LEGAL NOTICE: CITATION BY PUBLICATION TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF JAMES ALFRED LOFTIS III

Publish one time in The Ellis County Press on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024.

CITATION BY PUBLICATION – Application for Determination and Declaration of Heirship and for Letters of Independent Administration of Intestate Estate

The State of Texas

To all persons interested in the Estate of

JAMES ALFRED LOFTIS III
23-E-2250

In The Ellis County Court at Law No. 1

The alleged heir(s) at law in the above-numbered and entitled estate filed an Application for Determination and Declaration of Heirship and for Letters of Independent Administration in this estate on the 12th day of February, 2024, requesting that the Court determine who are the heirs and only heirs of JAMES ALFRED LOFTIS III, 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 13th of February 2024.

Krystal Valdez

Clerk of the County Court

at Law # 1 

Ellis County, Texas

By: Haley Watson,

Deputy Clerk