NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA GASTON COUNTY The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Ollie Brown Love Patton, 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 17th day of August, 2026, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 17th day of May, 2026. Lecia Patton James, Executor Estate of Ollie Brown Love Patton 1509 Post Court Gastonia, NC 28054 MORRIS W. KEETER, ATTORNEY 309 S. South Street P.O. Box 1575 Gastonia, NC 28053-1575 IPL0340207 May 17,24,31,Jun 7 2026