PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR CARTER COUNTY, TENNESSEE
(PROBATE DIVISION)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS PROBATE NO. P260050
ESTATE OF CHARLES GENE BRIDGES, DECEASED

Notice is hereby given that on the 7th day of April, 2026, Letters Testamentary in respect of the estate of Charles Gene Bridges who died February 25, 2026, were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery Court of Carter County, Tennessee. All persons, resident and nonresident, 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 (or posting, as the case may be) 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 posting); 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 (or posting) as described in (1)(A); or (2) Twelve (12) months from the decedent’s date of death.

This 7th day of April, 2026

YVETTE ANNE BRIDGES
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
ESTATE OF CHARLES GENE BRIDGES

Jordan T. Richardson. Esq.
Attorney for the Estate
HUNTER, SMITH & DAVIS, LLP 100 Med Tech Parkway, Suite 110 Johnson City, Tennessee 37604
Phone: 423-283-6317
Fax: 423-283-6301

Elizabethton Star:
Apr. 12 and 19, 2026
EST/BRIDGES, C.