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	Gibson County Court, October   Term 1917

		LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF J.K.P.HALE

		I, J.K.P.Hale, being of sound mind and disposing memory, but aware of the
	uncertainties of life, do hereby make and publish this my last will and testament
	hereby revoking all others by me at any time made.

		1.  I direct that all my just debts, including funeral expenses, be paid
	as soon as practicable, out of the first money that may come into the hands of my
	executrix to be hereinafter named.
		2.  All my personal property of whatever character and where-ever found
	with the exception of money on hand, in bank and notes, I give and bequeath to my
	beloved wife, Ellen Hale, to do with as she may see fit. I also will and devise to 
	my said wife, Ellen Hale, my house and lot of about six acres in the town of Dyer,
	Twenty -first Civil District of Gibson County,Tennessee, the same being located on
	what is known as Yorkville Street, and also being the home place where we now live.
	It is my will that my wife take the property given and devised to her by this clause
	of my will absolutely and further that she do with it and all of it as she pleases.
		111.  I now direct my executrix , as soon as practicable after my death,
	to collect all outstanding notes then due and such as are not due I direct that she
	collect them on their becoming due or as soon thereafter as possible. Out of the 
	money on hand and that collected on the notes I give and bequeath to Miss Viola
	Patton, Mrs. Annie Lee Smith, wife of Eph Smith, my niece Mrs. Amanda Netherly, My Nie
	-ce, Mrs Maude hale, widow of G B Hale, and Mrs Birdie Harris, wife of Sid Harris
	each five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars, and in case there is not sufficient money on 
	hand I direct that my executrix pay to them and equal share in what money there may
	be on hand, but it is my desire that the money above given to the friends whose
	names are mentioned be realized on the notes due my estate by Bob Hale and S.P. Hale.
	The money so above bestowed on these, my friends, is only a token of he great est-
	eem and regard I have for them and in this manner I try to show them and express to 
	them my value of their friendship to me during my life because all of them are very 
	near and dear to me.
		IV.    All the balance of my money on hand and realized by the collection
	of any and all outstanding notes due my estate I now give and bequeath to my beloved
	wife, Ellen Hale.
		V.   I now hereby nominate and appoint my beloved wife, Ellen Hale, my
	executrix, with full and complete power to execute this my last will, without bond,
	and she shall not be required to make inventories, reports or settlements of my
	estate with the clerk of any court.
		In witness whereof, I hereunto have subscribed my name, in the presence
	of the witnesses whose names are subscribed  hereto, and they have subscribed to the
	same at my request as such and in the presence of each other and myself.
		This the 1st day of September, 1916.
									J.K.P.Hale
	Witnesses.
		  W.P.Flowers
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