NOTICE TO CREDITORS   Having qualified on the 10th day of November, 2025, as Executor of the Estate of HERMAN LEON RHODES, Deceased, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit the same to the Executor, Margaret Eva Goins, at 120 River Landing Drive – Rocky Point, NC 28457 on or before the 1st day of September, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the estate should make immediate payment.   This 29th day of May, 2026. /s/ Margaret Eva Goins, Executor   Attorney for the Estate: J. Wesley Casteen, Esq., CPA Carolina Legal Counsel P.O. Box 12028 Wilmington, North Carolina 28405 Telephone (910) 256-3364 . 12371659 June 3, 10, 17, 24, 2026