NOTICE   STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW HANOVER   The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Arlene Lou Souders, deceased, of New Hanover County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 29th day of December, 2025, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.   This 24th day of September, 2025.   Kimberly Ann Souders Sadowski, Executor of the Estate of Arlene Lou Souders P.O. Box 367 Flint Hill, VA 22627   MURCHISON, TAYLOR & GIBSON, PLLC 1979 Eastwood Road, Suite 101 Wilmington, NC 28403   9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15