PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CARTER COUNTY PROBATE COURT AT ELIZABETHTON, TENNESSEE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Probate Case No. P260091
Estate of
DORIS LEE SCOTT

Notice is hereby given that on the 6th day of June 2026 Letters of Administration, in respect to the Estate of Doris Lee Scott, deceased, who died May 28, 2026, were issued to the undersigned by the Clerk & Master of the Probate Court for Carter County at Elizabethton, Tennessee.
All persons, resident and nonresident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against said 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 first publication as described in (1)(A); or
(2) Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death.

This 26th day of June, 2026
(signed) MARK ALAN SCOTT Personal Representative
Estate of DORIS LEE SCOTT

By: Arthur M. Fowler, III, Attorney
Fowler Baker Shade PLLC
P.O. Box 5766
Johnson City, TN 37602 (423) 929-3000
Andrew J. LaPorte, Clerk & Master
I, the undersigned representative of the Elizabethton Star, make oath that the attached notice was published in the Elizabethton Star, a newspaper published in Elizabethton, Carter County, Tennessee, for two consecutive weeks, beginning July 1, 2026 as required by law, and is charged for at the legal rate, a total of $55.80

Elizabethton Star:
July 1 and 8, 2026
EST/SCOTT, D