IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RICHMOND COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA   ESTATE NO. 2022-RCGP-688   IN RE: ESTATE OF DAVID HARPER, JR. DECEASED   PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION NOTICE   TO: Whom it may concern: PAUL STAFFORD/ LOLA JONES/ ALVIN HARPER/ EDWARD POLLARD/ ANY KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS   JERLENE GRAY AND DOUGLAS HARPER, SR. have been petitioned to be appointed Administrator of the estate of DAVID HARPER, JR, deceased, of said county. They have competing Petitions. (The petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond, waiver of reports, waiver of statements, and/or grant of certain powers contained in O.C.G.A. § 53-12-261.) All interested persons are hereby notified to show cause why said petition should not be granted. All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections, and must be filed with the Court on or before the first Monday in December 2025.   BE NOTIFIED FURTHER: All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections. All objections should be sworn to before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court personnel for the required amount of filing fees. Objections are filed, a hearing will be scheduled for Friday January 23, 2026, at 10:30 a.m.   Stacy Y. Johnson Judge of the Probate Court By: Malinda Hixon Clerk of the Probate Court 735 James Brown Blvd., Ste. 1000 Augusta, GA 30901 Address 706-821-2434 Telephone Number Publish: NOV: 6, 13, 20 & 28, 2025.