PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF P

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9/2/2026

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PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HAL B. BRELAND (DECEASED)
CAUSE NO. 26-pr-223-M
JAMES HAL BRELAND, PLAINTIFF VERSUS THE UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF HAL B. BRELAND (DECEASED), DEFENDANTS
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF HAL B. BRELAND (DECEASED), if they be living and not to be found therein after diligent search and inquiry and whose places of residence, post office and street and house addresses are unknown after diligent street search and inquiry to ascertain the same; and if dead, their unknown devisees, executors, administrators or legal representatives are not to be found after diligent search and inquiry and whose places of residence, post office and street and house addresses are unknown after diligent street search and inquiry to ascertain the same.
You have been made Defendants in the lawsuit filed in the Court by Plaintiff, James Hal Breland, in his Complaint to Determine Heirs seeking to have the Court establish the heirs-at-law of Hal B. Breland (Deceased) and seeking to adjudicate that the sole and only heir-at-law of Hal B. Breland (Deceased) is his son, James Hal Breland.
IF TO BE FOUND IN THIS COUNTY, to be and appear before the Honorable Chase Ford Morgan in the Chancery Court of Pearl River County, Mississippi, to be held at the Pearl River County Chancery Courthouse on the 13th day of October, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., in Poplarville, Mississippi, next, then and there to show cause, if any they can, why James Hal Breland should not be declared to be the sole and only heir-at-law of Hal B. Breland (Deceased), according to law.
YOU ARE SUMMONED TO APPEAR and defend against the Petition filed against you in this action on the date and time as set forth herein above before the Honorable Chase Ford Morgan of the Chancery Court of Pearl River County, in Poplarville, Mississippi; and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment will be entered against you for the relief 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 21st day of August, 2026.
MELINDA SMITH BOWMAN, CHANCERY CLERK
BY: Angelle Hume, D.C.

Picayune Item:
Sept. 2, 9 and 16, 2026
26-PR-223-M