NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Gaston COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 25E298 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Patricia Graine Kitchens, aka Patricia Wilkinson Kitchens, deceased, late of Gaston County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said Patricia Graine Kitchens, aka Patricia Wilkinson Kitchens to present them to the undersigned on or before the 1 day of November, 2025 (this date being 3 months from the first publication date of this notice) or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate please make immediate payment. This the 29 day of August, 2025. Beverly Gould, 217 Tarrington Circle, Lexington SC 29072 Executor of the Estate of Patricia Graine Kitchens September 4,11,18,25 2025 LWLM0362847