IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IN THE MATTER OF THE APPOINTMENT OF A GUARDIAN FOR M.C.C. and R.C.L. Minor Children CAUSE NO: 30CH1:25cv02439 DNH CHERYL LYNN LACEY PETITIONER SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO: David Wayne Cannaday You have been made a Party in the suit to establish a guardianship filed in this Court by Cheryl Lynn Lacey. You are required to mail or hand-deliver a copy of a written response to the Complaint to DUSTIN N. THOMAS, THE LAW OFFICES OF DUSTIN N. THOMAS PLLC., the attorney for the Plaintiff, whose street address is 525 Krebs Ave. P. O. Drawer 1270, Pascagoula, MS 39568-1270. Your response must be mailed or delivered within (30) days after the 9th day of February, 2026 which is the date of the first publication of this summons. If your response is not 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. You are further summoned and required to appear before the Chancellor of the Chancery Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, in the Chancery Courtroom of the Jackson County Courthouse, in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on the 19th day of March 2026, at 9:00 a.m. then and there to plead, answer, demur or otherwise respond to the Petition filed herein, and if you fail to appear and defend, a Judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition. Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this the 26th day of January 2026. ______________________________ Josh Eldridge Jackson Chancery Clerk of Jackson County, Mississippi (Seal) Publication Dates 2/9/2026 2/16/2026 2/23/2026 Dustin N. Thomas The Law Offices of Dustin N. Thomas PLLC. 525 Krebs Ave O. Box 1270 Pascagoula, MS 39568-1270 (228) 696-8881 (Phone) (228) 696-8991 (Fax) MS Bar No. 10861 dustin@dustinthomaslaw.com IPL0308776 Feb 9,16,23 2026