Shepherd v. Jones

|!John H. Jones died in hospice care at the age of sixty-six on July 17, 2011. Two days before his death, he executed a power of attorney and last will and testament. The will bequeathed John’s personal and household effects to his half-sister, appellant Marcia Jane “Janey” Shepherd; $5,000 each to siblings James Taylor Jones (appellee), Elizabeth Allison, and Virginia Crawford; $15,000 each to siblings Eugene Jones and James E. Jones, Jr.; $5,000 to St. Luke’s Methodist Church; and left the remainder of his estate to Janey and to Madge Helm, a friend, in equal shares. The value of John’s…