I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, residing in the Town of Hyde Park, County of Dutchess, State of New York, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all other wills and codicils at any time heretofore made by me. First: I direct my Executors hereinafter named to pay and discharge all my just debts and funeral expenses as soon after my death as may be practicable. Second: I direct that all transfer, estate and inheritance taxes and death duties and demands applicable to or payable on account of all gifts, devises and bequests made in and by the terms of this my Last Will and Testament be held chargeable to and payable out of the assets of my residuary estate and not chargeable to or payable by or collectible from the persons to whom or for whose benefit such gifts, devises and bequests are made. Third: I direct that my Executors hereinafter named erect a simple stone over the grave of my wife and myself to be located in the garden of my property in the Town of Hyde Park, County of Dutchess and State of New York, preferably in accordance with directions left by me in a separate memorandum, the cost thereof to be paid by my Executors out of my residuary estate. Fourth: I give and bequeath to the Rector, Wardens and Vestby of ST. James Church, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York, of which I am Senior Warden, the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), to be added to the Cemetery Fund and used for the upkeep of the Roosevelt family burial lots, the grave of my wife and myself, and for general cemetery upkeep purposes. Fifth: I give, devise and bequeath to Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, a New York membership corporation, all of the real estate located in Meriwether County, State of Georgia, owned by me at the time of my death, with all the buildings and improvements thereon, FDR (MORE) |