NORTH CAROLINA NEW HANOVER COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS   The undersigned, James Frank Efird, Jr. and Margaret Efird Edwards, having qualified on September 11, 2025, as Co-Executors of the Estate of Margaret Jordan Efird, late of New Hanover County, do hereby notify all persons having claims against the Estate to present them to the undersigned in care of White & Allen, P.A., 901 College Court, New Bern, North Carolina 28562, on or before December 19, 2025, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the Estate are requested to make immediate payment to James Frank Efird, Jr. and Margaret Efird Edwards, Co-Executors of the Estate, in care of White & Allen, P.A., 901 College Court, New Bern, North Carolina 28562. This the 19th day of September, 2025.   James Frank Efird, Jr. and Margaret Efird Edwards, Co-Executors of the Estate of Margaret Jordan Efird WHITE & ALLEN, P.A. 901 College Court New Bern, North Carolina 28562 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10/2025 11668070