IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SYLVESTER JAMES GAYTEN, SR., DECEASED CAUSE NO. 25-2154(1) SHERRI JORDAN GAYTEN PETITIONER SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION FOR KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO: THE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF SYLVESTER JAMES GAYTEN, SR., DECEASED You have been made a defendant in the Petition to Determine Heirs filed in this Court by Sherri Jordan Gayten, Petitioner and Administratrix for the Estate of Sylvester James Gayten, Sr., Deceased, in which the Petitioner seeks to determine the heirs at law of Sylvester James Gayten, Sr., deceased and asserts that Amanda Lock, Brittany Gayten Breland, Sylvester James Gayten, Jr., and Sherri Jordan Gayten are the only heirs at law of Sylvester James Gayten, Sr., deceased. You are summoned to appear and defend against said petition at 9:00 a.m. on February 3, 2026 in the courtroom of Chancellor Jim Persons in the Harrison County Chancery Courthouse at Gulfport, 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 5th day of December, 2025. ANGELA THRASH, HARRISON COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK BY: /s/ Katlyn Barq, D.C. PUBLISH THREE (3) TIMES. 12/24/2025, 12/31/2025, 1/7/2026 IPL0299942 Dec 24,31,Jan 7 2026