NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PROCESS OF PUBLICATION

NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PROCESS OF PUBLICATION NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND DISTRICT COURT DIVISION 25CV010803-250 COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina, Plaintiff(s), VS. MARY E. MORRIS AKA MARY LILLIAN MORRIS, all assignees, heirs at law, and devisees of MARY E. MORRIS AKA MARY LILLIAN MORRIS, deceased, together with all his/her creditors and Lienholders regardless of how or through whom they claim, and any and all persons claiming any interest in the estate of MARY E. MORRIS AKA MARY LILLIAN MORRIS, deceased, Owner(s); DOUGLAS CHARLES MORRIS, Interested Party; Defendant(s). TO: MARY E. MORRIS AKA MARY LILLIAN MORRIS, all assignees, heirs at law, and devisees of MARY E. MORRIS AKA MARY LILLIAN MORRIS, deceased, together with all his/her creditors and Lienholders regardless of how or through whom they claim, and any and all persons claiming any interest in the estate of MARY E. MORRIS AKA MARY LILLIAN MORRIS, deceased, Owner(s), the above-named Defendant(s). Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: tax foreclosure on personal and/or real property due to the failure to pay city and/or county taxes on property recorded in Deed Book 2046, Page 0251, at Cumberland County Register of Deeds, and as fully described in the complaint filed at the Clerk of Courts office, Cumberland County. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than December 16, 2025, said date being 40 days from the first publication of this notice; and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought. This the 30th day of October, 2025. DAVID B. CRAIG Attorney for the Plaintiff(s) 1903 Bragg Blvd., Suite 4 Fayetteville, NC 28303 Telephone: (910) 223-3768 State Bar # 10122 11/6/25, 11/13/25 & 11/20/25 November 6, 13, 20 2025 LWLM0399865