specifications, Forms of Bid Bond, Performance and Statutory Payment Bond, and other Contract Documents may be examined at the following:
Johnston County RWD #3 10501 S. Refuge Road
Tishomingo, Oklahoma73460
Fox Engineering Inc.
211 E Street NW
Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401
A complete set of Plans and Specifications to prospective bidders may be obtained at above-described office upon payment of $125.00 for paper copies and a fee of $35.00 for digital sets (Please advise which project the bidder wishes to receive). Each bidder shall accompany his original bid, with a certified or Cashier’ Check on a solvent bank located in Oklahoma or a Bidder’s Bond, in the amount of five (5) percent of the amount bid, as a guarantee of his ability to perform the contract bid upon, and that he will enter into a written contract with the Owner to perform said work and/or furnish said materials in accordance with said plans and specifications and furnish the required bonds within ten (10) days after the acceptance of his bid. The deposit will be retained by the Owner as, and for, liquidated damages in case the successful bidder fails to enter in said contract and furnish the required bonds provided for in
the specifications within the time required. Deposit of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned upon the execution of
the Contract and required bonds.
Each bidder shall accompany his bid with a DW-412 Non-collusion Affidavit and a DW-413 Business Relationships Affidavit in writing displaying that the Bidder has not directly or indirectly entered into an agreement, express of implied, with any other bidder or the price or amount of such bid or any bids, the limiting of the bids or bidders, the paying to anyone any money for promotion expenses, the parceling or farming out to any bidder or bidders or other persons of any part of the contract or any part of the subject matter of the bid or of the profits thereof.
Performance, Maintenance and Statutory Payment Bonds in the amount of 100% of the contract price with a Corporate Surety licensed in Oklahoma and approved by the Owner and Engineer, will be required for the faithful performance of the contract. A Maintenance Bond guaranteeing the repair of all damage due to improper materials or workmanship for a period of one (1) year, after the acceptance of the work by the Owner, will be required.
A. “Equal Opportunity in Employment: All qualified applicants will receive considerations for employment without
regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or physical handicap. Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the President’s Executive Order No. 1 1246, as amended. The requirements for bidders and contractors under this order are explained in the specifications.”
B. Each bidder must fully comply with the requirement, terms and conditions of the Department of Environmental Quality Small, Minority, Women’s Businesses Requirements including affirmative steps to contract with small, minority and women’s businesses during the performance of this contract. The bidder commits itself to the affirmative steps to contract with small, minority and women’s businesses contained herein and all other requirements, terms and conditions of these bid conditions by submitting a properly signed bid. Requirements are contained in DEQ Guidance and Procedures, DW-700.”
C. “All bidders must comply with the Anti-Kickback Act and the Contract Work Hours Standards Act.”
D. “Davis Bacon Act wage rules shall apply. All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors on projects funded directly by or assisted in whole or in part by and through the Federal Government shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on projects of a character similar in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of Chapter 31 of Title 40, United States Code. The Department of Labor provides all pertinent information related to compliance with labor standards, including prevailing wage rates and instructions for reporting. For more information, please refer to http://www.wdol.gov/.”
E. American Iron and Steel provisions also apply to projects funded directly by or assisted in whole or in part by
and through the Federal Government pursuant to the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014”. Sec. 436(a)(I) of the act states that “None of the funds made available by a State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund as authorized by Title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C 1381 et seq.) or made available by a Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Loan Fund as authorized by Section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) shall be used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel products used in the project are produced in the United States.”
F. System for Award Management (SAM) registration is required for all DWSRF program applicants and Awardees (Entities, prime contractors, subcontractors, vendors) in order to be awarded contracts by the DWSRF program. SAM replaces Central Contractor Registration/Federal Agency Registration, Online Representations and Certifications Application, and Excluded Parties List System. Applicants and awardees are required to complete a one-time free registration to provide basic information relevant to procurement and financial transactions. New Applicants and awardees please go to SAM.GOV to complete the registration process. Note: In order to register in SAM, a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number will be required. (UEI) number is a unique, non-indicative 12-digit identifier issued and maintained by SAM.GOV that verifies the existence of a business entity globally. SAM.GOV assigns (UEI) numbers for each physical location of a business.
This project is subject to Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act requirements. The BABA Act requires none of the funds made available for a Federal financial assistance program for infrastructure, including each deficient program, may be obligated for a project unless all of the iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in the project are produced in the United States. The BABA Act requirement does not supersede the AIS requirement, and both provisions still apply and work in conjunction.
All entities doing business with the U.S. Government can receive a UEI number FREE of charge and, under normal circumstances, within 1-2 business days when using the web form process at http://fedgovdnb.com/webform.
The bids filed with the (owner) will be opened and considered by the (owner), at a meeting to be held in the office of Johnston County RWD#3 at 10501 S. Refuge Road, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, at 2:00 pm on the 27th day of October, 2026, but all bids shall remain on file at least forty-eight (48) hours thereafter before a contract will be made and entered into thereon. Bids received more than ninety-six (96) hours prior to the bid opening will be returned.
The contract is to be awarded to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder. The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities in the bidding and the right to reject any and all bids in accordance with the Oklahoma Competitive Bidding Act. Conditional bids shall not be accepted.
September 22, 2026
Date
J Steven Fox
Typed or Printed Name
Project Engineer
Title
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(Published in Johnston County Sentinel on October 1, 2026)
ACTION: Notice of decision to acquire land into trust under 25 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 151.
SUMMARY: The Superintendent, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, on the below date, has made a determination to acquire real property in trust for the Chickasaw Nation. The land referred to as former “Marcella Locke,” property, herein and is described as:
Lots 1, 2, and 3, in Block 43, in the Town of Tishomingo, Johnston County, Oklahoma according to the record map and plat thereof. Containing 0.60 acres, more or less. Surface Only.
DATE: This determination was made on September 22, 2026
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: BIA Chickasaw Agency Superintendent Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, P.O. Box 2240, Ada, Oklahoma 74821, telephone (580) 203-8798.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published to comply with the requirement of 25 CFR § 151.12(d)(2)(iii) that notice be given of the decision by the authorized representative of the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land in trust. A copy of the determination is available [from the office identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section of this notice]. This decision may be appealed by any person or entity who is adversely affected by the decision. Appeals must be submitted to the Regional Director, Eastern Oklahoma Region, Bureau of Indian Affairs at P.O. Box 8002, Muskogee, Oklahoma 74402-8002. The appeals process begins when you file with the reviewing official a notice of appeal, complying with the provisions of 25 CFR 2.205–2.207.
Deadline for Appeal. Your notice of appeal must be submitted in accordance with the provisions of 25 CFR 2.214 within 30 days of the date you receive notice of this decision pursuant to 25 CFR 2.203. If you do not file a timely appeal, you will have failed to exhaust administrative remedies as required by 25 CFR part 2. If no appeal is timely filed, this decision will become effective at the expiration of the appeal period. No extension of time may be granted for filing a notice of appeal.
Appeal Contents and Packaging. Your notice of appeal must comply with the requirements in 25 CFR 2.214. It must clearly identify the decision being appealed. If possible, attach a copy of this decision letter. The notice and the envelope in which it is mailed should be clearly labeled, “Notice of Appeal.” If electronic filing is available, “Notice of Appeal” must appear in the subject line of the email submission. Your notice of appeal must list the names and addresses of the interested parties known to you and certify that you have sent them and this office copies of the notice by any of the mechanisms permitted for transmitting the NOA to the BIA.
Where to Send Copies of Your Appeal. In addition to sending your appeal to the Regional Director, Eastern Oklahoma Region, Bureau of Indian Affairs, you must send a copy of your appeal to this office at the address on the letterhead.
Assistance. If you can establish that you are an enrolled member of a federally recognized Tribe and you are not represented by an attorney, you may, within 10 days of receipt of this decision, request assistance from this office in the preparation of your appeal. Our assistance is limited to serving your filings on the interested parties and allowing limited access to government records and other documents in the possession of this office. We cannot obtain an attorney for you or act as your attorney on the merits of the appeal.
______________________
(Published in Johnston
County Sentinel on
October 1 & 8, 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
NOTICE OF HEARING
FINAL ACCOUNT PETITION
FOR DETERMINATION OF
HEIRSHIP, DISTRIBUTION
OF PROPERTY, AND
DISCHARGE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Hearing of the Final Account of the administration of said estate, distribution of said estate, and for final discharge of Wesley Don Scruggs, Jr., Personal Representative, has been fixed by the Judge of said Court for 3:30 o’clock p.m. on the 4th day of November, 2026, at the Courtroom of said Court in 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 the said account should not be settled and allowed, said estate distributed and the Personal Representative discharged.
The final account and petition is on file herein.
WITNESS my hand this 21st day of September 2026.
MORDY, MORDY, PFREHM & DUNN, P.C.
S/Carrie Pfrehm Mike Mordy,
OBA #6372
Carrie D. Pfrehm,
OBA #22274
Conner Dunn,
OBA #35102
110 West Main Street
Post Office Box 457
Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402
580) 223-4384
Attorneys for Personal
Representative
____________________
(Published in Johnston County Sentinel on October 1, 2026)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
IN AND FOR JOHNSTON
COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
In the Matter of the Estate of JERRY JOE NIBLETT,
Deceased.
Case No. PB-2026-25
NOTICE FOR HEARING
PETITION FOR LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION
AND DETERMINATION OF
IDENTITY OF HEIRS AT LAW
NOTICE is hereby given that Rebecca Marie Niblett filed in the District Court in the County of Johnston, State of Oklahoma, as Case No. PB-2026-25, a Petition praying for Letters of Administration to be issued to Rebecca Marie Niblett upon the Estate of Jerry Joe Niblett, deceased, a resident of Johnston County, Oklahoma, and requesting the Court to determine the heirs of the Decedent. Pursuant to an Order of said District Court, the 6th day of November, 2026, at the hour of 11 o’clock A.M. of said day, has been appointed as the time for hearing said Petition, at the Johnston County Courthouse, 403 West Main Street, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, when and where any person interested may contest said Petition.
WITNESS my hand this 23rd day of September, 2026.
/s/ Laura J. Corbin
JUDGE
HILTON LAW OFFICE
/s/ Brad E. Hilton
Brad E. Hilton,
OBA #12994
Aubra A. Drybread,
OBA #31983
512 West Rogers Blvd.
Skiatook, OK 74070
(918) 396-4400
ATTORNEYS FOR
PETITIONER
____________________
(Published in Johnston County Sentinel on October 1, 2026)
PUBLIC NOTICE:
DISSOLUTION AND
CLOSURE OF
MANNSVILLE CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Notice is hereby given that Mannsville Church of Christ located at 201 N. 15th Street, Mannsville, Oklahoma 73447
a registered non profit religious corporation, officially ceased all active operations and religious services on September 6, 2026.
Pursuant to a formal resolution approved by the active members of the congregation on September 6, 2026 the church voluntarily decided to corporately dissolve.
All remaining real physical and financial assets, after the satisfaction of all legal debts and obligations will be transferred to McLish Ave Church of Christ Ardmore, OK. If for any reason
McLish Ave Church of Christ is unable to take possession of or refuses transfer of assets, all real assets both physical and financial will go to the City of Mannsville. This will be in accordance with state nonprofit corporation law and church agreement.
Any interested parties or persons having business with Mannsville Church of Christ are requested to present their request in writing with supporting documentation no later than October 8, 2026.
Correspondence can be sent to P.O. Box 185 Mannsville, Oklahoma 73447 or mannsvillechurchok@gmail.com
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(Published in Johnston County Sentinel on
October 1 & 8, 2026)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE TWENTIETH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT
TISHOMINGO, JOHNSTON
COUNTY, STATE OF
OKLAHOMA
In the Matter of the Estate of LOYD WALTER POWELL, III,
deceased.
Case No. PB-2026-31
COMBINED NOTICE TO
CREDITORS, NOTICE OF
PETITION FOR SUMMARY ADMINISTRATION OF
FOREIGN WILL, 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 Loyd Walter Powell, III, deceased, that Virgina F. Powell has filed herein her 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: Loyd Walter Powell, III
Date of Death: November 19, 2024
Address:
8114 Country Side Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78209
2. Name of Petitioner: Virginia F. Powell
8114 Country Side Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78209
3. The decedent, Loyd Walter Powell, III, died testate.
4. Virginia F. Powell is the surviving spouse and person nominated as Independent Executor in the Last Will and Testament of Loyd Walter Powell, III.
5. The names of the heirs, devisees, and legatees of the decedent above named, are as follows, to-wit:
NAME
Virginia F. Powell
RELATIONSHIP
Surviving Spouse
HEIR, DEVISEE,
LEGATEE
Heir
ADDRESS
8114 Country Side Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78209
NAME
Reed Altgelt Powell
RELATIONSHIP
Son
HEIR, DEVISEE,
LEGATEE
Heir
ADDRESS
c/o Virgínia F. Powell
8114 Country Side Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78209
NAME
Alfred Dullnig Powell
RELATION SHIP
Son
HEIR, DEVISEE,
LEGATEE
Heir
ADDRESS
c/o Virgínia F. Powell
8114 Country Side Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78209
NAME
Loyd Walter Powell, III
Family Trust
c/o Virginia F. Powell, Trustee
HEIR, DEVISESS,
LEGATEE
Devisee, Legatee
ADDRESS
8114 Country Side Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78209
6. The Personal Representative has requested an order waiving the filing of an Inventory and Appraisement and the total value of the estate as set forth in the Petition will not be of an aggregate value in excess of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($330,000.00).
7. A hearing will be held on the Petition for Summary Administration of Foreign Will, Appointment of Special Administrator, Final Accounting, and Petition for Determination of Heirship, Distribution and Discharge on November 10, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. before the Honorable District Judge in her courtroom at the Johnston County Courthouse, 403 West Main, Suite 203
Tishomingo, OK 73460.
8. 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, Virgina F. Powell, c/o Mordy, Mordy, Pfrehm & Dunn, P.C., Post Office Box 457, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402, or that person will be deemed to have waived any objections to the Petition.
9. 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 personal representative on or before a date certain at least thirty (30) days following the filing of the combined notice.
10. All creditors having claims against Loyd Walter Powell, III, 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 Personal Representative, c/o Carrie Pfrehm, Mordy, Mordy, Pfrehm & Wilson, P.C., Post Office Box 457, Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402, on or before the following presentment date: October 21, 2026, or the same will be forever barred.
Mordy, Mordy, Pfrehm & Dunn, P.C.
S/Carrie Pfrehm
Mike Mordy,
OBA No. 6372
Carrie Pfrehm,
OBA No. 22274
Conner 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
October 1 & 8, 2026)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
IN AND FOR JOHNSTON
COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION;
Plaintiff,
vs.
MARY ELLEN FRENCH;
et al.
Defendants.
Case No. CJ-2026-09
Judge
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
UNDER EXECUTION
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Notice is hereby given that on the 3rd day of November, 2026, at 10:00 o’clock, A.M., at the Courthouse, of the Johnston County Courthouse in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, the undersigned Sheriff will offer for sale and sell for cash to the highest and best bidder, subject to real estate ad valorem taxes, superior special assessments and all interests of record, if any, except the Mortgage and interests foreclosed herein on the following described real property, to-wit:
Lot Six (6), in Block Seventy-eight (78), in the TOWN OF RAVIA, Johnston County, Oklahoma, according to the official map or plat thereof, commonly known as 309 South Sutton Road, Ravia, OK 73455 (the “Property”)
Sale will be made pursuant to a Special Execution and Order of Sale issued out of the office of the Court Clerk in and for Johnston County, Oklahoma, and pursuant to said judgment reserving the right of Plaintiff to recall said execution by oral announcement and/or order of the Court, prior to the sale, said judgment entered in the District Court in and for said County, State of Oklahoma, in Case No. CJ-2026-09, entitled U.S. Bank National Association, Plaintiff, vs. Mary Ellen French, et al., Defendants, to satisfy:
FIRST: The costs of said action accrued and accruing;
SECOND: The judgment and first lien of the Plaintiff, U.S. Bank National Association, in the sum of $72,715.56 with interest thereon at the rate of 4.125% per annum, as adjusted, if applicable, from June 1, 2025, until paid; advances for taxes, insurance and preservation expenses, accrued and accruing; abstracting expenses, accrued and accruing; bankruptcy fees and costs, if any; and an attorney’s fee, plus costs, with interest thereon at the same rate, until paid.
Persons or other entities having interest in the property, including those whose actual addresses are unknown and persons or other entities who have or may have unknown successors and such unknown successors are hereby notified are: James French, personal Representative of the Estate of Mary Ellen French; Occupants of the Premises; Capital One N.A. successor by merger to Discover Bank.
The property has been duly appraised in the sum of $95,000.00.
WITNESS MY HAND this 23rd day of September, 2026.
By: /s/ Gary W. Dodd, Sheriff
Deputy
KIVELL, RAYMENT AND FRANCIS
A Professional Corporation
Ger’Kayla Tunley,
OBA #36283
Triad Center I, Suite 550
7666 East 61st, Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74133
Telephone (918) 254-0626
Facsimile (918) 254-7915
E-mail: gtunley@kivell.com
ATTORNEYS FOR
PLAINTIFF
___________________
(Published in Johnston County Sentinel on October 1, 2026)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF JOHNSTON
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
JAMES W. RANKIN,
Deceased.
Case No. PB-2025-05
NOTICE OF HEARING
PETITION TO SELL REAL
PROPERTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO:
Heirs, Trustees, Executors and Assigns of
JAMES W. RANKIN,
Deceased
You are hereby notified that JOSHUA ANDERSON, Personal Representative over the property and funds of JAMES W. RANKIN, Deceased, has filed a petition in this Court requesting an Order authorizing the sale of real property belonging to JAMES W. RANKIN, said property situated in Cleveland County, State of Oklahoma, to-wit:
A tract of land being all of Lot Six (6), in Block Six (6), and part of Lots Four (4), Five (5), and Seven (7), in Block Six (6), of Whispering Hills, Blocks 1 through 8, to Cleveland County, Oklahoma, according to the recorded plat thereof, and more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at the Northwest Corner of said Lot 6, Block 6; thence North 40Љ 45’ 13” East a distance of 7.78 feet; thence South 49Љ 14’ 47” East a distance of 123.21 feet; thence South 66Љ 45’ 13” West a distance of 13.70 feet; thence South a distance of 191.46 feet; thence South 69Љ 33’ 08” West a distance of 38.13 feet; thence North 49Љ 14’ 47” West a distance of 223.82 feet; thence North 40Љ 45’ 13” East a distance of 182.99 feet to the Point of Beginning.
at a private sale. The petition alleges that it wold be appropriate and beneficial to the estate to sell said property at private sale.
IT IS ORDERED that all persons interested in the Estate of JAMES W. RANKIN, Deceased, appear before this Court on the 14th day of October, 2026, at the hour of 10:30 o’clock a.m. in the District Courtroom, Johnston County Courthouse, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, to show cause why an Order should not be granted authorizing the sale of real property of the decedent at private sale.
DATED this 23rd day of September, 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, OK 73086
(580) 622-6888
ATTORNEY FOR
PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE
____________________
(Published in Johnston
County Sentinel on
October 1 & 8, 2026)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF JOHNSTON COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
In the Matter of the Estate of SIMONE GALE
BOYD, Deceased. No. PB-2026-29
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
All creditors having claims against Simone Gale Boyd, Deceased, are required to present the same, with the amount owed and a description of all security interests and other collateral (if any), held by each creditor with respect to such claim, to the undersigned attorney, Heather Burrage, at the Burrage Law Office, P.O. Box 1727, Durant, OK 74702-1727, attorney for the Personal Representative of the Estate of Simone Gale Boyd, Deceased, on or before the following presentment date: November 26, 2026 or the same will be forever barred.
Dated this 24th day of September, 2026.
/s/ Heather Burrage
Heather Burrage,
OBA #19423
BURRAGE LAW FIRM
1201 Westside Drive
P.O. Box 1727
Durant, OK 74702-1727
Telephone: 580-920-0700
