IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF HINDS COUNTY,
MISSISSIPPI, FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
IN RE THE ESTATE OF JAMES E. DEAR, DECEASED
CIVIL ACTION NO. 25CH1:21-PR-00681
SHERRY GAIL HAWKINS A/K/A SHERRY FOLSE,
PETITIONER
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: TYLER ASHTON DEAR, SAVANNAH KAITLIN DEAR, and LAURA ELIZABETH MILONSKI, beneficiaries under the Last Will and Testament of James E. Dear, Deceased, whose addresses are unknown after diligent search and inquiry, cannot be ascertained or who cannot be found after diligent search and inquiry.
You have been made an interested party in the in the Petition to Probate Estate against James E. Dear, Deceased [MEC 2], Amended Motion to Pay Certain Matters And Submission of Final Accounting [Mec 28] and Amended Petition for Approval of Final Accounting, to Discharge Executrix, and to Close Estate [MEC 29] filed in this Court by Sherry Gail Hawkins, Executrix of the Estate of James E. Dear, Deceased.
You are summoned to appear and defend against these Petitions filed against you in this action at 9:00 o'clock A.M. on the 15th day of December, 2025, Before the Honorable Tiffany Grove, in the Courtroom of the Hinds County Chancery Court in Jackson, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment will be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Petitions.
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
31st day of October, 2025.
[SEAL]
EDDIE JEAN CARR, CHANCERY CLERK
HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
BY: N. Felton, D.C.
Requested by:
Scherrie L. Prince, MSB No. 103808
Prince & Associates, PLLC
PO Box 320937
Flowood, MS 39232
(601) 206-0284
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