STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF BUNCOMBE   NOTICE TO CREDITORS   The undersigned, having qualified as EXECUTOR of the ESTATE OF BARBARA K. STROUSE (A/K/A BETH KUYKENDALL STROUSE) (A/K/A BETH ELIZABETH KUYKENDALL) (A/K/A BARBARA ELIZABETH KUYKENDALL STROUSE), deceased, late of Buncombe County, North Carolina, notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned c/o Bailey A. Humphries at McGuire, Wood & Bissette, P.A., PO Box 3180, Asheville, NC 28802, on or before August 7, 2026, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.   This the 7th day of May, 2026.   GARY BRANNOCK, EXECUTOR ESTATE OF BARBARA K. STROUSE (A/K/A BETH KUYKENDALL STROUSE) (A/K/A BETH ELIZABETH KUYKENDALL) (A/K/A BARBARA ELIZBETH KUYKENDALL STROUSE)   May 7, 14, 21, 28, 2026 # 12285565