STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION ESTATE FILE 25E001419-250 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: F. Stuart Clarke Executor'S NOTICE The undersigned, having qualifed as Executor of the estate of Fred Stuart Clarke, F. Stuart Clarke, 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 3rd day of January, 2026, (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 1st day of October, 2025. Devon Clarke, c/o George D. Regan, Jr. Thorp, Clarke & Regan, PA 150 N. McPherson Church Rd., Suite B Fayetteville, NC 28303 Executor of the estate of Fred Stuart Clarke, F. Stuart Clarke, deceased October 1,8,15,22 2025 LWLM0379317