NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Stephen Earl Prather, late of Gaston County, North Carolina, hereby notifies to all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before November 18th, 2025 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 18th day of August, 2025. Ashley Purdue(Executrix) 5296 W Marietta Railroad St. Shelbyville, IN 46176 Marie M. Anders, Atty for Executrix 124 W. Catawba Avenue Mount Holly, NC 28120 (Please publish: August 18th and 25th & September 1st and 8th, 2025)