Elizabeth Sutton Roseberry Will of 1973
I ELIZABETH C.
ROSEBERRY, better known as Lizzie Roseberry, residing at 1104 Fifth Street,
Radford, Virginia, being of sound and disposing mind, do hereby make, publish
and declare this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking any and all
wills heretofore made by me.
FIRST:
I direct all my just debts be paid.
SECOND: I hereby leave, bequeath and devise to my
husband, Charles Wesley Roseberry, all my real and personal estate for life,
and having full confidence in him, I authorize him to use so much of the corpus
of my estate as he shall find necessary for his comfort and maintenance, and at
his death, whatever remains undisposed of, if any, I desire shall be equally
divided among my children, and the two children of my deceased son, Charlie
Roseberry, to take his share per stirpes.
THIRD: I hereby
declare that any portion of my estate that remains undisposed of, as
hereinabove provided, that consists of any household articles or gifts made by
any of my children, shall at my death be returned to such child making the
same.
FOURTH: I hereby nominate and appoint my said
husband, Charles Wesley Roseberry, as Executor of this my last will and
testament; and I direct that no security be required of my said husband as
Executor.
Given under my hand
this 31 day of March, 1964.
Elizabeth
G. Roseberry (SEAL)
The above signature of
the testatrix was made and the foregoing will was acknowledged to be her last
will and testament by the said testatrix, in the presence of us, two competent
witnesses, present at the same time; and we, the said witnesses, do hereunto
subscribe the said will on the date last above written, in the presence of the
testatrix and of each other, at the request of the said testatrix, who was then
of sound mind and over the age of twenty‑one years.
G.
Garland Wilson
Joyce
E. Poff
VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit
Court of the City of Radford the 10th day of December, 1973
In re: Will of Elizabeth
C. Roseberry (better known as Lizzie Roseberry), deceased
A paper writing
bearing date the 31st day of March, 1964, purporting to be the will of
Elizabeth C. Roseberry (better known as Lizzie Roseberry), deceased, was this
day presented and offered for probate.
It appearing that
Elizabeth G. Roseberry (better known as Lizzie Roseberry) resided in the City
of Radford. and that she died November 26, 1973, G. Garland Wilson, one of the
subscribing witnesses to said paper writing, being first duly sworn, deposed
and said that he and Joyce L. Poff, the other subscribing witness to said
paper writing, were present together at the same time and in the presence of
Elizabeth C. Roseberry (better known as Lizzie Roseberry) when she, the
testator, signed the said paper writing and acknowledged it to be her will, and
that they, at her request, in her presence and in the presence of each other,
signed their names thereto as subscribing witnesses; and that the testator was
at that time over twenty‑one years of age and capable of making a will.
Thereupon the said
paper writing dated March 31, 1964, consisting of one typewritten page, is
established and adjudged to be the last will and testament of Elizabeth C.
Roseberry (better known as Lizzie Roseberry), deceased, and is ordered to be
recorded as such.
Teste:
/S/ Giles W. Goodykoontz Clerk
VIRGINIA: In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit
Court of the City of Radford:
Estate of Elizabeth G. Roseberry (Lizzie
Roseberry), deceased:
I, the undersigned, on
my oath do say that I have made diligent inquiry and that I believe the
following to be a true and correct list together with the ages and the
addresses of the heirs of my decedent Elizabeth C. Roseberry (Lizzie Roseberry)
who died testate on November 26, 1973.
LIST
OF HEIRS
Name App. Relationship Address
Age
Charles Wesley Roseberry 80 husband 1104 Fifth Street
Radford,
Virginia
Margaret R. Lawton 58 daughter Fairlawn
Radford,
Virginia
James Carl Roseberry 35 son Durham, North Carolina
Mary Ellen R. Richardson 46 daughter Raleigh, North Carolina
Donald Bruce Roseberry 32 g. son Alexandria, Virginia
Robert Byron Roseberry 24 g. son Radford, Virginia
Karen Michelle Roseberry 5 g. g. daughter Radford, Virginia
Gregory Roseberry 19 g.
son Lynchburg, Virginia
Resa Roseberry 22 g. daughter Lynchburg, Virginia
Given under my hand,
this 10th day of December, 1973.
Margaret R. Lawton
Heir at Law
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 10th day
of December, 1973.
Frances
N. Hutton
Deputy
Clerk
VIRGINIA:
In the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of the City of Radford the
10th day of December, 1973, the foregoing List of heirs was presented and
admitted to record.
Teste:
/S/ Giles Goodykoontz Clerk
Radford City Will Book 5, pgs. 124-126