NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Buncombe COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 26-E-268 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Frances Redmond Freeborn, deceased, late of Buncombe County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said Frances Redmond Freeborn to present them to the undersigned on or before the 23rd day of June, 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 23rd day of March, 2026. Samuel Robert Freeborn, III, Executor c/o Jonathan A. Kendrick, Attorney Kendrick Law, PLLC 513 N Justice Street, Suite A Hendersonville, NC 28739 Executor of the Estate of Frances Redmond Freeborn March 23,30,April 6,13 2026 LGSC0482897