IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
LATOYA JOHNSON, PLAINTIFF vs. JACQUELINE BROWN; THE KNOWN OR UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE AFORESAID INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANT; THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, BY AND THROUGH ATTORNEY GENERAL LYNN FITCH; HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; W. CROSBY PARKER IN THIS CAPACITY AS HARRISON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY; 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.: 26-2064(2)
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: JACQUELINE BROWN, 11418 Crystal Lake Drive, Gulfport, MS 39503; THE KNOWN OR UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE AFORESAID INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANT; THE 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 LATOYA JOHNSON 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. 0911E-03-016.000
A parcel of land situated and being located in all of Lots 7, 8, 9 and a part of Lots 10 and 11, and the East ½ of a 10 foot vacated ally lying immediately West of and adjacent to said Lots and a part of the South ½ of a 10 foot vacated alley lying immediately North of and adjacent to said Lot 11, all in Block 4, MISSISSIPPI LAND AND ABSTRACT COMPANY SUBDIVISION OF EAST GULFPORT, City of Gulfport, First Judicial District of Harrison Couty, Mississippi, and being more particularly described as follows to-wit: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Lot 7, Block 4, being a point on the Westerly margin of Bert Avenue and on the northerly margin of an open alley; thence run North 00 degrees 03 minutes 14 seconds East 105.00 feet along the East line of said Block 4 and the westerly margin of Bert Avenue; thence run South 88 degrees 25 minutes 47 seconds West 89.87 feet; thence run North 00 degrees 07 minutes 41 seconds East 35.95 feet to a point on the centerline of the vacated alley running along the North line of said Lot 11; thence run South 73 degrees 33 minutes 09 seconds West 31.21 feet along said centerline to a point on the centerline of a vacated alley lying immediately West and adjacent to said Lots 11, 10, 9, 8 and 7; thence run South 00 degrees 03 minutes 14 seconds West 164.49 feet along the centerline of said vacated alley to a point on the northerly margin of an open alley lying immediately South and adjacent to said Lot 7; thence run North 73 degrees 46 minutes 38 seconds East 124.71 feet along the northerly margin of said alley and along the south line of said Lot 7 to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
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 28th day of October 2026, 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 19th day of October 2026.
ANGELA THRASH, CHANCERY CLERK
HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
By: Sabra Lee, D.C.
PUBLISHED: 10/28, 11/4 & 11/11/2026
Sheehan & Ramsey, PLLC, 429 Porter Avenue, Ocean Springs, MS 39564, (228) 875-0572
IPL0382807
Oct 28,Nov 4,11 2026