Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-23
NURSE LEFT $4,000
BY CHAS. T. CURRIER.
THE ATLANTA BANKER
Two Nurses, Two Cousins
and Two Friends, ST, Philips
Cathedral and Grady Hos
pitaI Chief BenefiCiarieS

Two nurses. two cousins. two friends,
st. Phillips cathedral. the Georgia Bap-
fist home at Hapeville and Grady hos
pital, are the beneficiaries named in the
will OF the late Mr.. Charles E. Currier.
wealthy banker and prominent Atlartian,
who died laGt Friday at his apartments
in the Grand Opera House building, leav-
ing an estate valued approximately at
q quarter OF million.
A codicil to the will, written In the
last month of his illness. revokes a
previous clause which left the residue
of his estate, about $3.50. 900, to the next
of kin, and wills II instead to Miss w.
NJ Ballenger.. the urse who attended him
up TO the day Of his death. Miss Bal
lenger thus becomes the chief bene-
ficiary. other requests being much
smaller than this amount.
The CurrIer will was filed for probate
with the ordinary of Fulton county Mon
Georgia is named as executor, and At
torneys King & Spalding are appointed
legal representatives in case there is liti-
cation The executors are directed to
pay the requests directed in the will
as soon as possible without sacrificing
any Of the property.
MADE JANUARY IS, 1917.
The will was made January IL, 1917;
the codicil on September 15, 1917. Both
the will and the codicil were witnessed
BY three well-known Atlantiansl d. b.
DeSaussure, C. w. Stricken and 'Alonzo
Richardson.
The first item In the will leaves $15.-
600 to Mr.. Curriers' cousin, Mrs. Katie
w Hope. the wife OF Captain George M
Hone. and $4,000 to his other cousin.
Mrs. Jessie w. Tomlinson.
To my dear friend" Will Allen, is
left $4,000, and to another friend,
George r. Donovan, $4,000.
The Mr.. Allen referred TO is William
II. Allen, a department manager at the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. company, and was
for wears a close personal friend to
Mr.. Currier, having also had rooms in
the Grand building. He is brother
TO Ivan II. Allen. president of the At
lanta chamber of conerce.
Mr.. Donovan is a vice president OF
the Atlanta National bank. He was
one of the officers of the bank when
Mr. Currier was its president and was
closely associated with Mr.. Currier in
a personal way.
Mr.. currier. left $4,000 to my faith
full nurse, Miss Valentino" presumably
a nurse who attended him at another
stage of his illness than did Miss Bal
lenger.
CATHEDRAL GETS $4,000.
St Phillips cathedral is left 100000.
the Georgia Baptist home at Hapeville
is left $4,000, and the city of Atlanta
is left $4,000. in trust for the Grady
hospital.
In Item Five OF the win Mr.. Cur
rier directed that the residue of the
estate be left to the next of kin, wha
was not named. Tt was this item tina.
was changed by the codicil OF Septem-
Der Is. so that the bequest is revoked
in favor of his faithful nurse" Miss
BaIlenger.
The codicil directed that If Miss Ball
lenger died before Mr.. Currier did, the
residue should revert to the next of kin,
but that in the event he died first. the
residue should go to her.
Miss w. NJ. Ballenger is a graduate
trained nurse who lives at S52 Peach
tree street. with her friend, Miss NJ.
Weathers.
Miss Ballenger was not at home Mon
day when The Journal endeavored to
locate her, but Miss Weathers stated
that Miss Ballenger is an orphan girl,
about twenty-eight years of age, from
North Carolina.
Miss Ballenger has bean Mr.. Cur
rier's nurse for year and six months,
stated Miss Weathers. She has two
brothers living in Atlanta.