NOTICE TO CREDITORS: (Estate of) FRANCES MELINDA ELROD, Deceased

Dec 02, 2025 at 08:36 am by WGNS News


NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Docket #25CV-1956
Estate of: FRANCES MELINDA ELROD, Deceased

Notice is hereby given that on November 12, 2025 Letters of Testamentary with respect to the estate of FRANCES MELINDA ELROD, who died on April 5, 2025, were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery Court of Rutherford County, Tennessee.

All persons, resident and non-resident, having claims, matured or unmatured, against the estate are required to file 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 the 20th day of November, 2025.

Adam T. Dodd, Clerk & Master
By: Electra Jernigan, Deputy Clerk & Master

THOMAS WAYNE STROOP, Executor
1053 General Martin Lane
Franklin, TN 37064

Lauren Safley Meadows, Attorney at Law
2678 Townsend Ct, Ste A
Clarksville, TN 37043

Adam T. Dodd, Clerk & Master
116 West Lytle St
Ste 5101
Murfreesboro, TN 37130

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