Longtime Confederate memorabilia store in Georgia closes abruptly in estate fight after owner dies [View all]

Source: msn/The Independent

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A controversial Confederate memorabilia store in Georgia has abruptly closed amid a fierce legal battle following the owner’s death four years ago.

Dent Myers, the owner of Wildman’s Civil War Surplus Store in Kennesaw, died in January 2022 aged 90, and the store’s future now hangs in the balance after a judge ordered a forensic accounting and audit of the late owner’s estate.The store, which opened in 1971, has displayed racist memorabilia, including a Ku Klux Klan robe and a sign proclaiming “White History Year,” according to the Cobb County Courier.

A legal dispute has since broken out between Myers’ sister, Janice Bagwell, and the store manager, Marjorie Lyon, whom Myers named as co-trustees and co-executors of his estate before he died. According to the Marietta Daily Journal, the trust included all of Myers’ real estate assets, worth at least $1 million.

After Myers’ death, Lyon reopened the store after she obtained a new business license but in November 2024, Bagwell sued Lyon and alleged that she breached the terms of the trust by preventing her from accessing the store or any other assets, according to the newspaper.

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