LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MINNIE RICHARDS, DECEASED
FILED NOV. 10, 1928.
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF MINNIE RICHARDS
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
COUNTY OF SHELBY.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That I, Minnie Richards, of the County of Shelby and State of Tennessee, being in good health, of sound and disposing mind and memory, and being above the age of twenty-one years, do make and publish this my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all other wills by me at any time heretofore made.
I direct that all of my just debts shall be paid and that the legacies hereinafter given shall, after the payment of debts, be paid out of my estate.
II.
I give and bequeath to my daughter, Minnie Virginia Stalls, all of my jewelry, my automobile and all of my household furniture; if my sons should desire any part of my household furniture, it is my desire that my daughter, Minnie Virginia Stalls, make such a division as she sees fit to my sons. If she does not desire to make any division of such property, then she becomes the sole owner thereof.
III.
I desire, and it is my will, that my home at Number 493 Lucy Avenue, located at the corner of Driver Street and Lucy Avenue, in the City of Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, shall be sold by my executor after my death, either at public or private sale and converted into cash or its equivalent or notes acceptable to my executor, and the proceeds thereof be divided equally between my daughter, Minnie Virginia Stalls, and my sons, J. Ed Richards, Bluford N. Richards and Clegg D. Richards.
IV.
All of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate wherever situated or located, I will and bequeath to my children above named to be divided in equal parts.
V.
For the purpose of carrying out the intent of this will I hereby appoint J. Ed Richards, my son, as trustee to handle and sell the home above referred to, with full power and authority to convey the legal title, and for that purpose I hereby will to him the legal title in said property.
VI.
I hereby appoint and constitute J. Ed Richards sole executor of this my last will, to act without bond.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this the 10th day of December, 1925, in the presence of Wils Davis and Robert Eberhart, who attest the same at my request.
[Signed]
Minnie Richards
The above instrument was now here subscribed by Minnie Richards, the testator, in our presence, and we, at her request and in her presence, sign our names hereto as attesting witnesses, and at the time of our signing said testator declared said instrument to be her last Will and Testament.
[Signed]
Wils Davis
Robert Eberhart
Admitted to probate and ordered recorded Nov. 10, 1928.
F.M. Guthrie, Judge
Recorded Nov. 10, 1928.
Ed. B. Crenshaw, Clerk
By A.B. Hatcher, D.C.
