NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Shirley Crane Mullis, 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 10, 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 10th day of September, 2025. Karen Mullis Orr, Executor of the Estate of Shirley Crane Mullis, Mecklenburg County File No. 25E002887-590, c/o Garrity & Gossage, LLP, 344 West John Street, Matthews, NC 28105. IPL0271613 Sep 10,17,24,Oct 1 2025