NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF WASHINGTON

The undersigned, Vernon R. Norman, having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Cleo Mosolene Hill, Deceased, late of Washington County, North Carolina, hereby notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the Estate to present such claims to the undersigned in care of the undersigned’s Attorney at their address on or before January 8, 2025 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 above named Executor.

This the 8th day of October, 2025.

Vernon R. Norman, Executor

Estate of Cleo Mosolene Hill

Daniel Jenkins, Esq.

Carolina Estate Planning

380 Knollwood St.

Suite 500

Winston Salem, NC 27103

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

COUNTY OF WASHINGTON

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

BEFORE THE CLERK

FILE NO. 25SP000025-930

JOSEPH EDWARD WOMBLE a/k/a ED WOMBLE,

Petitioner,

V.

WALLACE LAMB, MILLIE WOMBLE, and KERRI W. LUNDY, as Executor of the Estate of Larry Irving Watson and Trustee of the Watson Family Trust,

Respondents.

A Petition has been duly filed in this Court by the Petitioner, Joseph Edward Womble (also known as Ed Womble), setting forth the following allegations and seeking an Order that a new Certificate of Title be issued, as more specifically described herein:

1. Petitioner and Respondents own interests in the parcel of real property described as Lot 5 on the Plat Map recorded in Map Book 7, Page 94, of the Washington County Public Registry, which is part of that tract of land title to which was registered under Chapter 43 of the General Statutes as Registered Estate No. 578 and is more particularly described on Exhibit 1 attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference (the "Property").
2. On or about June 16, 1994, the Property was transferred by Furbee Farming Corporation to Logan N. Womble, III, and wife, Millie Womble, Ed Womble, and wife, Wally Womble, and Nyal W. Watson, and husband, Larry Watson, in fee simple.
3. On or about October 23, 1997, Petitioner and Wallace Lamb divorced, thus severing the tenancy by the entirety and rendering Petitioner and Wallace Lamb tenants in common.
4. Logan N. Womble, III, Nyal Watson, and Larry Irving Watson have since passed away.
5. Logan N. Womble, Ill's interest passed to his wife, Millie Womble, as the surviving tenant by the entireties. Upon Nyal Watson's death, her interest passed to Larry Irving Watson as the surviving tenant by the entireties, and upon Larry Irving Watson's death, pursuant to Item III of his Last Will and Testament, devised to the Watson Family Trust.
6. There are no encumbrances on the Property except the following:
7. 2025 and subsequent years Washington County taxes.
8. A fifty (50) foot right of way as reserved by Furbee Farming Corporation on the Certificate of Title recorded in Torrens Book 18, Page 118, of the Washington County Public Registry.
9. A Conservation Easement granted m favor of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, State of North Carolina, recorded at Deed Book 415, Page 218, of the Washington County Public Registry.

All persons, corporations, or others having or claiming any interest or estate in the Property, Registered Estate No. 578, are notified to appear before the Clerk of Superior Court of Washington County, North Carolina, on the 3rd day of December, 2025, at 11 :00 A.M. Failure to do so will or may jeopardize any claim or right of ownership that you may or might have in said described lands.

 EXHIBIT 1

BEGINNING at a point in the center line of Canal No. 16 of Albemarle Drainage District at its intersection with the center line of Phelps Canal; thence along the center line of Phelps Canal North 82 degrees 25 minutes East 4,000 feet, and North 82 degrees 33 minutes East 4,237.3 feet to the center line of an intersecting canal, same being the Northwestern corner of Registered Estate No. 577; thence along the center line of said intersecting canal South 27 degrees 50 minutes West 6,541 feet to the center line of Canal No. 16; thence along the center line of Canal No. 16 North 47 degrees 30 minutes West 6,942 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, containing 519 acres, more or less.

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