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CITATION BY PUBLICATION STA'I'E OF TEXAS Notice to Defendant(s): You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by l0:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of 42 days after you were served this citation and petition, that date being Monday, the l4th day of September, 2020, at l0:00 a.m., a default judgment may be taken against you. To: J. J. GATHINGS,JAMES J. GATHINGS, JR.,JAMES J. GATHINGS, SR.,ANNETTE (NETTIE) GATHINGS,ANNIE RUSH GATHINGS WALKER,AKA RUSH WALKER,J.H. WALKER,J. R. WALKER,MARTHA W. GATHINGS STEWART,AKA MARTHA STEWART,J. H. STEWART,CAROLINE (CARRIE) V. GATHINGS BARRON,AKA CARRIE V. BARRON,T. M. BARRON,Z. BARRON,RUTH BARRON,M. S. BARRON,DOVIE BARRON BLAKENSHIP,JACK VIRGINIA LOCKLEY,MERRITTE S. BARRON, JR.,SUE BARRON COFFIN,RICHARD COFFIN,FLA BARRON CURBY,SUSANNAH (SUE) GATHINGS PASCHALL,A. L. (LEE) PASCHALL,A/K/A LEE PASCHALL,H. H. BURKS,A/K/A HENRY H. BURKS,LOVIE J. BURKS,A/K/A L. J. BURKS,A. BURKS,A/K/A AMZI BURKS,PEARL BURKS,J. L. BURKS,IDA J. BURKS,G. V. TUCKER,ELSIE G. BURKS TUCKER,R. Q. HANNA,EVIE BURKS HANNA,CLINT BURKS,ADILINE BURKS,A/K/A ADDIE BURKS,MABEL B. PAYNE,A/K/A MABLE BURKS PAYNE,C. H. PAYNE,LEE PASCHALL,SUSANNAH (SUE) GATHINGS, AND IF DECEASED DEFENANTS; DESCENDANTS, HEIRS AND ASSIGNS AND ALL PERSONS CLAIMING ANY TITLE OR INTEREST IN LAND UNDER DEED HERETOFORE GIVEN TO ANNETTE (NETTIE) GATHINGS OF HILL COUNTY, TEXAS, AS GRANTEE AND GIVEN TO H.H. BURKS A/K/A HENRY H. BURKS AND LOVIE BURKS OF HILL COUNTY, TEXAS, AS GRANTEE AND GIVEN TO MABLE B. PAYNE OF HILL COUNTY, TEXAS, AS GRANTEE AND ALL PERSONS CLAIMING ANY TITLE OR INTEREST IN LAND BEING 0.44 ACRES OF LAND IN THE JOHN M. MCCARTER SURVEY ABSTRACT No.555, HILL COUNTY, TEXAS. Defendant(s), greeting: Plaintiff’s Original Petition was filed with the District Clerk in the 66th Judicial District Court on the 25th day of June, 2020, in this cause, numbered CV322-20DC on the docket of said court, and styled COVINGTON CHURCH OF CHRIST VS J. J. GATHINGS,JAMES J. GATHINGS, JR.,JAMES J. GATHINGS, SR.,ANNETTE (NETTIE) GATHINGS,ANNIE RUSH GATHINGS WALKER,AKA RUSH WALKER,J.H. WALKER,J. R. WALKER,MARTHA W. GATHINGS STEWART,AKA MARTHA STEWART,J. H. STEWART,CAROLINE (CARRIE) V. GATHINGS BARRON,AKA CARRIE V. BARRON,T. M. BARRON,Z. BARRON,RUTH BARRON,M. S. BARRON,DOVIE BARRON BLAKENSHIP,JACK VIRGINIA LOCKLEY,MERRITTE S. BARRON, JR.,SUE BARRON COFFIN,RICHARD COFFIN,FLA BARRON CURBY,SUSANNAH (SUE) GATHINGS PASCHALL,A. L. (LEE) PASCHALL,A/K/A LEE PASCHALL,H. H. BURKS,A/K/A HENRY H. BURKS,LOVIE J. BURKS,A/K/A L. J. BURKS,A. BURKS,A/K/A AMZI BURKS,PEARL BURKS,J. L. BURKS,IDA J. BURKS,G. V. TUCKER,ELSIE G. BURKS TUCKER,R. Q. HANNA,EVIE BURKS HANNA,CLINT BURKS,ADILINE BURKS,A/K/A ADDIE BURKS,MABEL B. PAYNE,A/K/A MABLE BURKS PAYNE,C. H. PAYNE,LEE PASCHALL,SUSANNAH (SUE) GATHINGS, AND IF DECEASED DEFENANTS; DESCENDANTS, HEIRS AND ASSIGNS AND ALL PERSONS CLAIMING ANY TITLE OR INTEREST IN LAND UNDER DEED HERETOFORE GIVEN TO ANNETTE (NETTIE) GATHINGS OF HILL COUNTY, TEXAS, AS GRANTEE AND GIVEN TO H.H. BURKS A/K/A HENRY H. BURKS AND LOVIE BURKS OF HILL COUNTY, TEXAS, AS GRANTEE AND GIVEN TO MABLE B. PAYNE OF HILL COUNTY, TEXAS, AS GRANTEE AND ALL PERSONS CLAIMING ANY TITLE OR INTEREST IN LAND BEING 0.44 ACRES OF LAND IN THE JOHN M. MCCARTER SURVEY ABSTRACT No.555, HILL COUNTY, TEXAS. A brief statement of the nature of this suit is as follows to wit: Plaintiff filed a petition pursuant to Tex. Prop. Code Sec, 22.001(a) and Sec. 17.005 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Suit against Unknown Landowners, for Trespass to Try Title, and for adverse possession, to determine title to real property described as being 0.44 acres of land in the John M. McCarter Survey, Abstract No. 555, Hill County, Texas, and having no commonly known address. Issued and given under my hand and the seal of said court at office in Hillsboro, Texas this 2nd day of July. 2020. Attest: Marchel Eubank. District Clerk, Hill County, Texas /Brenda Bartlett/, Deputy