NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA GASTON COUNTY The undersigned, having qualified as Ancillary Executor of the Estate of Betty Faye High Gillespie aka Betty Faye Gillespie aka Betty High Gillespie aka Betty H. Gillespie late of Spartanburg South Carolina owning property in Gaston County North Carolina, hereby notifies all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before March 23, 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This is the 21th day of December, 2025. Joel Royce Gillespie Ancillary Executor of the Estate of Betty Faye High Gillespie aka Betty Faye Gillespie aka Betty High Gillespie aka Betty H. Gillespie Morrow & Britton, PLLC Attorneys for the Estate 312 South Chester Street P.O. Box 116 Gastonia, N. C. 28053-0116 IPL0300301 Dec 21,28,Jan 4,11 2026