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Shannon, Ethel V ._;~.._..,_.~',L,:..''':')':'\'~~'''''''' . . 1JIa61 llIill altb ille61amettl OF ETHEL V. SHANNON I, ETHEL V. SHANNON, also known as ETHEL VIRGINIA SHANNON, a citizen and resident of Pinellas County, Florida, present1 residing at 1280 Lakeview Ro~d, Lot 115, Clearwater, Florida 34616, being of sound mind and disposing memory and over the age of eighteen years, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, and hereby revoke all former Wills and Codicils theret ITEH I ~ ~\ ~ \ by me made. I hereby order and direct that my Personal Representa- tive hereinafter named pay all my just debts, including expenseS of my last illness, funeral and cemetery expenses, and my Personal Repre_ sentative is hereby authorized in her discretion to make such payment without the necessity of requiring the filing of any claios therefor, ~. nor having them allowed by any court. My Personal Representativ~ is hereby given full power to adjust, settle and compromises in her sole discretion any claims either in favor of or against my estate, withou the necessity of having any such adjustment, settlement or compromise approved by any court. All costs of administration, including any federal or state estate or inheritance taxes, whether or not the basis for such estate or inheritance tax is property passing under this Will, shall be paid from my residuary estate. ITEN II I devise such of my tangible personal property to those persons designated in a separate writing, to be in existence at the time of my death, which is signed by me and which described the items and the devisees with reasonable certainty. I intend that such separate writing, as it may read at the time of my death, be a binding disposition of the tangible personal property described. In the event that my Personal Representative is to locate such separate writing within thirty (30) days - END OF PAGE ONE - after her qualification as such, it shall be conclusively presumed that such separate writing does not exist, irrespective of \t.7hether such separate writing is later found. ITEM III All the rest, residue and remainder of my property, of whatsoever kind and wheresoever situate, I devise to t~y three daughters, share and share alike, as follows: One-third to ALICE J. ALDRIDGE, born October 16, 1940, a single person. If my said daughter, ALICE, shall predecease Me, in that event I devise her share to my daughter TERESA A. MILLS for the use and benefit of her three minor children as she may see fit, without reporting to any cou~t. One-third to PATRICIA A. HARRIS, born August 12, 1944, a single person. If my said daughter, PATRICIA, shall predecease me, in that event I devise her share to TERESA A. MILLS for the use and benefit of her three minor children as she may see fit, without reporting to any court. One-third to TERESA A. HILLS, born November 11, 1956, or, if she shal predecease me, then to her issue, per stirpes. Her issue presently in being are: JESSICA lULLS, daughter, born August 14, 1980 MEGAN MILLS, daughter, born March 25, 1982 JOSHUA MILLS, son, born May 12, 1986 ITEM IV I hereby nominate and appoint my daughter, ALICE J. ALDRIDGE, as Personal Representative hereof, or, if she shall be unable or unwilling to qualify or to continue to serve as such, then I hen~by nominate and appoint my daughter, PATRICIA A. HARRIS, as Alternate Personal Representative hereof, each to serve without bond for the faithful performance of their duties. Without limitation of the powers conferred upon him or her by statute or general rules of law, my Personal Representative is specifically authorized and empowered: (a) To invest any funds of my estate in any corporate shares, bonds, notes, or other securities or property, real or personal, including any cOu~on or commingled fund maintained by my personal representative and notwithstanding that such investm~nts may not be of the character allowed to personal representatives or trustees by statute or general ~ules of law, it being my intention to give the broade,st investment powers and discretion to my Personal Representative; - END OF PAGE TWO - J ~ ~ " \ t \ (b) To sell or otherwise dispose of any property, real or personal, at any time forming a part of my estate for cash, or upon credit, in such manner and on such terms and conditions as he or she may deem best, and no pe::::-son dealing with him 0::::- her shall be bound to see to the application of any moneys paid; (c) To manage, operate, repair, improve, nortgage, and lease for any term any real estate at any time held by him or her; (d) To make distribution in cash or in kind upon any division of PlY estate; and (e) In general, to exercise all powers i~ the manage- ment of TIY estate wh:.ch any individual could exercise in the management of siTIilar property owned in his own right, upon such terms and conditions as ma:' seem best to him or her, and to ex.ecute and deliver an~7 and all instrU1:l(~nts and to do all acts which h~ or she may deem necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this Will. I hereb:r sign the foregoing document, consisting of four (4) typewritten pages, one page after this page, containing no erasures, alterations or interlineations, as and for my Last Will and Testament at Clearwater, Florida, this 7th day of March, 1990. , 1 ~' ~' '. - / r.~~/-t/C, i/~ ' u~-~ SEAL) Ethel V. Shannon, also known as Ethel Virginia Shannon - END OF PAGE THREE - We, the undersigned, having seen the Tetatrix, ETHEL V. SHANNON, also known as ETHEL VIRGINIA SHANNON, to us well known, sign the above and foregoing document as and for her Last Will and Testament, do in the presence or each other, and in the presence of said Testatrix, and at her request, witness this document as the Last Will and Testament of the said ETHEL V. SHANNON, at Clearwater, Florida, this 7th day of March, 1990. .'J/ i ~m Jess / .... I!) J! JJw cKtu-i~ i1der Thacker residing at Clearwater, Florida. [;'~IVl~_c ?A ,,:tP.fi-I-tP,ol (- Donna L. Slattery J residing at C1~arwter, Florida. ), .~.,. ut/ '- :.L residing at Clearwater, Florida. - END OF PAGE FOUR - - END OF WILL - , -- \ , . AFFIDAVIT FOR SELF-PROOF OF LAST WILL OF FLORIDA COUNTY OF PINELLAS We, ETHEL V. SHANNON, also kno~vn as ETHEL VIRGINIA SHANNON, DONNA L. SLATTERY aud HELEN SUt-iNERS, the Tes tatrix and two of the witnesses, respectively, whose naoes are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, were sworn and declared to the undersigned officer that the Tp.statrix signed the instrument as her Last Will, that she signed, and that each of the three witnesses, in the presence of thp. Testatrix and in the presence of each other, signed the Will as a witness. ~0l (/ Lil.tX~~~-~v Ethel V. Shannon, also known as Ethel Virginia Shannon, Testatrix IJOoJIIl/L-il'",/{1 (TTt77t L(-" Donna L. Siattery, Wit~ss <~ ,i . ' . oJv' . rn.. ,.rt..t/V..L. He en Summers, Witness SUBSCRIBED TO AND SWORN TO before me by ETHEL V. known as ETHEL VIRGINIA SHANNON, and by DONNA L. HELEN SUMMERS, two of the witnesses, on March 7, 1990. ('-, ... l\ '-...J--.. //J-v I' j' C..).1. ; ~<:1..d.J / 1.u:-t!..PJ. J j ~~ 'Jess Wilder Thacker L/ Notary Public State of Florida at Large expi:':"ps: NOTARIAL SEAL