Specific bequests in the will of J. Strom Thurmond, filed Monday
in Aiken County Probate Court:
Family
Nancy Moore Thurmond
• Widow
• Home: Aiken
• Bequest: all personal and
household items at Thurmond’s home in Aiken, a Ford station wagon,
$5,000 cash; all of Thurmond’s U.S. Senate, Army, state and Social
Security retirement benefits; also forgives “any and all
indebtedness (she) may owe me as of the date of my death”
Paul Thurmond
• Youngest son
• Home: Charleston
• Bequest: all personal and
household items at Thurmond’s Alexandria, Va., condominium, with the
exception of clothing, which he will share with his older
brother
Strom Thurmond Jr.
• Oldest son
• Home: Aiken
• Bequest: Half of his father’s
clothes
Julie Thurmond Whitmer
• Only surviving daughter
• Home: Washington, D.C.
• Bequest: $50,000 cash
Thurmond’s three surviving children also would split anything not
specifically covered in the will. His oldest child, Nancy Moore
Thurmond, died in 1993.
Martha Bishop
• Sister
• Home: Greenwood
• Bequest: $5,000 cash
Mary Thurmond Tompkins
• Sister
• Home: Edgefield
• Bequest: $5,000 cash
Thad Strom
• Cousin
• Home: Arlington, Va.
• Bequest: $4,000 cash
U.S. Senate staff
Harry Dent
• Chief of staff, 1957-69
• Home: West Columbia
• Bequest: $3,000 cash
Warren Abernathy
• Longtime state director
• Home: Spartanburg
• Bequest: $4,000 cash
Duke Short
• Chief of staff, 1989-2003
• Home: Arlington, Va.
• Bequest: $4,000 cash
James Graham
• Former driver
• Home: Hyattsville, Md.
• Bequest: $2,000 cash
Kathryn Hook
• Longtime receptionist
• Home: Florence
• Bequest: $1,000 cash
Sara H. Fox
• Former staffer
• Home: Batesburg
(Batesburg-Leesville)
• Bequest: $500 cash
Sandra Courie
• Former personal secretary
• Home: Columbia
• Bequest: $500 cash
Emmett Richardson
• Son of former longtime personal
secretary Holly Richardson, who died last year
• Home: Alexandria, Va.
• Bequest: $2,000 cash
Anne Richardson
• Daughter of former longtime
personal secretary Holly Richardson, who died last year
• Home: Alexandria, Va.
• Bequest: $2,000 cash
Institutions
Strom Thurmond Institute
• Clemson University
• Location: Clemson
• Bequest: Thurmond’s public
correspondence and other government papers; any gifts — silver
trays, keys, awards, etc. — given to Thurmond by universities,
schools, foreign dignitaries and others
Strom Thurmond High School
• Location: Edgefield
• Bequest: All books owned by
Thurmond at the time of his death
First Baptist Church
• Location: Edgefield
• Bequest: $250 cash
First Baptist Church
• Location: Aiken
• Bequest: $250 cash