STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION ESTATE FILE 26E001003-250 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: BARBARA ANN CORTON Administrator'S NOTICE The undersigned, having qualifed as Administrator of the estate of BARBARA ANN CORTON a/k/a, BARBARA A. CORTON, deceased, late of Cumberland County, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 21 day of October, 2026, (which date is three months after the day of the first publication of this notice) 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 19 day of July, 2026. Michelle Lee Corton c/o Attorney Samuel V. Luchansky PO Box 1101 Southern Pines, NC 28388 Administrator of the estate of BARBARA ANN CORTON a/k/a, BARBARA A. CORTON, deceased July 19,26,August 2,9 2026 LWLM0556887