IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF A MINOR CHILD NAMED IN THE PE TITION CAUSE NO.: 24CH1:26-ad-00038-JP RULE 81 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO: JACOBY COLES, POSSIBLE FATHER OF TWO (2) MALE CHILDREN, J.J.C. and J.C.C., BORN IN MARCH 2010 AT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AT GULFPORT, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI TO N.B. AND NOT TO BE FOUND THEREIN ON DILIGENT INQUIRY, AND HIS POST OFFICE ADDRESS NOT BEING KNOWN AFTER DILIGENT SEARCH AND INQUIRY You have been made a Defendant on a Petition for Adoption filed in this Court by Floyd Bowden and Nakia Bowden. You are summoned to appear and defend against the Petition filed in this action at 9:00 a.m. on the 23rd day of July, 2026, in the Chancery Courtroom of Hancock County Courthouse, 152 Main Street, Bay St. Louis, 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 ___ day of ______________, 2026. ANGELA THRASH, CHANCERY CLERK Issued At The Request Of: STEPHANIE G. BEAVER (MSB #100237) SYMMES & ESTES, P.L.L.C. 1806 23rd Avenue, Suite A Gulfport, MS 39501 Phone: 228-896-8962 Facsimile: 228-205-4457 sbeaver@symmesestes.com IPL0346480 Jun 7,14,21 2026