PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF P
Details
10/28/2026
Ad
Ad Text
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOE HARRIS FORTENBERRY, DECEASED
CAUSE NO. 26-PR-241-CS
PROCESS BY PUBLICATION YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED TO SUMMONS:
TO THE HEIRS AT LAW OF Kenneth Joe Fortenberry, DECEASED and any and all persons or parties who are interested in or claim any right, title or interest as heirs JOE HARRIS FORTENBERRY, Deceased, in the estate including, but not limited to, the unknown heirs-at-law of JOE HARRIS FORTENBERRY, 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 offices, and street and house addresses are unknown after diligent search and inquiry to ascertain the same. You have been made Defendants in the estate proceeding filed in the Court by Kenneth Joe Fortenberry, Executor, in the Petition to Probate Will in Common and Solemn Form, Appoint Executor and Issue Letters of Testamentary.
IF TO BE FOUND IN THIS COUNTY, to be and appear before the Honorable Chad Smith of the Chancery Court of Pearl River County, at a Court to be held at the Courthouse in Poplarville, Mississippi thereof on the 7th day of December 2026, 9:00 a.m., next, then and there to show cause, if any they can why the will should not be admitted to probate and to assert any claim they may have in the will or estate and why Kenneth Joe Fortenberry, should not be named Executor; and that the following persons are interested parties to this Motion for probate as best can be determined by the Petitioner after diligent search and inquiry, to wit: Kenneth Joe Fortenberry; and to show why he should not be declared the beneficiary, devisee, legatee and or heir-at-law of the deceased; and why the Last Will and Testament of JOE HARRIS FORTENBERRY, Deceased, should not be admitted to probate in solemn form according to law, and further to do and suffer such things as shall be considered and ordered by the Court aforesaid in the premises, and have then and there this writ, with an endorsement thereon to the manner in which you shall have served.
YOU ARE SUMMONED TO APPEAR and defend against the Complaint/Motion filed against you in this action on the date and time as set forth hereinabove before the Honorable Chad Smith in the Chancery Court of Pearl River County, located 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 Motion. You are not required to file answer or other pleadings, but you may do so if you desire by filing it in the office of the Chancery Court of Pearl River County and sending a copy of your answer to Tyler Alexander, 1016 Sixth Ave., STE A, Picayune, Mississippi 39466.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court at Poplarville, Mississippi, this the 22nd day of October, 2026.
Melinda Smith Bowman, Chancery Clerk
/s/Kalyn Davis, D.C.
[SEAL]
Picayune Item:
Oct. 28, Nov. 4 and 11, 2026
26-PR-241-CS
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOE HARRIS FORTENBERRY, DECEASED
CAUSE NO. 26-PR-241-CS
PROCESS BY PUBLICATION YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED TO SUMMONS:
TO THE HEIRS AT LAW OF Kenneth Joe Fortenberry, DECEASED and any and all persons or parties who are interested in or claim any right, title or interest as heirs JOE HARRIS FORTENBERRY, Deceased, in the estate including, but not limited to, the unknown heirs-at-law of JOE HARRIS FORTENBERRY, 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 offices, and street and house addresses are unknown after diligent search and inquiry to ascertain the same. You have been made Defendants in the estate proceeding filed in the Court by Kenneth Joe Fortenberry, Executor, in the Petition to Probate Will in Common and Solemn Form, Appoint Executor and Issue Letters of Testamentary.
IF TO BE FOUND IN THIS COUNTY, to be and appear before the Honorable Chad Smith of the Chancery Court of Pearl River County, at a Court to be held at the Courthouse in Poplarville, Mississippi thereof on the 7th day of December 2026, 9:00 a.m., next, then and there to show cause, if any they can why the will should not be admitted to probate and to assert any claim they may have in the will or estate and why Kenneth Joe Fortenberry, should not be named Executor; and that the following persons are interested parties to this Motion for probate as best can be determined by the Petitioner after diligent search and inquiry, to wit: Kenneth Joe Fortenberry; and to show why he should not be declared the beneficiary, devisee, legatee and or heir-at-law of the deceased; and why the Last Will and Testament of JOE HARRIS FORTENBERRY, Deceased, should not be admitted to probate in solemn form according to law, and further to do and suffer such things as shall be considered and ordered by the Court aforesaid in the premises, and have then and there this writ, with an endorsement thereon to the manner in which you shall have served.
YOU ARE SUMMONED TO APPEAR and defend against the Complaint/Motion filed against you in this action on the date and time as set forth hereinabove before the Honorable Chad Smith in the Chancery Court of Pearl River County, located 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 Motion. You are not required to file answer or other pleadings, but you may do so if you desire by filing it in the office of the Chancery Court of Pearl River County and sending a copy of your answer to Tyler Alexander, 1016 Sixth Ave., STE A, Picayune, Mississippi 39466.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said Court at Poplarville, Mississippi, this the 22nd day of October, 2026.
Melinda Smith Bowman, Chancery Clerk
/s/Kalyn Davis, D.C.
[SEAL]
Picayune Item:
Oct. 28, Nov. 4 and 11, 2026
26-PR-241-CS