NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Gaston COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 2025E001117 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of CLARENCE EVERETT STEVENS III, aka CLARENCE E STEVENS III, deceased, late of Gaston County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said CLARENCE EVERETT STEVENS III, aka CLARENCE E STEVENS III 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 8th day of October, 2025. Glenn Everett Stevens 741 Rhyne Rd. Clover, SC 29710 Executor of the Estate of CLARENCE EVERETT STEVENS III October 12,19,26,November 2 2025 LWLM0385441