Wills: Lessie Ann Edwards Lees, 1979: Jena, La Salle Parish, LA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Jennapher Cameron Lawson ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.org *********************************************************************** Copyright © 2001 by Jennapher Cameron Lawson. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Jena, Louisiana September 13, 1979 I, Lessie Ann Whatley Lees, being of sound and disposing mind and wishing to make proper disposition of my property in the event of my death, do hereby make and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all prior wills I may have made. 1. I first require that all of my just debts be paid from the assets of my estate. 2. Unto my children, BERTIE EDWARDS CRANFORD and DICIE M. EDWARDS SVITAK, I give, devise and bequeath all of the property I die possessed of, whether corporeal, incorporeal, movable, immovable, separate or community with the provision that these children share this property in equal portions. 3. I appoint my daughter, BERTIE EDWARDS CRANFORD as Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament, said appointment to be without the necessity of bond or inventory both of which are herby dispensed with. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this my Last Will and Testament in the presence of the witnesses hereinafter named and undersigned. LESSIE ANN WHATLEY LEES, Testatrix Signed on Page 1 and declared by LESSIE ANN WHATLEY LEES, Testatrix above named, in our presence to be her Last Will and Testament and in the presence of the Testatrix and each other we have hereto subscribed our names on this 13th day of September, 1979. WITNESSES: I'm not listing these here, as I am not aware of their current state. Witness 1 Witness 2 LESSIE ANN WHATLEY LEES notary public