NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 24E000847-100 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Ruby Cothran, aka Ruby Mae Robinson Cothran aka Ruby Mae Robinson Hyatt, deceased, late of BUNCOMBE County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said Ruby Cothran, aka Ruby Mae Robinson Cothran aka Ruby Mae Robinson Hyatt to present them to the undersigned on or before the 25th day of March, 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 25th day of December, 2025. John Paul Hyatt c/o Tai Hensley, Attorney Marshall, Roth & Gregory, PC P.O. Box 769 Asheville, NC 28802 Executor of the Estate of Ruby Cothran December 25,January 1,8,15 2026 LGSC0423927