IN RE GUARDIANSHIP OF WATSON

No. 48106.

317 So.2d 30 (1975)

In the Matter of the GUARDIANSHIP OF Rebecca Mae WATSON and four other minor children. Edward E. WATSON et ux., Petitioners/Appellants, v. Mrs. Eva Mae FLETCHER, Respondent/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dannye L. Hunter, Forest, for petitioners-appellants.

Jack B. Carlisle, Ackerman, Eaves & Eaves, Louisville, for respondent-appellee.

Before PATTERSON, SMITH and BROOM, JJ.


PATTERSON, Justice:

This appeal is by Edward E. Watson and his wife. It arises from a decree of the Chancery Court of Choctaw County which dismissed their petition to vacate the appointment of Mrs. Eva Mae Fletcher as guardian of the children of Kenneth B. Watson and his wife, both of whom are deceased.

At the outset we note that Mrs. Eva Mae Fletcher is the maternal grandmother of the minors and the Watsons are the paternal grandparents. Mrs. Fletcher, the...

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