NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Co-Executors of the Estate of John Munnerlyn Patton, a/k/a John M. Patton, late of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at One West Fourth Street, Suite 1200, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27101, on or before the 10th day of April, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 8th day of January, 2026. John Russell Patton and Alexandra Whitney Patton Co-Executors of the Estate of John Munnerlyn Patton Christopher N. Hewitt Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP One West Fourth Street – 12th Floor Winston-Salem, NC 27101 January 8, 15, 22, 29, 2026