PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF PEARL RIVER COUNTY
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MARY JO B. FORTENBERRY, DECEASED
CIVIL ACTION NO.:26-PR-146-M
JAMES E. FORTENBERRY
PETITIONER
SUMMONS
The State of Mississippi

TO: LYDIA FORTENBERRY, COLTON ZENE FORTENBERRY, KIRSTEN JO THOMPSON, AND ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF MARY JO B. FORTENBERRY, DECEDENT, AND WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE PROBATE OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE DECEDENT DATED JANUARY 25, 2018, WHOSE NAMES, POST OFFICE ADDRESSES AND/OR STREET ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN

You have been made Defendants in a suit filed in this Court by JAMES E. FORTENBERRY, Petitioner, seeking Determination of Heirs of MARY JO B. FORTENBERRY Decedent, and also seeking to probate in solemn form the Last Will and Testament of the Decedent, MARY JO B. FORTENBERRY, dated January 25, 2018

You are summoned to appear and defend against the Petition filed against you in this action at 9 a.m. on the 12th day of October, A.D. 2026, in the Chancery Courtroom of Pearl River County, 100 South Main St. Poplarville, Ms. 39470 , and in case of your failure to appear and defend a judgment will be entered against you for the money and 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.

ISSUED under my hand and seal of said Court, this the 31ST day of July , A.D., 2026.

CHANCERY CLERK PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MS

BY: Angelle Blume
Deputy Clerk

Picayune Item:
Aug. 12, 19 and 26, 2026
26-PR-146-M