State of Georgia, County of Coffee
I, Ashley Jordan Pitts, of said state and county, being
of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make this my
last will and testament, hereby revoking and annulling all
others, by me heretofore made.
Item I. I desire and direct that my body be buried in a
decent and Christian-like manner, suitable to my circumstances
and condition in life.
Item 2. I desire that all my just debts be paid without
unnecessary dleay, by my executor hereinafter named and
appointed.
Item 3. I will, bequeath and devise all of my property,
both real and personal, of whatever kind and whereever sit-
uated, to my beloved wife, Mary Elizabeth Pitts and my
children by her, viz. Eliza Tabitha, Walter Seaborn, Samuel
Ashley, Bessie Elizabeth, Benjamin Felder, and Ethel Lavurne,
for their use and benefit for and during the natural life of
my wife, Mary Elizabeth Pitts, or until she should remarry
again, and during the minority of each said children and
during the time that each child should remain single; in the event
a child or children above named should marry before they
reach the age of majority, then said child or children so
marrying shall cease to have any uses or benefits from my
said estate, until the contingencies in this item of me will
have occurred.
Item 4. It is my will and desire that all my property,
after the payment of my just debts, be held and controlled
by my executor; for the use and benefit of my said wife,
during her life or widowhood, and for the use and benefit
of each of my said children by my said wife, during their
infancy and while unmarried.
Item 5. At the death of my said wife, or at the time she
should remarry again, and at the time my youngest child
should reach the age of majority, it is my will and desire
that all my property both real and personal, not disposed
of by my executor and not used for the purposes aforesaid,
be sold by my executor hereinafter named, and the proceeds
of the same be divided between all my children by my second
wife and by my third wife, share and share alike; and in the
event of the death of any of my said children, leaving chil-
dren, at the time of the division of the said estate, then
such child or children shall inherit its or their father or
mother's share of my said estate.
Item 6. I hereby name and appoint my friend, J. W.
Nipper, of said county, an executor of this will, and I
hereby expressly relieve him from making any inventory or
appraisement of my estate, or from giving any bond, or making
any returns to any court; and I expressly give my said execu-
tor power to sell any and all of my property and to apply
the proceeds arising therefrom to the payment of my debts,
and to the uses and purposes aforesaid mentioned, without
any order of any court, at either public or private sale,
as he deems best.
Item 7. In the event J. W. Nipper, after qualifying as
executor, shall depart this life, then and in that event,
I appoint T. J. Pitts, of Crisp County, Ga. executor of
this my will, conferring upon him the same authority and
power in reference to all parts of my said estate, as are
conferred therein upon J. W. Nipper, aforesaid.
Signed, Sealed, declared and published by Ashley J. Pitts
as his last will and testament, in the presence of us, the
undersigned, who subscribe our names hereto in the presence
of said testator, after he had signed his name thereto
and at his special instances and request and in the
presence of each other. This the 31st day of May, 1921.
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