NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Helen Frances Ritch, 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 January 5, 2026, 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 5th day of October, 2025 Joann Caldwell Leatherland and Jeanna L. Rosselle Co-Executors of the Estate of Helen Frances Ritch c/o Brooks F. Jaffa, Esq. 7257 Pineville-Matthews Road, Suite 2100 Charlotte, North Carolina 28226 IPL0276611 Oct 5,12,19,26 2025