COFFEE COUNTY, TN - WILLS - Joseph Burr Bryan, 12 May 1960
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Contributor's Note:  Joseph Burr Bryan has many descendants in the Coffee 
County area, and is buried in the Fouontain Grove Cemetery.


                           LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

                                      of

                              JOSEPH BURR BRYAN

 

I, JOSEPH BURR BRYAN, of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, do hereby 
make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby 
revoking any and all testamentary dispositions by me heretofore made.

ARTICLE I

I direct that my just debts and the expenses of my last illness and funeral be 
paid first.

ARTICLE II

I hereby declare that I have only two (2) children, they being a son, Herbert 
W. Bryan, and a son, Marcus Howard Bryan; and I further declare that the child 
named and known as Joseph Burr Bryan, Jr., who was born to my former wife, 
Jennie L. Bryan, is not my son even though he was born during my marriage to 
her, the date of his birth having been November 5, 1953, a few weeks after my 
said marriage to her on September 27, 1953. Even though a court of competent 
jurisdiction might hereafter adjudge the said Joseph Burr Bryan, Jr. to be my 
son, I do not wish to leave him any part of my estate.

ARTICLE III

All of my estate remaining after payment of my just debts and the expenses of 
my lst illness and funeral, whether real, personal or mixed, of whatsoever the 
same may consist and wherever the same may be situated, I give, devise and 
bequeath unto my sister, Lucy E. Bryan, if she survives me.

ARTICLE IV

If my sister, Lucy E Bryan, predeceases me, then I give, devise and bequeath 
my estate in equal shares to my two sons hereinbefore referred to if both 
survive me.

ARTICLE V

If one of my sons hereinbefore referred to predeceases me and only one sone 
survives me, then I give devise and bequeath one-half of my said estate unto 
my surviving son and the remainder in equal shares to the then surviving 
children of the son who does not survive me.

ARTICLE VI

If both of my sons hereinbefore referred to predecease me, then I give, devise 
and bequeath my said estate in equal shares, per capita, to my then surviving 
grandchildren.

ARTICLE VII

I hereby name, nominate, constitute and appoint my son, Marcus Howard Bryan, 
as Executor of this my Last Will and Testament, and request and direct that no 
bond be required of him to act in such capacity.

ARTICLE VIII

I request my Executor hereinbefore named to employ Len L. Balke, attorney at 
law, if he be then available and engaged in the practice of law in Jackson 
County, Missouri, as counselor and attorney to represent my Executor and my 
estate in connection with the administration thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name to the above and foregoing 
instrument at Kansas City, Missouri this 12th day of May, 1960.

Joseph Burr Bryan, Testator

The above and foregoing instrument was signed, published and declared by 
Joseph Burr Bryan, the above named Testator, as and for his Last Will and 
Testament, he having signed the same and I having initialed each page thereof 
with the initials of "J.B.B." in our presence and in the presence of each of 
us, and we, at the same time, at his request, and in his presence, and in the 
presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting 
witnesses this 12th day of May, 1960.

Name

Grace Jean Sharp

William R Kelly

Stuart Hincliman