HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-07-09PETITION FOR PROBATE AND GRANT OF LETTERS
REGISTER OF WILLS OF CUMBERLAND
Estate of WILLIAM E. JONES
also known as
COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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Deceased Social Security Number 252-36-4766
Petitioner(s), who is/are 18 years of age or older, apply(ies) for:
(COMPLETE 'A' or 'B' BELOW.)
A. Probate and Grant of Letters Testamentary and aver that Petitioner(s) is /are the EXECUTOR
last Will of the Decedent dated MAY 5, 2009 and codicil(s) dated
named in the
RENUNCIATION FOR RICHARD SPRAGLIN ATTACHED
(State relevant circumstances, e.g., renunciation, death of executor, etc.)
Except as follows, Decedent did not marry, was not divorced, and did not have a child born or adopted after execution of the instrument(s) offered
for probate, was not the victim of a killing and was never adjudicated an incapacitated person:
B. Grant of Letters of Administration
(4 appttcab[e, enter: c.t.a.; d.b.n.c.t.a.; pendente liter durante absentia; durante minoritate)
Petitioner(s) after a proper search has /have ascertained that Decedent left no Will and was survived by the following spouse (if any) and heirs: (If
Administration, c.t.a. or d.b.n.c.t.a., enter date of Will in Section A above and complete list of heirs.)
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Decedent was domiciled at death in CUMBERLAND County, Pennsylvania with his /her last prinal residences ~;
2650 SPRING ROAD CARLISLE NORTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP CUMBERLAND COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA 17
(List street address, town/city, township, county, state, zip code)
Decedent, then 79 years of age, died on DECEMBER 3, 2009 at SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF HARRISBURG,
HARRISBURG DAUPHIN COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
Decedent at death owned property with estimated values as follows:
(If not domiciled m PA)
(If not domiciled in PA)
(If domiciled in PA) All personal property $ 10,000.00
Value of real estate in Pennsylvania
Personal property in County $
$ 118,000.00
situated as follows: 2650 SPRING ROAD, CARLISLE, NORTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Wherefore, Petitioner(s) respectfully request(s) the probate of the last Will and Codicil(s) presented with this Petition and the grant of Letters in the appropriate form to
the undersigned:
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~!~ ~ BARBARA SPRAGLIN, 3110 EARLE STREET, HARRISBURG, PA 17109
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Personal property in Pennsylvania
Form RW-02 rev. 10.13.06
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Estate of WILLIAM E. JONES
Deceased
CO-EXECUTOR
of the above Decedent, hereby renounce the right to
administer the Estate of the Decedent and respectfully request that Letters be issued to
BARBARA SPRAGLIN
DECEMBER 7, 2009
(Date)
Executed in Register's Office
Sworn to or affirmed and subscribed
before me this day
of
Deputy for Register of Wills
Form RW-06 rev. 10.13.06
I, RICHARD SPRAGLIN , in my capacity/relationship as
(Print Name)
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(Signature)
3110 EARLE STREET
(J'treet Address)
HARRISBURG, PA 17109
(City, State, Zip)
Executed out of Register's Office
Before the undersigned personally appeared the
party executing this renunciation and certified
that he or she executed the renun~~ation for the
p oses stated ithin on this ~ day
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Notary ublic
My Commission Expires:
(Signature and Seal of Notary or other official qualified to
administer oaths. Show date of expiration of Notary's Commission.)
CON~MONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Notarial Seal
Karen S. Noel, Notary Public
Carlisle Boro, Cumberland County
My Cornmfssion E~ir+es Dec. 8, 2011
Member. PenrISVIV~f118 ASSOCiatien of Nntariar
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I, WILLIAM E. JONES, of the North Middleton Township, Cum Couy
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Pennsylvania, declare this instrument to be my Last Will and Testament, h xpressly
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revoking all Wills and Codicils heretofore made by me. ~ ~
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ONE: I direct my Co-Executors to pay all of my debts, funeral and administrve
expenses as soon as may be done conveniently after my decease. Furthermore, I direct that all
state, inheritance, succession and other death taxes imposed or payable by reason of my death
and interest and penalties thereon with respect to all property composing of my gross estate for
death tax purposes, whether or not such property passes under this will, shall be paid by the
Co-Executors of my estate.
TWO. My Co-Executors may, at their discretion, compromise claims, borrow money,
retain property for such length of time as they may deem proper; lease and sell property for
such prices, on such terms, at public or private sales, as they may deem proper; and invest
estate property and income without restriction to legal investments unless otherwise provided
hereunder. I authorize and empower my Co-Executors to sell any realty and/or personalty
owned by me at my death and not specifically devised or bequeathed herein, at public or
private sale or sales and to give good and sufficient deeds and/or bills of sale therefor, in fee
simple, as I could do if living. My Co-Executors are authorized and empowered to engage in
any business in which I may be engaged at my death, for such period of time after my death as
seems expedient to said Co-Executors.
THREE: I give, devise, and bequeath all of my estate of every nature and wherever
situate to my wife, DECOKES E. JONES, provided she survives me by thirty (30) days or
more.
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FOUR: If my wife, DECOKES E. JONES, has predeceased or failed to survive me
by thirty (30) days or more, I specifically give, devise, and bequeath all of my remaining estate of
every nature and wherever situate to the following:
A. JOHN PAUL LEWIS
$500
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.00
B. MATTIE HUNTER
$500
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.00
C. BARBARA J. SANOR .
$1
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D. RADIO BIBLE CLASS .
$1
000
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E. VIVIAN COLEMAN
$1
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F. WORLD CHALLENGE
$1
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G. LUCY CONN ......
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H. BOWIE LIFE ASSEMBLY .
$1
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I. CASSANDRA LYLE
$500
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J. HAITI HOUSE OF HOPE .
$5
000
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K. REV. OLIVER GALBREATH ................................$1
000.00
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MRS.CHARLES OLIVER GALBREATH............$1,000.00
L. NANCY HAMPTON ..............................................
$5
000
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M. REJOICE DUPREE ...........................................
$1
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N. MARTHA J. CHEBBET ........................................
$1
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O. ANDREW DAVIS ...............................................
$1
000
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P. ARTHUR DAVIS ...............................................
$1
000
00
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Q. CURTIS SMITH ..............................................
$1
000
00
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R. THE NEW CHURCH OUTREACH
AT LAKEVIEW ........................................................$5,000.00
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FIVE: If any of my above-named individuals in Paragraph Four have predeceased me
or any of the above-named organizations cease to exist, then their share will be equally
distributed to those remaining organizations or individuals named above.
SIX: I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate of
whatever nature and wherever situate to the following:
A. RICHARD AND BARBARA SPRAGLIN ................................10%
B. VERNON E. HERRON ...............................................................10%
C. TOWANDA ACEY ......................................................................10%
D. DENISE TURNER .......................................................................10%
E. CAMERON ACEY TURNER ................ 10%
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F. REVEREND GALBREATH AND
OLLIE GALBREATH ................................................................10%
G. FRED D. JOHNSON AND RUTH M. JOHNSON ...................20%
H. SHILOH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH ........................20%
SEVEN: If any of my above-named individuals in Paragraph Six have predeceased me
or any of the above-named organizations cease to exist, then their share will be equally
distributed to those remaining organizations or individuals named above.
EIGHT: I appoint my RICHARD SPRAGLIN and BARBARA SPRAGLIN to serve
as Co-Executors of this my Last Will and Testament.
NINE: No Co-Executors acting hereunder shall be required to post bond or enter
security in this or any jurisdiction.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this
5~ day of May
2009.
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WILLIAM E. JO ES ( )
Signed, sealed, published and declared by WILLIAM E. JONES, the above named
Testator, as and for his Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request and in
his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AFFIDAVIT
WE, WILLIAM E. JONES, KAREN S. NOEL and SHARON L. SCHWALM, the
testator and witnesses respectively, whose names are signed to the foregoing instrument, being
first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that the testator signed and
executed the instrument as his last will and that he had signed willingly, and that he executed it
as his free and voluntary act for the purpose herein expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in
the presence and hearing of the testator, signed the will as a witness and that to the best of their
knowledge the testator was, at that time, eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind and under
no constraint or undue influence.
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SHARON L. SCHWALM
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA :
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COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND •
Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by WILLIAM E. JONES the testator
herein, and subscribed and sworn to before me by KAREN S. NOEL and SHARON L.
SCHWALM, witnesses, this "day of May 2009