IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
ROBERT M. DALEY and JEREMIA R. DALEY, PLAINTIFFS vs. FLOYD COWART; VELDA BEAL COWART; DANNY RAY COWART; MARIE ZANIS; BERNIDETTA MCKAY;
THE UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, JOHN DOES 1-10; THE KNOWN OR UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE AFORESAID INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS;
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, BY AND THROUGH ATTORNEY GENERAL LYNN FITCH;
HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; W. CROSBY PARKER IN HIS CAPACITY AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR HARRISON COUNTY; AND ANY AND ALL PERSONS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTEREST IN AND
TO THE WITHIN DESCRIBED LANDS SOLD FOR TAXES, DEFENDANTS
CAUSE NO.: 25-1862(1)
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: FLOYD COWART, 11396 Railroad Street, Gulfport, MS 39503; VELDA BEAL COWART, address unknown; DANNY RAY COWART, 11396 Railroad Street, Gulfport, MS 39503; MARIE ZANIS, 13 Walkers Ridge Drive, Sanford, ME 04073-5042; BERNIDETTA MCKAY, address unknown; THE UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, JOHN DOES 1-10; STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, BY AND THROUGH ATTORNEY GENERAL LYNN FITCH, 550 High Street, Suite 1200, Jackson, MS 39201-1113; HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, c/o Angela Thrash, Clerk of its Board of Supervisors, 1720 23rd Avenue, Gulfport, MS 39501; W. CROSBY PARKER IN HIS CAPACITY AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR HARRISON COUNTY, 1720 23rd Avenue; AND ANY AND ALL PERSONS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTEREST IN AND TO THE WITHIN DESCRIBED LANDS SOLD FOR TAXES
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT
You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed in this Court by ROBERT M. DALEY and JEREMIA R. DALEY seeking confirmation of title to the within described real property. The names of the other Defendants are set forth in the caption above.
SAID PROPERTY BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
Tax Parcel No. 0808L-03-009.000
S 50 FT OF LOTS 25 TO 29 BLK 5 GULF & SHIP ISLAND DEV CO
You are required to mail or hand-deliver a copy of a written response to the Complaint to Patrick A. Sheehan, the Attorney for the Plaintiffs, whose address is 429 Porter Avenue, Ocean Springs, Mississippi 39564.
Your response must be mailed or delivered not later than thirty (30) days after the 15th day of October 2025, which is the date of the first publication of this Summons. If your response is not so mailed or delivered, a Judgment by Default will be entered against you for the money or other things demanded in the complaint.
You must also file the original of your response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward.
ISSUED UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL of said Court, this the 26th day of September 2025.
ANGELA THRASH, CHANCERY CLERK
HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
By: Leslie Sefton, D.C.
PUBLISHED: 10/15, 10/22, 10/29/2025
Sheehan & Ramsey, PLLC
429 Porter Avenue
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
(228) 875-0572
IPL0281214
Oct 15,22,29 2025