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State of South Carolina, County of Darlington. I, Marion C. Smith, of Darlington County, State of South Carolina, hereby do make, ordain, publish and declare this as and for my last will and testament, hereby expressly revoking all wills and instruments of a testamentary nature heretofore by me made: Item I, I direct that my executor hereinafter named shall pay all my just debts and funeral expenses with the first moneys coming into his hands; and it is my will that my Executor shall expend not exceeding the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for my funeral expenses. I here wish to state that I have requested Sonoco Products Company, in connection with the retirement from my employment with that firm, to loan or advance to me the sum of Fourty-six and 80/100 Dollars ($46.80) per month to supplement payments to me through my insurance retirement or annuity payments, and also have requested said firm to make payments for me of insurance premium on insurance on my life. I direct that my Executor pay in full to Sonoco Products Company, following my death, the amount of all suck advances and/or payments. Item II, I will and bequeath the following items: Unto my son James Marion Smith, my Kitchen cabinet, and my watch and chain; Unto my Wife, E. Victoria Stokes Smith, my Sonoco 20-year service emblem now set in a ring; Into my Sons, Sim Cleveland Smith, Boyd R. Smith and James Marion Smith, my clothing and waering apparel, and my carpentry tools and garden tools. Item III, I will and bequeath unto my wife E. Victoria Stokes Smith, the sum of Five Hindred Dollars, together with all my househeld furniture and household effects, other than that bequeathed under Item II of this my will. The previsions for my said wife in this Item III shall be in lieu of dower. Item IV, All the rest and residue of my property and estate not herein before disposed of, and wheather real, personal or mixed and wheresoever situate, I will, devise and bequeath unto my children; Marie Smith Morris, Lula Smith Bullard, Sim Cleveland Smith, Boyd Rivers Smith, Janie Smith Perdue and James Marion Smith, share and share alike, and in fee simple. Item V, I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint C. W. Coker, of Hartsville, SOuth Carolina, as Executor of this my will and direct that no bond shall be required of him in connection with such service. In Witness whereof I have hereunto sat my hand and seal this the 17th day October, 1950 Marion C. Smith ( Seal ) Signed, sealed, published and declared by Marion C. Smith as and for his last will and testamnet, in the presence of us who at his request and in the presence and in the presence of each other have subcrubed our names as witnesses: Signed M. Mcleod Marshall Emodene Davis Virginia Walters Proof of Will The State of South Carolina, Darlington County. In the Court of Probate By E. W. Fountain, Esq., Judge of Probate for said County. Personally appears M. McLeod Marshall, woh being duly sworn, says that he saw Marion C. Smith sign, seal, publish, and declare the annexed instrment of writin, bearing date the 17th day of October, A.D. 1950 to be and contain his Last Will and Testment; that the said Marion C. Smith was then of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, according to the best of deponent's knowledge and belief; and that the said M. McLeod Marshall together with Emodene Davis and Virginia Walters at the request of the testator in his resence, and in the presence of each other, witnessed the due execution thereof. Sworn to before me, this thirtienth day of December 1952 Signed M. McLeod Marshall Signed E.W. Fountain Judge of Probate, Darlington County, South Carolina Order Admitting Will to Probate in Common Form On hearing the above petition of C. W. Coker it is hereby ordered, adjudged and decreed, That the petition be granted and the said Last Will and Testament, of Marion C. Smith, Deceased be entered of Porbate in Common Form Given under my hand and the seal of the Court of Probate, this 30th day of December, 1952 E. W. Fountain Qualification Fiduciary The State of South Carolina, Darlington County. I do solemly swear, that this writing contains the true Last Will of the within-named Marion C. Smith deseased, so far as I know or believe; and that I will well and truly execute the same, by paying first the debts, and then the legacies contained in the said Will as far as his goods and chattels will thereunto extend and the law charge me, and that I will make a true and perfect inventory of all suck goods and chattels; so help me God. Sworn to before me, this thirtieth day of December 1952 C. W. Coker