IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IN RE: THE ESTATE OF JAMES LEWIS COVAN, DECEASED NO. 25-2176MAM DOROTHY R. COVAN, PETITIONER SUMMONS TO THE KNOWN OR UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF JAMES LEWIS COVAN, DECEASED, AND ANY OTHER PERSON CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN AND TO THE ESTATE OF JAMES LEWIS COVAN, DECEASED You have been made a Defendant in a suit initiating a civil action filed in this Court by Dorothy R. Covan, seeking to have Dorothy R. Covan, Remona Covan, James R. Covan, Derrell Covan, Terrell Covan, Shanoco Steele and Shavonia Mason Williams adjudicated by this Court to be the sole and only heirs-at-law of James Lewis Covan, deceased, as fully set out in the Petition on file. Defendants other than you in this action are Dorothy R. Covan, Remona Covan, James R. Covan, Derrell Covan, Terrell Covan, Shanoco Steele and Shavonia Mason Williams You are further summoned to appear and defend against the Complaint or Petition against you in this action at 9:00 O'Clock a. m. on the 7th day of January, 2026, at the Jackson County Chancery Court, Pascagoula, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend a judgment will be entered declaring Dorothy R. Covan, Remona Covan, James R. Covan, Derrell Covan, Terrell Covan, Shanoco Steele and Shavonia Mason Williams as the heirs-at-law of James Lewis Covan, deceased, and for any other things demanded in the complaint or petition, and process in the manner prescribed by law, for each defendant is hereby returnable to that date. You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you can do so if you wish prior to the hearing set forth hereinabove. The attorney in this cause is David O. McCormick, P.O. Drawer 1287, 729 Watts Avenue, Pascagoula, MS 39568-1287. ISSUED under my hand and seal of this Court on this, the 10th day of November, 2025. JOSH ELDRIDGE, JACKSON COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK BY: Jenny Vice, D.C. PUBLISH: 11/16/25, 11/23/25 and 11/30/25