PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
AMERICAN PRIDE PROPERTIES, LLC
PLAINTIFF
VERSUS
CAUSE NO. 2026-0187

JAMES BENNETT THOMPSON; ALL HEIRS OF JAMES BENNETT THOMPSON; KELLY THOMPSON; ALL HEIRS OF KELLY THOMPSON; JAMES BRADLEY THOMPSON; ALL HEIRS OF JAMES BRADLEY THOMPSON;MS FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INS CO; BRENDON ADAMS, IN HIS
CAPACITY AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTEREST IN THE WITHIN DESCRIBED LAND LOCATED IN LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, WHICH WAS SOLD FOR LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 2022 AD VALOREM TAXES ON AUGUST 28, 2023, VIZ: LOT 5 DB 736-695 DAY’S ADDN BLK C 0022 PARCEL NO: B87-07-2-068 S-T-R: 07-07-08 PPIN 15880 YR 2022 DEED BOOK 0736 PAGE 0695 LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
DEFENDANTS

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

TO: JAMES BENNETT THOMPSON; ALL HEIRS OF JAMES BENNETT THOMPSON; KELLY THOMPSON; ALL HEIRS OF KELLY THOMPSON; JAMES BRADLEY THOMPSON; ALL HEIRS OF JAMES BRADLEY THOMPSON;MS FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INS CO; BRENDON ADAMS, IN HIS
CAPACITY AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; AND ALL OTHER PERSONS, FIRMS AND CORPORATIONS HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE INTEREST IN THE WITHIN DESCRIBED LAND LOCATED IN LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, WHICH WAS SOLD FOR LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 2022 AD VALOREM TAXES ON AUGUST 28, 2023, VIZ: LOT 5 DB 736-695 DAY’S ADDN BLK C 0022 PARCEL NO: B87-07-2-068 S-T-R: 07-07-08 PPIN 15880 YR 2022 DEED BOOK 0736 PAGE 0695 LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

NOTICE

This is a suit by American Pride Properties, LLC to Quiet and Confirm Tax Title and for Other Relief as to that certain property legally described as:

LOT 5 DB 736-695 DAY’S ADDN BLK C 0022 PARCEL NO: B87-07-2-068 S-T-R: 07-07-08 PPIN 15880 YR 2022 DEED BOOK 0736 PAGE 0695

American Pride Properties, LLC, obtained its interest in the subject property by virtue of a Quitclaim Deed and Assignment granted by MS TL LLC TESCO A/K/A MS TL LLC TESCO AS CUSTODIAN dated January 26, 2026, and recorded on February 18, 2026, as Instrument # 20260784 in the Office of Chancery Clerk of Lincoln County, Mississippi. MS TL, LLC being the highest and best bidder at the tax sale dated August 28, 2023, for the 2022 Lincoln County, Mississippi ad valorem taxes, which were not redeemed, and was granted a Chancery Clerk’s Conveyance dated December 16, 2025, and recorded that same day, as Instrument # 20256890, in the Office of the aforesaid Chancery Clerk.

If you have a legal or equitable claim or interest in this real property and/or any personal property contained therein, you are required to mail or hand-deliver a copy of your response to the Complaint to Quiet and Confirm Title and For Other Relief to the attorney for Plaintiff, Negrotto & Associates, PLLC, c/o Lewie G. “Skip” Negrotto, IV, the attorney for Plaintiff, whose post office address is 300 Davis Avenue, Ste. 101-A, Pass Christian, MS 39571. YOUR RESPONSE MUST BE MAILED OR DELIVERED WITHIN THIRTY DAYS FROM THE 1st day of July 2026. WHICH IS THE DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS SUMMONS. IF YOUR RESPONSE IS NOT SO MAILED OR DELIVERED, A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT WILL BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE COMPLAINT.

You must also file the original of your Response with the Chancery Clerk of Lincoln County, Mississippi within a reasonable time afterward at 301 S First Street Rm 111, Brookhaven, MS 39601.

Alisha McGehee,
Lincon County Chancery Clerk

ISSUE DATE: 6.26.26

BY: S. Ramshur
DEPUTY COURT CLERK

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