CITATION BY PUBLICATION STATE OF TEXAS TO: George E. McGuire, Berthena Ragsdale Green, George L. Thomas, Jr., Theodore Nolan Thomas and and their Unknown Heirs, Successors or Assigns, Defendants - GREETINGS: You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney does not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two (42) days from the date of the issuance of this citation, a default judgment may be taken against you. You are hereby commanded to appear by filing a written answer to the Plaintiffs’ Application for Appointment of Receiver at or before ten o’clock a.m. of the Monday next after the expiration of forty-two days from the date of the issuance of this citation, same being Monday, March 23, 2026, before the Honorable LeAnn Rafferty, 123rd Judicial District Court of Panola County, Texas, at the Court House of said County in Carthage, Texas. CRAIN ENERGY, LTD. and CRAIN II OIL & GAS, LTD., Petitioner, filed suit in said Court on the 4th day of February, 2026, against George E. McGuire, Berthena Ragsdale Green, George L. Thomas, Jr., Theodore Nolan Thomas and their Unknown Heirs, Successors or Assigns, Defendants, and said suit being numbered 2026-038 on the docket of said Court, and styled, CRAIN ENERGY, LTD. and CRAIN II OIL & GAS, LTD., V. GEORGE E. MCGUIRE, BERTHENA RAGSDALE GREEN, GEORGE L. THOMAS, JR., THEODORE NOLAN THOMAS AND THEIR UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS. A brief statement of the nature of this suit is as follows, to wit: Plaintiffs are seeking Appointment of a Receiver to execute oil, gas and mineral lease, assignment, memorandum of oil and gas lease or other necessary documents relating to the undivided mineral and leasehold interest for the following tracts of land: TRACT ONE 25.0 acres of land, more or less, a part of the J. N. Williams Survey, A-712, Panola County, Texas, being described in a Deed dated January 19, 1899, from Jack Steel and Lizie Steel to Austin Rogster, recorded in Volume 6, Page 171, of the Deed Records of Panola County, Texas. (Tr. 712-1) Petitioner is represented by J. DON WESTBROOK, P.O. BOX 2665, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75606. If this Citation is not served within ninety days after the date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved. The officer executing this writ shall promptly serve the same according to requirements of law, and the mandates hereof, and make due return as the law directs. Issued and given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Carthage, Texas, the 4th day of February, 2026. Lindsey Smith, District Clerk Lindsey Smith, Panola County District Clerk Lora Brown Deputy Clerk