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 25CV001167-250 COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina, Plaintiff(s), VS. LUANNE WEEKS, TRUSTEE OF THE JOHN ALLEN WEEKS REVOCABLE TRUST, Owner; SPOUSE OF JOHN A. WEEKS, Interested Party; KENNETH HODGES, Interested Party; FIRST BANK, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO SELECT BANK & TRUST COMPANY FORMERLY KNOWN AS NEW CENTURY BANK, Lienholder; A. STEVE PIERCE AKA AL STEPHEN PIERCE, all assignees, heirs at law, and devisees of A. STEVE PIERCE AKA AL STEPHEN PIERCE, 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 A. STEVE PIERCE AKA AL STEPHEN PIERCE, deceased, Lienholder(s); MARY LOU PIERCE, Lienholder; MARY LOU PIERCE, Heir of A. Steve Pierce aka Al Stephen Pierce, Lienholder; EDDIE SAULA POSSIBLY ALSO KNOWN AS CARL EDWARD SAULS, Heir of A. Steve Pierce aka Al Stephen Pierce, Lienholder; GUY PIERCE, Heir of A. Steve Pierce aka Al Stephen Pierce, Lienholder; THERESA GURLEY, Heir of A. Steve Pierce aka Al Stephen Pierce, Lienholder; VANN PIERCE, Heir of A. Steve Pierce aka Al Stephen Pierce, Lienholder; CANDACE HAMMONDS, Heir of A. Steve Pierce aka Al Stephen Pierce, Lienholder; CUMBERLAND COUNTY ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DIVISION, Judgment Lienholder; COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND - PUBLIC UTILITIES DIVISION, Judgment Lienholder; US FOODS, INC., Judgment Lienholder; Defendant(s). TO: A. STEVE PIERCE AKA AL STEPHEN PIERCE, all assignees, heirs at law, and devisees of A. STEVE PIERCE AKA AL STEPHEN PIERCE, 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 A. STEVE PIERCE AKA AL STEPHEN PIERCE, deceased, Lienholder(s); THERESA GURLEY, Heir of A. Steve Pierce aka Al Stephen Pierce, Lienholder, 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 5191, Page 0360, 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 29, 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 6th day of November, 2025. DAVID B. CRAIG Attorney for the Plaintiff(s) 1903 Bragg Blvd., Suite 4 Fayetteville, NC 28303 Telephone: (910) 223-3768 State Bar # 10122 11/18/25, 11/25/25 & 12/2/25 November 18, 25, December 2 2025 LWLM0404012