Summons - Heirs
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
HELEN GRACE PIERCE, DECEASED
NO. 26-98-DNH
TERESA ILENE EMSWILER EXECUTRIX
SUMMONS
TO: THE UNKNOWN OR KNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF HELEN GRACE PIERCE AND ANY AND ALL OTHER PERSONS CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST AS HEIRS-AT-LAW OF THE ESTATE OF HELEN GRACE PIERCE, DECEASED.
You have been made Respondents in the lawsuit filed in this Court by TERESA ILENE EMSWILER, Executrix;
The Petition filed against you has initiated a civil action seeking to have the Last Will and Testament of HELEN GRACE PIERCE, probated and seeking to have DANNY PIERCE and TERESA ILENE EMSWILER, adjudicated and decreed by this Court to be the sole and only heirs at law of HELEN GRACE PIERCE, deceased, as fully set out on bill in 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 A.M. ON THE 7th DAY OF MAY 2026, IN THE COURTROOM OF THE JACKSON COUNTY CHANCERY COURTHOUSE AT 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.
ISSUED under my hand and seal of said Court, this the 26th day of March, 2026.
JOSH ELDRIDGE, CHANCERY CLERK
BY: /s/ Tammy Allen, D.C.
DATED: 3/26/2026
IPL0326473
Mar 29,Apr 5,12 2026