
Garfield County Daily Legal News
Enid, Oklahoma
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
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
Attorneys for Plaintiffs