IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IN THE MATTER OF THE LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF STEPHEN JAMES HOOD, DECEASED CAUSE NO. 26-01197 AEC EMILY HOOD, EXECUTOR SUMMONS FOR KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW TO: KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF STEPHEN JAMES HOOD, DECEASED, and to any and all other persons or parties who are interested in his estate, including but not limited to, the unknown heirs-at-law, who are unknown, of STEPHEN JAMES HOOD, Deceased, who are adults, if they be living and are non-residents of the State of Mississippi, or not to be found therein after diligent search and inquiry to ascertain the same, and if dead, their unknown heirs-at-law, devisees, executors, administrators, or legal representatives, all non-residents of the State of Mississippi, or not to be found after diligent search and inquiry, and whose places of residence, post office, street and house addresses are unknown after diligent search and inquiry to ascertain the same. You have been made Defendant in the lawsuit filed in this Court by EMILY HOOD, Executor of the Estate of STEPHEN JAMES HOOD, Deceased. The Petition filed against you has initiated a civil action seeking to have, EMILY HOOD adjudicated and decreed by this Court to be the sole and only heirs-at-law of STEPHEN JAMES HOOD, Deceased, as fully set out in the Petition on file. YOU ARE SUMMONED TO APPEAR AND DEFEND AGAINST THE PETITION FILED AGAINST YOU IN THIS ACTION AT 9:00 A. M. ON THE 8TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2026, IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, IN 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 13th Day of July, 2026. SEAL BY: JOSH ELDRIDGE, CHANCERY CLERK OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI Publication Dates: 7/17/2026, 7/24/2026, 7/31/2026 Bill to: Matthew S. Lott Lott Law Firm P.O. Box 1708 Pascagoula, MS 39568 228.215.2787 Office 228.284.1893 Fax IPL0357512 Jul 17,24,31 2026