SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT WALTER BARKER AND VELMA BARKER, PLAINTIFFS VS. OSA MCGEE, THE BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES OR HEIRS-AT-LAW OF THE ESTATE OF OSA MCGEE, IF DECEASED, WHOSE NAMES, ADDRESSES, AND POST OFFICE BOXES ARE UNKNOWN AFTER DILIGENT SEARCH AND INQUIRY; JESSIE MCGEE, THE BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES OR HEIRS-AT-LAW OF THE ESTATE OF JESSIE MCGEE, IF DECEASED, WHOSE NAMES, ADDRESSES, AND POST OFFICE BOXES ARE UNKNOWN AFTER DILIGENT SEARCH AND INQUIRY; THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; LYNN FITCH, IN HER CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; MICHAEL WATSON, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; W. CROSBY PARKER, DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; AND ANY AND ALL OTHER PERSONS OR ENTITIES HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY INTEREST IN AND TO THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THIS COMPLAINT IDENTIFIED AS HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI TAX PARCEL NO. 0810E-02-068.000 DEFENDANTS CAUSE NO.: 24CH1:26-cv-01289-MA THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO:OSA MCGEE, THE BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES OR HEIRS-AT-LAW OF THE ESTATE OF OSA MCGEE, IF DECEASED, WHOSE NAMES, ADDRESSES, AND POST OFFICE BOXES ARE UNKNOWN AFTER DILIGENT SEARCH AND INQUIRY; JESSIE MCGEE, THE BENEFICIARIES, DEVISEES OR HEIRS-AT-LAW OF THE ESTATE OF JESSIE MCGEE, IF DECEASED, WHOSE NAMES, ADDRESSES, AND POSTOFFICE BOXES ARE UNKNOWN AFTER DILIGENT SEARCH AND INQUIRY AND ANY AND ALL OTHER PERSONS OR ENTITIES HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY INTEREST IN AND TO THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THIS COMPLAINT IDENTIFIED AS HARRISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI TAX PARCEL NO. 0810E-02-068.000 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT You have been made Defendants in the suit filed in this Court by Walter Barker and Velma Barker, seeking confirmation of title in certain real property located in Harrison County, Mississippi, commonly described as Harrison County Tax Parcel No. 0810E-02-068.000, and being more particularly described as: Lots 6-8, Block Three Hundred and Seventeen (317) of North Gulfport, as per the map or plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Harrison County, State of Mississippi. You are required to mail or hand-deliver a copy of a written response to the Complaint to Jordan R. Mathews, the attorney for the Plaintiff, whose address is 2137 E. Pass Road, Gulfport, Mississippi 39507. Your response must be mailed or delivered not later than thirty (30) days after the 15th day of July, 2026, which is the date of the first publication of the Summons. If your response is not so mailed or delivered, a judgment by default will be entered against you for the money or other things demanded in the complaint. You must also file the original of your response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward. Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this 13th day of July, 2026. ANGELA THRASH, CHANCERY CLERK by: Kelli Hicks, D.C. IPL0357517 Jul 15,22,29 2026