Every five minutes, a lawyer would crouch in the aisle, cheap louis vuitton handbags stick out a hand, and tell Ray what a fine man his father had been. Of course Ray was supposed to know all of them because they knew him. No one spoke to Forrest.
     Harry Rex motioned for Ray to join them at the bench. Chancellor Farr greeted him warmly. "Your father was a fine man and a great judge," he said, leaning down.
     "Thank you," Ray replied. cheap louis vuitton handbags Then why, during the campaign, did you say he was too old and out of touch? Ray wanted to ask. It had been nine years earlier and seemed like fifty. With the passing of his father, everything in Ford County was now decades older.
     "You teach law?" Chancellor Farr asked. :
     "Yes, at the University of Virginia."
     He nodded his approval and asked, "All the heirs are present?"
     "Yes sir," chanel bags sale answered Ray. "It's just my brother, Forrest, and myself"
     "And both of you have read this one-page document that purports to be the last will and testament of Reuben Atlee?"
     "Yes sir."
     "And there is no objection to this will being probated?"
     "No sir"
     "Very well. Pursuant to this will, I will appoint you as the executor of your late father's estate. Notice to creditors will be filed today and published chanel bags outlet in a local paper. I'll waive the bond. Inventory and accounting will be due pursuant to the statute."
     Ray had heard his father utter those same instructions a hundred times. He glanced up at Judge Farr.
     "Anything further, Mr. Vonner?"
     "No, Your Honor."
     "I'm very sorry, Mr. Atlee," he said.
     "Thank you, Your Honor."
     For lunch they went to Claude's and ordered fried catfish. Ray had been back for two days and chanel bags he could already feel his arteries choking. Forrest had little to say. He was not clean and his system was polluted.
     Ray's plans were vague. He wanted to visit some friends around the state, he said. There was no hurry to return to Virginia. Forrest left them after lunch, said he was going to back to Memphis.