SUMMONS
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN RE: ESTATE OF CLEAMON R. DOWNS, DECEASED
JULIA SHARRON DOWNS, EXECUTRIX CAUSE NO.: 26-cv-529-MAM
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF JACKSON
SUMMONS
TO: SONJA PADGETT AND ANY AND ALL PERSONS CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST AS HEIRS OF CLEAMON R. DOWNS, DECEASED:
You have been made Respondents in the lawsuit filed in this Court by JULIA SHARRON DOWNS, Petitioner.
The Petition filed against you has initiated a civil action seeking to have SONJA PADGETT and JULIA SHARRON DOWNS adjudicated and ordered by this Court to be the sole and only heirs-at-law of CLEAMON R. DOWNS, Deceased, and to have the Last Will and Testament of CLEAMON R. DOWNS validated, and to have JULIA SHARRON DOWNS, adjudicated as the sole and only legatee under the Last Will and Testament of CLEAMON R. DOWNS, and further adjudicated as the only individuals claiming any rights, title or interest to the estate of the Deceased, CLEAMON R. DOWNS, as fully set out in the Petition 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 9:00 O'CLOCK A.M. ON THE 10th DAY OF JUNE, 2026, IN THE COURTROOM OF THE JACKSON COUNTY CHANCERY COURTHOUSE, 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 in care of Haidee Oppie Sheffield, Esq., 3103 Pascagoula Street, Pascagoula, MS 39567.
ISSUED under my hand and seal of said Court, this the 26th day of MARCH, 2026.
JOSH ELDRIDGE, CHANCERY CLERK
BY: TAMMY ALLEN, D.C.
Publish: 04/08/26, 04/15/26 and 04/22/26
Bill Publication to:
HAIDEE OPPIE SHEFFIELD, ESQ.
3103 Pascagoula Street, Pascagoula, MS 39567
228-762-5399/228-762-4498-fax
haidee@sheffieldlawpllc.com