NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Gaston COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 25-E-1269 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Shirley Ann Flowe Newcombe, deceased, late of Gaston County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said Shirley Ann Flowe Newcombe to present them to the undersigned on or before the second 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 second day of October, 2025. David Alexander Newcombe 2600 Pinewood Road Gastonia, NC 28054 Executor of the Estate of Shirley Ann Flowe Newcombe October 2,9,16,23 2025 LWLM0380562