NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA New Hanover COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 17E000808-640 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Mary Uhlmann Payne, deceased, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said Mary Uhlmann Payne to present them to the undersigned on or before the 7 day of August, 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 6 day of May, 2026. Conrad H. Payne Jr. c/o Abby L. Adams Kohut, Adams & Randall, P.A. P.O. Box 269, Wilmington, NC 28402 Executor of the Estate of Mary Uhlmann Payne May 6,13,20,27 2026 LWLM0504919