IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LAURA B. SMITH- HOPKINS, DECEASED CAUSE NO. 26-1306-AEC JACQUELINE DENISE HOPKINS ADMINISTRATRIX SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION FOR KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO: THE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OF LAURA B. SMITH-HOPKINS, DECEASED You have been made a defendant in the Petition to Determine Heirs filed in this Court by Jacqueline Denise Hopkins, Petitioner and Administratrix for the Estate of Laura B. Smith- Hopkins, Deceased, in which the Petitioner seeks to determine the heirs at law of Laura B. Smith-Hopkins, deceased and asserts that Sonya Smith Hewitt and Jacqueline Denise Hopkins are the only heirs at law of Laura B. Smith-Hopkins, deceased. You are summoned to appear and defend against said petition at 9:00 a.m. on October 12, 2026 in the courtroom of Chancellor Ashlee E. Cole in the Jackson County Chancery Courthouse at Pascagoula, Mississippi, and in the case of your failure to appear and defend a judgment will be entered against you for the money or other things demanded in the petition. You are not required to file an answer or other pleading, but you may do so if you desire. If you desire to file an answer, you must mail or hand deliver a written response to the petition in this action to Kiara A. Taite, attorney for Petitioner, whose mailing and physical address is The Law Office of Kiara A. Taite, PLLC, 912 Convent Avenue, Suite #5, Pascagoula, MS 39567; and you must also file the original of your response with the Clerk of this Court. Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this 25th day of August, 2026. JOSH ELDRIDGE, JACKSON COUNTY CHANCERY CLERK BY: /s/Kristy Todd, D.C. PUBLISH THREE (3) TIMES. 9/2/2026, 9/9/2026, 9/16/2026 IPL0370205 Sep 2,9,16 2026