IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT   IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD BRELON STARNES DECEASED CAUSE NO.:  25 CH2:25-pr-00059   RULE 81 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION   THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI   TO: THE HEIRS AT LAW OF RICHARD BRELON STARNES, DECEASED, if living, whose names, current whereabouts, places of residence and post office, street and house addresses are unknown after diligent search and inquiry, and if dead, their known and unknown devisees, executors, administrators or legal representatives, whose names, current whereabouts, places of residence and post office, street and house addresses are unknown after diligent search and inquiry.    You have been made a Defendant in this suit in this Court by Petitioner, Gayle Starnes Oakes, Administrator of the Estate of Richard Brelon Starnes, deceased seeking a judicial determination that Gayle Starnes Oakes is the sole and only heir at law of Richard Brelon Starnes, deceased.   You are summoned to appear and defend against the Petition filed against you in this action at 1:30 P.M. on the 4th day of February 2026, in Courtroom No. 4 of the Hinds County Chancery Building at 316 S President St, Jackson, Mississippi 39201before Chancellor Crystal Wise Martin, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment will be entered against you for the things 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 the seal of said Court, this the 8th day of October 2025. Eddie Jean Carr, Chancery Clerk Of Hinds County, Mississippi   By:                                                        Deputy Clerk ( S E A L )  10/14, 10/21, 10/28/2025 # 11745423