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August 17, 2026

8-17-26 LPXLP

8/17/26

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

GARFIELD COUNTY

STATE OF OKLAHOMA

In the Matter of the Estate of

STANLEY N. JENKINS,

Deceased.

Case No. PB-2026-120-03

NOTICE OF HEARING

PETITION FOR

LETTERS OF

ADMINISTRATION,

APPOINTMENT OF

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

AND DETERMINATION

OF HEIRS

Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the Estate of STANLEY N. JENKINS, Deceased, that on the 7th day of August 2026 Jerome Jenkins, filed a Petition requesting that Letters of Administration be granted to Jerome Jenkins, that Jerome Jenkins be appointed Personal Representative, and that the heirs of said decedent be judicially determined.

Said Petition will be heard before the District Court in the Garfield County Courthouse, in Enid, Oklahoma, on the 27th day of August 2026, at 9:00 o’clock a.m., when and where all persons interested may appear and contest the same.

WITNESS my hand this 13th day of August 2026.

SEAN K. HILL

Judge of the District Court

Matthew C. Russell, OBA #30239

Riffel, Riffel & Benham, PLLC

3517 W. Owen K. Garriott,

Suite One

Enid, Oklahoma 73703

Telephone: 580-234-8447

Facsimile: 580-234-5547

mrussell@westoklaw.com

Attorneys for Petitioner





8/17/26 & 8/24/26

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

GARFIELD COUNTY,

OKLAHOMA

In the Matter of the Estate of

NICHOLAS H. NICHOLAS, JR.,

Deceased.

Case No. PB-2026-107

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

All persons having claims against the estate of NICHOLAS H. NICHOLAS, JR (III), one and the same person as BUD NICHOLAS and N.H. BUD NICHOLAS, 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 claims; and the necessary vouchers to the named Personal Representative, NICHOLAS H. NICHOLAS, IV, at 1112 Wynona Ave., Enid, Oklahoma 73703; or to RANDY J. LONG of LONG, CLAYPOLE & BLAKLEY LAW, PLC, Attorney at Law, 122 W. Randolph, P.O. Box 3623, Enid, Oklahoma 73702; on or before the following presentment date: 19th day of October 2026, or the same will be forever barred.

DATED this 11th day of August 2026.

NICHOLAS H. NICHOLAS, IV

Personal Representative

Randy J. Long, OBA #5515

LONG, CLAYPOLE &

BLAKLEY LAW, PLC

P. O. Box 3623

Enid, OK 73702

(580) 233-5225

(580) 233-3522/fax

Attorney for Personal

Representative


__________________________________________



8/17/26, 8/24/26 & 8/31/26

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

GARFIELD COUNTY

STATE OF OKLAHOMA

DAVID W. WATSON,

LINDA E. ALLEN, AND

MARILYN M. TARRON

Plaintiffs

VS.

The heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, and assigns, and the successors and unknown successors, of

MARY ALICE WATSON,

deceased

Defendants

NO. CV-2026-105

NOTICE OF HEARING

PETITION

QUIETING TITLE

AND FOR DETERMINATION

OF HEIRSHIP

THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO:

The heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, and assigns, and the successors and unknown successors, of MARY ALICE WATSON, deceased [collectively hereafter the “UNKNOWN SUCCESSOR DEFENDANTS”]

GREETINGS:

The UNKNOWN SUCCESSOR DEFENDANTS, and each of them, are hereby notified that they have been sued in the District Court of Garfield County, Oklahoma, in the above styled and numbered cause, by the above named Plaintiffs, in which action Plaintiffs have filed their Petition praying for judgment against the UNKNOWN SUCCESSOR DEFENDANTS, and each of them, determining that Plaintiffs are the owners in fee simple and are in possession of the following described real property situated in Garfield County, State of Oklahoma, to-wit:

The East Half of the Southeast Quarter (E/2 SE/4) of Section Twenty-eight (28), Township Twenty-one (21) North, Range Eight (8) W.I.M., except an undivided one-half (1/2) interest in the oil, gas and other minerals therein and thereunder;

and

The West Half of the Northwest Quarter (W/2 NW/4) of Section Nine (9), Township Twenty (20) North, Range Eight (8) W.I.M., except an undivided one-half (1/2) interest in the oil, gas and other minerals therein and thereunder;

and

an undivided one-half (1/2) interest in the oil, gas and other minerals in and to the Northeast Quarter (NE/4) of Section Twenty-nine (29), Township Twenty-one (21) North, Range Eight (8) W.I.M.

[hereafter all three above collectively the “Property”]

and for further judgment determining that the UNKNOWN SUCCESSOR DEFENDANTS and each of them, as set out in the caption of this case have no right, title, lien, estate, encumbrance, claim, assessment, or interest, either in law or in equity, in and to the Property, and cancelling and removing the purported claims of said UNKNOWN SUCCESSOR DEFENDANTS as clouds upon the Plaintiffs’ title thereto, and quieting and confirming the Plaintiffs’ title in and to the Property.

You, UNKNOWN SUCCESSOR DEFENDANTS, and each of you, must file an Answer to the Petition of the Plaintiffs herein with the Garfield County Court Clerk on or before the 28th day of September, 2026 or said Petition will be taken as true and judgment will be rendered against you UNKNOWN SUCCESSOR DEFENDANTS and each of you, as prayed for in said Petition, and as set forth in this notice.

DATED this 13th day of August, 2026

Shellie Kraft,

District Court Clerk

Garfield County Courthouse

114 W. Broadway

Enid, Oklahoma 73701

By: TAYLOR SINGLETON

DEPUTY

[SEAL]

LONG, CLAYPOLE &

BLAKLEY, PLC

Michael E. Kelly, OBA #21978

David C. Butler, OBA # 1372

P.O. Box 3623

Enid, Oklahoma 73702-3623

Telephone: 580.233.5225

michaelglcb.law

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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