NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Loretta Hawkins Freeman a/k/a Bessie Loretta Freeman, deceased, late of Union 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 June 12, 2026, 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 12th day of March, 2026. Ronnie J. Freeman, Executor of the Estate of Loretta Hawkins Freeman a/k/a Bessie Loretta Freeman, Union County File No. 26E000224-890, c/o Garrity & Gossage, LLP, 344 West John Street, Matthews, NC 28105. IPL0321470 Mar 12,19,26,Apr 2 2026