NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Catherine Alston Cheek, 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 December 3, 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 3rd day of September , 2025. Sarah Cheek, Administrator of the Estate of Catherine Alston Cheek, Mecklenburg County File No. 25E003034-590, c/o Garrity & Gossage, LLP, 344 West John Street, Matthews, NC 28105.