SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MATTHEW G. BERNARDO CAUSE NO.25-2026AEC GUY D. BERNARDO PETITIONER SUMMONS TO: THE UNKNOWN OR KNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF MATTHEW G. BERNARDO AND ANY AND ALL OTHER PERSONS CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST AS HEIRS-AT-LAW OF THE ESTATE OF MATTHEW G. BERNARDO, DECEASED. You have been made Respondents in the lawsuit filed in this Court by GUY D. BERNARDO, Petitioner. The Petition filed against you has initiated a civil action seeking to have ALTHEA BERNARDO and GUY D. BERNARDO, adjudicated and decreed by this Court to be the sole heirs- at- law of MATTHEW G. BERNARDO, Deceased, as fully set out on file in the Chancery Court of Jackson County, Mississippi. YOU ARE SUMMONED TO APPEAR AND DEFEND AGAINST THE PETITION FILED AGAINST YOU IN THIS ACTION AT 9:00A.M. ON THE 5th DAY OF December, 2025, IN THE COURTROOM OF THE JACKSON COUNTY CHANCERY COURTHOUSE AT PASCAGOULA, MISSISSIPPI; AND, IN CASE OF YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR AND DEFEND, A JUDGMENT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE PETITION. You are not required to file an answer or other pleading but you may do so if you desire. ISSUED under my hand and seal of said Court, this the 20th day of October ,2025. JOSH ELDRIDGE, CHANCERY CLERK BY: Kristy M. Todd, D.C. P.O. # Bill to: Acct. # 662468 E. Foley Ranson, P.A., P.O. Box 848, Ocean Springs, MS 39566-0848 PUBLICATION DATES: 10/22, 10/29 AND 11/05/2025 IPL0283692 Oct 22,29,Nov 5 2025