STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA GASTON COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 26CV000478-350 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,  Plaintiff,  v. TOMMIE PRESTON MILLEN, ET UX, ET AL, Defendants. NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION TO: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF TOMMIE PUGH MILLEN Take notice that pleadings seeking relief against you have been filed in the above-entitled civil action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows the condemnation and appropriation, for highway purposes, of a certain interests or estates in that certain parcel of land lying and being in South Point Township, Gaston County, North Carolina, and being more particularly described as follows: Being that land described in a Special Warranty Deed dated February 20, 2025 from Stewart MacDonald Millen also known as Stewart McDonald Millen and spouse, Nguyen Quang Duong, and Tommie Preston Millen and spouse, Debra Katherine Millen to Tommie Preston Millen and spouse, Debra Katherine Millen, and recorded May 1, 2025 in Book 5554, Page 1370, Gaston County Registry. The property description contained in said deed is hereby incorporated by reference. Also, being that land identified as Tax Parcel No. 220387 (PIN No. 3573-96-9747) containing approximately 1.770 acres and having an address of 4560 South New Hope Road, Gastonia, NC, as is shown in the Gaston County Tax Office You are hereby required to make defense to such pleadings not later than the 12th day of May 2027, and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought. This 1st day of April 2026. JEFF JACKSON Attorney General /s/Lisa B. Finkelstein Lisa B. Finkelstein Assistant Attorney General North Carolina Department of Justice Transportation Division 1505 Mail Service Center Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1505 Phone: (919) 707-4480 4/1, 4/8, 4/15/26 12166035