In re the Estate of Cullen

OPINION OF THE COURT

Larry M. Himelein, J.

Testator, Melvin D. Cullen, also known as Melvin Cullen Root, allegedly functionally illiterate and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder arising out of his military service during the Vietnam War, executed a will on November 26, 1975, which named his then wife, Linda Cullen (the third of six *237wives), executrix and her mother, Celia Kroll, substitute executrix. The sixth paragraph of the will reads as follows: "I nominate, constitute and appoint my wife, Linda M. Cullen, executrix of this, my Will. In the event, however, that my wife does not…