NORTH CAROLINA GASTON COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF PAULETTE LINDA WELCH CATHCART The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Paulette Linda Welch Cathcart, late of Gaston County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before November 26, 2025, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 24th day of August, 2025. James Eugene Cathcart, Jr. Executor of the Estate of Paulette Linda Welch Cathcart 1013 Hickory Grove Road Gastonia, NC 28056 Robert C. Whitt Attorney at Law 601 S. Main St. Mt. Holly, N.C. 28120 IPL0264599 Aug 24,31,Sep 7,14 2025