NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA New Hanover COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 25E002380-640 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Benjamin Cole Brown, deceased, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said Benjamin Cole Brown to present them to the undersigned on or before the 8 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 8 day of January, 2026. Stacy Cole Brown c/o Bailey & Busby, PLLC PO Box 818, Hampstead, NC 28443 Executor of the Estate of Benjamin Cole Brown January 8,15,22,29 2026 LWLM0434589