CITATION BY PUBLICATION

CITATION BY PUBLICATION First Amended Application For Probate Of Will After Four-Year Period For Probate As Muniment Of Title Per Section 258.051 Of The Texas Estates Code No. 532,425 Petitioner Keith Dendy a/k/a Douglas Keith Dendy In the Estate of Johnnie Ray Whitmire, Deceased The State of Texas County of Harris Docket No. 532,425 Style of Docket: Estate of Johnnie Ray Whitmire, Deceased Greetings: You are hereby commanded to summon the Unknown Distributees of Mark Edwards Whitmire, a/k/a Mark Edward Whitmire, Deceased, known heir of Johnnie Ray Whitmire, all of whose names and residences and whereabouts are unknown to the plaintiff, Keith Dendy, a/k/a Douglas Keith Dendy, by making publication of this citation once, at least ten days previous to the return day hereof, in some newspaper, published in your county, to appear at the next regular term of the County Probate Court No. 2 of Harris County, Texas, after service has been perfected, to be holden in the courthouse thereof, in Houston, Texas, the same being Monday, March 16, 2026, then and there to answer a petition filed in said court on February 26, 2026, in a probate action now pending in said court in the above numbered and styled estate on the probate docket of said court, wherein Keith Dendy, a/k/a Douglas Keith Dendy, is plaintiff and the Unknown Distributees of Mark Edwards Whitmire, a/k/a Mark Edward Whitmire, Deceased, known heir of said Johnnie Ray Whitmire, Deceased is the defendant. NOTICE: A. The Testator's property will pass to the Testator's heirs if the Will is not admitted to probate; and B. The person offering the Testator's Will may not be in default for failing to present the Will for probate during the four-year period inmmediately following the Testator's death. Herein fail not, but have you before said court, at the time aforesaid, this writ your return thereon, showing how you have executed the same. Issued and given under my hand of said court, at Houston, Texas, this on this the 2nd day of March, 2026. (Seal) Teneshia Hudspeth, County Clerk, County Probate Court No. 2, 201 Caroline, Room 800, Harris County, Texas 77002. By: /s/ Jizzelle Ward, Deputy County Clerk. Attorney: John Wayne Beard, 7810 FM 1960 E, Suite 103, Humble, Texas 77346, 281-852-6171. April 21 2026 LGSC0502452