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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
FLORENCE DIVISION
HOWARD K. STERN, as Executor of the )
Estate of Vickie Lynn Marshall, )
a/k/a Vickie Lynn Smith, ) Civil Action No. 4:08-cv-2753-TLW
a/k/a Vickie Lynn Hogan, )
a/k/a Anna Nicole Smith, )
)
Plaintiff, )
)
vs. )
)
STANCIL SHELLEY, )
a/k/a Ford Shelley, )
G. BEN THOMPSON, )
GAITHER BENGENE THOMPSON, II, )
MELANIE THOMPSON, )
GINA THOMPSON SHELLEY, )
SUSAN M. BROWN, and )
THE LAW OFFICES OF SUSAN M. BROWN, P.C. )
)
Defendants. )
/
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SERVICE AND
WAIVER OF FURTHER SERVICE OF PROCESS
COME NOW Susan M. Brown (“Brown”) and The Law Offices of Susan M. Brown,
P.C. (the “Law Firm”), named as Defendants in the above-captioned matter, and acknowledge
service of a copy of the Amended Complaint on Friday, July 16, 2010, and waive any further
service of process. Brown and the Law Firm shall have through and including Friday, August 6,
2010, to answer or otherwise respond to the Amended Complaint.
Brown and the Law Firm will retain all defenses or objections to the lawsuit or to the
jurisdiction or venue of the court except for objections based on a defect in the summons or in
the service of the summons.

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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
/S/ JOSEPH C. WILSON, IV
Carl E. Pierce, II (Fed. ID# 3062)
Joseph C. Wilson, IV (Fed. ID# 5886)
Pierce, Herns, Sloan, & McLeod, LLC
P.O. Box 22437
Charleston, SC 29413
(843) 722-7733
(843) 722-7732
joewilson@phsm.net
ATTORNEYS FOR SUSAN M. BROWN
AND THE LAW OFFICES OF SUSAN M.
BROWN, PC
July 16, 2010
Charleston, South Carolina
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on July ___, 2010, I electronically filed the foregoing document with
the Clerk of Court, which will automatically send notification of such filing to the following
attorneys of record:
L. Lin Wood Susan P. MacDonald, Esq.
Nicole Jennings Wade Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Luke A. Lantta Beach First Center, 3rd Floor
BRYAN CAVE LLP 3751 Robert M. Grissom Parkway
One Atlantic Center Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
Fourteenth Floor
1201 West Peachtree Street, N.W. Attorneys for Defendant, Stancil Shelley
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Karl A. Folkens
Louis Nettles
FOLKENS LAW FIRM, P.A.
3326 West Palmetto Street
Florence, South Carolina 29501
Attorneys for the Executor
I further certify that this same day, the foregoing document was served upon the
following by first class mail addressed as follows:
G. Ben Thompson
3760 Waterford Drive
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
Pro se
_____________________________
Joseph C. Wilson, IV
Fed. ID# 5886
joewilson@phsm.net
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