Public Notices 09-24-26

September 23, 2026

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Publish: Sept. 10, Sept. 17 & Sept. 24, 2026
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JA'ONI BLAKELY
ARICA SMITH, INDIVIDUALLY, AND ON BEHALF OF THE HEIRS-AT-LAW OF JA'ONI 
BLAKELY, PETITIONER
UNKNOWN WRONGFUL DEATH BENEFICIARIES OF JA'ONI BLAKELY, DECEASED, 
RESPONDENTS 
CAUSE NO. 2025-33
SUMMONS
(By Publication)
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF WAYNE
TO: ANY AND ALL PERSONS CLAIMING TO BE A WRONGFUL DEATH BENEFICIARY OF 
JA'ONI BLAKELY, DECEASED 
You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed in this Court by Arica 
Smith seeking a determination of Any and All Wrongful Death 
Beneficiaries of Ja'Oni Blakely, deceased. Defendants other than you 
in this action are Arica Smith, (sister of Ja'Oni Blakely); Keon 
Smith, (brother of Ja'Oni Blakely); Marcus Smith, (brother of Ja'Oni 
Blakely) and; The Estate of Ruby Pickens, through its court appointed 
Administrator, Arica Smith (Wayne County Chancery Court, MS Cause No. 
2025-00032).
YOU ARE SUMMONED TO APPEAR and defend against the Petition for 
Determination of Wrongful Death Beneficiaries at a hearing before the 
Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, to be held on the 28th day 
of October, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., in the courtroom of the Wayne County 
Chancery Court, Waynesboro, Mississippi, before the Honorable Jerry 
Sharp. In the event of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment 
will be entered against you for the money or other things demanded in 
the subject 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 3rd day of 
September, 2026.
WILLIAM JEREMY CARR
CHANCERY CLERK OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
By: Angie Walker
DEPUTY CLERK
PREPARED BY:
LANCE STEVENS (MSB #7877)
Stevens Law Group, PLLC
190 Gateway Drive, Suite A
Brandon, Mississippi 39042
Tel: (601) 829-6618
Fax: (601) 829-6623
Co-Counsel for Petitioner, Arica Smith
DAVID L. SULLIVAN ( MSB#9850)
DAVID L. SULLIVAN, PLLC
Post Office Box 4413 
Laurel, Ms 39441-4413
Telephone:(601) 649-4075
Facsimile: (601) 649-4216
Co-Counsel for Petitioner, Arica Smith
Publish: Sept. 10, Sept. 17 & Sept. 24, 2026
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RUBY JEAN BLAKELY PICKENS
ARICA SMITH, INDIVIDUALLY, AND ON BEHALF OF THE WRONGFUL DEATH 
BENEFICIARIES OF RUBY JEAN BLAKELY PICKENS, PETITIONER
UNKNOWN WRONGFUL DEATH BENEFICIARIES OF RUBY JEAN BLAKELY PICKENS, 
RESPONDENTS 
CAUSE NO. 2025-32
SUMMONS
(By Publication)
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF WAYNE
TO: ANY AND ALL PERSONS CLAIMING TO BE A WRONGFUL DEATH BENEFICIARY OF 
RUBY JEAN BLAKELY PICKENS, DECEASED 
You have been made a Defendant in the Petition filed in this Court by 
Arica Smith seeking a determination of Any and All Wrongful Death 
Beneficiaries of Ruby Jean Blakely Pickens, deceased. Defendants other 
than you in this action are Arica Smith, (daughter of deceased); Keon 
Smith, (son of deceased); Marcus Smith, (son of deceased); Edward Smith, 
was a son of Ruby Pickens, but pre-deceased Ruby Pickens therefore his 
children Lataron Smith, Lamyra Smith and Allison Powe, a minor, by and 
through her mother, Nicole Powe, are direct decedents of Ruby Jean 
Blakely Pickens and are Wrongful Death Beneficiary; and Eric Jermaine 
Blakely, was a son of Ruby Pickens, but pre-deceased Ruby Pickens and 
therefore his child, Jermarious Blakely, a minor, by and through his 
mother, Ciera Harris Blakely, is a direct decedent of Ruby Jean Pickens 
and Wrongful Death Beneficiary.
YOU ARE SUMMONED TO APPEAR and defend against the Petition for 
Determination of Wrongful Death Beneficiaries at a hearing before the 
Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, to be held on the 28th day 
of October, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., in the courtroom of the Wayne County 
Chancery Court, Waynesboro, Mississippi, before the Honorable Jerry 
Sharp. In the event of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment 
will be entered against you for the money or other things demanded in 
the subject 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 3rd day of 
September, 2026.
WILLIAM JEREMY CARR
CHANCERY CLERK OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
By: Angie Walker
DEPUTY CLERK
PREPARED BY:
LANCE STEVENS (MSB #7877)
Stevens Law Group, PLLC
190 Gateway Drive, Suite A
Brandon, Mississippi 39042
Tel: (601) 829-6618
Fax: (601) 829-6623
Co-Counsel for Petitioner, Arica Smith
DAVID L. SULLIVAN ( MSB#9850)
DAVID L. SULLIVAN, PLLC
Post Office Box 4413 
Laurel, Ms 39441-4413
Telephone:(601) 649-4075
Facsimile: (601) 649-4216
Co-Counsel for Petitioner, Arica Smith
Publish: Sept. 10, Sept. 17 & Sept. 24, 2026
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RUBY JEAN BLAKELY PICKENS, DECEASED
ARICA SMITH, INDIVIDUALLY, AND ON BEHALF OF THE HEIRS AT LAW OF RUBY 
JEAN BLAKELY PICKENS, PETITIONER
CAUSE NO. 2025-32
SUMMONS
(By Publication)
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COUNTY OF WAYNE
TO: ANY AND ALL PERSONS CLAIMING TO BE AN HEIR-AT-LAW OF RUBY JEAN 
BLAKELY PICKENS, DECEASED 
You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed in this Court by Arica 
Smith seeking the determination of Any and All Heirs-at-Law of Ruby Jean 
Pickens, deceased. Defendants other than you in this action are Arica 
Smith, (daughter of deceased); Keon Smith, (son of deceased); Marcus 
Smith, (son of deceased); Edward Smith, (son of deceased); Edward Smith 
was a son of Ruby Pickens, but pre-deceased Ruby Pickens therefore his 
children Lataron Smith, Lamyra Smith and Allison Powe, a minor, by and 
through her mother, Nicole Powe, are direct decedents of Ruby Jean 
Blakely Pickens and are Heirs-at-Law; and Eric Jermaine Blakely was a 
son of Ruby Pickens, but pre-deceased Ruby Pickens therefore his child, 
Jermarious Blakely, a minor, through his mother, Ciera Harris Blakely, 
is a direct decedent of Ruby Jean Pickens and Heir-at-Law. 
YOU ARE SUMMONED TO APPEAR and defend against the Petition for 
Determination of Heirs-At-Law of Ruby Jean Pickens at a hearing before 
the Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, to be held on the 28th 
day of October, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., in the courtroom of the Wayne 
County Chancery Court, Waynesboro, Mississippi, before the Honorable 
Jerry Sharp. In the event of your failure to appear and defend, a 
judgment will be entered against you for the money or other things 
demanded in the subject 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 3rd day of 
September, 2026.
WILLIAM JEREMY CARR
CHANCERY CLERK OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
By: Angie Walker
DEPUTY CLERK
PREPARED BY:
DAVID L. SULLIVAN ( MSB#9850)
DAVID L. SULLIVAN, PLLC
Post Office Box 4413
Laurel, Ms 39441-4413
Telephone:(601) 649-4075
Facsimile: (601) 649-4216
Co-Counsel for Petitioner, Arica Smith
Publish: Sept. 10, Sept. 17 & Sept. 24, 2026
SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
WHEREAS, on May 14, 2009, Junior McGay, a single man, executed a certain 
Deed of Trust to Debera Bridges, Trustee for the use and benefit of 
Citifinancial Real Estate Services, Inc., its successors and assigns 
which Deed of Trust is of record in the office of the Chancery Clerk of 
Wayne County, Mississippi, on May 18, 2009, as Document Number 
200901907.
WHEREAS, JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA as Successor By Merger to J.P. Morgan 
Mortgage Acquisition Corp., the current holder and/or assignee, 
substituted Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C. as Trustee by instrument 
recorded in the Chancery Clerk's Office on August 28, 2026, as 
Document Number 202602380; and
WHEREAS, Default having been made in the terms and conditions of said 
deed of trust and the entire debt secured thereby having been declared 
to be due and payable in accordance with the terms of said deed of 
trust, JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA as Successor By Merger to J.P. Morgan 
Mortgage Acquisition Corp., the legal holder of said indebtedness, 
having requested the undersigned Substitute Trustee in said deed of 
trust, will on October 14, 2026 offer for sale at public outcry and sell 
within legal hours (being between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 
p.m.), at the front steps of Wayne County Courthouse, to the highest and 
best bidder for cash the following described property situated in Wayne 
County, Mississippi, to wit:
THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND, TO-WIT: A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE SOUTHWEST 
1/4 OF NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 8 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, 
WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND 
BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SAID 
SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION, TOWNSHIP AND RANGE ABOVE 
DESCRIBED; THENCE RUN SOUTH ALONG THE SAID FORTY LINE FOR A DISTANCE OF 
525.0 FEET; THENCE RUN WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 210.0 FEET; THENCE RUN 
SOUTH FOR A DISTANCE OF 105.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE LOT 
DESCRIBED AND CONVEYED; THENCE RUN WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 85.0 FEET; 
THENCE RUN SOUTH FOR A DISTANCE OF 105.0 FEET; THENCE RUN EAST FOR A 
DISTANCE OF 85.0 FEET; THENCE RUN NORTH FOR A DISTANCE OF 105.0 FEET TO 
THE POINT OF BEGINNING, BEING A LOT 85 FEET BY 105.0 FEET.
More commonly known as: 44 West Ave, Waynesboro, MS 39367
I will convey only such title as vested in me as Substituted Trustee.
Important Notice to Potential Bidders: Federal law administered by the 
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN"), a bureau of the 
U.S. Department of the Treasury, requires certain residential real 
estate transactions to be reported to the federal government. If you are 
the winning bidder at auction, you may be required to provide 
identifying information about yourself and, if applicable, any entity or 
trust purchasing the property. This information is required by federal 
law and must be provided to complete the sale. Failure to provide 
required information after the sale may delay or prevent issuance of the 
foreclosure deed. 
Halliday, Watkins and Mann, P.C
Substitute Trustee
Halliday, Watkins & Mann, P.C.
1107 Highland Colony Pkwy, Suite 207
Ridgeland, MS 39157
(801) 355-2886
Publish: Sept. 17, Sept. 24, Oct. 1 & Oct. 8, 2026
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FRANCIS ONEIDA DANIELS, DECEASED
JESSE E. DANIELS, ADMINISTRATOR
CAUSE NO. 2026-197
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
____________________
Letters of Administration having been granted on the 16th day of 
September, 2026, by the Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, to 
the undersigned, JESSE E. DANIELS, Administrator of the Estate of 
Francis Oneida Daniels, deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons 
having claims against said Estate to present the same to the Clerk of 
this Court for probate and registration according to law, within ninety 
(90) days from the first publication of this notice, or they will be 
forever barred.
THIS the 16th day of September, 2026.
/s/ Jesse E. Daniels
JESSE E. DANIELS,
ADMINISTRATOR
Publish: Sept. 24, Oct. 1 & Oct. 8, 2026
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RUSSELL EDWARD DEARMAN, DECEASED
SHARITA D. PITTS, ADMINISTRATRIX
CAUSE NO. 2026-208
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
____________________
Letters of Administration having been granted on the 14th day of 
September, 2026, by the Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, to 
the undersigned, SHARITA D. PITTS, Administratrix of the Estate of 
Russell Edward Dearman, deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons 
having claims against said Estate to present the same to the Clerk of 
this Court for probate and registration according to law, within ninety 
(90) days from the first publication of this notice, or they will be 
forever barred.
THIS the 14th day of September, 2026.
/s/ Sharita D. Pitts
SHARITA D. PITTS,
ADMINISTRATRIX
Publish: Sept. 24, Oct. 1 & Oct. 8, 2026
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN THOMAS McGLOTHLIN, IV, DECEASED
MARK A. PRATT, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
CAUSE NO. 2026-205
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN THOMAS McGLOTHLIN, IV
____________________
Letters Testamentary having been granted on the 14th day of September, 
2026, by the Chancery Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, to the 
undersigned, MARK A. PRATT, Personal Representative of the Estate of 
JOHN THOMAS McGLOTHLIN, IV, deceased, notice is hereby given to all 
persons having claims against said Estate to present the same to the 
Clerk of this Court for probate and registration according to law, 
within ninety (90) days from the first publication of this notice, or 
they will be forever barred.
THIS the 14th day of September, 2026.
/s/ Mark A. Pratt
MARK A. PRATT,
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Publish: Sept. 24, Oct. 1 & Oct. 8, 2026
NOTICE OF BID PROCESS FOR EMERGENCY ELECTRIC POWER RESTORATION
DIXIE ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION
Companies or organizations that are interested in providing services for 
electric power restoration and/or right-of-way clearing for a 
distribution system during a major outage should submit qualifications 
and references to Distribution Engineer Andrew Jones at 
andrewjones@dixieepa.com by Friday, October 30, by 5 p.m. 
Dixie Electric is an equal opportunity employer and provider.
Publish: Sept. 24, 2026
BEFORE THE STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF MISSISSIPPI
RE: PETITION OF SCORPION OIL & GAS, LLC FOR AN EXTENSION OF INACTIVE 
WELL STATUS UNDER STATEWIDE RULE 28 FOR A CERTAIN WELL LOCATED IN 
EUCUTTA FIELD, WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
DOCKET NO. 365-2026-D
PUBLIC NOTICE
TO: ALL OWNERS AND PERSONS INTERESTED IN EUCUTTA FIELD, WAYNE COUNTY, 
MISSISSIPPI
TAKE NOTICE that SCORPION OIL & GAS, LLC ("Scorpion") has filed a 
Petition with the Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board in the above 
referenced docket requesting that the Board grant the following relief: 
A one year extension of the inactive well status under Rule 28.2.a for a 
certain well listed on Exhibit "1" hereto.
TAKE NOTICE that the above and foregoing matter will be heard at the 
regular October 2026 meeting of the Board to be held at 9:00 o'clock 
a.m. on October 21, 2026, at 500 Greymont Avenue, Suite E, Jackson, 
Mississippi, 39202, at which time and place all interested parties may 
appear and contest said matter.
If you intend to contest the docket or request a continuance, you must 
notify the Board and Petitioner's representative of your intention in 
writing not later than 5:00 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, October 13, 2026 
(seven (7) days prior to the date stated above for the hearing). 
Failure to so notify the Board and Petitioner shall be a waiver of your 
right to contest or request continuance.
You are advised that the Board may adopt orders concerning a petition 
which may differ from the relief requested by Petitioner, and the Board 
will enter such order or orders as in its judgment may be appropriate in 
accordance with the evidence presented.
STATE OIL AND GAS BOARD OF MISSISSIPPI
By: /s/ JESSE NEW
State Oil and Gas Board Supervisor 
ATTORNEYS FOR PETITIONER
Glenn Gates Taylor (MBN 7453)
Ian Austin (MBN 104584)
COPELAND, COOK, TAYLOR & BUSH, P.A.
600 Concourse, Suite 200
1076 Highland Colony Parkway
P. O. Box 6020
Ridgeland, Mississippi 39158
601-856-7200
601-856-7626 (facsimile)
EXHIBIT "1"
Eucutta Field
Docket No. 365-2026-D
Wayne County, Mississippi
Well Name: GM & ORR
API No.: 23-153-00609
Well Number: 1
Section: 1
Township: 9N
Range: 9W
–END OF EXHIBIT–
Publish: September 24, 2026





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