Heirs

Yes, in a way it is sort of sad that my cousin David died before his mother and so he was not considered in dividing up the oil rights. That often happens when people die before their parents do. In order to receive your inheritance you have to be alive at the time. It certainly helps to be alive when the possession is transferred. People die young for various reasons, sometimes in infancy, and never inherit the rights that might have been theirs had they lived longer. So it is sad that there is not a percentage allocated to David but, oh well, we cannot make too much of that. So that is not a reason to go around killing your relatives so that your children will inherit a larger portion. I think there is something very un-Christian about that concept but since I am not in a position to do anything about it it really does not make any difference what I say. Lots of disgusting horrible people inherit boatloads of money and lots of very good people die never see a dime so certainly the possession of money is no indicator of the goodness or kindness of one's heart. Let us on be so simple minded on that point. Quite the contrary, it could mean the opposite, that you are a cruel and vindictive golddigger who trampled a lot of good people on your way to the top of the totem pole. The rain falls alike on the just and the unjust, as the Bible says.