NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA Buncombe COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 25E001673-100 Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Larry Bengert, deceased, late of Buncombe County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said Larry Bengert to present them to the undersigned on or before the 13 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 13 day of November, 2025. Eleida A. Bengert, Executor, in care of Paul L. Erickson, Attorney, Erickson Tax Accounting & Legal Services, 604 Vista View Drive, Asheville, NC 28803. Executor of the Estate of Larry Bengert November 13,20,December 4,11 2025 LGSC0405374