NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA GASTON COUNTY The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Gaynell Anderson Treece, late of Gaston County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before the 10th day of August, 2026, or this Notice will be placed in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 10th day of May, 2026. Roger Dale Treece, Executor Estate of Gaynell Anderson Treece 4533 Chapel Grove Road Gastonia, NC 28052 MORRIS W. KEETER, ATTORNEY 309 S. South Street P.O. Box 1575 Gastonia, NC 28053-1575 IPL0338466 May 10,17,24,31 2026