IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF ILLINOIS LINCOLN, LOGAN COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: WELBY W. FOLKES, Deceased. Case No. 2025-PR-63 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of WELBY W. FOLKES. Letters of Office were issued on November 25, 2025, to DANIEL R. FOLKES, as Legal Representative, whose address is: 448 900th Street, Elkhart, Illinois, 62634, and whose Attorneys are WOODS & BATES, P.C., 306 Clinton Street, Lincoln, Illinois, 62656. Claims against the Estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court at the Logan County Courthouse, Lincoln, Illinois 62656, or with the representative, or both, on or before a date six (6) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice and any Claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk of the Court must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the Attorneys within 10 days after it has been filed. Dated this 3rd day of December, 2025. DANIEL R. FOLKES Independent Executor WOODS & BATES, P.C. Attorneys for Independent Executor 306 Clinton Street Lincoln, Illinois 62656 Telephone: (217) 735-1234 WBLincoln@woodsandbates.com December 8, 15, 22 2025 LILS0418279