NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Gaston COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 2025E000498-350 Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Ernest Lee Dixon, aka Ernest L. Dixon, deceased, late of Gaston County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said Ernest Lee Dixon, aka Ernest L. Dixon to present them to the undersigned on or before the 28 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 22 day of October, 2025. Jessie Dixon Vines, Administrator, C/O Robert T. Sawyer, II; Johannesmeyer & Sawyer, PLLC 252 Latitude Ln. Suite 102 Lake Wylie, SC 29710 Administrator of the Estate of Ernest Lee Dixon October 28,November 4,11,18 2025 LWLM0394837