STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION ESTATE FILE 25E001929-250 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: Peggy Sheppard Hodges Administrator CTA'S NOTICE The undersigned, having qualifed as Administrator CTA of the estate of Peggy Sheppard Hodges, 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 8th day of June, 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 8th day of March, 2026. Phoebe Smith 609 Feature Court Hope Mills, NC 28348 Administrator CTA of the estate of Peggy Sheppard Hodges, deceased March 8,15,22,29 2026 LWLM0471950