LTT also is founded upon the certainty that humans underestimate their own capacity for self-knowledge and needlessly fear their core thoughts and feelings, when those very thoughts and feelings have the power to liberate them from self-defeating behavior patterns.  That’s why one of the LTT mottos is: “Everything you need to change your life is already inside you.”

One of the ways LTT gives you access to your internal wisdom is by helping you bring into awareness the most important “pages” and “chapters” of your life story, elements of which almost all of us keep from consciousness because we think of them as painful.
 
Creating your own MyTruth page is a good way to begin this process.  It is also an excellent way to connect with others engaged in a journey of self-knowledge, who can help you with your own.

Here are some success stories of LTT:
* A 44-year-old woman who, in the past, continually chose controlling men, none of whom made her feel loved. She finally realized her father was controlling in many ways, and she did not feel loved as a child. Reclaiming her reality allowed her to stop “living” in the past and start acting as an empowered female - so that next time, she can pick a man who treats her as an equal.

* A 37-year-old man felt isolated and was addicted to alcohol. He realized he was dulling the pain he felt from losing his sibling when he was a teenager; he had never fully grieved. Allowing himself to feel emotions he denied for decades, he freed himself from the need to anesthetize himself and take a chance again on a close friendship.

* A 29-year-old man with panic disorder, whose symptoms included debilitating heart palpitations and a sense of impending doom, recalled how frightened and powerless he felt when his father was diagnosed with cancer – also at the age of 29.  By “connecting the dots,” his anxiety medicine suddenly begins to work, because it is now powered by more than chemistry.  Insight has taken hold.

* A 24-year-old woman binged and purged food as a way to distract herself from her core emotions. She realized those emotions included deep sadness about having moved from three separate cities and schools and groups of friends as her parents tried to find stability in their own lives.  She embraces how alone she felt at times, how she has come to distrust interpersonal connections and how she has kept a man she loves at a distance, fearing he will “move on,” too. Feeling more and more helps her binge and purge less and less.  She starts to believe in herself and in others and sees her relationship flourish.
 
The four core principles and eight-step programs that form the foundation of LTT were developed by me, Dr. Keith Ablow.

My clients have included celebrities, politicians and Fortune 500 business leaders, but they have also included people from every walk of life.  What I realized in the course of working with so many people was that we all have a remarkable ability to create success for ourselves, in our personal and professional lives, but only once we achieve personal authenticity.   
 

I realized this authenticity is well within reach for each and every one of us.
 
People needlessly hold up shields against internal truths that could be empowering, life affirming and even life saving for them.  These shields can include distracting, tumultuous relationships, overeating, overspending, overusing alcohol, smoking, using illicit drugs, gambling, and on and on.
 
 LTT helps individuals put down these shields, and look past them into the mirror, which reflects their true selves. Then, they can build authentic and powerful existences, putting their dreams within reach.

Over the course of the next eight weeks – every Friday – I will bring you the eight steps you need to "Living the Truth."

There will be real-life examples, insights, stories, goals and, above all, hope.

Dr. Keith Ablow is a psychiatry correspondent for FOX News Channel and a New York Times bestselling author. His newest book, "Living the Truth: Transform Your Life through the Power of Insight and Honesty" has launched a new self-help movement. Check out Dr. Ablow's website at livingthetruth.com.

My name is Sarah Lorraine Matlock. I am a resident of San Francisco and the granddaughter of Hope's former mayor, Dr. Samuel W. Strong Jr. who died on June 8, 1999. My grandmother is Dr. Strong's one and only wife, Edra Meeks Strong, who died on August 27, 1999.

It has recently come to my attention that the above deceased individuals appear to have been the victims of their own children in that Edra's Last Will and Testament is fraudulent, and Dr. Samuel Strong's will, which his son evidently convinced him to amend in 1999, has seemingly served the primary interests of his two immediate children, Carolyn Strong Woodson of Yountville, California and Samuel M. Strong of Little Rock, Arkansas. Both children are named executors of both of their parent's wills.

This discovery has been a process. I first began looking into the will of my grandfather because my mother stated, immediately following his death, that my grandfather had "left" forty thousand dollars total to split four ways. She said there was ten thousand for her and her brother each, and ten thousand for myself and my brother each.

Carolyn did not tell me both had left a will. She added, however, that she did not wish to give the money to me. She stated that instead, she wished to place the $10,000.00 under her name for investment purposes.

I inquired about receiving back my invested money several times over the past nine years, which she always refused to return. This reported behavior raised the suspicion of my new fiancé, James A.Sablan Sr. Finally; it prompted us to search out the matter.

As it turns out, my mother misrepresented the matter in that she and her brother were executors of two wills representing two sizable estates. Both wills were done under an attorney by the name of A. Wyckliff Nisbet Jr. Mr. Nisbet works for a large firm in Little Rock, Arkansas known as Friday, Eldredge and Clark. Carolyn Woodson, Samuel M. Strong, and her attorney, Nisbet, have attempted to rationalize her failure to distribute to me under such excuses as "You are not a descendant", or "The entire estate was for the executors only" (even though the "surviving descendants" are to "share and share alike"), etc.

The first will was completed in 1996 on behalf of my grandmother Edra Meeks Strong. Because I know for a fact that Edra had full blown dementia in 1996, her will is fraudulent and could only have been completed coercively. In fact, Edra did not even recognize her children at this stage of her illness. Furthermore, in 2001, the executors transferred Edra's eighty acres of Timberland in Arkadelphia (where she and her husband were both born) listed in her "dementia will" into the Samuel Meeks Strong Family Trust which was only part of Samuel W. Strong's will. As you know, this renders the trust invalid, which we have already confirmed with a former judge and friend of my fiancé.

In addition, Edra's will gives her entire estate over to her two children only, Samuel Meeks Strong and Carolyn Strong Woodson. Contrary to what she is reported to have stated in her will, Edra clearly told me more than one time before the onset of her dementia that she intended to leave me "a nest egg", although she did not specify the amount.

Furthermore, both wills contain waivers for the requirement to appear in court in person before the judge, as well as waivers for the final accounting of all assets. There is apparently cash, stocks and bonds that are not even mentioned specifically in the will, which has evaded the scrutiny of the State of Arkansas and the I.R.S. as well by the use of these waivers.

For this reason, I have already contacted the I.R.S. They have requested that I come in personally to speak to them about this matter in further detail. I will do this before the week is out.

The entire family, including not only both executors but other heirs- my brother, Alfred Richard Woodson of Chicago, Illinois and my cousin Sharon Strong Cowell of Maryland, have been entirely non-communicative about this matter. I have also tried to speak to my brother's ex-wife, Jennifer Rose Sandstrom of Mesa, Arizona, and my father, Alfred Richard IV of Yountville, California. They are generally either hostile or non-communicative altogether. The few things that my mother has said by e-mail are also lies that can be clearly deduced through the e-mails.

We have also researched the cause of death of both grandparents and find it interesting that both died within two months of each other due to a "myocardial infarction". In fact the, entire circumstance surrounding their deaths has raised extreme suspicion. To begin with, Samuel Strong specified in his will that he wished for his wife to be live in accordance with "the standard to which she is accustomed", which was to be at her home in Hope, Arkansas with her own private care, not amongst strangers in a controlled environment.

Instead of following his will, the two executors immediately "skated off" Edra into a nursing home, Pleasant Valley Living Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, following their father's death. Edra then "up and died" two months later of a heart failure. Interestingly enough, even she had lived quite successfully and uneventfully for twenty to thirty years prior with her heart condition.

Also, whereas Samuel Strong's death indicates heart failure, I was never aware of him suffering from cardiovascular disease, or of any prior hospitalizations. My grandfather was an extremely healthy and strong individual all his life. It is interesting to me that his cause of death lists "cardiovascular disease"- as if someone is trying to convince us that this was a chronic condition that he had, but does not list "cardiovascular disease" on Edra, who indeed did suffer with the condition for a long period of time. These records were obtained from the Herndon Funeral Home in Hope, Arkansas.

In looking at the entire circumstance, it appears quite strange that in one year, Dr. Samuel M. Strong managed to have the will amended, both parents died, and Edra died shortly after the needed signatures from her were obtained. Furthermore, we are told that her signature is on EVERY page in her fraudulent will, although we have not yet ordered the will. Again, it seems as if someone wants to "convince" everyone that she was competent at this time, which she clearly was not.

Also, Dr. Samuel Strong died first, which gave the executors the freedom to disobey the wishes of their father in regards to Edra's care. You will also note in the wills that Samuel Strong was not Edra's Power of Attorney in 1996, but became her Power of Attorney in 1999. This enabled him to sign waivers on her behalf for the final accounting of all assets in Samuel W. Strong's will, and also would have convinced "dad" that he was doing everything straightforwardly and representing Edra's best interest.

We have confronted the entire family with our suspicions, as well as the attorney, concerning Edra's will, and no one has rebutted anything that we have said in regards to her dementia at the time of her will in 1996. We also voiced concerns of possible foul play, and neither have they rebutted this.

Thank you for hearing this matter. I am respectfully requesting that this case be re-opened and prosecuted, so that all perpetrators, including any and all accessories and accomplices, will brought to justice, and so that the estates can revert back to the State of Arkansas and be redistributed in the proper fashion.

Grandpa and Grandma's Information
Samuel W. Strong Jr.
S.S.N. - 430-03-3586
D.O.B. - Jun 11th 1911
D.O.D. - Jun 8th 1999
Last Residence: 71801 (Hope, Hempstead, AR)

Edra M. Strong
S.S.N. 432-82-5850
D.O.B. Dec. 15, 1913
D.O.D. Aug. 27th, 1999
Last Residence (Little Rock, Pulaski, AR. 72227)

PLEASANT VALLEY LIVING CENTER
1211 HINSON RD
LITTLE ROCK, AR 72212
(501) 225-8888

Here is a list of Names and Addresses of All Parties Under Suspicion:

Attorney at Law
A. Wyckliff Nisbet Jr.
400 West Capitol, Suite 2000
Little Rock, Arkansas
Phone: (501) 370-1544 (Direct Dial)
Fax: (501) 376-2147
E-mail: nisbet@fec.net

Executor

Samuel M. Strong DDS
26 River Ridge Circle
Little Rock, AR 72227
Home phone: (501) 227-8058
E-mail: info@strongdds.com
Website: http://www.strongdds.com/

Daughter of Samuel M. Strong

Sharon Strong Cowell
1.) 506 Midsummer Dr
Gaithersburg, MD 20878-5222
Home phone: (301) 258-3419
Work number: (240) 305-4804
E-mail: s_cowell@comcast.net

Sharon Strong Cowell
2.)59 Swanton Mews
Gaithersburg, MD 20878-7867
(240) 632-9435

Executor

Carolyn Strong Woodson
2004 Humboldt Street
Yountville , California 94599
Home phone: (707) 944-2038
E-mail: cswoodson@sbcglobal.net

Son of Carolyn Strong Woodson
Alfred Richard Woodson IV
A.K.A. Richard Woodson
360 W Wellington Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657

Our contact information:

James A. Sablan Sr. and Sarah Matlock
Telephone: (415) 410-5519
Email: woodsonsarah@yahoo.com

Sincerely,

The granddaughter of former Mayor Samuel W. Strong, Jr.

Sarah Lorraine Matlock

My name is Sarah Lorraine Matlock. I am a resident of San Francisco and the granddaughter of Hope's former mayor, Dr. Samuel W. Strong Jr. who died on June 8, 1999. My grandmother is Dr. Strong's one and only wife, Edra Meeks Strong, who died on August 27, 1999.

It has recently come to my attention that the above deceased individuals appear to have been the victims of their own children in that Edra's Last Will and Testament is fraudulent, and Dr. Samuel Strong's will, which his son evidently convinced him to amend in 1999, has seemingly served the primary interests of his two immediate children, Carolyn Strong Woodson of Yountville, California and Samuel M. Strong of Little Rock, Arkansas. Both children are named executors of both of their parent's wills.

This discovery has been a process. I first began looking into the will of my grandfather because my mother stated, immediately following his death, that my grandfather had "left" forty thousand dollars total to split four ways. She said there was ten thousand for her and her brother each, and ten thousand for myself and my brother each.

Carolyn did not tell me both had left a will. She added, however, that she did not wish to give the money to me. She stated that instead, she wished to place the $10,000.00 under her name for investment purposes.

I inquired about receiving back my invested money several times over the past nine years, which she always refused to return. This reported behavior raised the suspicion of my new fiancé, James A.Sablan Sr. Finally; it prompted us to search out the matter.

As it turns out, my mother misrepresented the matter in that she and her brother were executors of two wills representing two sizable estates. Both wills were done under an attorney by the name of A. Wyckliff Nisbet Jr. Mr. Nisbet works for a large firm in Little Rock, Arkansas known as Friday, Eldredge and Clark. Carolyn Woodson, Samuel M. Strong, and her attorney, Nisbet, have attempted to rationalize her failure to distribute to me under such excuses as "You are not a descendant", or "The entire estate was for the executors only" (even though the "surviving descendants" are to "share and share alike"), etc.

The first will was completed in 1996 on behalf of my grandmother Edra Meeks Strong. Because I know for a fact that Edra had full blown dementia in 1996, her will is fraudulent and could only have been completed coercively. In fact, Edra did not even recognize her children at this stage of her illness. Furthermore, in 2001, the executors transferred Edra's eighty acres of Timberland in Arkadelphia (where she and her husband were both born) listed in her "dementia will" into the Samuel Meeks Strong Family Trust which was only part of Samuel W. Strong's will. As you know, this renders the trust invalid, which we have already confirmed with a former judge and friend of my fiancé.

In addition, Edra's will gives her entire estate over to her two children only, Samuel Meeks Strong and Carolyn Strong Woodson. Contrary to what she is reported to have stated in her will, Edra clearly told me more than one time before the onset of her dementia that she intended to leave me "a nest egg", although she did not specify the amount.

Furthermore, both wills contain waivers for the requirement to appear in court in person before the judge, as well as waivers for the final accounting of all assets. There is apparently cash, stocks and bonds that are not even mentioned specifically in the will, which has evaded the scrutiny of the State of Arkansas and the I.R.S. as well by the use of these waivers.

For this reason, I have already contacted the I.R.S. They have requested that I come in personally to speak to them about this matter in further detail. I will do this before the week is out.

The entire family, including not only both executors but other heirs- my brother, Alfred Richard Woodson of Chicago, Illinois and my cousin Sharon Strong Cowell of Maryland, have been entirely non-communicative about this matter. I have also tried to speak to my brother's ex-wife, Jennifer Rose Sandstrom of Mesa, Arizona, and my father, Alfred Richard IV of Yountville, California. They are generally either hostile or non-communicative altogether. The few things that my mother has said by e-mail are also lies that can be clearly deduced through the e-mails.

We have also researched the cause of death of both grandparents and find it interesting that both died within two months of each other due to a "myocardial infarction". In fact the, entire circumstance surrounding their deaths has raised extreme suspicion. To begin with, Samuel Strong specified in his will that he wished for his wife to be live in accordance with "the standard to which she is accustomed", which was to be at her home in Hope, Arkansas with her own private care, not amongst strangers in a controlled environment.

Instead of following his will, the two executors immediately "skated off" Edra into a nursing home, Pleasant Valley Living Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, following their father's death. Edra then "up and died" two months later of a heart failure. Interestingly enough, even she had lived quite successfully and uneventfully for twenty to thirty years prior with her heart condition.

Also, whereas Samuel Strong's death indicates heart failure, I was never aware of him suffering from cardiovascular disease, or of any prior hospitalizations. My grandfather was an extremely healthy and strong individual all his life. It is interesting to me that his cause of death lists "cardiovascular disease"- as if someone is trying to convince us that this was a chronic condition that he had, but does not list "cardiovascular disease" on Edra, who indeed did suffer with the condition for a long period of time. These records were obtained from the Herndon Funeral Home in Hope, Arkansas.

In looking at the entire circumstance, it appears quite strange that in one year, Dr. Samuel M. Strong managed to have the will amended, both parents died, and Edra died shortly after the needed signatures from her were obtained. Furthermore, we are told that her signature is on EVERY page in her fraudulent will, although we have not yet ordered the will. Again, it seems as if someone wants to "convince" everyone that she was competent at this time, which she clearly was not.

Also, Dr. Samuel Strong died first, which gave the executors the freedom to disobey the wishes of their father in regards to Edra's care. You will also note in the wills that Samuel Strong was not Edra's Power of Attorney in 1996, but became her Power of Attorney in 1999. This enabled him to sign waivers on her behalf for the final accounting of all assets in Samuel W. Strong's will, and also would have convinced "dad" that he was doing everything straightforwardly and representing Edra's best interest.

We have confronted the entire family with our suspicions, as well as the attorney, concerning Edra's will, and no one has rebutted anything that we have said in regards to her dementia at the time of her will in 1996. We also voiced concerns of possible foul play, and neither have they rebutted this.

Thank you for hearing this matter. I am respectfully requesting that this case be re-opened and prosecuted, so that all perpetrators, including any and all accessories and accomplices, will brought to justice, and so that the estates can revert back to the State of Arkansas and be redistributed in the proper fashion.

Grandpa and Grandma's Information
Samuel W. Strong Jr.
S.S.N. - 430-03-3586
D.O.B. - Jun 11th 1911
D.O.D. - Jun 8th 1999
Last Residence: 71801 (Hope, Hempstead, AR)

Edra M. Strong
S.S.N. 432-82-5850
D.O.B. Dec. 15, 1913
D.O.D. Aug. 27th, 1999
Last Residence (Little Rock, Pulaski, AR. 72227)

PLEASANT VALLEY LIVING CENTER
1211 HINSON RD
LITTLE ROCK, AR 72212
(501) 225-8888

Here is a list of Names and Addresses of All Parties Under Suspicion:

Attorney at Law
A. Wyckliff Nisbet Jr.
400 West Capitol, Suite 2000
Little Rock, Arkansas
Phone: (501) 370-1544 (Direct Dial)
Fax: (501) 376-2147
E-mail: nisbet@fec.net

Executor

Samuel M. Strong DDS
26 River Ridge Circle
Little Rock, AR 72227
Home phone: (501) 227-8058
E-mail: info@strongdds.com
Website: http://www.strongdds.com/

Daughter of Samuel M. Strong

Sharon Strong Cowell
1.) 506 Midsummer Dr
Gaithersburg, MD 20878-5222
Home phone: (301) 258-3419
Work number: (240) 305-4804
E-mail: s_cowell@comcast.net

Sharon Strong Cowell
2.)59 Swanton Mews
Gaithersburg, MD 20878-7867
(240) 632-9435

Executor

Carolyn Strong Woodson
2004 Humboldt Street
Yountville , California 94599
Home phone: (707) 944-2038
E-mail: cswoodson@sbcglobal.net

Son of Carolyn Strong Woodson
Alfred Richard Woodson IV
A.K.A. Richard Woodson
360 W Wellington Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657

Our contact information:

James A. Sablan Sr. and Sarah Matlock
Telephone: (415) 410-5519
Email: woodsonsarah@yahoo.com

Sincerely,

The granddaughter of former Mayor Samuel W. Strong, Jr.

Sarah Lorraine Matlock

My name is Sarah Lorraine Matlock. I am a resident of San Francisco and the granddaughter of Hope's former mayor, Dr. Samuel W. Strong Jr. who died on June 8, 1999. My grandmother is Dr. Strong's one and only wife, Edra Meeks Strong, who died on August 27, 1999.

It has recently come to my attention that the above deceased individuals appear to have been the victims of their own children in that Edra's Last Will and Testament is fraudulent, and Dr. Samuel Strong's will, which his son evidently convinced him to amend in 1999, has seemingly served the primary interests of his two immediate children, Carolyn Strong Woodson of Yountville, California and Samuel M. Strong of Little Rock, Arkansas. Both children are named executors of both of their parent's wills.

This discovery has been a process. I first began looking into the will of my grandfather because my mother stated, immediately following his death, that my grandfather had "left" forty thousand dollars total to split four ways. She said there was ten thousand for her and her brother each, and ten thousand for myself and my brother each.

Carolyn did not tell me both had left a will. She added, however, that she did not wish to give the money to me. She stated that instead, she wished to place the $10,000.00 under her name for investment purposes.

I inquired about receiving back my invested money several times over the past nine years, which she always refused to return. This reported behavior raised the suspicion of my new fiancé, James A.Sablan Sr. Finally; it prompted us to search out the matter.

As it turns out, my mother misrepresented the matter in that she and her brother were executors of two wills representing two sizable estates. Both wills were done under an attorney by the name of A. Wyckliff Nisbet Jr. Mr. Nisbet works for a large firm in Little Rock, Arkansas known as Friday, Eldredge and Clark. Carolyn Woodson, Samuel M. Strong, and her attorney, Nisbet, have attempted to rationalize her failure to distribute to me under such excuses as "You are not a descendant", or "The entire estate was for the executors only" (even though the "surviving descendants" are to "share and share alike"), etc.

The first will was completed in 1996 on behalf of my grandmother Edra Meeks Strong. Because I know for a fact that Edra had full blown dementia in 1996, her will is fraudulent and could only have been completed coercively. In fact, Edra did not even recognize her children at this stage of her illness. Furthermore, in 2001, the executors transferred Edra's eighty acres of Timberland in Arkadelphia (where she and her husband were both born) listed in her "dementia will" into the Samuel Meeks Strong Family Trust which was only part of Samuel W. Strong's will. As you know, this renders the trust invalid, which we have already confirmed with a former judge and friend of my fiancé.

In addition, Edra's will gives her entire estate over to her two children only, Samuel Meeks Strong and Carolyn Strong Woodson. Contrary to what she is reported to have stated in her will, Edra clearly told me more than one time before the onset of her dementia that she intended to leave me "a nest egg", although she did not specify the amount.

Furthermore, both wills contain waivers for the requirement to appear in court in person before the judge, as well as waivers for the final accounting of all assets. There is apparently cash, stocks and bonds that are not even mentioned specifically in the will, which has evaded the scrutiny of the State of Arkansas and the I.R.S. as well by the use of these waivers.

For this reason, I have already contacted the I.R.S. They have requested that I come in personally to speak to them about this matter in further detail. I will do this before the week is out.

The entire family, including not only both executors but other heirs- my brother, Alfred Richard Woodson of Chicago, Illinois and my cousin Sharon Strong Cowell of Maryland, have been entirely non-communicative about this matter. I have also tried to speak to my brother's ex-wife, Jennifer Rose Sandstrom of Mesa, Arizona, and my father, Alfred Richard IV of Yountville, California. They are generally either hostile or non-communicative altogether. The few things that my mother has said by e-mail are also lies that can be clearly deduced through the e-mails.

We have also researched the cause of death of both grandparents and find it interesting that both died within two months of each other due to a "myocardial infarction". In fact the, entire circumstance surrounding their deaths has raised extreme suspicion. To begin with, Samuel Strong specified in his will that he wished for his wife to be live in accordance with "the standard to which she is accustomed", which was to be at her home in Hope, Arkansas with her own private care, not amongst strangers in a controlled environment.

Instead of following his will, the two executors immediately "skated off" Edra into a nursing home, Pleasant Valley Living Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, following their father's death. Edra then "up and died" two months later of a heart failure. Interestingly enough, even she had lived quite successfully and uneventfully for twenty to thirty years prior with her heart condition.

Also, whereas Samuel Strong's death indicates heart failure, I was never aware of him suffering from cardiovascular disease, or of any prior hospitalizations. My grandfather was an extremely healthy and strong individual all his life. It is interesting to me that his cause of death lists "cardiovascular disease"- as if someone is trying to convince us that this was a chronic condition that he had, but does not list "cardiovascular disease" on Edra, who indeed did suffer with the condition for a long period of time. These records were obtained from the Herndon Funeral Home in Hope, Arkansas.

In looking at the entire circumstance, it appears quite strange that in one year, Dr. Samuel M. Strong managed to have the will amended, both parents died, and Edra died shortly after the needed signatures from her were obtained. Furthermore, we are told that her signature is on EVERY page in her fraudulent will, although we have not yet ordered the will. Again, it seems as if someone wants to "convince" everyone that she was competent at this time, which she clearly was not.

Also, Dr. Samuel Strong died first, which gave the executors the freedom to disobey the wishes of their father in regards to Edra's care. You will also note in the wills that Samuel Strong was not Edra's Power of Attorney in 1996, but became her Power of Attorney in 1999. This enabled him to sign waivers on her behalf for the final accounting of all assets in Samuel W. Strong's will, and also would have convinced "dad" that he was doing everything straightforwardly and representing Edra's best interest.

We have confronted the entire family with our suspicions, as well as the attorney, concerning Edra's will, and no one has rebutted anything that we have said in regards to her dementia at the time of her will in 1996. We also voiced concerns of possible foul play, and neither have they rebutted this.

Thank you for hearing this matter. I am respectfully requesting that this case be re-opened and prosecuted, so that all perpetrators, including any and all accessories and accomplices, will brought to justice, and so that the estates can revert back to the State of Arkansas and be redistributed in the proper fashion.

Grandpa and Grandma's Information
Samuel W. Strong Jr.
S.S.N. - 430-03-3586
D.O.B. - Jun 11th 1911
D.O.D. - Jun 8th 1999
Last Residence: 71801 (Hope, Hempstead, AR)

Edra M. Strong
S.S.N. 432-82-5850
D.O.B. Dec. 15, 1913
D.O.D. Aug. 27th, 1999
Last Residence (Little Rock, Pulaski, AR. 72227)

PLEASANT VALLEY LIVING CENTER
1211 HINSON RD
LITTLE ROCK, AR 72212
(501) 225-8888

Here is a list of Names and Addresses of All Parties Under Suspicion:

Attorney at Law
A. Wyckliff Nisbet Jr.
400 West Capitol, Suite 2000
Little Rock, Arkansas
Phone: (501) 370-1544 (Direct Dial)
Fax: (501) 376-2147
E-mail: nisbet@fec.net

Executor

Samuel M. Strong DDS
26 River Ridge Circle
Little Rock, AR 72227
Home phone: (501) 227-8058
E-mail: info@strongdds.com
Website: http://www.strongdds.com/

Daughter of Samuel M. Strong

Sharon Strong Cowell
1.) 506 Midsummer Dr
Gaithersburg, MD 20878-5222
Home phone: (301) 258-3419
Work number: (240) 305-4804
E-mail: s_cowell@comcast.net

Sharon Strong Cowell
2.)59 Swanton Mews
Gaithersburg, MD 20878-7867
(240) 632-9435

Executor

Carolyn Strong Woodson
2004 Humboldt Street
Yountville , California 94599
Home phone: (707) 944-2038
E-mail: cswoodson@sbcglobal.net

Son of Carolyn Strong Woodson
Alfred Richard Woodson IV
A.K.A. Richard Woodson
360 W Wellington Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657

Our contact information:

James A. Sablan Sr. and Sarah Matlock
Telephone: (415) 410-5519
Email: woodsonsarah@yahoo.com

Sincerely,

The granddaughter of former Mayor Samuel W. Strong, Jr.

Sarah Lorraine Matlock

I had mentioned some other points to my fiance which he thought were important for me to share with you as well:

1. To the best of my knowledge, my Aunt Stephanie (Strong) did not like my grandmother, Edra.

Stephanie, as you may already know, was the informant on Edra's death certificate. Also, her and my uncle Sammy typically always stay together whether they are at home or traveling on lecture.

So, if my Aunt Stephanie was the informant at my grandmother's death, Samuel should have been in Little Rock with her at that time.

2. To the best of my knowledge, Sammy was Edra's favorite child and Carolyn, my mother, was Samuel W. Strong's favored child.

This was what I was told and was also my observation. Samuel Meeks Strong was present at his father's death, not his mother's. Could this be the case due to guilt?

Also, Carolyn was not present at either her father's death nor her mother's.

Lastly:

My brother Richard was absent from the Strong family since his very young years except for the fact that he showed up after Edra's death when the money could be released from the Strong Family Trust.

Also, I was told in the year 2003 (sometime between May and September), that Richard's wife, Jennifer, had cheated on him several times.

When this came to his attention, I was told that there was a big fallout at that my brother sent Jennifer back to where she was originally from (Arizona) with $20,000.00 and a car.

So evidently he had enough money that he could throw some away at Jennifer, a woman who had cheated on him.

Was this hush money for keeping her mouth closed concerning money that had been acquired during marriage? I have confronted my mother on this by e-mail and she has not rebutted it, which I am forwarding on to you.

Our contact information:
James A. Sablan Sr. and Sarah Matlock

Telephone: (415) 410-5519
Email: woodsonsarah@yahoo.com

Sincerely,
The granddaughter of former Mayor Samuel W. Strong, Jr.
Sarah Lorraine Matlock

I had mentioned some other points to my fiance which he thought were important for me to share with you as well:

1. To the best of my knowledge, my Aunt Stephanie (Strong) did not like my grandmother, Edra.

Stephanie, as you may already know, was the informant on Edra's death certificate. Also, her and my uncle Sammy typically always stay together whether they are at home or traveling on lecture.

So, if my Aunt Stephanie was the informant at my grandmother's death, Samuel should have been in Little Rock with her at that time.

2. To the best of my knowledge, Sammy was Edra's favorite child and Carolyn, my mother, was Samuel W. Strong's favored child.

This was what I was told and was also my observation. Samuel Meeks Strong was present at his father's death, not his mother's. Could this be the case due to guilt?

Also, Carolyn was not present at either her father's death nor her mother's.

Lastly:

My brother Richard was absent from the Strong family since his very young years except for the fact that he showed up after Edra's death when the money could be released from the Strong Family Trust.

Also, I was told in the year 2003 (sometime between May and September), that Richard's wife, Jennifer, had cheated on him several times.

When this came to his attention, I was told that there was a big fallout at that my brother sent Jennifer back to where she was originally from (Arizona) with $20,000.00 and a car.

So evidently he had enough money that he could throw some away at Jennifer, a woman who had cheated on him.

Was this hush money for keeping her mouth closed concerning money that had been acquired during marriage? I have confronted my mother on this by e-mail and she has not rebutted it, which I am forwarding on to you.

Our contact information:
James A. Sablan Sr. and Sarah Matlock

Telephone: (415) 410-5519
Email: woodsonsarah@yahoo.com

Sincerely,
The granddaughter of former Mayor Samuel W. Strong, Jr.
Sarah Lorraine Matlock

I had mentioned some other points to my fiance which he thought were important for me to share with you as well:

1. To the best of my knowledge, my Aunt Stephanie (Strong) did not like my grandmother, Edra.

Stephanie, as you may already know, was the informant on Edra's death certificate. Also, her and my uncle Sammy typically always stay together whether they are at home or traveling on lecture.

So, if my Aunt Stephanie was the informant at my grandmother's death, Samuel should have been in Little Rock with her at that time.

2. To the best of my knowledge, Sammy was Edra's favorite child and Carolyn, my mother, was Samuel W. Strong's favored child.

This was what I was told and was also my observation. Samuel Meeks Strong was present at his father's death, not his mother's. Could this be the case due to guilt?

Also, Carolyn was not present at either her father's death nor her mother's.

Lastly:

My brother Richard was absent from the Strong family since his very young years except for the fact that he showed up after Edra's death when the money could be released from the Strong Family Trust.

Also, I was told in the year 2003 (sometime between May and September), that Richard's wife, Jennifer, had cheated on him several times.

When this came to his attention, I was told that there was a big fallout at that my brother sent Jennifer back to where she was originally from (Arizona) with $20,000.00 and a car.

So evidently he had enough money that he could throw some away at Jennifer, a woman who had cheated on him.

Was this hush money for keeping her mouth closed concerning money that had been acquired during marriage? I have confronted my mother on this by e-mail and she has not rebutted it, which I am forwarding on to you.

Our contact information:
James A. Sablan Sr. and Sarah Matlock

Telephone: (415) 410-5519
Email: woodsonsarah@yahoo.com

Sincerely,
The granddaughter of former Mayor Samuel W. Strong, Jr.
Sarah Lorraine Matlock

I had mentioned some other points to my fiance which he thought were important for me to share with you as well:

1. To the best of my knowledge, my Aunt Stephanie (Strong) did not like my grandmother, Edra.

Stephanie, as you may already know, was the informant on Edra's death certificate. Also, her and my uncle Sammy typically always stay together whether they are at home or traveling on lecture.

So, if my Aunt Stephanie was the informant at my grandmother's death, Samuel should have been in Little Rock with her at that time.

2. To the best of my knowledge, Sammy was Edra's favorite child and Carolyn, my mother, was Samuel W. Strong's favored child.

This was what I was told and was also my observation. Samuel Meeks Strong was present at his father's death, not his mother's. Could this be the case due to guilt?

Also, Carolyn was not present at either her father's death nor her mother's.

Lastly:

My brother Richard was absent from the Strong family since his very young years except for the fact that he showed up after Edra's death when the money could be released from the Strong Family Trust.

Also, I was told in the year 2003 (sometime between May and September), that Richard's wife, Jennifer, had cheated on him several times.

When this came to his attention, I was told that there was a big fallout at that my brother sent Jennifer back to where she was originally from (Arizona) with $20,000.00 and a car.

So evidently he had enough money that he could throw some away at Jennifer, a woman who had cheated on him.

Was this hush money for keeping her mouth closed concerning money that had been acquired during marriage? I have confronted my mother on this by e-mail and she has not rebutted it, which I am forwarding on to you.

Our contact information:
James A. Sablan Sr. and Sarah Matlock

Telephone: (415) 410-5519
Email: woodsonsarah@yahoo.com

Sincerely,
The granddaughter of former Mayor Samuel W. Strong, Jr.
Sarah Lorraine Matlock

My name is Sarah Lorraine Matlock. I am a resident of San Francisco and the granddaughter of Hope's former mayor, Dr. Samuel W. Strong Jr. who died on June 8, 1999. My grandmother is Dr. Strong's one and only wife, Edra Meeks Strong, who died on August 27, 1999.

It has recently come to my attention that the above deceased individuals appear to have been the victims of their own children in that Edra's Last Will and Testament is fraudulent, and Dr. Samuel Strong's will, which his son evidently convinced him to amend in 1999, has seemingly served the primary interests of his two immediate children, Carolyn Strong Woodson of Yountville, California and Samuel M. Strong of Little Rock, Arkansas. Both children are named executors of both of their parent's wills.

This discovery has been a process. I first began looking into the will of my grandfather because my mother stated, immediately following his death, that my grandfather had "left" forty thousand dollars total to split four ways. She said there was ten thousand for her and her brother each, and ten thousand for myself and my brother each.

Carolyn did not tell me both had left a will. She added, however, that she did not wish to give the money to me. She stated that instead, she wished to place the $10,000.00 under her name for investment purposes.

I inquired about receiving back my invested money several times over the past nine years, which she always refused to return. This reported behavior raised the suspicion of my new fiancé, James A.Sablan Sr. Finally; it prompted us to search out the matter.

As it turns out, my mother misrepresented the matter in that she and her brother were executors of two wills representing two sizable estates. Both wills were done under an attorney by the name of A. Wyckliff Nisbet Jr. Mr. Nisbet works for a large firm in Little Rock, Arkansas known as Friday, Eldredge and Clark. Carolyn Woodson, Samuel M. Strong, and her attorney, Nisbet, have attempted to rationalize her failure to distribute to me under such excuses as "You are not a descendant", or "The entire estate was for the executors only" (even though the "surviving descendants" are to "share and share alike"), etc.

The first will was completed in 1996 on behalf of my grandmother Edra Meeks Strong. Because I know for a fact that Edra had full blown dementia in 1996, her will is fraudulent and could only have been completed coercively. In fact, Edra did not even recognize her children at this stage of her illness. Furthermore, in 2001, the executors transferred Edra's eighty acres of Timberland in Arkadelphia (where she and her husband were both born) listed in her "dementia will" into the Samuel Meeks Strong Family Trust which was only part of Samuel W. Strong's will. As you know, this renders the trust invalid, which we have already confirmed with a former judge and friend of my fiancé.

In addition, Edra's will gives her entire estate over to her two children only, Samuel Meeks Strong and Carolyn Strong Woodson. Contrary to what she is reported to have stated in her will, Edra clearly told me more than one time before the onset of her dementia that she intended to leave me "a nest egg", although she did not specify the amount.

Furthermore, both wills contain waivers for the requirement to appear in court in person before the judge, as well as waivers for the final accounting of all assets. There is apparently cash, stocks and bonds that are not even mentioned specifically in the will, which has evaded the scrutiny of the State of Arkansas and the I.R.S. as well by the use of these waivers.

For this reason, I have already contacted the I.R.S. They have requested that I come in personally to speak to them about this matter in further detail. I will do this before the week is out.

The entire family, including not only both executors but other heirs- my brother, Alfred Richard Woodson of Chicago, Illinois and my cousin Sharon Strong Cowell of Maryland, have been entirely non-communicative about this matter. I have also tried to speak to my brother's ex-wife, Jennifer Rose Sandstrom of Mesa, Arizona, and my father, Alfred Richard IV of Yountville, California. They are generally either hostile or non-communicative altogether. The few things that my mother has said by e-mail are also lies that can be clearly deduced through the e-mails.

We have also researched the cause of death of both grandparents and find it interesting that both died within two months of each other due to a "myocardial infarction". In fact the, entire circumstance surrounding their deaths has raised extreme suspicion. To begin with, Samuel Strong specified in his will that he wished for his wife to be live in accordance with "the standard to which she is accustomed", which was to be at her home in Hope, Arkansas with her own private care, not amongst strangers in a controlled environment.

Instead of following his will, the two executors immediately "skated off" Edra into a nursing home, Pleasant Valley Living Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, following their father's death. Edra then "up and died" two months later of a heart failure. Interestingly enough, even she had lived quite successfully and uneventfully for twenty to thirty years prior with her heart condition.

Also, whereas Samuel Strong's death indicates heart failure, I was never aware of him suffering from cardiovascular disease, or of any prior hospitalizations. My grandfather was an extremely healthy and strong individual all his life. It is interesting to me that his cause of death lists "cardiovascular disease"- as if someone is trying to convince us that this was a chronic condition that he had, but does not list "cardiovascular disease" on Edra, who indeed did suffer with the condition for a long period of time. These records were obtained from the Herndon Funeral Home in Hope, Arkansas.

In looking at the entire circumstance, it appears quite strange that in one year, Dr. Samuel M. Strong managed to have the will amended, both parents died, and Edra died shortly after the needed signatures from her were obtained. Furthermore, we are told that her signature is on EVERY page in her fraudulent will, although we have not yet ordered the will. Again, it seems as if someone wants to "convince" everyone that she was competent at this time, which she clearly was not.

Also, Dr. Samuel Strong died first, which gave the executors the freedom to disobey the wishes of their father in regards to Edra's care. You will also note in the wills that Samuel Strong was not Edra's Power of Attorney in 1996, but became her Power of Attorney in 1999. This enabled him to sign waivers on her behalf for the final accounting of all assets in Samuel W. Strong's will, and also would have convinced "dad" that he was doing everything straightforwardly and representing Edra's best interest.

We have confronted the entire family with our suspicions, as well as the attorney, concerning Edra's will, and no one has rebutted anything that we have said in regards to her dementia at the time of her will in 1996. We also voiced concerns of possible foul play, and neither have they rebutted this.

Thank you for hearing this matter. I am respectfully requesting that this case be re-opened and prosecuted, so that all perpetrators, including any and all accessories and accomplices, will brought to justice, and so that the estates can revert back to the State of Arkansas and be redistributed in the proper fashion.

Grandpa and Grandma's Information
Samuel W. Strong Jr.
S.S.N. - 430-03-3586
D.O.B. - Jun 11th 1911
D.O.D. - Jun 8th 1999
Last Residence: 71801 (Hope, Hempstead, AR)

Edra M. Strong
S.S.N. 432-82-5850
D.O.B. Dec. 15, 1913
D.O.D. Aug. 27th, 1999
Last Residence (Little Rock, Pulaski, AR. 72227)

PLEASANT VALLEY LIVING CENTER
1211 HINSON RD
LITTLE ROCK, AR 72212
(501) 225-8888

Here is a list of Names and Addresses of All Parties Under Suspicion:

Attorney at Law
A. Wyckliff Nisbet Jr.
400 West Capitol, Suite 2000
Little Rock, Arkansas
Phone: (501) 370-1544 (Direct Dial)
Fax: (501) 376-2147
E-mail: nisbet@fec.net

Executor

Samuel M. Strong DDS
26 River Ridge Circle
Little Rock, AR 72227
Home phone: (501) 227-8058
E-mail: info@strongdds.com
Website: http://www.strongdds.com/

Daughter of Samuel M. Strong

Sharon Strong Cowell
1.) 506 Midsummer Dr
Gaithersburg, MD 20878-5222
Home phone: (301) 258-3419
Work number: (240) 305-4804
E-mail: s_cowell@comcast.net

Sharon Strong Cowell
2.)59 Swanton Mews
Gaithersburg, MD 20878-7867
(240) 632-9435

Executor

Carolyn Strong Woodson
2004 Humboldt Street
Yountville , California 94599
Home phone: (707) 944-2038
E-mail: cswoodson@sbcglobal.net

Son of Carolyn Strong Woodson
Alfred Richard Woodson IV
A.K.A. Richard Woodson
360 W Wellington Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657

Our contact information:

James A. Sablan Sr. and Sarah Matlock
Telephone: (415) 410-5519
Email: woodsonsarah@yahoo.com

Sincerely,

The granddaughter of former Mayor Samuel W. Strong, Jr.

Sarah Lorraine Matlock

My name is Sarah Lorraine Matlock. I am a resident of San Francisco and the granddaughter of Hope's former mayor, Dr. Samuel W. Strong Jr. who died on June 8, 1999. My grandmother is Dr. Strong's one and only wife, Edra Meeks Strong, who died on August 27, 1999.

It has recently come to my attention that the above deceased individuals appear to have been the victims of their own children in that Edra's Last Will and Testament is fraudulent, and Dr. Samuel Strong's will, which his son evidently convinced him to amend in 1999, has seemingly served the primary interests of his two immediate children, Carolyn Strong Woodson of Yountville, California and Samuel M. Strong of Little Rock, Arkansas. Both children are named executors of both of their parent's wills.

This discovery has been a process. I first began looking into the will of my grandfather because my mother stated, immediately following his death, that my grandfather had "left" forty thousand dollars total to split four ways. She said there was ten thousand for her and her brother each, and ten thousand for myself and my brother each.

Carolyn did not tell me both had left a will. She added, however, that she did not wish to give the money to me. She stated that instead, she wished to place the $10,000.00 under her name for investment purposes.

I inquired about receiving back my invested money several times over the past nine years, which she always refused to return. This reported behavior raised the suspicion of my new fiancé, James A.Sablan Sr. Finally; it prompted us to search out the matter.

As it turns out, my mother misrepresented the matter in that she and her brother were executors of two wills representing two sizable estates. Both wills were done under an attorney by the name of A. Wyckliff Nisbet Jr. Mr. Nisbet works for a large firm in Little Rock, Arkansas known as Friday, Eldredge and Clark. Carolyn Woodson, Samuel M. Strong, and her attorney, Nisbet, have attempted to rationalize her failure to distribute to me under such excuses as "You are not a descendant", or "The entire estate was for the executors only" (even though the "surviving descendants" are to "share and share alike"), etc.

The first will was completed in 1996 on behalf of my grandmother Edra Meeks Strong. Because I know for a fact that Edra had full blown dementia in 1996, her will is fraudulent and could only have been completed coercively. In fact, Edra did not even recognize her children at this stage of her illness. Furthermore, in 2001, the executors transferred Edra's eighty acres of Timberland in Arkadelphia (where she and her husband were both born) listed in her "dementia will" into the Samuel Meeks Strong Family Trust which was only part of Samuel W. Strong's will. As you know, this renders the trust invalid, which we have already confirmed with a former judge and friend of my fiancé.

In addition, Edra's will gives her entire estate over to her two children only, Samuel Meeks Strong and Carolyn Strong Woodson. Contrary to what she is reported to have stated in her will, Edra clearly told me more than one time before the onset of her dementia that she intended to leave me "a nest egg", although she did not specify the amount.

Furthermore, both wills contain waivers for the requirement to appear in court in person before the judge, as well as waivers for the final accounting of all assets. There is apparently cash, stocks and bonds that are not even mentioned specifically in the will, which has evaded the scrutiny of the State of Arkansas and the I.R.S. as well by the use of these waivers.

For this reason, I have already contacted the I.R.S. They have requested that I come in personally to speak to them about this matter in further detail. I will do this before the week is out.

The entire family, including not only both executors but other heirs- my brother, Alfred Richard Woodson of Chicago, Illinois and my cousin Sharon Strong Cowell of Maryland, have been entirely non-communicative about this matter. I have also tried to speak to my brother's ex-wife, Jennifer Rose Sandstrom of Mesa, Arizona, and my father, Alfred Richard IV of Yountville, California. They are generally either hostile or non-communicative altogether. The few things that my mother has said by e-mail are also lies that can be clearly deduced through the e-mails.

We have also researched the cause of death of both grandparents and find it interesting that both died within two months of each other due to a "myocardial infarction". In fact the, entire circumstance surrounding their deaths has raised extreme suspicion. To begin with, Samuel Strong specified in his will that he wished for his wife to be live in accordance with "the standard to which she is accustomed", which was to be at her home in Hope, Arkansas with her own private care, not amongst strangers in a controlled environment.

Instead of following his will, the two executors immediately "skated off" Edra into a nursing home, Pleasant Valley Living Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, following their father's death. Edra then "up and died" two months later of a heart failure. Interestingly enough, even she had lived quite successfully and uneventfully for twenty to thirty years prior with her heart condition.

Also, whereas Samuel Strong's death indicates heart failure, I was never aware of him suffering from cardiovascular disease, or of any prior hospitalizations. My grandfather was an extremely healthy and strong individual all his life. It is interesting to me that his cause of death lists "cardiovascular disease"- as if someone is trying to convince us that this was a chronic condition that he had, but does not list "cardiovascular disease" on Edra, who indeed did suffer with the condition for a long period of time. These records were obtained from the Herndon Funeral Home in Hope, Arkansas.

In looking at the entire circumstance, it appears quite strange that in one year, Dr. Samuel M. Strong managed to have the will amended, both parents died, and Edra died shortly after the needed signatures from her were obtained. Furthermore, we are told that her signature is on EVERY page in her fraudulent will, although we have not yet ordered the will. Again, it seems as if someone wants to "convince" everyone that she was competent at this time, which she clearly was not.

Also, Dr. Samuel Strong died first, which gave the executors the freedom to disobey the wishes of their father in regards to Edra's care. You will also note in the wills that Samuel Strong was not Edra's Power of Attorney in 1996, but became her Power of Attorney in 1999. This enabled him to sign waivers on her behalf for the final accounting of all assets in Samuel W. Strong's will, and also would have convinced "dad" that he was doing everything straightforwardly and representing Edra's best interest.

We have confronted the entire family with our suspicions, as well as the attorney, concerning Edra's will, and no one has rebutted anything that we have said in regards to her dementia at the time of her will in 1996. We also voiced concerns of possible foul play, and neither have they rebutted this.

Thank you for hearing this matter. I am respectfully requesting that this case be re-opened and prosecuted, so that all perpetrators, including any and all accessories and accomplices, will brought to justice, and so that the estates can revert back to the State of Arkansas and be redistributed in the proper fashion.

Grandpa and Grandma's Information
Samuel W. Strong Jr.
S.S.N. - 430-03-3586
D.O.B. - Jun 11th 1911
D.O.D. - Jun 8th 1999
Last Residence: 71801 (Hope, Hempstead, AR)

Edra M. Strong
S.S.N. 432-82-5850
D.O.B. Dec. 15, 1913
D.O.D. Aug. 27th, 1999
Last Residence (Little Rock, Pulaski, AR. 72227)

PLEASANT VALLEY LIVING CENTER
1211 HINSON RD
LITTLE ROCK, AR 72212
(501) 225-8888

Here is a list of Names and Addresses of All Parties Under Suspicion:

Attorney at Law
A. Wyckliff Nisbet Jr.
400 West Capitol, Suite 2000
Little Rock, Arkansas
Phone: (501) 370-1544 (Direct Dial)
Fax: (501) 376-2147
E-mail: nisbet@fec.net

Executor

Samuel M. Strong DDS
26 River Ridge Circle
Little Rock, AR 72227
Home phone: (501) 227-8058
E-mail: info@strongdds.com
Website: http://www.strongdds.com/

Daughter of Samuel M. Strong

Sharon Strong Cowell
1.) 506 Midsummer Dr
Gaithersburg, MD 20878-5222
Home phone: (301) 258-3419
Work number: (240) 305-4804
E-mail: s_cowell@comcast.net

Sharon Strong Cowell
2.)59 Swanton Mews
Gaithersburg, MD 20878-7867
(240) 632-9435

Executor

Carolyn Strong Woodson
2004 Humboldt Street
Yountville , California 94599
Home phone: (707) 944-2038
E-mail: cswoodson@sbcglobal.net

Son of Carolyn Strong Woodson
Alfred Richard Woodson IV
A.K.A. Richard Woodson
360 W Wellington Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657

Our contact information:

James A. Sablan Sr. and Sarah Matlock
Telephone: (415) 410-5519
Email: woodsonsarah@yahoo.com

Sincerely,

The granddaughter of former Mayor Samuel W. Strong, Jr.

Sarah Lorraine Matlock

My name is Sarah Lorraine Matlock. I am a resident of San Francisco and the granddaughter of Hope's former mayor, Dr. Samuel W. Strong Jr. who died on June 8, 1999. My grandmother is Dr. Strong's one and only wife, Edra Meeks Strong, who died on August 27, 1999.

It has recently come to my attention that the above deceased individuals appear to have been the victims of their own children in that Edra's Last Will and Testament is fraudulent, and Dr. Samuel Strong's will, which his son evidently convinced him to amend in 1999, has seemingly served the primary interests of his two immediate children, Carolyn Strong Woodson of Yountville, California and Samuel M. Strong of Little Rock, Arkansas. Both children are named executors of both of their parent's wills.

This discovery has been a process. I first began looking into the will of my grandfather because my mother stated, immediately following his death, that my grandfather had "left" forty thousand dollars total to split four ways. She said there was ten thousand for her and her brother each, and ten thousand for myself and my brother each.

Carolyn did not tell me both had left a will. She added, however, that she did not wish to give the money to me. She stated that instead, she wished to place the $10,000.00 under her name for investment purposes.

I inquired about receiving back my invested money several times over the past nine years, which she always refused to return. This reported behavior raised the suspicion of my new fiancé, James A.Sablan Sr. Finally; it prompted us to search out the matter.

As it turns out, my mother misrepresented the matter in that she and her brother were executors of two wills representing two sizable estates. Both wills were done under an attorney by the name of A. Wyckliff Nisbet Jr. Mr. Nisbet works for a large firm in Little Rock, Arkansas known as Friday, Eldredge and Clark. Carolyn Woodson, Samuel M. Strong, and her attorney, Nisbet, have attempted to rationalize her failure to distribute to me under such excuses as "You are not a descendant", or "The entire estate was for the executors only" (even though the "surviving descendants" are to "share and share alike"), etc.

The first will was completed in 1996 on behalf of my grandmother Edra Meeks Strong. Because I know for a fact that Edra had full blown dementia in 1996, her will is fraudulent and could only have been completed coercively. In fact, Edra did not even recognize her children at this stage of her illness. Furthermore, in 2001, the executors transferred Edra's eighty acres of Timberland in Arkadelphia (where she and her husband were both born) listed in her "dementia will" into the Samuel Meeks Strong Family Trust which was only part of Samuel W. Strong's will. As you know, this renders the trust invalid, which we have already confirmed with a former judge and friend of my fiancé.

In addition, Edra's will gives her entire estate over to her two children only, Samuel Meeks Strong and Carolyn Strong Woodson. Contrary to what she is reported to have stated in her will, Edra clearly told me more than one time before the onset of her dementia that she intended to leave me "a nest egg", although she did not specify the amount.

Furthermore, both wills contain waivers for the requirement to appear in court in person before the judge, as well as waivers for the final accounting of all assets. There is apparently cash, stocks and bonds that are not even mentioned specifically in the will, which has evaded the scrutiny of the State of Arkansas and the I.R.S. as well by the use of these waivers.

For this reason, I have already contacted the I.R.S. They have requested that I come in personally to speak to them about this matter in further detail. I will do this before the week is out.

The entire family, including not only both executors but other heirs- my brother, Alfred Richard Woodson of Chicago, Illinois and my cousin Sharon Strong Cowell of Maryland, have been entirely non-communicative about this matter. I have also tried to speak to my brother's ex-wife, Jennifer Rose Sandstrom of Mesa, Arizona, and my father, Alfred Richard IV of Yountville, California. They are generally either hostile or non-communicative altogether. The few things that my mother has said by e-mail are also lies that can be clearly deduced through the e-mails.

We have also researched the cause of death of both grandparents and find it interesting that both died within two months of each other due to a "myocardial infarction". In fact the, entire circumstance surrounding their deaths has raised extreme suspicion. To begin with, Samuel Strong specified in his will that he wished for his wife to be live in accordance with "the standard to which she is accustomed", which was to be at her home in Hope, Arkansas with her own private care, not amongst strangers in a controlled environment.

Instead of following his will, the two executors immediately "skated off" Edra into a nursing home, Pleasant Valley Living Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, following their father's death. Edra then "up and died" two months later of a heart failure. Interestingly enough, even she had lived quite successfully and uneventfully for twenty to thirty years prior with her heart condition.

Also, whereas Samuel Strong's death indicates heart failure, I was never aware of him suffering from cardiovascular disease, or of any prior hospitalizations. My grandfather was an extremely healthy and strong individual all his life. It is interesting to me that his cause of death lists "cardiovascular disease"- as if someone is trying to convince us that this was a chronic condition that he had, but does not list "cardiovascular disease" on Edra, who indeed did suffer with the condition for a long period of time. These records were obtained from the Herndon Funeral Home in Hope, Arkansas.

In looking at the entire circumstance, it appears quite strange that in one year, Dr. Samuel M. Strong managed to have the will amended, both parents died, and Edra died shortly after the needed signatures from her were obtained. Furthermore, we are told that her signature is on EVERY page in her fraudulent will, although we have not yet ordered the will. Again, it seems as if someone wants to "convince" everyone that she was competent at this time, which she clearly was not.

Also, Dr. Samuel Strong died first, which gave the executors the freedom to disobey the wishes of their father in regards to Edra's care. You will also note in the wills that Samuel Strong was not Edra's Power of Attorney in 1996, but became her Power of Attorney in 1999. This enabled him to sign waivers on her behalf for the final accounting of all assets in Samuel W. Strong's will, and also would have convinced "dad" that he was doing everything straightforwardly and representing Edra's best interest.

We have confronted the entire family with our suspicions, as well as the attorney, concerning Edra's will, and no one has rebutted anything that we have said in regards to her dementia at the time of her will in 1996. We also voiced concerns of possible foul play, and neither have they rebutted this.

Thank you for hearing this matter. I am respectfully requesting that this case be re-opened and prosecuted, so that all perpetrators, including any and all accessories and accomplices, will brought to justice, and so that the estates can revert back to the State of Arkansas and be redistributed in the proper fashion.

Grandpa and Grandma's Information
Samuel W. Strong Jr.
S.S.N. - 430-03-3586
D.O.B. - Jun 11th 1911
D.O.D. - Jun 8th 1999
Last Residence: 71801 (Hope, Hempstead, AR)

Edra M. Strong
S.S.N. 432-82-5850
D.O.B. Dec. 15, 1913
D.O.D. Aug. 27th, 1999
Last Residence (Little Rock, Pulaski, AR. 72227)

PLEASANT VALLEY LIVING CENTER
1211 HINSON RD
LITTLE ROCK, AR 72212
(501) 225-8888

Here is a list of Names and Addresses of All Parties Under Suspicion:

Attorney at Law
A. Wyckliff Nisbet Jr.
400 West Capitol, Suite 2000
Little Rock, Arkansas
Phone: (501) 370-1544 (Direct Dial)
Fax: (501) 376-2147
E-mail: nisbet@fec.net

Executor

Samuel M. Strong DDS
26 River Ridge Circle
Little Rock, AR 72227
Home phone: (501) 227-8058
E-mail: info@strongdds.com
Website: http://www.strongdds.com/

Daughter of Samuel M. Strong

Sharon Strong Cowell
1.) 506 Midsummer Dr
Gaithersburg, MD 20878-5222
Home phone: (301) 258-3419
Work number: (240) 305-4804
E-mail: s_cowell@comcast.net

Sharon Strong Cowell
2.)59 Swanton Mews
Gaithersburg, MD 20878-7867
(240) 632-9435

Executor

Carolyn Strong Woodson
2004 Humboldt Street
Yountville , California 94599
Home phone: (707) 944-2038
E-mail: cswoodson@sbcglobal.net

Son of Carolyn Strong Woodson
Alfred Richard Woodson IV
A.K.A. Richard Woodson
360 W Wellington Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657

Our contact information:

James A. Sablan Sr. and Sarah Matlock
Telephone: (415) 410-5519
Email: woodsonsarah@yahoo.com

Sincerely,

The granddaughter of former Mayor Samuel W. Strong, Jr.

Sarah Lorraine Matlock

My name is Sarah Lorraine Matlock. I am a resident of San Francisco and the granddaughter of Hope's former mayor, Dr. Samuel W. Strong Jr. who died on June 8, 1999. My grandmother is Dr. Strong's one and only wife, Edra Meeks Strong, who died on August 27, 1999.

It has recently come to my attention that the above deceased individuals appear to have been the victims of their own children in that Edra's Last Will and Testament is fraudulent, and Dr. Samuel Strong's will, which his son evidently convinced him to amend in 1999, has seemingly served the primary interests of his two immediate children, Carolyn Strong Woodson of Yountville, California and Samuel M. Strong of Little Rock, Arkansas. Both children are named executors of both of their parent's wills.

This discovery has been a process. I first began looking into the will of my grandfather because my mother stated, immediately following his death, that my grandfather had "left" forty thousand dollars total to split four ways. She said there was ten thousand for her and her brother each, and ten thousand for myself and my brother each.

Carolyn did not tell me both had left a will. She added, however, that she did not wish to give the money to me. She stated that instead, she wished to place the $10,000.00 under her name for investment purposes.

I inquired about receiving back my invested money several times over the past nine years, which she always refused to return. This reported behavior raised the suspicion of my new fiancé, James A.Sablan Sr. Finally; it prompted us to search out the matter.

As it turns out, my mother misrepresented the matter in that she and her brother were executors of two wills representing two sizable estates. Both wills were done under an attorney by the name of A. Wyckliff Nisbet Jr. Mr. Nisbet works for a large firm in Little Rock, Arkansas known as Friday, Eldredge and Clark. Carolyn Woodson, Samuel M. Strong, and her attorney, Nisbet, have attempted to rationalize her failure to distribute to me under such excuses as "You are not a descendant", or "The entire estate was for the executors only" (even though the "surviving descendants" are to "share and share alike"), etc.

The first will was completed in 1996 on behalf of my grandmother Edra Meeks Strong. Because I know for a fact that Edra had full blown dementia in 1996, her will is fraudulent and could only have been completed coercively. In fact, Edra did not even recognize her children at this stage of her illness. Furthermore, in 2001, the executors transferred Edra's eighty acres of Timberland in Arkadelphia (where she and her husband were both born) listed in her "dementia will" into the Samuel Meeks Strong Family Trust which was only part of Samuel W. Strong's will. As you know, this renders the trust invalid, which we have already confirmed with a former judge and friend of my fiancé.

In addition, Edra's will gives her entire estate over to her two children only, Samuel Meeks Strong and Carolyn Strong Woodson. Contrary to what she is reported to have stated in her will, Edra clearly told me more than one time before the onset of her dementia that she intended to leave me "a nest egg", although she did not specify the amount.

Furthermore, both wills contain waivers for the requirement to appear in court in person before the judge, as well as waivers for the final accounting of all assets. There is apparently cash, stocks and bonds that are not even mentioned specifically in the will, which has evaded the scrutiny of the State of Arkansas and the I.R.S. as well by the use of these waivers.

For this reason, I have already contacted the I.R.S. They have requested that I come in personally to speak to them about this matter in further detail. I will do this before the week is out.

The entire family, including not only both executors but other heirs- my brother, Alfred Richard Woodson of Chicago, Illinois and my cousin Sharon Strong Cowell of Maryland, have been entirely non-communicative about this matter. I have also tried to speak to my brother's ex-wife, Jennifer Rose Sandstrom of Mesa, Arizona, and my father, Alfred Richard IV of Yountville, California. They are generally either hostile or non-communicative altogether. The few things that my mother has said by e-mail are also lies that can be clearly deduced through the e-mails.

We have also researched the cause of death of both grandparents and find it interesting that both died within two months of each other due to a "myocardial infarction". In fact the, entire circumstance surrounding their deaths has raised extreme suspicion. To begin with, Samuel Strong specified in his will that he wished for his wife to be live in accordance with "the standard to which she is accustomed", which was to be at her home in Hope, Arkansas with her own private care, not amongst strangers in a controlled environment.

Instead of following his will, the two executors immediately "skated off" Edra into a nursing home, Pleasant Valley Living Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, following their father's death. Edra then "up and died" two months later of a heart failure. Interestingly enough, even she had lived quite successfully and uneventfully for twenty to thirty years prior with her heart condition.

Also, whereas Samuel Strong's death indicates heart failure, I was never aware of him suffering from cardiovascular disease, or of any prior hospitalizations. My grandfather was an extremely healthy and strong individual all his life. It is interesting to me that his cause of death lists "cardiovascular disease"- as if someone is trying to convince us that this was a chronic condition that he had, but does not list "cardiovascular disease" on Edra, who indeed did suffer with the condition for a long period of time. These records were obtained from the Herndon Funeral Home in Hope, Arkansas.

In looking at the entire circumstance, it appears quite strange that in one year, Dr. Samuel M. Strong managed to have the will amended, both parents died, and Edra died shortly after the needed signatures from her were obtained. Furthermore, we are told that her signature is on EVERY page in her fraudulent will, although we have not yet ordered the will. Again, it seems as if someone wants to "convince" everyone that she was competent at this time, which she clearly was not.

Also, Dr. Samuel Strong died first, which gave the executors the freedom to disobey the wishes of their father in regards to Edra's care. You will also note in the wills that Samuel Strong was not Edra's Power of Attorney in 1996, but became her Power of Attorney in 1999. This enabled him to sign waivers on her behalf for the final accounting of all assets in Samuel W. Strong's will, and also would have convinced "dad" that he was doing everything straightforwardly and representing Edra's best interest.

We have confronted the entire family with our suspicions, as well as the attorney, concerning Edra's will, and no one has rebutted anything that we have said in regards to her dementia at the time of her will in 1996. We also voiced concerns of possible foul play, and neither have they rebutted this.

Thank you for hearing this matter. I am respectfully requesting that this case be re-opened and prosecuted, so that all perpetrators, including any and all accessories and accomplices, will brought to justice, and so that the estates can revert back to the State of Arkansas and be redistributed in the proper fashion.

Grandpa and Grandma's Information
Samuel W. Strong Jr.
S.S.N. - 430-03-3586
D.O.B. - Jun 11th 1911
D.O.D. - Jun 8th 1999
Last Residence: 71801 (Hope, Hempstead, AR)

Edra M. Strong
S.S.N. 432-82-5850
D.O.B. Dec. 15, 1913
D.O.D. Aug. 27th, 1999
Last Residence (Little Rock, Pulaski, AR. 72227)

PLEASANT VALLEY LIVING CENTER
1211 HINSON RD
LITTLE ROCK, AR 72212
(501) 225-8888

Here is a list of Names and Addresses of All Parties Under Suspicion:

Attorney at Law
A. Wyckliff Nisbet Jr.
400 West Capitol, Suite 2000
Little Rock, Arkansas
Phone: (501) 370-1544 (Direct Dial)
Fax: (501) 376-2147
E-mail: nisbet@fec.net

Executor

Samuel M. Strong DDS
26 River Ridge Circle
Little Rock, AR 72227
Home phone: (501) 227-8058
E-mail: info@strongdds.com
Website: http://www.strongdds.com/

Daughter of Samuel M. Strong

Sharon Strong Cowell
1.) 506 Midsummer Dr
Gaithersburg, MD 20878-5222
Home phone: (301) 258-3419
Work number: (240) 305-4804
E-mail: s_cowell@comcast.net

Sharon Strong Cowell
2.)59 Swanton Mews
Gaithersburg, MD 20878-7867
(240) 632-9435

Executor

Carolyn Strong Woodson
2004 Humboldt Street
Yountville , California 94599
Home phone: (707) 944-2038
E-mail: cswoodson@sbcglobal.net

Son of Carolyn Strong Woodson
Alfred Richard Woodson IV
A.K.A. Richard Woodson
360 W Wellington Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657

Our contact information:

James A. Sablan Sr. and Sarah Matlock
Telephone: (415) 410-5519
Email: woodsonsarah@yahoo.com

Sincerely,

The granddaughter of former Mayor Samuel W. Strong, Jr.

Sarah Lorraine Matlock

I had mentioned some other points to my fiance which he thought were important for me to share with you as well:

1. To the best of my knowledge, my Aunt Stephanie (Strong) did not like my grandmother, Edra.

Stephanie, as you may already know, was the informant on Edra's death certificate. Also, her and my uncle Sammy typically always stay together whether they are at home or traveling on lecture.

So, if my Aunt Stephanie was the informant at my grandmother's death, Samuel should have been in Little Rock with her at that time.

2. To the best of my knowledge, Sammy was Edra's favorite child and Carolyn, my mother, was Samuel W. Strong's favored child.

This was what I was told and was also my observation. Samuel Meeks Strong was present at his father's death, not his mother's. Could this be the case due to guilt?

Also, Carolyn was not present at either her father's death nor her mother's.

Lastly:

My brother Richard was absent from the Strong family since his very young years except for the fact that he showed up after Edra's death when the money could be released from the Strong Family Trust.

Also, I was told in the year 2003 (sometime between May and September), that Richard's wife, Jennifer, had cheated on him several times.

When this came to his attention, I was told that there was a big fallout at that my brother sent Jennifer back to where she was originally from (Arizona) with $20,000.00 and a car.

So evidently he had enough money that he could throw some away at Jennifer, a woman who had cheated on him.

Was this hush money for keeping her mouth closed concerning money that had been acquired during marriage? I have confronted my mother on this by e-mail and she has not rebutted it, which I am forwarding on to you.

Our contact information:
James A. Sablan Sr. and Sarah Matlock

Telephone: (415) 410-5519
Email: woodsonsarah@yahoo.com

Sincerely,
The granddaughter of former Mayor Samuel W. Strong, Jr.
Sarah Lorraine Matlock

I had mentioned some other points to my fiance which he thought were important for me to share with you as well:

1. To the best of my knowledge, my Aunt Stephanie (Strong) did not like my grandmother, Edra.

Stephanie, as you may already know, was the informant on Edra's death certificate. Also, her and my uncle Sammy typically always stay together whether they are at home or traveling on lecture.

So, if my Aunt Stephanie was the informant at my grandmother's death, Samuel should have been in Little Rock with her at that time.

2. To the best of my knowledge, Sammy was Edra's favorite child and Carolyn, my mother, was Samuel W. Strong's favored child.

This was what I was told and was also my observation. Samuel Meeks Strong was present at his father's death, not his mother's. Could this be the case due to guilt?

Also, Carolyn was not present at either her father's death nor her mother's.

Lastly:

My brother Richard was absent from the Strong family since his very young years except for the fact that he showed up after Edra's death when the money could be released from the Strong Family Trust.

Also, I was told in the year 2003 (sometime between May and September), that Richard's wife, Jennifer, had cheated on him several times.

When this came to his attention, I was told that there was a big fallout at that my brother sent Jennifer back to where she was originally from (Arizona) with $20,000.00 and a car.

So evidently he had enough money that he could throw some away at Jennifer, a woman who had cheated on him.

Was this hush money for keeping her mouth closed concerning money that had been acquired during marriage? I have confronted my mother on this by e-mail and she has not rebutted it, which I am forwarding on to you.

Our contact information:
James A. Sablan Sr. and Sarah Matlock

Telephone: (415) 410-5519
Email: woodsonsarah@yahoo.com

Sincerely,
The granddaughter of former Mayor Samuel W. Strong, Jr.
Sarah Lorraine Matlock

I had mentioned some other points to my fiance which he thought were important for me to share with you as well:

1. To the best of my knowledge, my Aunt Stephanie (Strong) did not like my grandmother, Edra.

Stephanie, as you may already know, was the informant on Edra's death certificate. Also, her and my uncle Sammy typically always stay together whether they are at home or traveling on lecture.

So, if my Aunt Stephanie was the informant at my grandmother's death, Samuel should have been in Little Rock with her at that time.

2. To the best of my knowledge, Sammy was Edra's favorite child and Carolyn, my mother, was Samuel W. Strong's favored child.

This was what I was told and was also my observation. Samuel Meeks Strong was present at his father's death, not his mother's. Could this be the case due to guilt?

Also, Carolyn was not present at either her father's death nor her mother's.

Lastly:

My brother Richard was absent from the Strong family since his very young years except for the fact that he showed up after Edra's death when the money could be released from the Strong Family Trust.

Also, I was told in the year 2003 (sometime between May and September), that Richard's wife, Jennifer, had cheated on him several times.

When this came to his attention, I was told that there was a big fallout at that my brother sent Jennifer back to where she was originally from (Arizona) with $20,000.00 and a car.

So evidently he had enough money that he could throw some away at Jennifer, a woman who had cheated on him.

Was this hush money for keeping her mouth closed concerning money that had been acquired during marriage? I have confronted my mother on this by e-mail and she has not rebutted it, which I am forwarding on to you.

Our contact information:
James A. Sablan Sr. and Sarah Matlock

Telephone: (415) 410-5519
Email: woodsonsarah@yahoo.com

Sincerely,
The granddaughter of former Mayor Samuel W. Strong, Jr.
Sarah Lorraine Matlock

I had mentioned some other points to my fiance which he thought were important for me to share with you as well:

1. To the best of my knowledge, my Aunt Stephanie (Strong) did not like my grandmother, Edra.

Stephanie, as you may already know, was the informant on Edra's death certificate. Also, her and my uncle Sammy typically always stay together whether they are at home or traveling on lecture.

So, if my Aunt Stephanie was the informant at my grandmother's death, Samuel should have been in Little Rock with her at that time.

2. To the best of my knowledge, Sammy was Edra's favorite child and Carolyn, my mother, was Samuel W. Strong's favored child.

This was what I was told and was also my observation. Samuel Meeks Strong was present at his father's death, not his mother's. Could this be the case due to guilt?

Also, Carolyn was not present at either her father's death nor her mother's.

Lastly:

My brother Richard was absent from the Strong family since his very young years except for the fact that he showed up after Edra's death when the money could be released from the Strong Family Trust.

Also, I was told in the year 2003 (sometime between May and September), that Richard's wife, Jennifer, had cheated on him several times.

When this came to his attention, I was told that there was a big fallout at that my brother sent Jennifer back to where she was originally from (Arizona) with $20,000.00 and a car.

So evidently he had enough money that he could throw some away at Jennifer, a woman who had cheated on him.

Was this hush money for keeping her mouth closed concerning money that had been acquired during marriage? I have confronted my mother on this by e-mail and she has not rebutted it, which I am forwarding on to you.

Our contact information:
James A. Sablan Sr. and Sarah Matlock

Telephone: (415) 410-5519
Email: woodsonsarah@yahoo.com

Sincerely,
The granddaughter of former Mayor Samuel W. Strong, Jr.
Sarah Lorraine Matlock

My name is Sarah Lorraine Matlock. I am a resident of San Francisco and the granddaughter of Hope's former mayor, Dr. Samuel W. Strong Jr. who died on June 8, 1999. My grandmother is Dr. Strong's one and only wife, Edra Meeks Strong, who died on August 27, 1999.

It has recently come to my attention that the above deceased individuals appear to have been the victims of their own children in that Edra's Last Will and Testament is fraudulent, and Dr. Samuel Strong's will, which his son evidently convinced him to amend in 1999, has seemingly served the primary interests of his two immediate children, Carolyn Strong Woodson of Yountville, California and Samuel M. Strong of Little Rock, Arkansas. Both children are named executors of both of their parent's wills.

This discovery has been a process. I first began looking into the will of my grandfather because my mother stated, immediately following his death, that my grandfather had "left" forty thousand dollars total to split four ways. She said there was ten thousand for her and her brother each, and ten thousand for myself and my brother each.

Carolyn did not tell me both had left a will. She added, however, that she did not wish to give the money to me. She stated that instead, she wished to place the $10,000.00 under her name for investment purposes.

I inquired about receiving back my invested money several times over the past nine years, which she always refused to return. This reported behavior raised the suspicion of my new fiancé, James A.Sablan Sr. Finally; it prompted us to search out the matter.

As it turns out, my mother misrepresented the matter in that she and her brother were executors of two wills representing two sizable estates. Both wills were done under an attorney by the name of A. Wyckliff Nisbet Jr. Mr. Nisbet works for a large firm in Little Rock, Arkansas known as Friday, Eldredge and Clark. Carolyn Woodson, Samuel M. Strong, and her attorney, Nisbet, have attempted to rationalize her failure to distribute to me under such excuses as "You are not a descendant", or "The entire estate was for the executors only" (even though the "surviving descendants" are to "share and share alike"), etc.

The first will was completed in 1996 on behalf of my grandmother Edra Meeks Strong. Because I know for a fact that Edra had full blown dementia in 1996, her will is fraudulent and could only have been completed coercively. In fact, Edra did not even recognize her children at this stage of her illness. Furthermore, in 2001, the executors transferred Edra's eighty acres of Timberland in Arkadelphia (where she and her husband were both born) listed in her "dementia will" into the Samuel Meeks Strong Family Trust which was only part of Samuel W. Strong's will. As you know, this renders the trust invalid, which we have already confirmed with a former judge and friend of my fiancé.

In addition, Edra's will gives her entire estate over to her two children only, Samuel Meeks Strong and Carolyn Strong Woodson. Contrary to what she is reported to have stated in her will, Edra clearly told me more than one time before the onset of her dementia that she intended to leave me "a nest egg", although she did not specify the amount.

Furthermore, both wills contain waivers for the requirement to appear in court in person before the judge, as well as waivers for the final accounting of all assets. There is apparently cash, stocks and bonds that are not even mentioned specifically in the will, which has evaded the scrutiny of the State of Arkansas and the I.R.S. as well by the use of these waivers.

For this reason, I have already contacted the I.R.S. They have requested that I come in personally to speak to them about this matter in further detail. I will do this before the week is out.

The entire family, including not only both executors but other heirs- my brother, Alfred Richard Woodson of Chicago, Illinois and my cousin Sharon Strong Cowell of Maryland, have been entirely non-communicative about this matter. I have also tried to speak to my brother's ex-wife, Jennifer Rose Sandstrom of Mesa, Arizona, and my father, Alfred Richard IV of Yountville, California. They are generally either hostile or non-communicative altogether. The few things that my mother has said by e-mail are also lies that can be clearly deduced through the e-mails.

We have also researched the cause of death of both grandparents and find it interesting that both died within two months of each other due to a "myocardial infarction". In fact the, entire circumstance surrounding their deaths has raised extreme suspicion. To begin with, Samuel Strong specified in his will that he wished for his wife to be live in accordance with "the standard to which she is accustomed", which was to be at her home in Hope, Arkansas with her own private care, not amongst strangers in a controlled environment.

Instead of following his will, the two executors immediately "skated off" Edra into a nursing home, Pleasant Valley Living Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, following their father's death. Edra then "up and died" two months lat