NOTICE TO CREDITORS NORTH CAROLINA GASTON COUNTY The undersigned, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Sheila Ann Ball Brown, 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 23rd day of November, 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 23rd day of August, 2026. Rayford Trent Conard, Administrator Estate of Sheila Ann Ball Brown 3505 Barrington Drive Gastonia, NC 28056 MORRIS W. KEETER, ATTORNEY 309 S. South Street P.O. Box 1575 Gastonia, NC 28053-1575 IPL0367495 Aug 23,30,Sep 6,13 2026