SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING COMPLAINT IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA CASE#: 2024-ES-11-00268 & 2024-ES-11-00267 IN RE: JOHN ROBERT BRANCH IN RE: FRANCES HOFFMAN BRANCH White Columns Funeral Home, Petitioner Vs. Anthony Henderson, Elijah Ramsey, John Doe, being a Class of any unknown Adults, unknown infants and/or persons under disability, and Richard Roe, being a Class of any person whose names are unknown, or any child or children or heirs at law or distributes of John Robert Branch and Frances Hoffman Branch, Respondents YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and require to answer the Petition in this action, a copy of which is available to you in the Cherokee County Probate Court File 2024-ES-11-00268 & 2024-ES-11-00267, and hereby served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the Petition on the subscriber at his office at 225 E. Floyd Baker Boulevard Gaffney, South Carolina, within thirty (30) days after which the service hereof, and if you fail to do so, Judgment by Default will be rendered against you for the relief sought in the Petition. NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN that the original Complaint in the above entitled action was filed in the Probate Court for Cherokee County, South Carolina on May 14, 2025. Gregory H. Patterson, LLC Gregory H. Patterson 225 E. Floyd Baker Blvd. Gaffney, SC 29340 864-488-1118 (Tel) 864-488-9722 (Fax) greg@gregpattersonlaw.com (Email) Attorney for Petitioner IPL0276945 Oct 1,8,15 2025