STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF HAMPTON IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS FOR THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CASE NO.: 2026-CP-25-115 SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF FILING Louise Lewis Dees, Plaintiff, vs. Lilla Lewis (a/k/a Lilla Lewis White), Mary Lee Lewis (a/k/a Mary Lee Strong, a/k/a Mary L. Mitchell), Lucille Emerson, Elizabeth Emerson Telfair, Oregon Emerson, III, Herbert Emerson, Flora Emerson, Sylvia Emerson Lee, Byron Emerson, Regina Emerson, Clara Mae Lewis, Abraham Lewis, Jr., Fitzgerald Lewis, Vikki Lewis Brunson, Terecia Gordon James, Keysha Gordon, Breonna Scriven, Alexis Scriven, John Doe, a fictitious person, representing as a class, all unknown persons who claim or might claim to be heirs at law of Effie Perrin Lewis, Aaron J.C. Lewis, Maggie Lewis Emerson (a/k/a Maggie Lou Amerson), Abraham Lewis, Sr., Janie C. Lewis, James Lewis, Barbara A. Gordon (a/k/a Barbara L. Gordon), Silas L. Emerson, Cheyenne Lewis, Deborah Lewis, or Arthur Lamont Gordon, or who claim or might a claim an interest in or lien upon the property described herein, and Richard Roe, a fictitious person representing as a class, all persons suffering under legal disability and claiming or might claim to be an heir at law of Effie Perrin Lewis, Aaron J.C. Lewis, Maggie Lewis Emerson (a/k/a Maggie Lou Amerson), Abraham Lewis, Sr., Janie C. Lewis, James Lewis, Barbara A. Gordon (a/k/a Barbara L. Gordon), Silas L. Emerson, Cheyenne Lewis, Deborah Lewis, or Arthur Lamont Gordon, or who claim or might a claim an interest in or lien upon the property described herein, Defendants. TO: THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this Action, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers, Johnson DuRant, LLC, at their office, 411 N. Brooks St., Manning, SC, 29102; P.O. Box 137, Manning, SC, 29102, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of said service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff herein will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original Complaint, together with the Lis Pendens in the above-entitled action was filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Hampton County on April 29, 2026. NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN, that Scott Robinson, Esq., of the Clarendon County Bar, PO Box 339, Manning, SC 29102, has been appointed as Guardian ad Litem Nisi for the unknown Defendants. JOHNSON | DURANT, LLC BY: WILLIAM H. JOHNSON, Esq. S.C. Bar No. 15167 PO Box 137 --411 N. Brooks St. Manning, South Carolina 29102 Telephone: (803) 435-0909 Facsimile: (855) 926-0923 william@johnsondurant.law Attorneys for the Plaintiff June 17, 2026 June 26, July 3, 10 2026 LPRT0541368