STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION ESTATE FILE 24E000746-250 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: Shirley Ann Hood Administrator'S NOTICE The undersigned, having qualifed as Administrator of the estate of Shirley Ann Hood, deceased, late of Cumberland County, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 9th day of December, 2025, (which date is three months after the day of the first publication of this notice) or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This 10th day of September, 2025. Desmond Hood 2014 Brucemount Place Fayetteville NC 28304 Administrator of the estate of Shirley Ann Hood, deceased September 10,17,24,October 1 2025 LWLM0366484