NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PROCESS BY PUBLICATION IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION FILE NO. 23CVS000524-640 NORTH CAROLINA NEW HANOVER COUNTY   New Hanover County, A Body Politic and Corporate vs. Unknown Heirs at Law of M. L. Winner, a/k/a Marion Lloyd Winner, E Juanita Winner, a/k/a Elsie Juanita Winner Slaughter, Rob Roy Slaughter, Martin Troy Slaughter, Unknown Trustees and Beneficiaries of the Rob Slaughter Irrevocable Trust dated March 19, 1999, a/k/a Rob Slaughter Trust dated March 19, 1999, Scott Jones, a/k/a Timothy Scott Jones, Trustee, M. L. Winner, II, a/k/a Marion Lloyd Winner, Joseph Walter Winner, Jr., a/k/a Jay Winner, Marguerite Jeannean Winner Wiggins, Pearl Royal Winner Fountain, Crystal Corral Kelly, Shirley A. Winner, Walter Wayne Winner, II, a/k/a Walter W. Winner, II, Chad A. Winner, Douglas Grant Winner, David Carl Winner, Jr., Unknown Successor Administrator for the Estate of David Carl Winner, Sr., Ned Leon Mills, Sandra Mills Smith, a/k/a Sandra Smith, Faye Worthington, a/k/a Eileen Faye Mills, Carolyn B. Taylor, a/k/a Carolyn Brown Taylor, M. L. Winner, III, a/k/a Marion Lloyd Winner, III, Unknown Heirs at Law of C.B. Parmele, a/k/a Charles Bailey Parmele, Unknown Heirs at Law of Edgar P. Cardwell, Jr., Unknown Heirs at Law of Guy Adams Cardwell, Jr., Unknown Heirs at Law of Lyla Symmes Lockhart, Unknown Heirs at Law of George L. Carroll, Jr., a/k/a George Leon Carroll, Jr., Emily D. Bridgman, a/k/a Emily Davis Bridgman, Mary M. Roush, a/k/a Mary Bridgman Roush, a/k/a Molly Roush, John Archer Elmore, II, Laura Elmore Wallace, Carol Elmore Bland, a/k/a Caryl Elmore Bland, Eva P. Elmore, a/k/a Eva Parmele Elmore, Sadie Charles Spence Price, a/k/a Sadie Spence Price, Margaret Parmele Spence Temple, a/k/a Margaret Spence Temple, a/k/a Margaret S. Temple, Unknown Heirs at Law of Shirley Geneva Winner, Unknown Heirs at Law of Scott Craig Cockrell, a/k/a Scott C. Cockrell, Margaret Diehl, John Diehl, Kate Arnold, Roberta Arnold, Fairfax Arnold, Nancy Kathryn Hurst Griffin, Margaret Carolyn Hurst Deharo, Platt W. Davis, III, Richard H. Davis, Martha H. Davis, Christopher G. Townsend, IV, Jessica Townsend, George Junious Davis, Jr., Susan Lambert, Ellen Porter, Leslie Fowler, Camille Stewart, Ingrid Parmele McAden, William Frederick Porter, Jessica Rizzolo Notini, Patrice Louis Rene Higonnet, Margaret Higonnet, Lucy Cardwell, Amy Lockhart Welday, Bruce Lockhart, Delores Ashby, Joshua Ashby, Barry Ashby, Sherry Babcock, Sonya Rice, Unknown Heirs at Law of Robin Ashby, a/k/a Robin Ashby Evans, Joseph Cockrell, and any and all other persons or entities, whether known or unknown, adult or minor, competent or incompetent, in being or hereafter born, resident or nonresident, and any existing or dissolved corporations, who may have or claim any right, title, lien, or interest in the property that is the subject of this action   TO: Unknown Heirs at Law of M. L. Winner, a/k/a Marion Lloyd Winner, E Juanita Winner, a/k/a Elsie Juanita Winner Slaughter, Rob Roy Slaughter, Martin Troy Slaughter, Unknown Trustees and Beneficiaries of the Rob Slaughter Irrevocable Trust dated March 19, 1999, a/k/a Rob Slaughter Trust dated March 19, 1999, Scott Jones, a/k/a Timothy Scott Jones, Trustee, M. L. Winner, II, a/k/a Marion Lloyd Winner, Joseph Walter Winner, Jr., a/k/a Jay Winner, Marguerite Jeannean Winner Wiggins, Pearl Royal Winner Fountain, Crystal Corral Kelly, Shirley A. Winner, Walter Wayne Winner, II, a/k/a Walter W. Winner, II, Chad A. Winner, Douglas Grant Winner, David Carl Winner, Jr., Unknown Successor Administrator for the Estate of David Carl Winner, Sr., Ned Leon Mills, Sandra Mills Smith, a/k/a Sandra Smith, Faye Worthington, a/k/a Eileen Faye Mills, Carolyn B. Taylor, a/k/a Carolyn Brown Taylor, M. L. Winner, III, a/k/a Marion Lloyd Winner, III, Unknown Heirs at Law of C.B. Parmele, a/k/a Charles Bailey Parmele, Unknown Heirs at Law of Edgar P. Cardwell, Jr., Unknown Heirs at Law of Guy Adams Cardwell, Jr., Unknown Heirs at Law of Lyla Symmes Lockhart, Unknown Heirs at Law of George L. Carroll, Jr., a/k/a George Leon Carroll, Jr., Emily D. Bridgman, a/k/a Emily Davis Bridgman, Mary M. Roush, a/k/a Mary Bridgman Roush, a/k/a Molly Roush, John Archer Elmore, II, Laura Elmore Wallace, Carol Elmore Bland, a/k/a Caryl Elmore Bland, Eva P. Elmore, a/k/a Eva Parmele Elmore, Sadie Charles Spence Price, a/k/a Sadie Spence Price, Margaret Parmele Spence Temple, a/k/a Margaret Spence Temple, a/k/a Margaret S. Temple, Unknown Heirs at Law of Shirley Geneva Winner, Unknown Heirs at Law of Scott Craig Cockrell, a/k/a Scott C. Cockrell, Margaret Diehl, John Diehl, Kate Arnold, Roberta Arnold, Fairfax Arnold, Nancy Kathryn Hurst Griffin, Margaret Carolyn Hurst Deharo, Platt W. Davis, III, Richard H. Davis, Martha H. Davis, Christopher G. Townsend, IV, Jessica Townsend, George Junious Davis, Jr., Susan Lambert, Ellen Porter, Leslie Fowler, Camille Stewart, Ingrid Parmele McAden, William Frederick Porter, Jessica Rizzolo Notini, Patrice Louis Rene Higonnet, Margaret Higonnet, Lucy Cardwell, Amy Lockhart Welday, Bruce Lockhart, Delores Ashby, Joshua Ashby, Barry Ashby, Sherry Babcock, Sonya Rice, Unknown Heirs at Law of Robin Ashby, a/k/a Robin Ashby Evans, Joseph Cockrell, and any and all other persons or entities, whether known or unknown, adult or minor, competent or incompetent, in being or hereafter born, resident or nonresident, and any existing or dissolved corporations, who may have or claim any right, title, lien, or interest in the property that is the subject of this action   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:   Foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes owing to New Hanover County on your interest in the property described as follows:   Parcel One:   Being Lots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Block 158, Carolina Beach, as shown on a survey recorded in Deed Book 307, at Page 294 1/2 of the New Hanover County Registry, to which reference is made for a more perfect description.   Subject to easements, restrictions and rights of way of record, and matters of survey.   Also being identified as Parcel ID# R08818-001-002-000, New Hanover County Tax Office. Address: 600 Rocky Mount Ave   Parcel Two:   Being Lot 2 of Block 159, Carolina Beach, as shown on a survey recorded in Deed Book 307, at Page 294 1/2 of the New Hanover County Registry, to which reference is made for a more perfect description.   Subject to easements, restrictions and rights of way of record, and matters of survey.   Also being identified as Parcel ID# R08818-001-004-000, New Hanover County Tax Office. Address: 604 Tarboro Ave   Parcel Three:   Being Lot 1 of Block 159, Carolina Beach, as shown on a survey recorded in Deed Book 307, at Page 294 1/2 of the New Hanover County Registry, to which reference is made for a more perfect description. Together with any unplatted land such as may exist lying north of said Lot 1 and is bounded on the north and east by Lots 45, 46 and 47 of Ocean Ridge, Section 1, as same is shown on the plat recorded in Map Book 31, Page 11.   Subject to easements, restrictions and rights of way of record, and matters of survey.   Also being identified as Parcel ID# R08818-001-005-000, New Hanover County Tax Office. Address: 600 Tarboro Ave   Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claims and interests that you may have in the property, to have a commissioner appointed to sell the Property and to deliver to the purchaser a deed to said real estate in fee simple, free and clear of all encumbrances, and that the interests and equities of redemption of the Defendants in the property be forever barred and foreclosed.   You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than March 16, 2026 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.   This day of January 23, 2026.   Hunter Frederick Attorney for Plaintiff Capital Center 82 Patton Avenue, Suite 500 Asheville, North Carolina 28801 (828) 252-8010   2/3, 2/10, 2/17