STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION ESTATE FILE 25E001867-250 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: Mary Shelby McKeown Executor'S NOTICE The undersigned, having qualifed as Executor of the estate of Mary Shelby McKeown, deceased, late of Cumberland County, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 3 day of March, 2026, (which date is three months after the day of the first publication of this notice) or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This 3 day of December, 2025. Robert John McKeown PO Box 48174 Cumberland, NC 28331 Executor of the estate of Mary Shelby McKeown, deceased December 12,19,26,January 2 2026 LWLM0422381