IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF VERNON WESLEY PIERCE, DECEASED NO. 26-0255MAM LESLIE VERNON PIERCE, PETITIONER SUMMONS TO ALL KNOWN OR UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF VERNON WESLEY PIERCE, DECEASED, AND ANY OTHER PERSON CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN AND TO THE ESTATE OF VERNON WESLEY PIERCE, DECEASED You have been made a Defendant in a suit initiating a civil action filed in this Court by Leslie Vernon Pierce, seeking to have Martha Dianne Pierce, Leslie Vernon Pierce, Yulonda Pierce Williams and Amy Pierce Smith adjudicated by this Court to be the sole and only heirs-at-law of Vernon Wesley Pierce, deceased, as fully set out in the Petition on file. Defendants other than you in this action are Martha Dianne Pierce, Leslie Vernon Pierce, Yulonda Pierce Williams and Amy Pierce Smith. You are further summoned to appear and defend against the Complaint or Petition against you in this action at 9:00 o'clock a. m. on the 14th day of April, 2026, before the Jackson County Chancery Court in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend a judgment will be entered declaring Martha Dianne Pierce, Leslie Vernon Pierce, Yulonda Pierce Williams and Amy Pierce Smith as the heirs-at-law of Vernon Wesley Pierce, deceased, and for any other things demanded in the complaint or petition, and process in the manner prescribed by law for each defendant is hereby returnable to that date. You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you can do so if you wish prior to the hearing set forth hereinabove. The attorney in this cause is A. SCOTT CUMBEST, P.O. Drawer 1287, 729 Watts Avenue, Pascagoula, MS 39568-1287. ISSUED under my hand and seal of this Court on this, the 11th day of February, 2026. JOSH ELDRIDGE, JACKSON COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK BY: Theresa Liddell, D.C. PUBLISH: 02/22/26, 03/01/26 and 03/08/26 IPL0313401 Feb 22,Mar 1,8 2026