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estate. At the time the instant petition was filed, the
executrix resided in Raleigh, North Carolina.
On March 21, 1996, less than 1 month before he died,
the decedent had executed his last will and testament.
After making provision for the payment of the decedent's
debts, expenses, and death taxes, the decedent's will
made bequests of certain personal property to his sister,
Ms. Claudia Bradford Stach, and to Ms. Pryor, and it
directed that the rest, residue, and remainder of the
decedent's property be given to Ms. Pryor as successor
trustee under a revocable living trust that the decedent
created contemporaneously with the execution of his will.
The decedent's will provides for the payment of his
debts, expenses, and death taxes in the following
provision:
ARTICLE I
DIRECTIONS TO EXECUTOR
1.01 PAYMENT OF DEBTS AND EXPENSES. All
my legal debts, health care expenses, funeral
expenses and the administration expenses of my
estate, shall be paid out of my Residuary Estate.
I authorize my Executor, in its discretion, to
spend more than is otherwise allowed by law for
a suitable gravestone and for perpetual care of
the lot upon which my grave is located. It is
my desire that I be buried in my family plot in
Willow Dale Cemetery in Goldsboro, North
Carolina.
1.02 PAYMENT OF DEATH TAXES. All death
taxes (other than death taxes which are paid
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