NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Buncombe COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 25E001820-100 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Winnifred O. Pickering, deceased, late of Buncombe County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said Winnifred O. Pickering to present them to the undersigned on or before the 6 day of February, 2026 (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 6 day of November, 2025. Marilyn Pickering Feaster and Evan M. Gilreath, Co-Executors 224 6th Avenue East Hendersonville, NC 28792 Executor of the Estate of Winnifred O. Pickering November 6,13,20,27 2025 LGSC0397886