PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
AMERICAN PRIDE PROPERTIES, LLC
PLAINTIFF
CAUSE NO. 26-CV-211-M
VERSUS
ESTATE OF LOVENIA B. DOUCETTE, DECEDENT; AMANDA M. MAYBERRY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CO-ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF LOVENIA B.
DOUCETTE, DECEDENT; ALL HEIRS OF AMANDA M. MAYBERRY; DARRELL J. DOUCETTE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CO-ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF LOVENIA B. DOUCETTE, DECEDENT; ALL HEIRS OF DARRELL J. DOUCETTE;
GENE CALLAIS; ALL HEIRS OF GENE CALLAIS; CHRISTOPHER M. DOUCETTE; ALL HEIRS OF CHRISTOPHER M. DOUCETTE; ARCELON J. CALLAIS, III; ALL HEIRS OF ARCELON J. CALLAIS, III; THE ESTATE OF RONNY G. GRABERT; ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS OF TARA M. DOUCETTE; 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: FORREST LANE SUBD. LOT 13 PT. 11
PARCEL NO: 6171110010200900
S-T-R: 11-06S-17W PPIN 21933 YR 2022 DEED BOOK 715 PAGE 578 PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
DEFENDANTS
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

TO: ESTATE OF LOVENIA B. DOUCETTE, DECEDENT; AMANDA M. MAYBERRY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CO-ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF LOVENIA B.
DOUCETTE, DECEDENT; ALL HEIRS OF AMANDA M. MAYBERRY; DARRELL J. DOUCETTE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CO-ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF LOVENIA B. DOUCETTE, DECEDENT; ALL HEIRS OF DARRELL J. DOUCETTE;
GENE CALLAIS; ALL HEIRS OF GENE CALLAIS; CHRISTOPHER M. DOUCETTE; ALL HEIRS OF CHRISTOPHER M. DOUCETTE; ARCELON J. CALLAIS, III; ALL HEIRS OF ARCELON J. CALLAIS, III; THE ESTATE OF RONNY G. GRABERT; ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS OF TARA M. DOUCETTE; 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: FORREST LANE SUBD. LOT 13 PT. 11 PARCEL NO: 6171110010200900 S-T-R: 11-06S-17W PPIN 21933 YR 2022 DEED BOOK 715 PAGE 578 PEARL 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:
FORREST LANE SUBD. LOT 13 PT. 11 PARCEL NO:
6171110010200900 S-T-R: 11-06S-17W PPIN 21933 YR 2022
DEED BOOK 715 PAGE 578
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 dated December 11, 2025, and recorded on December 23, 2025, as Inst# 20250012462 in Bk: 2025 at Pg: 12462 in the office of the Chancery Clerk of Pearl River County, Mississippi. MS TL LLC TESCO, 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# 20250011021 Bk: 2025 Pg: 11021 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 133 Davis Avenue, Ste L, Pass Christian, MS 39571. YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED WITHIN THIRTY DAYS FROM THE 24th day of June 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: 6/10/26
BY: Lauren Goar
DEPUTY COURT CLERK

Picayune Item:
June 24, July 1 and 8, 2026
26-CV-211-M