STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION ESTATE FILE 2024 E 000730 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: Billy Carroll Nichols Executor'S NOTICE The undersigned, having qualifed as Executor of the estate of Billy Carroll Nichols, 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 3rd day of May, 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 5th day of January, 2026. Shera N Emprimo 3271 Yarmouth Dr Fayetteville NC 28306 Executor of the estate of Billy Carroll Nichols, deceased January 7,14,21,28 2026 LWLM0433955