Glynn County GaArchives Wills.....ROYAL, Villard Hopkins 14 August 1942 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Amy Hedrick http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003209 March 13, 2009, 3:25 am Source: Will Book H Pgs. 412-414; Glynn Co., Georgia Probate Court Written: 14 August 1942 Recorded: March 1, 1943 Georgia, Glynn County. I, V.H. Royal, of said State and County, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make, publish, and declare my last will and testament as follows: 1. I desire for all of my due and just debts, including funeral expenses, to be paid as soon as practicable after my death. 2. I desire my executor to pay unto The Brunswick Bank & Trust Company, as Trustee, the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). Said Trustee shall invest and manage said fund in such a manner as their judgment dictates, the income therefrom to be used to maintain the cemetery lot in Palmetto Cemetery, Brunswick, Georgia, in which my mother, father and sister are now buried, in such a manner as my Trustee deems best. 3. I give and devise unto my niece, Edith Royal Branch, my personal automobile, if I own one at the time of my death. 4. I give and devise unto my nephew, Boyce Royal, Jr., all of my jewelry and guns of all kinds. 5. I give, bequeath and devise unto my niece, Edith Royal Branch lot sixteen (16) in Block number seven (7) of subdivision of East Beach, on St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia, with the improvements thereon and all of the household furniture and effects contained therein. 5A. I give, bequeath and bequeath the following special legacies: Trustees, First Methodist Church, Brunswick, Ga. $1000.00 Troop Committee, as Trustee, Troop #1, Boy Scouts, Brunswick, Ga. $500.00 Y.W.C.A. Trustees—Brunswick, Ga. $100.00 Minnie I. Dicks—Chattanooga, Tenn. $500.00 Mrs. Bessie Dicks Walker, Augusta, Ga. $500.00 Mrs. Josephine Dicks Prior, Chattanooga, Tenn. $500.00 Mrs. Ann McClure Dicks, Chattanooga, Tenn. $500.00 Josephine Franklin, if working for me at the time of my death $500.00 D.K. Price, if working for me at the time of my death $500.00 S.H. Burney, if working for me at the time of my death $500.00 Vassa Cate, Sr. Brunswick, Ga. $200.00 Henry Cate Brunswick, Ga. $200.00 Jimmie Jones Atlanta, Ga. $200.00 John N. Hotch, Brunswick, Ga. $200.00 Mrs. Belle Shinholser Atlanta, Ga. $200.00 The above individual bequests shall only be of force and effect in the event that the beneficiaries named shall survive me. 6. I give and bequeath unto my brother, Boyce Royal, Sr., my one-half interest in the lot in Miami, Florida, which now belongs to my brother and myself jointly. If my brother, Boyce Royal, Sr. fails to survive me, then the property described in this paragraph is to become a part of my residuary estate and is to be handled by my executor in accordance with instructions hereinafter given. 7. I have at this time a number of life insurance policies upon my life made payable to various beneficiaries. On some of the policies I have borrowed against their cash values. In the event that at the time of my death there should be loans outstanding against any of these policies I direct my executor to pay to the beneficiary named in such policy from my general estate an amount equal to the indebtedness against such policy so that the beneficiary or beneficiaries will receive the full face value of such policy just as if no loan or loans had been made thereon. 8. I give and devise unto my brother, Boyce Royal, Sr., providing he survives me, a one-eight interest in all my real and personal property not disposed of by any specific legacy; but if my brother, Boyce Royal, Sr., should fail to survive me, then I give, devise, and bequeath such property to any children that he may have other than Edith, Gladys, Ann, and Boyce Royal, Jr.; and if my brother, Boyce Royal, Sr., should fail to survive me and should not leave any other children than those above named, then such interest in said real and personal property shall revert to my residuary estate and shall be handled along with my other property in accordance with instructions hereinafter given my executor. 9. The rest and residue of my property, including the property given to my brother in the above paragraphs if he fails to survive me and fails to leave other issue than those named, I give and bequeath unto my executor hereinafter named, to be held in trust by them, for the uses and under the terms and stipulations set out hereafter, until my nephew, Boyce Royal, Jr. attains the age of twenty-five years, then at that time they shall convey to him a one- half interest in all of my property, both real and personal, and shall convey at that time my other half interest in equal parts to his sisters, Edith, Gladys and Ann. My executor shall, however, during the period that the trust exists pay unto my said nieces and nephew the net income from my property, both real and personal, in the same proportion, that is, one-half to Boyce Royal, Jr., and the other half in equal shares between Edith, Gladys and Ann Royal. It is understood that such needful expenditures as insurance, repairs, taxes, and other expenses and outlays incidental to the proper management of my estate shall be paid by my said executor out of the gross income from said estate before any distribution is made to my said nephew and nieces. In the event any of my above named nieces should die prior to the time my said nephew attains the age of twenty-five, then their share shall descend to their children, but in the event they have no children, then their part will revert back to the common fund left in trust. In the event Boyce Royal, Jr. should die prior to the time he attains twenty-five years of age leaving children of his own, then his share of my estate shall descend to his children, but if he should die prior to attaining twenty-five years of age leaving no issue, then his share shall revert to the common fund to be divided among his three above named sisters. In the event Boyce Royal, Jr. should die before he attains twenty-five years of age leaving no issue, my executor shall be directed to pay over to my three nieces in equal shares all of my real and personal property covered by this paragraph when Ann, the youngest of the three sisters, attains the age of twenty-one years. 10. I appoint the Brunswick Bank & Trust Company as executor of this my last will and testament, and as trustee hereunder, I empower them to sell any and all of my property, both real and personal, at public or private sale for the consideration their judgment may dictate, reinvest the proceeds as their judgment may dictate for the trust and uses set out above. I empower them to repair, improve, remodel, lease or rent, or in other words in any manner handle my properties as their sound business judgment may dictate. In the event The Brunswick Bank & Trust Company should fail or refuse to serve as my executor or in the event after qualifying as such they should resign, then in either event, I appoint in their stead The National Bank of Brunswick to serve as executor and trustee. V.H. Royal Testator Published, declared and executed by Villard H. Royal as his last will and testament on the 14th day of August 1942, he signing in our presence and we signing in his presence, and in the presence of each other. Fannie Mitchell Frank Parker W.E. Geiger GEORGIA GLYNN COUNTY I do solemnly swear that this writing contains the last will and testament of the within named V.H. Royal, deceased, so far as I or the Brunswick Bank & Trust Company knows or believes; that I am the President of the said Bank, named as executor in said will, and authorized to make this affidavit; and that the said Bank as Executor will well and truly execute the same in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia. So help me God. I.M. Aiken Sworn to and subscribed before me this March 1, 1943, Edwin W. Dart, Ordinary, Glynn County, Georgia. Additional Comments: More Glynn County Genealogy & History can be found at File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/glynn/wills/royal769gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 8.5 Kb