Glynn County GaArchives Wills.....LASSERRE, Maria (Brown) February 24, 1920
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Source: Will Book H pgs. 65-67 Glynn Co., Georgia Probate Court
Written: February 24, 1920
Recorded: 1920


State of Georgia  }
County of Glynn  }

In the Name of God, Amen.

Know All Men By These Presents that I, the undersigned, Maria Lasserre, widow 
of the late Captain Joseph F. Lasserre, deceased, being of sound and disposing 
mind and memory, and recognizing the uncertainty of the affairs and things of 
this life, and the certainty of immortality and the life to come, do make, 
declare and publish this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking and 
annulling any and all will or wills heretofore made by me.

Item 1.  It is my desire and direction that the Executor hereinafter named 
shall, as soon as possible, pay off and discharge any indebtedness that I may 
leave unsatisfied at my death, I do not purpose, however, leaving any debts, 
except funeral expenses, and perhaps of last illness; and there may be 
sufficient funds with which to defray these; but if I do leave any valid 
outstanding obligations, it is my desire that they be paid and satisfied as 
soon as possible; and if it should be necessary to that end, my said executor 
is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to sell any of my estate, either 
real or personal, as to him may seem best, at private or public sale, as he 
may think proper, and without any order of any court or courts whatever to 
that end authorizing him so to do.

Item 2.  I desire that my body be given decent and Christianlike burial in the 
family lot, Oak Grove, Brunswick, Georgia.  My resting place I desire to be 
marked with a suitable [sic] keeping with my condition in life which is 
already prepared and placed.  Our merciful Father has been good to me all 
through my life; and I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is 
able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.  I desire 
that at my funeral ceremony there be sung "Abide with me" and "Lead kindly 
light."

Item 3.  I hereby give, devise and bequeath unto Mrs. Selina Ligeour all of my 
furniture, rugs and carpets and family pictures which are now contained at and 
in the front bed-room of my residence at the corner of George and Wolf Streets 
in Brunswick, Georgia.

Item 4.  I hereby give, devise and bequeath unto Mrs. J.C. Legeour [sic] all 
of my parlor furniture, and the back bed-room suit of furniture, and all of my 
Chinaware, rugs and carpets in the parlor and said back bedroom, located in 
the said residence and building at the corner of George and Wolf Streets, 
Brunswick, Georgia.

Item 4 [sic].  I hereby give, devise and bequeath unto my friend, Mrs. W.W. 
Royal, of Brunswick, Georgia, my hall carpet; also my cedar box or cedar 
chest, which is now located in my bedroom at my said residence, and also the 
fireless cooker located in said residence.

Item 5.  I hereby give, devise and bequeath unto Mrs. James V. McWhorter, of 
163 Candler Street, Inman Park, Atlanta, Georgia, my watch and chain; also my 
diamond ring; also two large paintings now in the parlor of my said residence, 
one of said paintings being the "Cow and Milkmaid", and the other of said 
paintings being the Panel Picture of Roses."

Item 6.  I hereby give, devise and bequeath unto Mrs. R.O. Ramsey the two 
large paintings and pictures in the parlor of my said residence, one of said 
pictures being known as "Mount Desert", now hanging over the mantelpiece in 
the parlor, and the other of said pictures being known as the "Picture Vase of 
Flowers".

Item 7.  After payment of debts, funeral expenses and provisions for tombstone 
as herein provided, should there by any money left by me, I will and desire 
that it be divided into two protions; one of said portions shall go to and be 
received by my niece, Ethel Ligeour, and the other portion shall go to and be 
received by little Richard Ramsey.

Item 8.  I hereby will, devise and bequeath my home and residence and the lot 
upon which the same is located, being situated at said corner of George and 
Wolf Streets in said City of Brunswick, and being a portion of Old Town Lot 
Number four hundred and thirty-two (#432), and being the Western Ninety by 
ninety (w.90x90) feet of said lot, equally to the First Methodist Church of 
Brunswick, Georgia, and to the Board of Trustees and Stewards of the said 
church; and to the Roman Catholic Church of Brunswick, Georgia, this devise 
being made by me by reason of the fact that my beloved husband, Captain Joseph 
Lasserre, was a Catholic, while I was a member of the Methodist Church.  
During all of our married life, we had no friction over religion, and this 
devise is made to show that there was no friction whatever in our married 
life; and inasmuch as our daughters and near relatives have all been called 
from earth, and after mature thought and consideration, I have concluded that 
the lot and home place should to on-half to the Methodist Church and one-half 
to the Catholic Church of Brunswick, Georgia.

Item 9.  I hereby constitute and appoint Mr. J.J. Vickers, and the minister in 
charge of the said First Methodist Church of Brunswick, Georgia, at the time 
probate of this will, and also Father J.T. Murphey and Father M.A. Cotter the 
present priests in charge of the Catholic Church in Brunswick, Georgia, as 
trustees with power under this will to carry into effect my wishes in regard 
to the said property.  I hereby direct the said Trustees to sell the said 
property to the very best advantage and interest, either at public or at 
private sale, as in their judgment they may think best.  In the event that the 
said Fathers Murphy [sic] and Cotter at the time this will is propounded may 
not then be in charge of the Catholic Church of Brunswick, Georgia, then the 
priest or priests of said Catholic Church in charge thereof are and shall be 
the substituted trustees representing said Catholic Church in carrying out the 
terms of this item of this will; and in the event that the sad J.J. Vickers 
may himself be deceased, or not willing to act as trustee under this will, 
then and in that event any one or more of the said trustees shall have the 
power to fully carry out my wishes in regard to said property; it being 
directed, however, that there shall be one representative of the Methodist 
Church and one of the Catholic Church as trustees to conduct the said sale, 
and make to the purchaser or purchasers either at public or private sale, a 
deed to the said property.  After the said property has been sold to the best 
advantage, and the expense of the sale has been paid, including a reasonable 
fee for the Attorney making the title to such purchaser, one-half of the net 
proceeds of the sale of said property shall go to and be received by the Board 
of Trustees for said Methodist Church, to be used by them in their 
uncontrolled discretion for the benefit and advantage of said Church.  I would 
like, however, for the said proceeds to be used in the erection, or in the aid 
to the erection of an annex to the Sunday School to the said First Methodist 
Church; but as to that I will leave it entirely to the good judgment of the 
Board of Stewards and Trustees of said Church.  As to the disposition of the 
one-half net proceeds arriving from sale of said property to go to the said 
Catholic Church, I leave that entirely to the direction of the Priest or 
Priests in charge of said Catholic Church to be used by him or them as a 
memorial to my loved and lamented husband, Captain Joseph Lasserre.  It is my 
will and desire that the Executor hereinafter named shall see to it that the 
terms of this item of my will are fully carried out, and to that end he is 
directed to join with the Trustees who may act with reference to the sale of 
the said property, and shall join with them in the marking of the said deed to 
said purchaser or purchasers; he to act in a supervisory capacity, but should 
he fail or refuse to act in that capacity, the action of the trustees, or any 
two of them representing the said two Churches shall be valid and binding, and 
convey the title to said property to the said purchaser or purchasers.

Item 10.  I hereby constitute and appoint my friend, D.W. Krauss as Executor 
of this my will, to carry out the terms hereof, as herein provided.  I have 
full faith and confidence in his honor and integrity, and he need not be 
required to give bond or make any return of his actings and doings in the 
premises.  He shall be allowed as his compensation the same compensation as is 
allowed to administrators for services rendered, including commission on the 
value of the property to be sold, as well as the value of the bequeaths herein 
made.

This February 24th, 1920.

Mrs. Maria Lasserre, Testatrix.

Signed, sealed, declared and published by the said Mrs. Maria Lasserre as her 
last will and testament in the presence of us, the undersigned witnesses, all 
of Brunswick, Georgia, who subscribed our names hereto as witnesses at the 
special instance and request of the said Testatrix, she signing in our 
presence and we signing in her presence and in the presence of each other, on 
this said 24th day of February, 1920.

Minnie Lee Krauss
Edna B. Miller
Ophelia P. Dickey

Witnesses, all of Brunswick, Georgia


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