STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BEAUFORT IN PROBATE COURT CASE # 2025-ES-07-01082 JENNIFER SMART, Petitioner, Vs. MICHAEL SIMMONS; JASMINE SIMMONS; JEAN SIMMONS; MIA SIMMONS; TARSHA SIMMONS; BRENDA LOU GREEN; and MARVA SPEAKS; if living; and if not living, then the successors or assigns thereof; and all persons unknown having or claiming to have any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the Estate of James Simmons, being designated as JOHN DOE and MARY ROE, including all persons who may be deceased, minors, in the Armed Forces of the United States, Non Compos Mentis, and under any other disability, Respondents. TO THE RESPONDENTS: Summons (Petition not Attached) You are hereby summoned and required to Answer the Petition for Formal Appointment in this action, a copy of which was duly filed in the Office of the Clerk of Probate Court of Beaufort County, SC, on November 6, 2025; and to serve a copy of your Answer to the Petition for Formal Appointment on the subscriber at his office at 800 Congress St, Beaufort, SC 29902, within thirty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of service; and if you fail to answer the Petition for Formal Appointment within the time aforesaid, the Petitioner in this action will apply to the Court and judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition for Formal Appointment. Notice of Appointment of Guardian ad Litem, Nisi TAKE NOTICE, that a Summons and Petition were filed November 6, 2025; and the Order Appointing Guardian ad Litem, Order of Publication and Notice to Respondents were filed April 27, 2026 in the Office of the Probate Court for Beaufort County, SC, and on April 27, 2026, Cherese T. Handy, Esquire, 1011 By St, Suite 2B, Beaufort, SC 29902, was appointed Guardian ad Litem, her appointment to become absolute twenty days after the service of the Summons. Notice of Hearing PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a hearing has been scheduled for June 2, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. at Beaufort County Probate Court, 102 Ribaut Road, Room 100, Beaufort, SC, for the purpose of the proof of the matters asserted in the Petition for Formal Testacy and Appointment. This action was commenced by the Petitioner on November 6, 2025, at the Beaufort County Probate Court to have the Probate Court declare that (1) that the copy of an executed Will of James Simmons, executed May 9, 2023, to be the exact and correct copy of his Will and (b) to designate the Petitioner as the Personal Representative of his estate. Any objections (by persons not already in default) to the Petitioner's right to prevail in this action must be filed with the Beaufort County Probate Court on or before June 2, 2026, or presented in person at the scheduled hearing. J. Thomas Mikell, P.C. P.O. Box 1727 Beaufort, SC 29901 843-524-2110 Attorney for the Petitioner