Notice of Administration Having qualified as Executrix of the Ancillary Estate of JAMES BUTLER HOUGH, deceased, and owning property in 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, on or before January 5, 2026, or this Notice of Administration will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate settlement with the undersigned. This 1st day of October 2025. Barbara Hough, Executor of the Estate of James Butler Hough, 119 Carlton Street, Pageland, SC 29728. Attorney: Candice Shepard, 19820 Northcross Center Court, Suite 155, Huntersville, NC 28078. IPL0277466 Oct 1,8,15,22 2025