NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION 26E000318-640 Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Gilbert Chavez Manacsa, deceased, late of NEW HANOVER County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said Gilbert Chavez Manacsa to present them to the undersigned on or before the 23rd day of June, 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 23rd day of March, 2026. Rosela M. Simpson c/o Deborah A. McDermott Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan, LLP PO Box 2611 Raleigh, NC 27602-2611 Administrator of the Estate of Gilbert Chavez Manacsa March 23,30,April 6,13 2026 LWLM0482549