EXECUTOR’S NOTICE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE BEFORE THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT 26E000781-640   Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Katherine C. Stone, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, 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 23, 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 20th day of July, 2026   James Townsend Executor of the Estate   LAW OFFICE OF NED M. BARNES, 1009 N Lake Park Blvd Ste C2, Carolina Beach, North Carolina 28428 7/20, 7/27, 8/3, 8/10/2026