Notice of Administration Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of PARKER WILLIAM THOMAS, JR., deceased, late of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against said estate to present them, duly verified, to the undersigned at 344 West John Street, Matthews, NC 28105, on or before September 21, 2025, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement with the undersigned. This the 21st day of June, 2025. Steven Joseph Thomas, Executor of the Estate of PARKER WILLIAM THOMAS, JR., Mecklenburg File No. 25E001747-590, c/o Garrity & Gossage, LLP, 344 West John Street, Matthews, NC 28105. IPL0247596 Jun 21,28,Jul 5,12 2025