IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ALBERTA NIX, DECEASED CAUSE NO.: 25-1400-DNH MARY J. STEWART, PETITIONER SUMMONS (Service by Publication) TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF ALBERTA NIX, DECEASED, AND ANY OTHER PERSON CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST IN AND TO THE ESTATE OF ALBERTA NIX, DECEASED You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed in this Court by MARY J. STEWART, seeking to have Mary J. Stewart, Alinda McCullum, Paulette Lett, Derrick C. Nix, and Joshualyn Nix adjudicated by this Court to be the sole and only heirs-at-law of Alberta Nix, Deceased, as fully set out in the Petition on file. Defendants other than you in this action are unknown heirs-at-law of Alberta Nix, Deceased. You are summoned to appear and defend against the Petition filed against you in this action at 9:00 a.m. on the 9th day of September, 2026, in the Chancery Courtroom of the Jackson County Courthouse, 3104 Magnolia Street, Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment will be entered declaring Mary J. Stewart, Alinda McCullum, Paulette Lett, Derrick C. Nix, and Joshualyn Nix. as the sole and only heirs-at-law of ALBERTA NIX, Deceased, and for any other things demanded in the Complaint or Petition, and process in the manner prescribed by law, for each defendant, is hereby returnable to that date. You are not required to file an answer or other pleading but you may do so if you desire. Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this the 29th day of July, 2026. Josh Eldridge Chancery Clerk of Jackson County P.O. Box 998 Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567 By: Carol Whitfield, D.C. [Seal] Publication Dates: 8/3/2026, 8/10/2026, and 8/17/2026 CHASE CHASE & ASSOCIATES, PLLC P.O. Box 7119, D'Iberville, MS 39540 Telephone: (228) 396-3300; Facsimile: (228) 396-1494 IPL0362032 Aug 3,10,17 2026