NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Gaston COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 2025E001206 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Clara Harbin Self, aka Clara Lucille Harbin Self, deceased, late of Gaston County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said Clara Harbin Self, aka Clara Lucille Harbin Self to present them to the undersigned on or before the 22 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 19 day of September, 2025. Patricia Ann Taylor c/o Rush A. Simmons Attorney for Estate Gray Layton Kersh 516 S. New Hope Rd. P.O. Box 2636 Gastonia, NC 28053 Executor of the Estate of Clara Harbin Self September 19,26,October 3,10 2025 LWLM0371453