Estate of Ellie B. Williams, Deceased, Robert M. Driggers, Sr., Personal Representative, et al. - Page 6

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          account, and 1 money market savings account over which petitioner           
          did not have signature authority at First Union National Bank of            
          Florida.  These accounts totaled $1,102,944.03.                             
               Before 1979, Georgia-Pacific acquired Hudson and assumed the           
          timber lease on decedent's property.  In 1979, Georgia-Pacific              
          bought 4,200 acres of the property and released the remaining               
          acres from the lease.  Georgia-Pacific paid decedent more than $1           
          million for the 4,200 acres in 1979.  Decedent gave $283,000 to             
          petitioner from the proceeds of the sale.  After the sale,                  
          decedent owned 2,360 acres in Putnam County (the Putnam County              
          property) and 2,315 acres in Clay County (the Clay County                   
          property).2                                                                 
               Petitioner hired workers to help him harvest timber from the           
          released 4,675 acres.  Petitioner divided the profits equally               
          with decedent.                                                              
               2.   Personal Relationship Between Petitioner and Decedent             
               Petitioner and decedent had a very close personal                      
          relationship.  Petitioner loved decedent as if she were his                 
          mother and she loved him as if he were her son.  He took care of            
          her personal matters with no expectation of compensation.  For              

               2 Petitioner testified that decedent owned about 2,300 acres           
          in Putnam County and about 2,200 acres in Clay County after she             
          sold property to Georgia-Pacific.  The parties agree, however,              
          that decedent transferred one-half interests in 2,360 acres in              
          Putnam County and 2,315 acres in Clay County to petitioner.                 







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