PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF L

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5/13/2026

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PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
LILLIE BEATRICE DRIVER BARRY PLAINTIFF v. CAUSE NO. 36CH1:25­cv­00548­W
JIMMY FLOYD DRIVER,
ET AL. DEFENDANTS
SUMMONS

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THOMAS E. DRIVER, JR. AND ESTELLE DRIVER
BRENDA C. PEGUES
SOPHIA S. MARSH
RACHEL R. PEGUES
MARYLYNN E. WARD
DANIEL PEGUES
QUIANA BRUCE
CHRIS BRUCE
MARY KATHRINE DRIVER
SAMUEL L. DRIVER
THOMAS DRIVER
RAY DRIVER
EFFIE LEE DRIVER
You have been made a Defendant in the suit filed in this Court by Lillie Beatrice Driver Barry as heir at law of Thomas E. Driver, Jr. and Estelle Driver, Plaintiff, seeking a partition of property under the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, to-wit: Parcel ID 105-22-005.00 (PPIN 2091) N PT NE1/4, Section 22, Township 07, Range 01, Lafayette County, Mississippi; and Parcel ID 105-22-006.00 (PPIN 002092) S FR NE1/4 & N PT SE1/4, Section 22, Township 07, Range 01, Lafayette County, Mississippi.
Defendants other than you in this action are Mae Doris Driver, Annette Mitchell, Lee Page Driver, Dorothy Driver Smith, Dwight Owens, Wanda Owens, Kenneth Owens, Wallace Owens, Jeanette (Genette) Driver, Joye Driver Chandler, Jackie Driver, Sheryl Clemons, Dorothy May Tarver-Driver, Doris Jean Driver, Jimmy Floyd Driver, Mary Louise Driver and Charles R. Driver, and those other persons identified above.
You are summoned to appear and defend against the complaint or petition filed against you in this action at 9:30 o’clock A.M. on the 13th day of July 2026, in the courtroom of the Tippah County Chancery Courthouse at Ripley, Mississippi, and in case of your failure to appear and defend, a judgment will be entered against you for the money or other things demanded in the complaint or 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 seal of said Court, this the 8th day of May 2026.
Mike Roberts, Clerk
Lafayette County Chancery Court
300 N. Lamar Boulevard
Oxford, MS 38655
By: /s/Larissa Edwards, D.C.

Prepared by:
M. Reed Martz, MSB No. 101443
Freeland Martz, PLLC
302 Enterprise Drive, Suite A
Oxford, MS 38655
(662) 234-1711
reed@freelandmartz.com

Oxford Eagle:
May 13, 20 and 27, 2026
36CH1:25­CV­00548­W