IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EDWARD JOE LOUIS BENTLEY, DECEASED CAUSE NO. 25-2249(2) MONICA MCNEELY, ESQ. and EMMANUEL BENTLEY PETITIONERS SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION FOR KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO: THE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF EDWARD JOE LOUIS BENTLEY, DECEASED You have been made a defendant in the Petition to Determine Heirs filed in this Court by Monica McNeely and Emmanuel Bentley, Petitioners for the Estate of Edward Joe Louis Bentley, Deceased, in which the Petitioner seeks to determine the heirs at law of Edward Joe Louis Bentley, deceased and asserts that Edward Joe Bentley III and Emmanuel Bentley are the only heirs at law of Edward Joe Louis Bentley, deceased. You are summoned to appear and defend against said petition at 9:30 a.m. on February 10, 2026 in the courtroom of Chancellor Jennifer Schloegel 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 8th day of December, 2025. ANGELA THRASH, HARRISON COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK BY: /s/ Katlyn Barq, D.C. PUBLISH THREE (3) TIMES. 12/31/2025, 1/7/2026, 1/14/2026