SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLINE GAUTIER CAUSE NO. 2026- 1070DNH WILLIAM BROU GAUTIER PETITIONER SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO: THE UNKNOWN OR KNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF CAROLINE GAUTIER AND ANY AND ALL OTHER PERSONS CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST AS HEIRS-AT-LAW OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLINE GAUTIER DECEASED. You have been made Respondents in the lawsuit filed in this Court by WILLIAM BROU GAUTIER, Petitioner. The Petition filed against you has initiated a civil action seeking to have WILLIAM BROU GAUTIER, VIRGINIA MERCEE GLEW and ADAM T. GAUTIER adjudicated and decreed by this Court to be the sole heirs- at- law of CAROLINE GAUTIER , Deceased, as fully set out 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 9:00A.M. ON THE 17th , DAY OF August, 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 6TH day of July 2026. JOSH ELDRIDGE, CHANCERY CLERK BY: Kristy M. Todd D.C. PO# Bill to: Acct. # 662468 E. Foley Ranson, P.A., P.O. Box 848, Ocean Springs, MS 39566-0848 PUBLICATION DATES: 07/08/2026, 07/15/2026 and 07/22/2026 IPL0355671 Jul 8,15,22 2026