PROBATE COURT CASE NO. PC202...

PROBATE COURT

CASE NO. PC2026-157

STATE OF ALABAMA,

LIMESTONE COUNTY.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JULIA CULPS SMITH, a/k/a JULIA GRAY SMITH, DECEASED.

NOTICE OF HEARING

TO: Any and all unknown heirs at law and next of kin of Julia Culps Smith, a/k/a Julia Gray Smith, whose identities and whereabouts are unknown

Please take notice that pursuant to an Order Scheduling Hearing and Appointing Guardian Ad Litem entered by this Court on May 4, 2026, a hearing on the Petition for Probate of Will and Appointment of Personal Representative filed with this Court on May 1, 2026, by Petitioner Betty Culps Bryant, together with her attorney the Hon. James M. Corder, wherein she requests a document purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Julia Culps Smith, that was filed with this Court with said Petition, be admitted to probate, has been scheduled for July 14, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. Said hearing will be held in the Probate Court Hearing Room located in the Clinton Street Courthouse Annex, 100 South Clinton Street, Suite D, Athens, Alabama 35611. You may appear at said hearing and in accordance with Alabama law may contest the same, if you see proper.

Dated this the 4th day of May, 2026.

Charles C. Woodroof
Judge of Probate

James M. Corder
Alexander, Corder & Shelly, P.C.
Attorneys for Petitioner
P.O. Box 1129
Athens, Alabama 35612
(256) 232-1130

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