LEGAL NOTICE: CITATION BY PUBLICATION TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF GARY LEE MERRITT, DECEASED

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, July 20, 2023.

CITATION BY PUBLICATION – APPLICATION TO DETERMINE HEIRS HIP AND FOR LETTERS OF INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION PURSUANT TO TEXAS ESTATES CODE 401.003(a)

The State of Texas

To All Persons Interested in The Estate of

GARY LEE MERRITT, DECEASED

23-E-2221

In the Ellis County

Court at Law No. 1

The alleged heir(s) in the above-numbered and entitled estate filed an APPLICATION TO DETERMINE HEIRSHIP AND FOR LETTERS OF INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION PURSUANT TO TEXAS ESTATES CODE 401.003(a) in this estate on the 27 DAY OF JUNE 2023, requesting that the Court determine who are the heirs and only heirs of GARY LEE MERRITT, DECEASED, and their respective share and interests in such estate.

This Application may be acted on by the Court at any call of the docket on or after 10:00 a.m. on the first Monday following the expiration of ten days from date of publication of this citation. 

All persons interested in this case are cited to appear before this Honorable Court by filing a written contest or answer to this Application should they desire to do so. 

To ensure its consideration, you or your attorney must file any objection, intervention, or response in writing with the County Clerk of Ellis County, Texas on or before the above-noted date and time.

If this citation is not served within 90 days after date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved.

Given under my hand and the seal of the Probate Court of Ellis County, Texas at the office of the Ellis County Clerk in Waxahachie, Texas, on the 14th DAY OF JULY 2023.

Krystal Valdez

Clerk of the County 

Court at Law #1

 Ellis County, Texas 

By: Christina C. Hernandez 

Deputy Clerk