NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Edith Lou Bowen Powers (aka Lou B. Powers), deceased, of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 14th day of January, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This 14th day of October, 2025. Margaret Louise Failla, Executor of the Estate of Edith Lou Bowen Powers 42-101 Kooku Pl. Kailua, HI 96734 MURCHISON, TAYLOR & GIBSON, PLLC 1979 Eastwood Road, Suite 101 Wilmington, NC 28403