IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN: I Geo. M. West, of Crawford County, Missouri, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this to be my last Will and Testament, in manner and form following, that is to say: FIRST:- I order and direct that all my depts and funeral expenses be paid with all convenient speed. SECOND:- I hereby order and direct that as soon after my death as is convenient, that the Executor of this, my last Will and Testament, proceed to sell all my property, real, personal or mixed, wheresoever situate, that I may die siezed of, and out of the proceeds of such sales that he pay the following named persons as follows to-wit: To my Son, Willie H. West, the sum of Three Hundred Dollars, ($300.oo). To my Son, Harrison West, the sum of One Dollar ($1.00). To my Son, Levi West, the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). To my Son, Benjamin F. West, the sum of One Dollar ($1.00). To my son, Columbus M. West, the sum of One Dollar ($1.00). To my Son, Dewey Forrest West, the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). To my Son, Tonkey W. West, the sum of One Dollar ($1.00). To my Son, Hadley West, the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). To my Son, Walter Scott West, the sum of One Dollar ($1.00). To my Daughter, Mary Elizabeth Pinnell (nee West), the sum of One Dollar ($1.00). To my Grand-daughter, Ora Humphrey, who was a daughter of my deceased daughter, Jennie Reed, the sum of One Dollar ($1.00). THIRD:- I hereby order and direct that my said Executor, (herein after named), pay one-half of the balance that is left in his hands after paying the above bequests, to my daughter Ida Victoria Jost, (nee West), and the remaining one-half to my daughter Minnie Pearl Ware (nee West), that is to say, that the said daughters, Ida Victoria Jost and Minnie Pearl Ware, are to receive equally, the balance that is left after the bequests have been paid as designated in Sheet No. Two (p. 2) Bequeath Number Two of this Will. FOURTH:- I hereby appoint my said son, Willie H. West, as executor of this my last Will and Testament, and request that he be permitted to act as such without being required to give bond, and direct that he carry out the provisions of this Will. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name this Twenty-eight (28th) day of November, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-two (1932), at Steelville, Crawford County, Missouri. (signed) Geo M. West In the presence of: (signed)H. E. Gibson (signed)Leo G. Menestrina Witnesses. We, the undersigned witnesses hereby certify that the above and foregoing Will was signed by the said Geo. M. West on the 28th day of November, 1932, and by him declare to be his last Will and Testament in our presence, and at his request and his presence, and in the presence of each other, we signed the same as witness thereto. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, we have here- unto subscribed our names on this 28th day of November, A.D. 1932, in Steelville, Crawford County, Missouri (signed)H. E. Gibson (signed)Leo G. Menestrina Source: Crawford County, Missouri Wills
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