NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Gaston COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 2025E001143 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Bobbie H. Rowland, aka Bobbie Hayes Rowland, deceased, late of Gaston County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said Bobbie H. Rowland, aka Bobbie Hayes Rowland to present them to the undersigned on or before the 22nd day of December, 2025 (this date being 3 months from the first publication date of this notice) or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate please make immediate payment. This the 17th day of September, 2025. Linda C. McConnell 1821 Robinwood Village Drive Gastonia, NC 28054 Executor of the Estate of Bobbie H. Rowland September 17,24,October 1,8 2025 LWLM0369435