IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO. 2025-CP-2250
BELINDA A. BOWMAN, as Trustee of the Bowman Irrevocable Trust created under the Last Will and Testament of Fred Phillip Bowman Dated May 7, 2019,
Plaintiff,
v.
THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF MARY ESTELLE APLIN A/K/A ESTELLE APLIN; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES BURKETT DAVIS A/K/A JAMES B. DAVIS; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF LEONA MAGDLINE ASHBURN A/K/A LEONA M. ASHBURN; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF JOE LEWIS DAVIS A/K/A JOE L. DAVIS; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF JANICE PRESTON f/k/a JANICE BOLEN; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF PEGGY TILL A/K/A PEGGY J. TILL; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES DAVIS A/K/A J. EUGENE DAVIS; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF JOANN RUFF; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF TIMOTHY DAVIS A/K/A TIMOTHY GUY DAVIS; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF DORIS ELIZABETH DAVIS RICHARDS A/K/A DORIS RICHARDS; TERESA DIANE ARGIRO A/K/A TERI ARGIRO; ROGER COLVIN DAVIS; and JAMES ELBERT DAVIS,
Defendants.
NOTICE OF ACTION
TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF MARY ESTELLE APLIN A/K/A ESTELLE APLIN; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES BURKETT DAVIS A/K/A JAMES B. DAVIS; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF LEONA MAGDLINE ASHBURN A/K/A LEONA M. ASHBURN; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF JOE LEWIS DAVIS A/K/A JOE L. DAVIS; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF JANICE PRESTON f/k/a JANICE BOLEN; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF PEGGY TILL A/K/A PEGGY J. TILL; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES DAVIS A/K/A J. EUGENE DAVIS; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF JOANN RUFF; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF TIMOTHY DAVIS A/K/A TIMOTHY GUY DAVIS; and THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES AND CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF DORIS ELIZABETH DAVIS RICHARDS A/K/A DORIS RICHARDS
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action to quiet title on property located in Okaloosa County, Florida legally described as follows:
The East 10 feet of the following described parcels:
The Southeast 25 feet of Lot 3, Block 132, the Northwest 25 feet of Lot 4, Block 132, and the South 50 feet of Lot 4, Block 132, Town of Crestview, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 1 Page 72 Public Records of Okaloosa County, Florida
has been filed against you and you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on Ian S. Macdonald, Plaintiff's attorney, whose address is 215 S. Monroe Street, Suite 530, Tallahassee, Florida 32301, within 30 days after the first publication of this Notice in The Destin Log, and file the original with the Clerk of the Court either before service on the Plaintiffs' attorney or immediately thereafter; otherwise a default will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated this 5th day of March, 2026.
(seal)
BRAD E. EMBRY
CLERK OF THE COURT
OKALOOSA COUNTY, FLORIDA
By Tamara Brady
Deputy Clerk
March 11,18,25,April 1 2026
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