Notice to Creditors Having qualified as Executor for the Estate of Gayle Rawls Smith of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at P.O. Drawer 25008, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27114-5008, on or before March 19, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 19th day of December, 2025. Stephen C. Smith, Executor 980 Wellington Road Winston-Salem, NC 27106 Send Claims To: Estate of Gayle Rawls Smith Stephen C. Smith, Executor c/o Caroline C. Munroe Blanco Tackabery & Matamoros, P.A. P.O. Drawer 25008 Winston-Salem, NC 27114-5008 IPL0299752 Dec 19,26,Jan 2,9 2026