PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
AMERICAN PRIDE PROPERTIES, LLC PLAINTIFF VERSUS CONNIE E. HINMAN A/K/A CONNIE MITCHELL; ALL HEIRS OF CONNIE E. HINMAN A/K/A CONNIE MTICHELL; ALMA RESOURCES, INC.; PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; HALDON J. KITTRELL, IN HIS CAPACITY AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTEREST IN THE WITHIN DESCRIBED LAND LOCATED IN PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, WHICH WAS SOLD FOR PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI AD VALOREM TAXES ON AUGUST 28, 2023 VIZ: 4.30 AC IN N1/2 OF JACOB LOT CL #31 PARCEL NO: 5187310000000400 S-T-R: 31-05S-18W PPIN 19908 YR 2022 DEED BOOK 2017 PAGE 006196PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI DEFENDANTS
CAUSE NO.26-CV-99-S
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: CONNIE E. HINMAN A/K/A CONNIE MITCHELL; ALL HEIRS OF CONNIE E. HINMAN A/K/A CONNIE MTICHELL; ALMA RESOURCES, INC.; PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; HALDON J. KITTRELL, IN HIS CAPACITY AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTEREST IN THE WITHIN DESCRIBED LAND LOCATED IN PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, WHICH WAS SOLD FOR PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI AD VALOREM TAXES ON AUGUST 28, 2023 VIZ: 4.30 AC IN N1/2 OF JACOB LOT CL #31 PARCEL NO: 5187310000000400 S-T-R: 31-05S-18W PPIN 19908 YR 2022 DEED BOOK 2017 PAGE 006196PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
NOTICE
This is a suit by American Pride Properties, LLC to Quiet and Confirm Tax Title and for Other Relief as to that certain property legally described as:
4.30 AC IN N1/2 OF JACOB LOT CL #31 PARCEL NO: 5187310000000400
S-T-R: 31-05S-18W PPIN 19908 YR 2022 DEED BOOK 2017 PAGE 006196
American Pride Properties, LLC obtained its interest in the subject property by virtue of a Quitclaim Deed and Assignment granted by MS TL LLC TESCO Custodian dated December 11, 2025, and recorded on December 23, 2025, as Inst# 20250012461 in Bk: 2025 at Pg: 12461 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Pearl River County, Mississippi. MS TL LLC TESCO Custodian, being the highest and best bidder at the tax sale dated August 28, 2023, for the 2022 Pearl River County, Mississippi ad valorem taxes which were not redeemed, was granted a Chancery Clerk’s Conveyance for the subject property dated November 12, 2025, and recorded on that same day, as Inst# 20250011022 Bk: 2025 Pg: 11022 in the Office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk.
If you have a legal or equitable claim or interest in this real property and/or any personal property contained therein, you are required to mail or hand-deliver a copy of your response to the Complaint to Quiet and Confirm Title and For Other Relief to the attorney for Plaintiff, Negrotto & Associates, PLLC, c/o Lewie G. “Skip” Negrotto, IV, the attorney for Plaintiff, whose post office address is 300 Davis Avenue, Ste. 101-A, Pass Christian, MS 39571. YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED WITHIN THIRTY DAYS FROM THE 22nd day of April 2026. WHICH IS THE DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR DELIVERED, A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE COMPLAINT.
You must also file the original of your Response with the Chancery Clerk of Pearl River County, Mississippi within a reasonable time afterward at 100 S Main St, Poplarville, MS 39470.
Melinda Smith Bowman
Pearl River County Chancery Clerk
ISSUE DATE: 04/07/2026
BY: Allison McCormick
DEPUTY COURT CLERK

Picayune Item:
Apr. 22, 29 and May 6, 2026
26-CV-99-S