NORTH CAROLINA GASTON COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF MARY COSTNER HAGER ALSO KNOWN AS MARY CATHERINE COSTNER HAGER The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Mary Costner Hager also known as Mary Catherine Costner Hager, late of Gaston County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before April 1, 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 28th day of December, 2025. Ned George Hager, Jr. Executor of the Estate of Mary Costner Hager also known as Mary Catherine Costner Hager 5030 Cramer Woods Drive Gastonia, NC 28056 Robert C. Whitt Attorney at Law 601 S. Main St. Mt. Holly, N.C. 28120 IPL0300966 Dec 28,Jan 4,11,18 2026