NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 24E000238-100 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of MERITA ANN MCKINNEY PEGG, deceased, late of BUNCOMBE County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said MERITA ANN MCKINNEY PEGG to present them to the undersigned on or before the 10TH 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 10TH day of September, 2025. Karen Ponder : 15 GREEN VALE DR. PO BOX 564 LEICESTER, NC 28748 (c/o Selena A. King Counsel for Personal Representative 37 Church Street, Suite 2100 Waynesville, NC 28786 Executor of the Estate of MERITA ANN MCKINNEY PEGG September 10,17,24,October 1 2025 LGSC0366527