ACCEPTED 01-15-00773-CV FIRST COURT OF FILED APPEALS 9/4/2015 10:52:12 AM HOUSTON, TEXAS Stan 3:18:18 9/24/2015 Stanart PM County Clerk CHRISTOPHER PRINE Harris County CLERK PROBATE COURT 3 NO. 412,338 IN THE ESTATE OF § IN THE PROBATE COURT FILED IN § 1st COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS SARA SAMPSON MCGOWAN, § NO. THREE (3) OF 9/24/2015 3:18:18 PM § CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE DECEASED § HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS Clerk

NOTICE OF APPEAL BERNICE YOST, SPECIAL CONSERVATOR FOR GEORGIA COX, (“Respondent”) files notice of appeal and shows the Court the following: 1. This appeal is from Probate Court No. 3 in Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Rory Olsen presiding.

2. The style of the case in the trial court is Cause No. 412,338; In the Estate of Sara Sampson McGowan.

3. Respondent desires to appeal from the Court’s Final Judgment signed August 20, 2015, together with all orders in this matter and all rulings by operation of law, including any orders on post-verdict and post-judgment motions.

4. Respondent is appealing to the First or Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston, Texas.

Respectfully submitted, /s/ Thomas C. Wright Thomas C. Wright State Bar No. 22059400 Wanda McKee Fowler State Bar No. 13698700 Andrea G. Tindall State Bar No. 24079467 WRIGHT & CLOSE, LLP One Riverway, Suite 2200 Houston, Texas 77056 Tel: 713-572-4321 / Fax: 713-572-4320 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] /s/ John T. Elliott John T. Elliott State Bar No. 24055444 Sharon C. Stodghill State Bar No. 00785058 LAW OFFICE OF SHARON C. STODGHILL Echo Lane, Suite 330 Houston, TX 77024 Tel: 713-464-6412 / Fax: 713-827-7483 [email protected] OF COUNSEL: Gus G. Tamborello State Bar No. 19632000 GUS G. TAMBORELLO, P.C.

2900 Weslayan, Suite 150 Houston, TX 77027 Tel: 713-659-7777 / Fax: 713-659-7780 [email protected] Attorneys for Bernice Yost, Special Conservator for Georgia Cox

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was served on the following attorneys by e-service on this 4th day of September, 2015: Michael Scott Thomas THOMAS & WILLIAMS, LLP 2626 S. Loop West, Suite 561 Houston, TX 77054 [email protected] Attorneys for James Sampson Fails Roy Camberg THE CAMBERG LAW FIRM, P.C.

17225 El Camino Real, Suite 444 Houston, Texas 77057 Temporary Administrator /s/ Thomas C. Wright Thomas C. Wright