Executors shall give to my body a decent burial suitable to my friends and relatives, pay all my expenses, together with my debts, of the first monies which come from my estate.
Item 2: heretofore advance to my daughter, ROSA USSERY, wife of ELI USSERY, the sum of two hundred dollars. To my son, SHALVOR HENRY, the sum of two hundred dollars. To my son ROBERT DEWEY HENRY, one hundred dollars counted for a distributed to my estate as hereto set out.
Item 3: Give and bequeath to ROBERT L. LAMPLEY, and SHALVOR HENRY the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars in trust for use in benefit of my three minor daughters MATTIE HENRY, age 17, ORPHA HENRY, age 14, MADGE HENRY, age 12, years. Five hundred dollars to each said daughters said trustees shall manage said sums to interest of said minors, and paid to each daughter remainder of sums if any, remains at age twenty one.
Item 4: All of the remainder of my estate which consists of notes on mortgages on land and stock of goods, wares and merchandise located in storeroom owned by H.W. LITTLE, automobile, household and kitchen furniture and other notes and accounts, and money on land I give and bequeath to the following named children share and share alike to wit. ROSE USSERY, wife of ELI USSERY, SHALVOR HENRY, LULA USSERY, wife of FRANK USSERY, ROBERT DEWEY HENRY, BERTA HENRY, MATTIE HENRY, ORPHA HENRY, MADGE HENRY, the advancements heretofore made to ROSA USSERY, SHALVOR HENRY, AND ROBERT DEWEY HENRY shall be taken into consideration and accounted for in the distribution of my estate among my said children.
Item 5: My said executors shall turn over to my trustees herein before named for MATTIE HENRY, ORTHO HENRY, and MADGE HENRY the portion of my estate herein given and bequeathed to my said children, who shall manage and benefit the said children until each said daughter arrives at the age of twenty-one years. Said trustees are authorized and empowered and directed to use such portion of said estate as may be needed for the support education and maintenance of my aforesaid daughters. Until each daughter arrives at the age of twenty one years when they shall pay over to said daughters amounts due her, my son ROBERT DEWEY HENRY has been managing my mercantile business but there has been no agreement as to what I should pay him for his services. It is my desire that he be paid a reasonable compensation for services rendered me after deducting such sums as paid him up to my death.
Item 6: Should any of my said minor children die before reaching twenty one years without leaving lawful issue then in that event it is my will and desire and I so direct that whatever monies belong to said daughter so dying remaining in the hands of trustees shall be divided equally among my said children.
Item 7: I hereby constitute and appoint ROBERT LAMPLEY and SHALVOR HENRY my lawful executors to all intents and purposes to issue this my last will and testament according to intent and meaning to every part and clause thereby. Hereby revoking all previous wills heretofore made.
Signed:
9th of August, 1919
JB HENRY
J.M. COVINGTON and L.D. ROBINSON