NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Rebecca Hooks Rowell, 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 January 27, 2027, 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 27th day of October, 2026. Melanie R. Bowser, Executor of the Estate of Rebecca Hooks Rowell, Mecklenburg County File No. 26E003580-590, c/o Garrity & Gossage, LLP, 344 West John Street, Matthews, NC 28105. IPL0384313 Oct 27,Nov 3,10,17 2026