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IN RE ESTATE OF WOODS

No. 12-12-00248-CV.

402 S.W.3d 845 (2013)

In the ESTATE OF Thomas C. WOODS, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

May 22, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ebb B. Mobley , Longview, for Appellant.

J. Mark Mann , Stacie H. Tandy , G. Blake Thompson , Henderson, for Appellee.

Panel consisted of WORTHEN, C.J., GRIFFITH, J., and HOYLE, J.

OPINION

JAMES T. WORTHEN, Chief Justice.

This appeal concerns the right to dispose of the ashes of the body of the decedent, Thomas C. Woods. His surviving wife, Ann Woods, appeals the decision of the trial court allowing Curtis Woods, a son of the decedent's first marriage, to dispose of the cremains in his capacity as independent executor. We reverse and render.

BACKGROUND

Thomas's first wife, Irene, died in 1999. Thomas...

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