Wills: Lessie Ann Edwards Lees, 1979: Jena, La Salle Parish, LA
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

Jena, Louisiana
September 13, 1979

I, Lessie Ann Whatley Lees, being of sound and disposing mind and wishing to
make proper disposition of my property in the event of my death, do hereby
make
and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all prior 
wills I may have made.

1. I first require that all of my just debts be paid from the assets of my
estate.

2. Unto my children, BERTIE EDWARDS CRANFORD and DICIE M. EDWARDS SVITAK, I
give,
devise and bequeath all of the property I die possessed of, whether corporeal,
incorporeal, movable, immovable, separate or community with the provision that
these children share this property in equal portions.

3. I appoint my daughter, BERTIE EDWARDS CRANFORD as Executrix of this my Last
Will
and Testament, said appointment to be without the necessity of bond or
inventory
both of which are herby dispensed with.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this my Last Will and Testament in the
presence
of the witnesses hereinafter named and undersigned.

<signature>
LESSIE ANN WHATLEY LEES, Testatrix

Signed on Page 1 and declared by LESSIE ANN WHATLEY LEES, Testatrix above
named, in
our presence to be her Last Will and Testament and in the presence of the
Testatrix 
and each other we have hereto subscribed our names on this 13th day of
September, 1979.

WITNESSES:
I'm not listing these here, as I am not aware of their current state.

Witness 1
Witness 2
LESSIE ANN WHATLEY LEES
notary public