Notice to Creditors

Notice to Creditors Having qualified as Co-Executors of the Estate of William Nelson Butler, late of New Hanover County, North Carolina, the undersigned do hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned, c/o Jill L. Peters Kaess, Post Office Box 4548, Wilmington, North Carolina 28406, on or before the 13th day of March, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 10th day of December, 2025. First Citizens Bank & Trust Company and Mary Elizabeth Butler, Co-Executors of the Estate of William Nelson Butler Jill L. Peters Kaess Lee Kaess, PLLC P. O. Box 4548 Wilmington, NC 28406 December 10, 17, 24, 31 December 10, 17, 24, 31 2025 LWLM0420108