PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON
IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE
SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Michael D. Smith, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned on or before November 8, 2026 or same will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment.

This 8th day of August, 2026.
Miles Smith
305 Hickory Hinge Way
Chesapeake, VA 23323
Administrator of the Estate of Michael D. Smith

OF COUNSEL:
Crystal Sumner Mann
Law Firm of Charles M. Slade, Jr.
P.O. Box 645/113 Short Street
Rich Square, NC 27869
N.C. State Bar No. 45530

Roanoke-Chowan:
Aug. 8, 15, 22 and 29, 2026
EST/SMITH, M.