CREDITORS' NOTICE All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Donald Wheeler Dillard, Deceased are notified to exhibit them to Melissa Lynn Puett, Executor of the decedent's estate on or before January 10, 2026 at P.O. Box 1820, 115 N. Garnett Street, Henderson, North Carolina 27536, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above-named Executor. Melissa Lynn Puett, Executor of the Estate of Donald Wheeler Dillard, Deceased Michael E. Satterwhite STAINBACK, SATTERWHITE & ZOLLICOFFER, PLLC Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 1820 Henderson, NC 27536 Publish: October 8, October 15, October 22 and October 29, 2025 IPL0278291 Oct 8,15,22,29 2025