NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Gaston COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 25E1305 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Alice Reid Smith Lewis, deceased, late of Gaston County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said Alice Reid Smith Lewis to present them to the undersigned on or before the 12th 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. Mary Catherine Campbell Walters 2312 Jasin Drive Gastonia NC 28054 Executor of the Estate of Alice Reid Smith Lewis October 2,9,16,23 2025 LWLM0379743