NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Gaston COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 2025E1250 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Kenneth Edwin Mayhew, Jr., deceased, late of Gaston County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said Kenneth Edwin Mayhew, Jr. to present them to the undersigned on or before the 2nd day of January, 2026 (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 26 day of September, 2025. Darlene B. Mayhew 507 Spring Street Cherryville, NC 28021 Executor of the Estate of Kenneth Edwin Mayhew, Jr. September 26,October 3,10,17 2025 LWLM0375565