NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Gaston COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 25E000708 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of RUTH LUCKADOO CHAMPION, aka RUTH KATHERINE LUCKADOO CHAMPION, deceased, late of Gaston County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said RUTH LUCKADOO CHAMPION, aka RUTH KATHERINE LUCKADOO CHAMPION to present them to the undersigned on or before the 9 day of December, 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 4 day of September, 2025. DENNIS CARROLL CHAMPION- Executor c/o Robert T. Sawyer, II, Johanessmeyer & Sawyer PLLC 252 Latitude Ln. Suite 102 Lake Wylie, SC 29710 Executor of the Estate of RUTH LUCKADOO CHAMPION September 9,16,23,30 2025 LWLM0365842