Public Notices 08-22-24

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE

OF JOSEPH E. RATCLIFF

RICKY RATCLIFF, PETITIONER

CAUSE NO. 2024-074

PUBLICATION SUMMONS

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

TO: THE UNKNOWN OR KNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW AND ANY AND ALL OTHER PERSONS

CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE OR INTEREST AS HEIRS OF JOSEPH E. RATCLIFF,

DECEASED

You have been made respondents to the Petition filed in this Court by

Ricky Ratcliff.

The Petition filed against you is a civil action seeking to have Ricky

Ratcliff, Joseph Henry Edward Ratcliff, Betty Ratcliff Sandifer, Michael

Wilson, and Erica Walker Bumgardner adjudicated as the sole and only

heir-at-law of the deceased, Joseph E. Ratcliff, as fully set out in the

Petition on file in the Chancery Court of Franklin County, Mississippi.

YOU ARE SUMMONED TO APPEAR AND DEFEND AGAINST THE PETITION FILED AGAINST

YOU IN THIS ACTION AT 9:00 A.M. ON THE 1ST DAY OF OCTOBER 2024, IN THE

FRANKLIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE AT MEADVILLE, MISSISSIPPI; AND IN CASE OF

YOUR FAILURE TO APPEAR AND DEFEND, A JUDGMENT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST

YOU FOR THE RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE PETITION.

You are not required to file an answer or other pleading but you may do

so if you desire in the care of Ashley A. Johnson, McGehee, McGehee &

Torrey, Attorneys at Law, Post Office Box 188, Meadville, Mississippi

39653.

Issued under my hand and the seal of said Court, this 12th day of

August, 2024.

JILL J. GILBERT,

CHANCERY CLERK,

FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

BY: Tayler Smith

Publish: Aug. 22, Aug. 29 & Sept. 5, 2024