Marvin Keister Will of 1949

 

 

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

OF

MARVIN WILSON KEISTER

 

            I, Marvin Wilson Keister, of the City of Radford, Virginia, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other wills by me at any time made:

            FIRST: I desire that all my just debts by paid, if any I shall owe at my death.

            SECOND: I do hereby give, devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Lillian Rebecca Keister, all of my estate and property of every kind whatsoever, where situated, real, personal and mixed, and whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be hers absolutely and in fee simple, and to the express exclusion of all other persons whomsoever.

            THIRD: I do hereby nominate and appoint my beloved wife, Lillian Rebecca Keister, Executrix of this my last will and testament, with full power and authority to execute the same according to its true and intended meaning, and having full confidence in my said wife, I do hereby request that she be permitted to qualify without surety.

            WITNESS the following signature and seal to this my last will and testament, this 8th day of May, 1943.

                       Marvin Wilson Keister               (SEAL) 

 

            The above signature of the testator, Marvin Wilson Keister, was made and the foregoing will, consisting of one (1) page, was acknowledged by the said Marvin Wilson Keister in the presence of us, three (3) competent witnesses, present at the same time, May, 1943, in the presence of the said testator and of each other, at the request of the said testator, who was then of sound mind and over the age of twenty-one years.

                       WITNESS:   John J. Wills

                       WITNESS:   M. T. Keister

                       WITNESS:   John B. Spiers

 

 

VIRGINIA: In the Clerk’s Office of the Corporation Court for the City of Radford, the 26th day of January, 1949.

 

In Re: The will of Marvin Wilson Keister, Deceased.

            A writing bearing date the 8th day of May, 1943, purporting to be the last will and testament of Marvin Wilson Keister, who departed this life on the 18th day of January 1949 in the City of Radford, Virginia, in which City the deceased resided and had estate, was this day produced in the Clerk’s Office of this Court and duly proven in the manner prescribed by law, by the oaths of John J. Wills and M. T. Keister, two of the subscribing witnesses thereto; On motion of Lillian Rebecca Keister, the executrix named in said writing and sole beneficiary thereunder, the said writing is proven, probated and ordered to be recorded as and for the true last will and testament of the said Marvin Wilson Keister, deceased.  Thereupon the said Lillian Rebecca Keister took the oath of office as prescribed by law and entered into and acknowledged a bond in the penalty of $1200.00 conditioned and payable according to law, without security, as provided in said will.

            Certificate is granted the said Lillian Rebecca Keister for obtaining letters of probate of said will in due form.

Teste:  J. C. Turner             Clerk.    

 

VIRGINIA: In the Clerk’s Office of the Corporation Court of the City of Radford:

Estate of Marvin Wilson Keister, deceased.

            I, the undersigned, who this day qualified before the Clerk of the Corporation Court of the City of Radford as executrix of the estate of Marvin Wilson Keister, deceased, late of the City of Radford, Virginia, 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 ages and the addresses of the heirs of my decedent Marvin Wilson Keister who died testate on January 18th , 1949. 

LIST OF HEIRS

                                                 Approximate

                       NAME                       AGE    RELATIONSHIP       ADDRESS

            Lillian Rebecca Keister         49                   Wife               Tyler Avenue, Radford, Va.

 

            Given under my hand, this 26th day of January, 1949.

                                   Lillian R. Keister

                                              Executrix

            Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 26th day of January, 1949.

                                   J. C. Turner    J. C. Turner            Clerk

 

 

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