PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
ROBIN JOEL PLAINTIFF VERSUS
CAUSE NO. 26-CV-69-CS
NANCY PITTMAN DUNN, HER UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW AND/OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST
MICKY PITTMAN, BARBARA JEAN GRAY, STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, HAL KITRELL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, PEARL RIVER COUNTY, AND AND ANY AND ALL PERSONS CLAIMING ANY
LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES ON AUGUST 29, 2022 DEFENDANTS
SUMMONS

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: ANY AND ALL PERSONS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTEREST IN THE LAND SOLD FOR TAXES ON AUGUST 29, 2022, OF THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED PROPERTY:
Commence at the Northeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 35, Township 5 South, Range 17 West, Pearl River County, Mississippi, and then run North 89 degrees 47 minutes West 599.3 feet; thence run North 89 degrees 24 minutes West 563.8 feet to the center of a county paved road; thence run along the center of said road as follows: South 10 degrees 22 minutes West 575.6 feet, South 20 degrees 44 minutes West 129.5 feet, South 24 degrees 38 minutes West 660.0 feet, South 31 degrees 25 minutes West 75.0 feet; thence run South 89 degrees 24 minutes East 200.0 feet to the Point of Beginning; thence from said Point of Beginning run South 89 degrees 24 minutes East 290.0 feet; thence run South 00 degrees 36 minutes West 739.0 feet to the center of Mill Creek; thence run along the meandering of Mill Creek as follows: South 40 degrees 35 minutes West 127.6 feet, South 75 degrees 45 minutes West 100.1 feet, South 02 degrees 00 minutes East 67.7 feet, South 52 degrees 21 minutes West 18.2 feet, North 85 degrees 39 minutes West 100.4 feet; thence run North 00 degrees 36 minutes East 935.2 feet to the Point of Beginning. The property contains 5.7 acres, more or less, and is located in the South half of the Southeast Quarter (S ½ of SE 1/4) of said section. LESS AND EXCEPT a 50 foot road right-of-way that crosses the property. Said property is also known as Lot Nos. 10 and 11 of the unrecorded plat of Richardson Ridge Development.
The above described property being assessed by the Pearl River County Tax Assessor as Parcel No. 5177350000006122 and further identified as PPIN 34065.
You have been made a Defendant in the petition filed in this Court by Rene Landaverde and Ligia Maria Landeverde, the Plaintiff, seeking Complaint to Confirm Tax Title.
You are required to mail or hand-deliver a copy of a written response to the Complaint to the Attorney for the Plaintiff, James L. Gray, 101 E. Canal St., Ste. E, Post Office Box 1682, Picayune, Mississippi 39466.
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE 11th DAY OF MARCH. 2026, WHICH IS THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT MAILED OR DELIVERED, A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER RELIEF 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 THIS COURT on this the 5th day of March, 2026

Melinda Smith Bowman, Chancery Clerk
of Pearl River County, Mississippi
By: Brittany Spiers, Deputy Clerk

Picayune Item:
Mar. 11, 18 and 25, 2026
26-CV-69-CS/JOEL