NORTH CAROLINA GASTON COUNTY NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF MARY JOYCE HELMS PECHE The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Mary Joyce Helms Peche, 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 November 18, 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 16th day of August, 2026. Pamela Peche Pilgrim Executor of the Estate of Mary Joyce Helms Peche 5612 Arrowood Drive Gastonia, NC 28056 Robert C. Whitt Attorney at Law 601 S. Main St. Mt. Holly, NC 28120 IPL0366294 Aug 16,23,30,Sep 6 2026