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GIBSON v. GIBSON-CATO

No. 20998.

941 S.W.2d 868 (1997)

Norma Jean GIBSON, Appellant, v. Mileane GIBSON-CATO, Personal Representative of the Estate of John Boyd Gibson, Sr., John Boyd Gibson, Jr., Mileane Gibson-Cato and Dewey Norton Gibson, Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

April 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Sims, Sims, Johnson, Wood & Higdon, Neosho, for appellant.

M. Roger Carlin, Evenson, Carlin & LePage, Pineville, for respondents John Boyd Gibson, Jr., Mileane Gibson-Cato and Dewey Norton Gibson.

No appearance for respondent Mileane Gibson-Cato, Personal Representative of the Estate of John Boyd Gibson, Sr.

CROW, Presiding Judge.

This is a dispute between a decedent's widow and his children (by an earlier spouse) over the proceeds of two life insurance policies on the decedent's life. The trial court awarded the proceeds to the children. The widow appeals.

We begin our account of the facts by introducing the individuals in the narrative and assigning each a designated name for convenience.

John Boyd Gibson, Sr. (the decedent): "J. B."

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