The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-04-21
THE WILL OF W. C. GEORGE IS
FILED FOR PROBATE

The last will and testament of W.
C. George, one of the leading plan
ters of the delta, eldest son of the
late Senator j. z. George, was filed
for probate in the Chancery Clerks
Office here last week.
Hon. ]. w. George, of Jackson,
United States district attorney, is
named as executor. The will is
lengthy, consisting of &c pages in
MI. Georges own handwriting.
The first bequest of the will is %
shares of the First National Bank
stock, 60 shares of the Henderson &
Baird Hardware Company stock and
25 shares Of the Bank of Commerce
stock, which is b~equeathed to J. w.
George, trustee, in trust for Mrs.
Fannie T. George, widow of his
deceased brother, Alfred H. George.
She is to receive the income during
her lifetime and at her death one
half goes to her daughter, Bette
Young George, and one-half to her
daughter, Mary Leavell George. In
case either of them die without
children before their mother then
the other is to receive all of the stock,
and should both die without children
the stock will revert to the estate.
In case Of children the stock would
go to their children the same as it
would to them alive.
The next bequest is to his faithful
old negro servant, Maria jenkins, who
has been his servant for more than 80
years. A faithful old black nanny,
whose type is fast disappearing. She
is given the income from ten shares
of First National Bank stock as long
as she lives, payable monthly by the
executor, and in case no dividends
should be declared in any year she is
to receive 500 from his estate. At
her death this stock reverts to the
estate.
The next bequest is $4,000 indebt-
edness and accrued interest owed
by his sister, Mrs. Mary George
Leavell and her husband, which is
given to James George Leavell and
$500 to James George Hemingway.
Mrs. Kate D. George is given the
in Grenada County which
she formerly owned and which was
bought by Mr.. George six years ago.
This is given to DR.. T. R. Henderson,
trustee, in trust for Mrs. George and
her children, the income from the
place to go to her during her life
time. At the death of both Mrs.
Kate George and her husband, P. S.
George, this property is to go to their
children in fee simple.
Next m four requests of
$1,000 each to four young boys, to be
held in trust for them until they be-
come of age and turned over to them
between the ages of Fl and 25 at the
of the trustees: George
Cothran Aloridge, with Mr.. F. M.
Aldridge as trustee; Sam L. Gwin, Jr.,
S. l.. Gwin as trustee; Ralph
Humphreys, with DR.. T. R. Hender-
son as trustee, and Jack Rose Hum
phreys, with Mrs. Willie Humphreys
as trustee. In the case of Ralph Hum
phreys, the provision is made that the
may in his discretion use a
part or all of the bequest for Ralph's
Joseph W. George, trustee, is
given $4,000 in cash to be held in
trust for P. S. George and his family,
the provision that the trustee
may in his discretion use any part of
it to pay off any Indebtedness there
might be against Mr.. P. S. Georges
in Runnymede or his home
in Greenwood. At the death Of both
Mr.. and Mrs. George the principal
and accommodations to be paid to their
children.
His one-ninth interest in Runny-
mede is given to Mr.. and Mrs. J. w.
George during their lifetime and at
their death to their children, Eliza
beth and Mildred, in fee simple. All
Of the personal property on Runny-
mede was also included in this
bequest.
Cotesworth, the old home place, is
to Mrs. Lizzie George
One of the provisions
of the will of Senator George was
that this place should go to some
member of the family in good stand
ing in the Baptist church.
At the time of making his will MI.
George owned one-fourth interest in
Ashwood plantation, which he had
since sold. One-half of this was
given to Mrs. Leavell and the other
half to Mr.. j. w. George.
His brother, Hon. Joseph W.
George of Jackson, is made execu-
tor of his will and to him is left the
residue Of his estate, realty, personal
and mixed. Since the sale, of his in
terest in Ashwood, Mr.. George had
bought another fractional interest in
and some more stock not
disposed by his will. Everything not
specially bequeathed goes to his
brother, Joseph w. George.