NOTICE TO CREDITORS   Having qualified on the 10th day of December, 2025, as Executor of the Estate of BETTY J. BROWN, Deceased, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit the same to the Executor, Randy M. Brown, at 3208 Kirby Smith Drive - Wilmington, NC 28409 on or before the 16th day of March, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the estate should make immediate payment. This 10th day of December, 2025.  /s/ Randy M. Brown, Executor   Attorney for the Estate: J. Wesley Casteen, Esq., CPA Carolina Legal Counsel P.O. Box 12028 Wilmington, North Carolina 28405 Telephone (910) 256-3364 11913191 12.15, 12.22, 12.29.2025, 1.5.2026