In the Chancery Court of Chester County, Tennessee
Docket No. 2026-CV-1630
In Re: Ethan Wayne Pickens
By: Tony L. Thomas & Jacqueline Roland Thomas, Co-Petitioners
Vs. Douglas Wayne Pickens, Respondent
In this cause for a Petition for Appointment of Guardianship, it appearing from the Petition, which is sworn to, that the address and whereabouts of the Respondent Douglas Wayne Pickens cannot be ascertained by diligent search and inquiry, the Respondent Douglas Wayne Pickens is therefore hereby required to file an answer for the Petition in the above-styled action with the Chancery Court Clerk of the Chester County, Tennessee, 333 Eric Bell Drive, Henderson, Tennessee 38340 on or before August 30, 2026, and make defense to Petition filed against him and to serve an answer on Petitioner’s attorney, John E. Talbott, 117 East Main Street, P.O. Box 126, Henderson, Tennessee 38340, in order to make defense to this Petition filed against him or otherwise the Petition will as to him be taken for confessed. This notice will be published in the Chester County Independent, the newspaper of record for Chester County, Tennessee, for four consecutive weeks.
John E. Talbott (Tenn. BPR No. 022578)
Attorney for Co-Petitioners
117 East Main Street, P.O. Box 126
Henderson, Tennessee 38340
Telephone: (731) 989-0485
