NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Case number 2023-PR-44 in the matter of the estate of Joe Thomas Shipp, deceased.

Notice is hereby given that on the 14th day of September, 2023, Letters Testamentary in respect of the estate of Joe Thomas Shipp, who died on January 6, 2023, were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery Court of Lewis County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against the estate are required to file the same with the clerk of the above-named court on or before the earlier of the dates prescribed in (1) or (2), otherwise their claims will be forever barred.

(1) (A) Four (4) months from the date of the first publication of this notice if the creditor received an actual copy of this Notice to Creditors at least sixty (60) days before the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication; or

(B) Sixty (60) days from the date the creditor received an actual copy of the Notice to Creditors if the creditor received the copy of the notice less than sixty (60) days prior to the date that is four (4) months from the date of the first publication as described in (1)(A); or

(2) Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death.

All persons indebted to the above estate must come forward and make proper settlement with the undersigned at once.

Date: September 7, 2023

Shirley Jean Shipp,

Admininstratrix

Date: September 14, 2023

Kaitlin O. Bates,

Lewis County Clerk & Master

Attorney for the Estate:

Michael E. Hinson, Esq.

505 East Main Street

Hohenwald, TN 38462

931-797-1110

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