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<br /> LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF
<br /> JOHN �IOMAS DAVIS '
<br /> KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That I, John Thomas
<br /> Davis, a widower, being a resident of, and havin� Ie�al domicile in,
<br /> Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, and being of sound and
<br /> disposing mind and memor,p, do hereb� make, publish and declare
<br /> this instrument to be my LAST WILL AND TESTATt�''ENT.
<br /> Io I hereby canaels revoke and annul all prior wills
<br /> and codicils made by me at any time heretofore.
<br /> 2, I direet tha�t a11 of my 3ust debts and the expenses
<br /> of my �ast illness, burial and funeral expenses be paid as soon as
<br /> bracticaY�le after my decease.
<br /> 3� I hereby appoint James Martin Davis, my son, of Grand
<br /> Islan�, Nebraska, and Merle Davis Parks, my daughter, o� Grand
<br /> Island, Nebraska, or either of them, as executors of this my last
<br /> will, and I request that no bond or surety be required of them as
<br /> sucn executors.
<br /> 1.�.. I hereby authorize and empower my executors, executor
<br /> or execu�rix, whether named herein or not, to renew existing obli-�
<br /> gations� to compromise any claims, an d to sell, exchange, convey,
<br /> transfer, assi�n, mort�age, pledge� rent, invest or reinvest, the
<br /> whole or any part of my real or personal estate; said broad powers
<br /> to be exercised without fihe consent or approval of any Court, if
<br /> said executors, executor or executrix, are children of mine, but if
<br /> any other person serves in such capacity, s�.zch powers shall be ex-
<br /> ercised by such other person, in his or her discretion, but su bjeat
<br /> to the approval of the Court having �urisdiction over my Estate,
<br /> 5a I give, devise and bec��neath, absolutely and in fee
<br /> simple, all of the rest, residue and rema3nder of my pro perty and
<br /> estate, of which I m ay die seized or possessed, or aver which I may
<br /> have tY� power of disposition or appointment, or to which I may be
<br /> Pa�e 1 of MY LAST WILL AN D TESTAMENT John Thomas Davis
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