IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF RANKIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI   DAVID L. COVINGTON                                        PLAINTIFF   VS.                                                            CAUSE NO. 25-1579   SHEILA C. MAYERS; STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; RANKIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR RANKIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTEREST IN AND TO THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND SOLD FOR TAXES ON AUGUST 29, 2016, PARCEL NO. E08L000007 00020, LOT 2 MCLAURIN HEIGHTS PT 7, LYING IN SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 05, RANGE 02, RANKIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AND DOES 1-75, INCLUSIVE                                                                                DEFENDANTS   SUMMONS   STATE OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY OF RANKIN   TO: ALL OTHER PERSONS, FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTEREST IN AND TO THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND SOLD FOR TAXES ON AUGUST 29, 2016, PARCEL NO. E08L000007 00020, LOT 2 MCLAURIN HEIGHTS PT 7, LYING IN SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 05, RANGE 02, RANKIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI       You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed in this Court by David L. Covington, Plaintiff, seeking the Court to confirm the tax title of property in Rankin County, Mississippi (the “Property”). Defendants other than you in this action are Sheila C. Mayers; State of Mississippi; Rankin County, Mississippi; and the District Attorney of Rankin County, Mississippi.     You are required to mail or hand deliver a written response to the Complaint filed against you in this action to Andrew Hammond, Attorney for Plaintiff, whose address is Young Wells Williams P.A., Post Office Box 6005, Ridgeland, Mississippi 39158 or 141 Township Avenue, Suite 300, Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157.You must also file the original of your response with the Clerk of this Court within a reasonable time afterward.     YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT LATER THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE 18th DAY OF November 2025, WHICH IS THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR DELIVERED, A JUDGEMENT BY DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE COMPLAINT.   Issued under my hand and seal of said Court, this 2nd day of October, 2025.   MARK S. SCARBOROUGH, CHANCERY CLERK RANKIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI (SEAL) BY: Misti Tigrett , D.C. 11/18,11/25,12/02/2025                                    11839859