IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MICK MERDOCK FOUNTAIN, DECEASED CAUSE NO. 25-1677-MAM CYNTHIA N. FOUNTAIN PETITIONER SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION FOR KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO: THE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF MICK MERDOCK FOUNTAIN, DECEASED You have been made a defendant in the Petition to Determine Heirs filed in this Court by Cynthia N. Fountain, Petitioner for the Estate of Mick Merdock Fountain, Deceased, in which the Petitioner seeks to determine the heirs at law of Mick Merdock Fountain, deceased and asserts that Clarether Price, Dwayne McCants, Ronnesha O. Fountain, Donald M. Fountain, and Cynthia N. Fountain are the only heirs at law of Mick Merdock Fountain, deceased. You are summoned to appear and defend against said petition at 9:00 a.m. on November 18, 2025 in the courtroom of Chancellor Mark A. Maples in the Jackson County Chancery Courthouse at Pascagoula, Mississippi, and in the case of your failure to appear and defend a judgment will be entered against you for the money or other things demanded in the petition. You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you may do so if you desire. If you desire to file an answer, you must mail or hand deliver a written response to the petition in this action to Kiara A. Taite, attorney for Petitioner, whose mailing and physical address is The Law Office of Kiara A. Taite, PLLC, 712 Watts Avenue, Pascagoula, MS 39567; and you must also file the original of your response with the Clerk of this Court. Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this 11th day of September, 2025. JOSH ELDRIDGE, JACKSON COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK BY: /s/Kristy Todd, D.C. PUBLISH THREE (3) TIMES 10/8/2025, 10/15/2025, 10/22/2025 IPL0272779 Oct 12,15,22 2025