PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE PROBATE COURT
OF TROUP COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
IN RE: ESTATE OF JOHNNY WILLIAM MATTHEW, DECEASED
ESTATE NO. 2025-464-ES
NOTICE OF PETITION TO FILE FOR YEAR’S SUPPORT

The petition of Shelia Ann Smith Matthews, for a year’s support from the estate of Johnny Williams Matthews Jr., deceased, for decedent’s surviving spouse, having been duly filed, all interested persons are hereby notified to show cause, if any they have, on or before February 2, 2026, 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 on or before the time stated in the preceding sentence. 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. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no objections are filed the petition may be granted without a hearing.

/s/Debbie Wade
Judge of the Probate Court
By: Amanda Veal
Clerk of the Probate Court
100 Ridley Avenue
LaGrange, GA 30240
706-883-1690

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