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CV-2025-94 (Published in the Saturday editions of The Duncan Banner, January 17, 24 and 31, 2026 - 3 times)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF STEPHENS COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA
DIANE L. THOMAS, Plaintiff,
1) HUGH SIMPSON, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
2) JAMES E. WHITEHEAD, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
3 ) J.R. HOSKINS, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
4) EMMA WATKINS, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HER UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
5) MADISON E. JEFFERSON, DECEASED, AND TO HIS KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS, AND THE ESTATE OF MADISON E. JEFFERSON THROUGH HOLTON HICKS, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF MADISON E. JEFFERSON, IF LIVING OR IF DECEASED, TO THE UNKNOWN SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, CORPORATION, OR AGENCY, DESIGNATED AS SUCCESSOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OR
ADMINISTRATOR, AND TO HIS CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, IMMEDIATE AND REMOTE, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN;
6) SUKEY JEFFERSON, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HER UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
7) SOPHIA CARTUBBI, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HER UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
8) ALEXANDER S. WILLIAMS, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; AND
9) THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, EASTERN OKLAHOMA, REGIONAL DIRECTOR, EDDIE STREATER,
10) MATTHEW DARON THOMAS, KETA RAYE THOMAS,DESIRE DARLENE THOMAS-HADDOCK, JODIE FLORINE THOMAS ANDREWS, and JOE FRANKLIN THOMAS, II, Defendants.
Case No. CV-2025-94
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS:
1) HUGH SIMPSON, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
2) JAMES E. WHITEHEAD, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
3) J.R. HOSKINS, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
4) EMMA WATKINS, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HER UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
5) MADISON E. JEFFERSON, DECEASED, AND TO HIS KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS,
6) THE ESTATE OF MADISON E. JEFFERSON THROUGH HOLTON HICKS, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF MADISON E. JEFFERSON, IF LIVING OR IF DECEASED, TO THE UNKNOWN SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, CORPORATION, OR AGENCY, DESIGNATED AS SUCCESSOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OR ADMINISTRATOR, AND TO HIS CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, IMMEDIATE AND REMOTE, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN;
7) SUKEY JEFFERSON, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HER UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
8) SOPHIA CARTUBBI, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HER UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
9) ALEXANDER S. WILLIAMS, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO
HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
GREETINGS:
You are hereby notified that you have been sued by the Plaintiff above named, in the captioned proceeding, upon Amended Petition filed herein by the Plaintiff, alleging that Plaintiff is now and has been for a period in excess of fifty (50) years, in possession of the following described real property, situate in Stephens County, State of Oklahoma, more particularly described as follows:
The East Half (E/2) of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) and the West Half (W/2) of the Northeast Quarter (NE/4) of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) of Section 21, Township 2 South, Range 7 West of the Indian Meridian, Stephens County, Oklahoma, less and except all of the oil, gas other minerals and mineral rights thereunder, containing 10 acres mol;
and
The West Half (W/2) of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) and the East Half (E/2) of the Northeast Quarter (NE/4) of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) and the SouthHalf (S/2) of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of the
Southwest Quarter (SW/4) and the West Half (W/2) of the Northeast Quarter (NE/4) of the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) of Section Twenty-One (21), Township Two (2) South, Range Seven (7) West of the Indian Meridian, Stephens County, Oklahoma, containing 50 acres mol;
together with all improvements thereon and appurtenances thereunto belonging. Plaintiff further asserts that you may claim some right, title, lien, estate, encumbrance, claim, assessment or
interest in and to the above described real property, adverse to the right, title and interest of the Plaintiff and of the Defendants, Matthew Daron Thomas, Keta Raye Thomas, Desire Darlene Thomas-Haddock, Jodie Florine Thomas Andrews and Joe Franklin Thomas II, to said real property. (The claim of the Plaintiff is to all of the above described property. The claim of the Defendants, Matthew Daron Thomas, Keta Ray Thomas, Desire Darlene Thomas-Haddock, Jodie Florine Thomas Andrews and Joe Franklin Thomas II, is only to the 50 acres described above).
Notice is hereby given that your claim constitutes a cloud upon the title of the Plaintiff and the Defendants, Matthew Daron Thomas, Keta Ray Thomas, Desire Darlene Thomas-Haddock, Jodie Florine Thomas Andrews and Joe Franklin Thomas II. You are hereby directed to file a written Answer to the Amended Petition filed herein by the Plaintiff, on or before March 3, 2026, and set forth any claim you may have, or might have, in and to the above-described real property. If you fail to file an Answer to the Plaintiff's Amended Petition, by March 3, 2026, the Plaintiffs Amended Petition will be taken as true by the Court and a Decree will be entered, confirming and quieting Plaintiff's Title into all of the above described property and confirming and quieting title in and to the 50 acres described above, to the Defendants, Matthew Daron Thomas, Keta Ray Thomas, Desire Darlene Thomas-Haddock, Jodie Florine Thomas Andrews and Joe Franklin Thomas II.
Notice is further given that said judgment will forever bar and enjoin you from claiming any interest in and to the above described property, adverse to the stated interest of the Plaintiff, Diane L. Thomas and to the stated interest of the Defendants, Matthew Daron Thomas, Keta Raye Thomas, Desire Darlene Thomas-Haddock, Jodie Florine Thomas Andrews and Joe Franklin Thomas II. You shall refer to the Amended Petition of the Plaintiff, filed herein for all particulars.
Issued this 15 day of January, 2026.
DISTRICT COURT CLERK OF STEPHENS COUNTY,
OKLAHOMA
By: /s/Lori Garnet, Deputy Court Clerk
(SEAL)
ATTORNEYS FOR THE
PLAINTIFF(S):
Paul Streck, Esq., OBA 013118
1729 West 33rd Street, Suite B
Edmond, Oklahoma
73013
(405) 330-1303
Fax 330-1903
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF STEPHENS COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA
DIANE L. THOMAS, Plaintiff,
1) HUGH SIMPSON, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
2) JAMES E. WHITEHEAD, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
3 ) J.R. HOSKINS, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
4) EMMA WATKINS, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HER UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
5) MADISON E. JEFFERSON, DECEASED, AND TO HIS KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS, AND THE ESTATE OF MADISON E. JEFFERSON THROUGH HOLTON HICKS, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF MADISON E. JEFFERSON, IF LIVING OR IF DECEASED, TO THE UNKNOWN SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, CORPORATION, OR AGENCY, DESIGNATED AS SUCCESSOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OR
ADMINISTRATOR, AND TO HIS CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, IMMEDIATE AND REMOTE, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN;
6) SUKEY JEFFERSON, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HER UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
7) SOPHIA CARTUBBI, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HER UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
8) ALEXANDER S. WILLIAMS, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; AND
9) THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, EASTERN OKLAHOMA, REGIONAL DIRECTOR, EDDIE STREATER,
10) MATTHEW DARON THOMAS, KETA RAYE THOMAS,DESIRE DARLENE THOMAS-HADDOCK, JODIE FLORINE THOMAS ANDREWS, and JOE FRANKLIN THOMAS, II, Defendants.
Case No. CV-2025-94
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS:
1) HUGH SIMPSON, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
2) JAMES E. WHITEHEAD, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
3) J.R. HOSKINS, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
4) EMMA WATKINS, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HER UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
5) MADISON E. JEFFERSON, DECEASED, AND TO HIS KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS,
6) THE ESTATE OF MADISON E. JEFFERSON THROUGH HOLTON HICKS, EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF MADISON E. JEFFERSON, IF LIVING OR IF DECEASED, TO THE UNKNOWN SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, CORPORATION, OR AGENCY, DESIGNATED AS SUCCESSOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OR ADMINISTRATOR, AND TO HIS CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, IMMEDIATE AND REMOTE, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN;
7) SUKEY JEFFERSON, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HER UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
8) SOPHIA CARTUBBI, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO HER UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
9) ALEXANDER S. WILLIAMS, IF LIVING, OR IF DECEASED TO
HIS UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTEES, DEVISEES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS;
GREETINGS:
You are hereby notified that you have been sued by the Plaintiff above named, in the captioned proceeding, upon Amended Petition filed herein by the Plaintiff, alleging that Plaintiff is now and has been for a period in excess of fifty (50) years, in possession of the following described real property, situate in Stephens County, State of Oklahoma, more particularly described as follows:
The East Half (E/2) of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) and the West Half (W/2) of the Northeast Quarter (NE/4) of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) of Section 21, Township 2 South, Range 7 West of the Indian Meridian, Stephens County, Oklahoma, less and except all of the oil, gas other minerals and mineral rights thereunder, containing 10 acres mol;
and
The West Half (W/2) of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) and the East Half (E/2) of the Northeast Quarter (NE/4) of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) and the SouthHalf (S/2) of the Northwest Quarter (NW/4) of the
Southwest Quarter (SW/4) and the West Half (W/2) of the Northeast Quarter (NE/4) of the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) of Section Twenty-One (21), Township Two (2) South, Range Seven (7) West of the Indian Meridian, Stephens County, Oklahoma, containing 50 acres mol;
together with all improvements thereon and appurtenances thereunto belonging. Plaintiff further asserts that you may claim some right, title, lien, estate, encumbrance, claim, assessment or
interest in and to the above described real property, adverse to the right, title and interest of the Plaintiff and of the Defendants, Matthew Daron Thomas, Keta Raye Thomas, Desire Darlene Thomas-Haddock, Jodie Florine Thomas Andrews and Joe Franklin Thomas II, to said real property. (The claim of the Plaintiff is to all of the above described property. The claim of the Defendants, Matthew Daron Thomas, Keta Ray Thomas, Desire Darlene Thomas-Haddock, Jodie Florine Thomas Andrews and Joe Franklin Thomas II, is only to the 50 acres described above).
Notice is hereby given that your claim constitutes a cloud upon the title of the Plaintiff and the Defendants, Matthew Daron Thomas, Keta Ray Thomas, Desire Darlene Thomas-Haddock, Jodie Florine Thomas Andrews and Joe Franklin Thomas II. You are hereby directed to file a written Answer to the Amended Petition filed herein by the Plaintiff, on or before March 3, 2026, and set forth any claim you may have, or might have, in and to the above-described real property. If you fail to file an Answer to the Plaintiff's Amended Petition, by March 3, 2026, the Plaintiffs Amended Petition will be taken as true by the Court and a Decree will be entered, confirming and quieting Plaintiff's Title into all of the above described property and confirming and quieting title in and to the 50 acres described above, to the Defendants, Matthew Daron Thomas, Keta Ray Thomas, Desire Darlene Thomas-Haddock, Jodie Florine Thomas Andrews and Joe Franklin Thomas II.
Notice is further given that said judgment will forever bar and enjoin you from claiming any interest in and to the above described property, adverse to the stated interest of the Plaintiff, Diane L. Thomas and to the stated interest of the Defendants, Matthew Daron Thomas, Keta Raye Thomas, Desire Darlene Thomas-Haddock, Jodie Florine Thomas Andrews and Joe Franklin Thomas II. You shall refer to the Amended Petition of the Plaintiff, filed herein for all particulars.
Issued this 15 day of January, 2026.
DISTRICT COURT CLERK OF STEPHENS COUNTY,
OKLAHOMA
By: /s/Lori Garnet, Deputy Court Clerk
(SEAL)
ATTORNEYS FOR THE
PLAINTIFF(S):
Paul Streck, Esq., OBA 013118
1729 West 33rd Street, Suite B
Edmond, Oklahoma
73013
(405) 330-1303
Fax 330-1903
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