STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION ESTATE FILE 07E000649-250 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: Helen Keicher Hardin Administrator'S NOTICE The undersigned, having qualifed as Administrator of the estate of Helen Keicher Hardin, Sis, 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 25 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 23 day of July, 2026. William Lloyd Hardin 5964 Timkin Drive Administrator of the estate of Helen Keicher Hardin, Sis, deceased July 23,30,August 6,13 2026 LWLM0561052