NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Cleveland COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 2025 E 000702 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Terry Fletcher Brown, deceased, late of Cleveland County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said Terry Fletcher Brown to present them to the undersigned on or before the 9th day of April, 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 7th day of January, 2026. Becky J Brown 211 South DeKalb St. Shelby, NC 28150 Executor of the Estate of Terry Fletcher Brown January 7,14,21,28 2026 LWLM0433831