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PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF PANOLA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
JBS, LLC PLAINTIFF VS. PAUL LANTRIP; CONNER JONES; WILLIAM H. JONES; HEIRS AT LAW OF H. BUTLER JONES; HEIRS AT LAW OF BUTLER D. JONES; HEIRS AT LAW OF JOHN WAYNE LANTRIP; HEIRS AT LAW OF LARRY RUSSELL LANTRIP; HEIRS AT LAW OF LORETTA ANNE JONES; REGIONS BANK, A/K/A REGIONS BANK, INCORPORATED, BY AND THROUGH ITS AGENT, CORPORATE SERVICE COMPANY; ANGIE DILLINGER, TRUSTEE FOR REGIONS BANK; QUICKSILVER TAX FUNDING, LLC, BY AND THROUGH ITS AGENT, TINA MCGREW; STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, BY AND THROUGH LYNN FITCH IN HER CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY GENERAL, PANOLA COUNTY, BY AND THROUGH CATHERINE M. RAGON IN HER CAPACITY AS CHANCERY CLERK; JAY HALE IN HIS CAPACITY AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND ANY AND ALL PERSONS CLAIMING OR HAVING EQUITABLE INTEREST IN THE LANDS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND SOLD FOR TAXES ON AUGUST 28, 2023 VIZ: PT S ½ LOT 3, BLK 12, ORIGINAL TOWN OF SARDIS IN THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PANOLA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, HAVING PARCEL NUMBER 4087M0000700 120000600 DEFENDANT(S)
CAUSE NO. 26-CV-121 (ML)
SUMMONS
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF PANOLA
TO: Heirs at law of H. Butler Jones, Heirs at Law of Butler D. Jones, Heirs at Law of John Wayne Lantrip, Heirs at Law of Larry Russell Lantrip; Heirs at Law of Loretta Anne Jones and all persons having or claiming any interest in the following described lands, VIZ: 4087M0000700 120000600.
You have been made Defendants in the suit filed in the Court by JBs, LLC, seeking to confirm and quiet his tax title to certain real estate being Part of the South Half of Lot 3, Block 12, original town of Sardis, Mississippi, First Judicial Dist. of Panola County commonly known as lot 206 Court Street, Sardis, Mississippi, and has Tax Parcel 4087M0000700 120000600.
Defendants other than you in this action are: Paul Lantrip, Conner Jones, William H. Jones, Regions Bank, Angie Dillinger, Trustee for Regions Bank; QuickSilver Tax Funding, LLC, Panola County Chancery Clerk, Panola County District Attorney and the State of Mississippi
You are required to mail or hand-deliver a copy of a written response to the Complaint to Richard W. Ryals, the attorney for the Plaintiff(s), whose post office address is P.O. Box 2421, Tunica, Mississippi 38676, and whose street address is 1185 Main Street, Tunica, Mississippi 38676.
YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE 15th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2026, WHICH IS THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR DELIVERED, A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE COMPLAINT. Your response must be mailed or.
You must also file the original of your response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward.
Issued under my hand and seal of said Court, this 12th day of October, 2026.
Hon. Catherine M. Ragon
Chancery Clerk of Panola County, Miss.
215 South Pocahontas Street
Sardis, Mississippi 38666
By: /s/L. Hentz, D.C.
(Seal)
The Panolian:
Oct. 15, 22 and 29, 2026
26-CV-121 (ML)