The Mecklenburg Times October 10, 2023

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ATTOM has released its secondquarter 2023 U.S. Home Flipping Report showing that 84,350 single-family homes and condominiums in the United States were flipped in the second quarter. Those transactions represented 8 percent, or one of every 13 home sales, during the months running from April through June of 2023.

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The latest portion was down from 9.9 percent of all home sales in the nation during the first quarter of 2023 and from 8.9 percent in the second quarter of last year. Despite the flipping rate remaining historically high, it dropped to nearly its lowest point since 2021.

However, the report also reveals that even as flipping activity decreased, investor profits and profit margins both showed more signs of recovering from a slump that had slashed them by more than half in just two years. Both increased for the second quarter in a row, with investment returns climbing at the fastest pace since 2020, and raw profits spiking more than at any point over the past decade.

The typical profit margin, while still far below peaks hit in 2021, rose almost five percentage points from the first to the second quarter of this year. Raw profits on typical flips, meanwhile, shot up 18 percent quarterly.

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The home-flipping profit improvement came amid a rebound in the broader U.S. housing market, which saw the single-family median home price spike

10 percent during the Spring buying season, after falling from the middle of last year to the early part of 2023.

“Fortunes for investors who flip homes for quick profits are showing more signs of turning around after a long and unusual period when they went down while the rest of the market went up,” said Rob Barber, CEO for ATTOM. “However, the latest investment returns may not be substantial enough to cover the holding costs on typical deals. And it’s still too early to declare the profit downturn over, as much will depend on whether the second-quarter market surge keeps going or whether it retreats again like it did last year.”

Among flips nationwide, the gross profit on typical transactions (the difference between the median purchase price paid by investors and the median resale price) increased to $66,500 in the second quarter of 2023. That remained down 35 percent from 102,063 in the second quarter of 2022 and still stood at one of the lowest points in the past five years. But it was up from $56,250 in the first quarter of this year.

The typical gross flipping profit translated into a 27.5 percent return on investment compared to the original acquisition price in the second quarter of 2023. That also was still far below a highwater mark of 61 percent on medianpriced flips reached in the second quarter of 2021. But it was up from 22.9 percent in the first quarter of this year as well as

from a recent low of 22.3 percent hit in the fourth quarter of last year.

Profits and profit margins continued to revive in the second quarter of 2023 as investors were able to take advantage of shifts in prices that went in their favor from the point when they were buying their properties to when they sold them.

Specifically, the typical resale price on flipped homes increased to $308,500 in the second quarter, a 2.1 percent over the first quarter of 2023. That contrasted with a 1.6 percent decrease in median prices that recent home flippers were commonly seeing when they were buying their properties. The price shift – from a decrease to an increase - led to the improvement in profits and profit margins.

The recent turnaround has at least temporarily reversed an unusual pattern of home-flipping fortunes running counter to the broader U.S. housing market. For the prior two years, flipping returns had mostly dropped despite prices and profits for traditional sellers, continuing to soar during an extended, decade-long boom period.

Home flipping rates drop in almost 90 percent of nation

Home flips as a portion of all home sales decreased from the first quarter of 2023 to the second quarter of 2023 in 168 of the 190 metropolitan statistical

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“Corporate interior and multifamily opportunities continue to be in abundance, with healthcare and hospitality also vying for top positions in our pipeline.”

Jared Hoeflich, Swinerton Carolinas.

A special rule for widows and widowers

employment rises in 45 states & D.C. from august 2022

How a strong start to 2023 for Wall Street got knocked off course by soaring bond yields

Swinerton expands Charlotte office to meet growing demand

GOLDMAN: Racing ahead in your career? Better learn to drag your feet.

Home flipping activity drops as profits rise across U.S. in second quarter

Half of all home buyers are purchasing their first home, the highest share that Zillow has ever recorded. Zillow’s 2023 Consumer Housing Trends Report finds that first-time buyers now make up 50% of all home buyers, up from 45% last year and a meaningful jump from 37% in 2021. The share of first-time buyers likely hasn’t been this high since around 2010, when there was a first-time home buyer tax credit.

First-time buyers are making gains relative to repeat buyers. Zillow research finds a vast majority of homeowners with mortgages have locked in a rate below 5%, and are almost half as likely to consider moving. It’s true that first-time buyers make up a larger piece of a smaller pie, as home sales and inventory shrink. However, this significant rise in the share of firsttime buyers helps explain what’s driving demand and keeping upward pressure on prices in a market with mortgage rates surpassing 7%.

“High mortgage rates and a shortage of inventory is keeping would-be repeat buyers in their current homes,” said Zillow senior population scientist Manny Garcia. “A greater relative share of firsttime buyers is filling the gap, and they’re competing against each other for the limited number of affordable starter homes on the market.”

Affordability is the greatest hurdle for first-time home buyers. It now takes nearly 12 years for a typical first-time buyer to save up for a down payment, compared to nine years prior to the pandemic. Meanwhile, the typical monthly home payment has more than doubled in that time. Yet the growing share of first-time buyers suggests many are getting creative

areas around the U.S. with enough data to analyze (88 percent). Flipping rates dropped at least two percentage points in more than a third of the metros reviewed. (Metro areas were included if they had a population of 200,000 or more and at least 50 home flips in the second quarter of 2023).

Among those metros, the largest

to make homeownership a reality.

Zillow’s report finds that most first-time buyers are tapping at least two sources to finance their down payment (60%), most commonly their savings and gifts from family or friends. Down payment assistance can help, and available programs are included on every for-sale listing on Zillow.

There are other tools helping first-time buyers anticipate and manage monthly costs. A new app filter on Zillow allows shoppers to search for homes by monthly mortgage cost, instead of by list price. In addition, a growing share of buyers are paying an upfront fee to reduce the interest rate on their mortgage and in turn, lower their monthly payment. Research from Zillow Home Loans finds nearly 45% of conventional primary home borrowers bought points to ease monthly costs, compared to 30% who did the same in 2021.

Nearly half of first-time home buyers are millennials (49%), a massive generation

flipping rates during the second quarter of 2023 were in Macon, GA (flips comprised 16.8 percent of all home sales); Columbus, GA (15.3 percent); Spartanburg, SC (13.5 percent); Atlanta, GA (13.5 percent) and Akron, OH (12.5 percent).

Aside from Atlanta, the largest flipping rates among metro areas with a population of more than 1 million were in Memphis, TN (12.5 percent);

of adults ages 29–43 who are fueling fundamental housing demand as they hit their prime home-buying years. Gen Z adults between 18 and 28 years old are hot on their heels, making up more than onequarter of all first-time buyers (27%).

These younger buyers are debunking the “lazy millennial” myth by working harder during the home-buying process. Zillow’s report finds that first-time buyers are more likely to contact at least three real estate agents and three mortgage lenders, compared to repeat buyers. They’re also more likely to make at least two offers on homes, and are more likely to report being denied a mortgage at least once before they’re approved for a loan. First-time buyers are seeing their persistence pay off for a piece of the American Dream, and many still believe the opportunity to build equity outweighs today’s higher costs of entry.

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Jacksonville, FL (11.1 percent); Cincinnati, OH (11 percent) and Phoenix, AZ (10.9 percent).

The smallest home-flipping rates among metro areas analyzed in the second quarter were in Seattle, WA (3.7 percent); Santa Rosa, CA (4 percent); San Jose, CA (4.2 percent); San Francisco, CA (4.3 percent) and Hilo, HI (4.3 percent).

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Construction employment rises in 45 states & D.C. from august 2022 to august 2023

Construction employment increased in 45 states and the District of Columbia in August from a year earlier, while 32 states and D.C. added construction employees from July to August, according to an analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America today. Association officials noted that most contractors report having a hard time finding workers and that the job gains would have been larger if more qualified candidates were available to hire.

“Construction has been a leading source of employment growth almost universally in the past year,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “But contractors report needing even more workers as large projects rev up across the country.”

Between August 2022 and August 2023, 45 states and D.C. added construction jobs, while industry employment declined in five states. Texas added the most construction jobs over the year (21,100 jobs or 2.7 percent), followed by California (15,600 jobs, 1.7 percent), Ohio (11,600 jobs, 5.0 percent), and Georgia (10,600 jobs, 5.0 percent). Wyoming had the largest percentage increase in construction jobs over 12 months (13.0 percent, 2,700 jobs), followed by Arkansas (9.9 percent, 5,800 jobs), Kentucky (9.2 percent, 7,700 jobs), West Virginia (8.6 percent, 2,600 jobs), and New Mexico (7.3 percent, 3,600 jobs).

Missouri lost the most jobs (-2,700

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Typical home flipping returns up quarterly in two-thirds of nation

The median $308,500 resale price of homes flipped nationwide in the second quarter of 2023 generated a gross profit of $66,500 above the median investor purchase price of $242,000. That resulted in a typical 27.5 percent profit margin in the second quarter of 2023, up from the first quarter, but still far beneath the 44.6 percent level in the second quarter of 2022 and 60.8 percent in the same period of 2021.

Profit margins went up from the first to the second quarter in 119 of the 190 metro areas analyzed (63 percent), but they were still less than typical returns from a year earlier in 163, or 86 percent, of those markets.

The biggest increases in the typical profit margin during the second quarter of 2023 came in Trenton, NJ (ROI up from 11.3 percent in the first quarter of 2023 to 85 percent in the second quarter of 2023); Akron, OH (up from 50 percent to 116.7 percent); Montgomery, AL (up from 30.8 percent to 78.8 percent); Champaign, IL (up from 10.5 percent to 53.9 percent) and Hagerstown, MD (up from 45.6 percent to 86.6 percent).

Despite the quarterly gains, typical flipping profits remained less than 30 percent in 79 of the 190 metros with enough data to analyze in the second quarter of 2023. That was far worse than a year earlier, when just one of every five of those metro areas commonly had returns that low.

Markets with the largest returns on investment for typical home flips completed during the second quarter

jobs, -1.9 percent), followed by Colorado (-2,500 jobs, -1.4 percent), North Dakota (-1,000 jobs, -3.8 percent), Vermont (-200 jobs, -1.3 percent) and North Carolina (-100 jobs, -0.04 percent). North Dakota had the largest percentage loss, followed by Missouri, Colorado, and Vermont.

For the month, construction employment rose in 32 states and D.C., declined in 15 states, and was unchanged in Montana, Oklahoma, and Utah. California added the most jobs over the month (4,700 jobs, 0.5 percent), followed by Arizona (3,500 jobs, 1.8 percent), Pennsylvania (3,300 jobs, 1.2 percent), South Carolina (2,600 jobs, 2.3 percent) and Nevada (2,600 jobs, 2.3 percent). The largest percentage gain occurred in Wyoming (3.5 percent, followed by Kentucky (2.5 percent, 2,200 jobs), South Carolina, and Nevada.

Tennessee lost the most construction jobs in August (-2,400 jobs, -1.6 percent), followed by Virginia (-1,400 jobs, -0.7 percent), Kansas (-1,000 jobs, -1.5 percent) and Oregon (-1,000 jobs, -0.8 percent). Tennessee had the largest percentage loss for the month, followed by Kansas and Rhode Island (-1.4 percent, -300 jobs).

Association officials said many contractors report that one of the biggest challenges they have in adding staff is that many candidates lack the qualifications needed to be employable. The association officials urged federal, state and local policy makers to rethink

of 2023 were Akron, OH (116.7 percent return); Pittsburgh, PA (112.9 percent); Scranton, PA (93.7 percent return); Hagerstown, MD (86.6 percent) and Trenton, NJ (85 percent).

Aside from Pittsburgh, the largest investment returns in the second quarter among metro areas with a population of at least 1 million were in Baltimore, MD (79.3 percent); Philadelphia, PA (76.9 percent); Rochester, NY (76.2 percent) and Richmond, VA (75.5 percent).

Metro areas with a population of at least 1 million and the weakest returns on typical home flips in the second quarter of 2023 were Austin, TX (3.3 percent loss); Phoenix, AZ (4.9 percent gain); Salt Lake City, UT (6 percent gain); Dallas, TX (6.7 percent gain) and San Antonio, TX (6.8 percent gain).

Investors continue to earn highest raw profits in South and Northeast

The highest raw profits on medianpriced home flips in the second quarter of 2023, measured in dollars, remained concentrated in the South and Northeast regions of the country. Fifteen of the top 20 were in those regions, led by San Jose, CA (typical gross profit of $288,750); San Francisco, CA ($177,500); Vallejo, CA ($170,000); San Diego, CA ($166,500) and Boston, MA ($165,000).

The South also dominated the opposite end of the range, along with the West, with the 20 lowest raw profits on median-priced transactions located in those regions. The weakest numbers were in Austin, TX ($14,814 loss); Reno, NV ($6,625 loss); Killeen, TX ($2,476 profit); Provo, UT ($6,009 profit) and Lubbock, TX ($6,130 profit).

how they prepare future workers to ensure they have the hard and soft skills needed to be successful in high-paying career fields like construction.

“The good news is construction demand remains strong in many parts of the country,” said Stephen E. Sandherr,

All-cash investing by home flippers down

Nationwide, 62.6 percent of homes flipped in the second quarter of 2023 had been purchased by investors with cash. That was down from 66 percent in the first quarter of 2023 but about the same as the 62.7 percent portion in the second quarter of 2022. Meanwhile, 37.4 percent of homes flipped in the second quarter of 2023 had been bought with financing. That was up from 34 percent in the prior quarter, but virtually unchanged from 37.3 percent a year earlier.

“The second-quarter dip in all-cash flips came during a brief period when mortgage rates were declining a bit after spiking during the prior year,” Barber noted. “With rates now rising again, there will be more pressure on investors to use cash to finance their activity. The third quarter should reveal more about that trend.”

Among metropolitan areas with a population of 1 million or more and sufficient data to analyze, those with the highest percentage of flips in the second quarter of 2023 that had been purchased with cash were in Detroit, MI (82.9 percent); Buffalo, NY (76.9 percent); Cleveland, OH (74.4 percent); Cincinnati, OH (73.8 percent) and Indianapolis, IN (73.2 percent).

Average time to flip nationwide increases to highest point in three years

The average time it took from purchase to resale on home flips rose to 178 days in the second quarter of 2023. That was up from 177 in the first quarter of 2023 and 167 days in the second

the association’s chief executive officer.

“But until we as a nation do a better job preparing future workers, employers in sectors like construction will continue to struggle to find enough qualified people to hire.”

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quarter of 2022, to the largest amount since mid-2020.

Investor resales to FHA buyers also hits three-year high

Of the 84,350 U.S. homes flipped in the second quarter of 2023, 11.9 percent were sold to buyers using loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), marking the fourth straight quarterly gain. The latest portion was up from 10.8 percent in the prior quarter and 7.6 percent a year earlier, to the highest figure since the third quarter of 2020.

Among metro areas with a population of at least 200,000 and at least 50 home flips in the second quarter of 2023, those with the highest percentage of flipped properties sold to FHA buyers — typically first-time home purchasers — were Yuma, AZ (29.1 percent); Lakeland, FL (27.5 percent); Springfield, MA (23.4 percent); Modesto, CA (22.5 percent) and Scranton, PA (22.1 percent).

One-quarter of counties have homeflipping rates of at least 10 percent

Home flips accounted for at least 10 percent of all home sales in 245, or 24 percent, of the 1,025 counties around the U.S. with at least 10 flips in the second quarter of 2023. That was well below the 36 percent of all counties with enough data to measure in the first quarter of 2023. The leaders in the second quarter of this year were Cobb County (Marietta), GA (22.6 percent); Rockdale County, GA (outside Atlanta) (20.9 percent); Dorchester County (Cambridge), MD (18.8 percent); Houston County (Warner Robins), GA (18.8 percent) and Paulding County, GA (outside Marietta) (18.5 percent). Staff report

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Swinerton expands Charlotte office to meet growing demand

Swinerton, has secured additional space in its Charlotte location to accommodate new team members supporting steady business growth. In less than two years, the Charlotte office is expanding to add another 3,000 sq. ft. to the original 8,500-sq. ft. space.

“Corporate interior and multifamily opportunities continue to be in abundance, with healthcare and hospitality also vying for top positions in our pipeline,” explains Jared Hoeflich, Vice President and Division Manager, Swinerton Carolinas. “Our team has grown by nearly 30% so far this year, and our expertise is even more concentrated as we add Swinerton team members from throughout the United States.” The company expects revenues to top $120 million in 2023 for commercial builds throughout the Carolinas.

The nearly $1 million expansion at 901 Berryhill Road, an adaptive reuse development in the popular FreeMoreWest neighborhood, absorbs the adjacent Suite D into its existing space. Expansion plans include nine offices, one collaboration room, six workstations, a 13-foot communal worktable and a “family room” with a full-view glass garage door showcasing Charlotte’s cityscape. Natural elements, standing desks, enclosed booths, outdoor environments and non-designated space offer Swinerton’s employee-owners and office guests the flexibility that today’s workforce craves. Specifically, two offices are allocated for “hoteling” and can be reserved as needed for increased privacy. When complete, the new office will top 11,000 sq. ft.

“It is our intent to design a work environment that maximizes productivity and efficiency while reinforcing our unique Swinerton culture and commitment to excellence,” adds Hoeflich. “At the core of our culture is collaboration and teamwork. We designed an industry-leading space for a variety of workstyles not only for our team but also to accommodate the needs of the surrounding community and our industry colleagues. Even today, our office is available to those outside of Swinerton for meetings and events.

“Many people call our office a showroom, and it is,” continues Hoeflich. The office reflects Swinerton’s reputation as a leader in superior developments, mass timber construction and sustainable practices. Adding to the original mass timber mezzanine created and installed by Timberlab, a Swinerton company, timber columns and beams connect the new space. Acoustical panels throughout the space moderate sound to protect the work environment. “The space will be infused with health-enhancing features that support the wellbeing of our team,” adds Hoeflich.

The rapid growth of the regional Swinerton team drove the office expansion. Sixteen construction and trade professionals have joined the Carolinas regional offices since January, bringing

the Carolinas team to 88. Since expanding to the Southeast in 2018, the Carolinas region has constructed approximately $360 million of commercial environments specializing in corporate interiors and buildings, multifamily and mass timber builds.

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U.S. Employee burnout continues downward trend, but still remains too high according to new eagle hill consulting research

Employee burnout among the U.S. workforce remains high (45 percent), but continues trending downward according to new Eagle Hill Consulting research. Burnout has dropped during the past year (49 percent in August 2022) and more substantially since the early months of the pandemic (58 percent in August 2020). Younger workers (52 percent) and women (48 percent) continue to report the highest levels of burnout.

As for the top sources of burnout, workers who experience burnout say it’s their workload (51 percent), staff shortages (45 percent), and juggling personal and professional life (42 percent). A large share of workers (67 percent) say a four-day work week would alleviate stress, followed by a decreased workload and increased flexibility (both at 65 percent), and continuing to work from home (56 percent).

When asked about Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), most workers (62 percent) indicate they do not expect that the nascent technology will impact their stress levels at the job. Yet, a growing body of research indicates that when properly deployed, AI can help improve worker efficiency and productivity. Millennials (30 percent) and male employees (27 percent) are most likely to say that AI can help reduce job stress.

These findings are from the 2023 Eagle Hill Consulting Workforce Burnout Survey conducted by Ipsos from August 3-8, 2023. The survey included 1,347 respondents from a random sample of employees across the U.S.

“It’s good news that worker burnout levels are steadily trending downward since the high stress days of the pandemic,” said Melissa Jezior, president and chief executive officer of Eagle Hill Consulting. “But employers shouldn’t be complacent when it comes to taking action to reduce worker burnout. Burnout levels are still too high and could inch upward as more workers are required to return to in-person work. While employees value in-person work, they have expressed concerns about work-life balance and commute times when they are in the workplace.”

“And for the first time, we polled workers on the potential impact of AI on their stress levels,” Jezior said. “This will be an important issue to watch as

more companies rollout Generative AI. Handled well, AI has the potential to help workers get more done in a shorter amount of time while creating more value for their organizations. But handled poorly, it could increase rather than decrease worker stress.”

Additional survey findings are as follows:

• Among those who experience burnout due to staff shortages, 84 percent said the impact is covering the workload for unfilled positions. Thirty-nine percent said the impact is helping others learn their job, 36 percent said it’s training new hires, and 22 percent said it’s recruiting and interviewing new hires.

• Employees who report burnout signal they are less comfortable telling their manager or employer they feel burnt out as compared to six months ago, with 57 percent of employees saying they’re open to the conversation, down five percent from August 2022.

• When asked how to reduce burnout, 67 percent of workers said a fourday work week would help. Other solutions included increased flexibility (65 percent), decreased workload (65 percent), better health and wellness benefits (60 percent), working from home (56 percent), reduced administrative burdens (53 percent), more on-site amenities (50 percent), and the ability to relocate or work from multiple locations (39 percent).

• Nearly a third of the workforce (32 percent) plans to leave their job in the next 12 months.

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Home Builders Association of Greater Charlotte announces return of Parade of Homes

The Home Builders Association of Greater Charlotte is thrilled to announce the long-awaited return of the Parade of Homes, set to take place Oct. 14-15 and Oct. 21-22, showcasing more than 50 homes from the finest builders in Charlotte and surrounding areas.

The Parade of Homes is a free, selfguided tour featuring new homes in communities throughout the greater Charlotte area, including Mecklenburg, Iredell, Gaston, Lincoln, Catawba, Union and York counties. Models, spec and presold homes of all types are open for the tour, from luxury custom homes to starter and move-up homes to townhomes and condominiums – fully furnished, landscaped and decorated. Several homes will also be available to tour virtually on the website.

“We are delighted to bring back the Parade of Homes, showcasing the exceptional talent of our local builders,” said Bob Zweier, Chair of HBAGC Parade of Homes. “Parade of Homes caters to a diverse audience, including those who may not be considering a move just yet. Beyond offering an exceptional shopping experience for prospective homeowners, it serves as a platform to highlight the

numerous advantages and value of new construction homes.”

The Parade of Homes will take place for two weekends: Oct. 14-15 and Oct. 2122. Homes are open and available to tour from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The self-guided tours are free.

The 50 homes were built by the following homebuilders:

• AR Homes by Arthur Rutenberg

• Brookline Homes

• Caruso Homes

• Century Communities

• David Weekley Homes

• Empire Communities

• JCB Urban Company

• KB Home

• Kelly McArdle Construction

• Keystone Custom Homes

• Kolter Homes

• Mattamy Homes

• Meritage Homes

• Peters Custom Homes, Inc.

• Pulte Homes

• Saussy Burbank

• SouthCraft Home Builders

• Stanley Martin Homes

• Taylor Morrison

• Toll Brothers

• Tri Pointe Homes

• True Homes

Parade of Homes sponsors include

The Charlotte Observer, Taylor Morrison Homes, Pinnacle Financial Partners, James Hardie, Red Cedar Homes and First National Bank. Annual supporters include 2-10 Warranty, Cornerstone Home Lending, Costner Law, GraphiCal Visual Marketing, Hankin & Pack, Piedmont Natural Gas, Quantum Fiber and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.

For more information, please visit the Parade of Homes website. Follow Parade of Homes on social media @ ParadeCharlotte on Facebook. You can also download the Charlotte Parade of Homes app on Apple Store and Google Play.

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Nearly 22 million job postings in first half of 2023

Aligned with the overall economic landscape, the first half of 2023 has seen a more steady stream of job postings continuing to emerge. The U.S. saw 21.74 million new job postings during the first half of 2023, down just 8% from the previous six-month period, according to a new report from staffing giant PeopleReady, a TrueBlue company (NYSE: TBI).

PeopleReady’s U.S. Workforce Trends 2023 Mid-Year Report explores the latest job and wage growth trends throughout the U.S., with unique data that provides valuable insight into employment in several major industries. The report also features recommendations on how today’s employers can overcome recruitment challenges.

The analysis shows that while there has been a hiring decline in certain sectors, industries like retail, hospitality and manufacturing remained strong

MARGENAU: A special rule for widows and widowers

Here is a special message to all Social Security representatives reading this column. You are right when you tell customers that as a general rule, they cannot file for reduced benefits on one record and later switch to full benefits on another record. But if you are talking to a widow or widower, that rule does not apply.

I’ve heard from four readers in the past couple weeks -- three widows and one widower -- who were all told they must choose to take benefits on one record or another. And once they make that choice, they can’t change. And that’s absolutely wrong. Widows and widowers have the option of taking reduced benefits on one record and later switching to higher benefits on another record. And the number of readers telling me they’ve been misinformed about this issue (the four people I heard from this week is just the tip of the iceberg) tells me this isn’t a few isolated incidents involving a few uninformed Social Security Administration reps. Something must be missing in the SSA’s training sessions because I’ve heard from hundreds of widows and widowers over the years who have been misled on this topic.

Before I explain this “widow(er)s option,” let me clarify the statement I made at the beginning of this column. The one where I said that as a general rule, people can’t file for reduced benefits on one record and later switch to full benefits on another record. Actually, a version of this happens quite a lot. So let me explain what I am talking about with examples.

Let’s say Wilma is 62 and her husband Fred is also 62. Wilma wants to take her smallish Social Security benefit now, but Fred wants to wait until he is 67 to file for his much larger benefit. Wilma can take reduced retirement benefits now. And then when Fred turns 67 and files for his Social Security, Wilma can file for spousal benefits on his record. But the reduction she took in her own Social Security will carry over to her spousal benefits. In other words, she won’t get full spousal benefits. She’ll get a reduced rate.

But now let me turn the example around a bit. Let’s once again say that Wilma is 62,

but this time we’ll say that Fred is 68 and already getting his own higher retirement benefit. In this case, Wilma cannot take reduced retirement benefits on her own record now and later switch to higher full spousal benefits on Fred’s record. By the same token, she cannot take reduced spousal benefits on Fred’s account now and later switch to full benefits on her own record.

So what’s the difference in the two examples. In the second one, Fred is already getting Social Security when Wilma wants to file for benefits. And there is a rule that says when you file for one benefit, you must file for all other benefits you are due at the same time. In the first example, when Wilma turned 62, Fred wasn’t yet getting benefits so at that time, there were no other benefits (i.e., spousal benefits) for Wilma to file for. That’s why, later on, when Fred files for his Social Security, Wilma can then file for extra spousal benefits on his record.

It’s that “you must file for all other benefits you are due at the same time” rule that does not apply to widows and widowers.

Let’s go back to Wilma, who is turning 62. And this time, we’ll say that Fred is dead. In other words, Wilma is a widow. If

Wilma went to some Social Security offices and talked to the uninformed SSA reps I mentioned earlier, she would have been told something like this. “Wilma, because of the rule that says you must file for any and all benefits you are due, you must file for your own reduced retirement benefit now, and you must file for any extra reduced widow’s benefits you are due at the same time.”

But to repeat: That “you must file for any and all benefits you are due at the same time” rule does not apply to widows and widowers.

Once again, let’s go back to Wilma. Let’s say her own full retirement age benefit is $1,800 per month and that Fred’s full retirement age benefit is $3,000 per month. Wilma might want to consider filing for reduced retirement benefits at age 62. She’d get about 70% of $1,800 or $1,260 per month. Then once she reaches her full retirement age, she could switch to 100% widow’s benefits, or $3,000 per month. (There are no “delayed retirement credits” paid on a widow’s benefit, so there would be no advantage to waiting past her full retirement age to collect widow’s benefits.)

Now let’s turn things around a bit and say that Wilma’s own benefit is close to Fred’s. For example, we can say that her full retirement age benefit is $2,800 per month and that Fred’s FRA benefit was $3,000 per month. In this case, Wilma might want to start out with reduced widow’s benefits. At 62, she’d get about 82% of Fred’s FRA benefit, or about $2,460 per month. Wilma

contributors to the job market. According to the report, the number of job postings for select industries during the first half of 2023 included:

• Business and professional services: 4.14 million job postings

• Retail: 1.81 million

• Hospitality: 1.37 million

• Manufacturing: 1.20 million

• Education and health services: 1.09 million

• Building and grounds cleaning/ maintenance: 451 thousand

• Construction: 450 thousand These job posting numbers indicate that employers continue to seek workers, and many are actively hiring, despite

could collect those benefits until she reaches her full retirement age, at which point she could switch to 100% of her FRA benefit, or $2,800 per month.

Or if she could live on her reduced widow’s benefit a little longer, she could wait until age 70 and get roughly a 30% “delayed retirement credit” added to her monthly benefits. That means she’d get $3,640 per month starting at age 70.

Of course, Wilma isn’t forced to employ this “widow’s option.” Go back to the example where her own FRA benefit was $1,800 and her widow’s FRA benefit was $3,000. She could choose to forgo this “widow’s option” stuff and simply file for widow’s benefits now. In other words, at age 62, she’d be due about 82% of $3,000, or $2,460 per month. And that would be her benefit for good, except for future cost-of-living increases.

If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has two books with all the answers. One is called “Social Security -Simple and Smart: 10 Easy-to-Understand Fact Sheets That Will Answer All Your Questions About Social Security.” The other is “Social Security: 100 Myths and 100 Facts.” You can find the books at Amazon.com or other book outlets. Or you can send him an email at thomas.margenau@comcast. net. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to read past columns and see features from other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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economic uncertainty. Additionally, employers across the country have increased wages to attract and retain workers, with the U.S. average hourly wage reaching $33.58 in June 2023, a 4.4% increase year over year.

“Despite the current economic landscape, many employers still need to expand their workforce – even if they remain cautious about hiring,” says Kristy Willis, President of PeopleReady. “Because of this, a flexible staffing model can be a strategic solution, allowing businesses to quickly adjust their workforce to effectively navigate changing demand and seize new opportunities without adding permanent employees in uncertain times.”

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GOLDMAN: Racing ahead in your career? Better learn to drag your feet.

What do you do when a new assignment comes around?

If you immediately raise your hand, you’re making a big mistake. What you should do is duck your head. And if that new assignment does land in your lap, you certainly shouldn’t put your nose to the grindstone and start working. What you should do is hold your nose, and start dragging your feet.

Alas, in today’s dog-eat-dog, AI-eat-AI business world, being a procrastinator gets a bad rap. This is not justified. The less work you do, the fewer careerending blunders you make. Plus, with a project you haven’t finished, you’re far less likely to be included in the next round of layoffs. How can you be fired?

You have work to do.

Duke University professor Dorie Clark doesn’t agree. In her recent Harvard Business Review article, “5 Ways to Actually Move Forward on That Task You’ve Been Avoiding,” we learn that procrastination is “actually a subconscious strategy to avoid negative emotions,” in which we “fill our time with what we recognize as comparatively trivial matters.”

The fact that you are wasting your time reading this extremely trivial column shows that you have the making

of a great foot-dragger. All you have to do is take each of professor Clark’s five steps, and do the exact opposite.

No. 1: Get clear on the vision.

Ambiguities surrounding an assignment can result in a “freeze response,” as you try to determine “what they’re actually looking for.” Of course, at your company, you can easily answer this question: What “they’re” looking for are reasons to throw you under the bus. Though you may want to jump in and save the day, it’s far better to procrastinate and save your job.

No. 2: Identify concrete steps.

If an assignment looks doable, it’s probably because you don’t understand what will be required to do it. To help you understand what steps are needed to finish a project, you are advised to hire a consultant. Unless you want to pay someone $500 an hour to schmooze your boss, throw shade on your abilities and steal your job, I don’t agree. As Benjamin Franklin famously said, “Lie down with fleas and wake up with consultants.”

No. 3: Take (small) action.

“Taking even a tiny action creates positive momentum,” says Stanford professor BJ Fogg. This is why you must be careful when starting an assignment,

lest you are swept away by a wave of momentum madness and wake up one afternoon to find that you’ve finished the project. Displays of competence like this must be avoided, since they could result in you being given more projects, and more, and more, until you no longer have time for important activities, like mastering “Street Fighter 6” and discussing the latest episode of “90 Day Fiance” with the hot new hire in Accounting.

No. 4: Create forcing functions. Tempted to start or complete a project? Build in “accountability mechanisms” for yourself. This could be a regular “check-in with a trusted colleague,” assuming you can find one in the pack of jackals with whom you work. By constantly sharing your problems, a volunteer may take on the project just to shut you up. You’re not only off the hook, but when your boss sees how good you are at avoiding work by delegating it to others, they’ll recognize you as management material.

No. 5: Limit competing distractions. Rather than tackling a major project, humans are wired to “choose the quick dopamine hit of crossing off a minor todo item, like checking email or ordering your sandwich for a lunch meeting.”

If you think any work assignment is as important as ordering the right sandwich -- “Just say no to chicken salad,” as Benjamin Franklin famously said -- you may be a hopeless case. The advice Clark provides to avoid highdopamine distractions is to hide your phone or use a computer that’s not connected to the internet.

To develop quality distractions, I recommend you stop paying your phone bill and use a computer that’s not turned on. This will provide a bottomless time suck as you spend hours waiting on line for customer service at the phone company and complaining to IT about your company’s internet provider.

With distractions like these, it will be impossible to work on your project, which is one more reason we say, “Procrastinators of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your jobs.”

And if you doubt it, ask Ben Franklin.

Bob Goldman was an advertising executive at a Fortune 500 company. He offers a virtual shoulder to cry on at bob@bgplanning.com. To find out more about Bob Goldman and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

How a strong start to 2023 for Wall Street got knocked off course by soaring bond yields

BY DAMIAN J. TROISE AP BUSINESS WRITER

NEW YORK (AP) — Treasury yields surged in September and sapped the energy from a strong stock market as investors came to terms with the likelihood that interest rates will remain high well into 2024.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which influences rates for mortgages and other loans, jumped past 4.50% in September and continues rising. It is at its highest level in nearly two decades. The yield on the 2-year Treasury, which tracks expectations for the Fed’s interest rate policy, jumped above 5.00% in September and also continues edging higher.

“Once again, the move in rates has proven to be too much too fast for equity markets to handle,” said Adam Turnquist, chief technical strategist at LPL Financial, in a note to investors. High bond yields make it less likely that investors will invest in riskier stocks, especially pricey technology companies. The early autumn slump in bond prices that jolted yields higher tripped up what had been a solid recovery for the S&P 500 and other major indexes in 2023. That could remain the case for the rest

of the year and into 2024.

The S&P 500 surged more than 17% through July, slipped in August, and then gave back 5% in September when the Fed signaled that rates will likely

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

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TO: Aaron Hannon

Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Plaintiff is seeking monetary damages and relief for damages sustained in a motor vehicle accident.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than November 19, 2023, which is 40 days from the first publication of this notice. Upon your failure to fail a pleading by the above date, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.

This is the 10th day of October, 2023.

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remain high well into 2024.

“Market participants seem to be coming to peace, finally, with the ‘higher for longer’ forecast,” said Katie Nixon, chief investment officer for Northern Trust Wealth Management, in a note to investors.

The Federal Reserve’s benchmark interest rate is at its highest level in more than 20 years and the central bank could be close to pausing its aggressive rate hike policy meant to tame inflation. But, it likely won’t cut rates anytime soon, leaving pressure from high interest rates squeezing the broader economy.

Treasury yields last hovered at these levels in mid-2007 and the broader market ranged from ticking higher to holding steady. That held until the financial crisis of 2008 wreaked havoc on the markets and economy, eventually prompting the Fed to slash its benchmark interest rate to near zero.

High bond yields aren’t just deterring investors. High interest rates make borrowing more expensive for companies. It also puts more pressure on companies

with lots of interest expenses on their balance sheets. Those issues, along with inflation, have been weighing on corporate earnings, especially those of smaller companies that need to borrow more for operations.

Wall Street expects companies in the S&P Small Cap 600 to report a 14% slump in third-quarter profits to follow up on a 20% slump in the second quarter. That compares with expectations for stagnant profits in the broader S&P 500 after a 4% drop in the previous quarter.

High interest rates will also likely put pressure on technology stocks that have high price-to-earnings ratios. Insurance companies can benefit from higher rates because their bond investments get better returns.

Those higher interest rates, though, will likely squeeze consumers as they deal with more expensive loans, especially mortgages, which are at their highest in more than two decades. High rates have worsened an affordability crunch with home prices near all-time highs even as home sales fall.

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firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 26th day of September, 2023.

Mrs. Jennifer Elizabeth Moretz, Administrator of the Estate of Elizabeth Ann Allen 2541472 09/19, 09/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF SUE ANN BANKSTON

All persons, firms and corporations having claims against SUE ANN BANKSTON, Deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Walton Holland Bankston, IV, Executor of the Decedent’s estate, 210 Rossitter Street, Shreveport, LA 71105, on or before the 28th day of December, 2023, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the Decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the belownamed Executor.

This, the 26th day of September, 2023

Walton Holland Bankston, IV Executor of the Decedent’s estate of SUE ANN BANKSTON 210 Rossitter Street Shreveport, LA 71105

Counsel:

D. TODD WULFHORST Kennedy & Wulfhorst, P.A. 3758 Highway 16 North Denver, NC 28037 (704)483-3415 2541921 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Joan Ruth Willit, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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) (care of)

Michael J. Kemmy, Conrad Trosch & Kemmy, 5821 Fairview Road, Suite 405, Charlotte, NC, 28209 on or before the 26th day of December, 2023, 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 26th day of September, 2023.

Susan W. Freije, Executor 2542106 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Leroy Burley, Jr., deceased of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, are hereby notified to present them to Gwendolyn D. ShawFitzgerald, as Executor of the Estate of Leroy Burley, Jr. File Number: 23E3324 on or before December 26, 2023, in care of the undersigned attorneys at their address, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to Leroy Burley, Jr., please make immediate payment to the Estate of Leroy Burley, Jr.

This 26th day of September, 2023

Matthew A. Freeze, Esq.

Monk Law Firm, PLLC 1701 First Baxter Crossing, Suite 101 Fort Mill, SC 29708

TEL: 704-369-9977

FAX: 866-281-4930 2542047 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF LEIGH HOFFMAN

HUMPHREY

All persons, firms and corporations having claims against LEIGH HOFFMAN HUMPHREY , deceased, are notified to exhibit them to MICHAEL OWEN HUMPHREY, as Executor (Estate File 23 E 625) of the decedent’s estate c/o Michael Owen Humphrey, 505 Grayson Court, Matthews, NC 28105, on or before December 26, 2023, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the abovenamed Executor.

This the 26th day of September, 2023.

Michael Owen Humphrey, Executor For the Estate of Leigh Hoffman Humphrey 2542098 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF KRISTI LYNN SCHOEPFER

All persons, firms and corporations having claims against KRISTI LYNN SCHOEPFER , deceased, are notified to exhibit them to MICHAEL BOCHICCHIO, as Administrator (Estate File 23 E 3482) of the decedent’s estate c/o Michael Bochicchio, 4301 Shepherdleas Lane, Charlotte, NC 28227 on or before December 26, 2023, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the abovenamed Administrator. This the 26th day of September, 2023.

Michael Bochicchio, Administrator For the Estate of Kristi Lynn Schoepfer 2541914 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Limited Personal Representative of the estate of John Edward Burke deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 512 Living Way, Charlotte, NC 28204 on or before the 26th of December, 2023, 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 26th day of September, 2023.

Karen Ann Aschenbrenner, aka

Karen Burke Aschenbrenner

Limited Personal Representative 23E2547 2541916 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of EMMA JEAN GIAIMO, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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, c/o Jodi P. Zbinden, Heidi E. Royal Law, PLLC, 200 Providence Road, Suite 206, Charlotte, North Carolina 28207, on or before December 26, 2023, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said Estate will please make immediate settlement with the undersigned.

This the 26th day of September, 2023.

NICHOLAS JOSEPH GIAIMO

Executor of the Estate of EMMA JEAN GIAIMO

c/o Jodi P. Zbinden Heidi E. Royal Law, PLLC 200 Providence Road, Suite 206 Charlotte, NC 28207 2542072 9/26, 10/3, 10/10,10/17

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of EDWARD V. CHEVILLE aka EDWARD VERNON CHEVILLE, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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, c/o Jodi P. Zbinden, Heidi E. Royal Law, PLLC, 200 Providence Road, Suite 206, Charlotte, North Carolina 28207, on or before December 26, 2023, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said Estate will please make immediate settlement with the undersigned.

This the 26th day of September, 2023.

BEVERLY JO CHEVILLE

Administrator of the Estate of EDWARD V. CHEVILLE aka EDWARD VERNON CHEVILLE

c/o Jodi P. Zbinden Heidi E. Royal Law, PLLC 200 Providence Road, Suite 206 Charlotte, NC 28207 2542070 9/26, 10/3, 10/10,10/17

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Ida Alexander Mccauley, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 8510 Thelema Lane, Charlotte, NC 28269 on or before the 3rd day of January, 2024, 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 3rd day of October, 2023.

Sherita Vincent Executor File #2023 E 002328 2543866 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executrix of the estate of Mae B Rumph aka Willie Mae Rumph aka Willie Mae Bullard Rumph, DOD: 08/26/2023 deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 183 Indigo Court, Winston-Salem, NC 27107 on or before the 3rd day of January, 2024, 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 3rd day of October, 2023.

Amy Rumph Pace

Executrix

File #23 E 3441

2543869 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

All persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of KARLOS MAIGATTER GREGORY, Deceased, of Mecklenburg County, N.C., are notified to present the same to the Personal Representative listed below on or before January 3, 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All debtors of the said Estate are asked to make immediate payment. This 3rd day of October, 2023.

ARTHUR J. DEBAUGH

Executor

c/o ZACHARY F. LAMB Ward and Smith, P.A. Attorneys at Law Post Office Box 2020 Asheville, NC 28802-2020 2543864 10/03, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

All persons, firms and corporations having claims against GLENN ALLEN MUEGEL, deceased of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, are hereby notified to present them to LISA GAIL MUEGEL HAMMOND, as Executor of the Estate of GLENN ALLEN MUEGEL, File No. 23-E3606, on or before January 1, 2024, in care of the undersigned attorneys at their address, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to GLENN ALLEN MUEGEL, please make immediate payment to the Estate of GLENN ALLEN MUEGEL.

This 3rd day of October, 2023.

Walter G. Dusky Palmetto Law Associates, LLC 1171 Market Street, Suite 204 Fort Mill, SC 29708 TEL: 803-802-2780 FAX: 803-802-2786 2543812 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of DORIS ANNE FRIESE a/k/a ANNE MERRILL FRIESE of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 1st day of January, 2024 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 3rd day of October, 2023. Personal Representative: Amy Friese Donahue Attorney for the Estate and Personal Representative: Martha Wallace, Attorney KING LAW OFFICES, PC 428 E. 4th St. Ste 428 Charlotte, NC 28202 2543218 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Limited Personal Representative of the estate of Joan L. Bodden aka Joan Luce Bodden, late of Mecklenburg 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 143 Altondale Avenue Charlotte, NC 28207 on or before the January 2, 2024, 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 3rd day of October, 2023.

David P. Bodden, Limited Personal Representative 23E3705 2543822 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The undersigned, having qualified as administrator of the Estate of Willie Eddie Busby, deceased, late of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, does hereby make notification to all persons having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned’s attorney on or before January 3rd, 2024, 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’s attorney. This 3rd day of October 2023.

Scott J. Rizzo The Rizzo Law Firm, PLLC Attorney for Administrator for the Estate of Willie Eddie Busby 15720 Brixham Hill Avenue, Suite 300 Charlotte, NC, 28277 Kamara McLittle, Administrator for the Estate of Willie Eddie Busby 15985 Negaunee St Redford Charter Twp, MI 48239 2542086 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF ELAINE FRYE MILLER

All persons, firms and corporations having claims against ELAINE FRYE MILLER deceased, are notified to exhibit them to GORDON C. MILLER, as Executor (Estate File 23 E 3665) of the decedent’s estate c/o Gordon C. Miller, 9535 Sardis Glen Drive, Matthews, NC 28105, on or before January 2, 2024, or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above-named Executor.

This the 3rd day of October, 2023.

Gordon C. Miller, Executor For the Estate of Elaine Frye Miller 2543676 10/03, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24

PUBLISHED NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Sylvia Jane O’Mara, aka Sylvia J. O’Mara, aka Sylvia O’Mara, late, of 16623 Spruell Street, Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina 28078, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said Decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned, on or before the 4th day of January 2024, or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 28th day of September 2023.

Tammara L. Bauer

Attorney for Executor, Sara Ann O’Mara

Executor: Sara Ann O’Mara 1901 Kenwood Ave. Charlotte, NC 28205 2543865 10/03, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Gary Wayne Chappell, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 3024 Nance Cove Rd, Charlotte, NC 28214 on or before the 3rd day of January, 2024, 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 3rd day of October, 2023.

Barbara H Shoaf

Executor File #2023 E 003683 2543821 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Joyce Taylor Holland, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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) (care of) Michael J. Kemmy, Conrad Trosch & Kemmy, 5821 Fairview Road, Suite 405, Charlotte, NC, 28209 on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023.

Arthur Paul Holland, Jr., Executor 2545192 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Limited Personal Representative of the Estate of Lise Maria Eltz McStravick, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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) (care of) Michael J. Kemmy, Conrad Trosch & Kemmy, 5821 Fairview Road, Suite 405, Charlotte, NC, 28209 on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023.

Maria Lise McStarvick St. John, Limited Personal Representative 2545194 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Nereida Perez, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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) (care of) William C. Trosch, Conrad Trosch & Kemmy, 5821 Fairview Road, Suite 405, Charlotte, NC, 28209 on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023.

Lorena Espinoza, Executor 2545197 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Cecil Oree Soles, late of 10012 Moores Chapel Road in Charlotte, North Carolina, 28214, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at Bray & Long, PLLC, 2820 Selwyn Avenue, Suite 400, Charlotte, North Carolina 28209, before the 8th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023

Wesley Soles, Administrator of the Estate of Cecil Oree Soles

Attorney:

Jeneva A. Vazquez

Bray & Long, PLLC 2820 Selwyn Avenue, Suite 400 Charlotte, North Carolina 28209 2545212 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Affiant of the estate of Susan Cable Harper, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 3907 Longpond LA, Monroe, NC 28110 on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023.

Stephanie Harper Feldman

Affiant File #2023 E 003389 2545218 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

On August 10,2023, Emily D’Aguanno qualified as Executor of the Estate of Robert Dewitt Adams Jr. a/k/a Robert D. Adams Jr. late of Mecklenburg, County, North Carolina. As the attorney for the Estate of Robert Dewitt Adams Jr. and on behalf of the Executor, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of Robert Dewitt Adams Jr. to exhibit them to the undersigned at P.O. Box 471108, Charlotte, North Carolina 28247, on or before the 12th day of January, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 29th day of September 2023.

Richard G. Hoefling, Attorney for the Estate of Robert Dewitt Adams, Jr. a/k/a Robert D. Adams, Jr. Attorney: Richard G. Hoefling P. O. Box 471108 Charlotte, NC 28247 704-641-5410 2545209 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

On September 13, 2023, Michael J. Clark qualified as Executor of the Estate of Frances M. Clark a/k/a Frances Meinfelter Clark late of Mecklenburg, County, North Carolina. As the attorney for the Estate of Frances M. Clark and on behalf of the Executor, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of Frances M. Clark to exhibit them to the undersigned at P. O. Box 471108, Charlotte, North Carolina 28247, on or before the 12th day of January, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 29th day of September 2023.

Richard G. Hoefling, Attorney for e Estate of Frances M. Clark a/k/a Frances Meinfelter Clark Attorney: Richard G. Hoefling P. O. Box 471108 Charlotte, NC 28247 2545203 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Carl Bramlett Wootten, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 2432 Fraserburgh Drive, Matthews, NC 28105 on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023.

Edward F Horne

Executor File #2022 E 002985 2545216 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Administrator CTA of the estate of Anne Reinhold Gilland, late of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against said decedent to present them, duly verified, to the undersigned at 2601 Brightmoor Ridge Drive, Matthews, NC 28105 on or

before January 10, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said decedent shall make immediate settlement with the undersigned.

This the 10th day of October, 2023. Marc Bennett Gilland, Administrator CTA Mecklenburg County File No. 23-E-2842 2543376 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Hattie Mae Littlejohn, DOD: 08/20/2023 deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 13 Brickstone Place, Durham, NC 27712 on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023. Mae L Watson Executor File #23 E 3430 2545221 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Administrator CTA of the estate of Susan Kay Shoemaker, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 c/o Fidelity Law Group 8511 Davis Lake Parkway, Suite C6-138, Charlotte, NC 28269 on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023. Jack Alan Shoemaker, Administrator CTA File #23 E 2675 2545695 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of KATHERINE REDMOND TEAGUE, Deceased, late of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned at the offices of Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., 101 North Tryon Street, Suite 1900, Charlotte, North Carolina 28246, on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the Estate will please make immediate payment.

This 10th day of October, 2023.

FRANCIS BAILEY TEAGUE, III, EXECUTOR ESTATE OF KATHERINE REDMOND TEAGUE 2545678 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Herbert I Dawes Sr, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 6823 Heritage Orchard Way, Huntersville, NC 28078 on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023.

Ingrid E Koseki, Executor File #2023 E 003056 2545687 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Dorothy Rebecca Fontaine, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 2412 Player Court, Duluth, GA 30096 on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023.

Lee Rippon Fontaine, Executor File #2023 E 003738 2545689 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Kathleen Weinhold Fowler, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 737 Pavilion View Dr, Apt 305, Matthews, NC 28105 on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023.

Lynda Fowler Morris, Administrator File #2023 E 002696 2545693 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Joyce R Skaradzinski, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 107 SE 8TH Street, Oak Island, NC 28465 on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023.

Debra Skaradzinski Executor File #2023 E 003104 2545220 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Arthur Lawrence Colley, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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) (care of)

Sarah B. Sugg, Conrad Trosch & Kemmy, 5821 Fairview Road, Suite 405, Charlotte, NC, 28209 on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023.

Nicole Montealegre Colley, Executor 2546101 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Jerry Lenell Cook, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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) (care of)

Sarah B. Sugg, Conrad Trosch & Kemmy, 5821 Fairview Road, Suite 405, Charlotte, NC, 28209 on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023.

Steven John Alexander, Executor 2546113 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Tonya Gayle Moore, SS# xxxxx-0413, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 care of: Craig P. Buie, Attorney at Law, 7257 Pineville-Matthews Road, Suite 2100, Charlotte, NC 28226-6186, on or before the January 17, 2024, 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 3rd day of October, 2023. James B. Kessler 2546103 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Laura Mae Kite, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 102-C Yester Oaks Way W, Greensboro, NC 27455 on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023. Linda J Kite

Administrator File #2023 E 002255

2546040 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Limited Personal Representative of the Estate of ROBERT S. LOUER, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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, c/o Debra L. Foster, Debra L. Foster, PLLC, 6836 Carnegie Boulevard, Suite 250, Charlotte, North Carolina 28211, on or before January 11, 2024, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said Estate will please make immediate settlement with the undersigned.

This the 10th day of October, 2023.

GREGORY M. LOUER, Limited Personal Representative of the Estate of ROBERT S.

LOUER

File No. 23-E-3757 c/o Debra L. Foster Debra L. Foster, PLLC. 6836 Carnegie Blvd., Suite 250 Charlotte, North Carolina 28211 2546116 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Ancil Celestino Rock, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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) (care of) Sarah B. Sugg, Conrad Trosch & Kemmy, 5821 Fairview Road, Suite 405, Charlotte, NC, 28209 on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023.

Venecia Rock White, Executor 2546191 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

MECKLENBURG COUNTY

NORTH CAROLINA 23-E-3596

Having qualified as the Administrator of the Estate of John Elford Morgan, deceased, late of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned in care of Mark R.A. Horn, Esq.,

Moore & Van Allen PLLC, 100 North Tryon Street, Suite 4700, Charlotte, North Carolina 282024003, on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023.

Stuart Elmore Murray, Administrator of the Estate of John Elford Morgan 2546195 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Vashti Foster Robinson, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 care of Giordano, Gordon & Burns, P.L.L.C., 319 South Sharon Amity Road, Suite 230, Charlotte, North Carolina 28211, on or before the 11th day of January, 2024, 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 6th day of October, 2023.

s/Jacqlin Vernice Robinson Jacqlin Vernice Robinson, Executor 2546197 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Steven Gerard Crump, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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) (care of) Michael J. Kemmy, Conrad Trosch & Kemmy, 5821 Fairview Road, Suite 405, Charlotte, NC, 28209 on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023.

Cathy Wilson Crump, Executor 2546199 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Howard Timothy Irish, Mecklenburg File No. 23-E3714, late of 4727 Holbrook Drive, Charlote, NC 28212, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to present them, duly verified, to the undersigned in care of James E. Hickmon, James E. Hickmon, PLLC at 5605 Carnegie Boulevard, Suite 420, Charlotte, North Carolina 28209 and Kathleen Irish Plitt, 2627 Sack Drive E, Jacksonville, Florida 32216, on or before Wednesday, January 10, 2024, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery in accordance with N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 28A-19-3. Any claim asserted by a party against decedent in any civil action pending at the time of decedent’s death shall be barred unless the undersigned Administrator is substituted as a proper party on or before Wednesday, January 10, 2024. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 10th day of October, 2023.

/s/ Kathleen Irish Plitt Kathleen Irish Plitt, Administrator Estate of Howard Timothy Irish 2621 Sack Drive E Jacksonville, FL 32216 c/o James E. Hickmon, PLLC 5605 Carnegie Blvd., Suite 420 Charlotte, North Carolina 28209 2546211 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Jeffrey Hartis, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 7029 Quail Park Drive, Mint Hill, NC

28227 on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023. Mark Hartis, Administrator File #2023 E 002958 2546203 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Darrin Ramont Hopper, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 P.O. Box 38233, Charlotte, NC 28278 on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023.

Endia K Chavers, Administrator File #2023 E 003649 2545684 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Richard Anthony Padgett, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 7304 Willow Creek Drive, Charlotte, NC 28270 on or before the 19th day of December, 2023, 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 19th day of September, 2023. Janice H Whitesell, Executor File #2023 E 003413 2537653 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of David Arnold Worth late of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, hereby notifies to all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before December 19, 2023, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This, the 19th day of September, 2023.

Lugene May Worth

Executor

335 West 940 North Cedar City, Utah 84721

Amanda M Reed, Esq.

Attorney for Executor

The Law Office of Amanda M. Reed, PLLC 78 Buffalo Avenue NW Suite 200 Concord, NC 28025

Estate File No.: 22E2895 2537201 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Affiant of the estate of David Kenneth Hudspeth Jr, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 2021 Lynn Circle, Rock Hill, SC 29732 on or before the 19th day of December, 2023, 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 19th day of September, 2023.

Gail F Lawson

Affiant File #2022 E 002449 2537786 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Date of Death: December 9, 2021

Having qualified as

ADMINISTRATOR of the Estate of IVEY MURRELL COOK, III of

MECKLENBURG 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 in care of Orsbon & Fenninger, LLP, 4201 Congress St., Suite 110, Charlotte, NC 28209, on or before the 19TH day of December 2023, 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 19th day of September 2023.

VALERIE COOK, Administrator File# 2023-E-1500 2538917 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executrix of the Estate of John G. Johnston, late of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to present them, duly verified, to the undersigned c/o JOHNSTON, ALLISON & HORD, P.A., 1065 East Morehead Street, Post Office Box 36469, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28236-6469, on or before the 19th day of December, 2023, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate settlement with the undersigned.

This the 19th day of September, 2023.

Laurie H. Johnston

Executrix of the Estate of John G. Johnston S. Kyle Agee JOHNSTON, ALLISON & HORD, P.A. 1065 East Morehead Street Post Office Box 36469 Charlotte, North Carolina 282366469 2538916 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Jacqueline Jeffries, late of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to present them, duly verified, to the undersigned c/o JOHNSTON, ALLISON & HORD, P.A., 1065 East Morehead Street, Post Office Box 36469, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28236-6469, on or before the 19th day of December, 2023, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate settlement with the undersigned.

This the 19th day of September, 2023.

Bank of America, N.A. Executor of the Estate of Jacqueline Jeffries N. Lucille Siler JOHNSTON, ALLISON & HORD, P.A. 1065 East Morehead Street Post Office Box 36469 Charlotte, North Carolina 282366469 2538924 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Jon Richard Popinchalk, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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) (care of) Sarah B. Sugg, Conrad Trosch & Kemmy, 5821 Fairview Road, Suite 405, Charlotte, NC, 28209 on or before the 19th day of December, 2023, 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 19th day of September, 2023.

Jacob Michael Popinchalk, Executor 2538940 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG

Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Carolyn Dianne Chappell deceased, late of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present

VULCANO a/k/a M. ANNE

VULCANO, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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, c/o Debra L. Foster, Debra L. Foster, PLLC, 6836 Carnegie Boulevard, Suite 250, Charlotte, North Carolina 28211, on or before December 21 , 2023, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said Estate will please make immediate settlement with the undersigned.

This the 19th day of September, 2023.

Barbara J. Bullock-AuClair, Executrix of the Estate of MARY ANNE VULCANO a/k/a ANNE

VULCANO a/k/a M. ANNE

VULCANO

File No. 23-E-3506

clo Debra L. Foster

Debra L. Foster, PLLC. 6836 Carnegie Blvd., Suite 250 Charlotte, North Carolina 28211 2539773 9/19,9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Robert William Turner, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 306 Wilma Lee Court, Charlotte, NC 28208 on or before the 19th day of December, 2023, 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 19th day of September, 2023.

Lynette B Turner

Administrator

File #2023 E 003126 2539398 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Thomas Larry Jones, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 5401 Poplar Springs Dr, Charlotte, NC 28269 on or before the 19th day of December, 2023, 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 19th day of September, 2023.

Rosanna Cureton Jones

Executor

File #2023

E 003457

2539782 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Jeanne Albright Hurt, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 1208 Belgrave Place, Charlotte, NC 28203 on or before the 19th day of December, 2023, 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 19th day of September, 2023.

Jana Hurt Harston

Administrator

File #2023

E 003425

2539399 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Peggy Jean Henslee-Downey, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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) (care of) William C. Trosch, Conrad Trosch & Kemmy, 5821 Fairview Road, Suite 405, Charlotte, NC, 28209 on or before the 26th day of December, 2023, 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 26th day of September, 2023. Christopher S. Henslee, Executor 2541335 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Bobbe M Conlin, Bobbe Marie Conlin, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 7000 Riesman Lane, Charlotte, NC 28210 on or before the 26th day of December, 2023, 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 26th day of September, 2023.

Eileen Conlin

Executor File #2023 E 003569

2541270 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Kurt Warren Wright deceased, late of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said decedent to present them to the undersigned in care of Davies Law, PLLC at 15720 Brixham Hill Avenue, Suite 203, Charlotte, NC 28277 on or before the 26th day of December, 2023, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said Estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This 26th day of September, 2023.

Shannon Ruth Stewart

Executor

Estate of Kurt Warren Wright 2541474 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate Khalil E. Kardous (a/k/a Khalil Elie Kardous), deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 c/o Russell M. Reed, Kirk Palmer & Thigpen, P.A., 1300 Baxter Street, Suite 300, Charlotte, NC 28204, on or before the 26th day of December, 2023, 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 26th day of September, 2023.

Paul E. Kardous, Executor Estate of Khalil E. Kardous 2541477 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE TO CREDITORS MECKLENBURG COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA

23-E-3396

Having qualified as the Executor of the Estate of Barbara Young Miller, deceased, late of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned in care of Mark R.A. Horn, Esq., Moore & Van Allen PLLC, 100 North Tryon Street, Suite 4700, Charlotte, North Carolina 282024003, on or before the 26th day of December, 2023, 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 26th day of September, 2023.

Robert J. Miller, Executor of the Estate of Barbara Young Miller 2541471 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Date of Death: 04/25/2023

Having qualified as Executor for the Estate of Evelyn I. Blythe aka Evelyn Inez Blythe, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 c/o The McIntosh Law Firm, P. C. at Post Office Box 2270, Davidson, North Carolina 28036, on or before the 27th day of December, 2023

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 26th day of September, 2023 Teresa Hardee, Executor File # 23-E-3573, Mecklenburg County 2541486 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

All persons, firms and corporations having claims against Roy Dale Ward, deceased of Brunswick County, North Carolina, are hereby notified to present them to Judy Reaves Ward, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Roy Dale Ward, File Number: 23E000984 on or before December 26, 2023, in care of the undersigned attorneys at their address, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to Roy Dale Ward, please make immediate payment to the Estate of Roy Dale Ward.

This 26th day of September, 2023

Matthew A. Freeze, Esq Monk Law Firm, PLLC 1701 First Baxter Crossing, Suite 101 Fort Mill, SC 29708 TEL: 704-369-9977 FAX: 866-281-4930 2541487 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Gerald M. White a/k/a Gerald McLain White, late of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said Decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned at c/o Pierce & Howell, PLLC, at 2303 W. Morehead Street, Suite 200, Charlotte, North Carolina 28208, phone 704-498-4978, on or before December 25, 2023, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to said Estate should please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 26th day of September 2023.

Amber E. White Executor of the Estate of Gerald M. White a/k/a Gerald McLain White 2541333 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Co-Executor of the estate of Susan Averill Wright, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 6618 Carmel Hills Drive, Charlotte, NC 28226 on or before the 26th day of December, 2023, 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 26th day of September, 2023.

Elizabeth Appleyard

Co-Executor

File #2023 E 003440 2541491 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Sean Andrew Fegley, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 13441 Walnutwood Lane, Germantown, MD 20874 on or before the 26th day of December, 2023, 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 26th day of September, 2023.

Jenny Fegley

Administrator

File #2023 E 002418 2541927 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Betty Ruth Watson, Betty Watson, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 4014 Paisley Place, Charlotte, NC 28208 on or before the 26th day of December, 2023, 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 26th day of September, 2023.

Johnny Watson

Executor File #2023 E 001245

2541924 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Elijah Lang Priester, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 9834 Bayview Pkwy, Charlotte, NC 28216 on or before the 26th day of December, 2023, 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 26th day of September, 2023.

Diann Michelle McCoy

Administrator File #2023 E 002432 2541926 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Administratrix of the Estate of Isaac Shetaye Seyoum, deceased, late of Mecklenburg 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 (care of)

Catherine A. Barnes James, McElroy & Diehl, P.A. 525 N. Tryon Street, Suite 700 Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 on or before December 31, 2023, 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 20th day of September, 2023.

Bethlehem Seyoum, Administratrix

By:_______________

Catherine A. Barnes, Attorney for the Estate of Isaac Shetaye Seyoum JAMES, MCELROY & DIEHL, P.A. 525 N. Tryon Street, Suite 700 Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 2541922 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILYMECKLENB

CIVIL SUITS

NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION STEPHANIE RAMOS MARRERO v LIDIA NOHEMI CASTANON JUAREZ & JOHN DOE 22-CVD-19362

Attention LIDIA NOHEMI

CASTANON JUAREZ AND JOHN DOE

Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Complaint for CHILD CUSTODY. You are required to make a defense to such pleading no later than October 30, 2023, and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This is the 12th day of September 2023.

Attorney Christine L. Camacho Sussman Law Firm, PLLC 9916 Monroe Road Charlotte, NC 28270 Ph# (980) 598-8180 2539335 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

DISTRICT COURT DIVISION

Gloria Granados v. Miguel Angel Salas Palomino 23-CVD-3625

Attention “MIGUEL ANGEL SALAS PALOMINO”

Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Child Custody. You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than November 5th, 2023, and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This the 13th day of September 2023.

Christine L. Camacho Sussman Law Firm, PLLC 9916 Monroe Road Charlotte, NC 28270 Ph# (980) 598-8180

2539756 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

DISTRICT COURT DIVISION

Adriana Maestre v. Luis Roberto

Maestre Carillo

22-CVD-14851

Attention “LUIS ROBERTO MAESTRE CARILLO” Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Child Custody, Equitable Distribution, Post Separation Support, Child Support, Alimony, and Attorney fees. You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than November 5th, 2023, and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This the 13th day of September 2023.

Christine L. Camacho Sussman Law Firm, PLLC 9916 Monroe Road Charlotte, NC 28270 Ph# (980) 598-8180 2539755 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

MECKLENBURG COUNTY

In the Mecklenburg County Court Child Custody Special Proceeding to John Doe: Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed on September 11, 2023, in the above-entitled Child Custody Special Proceeding. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows:

Child Custody Special Hearing Proceeding. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than (October 5, 2023) and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This, the 14th day of September, 2023

Gwendolyn Goodman P.O. Box # 1594 Matthews, North Carolina 281054837 2539970 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION

Maricela Betancourt Padilla v. Manuel Lopez Hernandez 23-CVD-15661 Attention “MANUEL LOPEZ

HERNANDEZ”

Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Divorce. You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than October 29, 2023, and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This the 15th day of September 2023.

Christine L. Camacho

Sussman Law Firm, PLLC 9916 Monroe Road Charlotte, NC 28270 Ph# (980) 598-8180 2541286 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE

TO: CYNTHIA INGRAM, the above-named Defendant:

Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you was filed on June 9, 2023, in an

action entitled Gary Ingram v. Cynthia Ingram - 23 CVD 9781 in the District Court of Mecklenburg County. The nature of the relief sought is as follows: Plaintiff is seeking an absolute divorce. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than November 8, 2023, said date being forty days from the first publication of this notice or from the date the Complaint was filed, whichever is later; and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

SIMONE ALSTON WILLIAMS

McDonald Williams, PLLC 10926 David Taylor Drive, Suite 120 Charlotte, North Carolina 28262 (704) 332- 5868 Telephone swilliams@mwlawfirm.net 2541060 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. SUCV2023001430 LEGITIMATION / VISITATION IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF NEWTON COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA In the Interest of JAVONTE DE’JON TAYLOR, male, DOB: 2011; a minor child; SANTERRIO BROTHERS, Petitioner, vs. AMANDA NIKOLE STEWART and JOSHUA TYRELL TAYLOR, Respondents.

To: Joshua Tyrell Taylor Rockdale County, Georgia By Order of the Court for service by publication dated September 6th, 2023, you are hereby notified that on the 23rd day of June, 2023, Petitioner Santerrio Brothers filed suit against you for Petition for Legitimation and Custody of Minor Child. You are required to file with the Clerk of the Superior Court of Newton County, and to serve upon Petitioner’s attorney, Russel D. Moore IV of Nation, Moore & Associates, LLC, at 957 Bank Street, Conyers, Georgia 30012, an answer in writing within 60 days of the date of the Order for Service by Publication.

Witness, the Honorable W. Kendall Wynne, Jr., Chief Judge of the Superior Court of Newton County, Georgia.

This 6th day of September, 2023.

/s/ W. Kendall Wynne, Jr.

Honorable W. Kendall Wynne, Jr., Chief Judge Superior Court of Newton County Alcovy Judicial Circuit 2542073 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, MECKLENBURG COUNTY

In the District Court

TO: Jose Abiezer Amaya Franco

TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is Child Custody.

You are required to make defense to this pleading not later than November 13th, 2023, and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.

This is the 21st day of September, 2023.

James Gilchrist Attorney for Plaintiff 5244 North Sharon Amity Rd Ste. A Charlotte, NC 28215

P (980) 219-8884

F (980) 219-8988 2541454 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

State of North Carolina IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY

Civil Summons and Complaint

Michael Hoy v. Amy Hoy 23 CVD 13782

To: Amy Hoy

TAKE NOTICE: that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above titled action. The nature of the relief being sought is Judgement of Absolute Divorce

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than 40 days from the date of this publication, and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This the 21st of September, 2023

Bell Law Firm

Sarah R. Norris, Attorney for Petitioner

14421 S. Old Statesville Road Huntersville, NC 28078

(704)992-1590

2541918 9/26, 10/03, 10/10

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION Terry Smith, Plaintiff, vs. James Kicidis, Defendant 23-CVD-10473

Attention “Mr. James Kicidis”

Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Temporary Restraining Order (TRO). You are required to make defense to such plea 2542100 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION FILE NO.: 23-CVD-16560 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG Osorto Garcia, Cintia Yolibeth Plaintiff, VS. Espinal Aguilera, Elmin Noel Defendant: TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed on September 18, 2023, in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: CHILD CUSTODY. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than at least 40 days from the first publication of this notice; and upon your failure to do so, the parties seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought. P. Scott Harvey, Esq. By: P. Scott Harvey Attorney for Plaintiff 4801 E. Independence Blvd. Suite 605 Charlotte, NC 28212 State Bar Number 56324. 2542827 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION 23 JT 510 NORTH CAROLINA GUILFORD COUNTY

In Re: Springs, A Minor Juvenile.

TO: KRASH BANDIKOOT, the putative biological father of a male child born on February 2, 2023, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and any UNKNOWN FATHER of said minor child. Said father’s name may be Rasheem.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a petition seeking termination of your parental rights and obligations to the above-named child conceived on or about May 8, 2022, and born to Jameka Shantez Springs on February 2, 2023, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, has been filed against you. The father of the child met the mother at Jamaican Flava in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the child may have been conceived at Blu at Northline Apartments, 2508 April Liu Lane, Charlotte, North Carolina. The father of the child is approximately 26 years of age of Puerto Rican and African American heritage and may live in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area or the Bronx, New York City, New York, area.

You are required to file written answer to the petition within forty (40) days of October 3, 2023, exclusive of that date. Upon failure to do so, your parental rights, if any, will be terminated at a hearing in Juvenile Court, Guilford County Courthouse, Greensboro, North Carolina, immediately following said 40-day answer period or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard. You are entitled to attend this hearing.

You are entitled to be represented by counsel, courtappointed if you are indigent, provided you request counsel at or prior to said hearing. This is a new case. Any attorney appointed previously to represent you will not represent you in this proceeding unless ordered to do so by the Court. You may call the Assistant Clerk of Court, Juvenile Division, in Guilford County at (336) 412-7555 for further information. Attorney Danielle Caldwell (336-365-8002) has been provisionally appointed to represent Krash Bandikoot.

your filing of an answer, if your whereabouts are then known.

Michele G. Smith

Attorney for Petitioner The Children’s Home Society of North Carolina, Inc. Post Office Box 989 Greensboro, North Carolina 27402

Telephone: (336) 379-1390 2543427 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

SUMMONS (Non-Jury) Civil Action No.: 2023CP42

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF SPARTANBURG IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Evelyn P. Livingston, Plaintiff, v. The Money Centre, Inc., its successors and assigns Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED, AND ALL PERSONS, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, INTEREST IN OR LIEN UPON THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the Plaintiff or his attorney, Stephen C. Wofford, at The Law Office of Stephen C. Wofford, located at 110 E. Church Street, Cowpens, South Carolina 29330, within thirty (30) days after service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Plaintiff within the time aforesaid, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

IN THE EVENT YOU ARE AN INFANT OVER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR AN IMPRISONED PERSON , you are further SUMMONED and NOTIFIED to apply for appointment of a Guardian ad Litem to represent you in this action within thirty (30) days after the service of this SUMMONS and NOTICE upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff herein.

IN THE EVENT THAT YOU ARE AN INFANT UNDER FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR ARE INCOMPETENT OR INSANE, then you and the Guardian or committee are further SUMMONED and NOTIFIED to apply for the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem to represent said infant under fourteen years of age or said incompetent or insane person within thirty (30) days after the service of this SUMMONS and NOTICE upon you. If you fail to do so, application for such appointment will be made by the Plaintiff herein.

Dated this 12th day of September, 2023 at Cowpens, South Carolina

The Law Office of Stephen C. Wofford, LLC

By: /s/ Stephen C.

Wofford

Stephen C. Wofford SC Bar No. 78348

Attorney for Plaintiff 110 E. Church Street Cowpens, SC 29330

Ph: (864) 461-8059

Fax: (864) 551-2957

Stephen@woffordlaw.com

2543847 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT

COURT DIVISION FILE NO.:

23-CVD-5093 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG, Maria

Obelina Pineda Sanchez Vs.

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

MECKLENBURG COUNTY

In the District Court Pragathi Rai v. Sharath Naik Mecklenburg County, NC

Take notice that a Civil summons and Complaint have been filed for Child Support and Retroactive Child Support, PostSeparation Support and Alimony, Equitable Distribution, Absolute Divorce, Costs Expenses and Attorney’s Fees, 23-CVD-8494.

This notice is directed to Sharath Naik. The date of the first publication of notice is October 3, 2023. This, the 3rd day of October, 2023.

Gregory Hunt 601 East 5th Street, Suite 100, Charlotte, NC 28202 2543855 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

FAMILY

NOTICE OF SERVICE

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF

PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA MECKLENBURG COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE NO. 23 SP 1049 FOR THE ADOPTION OF A FEMALE MINOR

TO: Connie Louise Snapp, Biological Mother of A.D.M., a female child, born on October 19, 2019 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Take notice that a Petition for Adoption was filed with the Clerk of Superior Court for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina in the above entitled special proceeding. The Petition relates to A.D.M., a female child, born on October 19, 2019 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina to you. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that you are required to file a response to such pleading not later than 40 days from the first day of publication of this notice, that date being December 26, 2023, and upon your failure to do so the Petitioner will apply to the Court for relief sought in the Petition. Any parental rights you may have will be terminated upon the entry of the decree of adoption.

Kelly T. Dempsey, Attorney for Petitioners, 101 N Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28246. 2541913 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

BUSINESSMECKLENBURG

CORPORATION NOTICES

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF CAPROPS, LLC

LLC a North Carolina limited liability company. PONDEROSA HOLDINGS, LLC has delivered Articles of Dissolution to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with N.C.G.S. § 57D-6-01(1). Notice is hereby given that pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 57D-6-11 that persons with claims against PONDEROSA HOLDINGS, LLC should present them in accordance with the following procedure: (A) In order to file a claim against PONDEROSA HOLDINGS, LLC you must furnish the following information in writing: (i) Amount of the claim; (ii) Basis for the claim; and (iii) Documentation of the claim; and (B) The claim must be mailed to PONDEROSA HOLDINGS, LLC, c/o Benjamin Karb, 1300 Baxter Street, Suite 300, Charlotte, NC 28204. Claims against PONDEROSA HOLDINGS, LLC will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced on or before October 10, 2028, which date is within five (5) years after publication of this notice.

This the 10th day of October, 2023. 2544718 10/10

GOVERNMENTMECKLENBURG

HEARINGS AND MINUTES

The City of Charlotte Housing Code Enforcement Section Legal Notices

In the following case we have held or will have a hearing, determined that the dwelling located on the property is deteriorated and issued an order requiring the owner(s) to repair the dwelling by the date indicated. Failure to repair by the date indicated may result in penalties against the owner(s). For more information concerning a case, contact the inspector for that case:

Interested parties: Joshua Hamilton & Shannon Hamilton

Case Number: 20230024948

Property: 2143 Mallard Green Pl, Charlotte, NC 28262

Repair by: November 04, 2023

Inspector: Michael McClain 704336-5693

Submitted by: Jerry Green, East Service Area Supervisor and Designated Agent.

2546219 10/10

The City of Charlotte Housing Code Enforcement Section Legal Notices

Hearing Date: November 01, 2023 at 08:00 AM

Inspector: Adam Lockler, 704336-6978

Submitted by: Kim Sauer, South Service Area Supervisor and Designated Agent. 2546185 10/10

The City of Charlotte Housing Code Enforcement Section Legal Notices

In the following case we have held or will have a hearing, determined that the dwelling located on the property is deteriorated and issued an order requiring the owner(s) to repair the dwelling by the date indicated. Failure to repair by the date indicated may result in penalties against the owner(s).

For more information concerning a case, contact the inspector for that case:

Interested parties: Alta Financial Corporation

Case Number: 20170029687

Property: 8731 Dogwood Dr, Charlotte, NC 28215

Repair by: November 6, 2023

Inspector: Neil Barnette, 704336-6976

Submitted by: Mark Fowler, West Service Area Supervisor and Designated Agent. 2546031 10/10

The City of Charlotte Housing Code Enforcement Section Legal Notices

We will hold a hearing upon the Housing Code complaint regarding the property listed below. We will hold the hearing at South Service Area, 11217 Providence Rd W, Charlotte, NC, at the time indicated, for the purpose of determining whether the property contains the Code violations that the inspector has determined to exist. For additional information concerning the case, contact the inspector for that case.

Interested parties: FOREST AT CHASEWOOD APARTMENTS

C/O PEAK RIDGE CAPITAL GROUP Case Number: 20230048598

Property: 1616 CHASEWOOD DR #4 CHARLOTTE NC 28212

Hearing Date: November 01, 2023 at 08:00 AM

Inspector: John Barrett, 704353-1882

Submitted by: Kim Sauer, South Service Area Supervisor and Designated Agent. 2546030 10/10

The City of Charlotte Housing Code Enforcement Section Legal Notices

Submitted by: Justin Privette, East Service Area Supervisor and Designated Agent. 2545676 10/10

The City of Charlotte Housing Code Enforcement Section Legal Notices

We will hold a hearing upon the Housing Code complaint regarding the property listed below. We will hold the hearing at East Service Area, 3505 Central Avenue, Charlotte, NC, at the time indicated, for the purpose of determining whether the property contains the Code violations that the inspector has determined to exist. For additional information concerning the case, contact the inspector for that case.

Interested parties: Charles Wayne Helms

Case Number: 20230030749

Property: 8022 Tremaine Ct #E Charlotte, NC 28227

Hearing Date: October 25, 2023 @ 9:30 a.m.

Inspector: Kerrick Faulkner, 704432-6289

Submitted by: Justin Privette, East Service Area Supervisor and Designated Agent. 2545675 10/10

The City of Charlotte Housing Code Enforcement Section Legal Notices

In the following case we have held or will have a hearing, determined that the dwelling located on the property is dilapidated and issued an order requiring the owner(s) to demolish the dwelling by the date indicated. Failure to demolish by the date indicated may result in penalties against the owner(s). For more information concerning a case, contact the inspector for that case.

Interested Parties: Manuel Rojas Investment LLC

Property: 3038 Northampton Dr Charlotte, NC 28210

Case Number: 20230032292

Demolish by: October 25, 2023

Inspector: Bradley Winter, 704432-2436

Submitted by Marty Taylor, South Service Area Supervisor, and Designated Agent. 2545198 10/10

The City of Charlotte Housing Code Enforcement Section Legal Notices

The date, time and place of hearing of the petition will be mailed to you following said 40-day answer period or on

Enil Ariel Huete: TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed on March 20,2023, in the aboveentitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: CHILD CUSTODY. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than at least 40 days from the first publication of this notice; and upon your failure to do so, the parties seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.

Scott Harvey, Esq.

P.

By: P. Scott

THIS NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION AND REQUEST FOR CLAIMS is made pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 55DE-6-11, by CAPROPS, LLC a North Carolina limited liability company. CAPROPS, LLC has delivered Articles of Dissolution to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with N.C.G.S. § 57D6-01(1). Notice is hereby given that pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 57D6-11 that persons with claims against CAPROPS, LLC should present them in accordance with the following procedure: (A) In order to file a claim against CAPROPS, LLC you must furnish the following information in writing: (i) Amount of the claim; (ii) Basis for the claim; and (iii) Documentation of the claim; and (B) The claim must be mailed to CAPROPS, LLC, c/o Benjamin Karb, 1300 Baxter Street, Suite 300, Charlotte, NC 28204. Claims against CAPROPS, LLC will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced on or before October 10, 2028, which date is within five (5) years after publication of this notice.

This the 10th day of October, 2023. 2544717 10/10

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PONDEROSA HOLDINGS, LLC

In the following case we have held or will have a hearing, determined that the dwelling located on the property is deteriorated and issued an order requiring the owner(s) to repair the dwelling by the date indicated. Failure to repair by the date indicated may result in penalties against the owner(s). For more information concerning a case, contact the inspector for that case:

Interested parties: 3100 Tuck LLC

Case Number: 20230024828

Property: 3100 Tuckaseegee Rd Charlotte, NC 28208

Repair by: October 23, 2023

Inspector: Marjorie Jerez, 704336-3573 Submitted by Jessica Freeze, West Service Area Supervisor, and Designated Agent. 2546187 10/10

The City of Charlotte Housing Code Enforcement Section Legal Notices

We will hold a hearing upon the Housing Code complaint regarding the property listed below. We will hold the hearing at South Service Area, 11217 Providence Rd W, Charlotte, NC, at the time indicated, for the purpose of determining whether the property contains the Code violations that the inspector has determined to exist. For additional information concerning the case, contact the inspector for that case.

In the following case we have held or will have a hearing, determined that the dwelling located on the property is deteriorated and issued an order requiring the owner(s) to repair the dwelling by the date indicated. Failure to repair by the date indicated may result in penalties against the owner(s).

For more information concerning a case, contact the inspector for that case:

Interested parties: Cedric Xavier McCorkle

Case Number: 20230039011

Property: 1501 Catherine Simmons Av #4 Charlotte, NC 28216

Repair by: October 28, 2023

Inspector: Kevin Ross, 704-3361420

Submitted by Jessica Freeze, West Service Area Supervisor, and Designated Agent. 2546027 10/10

The City of Charlotte Housing Code Enforcement Section Legal Notices

In the following case we have held or will have a hearing, determined that the dwelling located on the property is dilapidated and issued an order requiring the owner(s) to demolish the dwelling by the date indicated. Failure to demolish by the date indicated may result in penalties against the owner(s). For more information concerning a case, contact the inspector for that case.

In the following case we have held or will have a hearing, determined that the dwelling located on the property is deteriorated and issued an order requiring the owner(s) to repair the dwelling by the date indicated. Failure to repair by the date indicated may result in penalties against the owner(s). For more information concerning a case, contact the inspector for that case:

Interested parties: Efrem Fessehasion Case Number: 20230020278

Property: 3241 Rozzelles Ferry Rd Charlotte, NC 28216

Repair by: October 23, 2023

Inspector: Marjorie Jerez, 704336-3573

Submitted by Jessica Freeze, West Service Area Supervisor, and Designated Agent. 2545183 10/10

TAXES

NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PROCESS BY PUBLICATION IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION FILE NO. 23 CvS 16214 NORTH CAROLINA

MECKLENBURG COUNTY

Harvey

Attorney for Maria Oberlina Pineda Sanchez.

4801 E. Independence Blvd. Suite 605 Charlotte, NC 28212 State Bar

THIS NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION AND REQUEST FOR CLAIMS is made pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 55DE-6-11, by PONDEROSA HOLDINGS,

Interested parties: KNICKERBOCKER PROPERTIES INC, C/O SENTINEL REAL ESTATE CORP.

Case Number: 20230046907

Property: 14125 DUNBRITTON LN #519 CHARLOTTE NC 28277

Interested Parties: Raymond James O’Keefe, Executor of the Estate of Joyce Hartis O’Keefe

Case Number: 20220057762

Property: 7838 Bickleigh Pl, Charlotte, NC 28215

Demolish by: October 11, 2023

Inspector: Kerrick Faulkner, 704432-6289

Mecklenburg County, A Body Politic and Corporate vs. Billie Moore Biggers, Unknown Spouse of Billie Moore Biggers, Unknown Heirs at Law of Colleen Moore Beatty, Unknown Heirs at Law of William Henry Moore, Unknown Heirs at Law of Sue Moore Wallace, Tamara M. Rushing, a/k/a Tamara Moore Rushing, Unknown Spouse of Tamara M. Rushing, Sally M. Clark, a/k/a Sally Moore Clark, Unknown Spouse of Sally M. Clark, Cathy M. Seymour, Unknown Spouse of Cathy M. Seymour, Unknown Heirs at Law of Margaret Moore McManus, Vicki M. Hildebrand, a/k/a Vicki McManus Hildebrand, a/k/a Vicki M. Lambert, Unknown Spouse of Vicki M. Hildebrand, Jan M.

Beasley, a/k/a Jan McManus

Beasley, Unknown Spouse of Jan M. Beasley, George W. McManus, III, a/k/a George Willis

McManus, III, Unknown Spouse of George W. McManus, III, Susan M. Rossie, a/k/a Susan

McManus Rossie, Unknown

Spouse of Susan M. Rossie, City of Charlotte, Lienholder, State of North Carolina, Lienholder

TO: Billie Moore Biggers, Unknown Spouse of Billie Moore

Biggers, Unknown Heirs at Law of Colleen Moore Beatty, Unknown Heirs at Law of William Henry Moore, Unknown

Heirs at Law of Sue Moore

Wallace, Tamara M. Rushing, a/k/a Tamara Moore Rushing, Unknown Spouse of Tamara M.

Rushing, Sally M. Clark, a/k/a

Sally Moore Clark, Unknown

Spouse of Sally M. Clark, Cathy

M. Seymour, Unknown Spouse of Cathy M. Seymour, Unknown

Heirs at Law of Margaret Moore

McManus, Vicki M. Hildebrand, a/k/a Vicki McManus Hildebrand, a/k/a Vicki M. Lambert, Unknown

Spouse of Vicki M. Hildebrand, Jan M. Beasley, a/k/a Jan McManus Beasley, Unknown

Spouse of Jan M. Beasley, George W. McManus, III, a/k/a George Willis McManus, III, Unknown Spouse of George W. McManus, III, Susan M. Rossie, a/k/a Susan McManus Rossie, Unknown Spouse of Susan M. Rossie, City of Charlotte, Lienholder, State of North Carolina, Lienholder

Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows:

Foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes owing to Mecklenburg County on your interest in the property described as follows:

Being all of Lot 1 as shown on Map of the Dr. James A. Palmer property as shown by survey of G. Sam Rowe, Civil Engineer, dated March 30, 1950, said Map being recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in Map Book 6, Page 329, reference to which is hereby made.

Subject to easements, restrictions and rights of way of record, and matters of survey.

Also being identified as Parcel ID# 10310201, Mecklenburg County Tax Office. Address:

5741 Wilora Lake Rd

Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claims and interests that you may have in the property, to have a commissioner appointed to sell the Property and to deliver to the purchaser a deed to said real estate in fee simple, free and clear of all encumbrances, and that the interests and equities of redemption of the Defendants in the property be forever barred and foreclosed.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than November 20, 2023 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This day of September 26, 2023. Hunter Frederick

Attorney for Plaintiff Capital Center 82 Patton Avenue, Suite 500 Asheville, North Carolina 28801

(828) 252-8010

2546020 10/10, 10/17, 10/24

NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

FILE NO. 23 CvS 16594

NORTH CAROLINA MECKLENBURG COUNTY

Mecklenburg County, A Body

Politic and Corporate vs. Unknown Heirs at Law of Laura Ann Cunningham Cureton Perry, Unknown Heirs at Law of Donald Cunningham, a/k/a Donald Walker, Mable Cunningham, Heather Carty Ward, Guardian, Lee Cunningham, Unknown

Spouse of Lee Cunningham, Unknown Heirs at Law of Lee Cunningham, City of Charlotte, Lienholder, Nicholas Financial, Inc., Lienholder

TO: Unknown Heirs at Law of Laura Ann Cunningham

Cureton Perry, Unknown

Heirs at Law of Donald Cunningham, a/k/a Donald

Walker, Mable Cunningham, Heather Carty Ward, Guardian, Lee Cunningham, Unknown

Spouse of Lee Cunningham, Unknown Heirs at Law of Lee Cunningham, City of Charlotte,

Lienholder, Nicholas Financial, Inc., Lienholder

Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows:

Foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes owing to Mecklenburg County on your interest in the property described as follows:

Being all of Lot 26, Block B, Biddle Heights Annex Subdivision, as per plat thereof recorded in Book of Maps 967, Page 357, Mecklenburg County Registry, to which reference is made for a more perfect description.

Subject to easements, restrictions and rights of way of record, and matters of survey.

Also being identified as Parcel ID# 075 059 29, Mecklenburg County Tax Office. Address:

1838 Russell Avenue

Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claims and interests that you may have in the property, to have a commissioner appointed to sell the Property and to deliver to the purchaser a deed to said real estate in fee simple, free and clear of all encumbrances, and that the interests and equities of redemption of the Defendants in the property be forever barred and foreclosed.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than November 20, 2023 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This day of September 28, 2023. Hunter Frederick Attorney for Plaintiff Capital Center 82 Patton Avenue, Suite 500 Asheville, North Carolina 28801 (828) 252-8010 2546019 10/10, 10/17, 10/24

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION 23-CVD-17035

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG MECKLENBURG COUNTY

Plaintiff, vs. Heirs of Annie Walker Pickett; Ronald Pickett and Spouse, if any; Ambrose Pickett and Spouse, if any; Heirs of James Pickett; Ra’Shauna Pickett and Spouse, if any; Joshua King Pickett and Spouse, if any; Kamille Jovina Pickett and Spouse, if any; and any and all other interested persons, whether sane or insane, adult or minor, in esse or en ventra sa mere, known or unknown, resident or nonresident, live corporations or dissolved corporations, who might have or claim any right or title to the property which is the subject of this action, Defendants.

To: Heirs of Annie Walker Pickett; Ronald Pickett and Spouse, if any; Ambrose Pickett and Spouse, if any; Heirs of James Pickett; Ra’Shauna Pickett and Spouse, if any; Joshua King Pickett and Spouse, if any; Kamille Jovina Pickett and Spouse, if any; and any and all other interested persons, whether sane or insane, adult or minor, in esse or en ventra sa mere, known or unknown, resident or nonresident, live corporations or dissolved corporations, who might have or claim any right or title to the property which is the subject of this action.

TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of relief being sought is as follows: Foreclosure of the tax liens for the County of Mecklenburg for the years 2015 through and including 2023 against the following described property:

All that certain lot or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and more particularly described and defined as follows:

BEGINNING at an iron pin located on the Southerly edge of the right-of-way of Atmore Street, said iron pin marking the Northwest corner of A&G Office Supplies, Inc. Property (Book 4511, Page 712, Mecklenburg County Public Registry) and running thence from said beginning iron a common line with said A&G Property, S. 17-30-00 W. 92.01 feet to an iron pin located on the Northerly

edge of the right-of-way of The Plaza; thence with the Northerly edge of the right-of-way of The Plaza S. 62-27-00 W. 81.93 feet to an iron pin; thence leaving said right-of-way, N. 72-30-00 W. 10.87 feet to an iron pin, said iron pin marking the Southeast corner of William Corley Cook Property (Book 3021, Page 360); thence a common line with said Cook Property N. 17-30-00 E. 150 feet to an iron pin in the Southerly edge of right-of-way of Atmore Street; thence with the Southerly edge of the right-ofway of Atmore Street, S. 72-3000 E. 68.75 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING; all as shown on boundary survey, “Mrs. Mabel Y. Nixon 4144 Atmore Street” made by Gerald M. Ellis, R.L.S., General Surveyors, P.A., October 24, 1983.

BEING the same property conveyed to King Solomon Pickett and wife, Annie Walker Pickett, by Deed recorded in Book 4750 at Page 732 in said Registry.

Designated as tax code number 091-046-06 and being commonly known as 4144 Atmore Street, Charlotte, NC 28205.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than November 20, 2023, and upon your failure to do so, the parties seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.

This 29th day of September, 2023.

/S/ J.D. DuPuy J.D. DuPuy RUFF, BOND, COBB, WADE & BETHUNE, L.L.P. 831 East Morehead Street, Ste. 560 Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Telephone: (704) 377-1634, Ext. 103, Fax (704)-342-3308 2544715 10/10, 10/17, 10/24

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION 23-CVD-17265 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG MECKLENBURG COUNTY, Plaintiff,

vs.

Heirs of W.W. Irving; Heirs of Minnie Elder Irving; and any and all other interested persons, whether sane or insane, adult or minor, in esse or en ventra sa mere, known or unknown, resident or nonresident, live corporations or dissolved corporations, who might have or claim any right or title to the property which is the subject of this action, Defendants.

To: Heirs of W.W. Irving; Heirs of Minnie Elder Irving; and any and all other interested persons, whether sane or insane, adult or minor, in esse or en ventra sa mere, known or unknown, resident or nonresident, live corporations or dissolved corporations, who might have or claim any right or title to the property which is the subject of this action.

TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of relief being sought is as follows: Foreclosure of the tax liens for the County of Mecklenburg for the years 2014 through and including 2023 against the following described property:

All that certain lot or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and more particularly described and defined as follows:

BEING all of the property currently designated as tax code number 093-033-05 and being a 0.050 (+/-) acre lot located off of Anderson Street, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28205, said property also being a portion of Lot 185 of Plaza Heights as shown on a map thereof recorded in Book 3 at Page 261 in the Mecklenburg County Public Registry.

BEING a portion of the same property conveyed to W.W. Irving by Deed recorded in Book 809 at Page 20 in said Registry. You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than November 13, 2023, and upon your failure to do so, the parties seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.

This 28th day of September, 2023.

/S/ J.D. DuPuy J.D. DuPuy RUFF, BOND, COBB, WADE & BETHUNE, L.L.P.

831 East Morehead Street, Ste. 560

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Telephone: (704) 377-1634, Ext. 103, Fax (704)-342-3308 2543904 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION 23-CVD-17264

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG MECKLENBURG COUNTY, Plaintiff, vs. Heirs of Melvain Cochrane; Melvain Cochrane and Spouse, if any; and any and all other interested persons, whether sane or insane, adult or minor, in esse or en ventra sa mere, known or unknown, resident or nonresident, live corporations or dissolved corporations, who might have or claim any right or title to the property which is the subject of this action, Defendants.

To: Heirs of Melvain Cochrane; Melvain Cochrane and Spouse if any; and any and all other interested persons, whether sane or insane, adult or minor, in esse or en ventra sa mere known or unknown, resident or nonresident, live corporations or dissolved corporations, who might have or claim any right or title to the property which is the subject of this action.

TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of relief being sought is as follows: Foreclosure of the tax liens for the County of Mecklenburg for the years 2015 through and including 2023 against the following described property:

All that certain lot or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and more particularly described and defined as follows:

Being all of Lot 3 in Block 1 of a portion of PINECREST, as shown on map thereof recorded in Map Book 9 at Page 235 in the Mecklenburg County Public Registry.

BEING the same property conveyed to Melvain Cochrane (widow) recorded in Book 3720 at Page 177 in said Registry.

Designated as tax code number 117-085-03 and being commonly known as 2608 Golf Course Lane, Charlotte, NC 28208.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than November 13, 2023, and upon your failure to do so, the parties seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.

This 28th day of September, 2023.

/S/ J.D. DuPuy J.D. DuPuy RUFF, BOND, COBB, WADE & BETHUNE, L.L.P. 831 East Morehead Street, Ste. 560 Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Telephone: (704) 377-1634, Ext. 103, Fax (704)-342-3308 2543903 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION 23-CVD-17266 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG MECKLENBURG COUNTY, Plaintiff, vs. Kathryn Louise Cihil (a/k/a Kathryn C. Cihil) and Spouse, if any; City of Charlotte (lien holder); and any and all other interested persons, whether sane or insane, adult or minor, in esse or en ventra sa mere, known or unknown, resident or nonresident, live corporations or dissolved corporations, who might have or claim any right or title to the property which is the subject of this action, Defendants.

To: Kathryn Louise Cihil (a/k/a Kathryn C. Cihil) and Spouse, if any; City of Charlotte (lien holder); and any and all other interested persons, whether sane or insane, adult or minor, in esse or en ventra sa mere known or unknown, resident or nonresident, live corporations or dissolved corporations, who might have or claim any right or title to the property which is the subject of this action.

TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has

been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of relief being sought is as follows: Foreclosure of the tax liens for the County of Mecklenburg for the years 2018 through and including 2023 against the following described property:

All that certain lot or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and more particularly described and defined as follows:

BEING all of Lot 2 in Block 8 of a portion of EAST FOREST, Section 1, Map 5, as the same is shown on map thereof recorded in the Mecklenburg County Public Registry in Map Book 15 at Page 279, to which reference is hereby made.

BEING the same property conveyed to Kathryn Louise Cihil (a/k/a Kathryn C. Cihil) by Deed recorded in Book 25366 at Page 626 in said Registry. See also Book 4147 at Page 585 in said Registry.

Designated as tax code number 189-024-11 and being commonly known as 1428 McIlroy Road, Charlotte, NC 28212.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than November 13, 2023, and upon your failure to do so, the parties seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.

This 28th day of September, 2023.

/S/ J.D. DuPuy J.D. DuPuy

RUFF, BOND, COBB, WADE & BETHUNE, L.L.P.

831 East Morehead Street, Ste. 560

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

Telephone: (704) 377-1634, Ext. 103, Fax (704)-342-3308 2543902 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

FILE NO. 23 CvS 16094 NORTH CAROLINA MECKLENBURG COUNTY

Mecklenburg County, A Body

Politic and Corporate vs. Unknown Heirs at Law of Margaret F. Burton, Brenda J. McClain, Alma L. Raley, Willie Mae Palmer, City of Charlotte, Lienholder

TO: Unknown Heirs at Law of Margaret F. Burton, Brenda J. McClain, Alma L. Raley, Willie Mae Palmer, City of Charlotte, Lienholder Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows:

Foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes owing to Mecklenburg County on your interest in the property described as follows:

Being the eastern half of Lot 47 of the Penny Bros Land Company property, as shown on the plat recorded in Map Book 5, Page 167, Mecklenburg County Registry, and more specifically described as follows:

BEGINNING approximately 200 feet east of Humphrey Street (formerly Hillside Street) on the common lot line of Lots 46 & 47 and a common corner with Lots 41 and 42; thence North 73-28 East approximately 200 feet to an eastern corner of Lot 47; thence South 32-00 East 51.9 feet; thence South 73-28 West approximately 213.9 feet; thence North 16-32 West 50 feet to the point of BEGINNING.

Subject to easements, restrictions and rights of way of record, and matters of survey.

Also being identified as Parcel ID# 11503204, Mecklenburg County Tax Office. Address:

(11503204) Seymour Dr

Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claims and interests that you may have in the property, to have a commissioner appointed to sell the Property and to deliver to the purchaser a deed to said real estate in fee simple, free and clear of all encumbrances, and that the interests and equities of redemption of the Defendants in the property be forever barred and foreclosed.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than November 13, 2023 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This day of September 19, 2023.

82 Patton Avenue, Suite 500 Asheville,

Hunter Frederick Attorney for Plaintiff Capital Center

Mecklenburg County, A Body Politic and Corporate

James Stephen Allen, Unknown Spouse of James Stephen Allen, Dianne Allen Belk, Unknown Spouse of Dianne Allen Belk, Starr C. Estes, Unknown Spouse of Starr C. Estes, Dixie C. Mitchell, Unknown Spouse of Dixie C. Mitchell, Cheri Allen Munn, a/k/a Cheri A. Smith, Unknown Spouse of Cheri Allen Munn, Kelly Elizabeth Minor, a/k/a Kelly Allen Wright, Unknown Spouse of Kelly Elizabeth Minor, Patti C. Collins, a/k/a Patricia Carriker Collins, Unknown Spouse of Patti C. Collins, Lisa Carriker, a/k/a Lisa Carriker Frazier, Unknown Spouse of Lisa Carriker, Richard Carriker, Unknown Spouse of Richard Carriker, John L. Carriker, Unknown Spouse of John L. Carriker, Carol Woodard, Unknown Spouse of Carol Woodard, Marie C. Turner, Unknown Spouse of Marie C. Turner, Patricia Mullis Tracey, Unknown Spouse of Patricia Mullis Tracey, Paulette Mullis Trachian, Unknown Spouse of Paulette Mullis Trachian, Vance C. Mullis, III, Unknown Spouse of Vance C. Mullis, III, John P. Mullis, a/k/a Johnny Paul Mullis, Unknown Spouse of John P. Mullis, a/k/a J, Kenneth Patterson Mullis, Sr., Unknown Spouse of Kenneth Patterson Mullis, Sr., Mary Mullis Cooper, Unknown Spouse of Mary Mullis

Cooper, Vera McBride, Unknown Spouse of Vera McBride, Joyce

Belk, Unknown Spouse of Joyce Belk, Dale Lewis Mullis, Sr., Unknown Spouse of Dale Lewis Mullis, Sr., James E. Mullis, a/k/a James E. Mullis, Jr., Unknown

Spouse of James E. Mullis, Sylvia M. Lemmond, Unknown Spouse of Sylvia M. Lemmond, Doris M. McClain, Unknown Spouse of Doris M. McClain, Betty C. Hager, Unknown Spouse of Betty C. Hager, Peggy Carriker Nussman, Unknown Spouse of Peggy Carriker

Nussman, William Daniel Stegall, Unknown Spouse of William Daniel Stegall, Sarah Annette Stegall Liner, Unknown Spouse of Sarah Annette Stegall Liner, John Joseph Stegall, Unknown Spouse of John Joseph Stegall, Brenda Ruth Warren Coleman, Unknown Spouse of Brenda Ruth Warren Coleman, Rebecca Elaine Warren McDonald, Unknown Spouse of Rebecca Elaine Warren McDonald, Palmer Ray Warren, Unknown Spouse of Palmer Ray Warren, William Lawrence Warren, Unknown Spouse of William Lawrence Warren, Melissa Lynne Carriker Cochrane, Unknown Spouse of Melissa Lynne Carriker Cochrane, Daniel Lawrence Carriker, III, Unknown Spouse of Daniel Lawrence Carriker, III, Robert Lewis Carriker, Unknown Spouse of Robert Lewis Carriker, Beverly Kay Allen Avery, Unknown Spouse of Beverly Kay Allen Avery, Susan Carriker Smith, a/k/a Susan Lynn Carriker-Smith, a/k/a Susan Carriker-Smith, a/k/a Susan Smith, Unknown Spouse of Susan Carriker Smith, Caroline Blair Carriker Donald, a/k/a Caroline B. Donald, Unknown Spouse of Caroline Blair Carriker Donald, Frederick Thompson Carriker, Unknown Spouse of Frederick Thompson Carriker, Gary G. Mullis, a/k/a Gary Gene Mullis, Unknown Spouse of Gary G. Mullis, Randall Dean Mullis, a/k/a Randall D. Mullis, Unknown Spouse of Randall Dean Mullis, Gerald L. Mullis, a/k/a Gerald Lee Mullis, Unknown Spouse of Gerald L. Mullis, Nancy L. Mullis, a/k/a Nancy Lawrence Mullis, Unknown Spouse of Nancy L. Mullis, Janet M. Natale, a/k/a Janet L. Natale, Unknown Spouse of Janet M. Natale, Raymond B. Mullis, Unknown Spouse of Raymond B. Mullis, Vivian Mullis Newsome, a/k/a Vivian M. Newsome, Unknown Spouse of Vivian Mullis Newsome, Stanley C. Mullis, Unknown Spouse of Stanley C. Mullis, Unknown Heirs at Law of Gene Bennett Mullis, a/k/a Gene B. Mullis, Unknown Heirs at Law of Harvey W. Mullis, Unknown Heirs at Law of Jack Leo Mullis, Unknown Heirs at Law of William R. Carriker, a/k/a William Ray

Carriker, Unknown Heirs at Law of Elsa Alice Warren Bowman, Unknown Heirs at Law of Billie Ann Warren Fincannon, Unknown Heirs at Law of Rachel

Ann Starnes, Seth McDonald

Smith, a/k/a Mac Smith, a/k/a

Seth M. Smith, Jr., Unknown

Spouse of Seth McDonald

Smith, Timothy M. Smith, Unknown Spouse of Timothy

M. Smith, Phillip A. Smith,

Unknown Spouse of Phillip

A. Smith, Michael D. Smith,

Unknown Spouse of Michael

D. Smith, Melinda Smith Mullis, Unknown Spouse of Melinda

S. Smith, Rachel H. McKenzie,

Executor, a/k/a Rachel Lee

McKenzie, Rachel H. McKenzie, a/k/a Rachel Lee McKenzie,

Unknown Spouse of Rachel H.

McKenzie, Patrick G. Hager, Jr.,

Unknown Spouse of Patrick G.

Hager, Jr., Raeford L. Hager,

Unknown Spouse of Raeford

L. Hager, Randy L. Hager,

Unknown Spouse of Randy L.

Hager, Gena Watson Griffin,

Unknown Spouse of Gena

Watson Griffin, Gena Watson

Griffin, Trustee, Robert Harold

Watson, Jr., Unknown Spouse of Robert Harold Watson, Jr.,

Lina Watson Huntley, Unknown

Spouse of Lina Watson Huntley,

Donna Watson Huntley, Unknown

Spouse of Donna Watson

Huntley, Crystal McGee Helms, a/k/a Crystal Nicole McGee,

Unknown Spouse of Cyrstal

Nicole McGee, Brianna Leigh

McGee, Unknown Spouse of Brianna Leigh McGee, Wriston

Reid McGee, a/k/a Wristen

Reid McGee, Unknown Spouse of Wriston Reid McGee, Kelton

Tate McGee, Unknown Spouse of Kelton Tate McGee, Kaleb

Marshall McGee, Unknown

Spouse of Kaleb Marshall

McGee, Haran Wray McGee, Unknown Spouse of Haran

Wray McGee, Jarrett Lyle

McGee, State of North Carolina, Lienholder, The CharlotteMecklenburg Hospital Authority, Lienholder, Richard Thompson, Lienholder, Mary Thompson, Lienholder, Ulta Beauty Credit Services Corporation, Lienholder, a/k/a Ulta Beauty, FleetOne, L.L.C., Lienholder, Thanh-Binh Nguyen, Lienholder, Unifund CCR, LLC, Lienholder, Geico Insurance Agency, LLC, Lienholder, a/k/a Government Employees Insurance Co., OneMain Financial Group, LLC, Lienholder, Jeffrey A. Smith, Unknown Spouse of Jeffrey A. Smith

TO: James Stephen Allen, Unknown Spouse of James Stephen Allen, Dianne Allen

Belk, Unknown Spouse of Dianne Allen Belk, Starr C.

Estes, Unknown Spouse of Starr C. Estes, Dixie C. Mitchell, Unknown Spouse of Dixie

C. Mitchell, Cheri Allen Munn, a/k/a Cheri A. Smith, Unknown

Spouse of Cheri Allen Munn, Kelly Elizabeth Minor, a/k/a Kelly

Allen Wright, Unknown Spouse of Kelly Elizabeth Minor, Patti C. Collins, a/k/a Patricia Carriker

Collins, Unknown Spouse of Patti

C. Collins, Lisa Carriker, a/k/a

Lisa Carriker Frazier, Unknown

Spouse of Lisa Carriker, Richard Carriker, Unknown Spouse of Richard Carriker, John L. Carriker, Unknown Spouse of John L. Carriker, Carol

Woodard, Unknown Spouse of Carol Woodard, Marie C. Turner, Unknown Spouse of Marie C.

Turner, Patricia Mullis Tracey, Unknown Spouse of Patricia Mullis Tracey, Paulette Mullis

Trachian, Unknown Spouse of Paulette Mullis Trachian, Vance

C. Mullis, III, Unknown Spouse of Vance C. Mullis, III, John

P. Mullis, a/k/a Johnny Paul

Mullis, Unknown Spouse of John P. Mullis, a/k/a J, Kenneth

Patterson Mullis, Sr., Unknown

Spouse of Kenneth Patterson Mullis, Sr., Mary Mullis Cooper,

Unknown Spouse of Mary Mullis

Cooper, Vera McBride, Unknown

Spouse of Vera McBride, Joyce

Belk, Unknown Spouse of Joyce

Belk, Dale Lewis Mullis, Sr.,

Unknown Spouse of Dale Lewis Mullis, Sr., James E. Mullis, a/k/a

James E. Mullis, Jr., Unknown

Spouse of James E. Mullis, Sylvia M. Lemmond, Unknown

Spouse of Sylvia M. Lemmond,

Doris M. McClain, Unknown

Spouse of Doris M. McClain, Betty C. Hager, Unknown

Spouse of Betty C. Hager, Peggy

Carriker Nussman, Unknown

Spouse of Peggy Carriker

Nussman, William Daniel Stegall, Unknown Spouse of William

Daniel Stegall, Sarah Annette

Stegall Liner, Unknown Spouse of Sarah Annette Stegall Liner, John Joseph Stegall, Unknown

Spouse of John Joseph Stegall, Brenda Ruth Warren Coleman, Unknown Spouse of Brenda

Ruth Warren Coleman, Rebecca

Elaine Warren McDonald, Unknown Spouse of Rebecca

Elaine Warren McDonald, Palmer

Ray Warren, Unknown Spouse of Palmer Ray Warren, William

Lawrence Warren, Unknown

Spouse of William Lawrence

Warren, Melissa Lynne Carriker

Cochrane, Unknown Spouse of Melissa Lynne Carriker

Cochrane, Daniel Lawrence

Carriker, III, Unknown Spouse of Daniel Lawrence Carriker, III, Robert Lewis Carriker, Unknown Spouse of Robert Lewis Carriker, Beverly Kay Allen Avery, Unknown Spouse of Beverly Kay Allen Avery, Susan

Carriker Smith, a/k/a Susan Lynn

Carriker-Smith, a/k/a Susan

Carriker-Smith, a/k/a Susan

Smith, Unknown Spouse of Susan Carriker Smith, Caroline Blair Carriker Donald, a/k/a

Caroline B. Donald, Unknown

Spouse of Caroline Blair Carriker

Donald, Frederick Thompson

Carriker, Unknown Spouse of Frederick Thompson Carriker, Gary G. Mullis, a/k/a Gary Gene

Mullis, Unknown Spouse of Gary

G. Mullis, Randall Dean Mullis, a/k/a Randall D. Mullis, Unknown

Spouse of Randall Dean Mullis, Gerald L. Mullis, a/k/a Gerald Lee Mullis, Unknown Spouse of Gerald L. Mullis, Nancy L. Mullis, a/k/a Nancy Lawrence

Mullis, Unknown Spouse of Nancy L. Mullis, Janet M. Natale, a/k/a Janet L. Natale, Unknown

Spouse of Janet M. Natale, Raymond B. Mullis, Unknown

Spouse of Raymond B. Mullis, Vivian Mullis Newsome, a/k/a

Vivian M. Newsome, Unknown

Spouse of Vivian Mullis

Newsome, Stanley C. Mullis, Unknown Spouse of Stanley C.

Mullis, Unknown Heirs at Law of Gene Bennett Mullis, a/k/a Gene

B. Mullis, Unknown Heirs at Law of Harvey W. Mullis, Unknown

Heirs at Law of Jack Leo Mullis,

Unknown Heirs at Law of William

R. Carriker, a/k/a William Ray

Carriker, Unknown Heirs at Law of Elsa Alice Warren Bowman,

Unknown Heirs at Law of Billie Ann Warren Fincannon,

Unknown Heirs at Law of Rachel

Ann Starnes, Seth McDonald

Smith, a/k/a Mac Smith, a/k/a

Seth M. Smith, Jr., Unknown

Spouse of Seth McDonald

Smith, Timothy M. Smith,

Unknown Spouse of Timothy

M. Smith, Phillip A. Smith,

Unknown Spouse of Phillip

A. Smith, Michael D. Smith,

Unknown Spouse of Michael

D. Smith, Melinda Smith Mullis, Unknown Spouse of Melinda

S. Smith, Rachel H. McKenzie,

Executor, a/k/a Rachel Lee

McKenzie, Rachel H. McKenzie, a/k/a Rachel Lee McKenzie,

Unknown Spouse of Rachel H.

McKenzie, Patrick G. Hager, Jr.,

Unknown Spouse of Patrick G.

Hager, Jr., Raeford L. Hager, Unknown Spouse of Raeford

L. Hager, Randy L. Hager,

Unknown Spouse of Randy L.

Hager, Gena Watson Griffin,

Unknown Spouse of Gena

Watson Griffin, Gena Watson

Griffin, Trustee, Robert Harold

Watson, Jr., Unknown Spouse of Robert Harold Watson, Jr.,

Lina Watson Huntley, Unknown

Spouse of Lina Watson Huntley, Donna Watson Huntley, Unknown

Spouse of Donna Watson Huntley, Crystal McGee Helms, a/k/a Crystal Nicole McGee, Unknown Spouse of Cyrstal

Nicole McGee, Brianna Leigh

McGee, Unknown Spouse of Brianna Leigh McGee, Wriston Reid McGee, a/k/a Wristen

Reid McGee, Unknown Spouse of Wriston Reid McGee, Kelton Tate McGee, Unknown Spouse of Kelton Tate McGee, Kaleb Marshall McGee, Unknown

Spouse of Kaleb Marshall McGee, Haran Wray McGee, Unknown Spouse of Haran Wray McGee, Jarrett Lyle McGee, State of North Carolina, Lienholder, The CharlotteMecklenburg Hospital Authority, Lienholder, Richard Thompson, Lienholder, Mary Thompson, Lienholder, Ulta Beauty Credit Services Corporation, Lienholder, a/k/a Ulta Beauty, FleetOne, L.L.C., Lienholder, Thanh-Binh Nguyen, Lienholder, Unifund CCR, LLC, Lienholder, Geico Insurance Agency, LLC, Lienholder, a/k/a Government Employees Insurance Co., OneMain Financial Group, LLC, Lienholder, Jeffrey A. Smith, Unknown Spouse of Jeffrey A. Smith

interest in the property described as follows:

BEING ALL OF LOTS 14 AND 15, BLOCK K, RIVERVIEW ACRES EXTENSION, as per plat thereof recorded at Map Book 9, Page 57, Mecklenburg County Registry. Reference to said plat is hereby made for a more perfect description of said lots.

Subject to easements, restrictions and rights of way of record, and matters of survey.

Also being identified as Parcel ID# 02308524, Mecklenburg County Tax Office. Address:

7428 River Circle

Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claims and interests that you may have in the property, to have a commissioner appointed to sell the Property and to deliver to the purchaser a deed to said real estate in fee simple, free and clear of all encumbrances, and that the interests and equities of redemption of the Defendants in the property be forever barred and foreclosed.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than November 13, 2023 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This day of September 26, 2023. Hunter Frederick Attorney for Plaintiff Capital Center

82 Patton Avenue, Suite 500 Asheville, North Carolina 28801 (828) 252-8010 2543424 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

FILE NO. 23 CvS 16215 NORTH CAROLINA MECKLENBURG COUNTY Mecklenburg County, A Body Politic and Corporate vs. Unknown Heirs at Law of H. E. Mangum, a/k/a Herman Edward Mangum, Robert Earl Mangum, Unknown Spouse of Robert Earl Mangum

TO: Unknown Heirs at Law of H. E. Mangum, a/k/a Herman Edward Mangum, Robert Earl Mangum, Unknown Spouse of Robert Earl Mangum Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows:

Foreclosure sale to satisfy unpaid property taxes owing to Mecklenburg County on your interest in the property described as follows:

Being all of Lots 194 and 195, in Block B, of ARLINGTON FOREST as shown on a map thereof recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Mecklenburg County in Map Book 10, Page 137. Subject to easements, restrictions and rights of way of record, and matters of survey.

Also being identified as Parcel ID# 13934313, Mecklenburg County Tax Office. Address:

11200 Downing Pl

Plaintiff seeks to extinguish any and all claims and interests that you may have in the property, to have a commissioner appointed to sell the Property and to deliver to the purchaser a deed to said real estate in fee simple, free and clear of all encumbrances, and that the interests and equities of redemption of the Defendants in the property be forever barred and foreclosed.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than November 6, 2023 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This day of September 18, 2023. Hunter Frederick Attorney for Plaintiff Capital Center

82 Patton Avenue, Suite 500 Asheville, North Carolina 28801 (828) 252-8010 2541839 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

PERSONAL PROPERTYIREDELL

IN THE GENERAL COURT DIVISION

FILE NO. 23SP0355

Randy Marion Chevrolet of Statesvil Vs. DARWIN EVOLUTIONS

CONSTRU

ALLY FINANCIAL

Take notice that a petition seeking relief to satisfy a motor vehicle lien has been filed. The nature of relief sought is to satisfy possessory lien of $6,551.14 for towing, storage, and services to a 2019 CHEVROLET Serial 1GTR9AEF3KZ344503 by sale of said vehicle which is registered in your name. Vehicle being sold pursuant to Statute 44A-4 (6) (1) Randy Marion Chevrolet of Statesville 601 GAITHER RD STATESVILLE NC 28625 10:00AM 10/31/2023

This 3rd day of October, 2023 Randy Marion Chevrolet of Statesvil P.O. Box 25131 Charlotte, NC 28229 2543857 10/3, 10/10

PROBATE - IREDELL PROBATE

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Melissa Tedder Lyles, Melissa T Tedder, deceased, late of Iredell 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 125 Foxglove Dr, Statesville, NC 28625, on or before the 19th day of December, 2023, 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 September, 2023.

Michael Lyles

Administrator File #2023 E 000532

Cody McPherson, Attorney at Law 239 E. Broad Street Statesville, NC 28677 (704) 873-7233 2539392 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

North Carolina

Iredell County File No.: 2023 E 867

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Cathy Michelle DeHart, deceased, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the Estate of said decedent to file an itemized, verified statement thereof with the undersigned on or before the 19th day of December 2023 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery thereon. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment.

This the 19th day of September 2023.

Timothy Lee DeHart

1829 Mocksville Highway Cleveland, NC 27013

Anthony S. Privette

THE LAW OFFICE OF ANTHONY S. PRIVETTE, PLLC 3475 E. Broad Street Statesville, NC 28625 Telephone: 704/872-8125 www.attorneyprivette.com 2539771 9/19,9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Ancillary Administrator of the Estate of Tammy Joann Long, deceased, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to file an itemized, verified statement thereof with the undersigned on or before the 21stth day of December, 2023, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery thereon. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make prompt settlement. This 19th day of September, 2023.

David J. Long, Ancillary Administrator of the Estate of Tammy Joann Long, Iredell County File No. 23 E 224

Mailing Address: 71 Bolin Point Drive Green Point, SC 29446

ATTORNEY: Peter W. Simon Simon Law 1251 Davie Ave. Statesville, NC 28677

2539779 9/19, 9/26,10/3, 10/10

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Wilma Lee Fulk Holcomb aka Wilma Fulk Holcomb, deceased, late of Iredell 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 5129 Fowler Farm Rd, Mint Hill, NC 28227, on or before the 19th day of December, 2023, 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 19th day of September, 2023.

Michael Gene Holcomb Executor File #23 E 760 2539780 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Elmer Eugene Holcomb, deceased, late of Iredell 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 5129 Fowler Farm Rd, Mint Hill, NC 28227, on or before the 19th day of December, 2023, 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 19th day of September, 2023.

Michael Gene Holcomb Executor File #23 E 759 2539974 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Peggy Adelene Moose, Peggy B Moose, deceased, late of Iredell 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 237 Antietam Rd, Statesville, NC 28625, on or before the 26th day of December, 2023, 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 26th day of September, 2023.

Tabitha Lynn Moose Executor File #2023 E 000670

Robert N. Crosswhite, Attorney at Law 239 E. Broad Street Statesville, NC 28677 (704) 873-7233 2541490 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Rita Januszeski Carreras, deceased, late of Iredell 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 10026 Travertine Trail, Davidson, NC 28036, on or before the 26th day of December, 2023, 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 26th day of September, 2023.

Amy Vrabely Administrator

File #2023 E 001013 2541264 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as administrator of the estate of MARK STEPHEN SEESE, late of Iredell 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, 19510 One Norman Boulevard, Apt. F, Cornelius, NC 28031 on or before the 31st, day of December, 2023, 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 26th day of September, 2023.

Ricky Allen Seese, Administrator of the Estate of Mark Stephen Seese 19510 One Norman Boulevard, Apt. F Cornelius, NC 28031

T. Michael Lassiter, Jr., Attorney

For the Estate of Mark Stephen Seese PO Box 548 Statesville, NC 28687

Telephone: 704-873-2995 NC Bar #18289

File : 2023-E-910 2541489 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

North Carolina

Iredell County

Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Khalid Maqsood Sheikh, deceased, Iredell County, North Carolina, File No. 23-E-1024, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to file an itemized, verified statement thereof with the undersigned on or before the 1st day of January, 2024 (90 days from this date of publication) or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery thereon. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make prompt payment.

This is the 3rd day of October 2023.

Danielle Feller Daly Mills Family Law 131 Plantation Ridge Drive, Ste 400 Mooresville, NC 28117 2541912 10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Beatrice Hawkins, deceased, late of Iredell 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 525 North Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, on or before the 26th day of December, 2023, 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 26th day of September, 2023.

Pamela Weiden Executor File #2023 E 001028 Cody McPherson, Attorney at Law 239 E. Broad Street Statesville, NC 28677 (704) 873-7233 2542058 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the ESTATE OF MOHAMED ELHEFNI BADR, deceased, who previously resided in Iredell County, North Carolina at 211 Harris Farm Road, Mooresville, North Carolina 28115, the belownamed Executor does hereby notify all persons having claims against the said estate to submit an itemized statement thereof to the Executor at the address set forth below on or before the 2nd day of November, 2023 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery thereon. All persons indebted to the said estate are requested to make prompt settlement. This 3rd day of October, 2023.

Celeste Ann Badr, Executor of the Estate of Mohamed elHefni Badr Iredell County File No. 23-E-690 Mailing Address: 211 Harris Farm Road Mooresville, NC 28115

ATTORNEY:

Alan W. Guffy JONES, CHILDERS, DONALDSON & WEBB, PLLC PO Box 3010 Mooresville, NC 28117 (704) 664-1127 2543075 10/3, 10/10,10/17, 10/24

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

North Carolina

Iredell County

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Patricia S. Cline aka Patricia Jane Cline, deceased, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to file an itemized, verified statement thereof with the undersigned on or before the 2nd day of January, 2024 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery thereon. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make prompt settlement.

This the 3rd day of October, 2023.

Mark Preston Kimel

4317 Lake Shore Rd N Denver, NC 28037

Constantine H. Kutteh II

Pope McMillan, PA

PO Drawer 1776 (28687) 113 North Center Street, Suite 200 Statesville, NC 28677 (704) 873-2131

2543060 10/3, 10/10,10/17, 10/24

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the ESTATE OF MARTHA KAY ERVIN BENGE, deceased, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to file an itemized, verified statement thereof with the undersigned on or before the 4th day of January, 2024 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery thereon. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make prompt settlement. This

3rd day of October, 2023.

Eric Michael Dagenhart, Executor

Estate of Martha Kay Ervin

Benge, Deceased

Iredell County Clerk of Superior Court File 23 E 1006

153 Barringer Drive Statesville, NC 28625

Beth R. Setzer

BETH R. SETZER ATTORNEY AT LAW, P.C.

P. O. Box 1397 Statesville, NC 28687

2543666 10/3, 10/10,10/17, 10/24

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the ESTATE OF NATHANIEL CONNOR, deceased, this is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to file an itemized, verified statement thereof with the undersigned on or before the 4th day of January, 2024 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery thereon. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make prompt settlement. This 3rd day of October, 2023.

Sherman Burton, Executor

Estate of Nathaniel Connor, Deceased

Iredell County Clerk of Superior Court File 23 E 571 821 Park Drive Statesville, NC 28677

Beth R. Setzer

BETH R. SETZER ATTORNEY AT LAW, P.C.

P. O. Box 1397 Statesville, NC 28687

2543671 10/3, 10/10,10/17, 10/24

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Paul Douglas Jones, deceased, late of Iredell 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 3120 Harmony Hwy, Harmony, NC 28634, on or before the 3rd day of January, 2024, 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 3rd day of October, 2023. Susan Jones Administrator File #2023 E 000727 2543093 10/10, 10/7, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Ancillary Executor of the estate of Jane O’Donnell, Jane Carol O’Donnell, deceased, late of Iredell 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 11 Wedgewood Dr, Annandale, NJ 08801, on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023. Jessica Cahill

Ancillary Executor File #2023 E 001071

2545214 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

North Carolina

Iredell County File No.: 2023 E 944

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Hessie Louise Murdock Moore aka Louise

Hessie Murdock Moore, deceased, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the

Estate of said decedent to file an itemized, verified statement thereof with the undersigned on or before the 10th day of January, 2024 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery thereon. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to said estate are notified to make immediate payment.

This the 10th day of October 2023.

Melissa Anzini

219 Houpe Road Statesville, NC 28625

Anthony S. Privette

THE LAW OFFICE OF ANTHONY S. PRIVETTE, PLLC 3475 E. Broad Street Statesville, NC 28625 Telephone: 704/872-8125 www.attorneyprivette.com

2545680 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of Betty Lou Paige Anderson, deceased, late of Iredell 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 239 Kinder Road, Harmony, NC 28634, on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023.

Bobby Paige Anderson, Administrator File #22 E 1197

Jared E. Stone, Attorney 1251 Davie Avenue Statesville NC 28677 704.380.4893

2545699 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as co-administrators of the estate of JUDITH ANN PLESS deceased, late of Iredell 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 Tina Lutz, 1912 Redding Road, Durham, NC 27712; and Patricia Acuff, 129 Morrison Cove Road, Mooresville, NC 28117, on or before the 14th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023.

Tina Lutz, Co-Administrator of the Estate of Judith Ann Pless 1912 Redding Road Durham, NC 27712

Patricia Acuff, Co-Administrator of the Estate of Judith Ann Pless 129 Morrison Cove Road, Mooresville, NC 28117

T. Michael Lassiter, Jr., Attorney

For the Estate of Judith Ann Pless PO Box 548 Statesville, NC 28687

Telephone: 704-873-2995

NC Bar #18289

File : 2023 E 962

2545202 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Julia Ann Carpenter, deceased, who previously resided in Iredell County at 322 Lakeview Shores Loop, Mooresville, North Carolina, 28117 the below-named Executor does hereby notify all persons having claims against the said estate to submit an itemized statement thereof to the Executor at the address set forth below on or before the 9th day of January, 2024 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of any recovery thereon. All persons indebted to the said estate are requested to make prompt settlement. This 10th day of October, 2023

Jimmy S. Carpenter, Executor of the Estate of Julia Ann Carpenter

Iredell County File No. 23 E 1034

Mailing Address: 261 Colony Dr Mooresville, NC 28115

ATTORNEY: Nathan D. Fosnough JONES, CHILDERS, DONALDSON & WEBB, PLLC PO Box 3010 Mooresville, NC 28117

(704) 664-1127 2546117 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the estate of Jack Robert Hailey, deceased, late of Iredell 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 351 Flower House Loop, Troutman, NC 28166, on or before the 10th day of January, 2024, 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 10th day of October, 2023.

Harold Lee Hailey Executor File #2023 E 000878

2546037 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

PROBATE - UNION PROBATE

EXECUTOR ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF UNION IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE #2022 E 001079

Having duly qualified before the Honorable Wendy Maynard, Clerk of Superior Court of Union County, as Personal Representative for the Estate of Louis A Bocchetto, deceased. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 10th day of January, 2024 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment.

This 10th day of October, 2023.

Executor - Administrator: Barnard D Megargee 4507 Hampstead Heath Dr., Waxhaw, NC 28173 2546045 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

EXECUTOR - ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF UNION IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE #23E1131

Eddie Boyce Hill, Having duly qualified before the Honorable Wendy Maynard, Clerk of Superior Court of Union County, as personal representative for the Estate of Douglas Cranford Hill, Deceased. This is to notify all persons having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 8th day of January, 2024 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment. This 10th day of October, 2023.

Attorney: Robert D. Palmer, PLLC

614 West Main Street PO Box 489 Marshville, NC 28103 2546106 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

EXECUTOR ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF UNION IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE #2023 E 001102

Having duly qualified before the Honorable Wendy Maynard, Clerk of Superior Court of Union County, as Personal Representative for the Estate of Curtis Baucom Horne, deceased. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 10th day of January, 2024 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment.

This 10th day of October, 2023.

Executor - Administrator: Christopher Robin Horne

425 Foxglove Lane, Indian Trail, NC 28079 2545222 10/10, 10/17, 10/24, 10/31

ADMINISTRATOR’S

COUNTY OF UNION

SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

Having qualified before the Honorable Wendy Maynard of Superior Court of Union County, as Administrator of the Estate of Betty Jo Hatley, deceased, this is to notify all persons having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 25th day of December 2023, or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate please make immediate payment.

This the 6th day of September, 2023.

Jennifer Hatley Perkins, Administrator c/o James J. Harrington Post Office Box 1063 Monroe, NC 28111 2537714 9/26,10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Jerome D. Rivers, deceased, late of Union County, North Carolina, bearing file no 23-E-0937, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against said estate to present them, duly verified, to the undersigned at 4930 Winding Lane, Indian Trail, North Carolina 28079, on or before December 26, 2023, 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 26th day of September, 2023. Angela Pressley, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jerome D. Rivers, 4930 Winding Lane, Indian Trail, North Carolina 28079. 2541324 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of John Ralph Wingard, Jr. SS# xxx-xx-7523, 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)(care of) Katharine S. Walker, P.C., K.S. Walker Law Group, 319 S. Sharon Amity Road, Suite 230, Charlotte, North Carolina 28211, on or before the 26th day of December 2023, 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 26th day of September 2023. Michael L. Wingard, Administrator File #:23-E-1051 2541488 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

EXECUTOR

ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF UNION IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE #2023 E 001029

Having duly qualified before the Honorable Wendy Maynard, Clerk of Superior Court of

Union County, as Personal Representative for the Estate of Mary Cuthbertson Morrison, deceased. This is to notify all persons having claims against the estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the 26th day of December, 2023 or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment.

This 26th day of September, 2023.

Executors - Administrators:

Hosea Richard Morrison Jr 3115 Collins Road, Waxhaw, NC 28173 Lorrie Anderson 2004 Twilight Lane, Monroe, NC 28110 2541278 9/26, 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

ADMINISTRATOR-EXECUTOR

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF UNION IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE # 23 E 973

Having duly qualified before the Honorable Wendy Maynard, Clerk of Superior Court of Union County, as Administrator of the Estate of Christi Belk McComb, Deceased, this is to notify all persons having claims against the Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before the day of December 27, 2023, or the same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate please make immediate payment.

This the 12th day of September, 2023. Peter F. Dwyer Fitzgerald Dwyer Law Firm PO Box 8 Monroe, NC 28111 704-296-9000 2539402 9/19, 9/26, 10/3, 10/10

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS OF LOWELL

RUSSELL WING aka L RUSSELL WING

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF UNION IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION FILE NO. 23 E 1023

All persons, firms, and corporations having claims against Lowell Russell Wing aka L Russell Wing, deceased, are notified to exhibit them to Kathy L. Wing, on or before Monday, December 18,2023, at 5:00 p.m., or be barred from their recovery. Debtors of the decedent are asked to make immediate payment to the above-named Executor.

Lisanne Mangum Plyler, Long & Corigliano, LLP Post Office Box 7 Monroe, NC 28111 Kathy L. Wing 6701 Creft Circle Indian Trail, NC 28079 2539400 9/19,9/26, 10/3, 10/10

EXECUTOR ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE

Estate of Robert Adam Mills File No. 23-E-556

All persons, firms, and corporations having claims against Robert Adam Mills, deceased, of Union County, North Carolina, are notified to exhibit the same to the undersigned on or before December 19, 2023, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors of the

decedent are asked to make immediate payment. This the 19th day of September, 2023.

Sarah Austin Mills, Administrator c/o Howard, Stallings, From, Atkins, Angell & Davis, P.A. PO Box 12347 Raleigh, NC 27605 2537689 9/19, 9/26,10/3, 10/10

INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILYUNION CIVIL SUITS

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA UNION COUNTY IN THE CIVIL DISTRICT COURT Joseph Garrett Ross, Plaintiff Vs. Charlotte D. Ross, Defendant Union County / 23 CVD 2162

To: Charlotte D. Ross

TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-captioned action. The nature of the relief being sought is: Absolute divorce from the bonds of matrimony.

You are required to make defense to this pleading not later than November 13, 2023 exclusive of that date, and upon your failure to do so, the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for relief sought. This the 27th day of September, 2023.

John T. Burns Law Offices of Burns & Gray, PA 103 North Main Street Monroe, NC 28112 704-289-5594 2543842 10/3, 10/10, 10/17

FAMILY

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA UNION COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK FILE NO. 23 SP 0542 FOR THE ADOPTION OF A FEMALE MINOR TO: The biological father of J.S.W., a female child, born on April 6, 2010 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Take notice that a Petition for Adoption was filed with the Clerk of Superior Court for Union County, North Carolina in the above-entitled special proceeding. The Petition relates to J.S.W., a female child, born on April 6, 2010 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The putative biological father is Quaytavarius Wallace. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that you are required to file a response to such pleading not later than 40 days from the first day of publication of this notice, that date being October 3, 2023, and upon your failure to do so, the Petitioner will apply to the Court for relief sought in the Petition. Any parental rights you may have will be terminated upon the entry of the decree of adoption. P.O. Box 34451, Charlotte, NC 28234. 2542089 10/3, 10/10, 10/17