PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF PANOLA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
JOHN CHRISTOPHER EARP, DECEASED
KATHIE P. SERIO, ADMINISTRATRIX
CAUSE NO. 54CH2:26-cv-00161-ML

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

To: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT LAW AND NEXT-OF-KIN OF JOHN CHRISTOPHER EARP, A/K/A CHRIS EARP, DECEASED, WHOSE WHEREABOUTS, POST OFFICE ADDRESSES, AND STREET ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PETITIONER AFTER DILIGENT SEARCH AND INQUIRY TO ASCERTAIN SAME

You have been made a defendant in the Complaint filed in this Court by Kathie P. Serio, Petitioner, seeking the determination of heirship and next of kin of John Christopher Earp.

You are summoned to appear and defend against the complaint or petition filed against you in this action at 9:00 A.M. on October 20th, 2026 in the Chancery Courtroom of the Panola County Courthouse at Batesville, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend a judgment will be entered against you for the money or other things demanded in the complaint or 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 the seal of said Court, this 14th day of September, 2026.

Katie Ragon, Chancery Clerk

By:/s/ Rhonda Fox,D.C.
Joseph C. Gibbs, MSB # 4814
111 Court Street -
P. O. Box 1117
Clarksdale, Mississippi
38614-1117
Phone: (662) 627-4146

The Panolian:
Sept. 17, 24 Oct. 1, 2026
54CH2:26-cv-00161-ML