NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Buncombe COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 25E001615-100 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of MARY FIELDS WALLING, aka MARY FLEMING WALLING a/k/a MOLLY FLEMING WALLING a/k/a MARY FLEMING FIELDS a/k/a MOLLY FLEMING FIELDS, deceased, late of Buncombe County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said MARY FIELDS WALLING, aka MARY FLEMING WALLING a/k/a MOLLY FLEMING WALLING a/k/a MARY FLEMING FIELDS a/k/a MOLLY FLEMING FIELDS to present them to the undersigned on or before the 9th 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 9th day of October, 2025. Lynn Kessler c/o Wendy A. Craig, P.A. 207 East State Street Black Mountain, NC 28711 Executor of the Estate of MARY FIELDS WALLING October 9,16,23,30 2025 LGSC0381087