PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF PANOLA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
ESTATE OF SARAH MARIE SMITH, DECEASED,
DONNA SMITH RHODES, PETITIONER VS. EX PARTE
CIVIL ACTION NO. 26-CV-26 (VD)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Letters Testamentary upon the estate of Sarah Marie Smith, deceased, were granted to me by the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Panola County, Mississippi in the above styled and numbered cause on the 24th day of February 2026. All persons having claims against the estate of Sarah Marie Smith, deceased, are required to have same probated and registered by the Clerk of said Court within ninety (90) days from the date of the first notice of publication, or they will be forever barred.
WITNESS MY SIGNATURE, this the 24th day of February 2026.

/s/Donna Smith Rhodes
DONNA SMITH RHODES
Executrix of the Estate of Sarah Marie Smith

LAMAR & HANNAFORD, P.A.
214 South Ward Street
Senatobia, MS 38668
Phone: (662) 562-6537

BY: /s/John T. Lamar, Jr.
John T. Lamar, Jr.
Solicitor for Petitioner
MS State Bar #1781

The Panolian:
Mar. 4, 11 and 18, 2026
26-CV-26(VD)