NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Judith Irene Hawes late of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, the undersigned hereby notifies all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present them, duly verified, to the undersigned at 7257 Pineville-Matthews Road, Suite 2100, Charlotte, NC 28226, on or before December 8, 2025, or this Notice to Creditors will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate settlement with the undersigned. This the 7th day of September, 2025 Michael L. Burnstein Executor of the Estate of Judith Irene Hawes c/o Brooks F. Jaffa, Esq. 7257 Pineville-Matthews Road, Suite 2100 Charlotte, North Carolina 28226 IPL0268767 Sep 7,14,21,28 2025