NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor Before the Clerk of Superior Court in the Estate of James Lewis McDonough III, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, Court File 26E000360-640 this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at the address shown below on or before October 13, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate please make immediate payment to the undersigned. THIS the 10th day of July, 2026. James E. McDonough Executor of the Estate LAW OFFICE OF NED M. BARNES 1009 N Lake Park Blvd Ste C2 Carolina Beach, North Carolina 28428 7/10, 7/17, 7/24, 7/31/2026