IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY,
MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATE OF
LAWRENCE
UNDERWOOD, JR., DECEASED CAUSE NO. 26-0584-AEC
DEBORAH A. BURNS BOONE PETITIONER
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION FOR KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: THE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF
LAWRENCE UNDERWOOD, JR.,
DECEASED
You have been made a defendant in the Petition to Determine Heirs filed in this Court by Deborah A. Burns Boone, Petitioner for the Estate of Lawrence Underwood, Jr., Deceased, in which the Petitioner seeks to
determine the heirs at law of Lawrence Underwood, Jr., deceased and asserts that Christopher Burns, Linda Garbutt, Chrysanthemum Edwards, Sebastian Edwards, Ronreco Edwards,
Keshandra Edwards, and Deborah Ann Burns Boone are the only heirs at law of Lawrence Underwood, Jr., deceased.
You are summoned to appear and defend against said petition at 9:00 a.m. on July 13, 2026 in the courtroom of
Chancellor Ashlee Cole in the Jackson County Chancery Courthouse at Pascagoula, 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, 912 Convent
Avenue, Suite #5, 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 19 day of May, 2026.
JOSH ELDRIDGE,
JACKSON COUNTY
CHANCERY CLERK
BY: /s/Kristy Todd, D.C.
PUBLISH THREE (3) TIMES.
6/3/2026, 6/10/2026, 6/17/2026
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Jun 3,10,17 2026