Estate of Raymond E. Jones, Deceased, Dorothy J. Jones, Independent Executrix, and Dorothy J. Jones - Page 4

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          account).  Mr. Jones deposited his Brown & Root paychecks into              
          the household account.  Petitioner wrote all but 2 of 340 checks            
          drawn on the household account in 1981, paying the monthly and              
          regular household bills, as well as bills totaling $10,000 for              
          improvements to their home.                                                 
               After the Joneses returned from England during 1977,                   
          petitioner also handled the family savings account, transferring            
          between the checking account and the savings account the                    
          following amounts on the following dates:  $2,500 on April 25,              
          1981, $1,500 on May 13, 1981, and $1,500 on June 8, 1981.                   
               Petitioner opened most of the mail that came to their house,           
          except for Mr. Jones' important, personal mail.  As a result of             
          opening the mail, petitioner discovered things that caused her to           
          question Mr. Jones about his financial affairs.                             
               Two or three years after returning from England, petitioner            
          started a small dress shop in Sealy, Texas.  She opened the dress           
          shop without any prior experience in either retail sales or                 
          keeping books.  After she opened the dress shop, petitioner hired           
          others to perform bookkeeping and accounting services because she           
          had no interest or expertise in bookkeeping or accounting and she           
          knew how important it was to keep receipts and other records for            
          that purpose.  Emma Rice, petitioner's daughter-in-law, did most            
          of the bookkeeping in the early years of the business, but                  
          petitioner subsequently hired an accountant named Jack Singleton            






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