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Camden Chronicle Public Notices, December 11, 2025
IN THE CHANCERY COURT FOR
BENTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE
AT CAMDEN
SUSAN DARLENE GOODWIN
Plaintiff,
V.
JAMES DEAN GOODWIN,
Defendant.
No. 5219
PUBLICATION ORDER
It appearing to the Court based upon Plaintiff’s Motion for Service by Publication and Plaintiff’s Affidavit in Support of Service by publication, and the record as a whole, that James Dean Goodwin’s whereabouts are unknown and cannot be ascertained with reasonable diligence, it is, therefore, ORDERED that Defendant be served by publication of the following notice for four consecutive weeks in the Camden Chronicle a newspaper of general circulation published in Benton County, Tennessee.
It is further ORDERED that if Defendant does not enter an appearance or otherwise answer the Complaint for Divorce, further personal service of process or service by publication shall be dispensed with and service of any future notices, motions, orders, or other legal documents in this matter may be made upon Respondent by filing the same with the clerk of the Chancery Court for Benton County, Tennessee.
Entered this 17th day of November, 2025.
VICKI H. HOOVER,
CHANCELLOR
APPROVED FOR ENTRY:
- Kyle Sanders, BPR#23872
Attorney For Plaintiff
207 North Main Street
Dickson, Tennessee 37055
615-446-9111
12/04, 11, 18, 25
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State of Tennessee
Benton County Probate Division
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
As Required by TCA §30-2-306
Case Number 5298
Estate of DARYCE RANDALL SMITH, a/k/a JOHN RANDALL SMITH, Deceased
Notice is hereby given that on the 19th day of November, 2025, letters of testamentary (or of administration as the case may be) in respect of the estate of Daryce Randall Smith a/k/a Randal D. Smith, who died November 5, 2025, were issued to the undersigned by the Chancery Court of Benton 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 (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 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 the first publication (or posting) 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.
John Randall Smith
Executor
11/18/2025
John W. Whitworth
Attorney
11/18/2025
Timothy R. Burrus
Clerk and Master
11/19/2025
12/04, 11
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State of Tennessee
Benton County Probate Division
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
As Required by TCA §30-2-306
Case Number 5300
Estate of EDDIE WRIGHT HOLLINGSWORTH, JR., Deceased
Notice is hereby given that on the 21st day of November, 2025, letters testamentary (or of administration as the case may be) in respect of the estate of Eddie Wright Hollingsworth, Jr., who died October 4, 2025, were issued to the undersigned by the Clerk and Master of Benton 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 (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 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 the first publication (or posting) 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.
Gemme L. McArdle
Administrator
11/19/2025
John W. Whitworth
Attorney
11/19/2025
Timothy R. Burrus
Clerk and Master
11/21/2025
12/04, 11
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State of Tennessee
Benton County Probate Division
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
As Required by TCA §30-2-306
Case Number 5303
Estate of JOYCE ANN FRAZEE, Deceased
Notice is hereby given that on the 1st day of December, 2025, letters testamentary (or of administration as the case may be) in respect of the estate of Joyce Ann Frazee, who died October 22, 2025, were issued to the undersigned by the Clerk and Master of Benton 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 (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 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 the first publication (or posting) 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.
Devonda Lynn Blackburn
Administrator
11/25/2025
Marcus Noles
11/18/2025
Attorney
Timothy R. Burrus
Clerk and Master
12/01/2025
12/04, 11
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State of Tennessee
Benton County Probate Division
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
As Required by TCA §30-2-306
Case Number 5304
Estate of ERNEST F. FISCHER, Deceased
Notice is hereby given that on the 1st day of December, 2025, letters testamentary (or of administration as the case may be) in respect of the estate of Ernest F. Fischer, who died November 16, 2025, were issued to the undersigned by the Clerk and Master of Benton 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 (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 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 the first publication (or posting) 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.
Rudi T. Schrader
Co-Executor
11/25/2025
Janette V. Love
Co-Executor
11/25/2025
John W. Whitworth
Attorney
11/25/2025
Timothy R. Burrus
Clerk and Master
12/01/2025
12/04, 11
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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'S
NOTICE OF SALE
Sale at public auction will be on January 6, 2026, at or about 10:00 AM, local time, at the main entrance to the Benton County Courthouse, 1 East Court Square, Camden, TN 38320, pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by Grace Allison Clark, unmarried, to Title Group of Tennessee LLC, as Trustee for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Lending Hand Mortgage, LLC dated April 12, 2024, and recorded on April 15, 2024, in Book 409, Page 735, Instrument No. 116792, in the Register's Office for Benton County, Tennessee (“Deed of Trust”), conducted by Padgett Law Group, having been appointed Substitute Trustee, all of record in the Benton County Register's Office. Default in the performance of the covenants, terms, and conditions of said Deed of Trust has been made; and the entire indebtedness has been declared due and payable.
Party entitled to enforce the debt: NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing
Other interested parties: None
The hereinafter described real property located in Benton County will be sold to the highest call bidder subject to all unpaid taxes, prior liens and encumbrances of record:
Legal Description: BEGINNING on an iron pin set in the east margin of State Highway 192 (60 foot right-of-way), which point is located South 27 degrees, 00 minutes, 00 seconds West, 29.99 feet from an iron pin found at the original northwest corner of Melton; thence from the POINT OF BEGINNING, and on new lines through Melton the following calls: South 71 degrees, 54 minutes, 21 seconds East, 199.03 feet; South 15 degrees, 27 minutes, 49 seconds West, 121.62 feet; North 79 degrees, 49 minutes, 10 seconds West, 230.83 feet to an iron pin set in the east margin of Highway 192; thence with the east margin of said road, North 27 degrees, 00 minutes, 00 seconds East, 155.14 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 0.67 acres, as surveyed by Advanced Land Surveying, Inc.
BEING the same property conveyed to Grace Allison Clark, unmarried from Michael W. Lilly., unmarried by Warranty Deed dated April 12, 2024 and of record on 4-15-24, in Book 409, Page 733, in the Register`s Office for Benton County, Tennessee.
Street Address: The street address of the property is believed to be 3370 TN 192, Holladay, TN 38341, but such address is not part of the legal description of the property. In the event of any discrepancy, the legal description herein shall control.
Map/Parcel Number: 111-018.01-000
Current owner(s) of Record: Grace Allison Clark
This sale is subject to all matters shown on any applicable recorded Plat or Plan; any unpaid taxes and assessments; any restrictive covenants, easements or setback lines that may be applicable; rights of redemption, equity, statutory or otherwise, not otherwise waived in the Deed of Trust, including rights of redemption of any government agency, state or federal; and any and all prior deeds of trust, liens, dues, assessments, encumbrances, defects, adverse claims and other matters that may take priority over the Deed of Trust upon which this foreclosure sale is conducted or are not extinguished by this Foreclosure Sale.
THE PROPERTY IS SOLD WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, RELATING TO TITLE, MARKETABILITY OF TITLE, POSSESSION, QUIET ENJOYMENT OR THE LIKE AND FITNESS FOR A GENERAL OR PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE. The title is believed to be good, but the undersigned will sell and convey only as Substitute Trustee.
The right is reserved to postpone or adjourn the sale to another specified time certain or to another date, time, and location certain, without further newspaper publication upon announcement by posting with the third-party internet posting company and announced on the date, time, and location of sale set forth above or any subsequent postponed or adjourned date, time, and location of sale; provided, however if the sale is postponed or adjourned for less than five (5) days after the original sale, announcement by internet posting is not required.
If you purchase a property at the foreclosure sale, the entire purchase price is due and payable at the conclusion of the auction in the form of a certified check made payable to or endorsed to Padgett Law Group. No personal checks will be accepted. To this end, you must bring sufficient funds to outbid the lender and any other bidders. Insufficient funds will not be accepted. Amounts received in excess of the winning bid will be refunded to the successful purchaser at the time the foreclosure deed is delivered.
This property is being sold with the express reservation that the sale is subject to confirmation by the lender or trustee. This sale may be rescinded by the Substitute Trustee at any time.
This Notice of Sale has been posted by Capital City Posting and can be viewed online at CapitalCityPostings.com.
Padgett Law Group,
Substitute Trustee
6267 Old Water Oak Road,
Suite 203
Tallahassee, FL 32312
(850) 422-2520 (telephone)
(850) 422-2567 (facsimile)
attorney@padgettlawgroup.com
12/11, 18
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State of Tennessee
Benton County Probate Division
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
As Required by TCA §30-2-306
Case Number 5309
Estate of LARRY GENE DAVIS, Deceased
Notice is hereby given that on the 2nd day of December, 2025, letters testamentary (or of administration as the case may be) in respect of the estate of Larry Gene Davis, who died November 13, 2025, were issued to the undersigned by the Clerk and Master of Benton 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 (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 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 the first publication (or posting) 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.
Carla Fullerton
Administrator
12/01/2025
John W. Whitworth
Attorney
12/02/2025
Timothy R. Burrus
Clerk and Master
12/02/2025
12/11, 18
