Last Will and Testament of Ralph Gorman Ring
Last Will and Testament of Ralph Gorman Ring
(Draft Copy)
I, Ralph Gorman Ring, of 5221 Arbutus Ave., Baltimore County, Maryland 21227, being of sound and disposing mind, memory, and understanding, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all other wills and/or codicils heretofore by me made.
(Item I) I direct that my Personal Representative hereinafter named, pay all my just debts and funeral expenses, and that he shall not be limited to any amount legally prescribed for said funeral expenses and also the cost of any grave marker if in order, but may expend such sums therefor as he may deem right and proper.
(Item II) All the rest and residue of my estate, wheresoever situate, real, personal, mixed, as well as that to which I may have power of appointment.
I give, devise, and bequeath absolutely in equal shares to the following two persons if they are alive at my death as well as any deceased who have left issue or descendants surviving:
(1) George Herbert Ring, my brother; and
(2) John Wilbur Ring, my brother.
(Item III) I hereby appoint Lloyd A. Dreiling, attorney and member of the Baltimore, Maryland bar, as Personal Representative, with the desire that he be excused from giving bond. And I authorize him, without the necessity of prior or subsequent approval of any Court, for such consideration as he may deem proper, to sell, lease, mortgage, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, any or all of my said estate of any nature, delivering proper deeds or other instruments, without necessity that any purchaser dealing with him in such transaction shall be obliged to see to the application of any purchase money.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed and affixed my hand and seal this ______ day of February, in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy-one.
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Witness:
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