April 10, 2025 • 46 mins
We are "Asking the Experts" with Attorney Ursula Woods and Attorney Monika Johnson on The Bev Johnson Show on WDIA Radio.
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Of the mountain show Lucky.
Speaker 5 (00:45):
Let's go. We are rocking and rolling on this Thursday,
April tenth, twenty twenty five. Enjoyed this fabulous day to
day as we asked the experts. Our experts are back
in the house, Attorney Ursula wood Hood's attorney Monika Johnson,
And let's start off with attorney Wolves because we have
that famous soap box as we want to get to
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good afternoon to you, sister.
Speaker 6 (01:13):
After noon, Sisiyah, I am doing well.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
How are you doing?
Speaker 5 (01:17):
I'm hanging. I'm hanging, sister.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
You know what's sister today?
Speaker 6 (01:21):
You know what?
Speaker 5 (01:21):
I don't know what's going on with y'all? Because Ruth
looking fabulous, y'all looking fabulous. What's going on with y'all?
Speaker 7 (01:28):
You know what?
Speaker 6 (01:29):
First of all, right, this stab is rising.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Tell me what does that talk? That means?
Speaker 2 (01:35):
It's springtime, the sun is coming out, the staff is
rising in the in the in the south. That is
absolutely what is happening today. And we recently attorney Justin
and I updated our website. Well, we are updating our website,
but we took pictures for it, so we still in
our little glam mode.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
Maybe that's what that's what it is.
Speaker 6 (01:56):
I want to get into my soapbox so we can
get to these phone lines. I know we have great
callers today, so I'm gonna make it quick. Mm hmm.
Today's soapbox is really simple. It's about love and friendship.
I think that it's very important the season that we're
in is to grab hold to those that we love,
not necessarily focus only on the negative that is out there,
because it's a lot going on, but also to embrace
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the here and the now, those who have the heart
for us, those who love us and know us, grow near,
draw near to them, and make sure that what you
put out in the world is good and please into God,
and make sure that what's returning to you and you
maintain is good and pleasing to God. And we can
only do that through community and through connections. So I
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just want to encourage everyone to walk in love and
walk in their friendship today.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
And that is my soapbox.
Speaker 5 (02:42):
That is your Soapbox. I love that song love and
Friendship and you're right, You're right, You're right walk in love. Yeah,
so you want to go.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
To the phone lines and.
Speaker 5 (02:55):
Call it? Absolutely?
Speaker 6 (02:56):
They are so I wanted, and I know we only
have about an hour, so I want.
Speaker 5 (03:02):
Okay, So I'm going to our phone lines to talk
with you.
Speaker 6 (03:06):
W D I a HI caller, Okay, Hi and my life.
Speaker 5 (03:14):
Yes you're on the air.
Speaker 6 (03:17):
Hi.
Speaker 8 (03:18):
I'm just here to wish my mom Monica Johnson happy birthday.
This is Kada, her youngest daughter, and I just am
scared to surprise her and just tell her how much
I love her and appreciate her. One of my most
favorite recent memories I've had of hers when she came
to visit Felman, which is the school I go to
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for homecoming, and we went to go see all of
these sororities performed together and we had the best time
at dinner just talking. I can always go to her
about anything, and she's always there for me. She's the strongest,
most incredible mother, grandmother and friends. And so yeah, I
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just wanted to tell her happy birthday and I love her.
Speaker 5 (04:04):
Oh my god, thank you, Jada.
Speaker 6 (04:07):
We love you.
Speaker 5 (04:08):
Oh oh my goodness.
Speaker 9 (04:11):
Thank you for calleen.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Of course.
Speaker 5 (04:17):
You be safe and have a great day you too.
Speaker 6 (04:20):
Thank you right baby, bye bye w D I a
HI caller.
Speaker 4 (04:28):
Hello, Hi, can you hear me?
Speaker 5 (04:29):
I hear you loud and clear.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
Great. Look, this is Delman Coachs calling from Maryland to
wish Attorney Monika Johnson and a happy birthday. The opening
the opening message from Attorney Ursula this morning was about friendship,
and I hope you know that you have an incredible
friend in Ursula and so many of us around the country. Monica.
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I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but this
week is the eleventh anniversary when I met you ursa love.
Oh my gosh, why.
Speaker 5 (05:06):
Am I going to president?
Speaker 4 (05:09):
Yes, and we met the president. It was the week
it was around April the tenth. I think today eleven
years ago when you all met the president, but I
met you all the day before. Look, I just want
to wish you a happy birthday. You're an incredible woman,
an incredible professional, visionary mom, uh friend, and I just
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wish you many many more birthdays. Just wanted to call
and give you a shout out. And that's when you
met my best friend.
Speaker 10 (05:38):
You can't steal her yet.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
Okay, Yes, Happy birthday, Happy birthday, Thank.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
You, Thank you Bishop.
Speaker 6 (05:46):
We appreciate you, all right, thank you, bye bye, thank
you for calling.
Speaker 5 (05:51):
Hey, what can I say? W D I A hi caller? Hi?
Hi am I yes, ma'am.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
You're in Queen by your mama Bensing your live on
the air.
Speaker 11 (06:07):
Hi. This is from my baby, Monika Johnson. This is
from your mom and dad. We're wishing you the happiest
month that you can have, and we want to tell
you how much we love you and appreciate you. You
are the best daughter in the world. And I have
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one memory. I'm sitting here with my cousin. We are
here with her husband. She's taking care of him. And
she said her favorite memory of Monika is when fifty
years ago when she would get up every morning to
put on her.
Speaker 12 (06:49):
Her shoes, and her shoes had to be.
Speaker 11 (06:51):
Polished and shined every morning and she all day long.
She and if they got stuffed up, I would shine
them up again. But we both Elaine and I want
to say, have a great month, Monica. We love you
to death.
Speaker 10 (07:07):
Thank you, Mommy, I love you too.
Speaker 11 (07:11):
Okay, by Mama.
Speaker 5 (07:14):
Ben y'all, y'all all right, she said, she's listening.
Speaker 13 (07:23):
Well, hi everybody, I'm actually in the studio, yeah, with
Monique and Ursula and uh, I'm Tori, and we have
been together for a very long time, many years. So
I have a gazillion memories.
Speaker 5 (07:41):
That means mm hmm okay, those headphones.
Speaker 13 (07:45):
Down, Okay, thank you, and so, but one I want
to talk about because I think it exemplifies exactly who
you are, Monika, just uh, how generous you are. You know,
the scripture talks about when that Jesus says we will
be known by our love one for another, and so
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recently it's a recent memory. Actually, I sent out a
message to my community about a financial need that was.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Die your financial need that somebody had, and I asked
my community if they would pray about a seed, and
so sure enough, Monica responded with her seed.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
And then she was like, and I got a card.
Speaker 13 (08:30):
With an unlimited amount if you want to use that
as well. And she literally would give your shirt off
her back. And she's done that to me before. I
remember when a sushi and I got your shirt.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 13 (08:41):
But she is the most generous, loving person, empathetic, She
will celebrate anybody has so much joy. I just love
her and I'm so excited that you're part of my
life and we've been together all.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Of these years.
Speaker 13 (08:58):
So happy early birthday as we celebrate you this month,
and just wanted, as Ursula said in the opening, we
just wanted to love on you, speak life into you,
encourage you, give you the flowers now so you can
know beyond the shadows out how loved you are.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
I feel it.
Speaker 5 (09:16):
I believe that.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
I believe it is good.
Speaker 5 (09:19):
Go back to our phone lines.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
W D I a hi caller.
Speaker 8 (09:24):
Hi, how are you.
Speaker 5 (09:25):
I'm doing fabulous today. How are you?
Speaker 14 (09:28):
I am doing well.
Speaker 7 (09:30):
I'm calling in to wish a happy birthday to my
cousin Monica.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
This is.
Speaker 5 (09:38):
My sister.
Speaker 7 (09:40):
This is her birthday month too, all right, happy birthday. Well,
I just want to say to you, Monica, I hope
your day is as amazing as you are. You have
done this thing called life with such class and grace.
Speaker 9 (09:56):
I wish you a year field with love, laughter, and.
Speaker 7 (09:59):
All of your heart's desires. I am so grateful for
you and all of the memories that we have shared,
including you taking me home from college. Were riding together
back from Rust College, to Memphis. So I hope you
enjoy your special day.
Speaker 11 (10:16):
And I love you, girl, I love you too.
Speaker 10 (10:19):
Thank you, Bye bye, thank you, bye bye.
Speaker 5 (10:23):
W D I a HI caller. Hi caller, you there,
whig caller.
Speaker 6 (10:33):
Hi?
Speaker 15 (10:34):
Hello, Yes, Monika, Yes, this is Katty.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Judge Kirk. You're live on the air.
Speaker 5 (10:49):
You're live on the air.
Speaker 15 (10:51):
I am okay, Well, I am calling on behalf of
just I'm just a very good friend of Moniquas. And
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my fondest memory of Moniqua is when she held my
hand to go and see if I passed the bar exam.
And I don't know anyone more loving or giving or caring,
such an impath and such a loving friend. And I
hope you enjoy your day that we celebrate you. And
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I hope you know how much you are loved. And
I hope you know you will always be a shining
and bright, shining star in my heart and my life.
Speaker 16 (11:47):
I love you so much.
Speaker 6 (11:50):
And Kathy w D I a high caller, So am I, Yes,
you're on the air.
Speaker 14 (12:04):
Hey, this is Lester Watt with Operation Hope. Hello Monica.
Ya all right, look I was just calling the issue.
Happy birthday, one of my fondest memory.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
Uh.
Speaker 14 (12:18):
When we first met, I had to I got corrected
by you. What I called you Monica Johnson and you
said nos, Monika Johnson. I was like, well, I got
another friend of mine. Her names felt exactly your. She
goes by Monica, and so I didn't want to get
into an argument. You know, she's an attorney, so I
didn't want to get into an argument with her. I
was like, okay, we're just gonna roll with Mondika. So
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I just wanted to say happy birthday to you. Our
founding chairman, John O'Brien has I have a green sock
challenge out where for the month of ak April, which
is financial Literacy month, and he wants on April thirtieth,
everybody wear green socks that's distributed for Operation Hope. I
have a pair for you. So I'm going to have
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to connect you with you and give you that pair
of green socks from Operations Hope.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
All right, and you know I'm gonna support I am
a big fan of what you all do. Thank you
so much for everything, Lester.
Speaker 5 (13:11):
I appreciate you.
Speaker 14 (13:12):
You're You're welcome and happy birthday.
Speaker 5 (13:14):
Okay, and Lester, we were just talking about Ruth was
on earlier. So we gave people your phone number because
they were talking, were talking about credits. So we're going
to get you back with Ruth.
Speaker 14 (13:25):
Okay, yep, that's let's definitely do it. I've had a
bunch of calls while I sit here waiting, I had
a bunch of calls coming through, so that probably.
Speaker 4 (13:31):
Call them now, So I appreciate that.
Speaker 14 (13:34):
All right, y'all take care.
Speaker 5 (13:35):
Of you all right, bye bye, boy, you have a
whole lot of love. Let me see, let me see you.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
Who's here? They over your text and w D I
call her?
Speaker 12 (13:47):
Hello?
Speaker 5 (13:48):
Hello, Yes you're on the air.
Speaker 12 (13:51):
Yes, this is Lena Hester calling from Maryland. I have
the honor of serving attorney Monica Johnson, a Search's operating officer,
and I can tell you that she is completely dedicated
to our community. I'm so honored to have worked with
her since day one. And she's also one of my
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bestest friends. And it's hard to work with your bestest friends.
But we have been rocking, and I say too many
more years to come, not only for your birthday, but
for your business, for your practice, for everything. I just
wish the best for you, and I have to get
off the phone. Because she's texted me all right, sister, yeah.
Speaker 5 (14:36):
A good one. This is too much? Are you? Are
you really surprised?
Speaker 4 (14:43):
Let me get you.
Speaker 5 (14:46):
W D I a Hi caller, Hi calling the air?
Speaker 17 (14:51):
Yes, Hi Himnia, this is for Sharaff.
Speaker 11 (14:55):
Hey, well, I just want to to share my grandma.
Speaker 4 (15:03):
Yes, welcome to the club.
Speaker 17 (15:05):
There have been very few people that I've encountered in
life that I so quickly bonded with as a friend
and family, and whose friends and family also felt like
my own. I cherished the years of friendship, the moments
celebrations that we've shared, and look forward to, you know,
many more. You have always been such a positive, upbeat personality,
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loving mother, daughter, now grandmother, and the sweetest friend and
the sweetest friend. My fondest birthday memory of yours was
the trip that we all took to Vegas. That epic
trip to Vegas was like twenty eight years ago. I
can't believe it. And the most recent trip to the Bahamas,
which we enjoyed, you know, is very chill. But I'm
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definitely looking forward to another Vegas vibe with you. I
want you to have the best birthday and the hope
that it is filled with love, happiness and the best
is still yet to come.
Speaker 11 (15:59):
I love you, are you sharing?
Speaker 17 (16:02):
Love you guys?
Speaker 5 (16:03):
Good day, all right, YouTube? Bye bye. W d I
a high caller. High caller. You there, Yeah, oh well
call me back. W d I a high caller.
Speaker 6 (16:20):
Hey, hey, you're live on the air.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
Okay, Tom, We love y'all.
Speaker 6 (16:43):
Thank you, We love y'all. Yeah, yeah, we love we
have and they say, get back to work, thanks guy,
Bye bye, thank you.
Speaker 5 (16:55):
That's great.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
W d I a high caller.
Speaker 9 (16:59):
Okay, I heard y'all got a famous lawyer up there
with y'all today.
Speaker 5 (17:04):
Is it Johnny Cockley?
Speaker 9 (17:07):
They told me it's Monica Johnson. Monica if aisha happy birthday.
She knows how to get the name. She know how
to get the name changed and timely matter. You don't
have the word, so you could be getting that passport. Monica.
I love you so much. You know I've had your
children and you have become my big sister, and I
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am so excited that God have given you another year
to shine on this earth.
Speaker 10 (17:34):
Thank you, thank you. I love you so much.
Speaker 9 (17:38):
I love you. You enjoyed this day. You understand it's created.
Speaker 3 (17:42):
Just for you, yeap, just for me.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
I love you girl. I'm blessed.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
Wow bye byet w D. I a high caller.
Speaker 12 (17:56):
My name is Dereka, and I would like to wish
my amazing bounce Monika Johnson a happy birthday.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Thank you, Dereka. Now she's the amazing one. Now, now
she's she's the amazing one.
Speaker 5 (18:09):
Okay, thank you.
Speaker 10 (18:10):
I really appreciate it, and I appreciate you all right.
Speaker 5 (18:16):
Thank you, bye bye. Get all those birthday shouts out.
Let me take a break. Attorney Ursel, you're man, you
put all this together there.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
I did you know.
Speaker 6 (18:28):
I think that we have to honor those that we
love you unifics with words of affirmation. People think it
has to be a large gesture. Look, she wants to boats,
the cards, the planes. But I think that sometimes saying
I love you and celebrating and pressing you.
Speaker 5 (18:41):
Know, I agree. I agree. Well, the ladies are here today,
Attorney Ursula Woods and Attorney Monika Johnson. Honey, you do
like me celebrate the whole month. I see my, my, my,
My birthday month is next month May, and I celebrate
the whole month. Right, better celebrate your life? You better,
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you bet, you bet. We're talking with the attorneys today.
Maybe you like to talk with them, you have a
question for them five three five, nine three four two
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Speaker 10 (19:27):
The Beth Jos Show.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
Ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
You're listening to the Queen of Talk, Bev Johnson on
dou W d i A.
Speaker 5 (20:22):
You're listening to the Bev Johnson Show. Here's Bev Johnson
and we're back and we're celebrating the birthday month of
Attorney Monika Johnson. Before we get back to Attorney Ursula Woods,
let me tell you about my favorite place. You know
the place. It's the rock and Chair of Memphis fifteen
forty two Elvis Presley, where we rock with the best
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soul food in town, the best entertainment around. You can
dine in or you can take out. You can give
them a call. Nine zero one four two five five
two six four nine zero one four two five five
two six four. Y'all guess who was at the Rocking
Chair on Monday. The Clark Sisters. Oh yeah, oh yeah,
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yeah yeah. So we not playing at the Rocking chair
clocks sister on Monday. So I'm telling you we rock
with the best soul food in town. Go to the
Rocking Chair. Assortment of vegetables and catfish and buffalo fish,
Friday baked chicken, smothered her fried pork chops, hamburger states,
Miss Ann's famous Chitlings, smoked turkey, micks pot roast desserts.
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We have it all for you at the Rocking Chair.
Give them a call. Nine zero one four two five
five two six four nine zero one four two five
five two six four. It's the Rocking Chair of Memphis.
They're closed on Tuesday, open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday. And y'all when you go there, you tell
them BEV Johnson sent you. Don't add anything else to that,
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just say, because y'all they've been adding some other toy.
They be saying, Bam said give me a dish. No,
I didn't say that. I just said tell them. I
sink you to the rock and Chair of Nippus fifteen
forty two, Elvis Presley, All right, Attorney Ursula.
Speaker 6 (22:11):
Today has been a day that has been filled with
love and friendship and celebrating all things Attorney Monika Johnson.
So we encourage those who love her to continue to
call in and shower her with love. But right now
we want to take a pause for the cause, right
and talk about the specials that we have. Attorney Johnson
is on social media. One of the best gifts that
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we could give her is a like and a follow.
So make sure that if you have a pin in
a paper right now, write down her IG name, which
is Legacy Lawyers Group and I'm going to hand it off,
so Toy, so his Legacy Lawyers Group. But Attorney I'm sorry,
I apologize, Tory Crutchfield right, I was about to make
her an attorney a Tory crutch Phil is in the
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house today to share a little bout a bit about
Attorney Johnson and what she has going on professionally.
Speaker 1 (22:59):
For her birthday, Toy, you want to take it over, yes, thanks, Ursula.
Speaker 13 (23:02):
So this month, in celebration and honor of Attorney Johnson's birth,
we have two promotions going on. So any retained service
that you get from us, you'll receive one hundred and
fifty dollars off that service as a gift from Attorney
Johnson on our birthday. Like who gives gifts on their birthday.
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But that's what she's doing this entire month. And also
we have a special giveaway. So if you go to
the Legacy Lawyers Group Instagram page or the Facebook page
for Attorney Johnson and you like share comment tag someone,
you'll be entered into our raffle to receive a free
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consultation on any legal matter that you have.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
So go ahead and go.
Speaker 13 (23:52):
To Instagram Legacy Lawyers Group and like share comment tag.
I think we have some pretty good content that's on
that our social media informative. It's I think it has
some good comedy and it's encouraging.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
So you get a kind of.
Speaker 13 (24:15):
A whole wide range of information on your timeline.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
So follow us.
Speaker 6 (24:21):
Yeah, And one of the things you have to remember, guys,
we're small business owners that are trying to build our brand,
so we need the support and we have the WD
I a am ten seventy support and support of Bev Johnson.
But Bimoniqua's birthday, want to do an extra push and
just you know, try a little bit harder and give
her that like and that thumbs up at Legacy Lawyers
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Group and you'll see her beautiful face when you get
to the page and you know, give her a little
shout out. Happy birthday there, attorney justin, how are you
feeling today?
Speaker 10 (24:51):
I am feeling loved.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
To say the least, I am really feeling loved, but
I wanted to say, as it relates to the social media,
I'm glad that you all brought that up because just
like we come on the Bev Johnson Show and we
give free tips and free advice where you can ask
the expert, it's no different.
Speaker 10 (25:14):
You know, on our.
Speaker 2 (25:15):
Social media we do give tips and valuable information information
you may not be you know, aware of that is
pertinent to your life. And so yeah, go ahead and
like follow us. We'll keep it interesting for you and
you can also ask us questions. There that's Legacy Lawyers
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Legacy Lawyersgroup dot com, Legacy Lawyersgroup dot com.
Speaker 6 (25:43):
And on Instagram it is Legacy Lawyers Group. Yes, Legacy
Lawyers Group.
Speaker 2 (25:47):
Now please no, we will not be representing you, so
we're not giving you legal legal advice. What we're doing
is we're giving you tips and information, but we do
encourage you to contact us if you want to retain
our services.
Speaker 10 (26:04):
All right, thank you and thank you for letting me
do this on my birthday.
Speaker 5 (26:07):
Oh you so welcome. I'm gonna go to our phone line.
W D I A Hi caller.
Speaker 11 (26:13):
Hi, Hi, this is April.
Speaker 16 (26:18):
I just want to wish my friend Monika a happy
early birthday.
Speaker 5 (26:24):
Thank you, Sora.
Speaker 16 (26:28):
I just want you to know that you are such
a beautiful spirit, and I love you so much, and
you are so compassionate and helpful as we see as
you do on the Ben Johnson Show, you always see
the glasses half full. And I just appreciate your contagious
energy and your spirit and I'm so thankful to have
you in my life. I pray that this next year
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is the best year ever. And I love you so much.
Speaker 1 (26:54):
Thank you, April.
Speaker 16 (26:55):
Yes, you are welcome.
Speaker 17 (26:58):
Have a good one.
Speaker 6 (27:00):
Bye bye.
Speaker 5 (27:00):
Oh that's nice. And I just want to say, and
you know, I know your friends and you know, just
working with you over these last years, that you are
so professional and so kind turning Monika, and you try
to help people and you try to do the right thing.
That's what I like about you. And that's why I
tell people to call you, because you're gonna take care
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of you. Don't make it right, sister, And and that's
what I like about you. Matter of fact, So my
cousin I just she called me yesterday and I gave
her your number. So if you miss Lola, if she
calls you, we would.
Speaker 10 (27:36):
Take care of her.
Speaker 2 (27:37):
I know you will take me that you trust us
with the people that you care.
Speaker 5 (27:42):
Yeah, yeah, and then do our best. And I know
and I know a Turner. She's good because she graduated
from the same school I did. That's Russ College, Alma
Matto Rush, You're.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
A graduate of well.
Speaker 6 (27:57):
And this is she's a yes.
Speaker 5 (28:02):
Well, well we did know house sister. Hey, yeah, I'm
a graduate of Rust College.
Speaker 13 (28:07):
And I did my work study w U r C
eighty eight point one f M at Rust College. Okay,
you remember that that was the Rust station.
Speaker 5 (28:17):
Well, I know because I helped helped them get the school.
I don't know if you are well there, because I
taught at Rust from eighty six eighty six to ninety four.
Speaker 13 (28:32):
Oh yeah, I was, now I was. I was a
mass com major. I was an English major. But I
did my work study in the radio.
Speaker 5 (28:38):
Okay, well I was teaching wow wow at Russ.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (28:45):
Yes, and I had run into you sisters. Well, y'all,
y'ah yah, y'all were not in mass communications. But good.
Speaker 13 (28:53):
But yeah, I love my I love my stint. During
I did a big band jazz and gospel.
Speaker 5 (28:59):
From alright, alright, alright, but yeah I talked radio at
RUSS eight years. Yeah.
Speaker 13 (29:06):
It's a small world world and look produced some great people.
Speaker 5 (29:11):
Oh yes, oh Russ.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
And then of course you know Delta's always.
Speaker 5 (29:14):
Have sorry you're yeah, I had your sorrows in there
in here yesterday it was laughing.
Speaker 4 (29:23):
You know.
Speaker 5 (29:23):
We had to take a picture, so I had to
had my depth of stuff on. Yeah, this is this
is so nice. Yeah, yeah, RUSS College in the house. Well,
we're getting ready for the graduation. They just sent me
some information and I didn't know I had been out
that long. Well, we're going to be celebrating our golden anniversary.
Speaker 10 (29:42):
Is that fifty golden is fifty?
Speaker 5 (29:45):
Correct? Yeah? I think they's Oh.
Speaker 2 (29:47):
That's a you know what, that's more than a feet,
That is a blessing.
Speaker 7 (29:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (29:51):
Nice, Yeah, fifty is celebrating our fiel. They want the
graduates of nineteen seventy five. I graduated in nineteen seventy five.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
Wow, yes, okay, yes, yes, so so uh wow, congratulations
and I'm still third to one.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
You better believe it. You bet that math is mathing
with me.
Speaker 5 (30:14):
I know, as they said, that is good.
Speaker 14 (30:18):
It is good.
Speaker 5 (30:20):
Attorniously anything you.
Speaker 6 (30:21):
Want, yes, So I wanted to just simply say just
to remind you guys. I know we made this show
about love and friendship and and everything, Torrid, is this
something you want to share with us right now?
Speaker 1 (30:33):
All right?
Speaker 6 (30:34):
So I just want to let you know, remind you
of our services. I know this was a short show,
but Attorney Johnson is Will's estate planning all things airship issues.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
Definitely give her a call.
Speaker 6 (30:45):
We definitely want to, you know, encourage people because we
want to tell you about scams, especially to my elders
in the community.
Speaker 1 (30:52):
Remember, do not let.
Speaker 6 (30:53):
Strangers into your home. Do not sign the document. It's
a power of attorney. They'll tell you that they that
they want your house. I'm sorry that they want to
buy your home, and in order to buy you have
to sign the documents. In order for someone to view
your home, you do not have to have them sign anything. Again,
in order for somebody to view your home, you do
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not have to sign anything the documents that they want
you to sign. When they're just simply viewing your home
is a contract, and if you do not sell to them,
then they will place a lean on your house. The
second thing that they're having you sign is a power
of attorney that gives them authority to make decisions of
regarding your home, including giving it to someone else. Why
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would you give someone else authority to make a decision
on your behalf? If you're able body, why would you
give someone authority to make a decision on your behalf?
Speaker 1 (31:43):
And they are a stranger. Okay, so let's use.
Speaker 6 (31:46):
Some wisdom in this, and when ever you're in doubt,
you can definitely call it an attorney or just simply
have one of your relatives or your loved ones give
you that information. And as always, if it's wills to
state planning, attorney Monika Johnson is right there.
Speaker 5 (32:00):
Yes, yes, I wanted to ask you to talking about that.
Tell people attorney Monika, don't be afraid to call you.
They need a will they do.
Speaker 2 (32:11):
And bet I'm so glad that you said that, because
this is another tip. This is something that we are
seeing quite often. If you are in a blended family,
you've been married before, you have children with someone else,
you're in a blended family, and you purchase a house
with your spouse in the state of Tennessee.
Speaker 10 (32:35):
That means that you all have.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
An undividible interest, and so the survivor of the two
of you will own the entire home. Okay, And so
what that means is you're leaving it up to chance
to see who's going to pass away first, because if
the wife passes away first, the husband remarries his new wife,
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and only his chi children are heirs to the property
and not your children. Even though you lived in that
house for thirty years and you built it up, you
paid it up.
Speaker 10 (33:08):
And so these are the reasons why.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
And I know I sound like I'm fussing, but I'm
passionate about it. You have to fuss, but this, this
is why we say you need to get a will.
Speaker 10 (33:18):
I'm not you know this. I don't have a million dollars.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Yeah, but you're in a blended family and you care
about your four year old grandchild that you want to
make sure is taken care of. We need to make
plans for that. Do not be afraid. Also, the other
thing that we're seeing is those not making plans for
their special needs children. Now, Mama, you know that your
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son has lived uncle has lived with you all all
his life.
Speaker 10 (33:49):
He's never married, he doesn't have any children.
Speaker 2 (33:52):
You've taken care of him financially, mentally, physically, everything. And
what's gonna happen when you go, Mama, If you don't
have a plan in place, you can't just expect that
by some miracle, somebody's gonna just you know, or walk in.
Speaker 1 (34:08):
And take care of it, or even one better.
Speaker 6 (34:09):
Because the kids of the promised child who was promised
the inheritance, they'll come in and say, Mama always said
I could have. Well, Mama, you didn't put it in right. Therefore,
you are leaving it up to the integrity of your
children to quote unquote do the right thing.
Speaker 1 (34:25):
They are not.
Speaker 6 (34:26):
They are going to do what is in their best
interest now that you're gone, and they may be jealous
or upset the way that you navigated life prior to
That's the reason why we got to put it in writing.
And then in ladies, let me tell you this, And
when these men die and these houses because they never
would marry you, you've been dating them for ten and
fifteen and thirty years.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
No judgment there.
Speaker 6 (34:47):
But what the problem is you think that person loved
you so much a they did not love you enough
to marry you. The reason why I'm bringing that up
is because then when they pass away, you're thinking that
you should get something because you were in his life
fifteen years.
Speaker 5 (35:01):
Ma'am.
Speaker 1 (35:01):
He wouldn't give you his last name, and he didn't
leave you his house.
Speaker 2 (35:04):
And Tennessee does not have common law marriage. Let me
say that again. There is no comment. I've been living
in with him. That is my husband, not in this state.
Speaker 6 (35:14):
And now, no matter how much you lie and tell
people y'all married, no you're not. And the reason why
that's important is because you call me and you call
attorney justson, Oh he loved me, Well, then you all
need to put that in writing. He doesn't have to
marry you, but what he does need to do is
have a will and attorney Johnson. Can't a boyfriend give
his assets to his girlfriend or his forever fiance.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
Absolutely he can do so by will or trust. You know,
he can actually add her on to the deed. Of course,
there's some risks with that and so we don't always
recommend that. But yeah, there's a number of ways that
you can make a situation a little bit more fair, absolutely,
for what will happen when the individuals began to pass away.
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So I'm gonna always encourage you know that you put
it in writing, don't leave these very important things up
to chance. I know people who have pets, and my
dad was one of them. He loved Gallifray was his dog. Okay, Gallifray, Okay,
he loved that dog so much. He was so concerned
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about and the dog knew when my dad was sick, right,
because they have this connection.
Speaker 1 (36:24):
Really.
Speaker 2 (36:25):
Yes, So when you have a pet that you know
and that you love in that way, and you know
you're sick and you want to make sure that your
pet is taking care of guess what bell we do
pet trust.
Speaker 1 (36:39):
Trust to share.
Speaker 2 (36:40):
But what did your dad who got gallif It was
a ranch in California where he could run run around. Yeah,
it was a ranch that we were able to give
him to because he was too I couldn't bring him
to Tennessee. Gallifrey weighs more than me. He weighs more
than me. So so he's happy now and he's free. Yes,
But the point is, you can even have a trust
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set up where you have a trustee to manage.
Speaker 10 (37:05):
You can have money set.
Speaker 2 (37:06):
Aside to make sure that your pet goes to the
you know, to the veteran, to.
Speaker 6 (37:14):
Make sure that they're groomed, that you would have cared
for your pet. That's that's very intelligent to do.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (37:21):
And then you you want to make sure you do
this not just in the event that you pass away,
but we also do what's called incapacity planning.
Speaker 4 (37:29):
Right?
Speaker 2 (37:29):
Does that mean that means that we're going to plan
now even though it may never happen, but we're gonna
plan for what will happen if I'm ever in a
coma for seven months. Who's going to be over my finances?
Who's gonna make decisions about my health? You make those
decisions in advance so that you're not in a conservatorship
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like Wendy Williams for example. You know, you want to
make sure you have a plan in because we don't
know what the future is going to hold, so if
we have to stop leaving things up to chance.
Speaker 6 (38:06):
So if they call you regarding the incapacitated issue, would
that be a trust or will or is that just
a part of the state plan.
Speaker 10 (38:13):
It's part of their overall plan.
Speaker 2 (38:15):
So we'll probably have different powers of attorneys, including a
general durable that will allow them to make financial decisions
if the assets are in the trust. The incapacity planning
is in that trust document that will allow successor trustees
to come in and manage the property or manage the assets.
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So yes, it's part of your overall plan. And that's
why it's so important for you to talk to somebody
who's going to give you a holistic picture and not
just piece meal. You need to look at your entire
estate plan, including you living for a long time.
Speaker 1 (38:54):
Thank you Monika for sharing your gifts.
Speaker 5 (38:56):
I just wanted to add what you said, Attorney Ersla
and when you were talking about living with somebody for
all these years, and explain this. Ladies, you living with
a man all these years, he's still married, oh and
he dies.
Speaker 6 (39:13):
You're not the wife, Okay, the.
Speaker 5 (39:16):
Wife is going to the wife gets the social or whatever.
Speaker 1 (39:21):
I am not here.
Speaker 6 (39:22):
None of us are here to judge you for being
a forever fiance. We're definitely not here to judge you
for living with your man. But what we're trying to
really and truly discuss with you is being a forever fiance,
being a living girlfriend. That does not give you any
legal rights in the state of Tennessee. So we're trying
to ground you.
Speaker 1 (39:40):
Now.
Speaker 6 (39:41):
We know that mister Jimmy love you, and you know
what I mean. We know that mister Jimmy is still
married to Mary Sue, and but we also know that
he's been with you in church, holding yourselves out as
husband and wife for twenty seven years. But that does
not make you missus Jimmy. You are still you know,
lorna special friends, still the special friend, and it will
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be in the obituary that way. Therefore, But you believe
that because but this is serious. You believe that because
you've paid the mortgage. You believe that because you've paid
the rent. You believe because you have cared for this
man all of these years and he's dying and you
have been the only one by his side, that that
gives you some level of legal hierarchy. It does not.
And I'm tell you the worst thing that happened, Attorney Justson,
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what happens if mister Jimmy and the mistress I'm sorry,
the fore ever fiance, if they bought a house together,
but mister Jimmy still married to Mary Sue. Mister Jimmy died,
who gets the house.
Speaker 2 (40:38):
We've actually had a scenario exactly like that. And in
that scenario, the the girlfriend broke up with the husband
about five years into the relationship, but she stayed into
the house, stayed in that home for another twenty years.
She paid the mortgage by herself. She had no more
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contech with the husband. But because the girlfriend and the
husband purchased the property together and he was untitled.
Speaker 1 (41:08):
It was not her husband.
Speaker 5 (41:10):
It was not her husband.
Speaker 2 (41:11):
Remember she's the girlfriend right when that husband. When that
husband passed away, this girlfriend could not understand why she could.
Speaker 1 (41:21):
Not sell her house.
Speaker 2 (41:23):
I've been living in this house for twenty five years,
you have. But guess what, your ex boyfriend, your ex,
your ex's wife owns half of your house. Right and
so now we ought to go to this woman and
negotiate with her to transfer over her interest to you.
So you all have to plan in advance. We're not
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gonna just leave it up to chance. And that's a
horrible situation.
Speaker 1 (41:47):
The same thing with children.
Speaker 6 (41:49):
It ment fellas you know, especially my senior citizens. You
eighty years old, but you got a two year old
child that you never told your wife about. Please trust
no and believe that when you pass away, guess who's
gonna be sitting at that front row, that lady and
that new child. And then when it's time to divide
the assets, and you didn't make provisions for that two
year old. Oh it's coming up and out. And you
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know you took that blood test. You know that's your baby,
and that child it does have a right to inheritance.
And so I would say, hey, even though I understand
that you know you may not want to discuss that
while you're alive. I mean, you know you don't want
to get cut right there. But we can make provisions
in which in your will where you may write a
letter to your family explaining the situation. Because none of
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us are perfect, you know, but for the grace of God,
we would all be in the same position, you know,
like we're teasing with the men and calling your forever founce.
But be honest with you, I understand there are reasons
why we don't choose to marry and we just want
to remain connected to someone. But let's just get our
legal affairs in order. That's let's just get so get
that telephone, ne call it turning Monika Johnson. The number
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is nine zero one five four one. Help is five
four one four three five seven. Remember she has birthday
specials one hundred and fifty dollars off any retained services.
And then we also have a giveaway, so make sure
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Speaker 5 (43:14):
More time tour.
Speaker 1 (43:15):
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Speaker 13 (43:17):
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Speaker 1 (43:37):
That's her gift. Both of those are gifts from her
giving back gifts on her own birthday.
Speaker 6 (43:42):
Thank you, Attorney Johnson for sharing your gift with your
world and my can I give her my word?
Speaker 1 (43:49):
I just want to tell you that I love you.
Speaker 6 (43:51):
You've been my friends since I landed in Memphis in
nineteen ninety eight. We grew closer in two thousand and nine.
We've been rocking and rolling ever since. We have seen
some very high highs and some very low lows. And
I can tell you this, Attorney Johnson always says grounded
in Christ. She always stays grounded within her family, and
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she's always gonna pick her head back up. She's never
so down that she doesn't get back up. And so
I don't understand if anybody even hates her. It's like, girl,
y'all need to stop because she ain't the one in
order to it's something wrong with you. So let's show
one another love.
Speaker 7 (44:25):
You know.
Speaker 6 (44:25):
I thank God for having a best friend, thank God
for having a sounding board, and thank God for the
God in her. The Book of Malachi says that when
friends talk amongst one another, not call his name. But
the Book of Malachi says, when friends talk amongst one another,
God hears them. So I encourage everyone to get them
a godly friend because God hears us. And the fact
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that we are here today in the BEV. Johnson Studio
on a national platform, two black girls with two more
black girls just trying to make it. Our prayers are
be an answer. We are in a miss of our
answered prayers. You pray for love and the overflow of love.
So I pray that Attorney Johnson, you receive the love
from today and I pray that everyone within the sound
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of my voice you receive the love from your friends
and family as well. Thank you, Bev for allowing us
to take over your show today. That's all right, No, no, no,
be sorry.
Speaker 5 (45:20):
I love it. I love it. Thank you, and happy birthday, sister, sister,
Happy birthday, my rush site. Thank y'all for being here.
It's been a good day today.
Speaker 1 (45:31):
Ruth and y'all.
Speaker 6 (45:32):
Y'all didn't see Ruth, but Ruth was sharp. I told
her she Ruth was looking good.
Speaker 5 (45:37):
Yeah, thank you all for being here. I do appreciate
you all. Thank you, thank you so very much. And
I want to thank you callers. I want to thank
you listeners for joining us this day on the Bed
Johnson Show. We do, we really do appreciate you so
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untill tomorrow. Please be safe, keep a cool head, y'all,
and don't let anyone steal your joy until tomorrow. I'm
Bev Johnson, and y'all keep the faith.
Speaker 16 (46:14):
The musings discussed on the Bev Johnson Show are that
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Speaker 2 (00:10):
This talking and home away help you go, you go so.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Get ready.
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In time.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
Show.
Speaker 5 (00:25):
Let's go Ben will make.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Your day by here.
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Wrong you d.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Listen to what today?
Speaker 5 (00:38):
You know it's time of the belt of this show.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Of the mountain show Lucky.
Speaker 5 (00:45):
Let's go. We are rocking and rolling on this Thursday,
April tenth, twenty twenty five. Enjoyed this fabulous day to
day as we asked the experts. Our experts are back
in the house, Attorney Ursula wood Hood's attorney Monika Johnson,
And let's start off with attorney Wolves because we have
that famous soap box as we want to get to
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good afternoon to you, sister.
Speaker 6 (01:13):
After noon, Sisiyah, I am doing well.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
How are you doing?
Speaker 5 (01:17):
I'm hanging. I'm hanging, sister.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
You know what's sister today?
Speaker 6 (01:21):
You know what?
Speaker 5 (01:21):
I don't know what's going on with y'all? Because Ruth
looking fabulous, y'all looking fabulous. What's going on with y'all?
Speaker 7 (01:28):
You know what?
Speaker 6 (01:29):
First of all, right, this stab is rising.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Tell me what does that talk? That means?
Speaker 2 (01:35):
It's springtime, the sun is coming out, the staff is
rising in the in the in the south. That is
absolutely what is happening today. And we recently attorney Justin
and I updated our website. Well, we are updating our website,
but we took pictures for it, so we still in
our little glam mode.
Speaker 5 (01:54):
Maybe that's what that's what it is.
Speaker 6 (01:56):
I want to get into my soapbox so we can
get to these phone lines. I know we have great
callers today, so I'm gonna make it quick. Mm hmm.
Today's soapbox is really simple. It's about love and friendship.
I think that it's very important the season that we're
in is to grab hold to those that we love,
not necessarily focus only on the negative that is out there,
because it's a lot going on, but also to embrace
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the here and the now, those who have the heart
for us, those who love us and know us, grow near,
draw near to them, and make sure that what you
put out in the world is good and please into God,
and make sure that what's returning to you and you
maintain is good and pleasing to God. And we can
only do that through community and through connections. So I
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just want to encourage everyone to walk in love and
walk in their friendship today.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
And that is my soapbox.
Speaker 5 (02:42):
That is your Soapbox. I love that song love and
Friendship and you're right, You're right, You're right walk in love. Yeah,
so you want to go.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
To the phone lines and.
Speaker 5 (02:55):
Call it? Absolutely?
Speaker 6 (02:56):
They are so I wanted, and I know we only
have about an hour, so I want.
Speaker 5 (03:02):
Okay, So I'm going to our phone lines to talk
with you.
Speaker 6 (03:06):
W D I a HI caller, Okay, Hi and my life.
Speaker 5 (03:14):
Yes you're on the air.
Speaker 6 (03:17):
Hi.
Speaker 8 (03:18):
I'm just here to wish my mom Monica Johnson happy birthday.
This is Kada, her youngest daughter, and I just am
scared to surprise her and just tell her how much
I love her and appreciate her. One of my most
favorite recent memories I've had of hers when she came
to visit Felman, which is the school I go to
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for homecoming, and we went to go see all of
these sororities performed together and we had the best time
at dinner just talking. I can always go to her
about anything, and she's always there for me. She's the strongest,
most incredible mother, grandmother and friends. And so yeah, I
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just wanted to tell her happy birthday and I love her.
Speaker 5 (04:04):
Oh my god, thank you, Jada.
Speaker 6 (04:07):
We love you.
Speaker 5 (04:08):
Oh oh my goodness.
Speaker 9 (04:11):
Thank you for calleen.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Of course.
Speaker 5 (04:17):
You be safe and have a great day you too.
Speaker 6 (04:20):
Thank you right baby, bye bye w D I a
HI caller.
Speaker 4 (04:28):
Hello, Hi, can you hear me?
Speaker 5 (04:29):
I hear you loud and clear.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
Great. Look, this is Delman Coachs calling from Maryland to
wish Attorney Monika Johnson and a happy birthday. The opening
the opening message from Attorney Ursula this morning was about friendship,
and I hope you know that you have an incredible
friend in Ursula and so many of us around the country. Monica.
(04:54):
I'm not sure if you're aware of this, but this
week is the eleventh anniversary when I met you ursa love.
Oh my gosh, why.
Speaker 5 (05:06):
Am I going to president?
Speaker 4 (05:09):
Yes, and we met the president. It was the week
it was around April the tenth. I think today eleven
years ago when you all met the president, but I
met you all the day before. Look, I just want
to wish you a happy birthday. You're an incredible woman,
an incredible professional, visionary mom, uh friend, and I just
(05:30):
wish you many many more birthdays. Just wanted to call
and give you a shout out. And that's when you
met my best friend.
Speaker 10 (05:38):
You can't steal her yet.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
Okay, Yes, Happy birthday, Happy birthday, Thank.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
You, Thank you Bishop.
Speaker 6 (05:46):
We appreciate you, all right, thank you, bye bye, thank
you for calling.
Speaker 5 (05:51):
Hey, what can I say? W D I A hi caller? Hi?
Hi am I yes, ma'am.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
You're in Queen by your mama Bensing your live on
the air.
Speaker 11 (06:07):
Hi. This is from my baby, Monika Johnson. This is
from your mom and dad. We're wishing you the happiest
month that you can have, and we want to tell
you how much we love you and appreciate you. You
are the best daughter in the world. And I have
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one memory. I'm sitting here with my cousin. We are
here with her husband. She's taking care of him. And
she said her favorite memory of Monika is when fifty
years ago when she would get up every morning to
put on her.
Speaker 12 (06:49):
Her shoes, and her shoes had to be.
Speaker 11 (06:51):
Polished and shined every morning and she all day long.
She and if they got stuffed up, I would shine
them up again. But we both Elaine and I want
to say, have a great month, Monica. We love you
to death.
Speaker 10 (07:07):
Thank you, Mommy, I love you too.
Speaker 11 (07:11):
Okay, by Mama.
Speaker 5 (07:14):
Ben y'all, y'all all right, she said, she's listening.
Speaker 13 (07:23):
Well, hi everybody, I'm actually in the studio, yeah, with
Monique and Ursula and uh, I'm Tori, and we have
been together for a very long time, many years. So
I have a gazillion memories.
Speaker 5 (07:41):
That means mm hmm okay, those headphones.
Speaker 13 (07:45):
Down, Okay, thank you, and so, but one I want
to talk about because I think it exemplifies exactly who
you are, Monika, just uh, how generous you are. You know,
the scripture talks about when that Jesus says we will
be known by our love one for another, and so
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recently it's a recent memory. Actually, I sent out a
message to my community about a financial need that was.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Die your financial need that somebody had, and I asked
my community if they would pray about a seed, and
so sure enough, Monica responded with her seed.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
And then she was like, and I got a card.
Speaker 13 (08:30):
With an unlimited amount if you want to use that
as well. And she literally would give your shirt off
her back. And she's done that to me before. I
remember when a sushi and I got your shirt.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Yeah.
Speaker 13 (08:41):
But she is the most generous, loving person, empathetic, She
will celebrate anybody has so much joy. I just love
her and I'm so excited that you're part of my
life and we've been together all.
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Of these years.
Speaker 13 (08:58):
So happy early birthday as we celebrate you this month,
and just wanted, as Ursula said in the opening, we
just wanted to love on you, speak life into you,
encourage you, give you the flowers now so you can
know beyond the shadows out how loved you are.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
I feel it.
Speaker 5 (09:16):
I believe that.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
I believe it is good.
Speaker 5 (09:19):
Go back to our phone lines.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
W D I a hi caller.
Speaker 8 (09:24):
Hi, how are you.
Speaker 5 (09:25):
I'm doing fabulous today. How are you?
Speaker 14 (09:28):
I am doing well.
Speaker 7 (09:30):
I'm calling in to wish a happy birthday to my
cousin Monica.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
This is.
Speaker 5 (09:38):
My sister.
Speaker 7 (09:40):
This is her birthday month too, all right, happy birthday. Well,
I just want to say to you, Monica, I hope
your day is as amazing as you are. You have
done this thing called life with such class and grace.
Speaker 9 (09:56):
I wish you a year field with love, laughter, and.
Speaker 7 (09:59):
All of your heart's desires. I am so grateful for
you and all of the memories that we have shared,
including you taking me home from college. Were riding together
back from Rust College, to Memphis. So I hope you
enjoy your special day.
Speaker 11 (10:16):
And I love you, girl, I love you too.
Speaker 10 (10:19):
Thank you, Bye bye, thank you, bye bye.
Speaker 5 (10:23):
W D I a HI caller. Hi caller, you there,
whig caller.
Speaker 6 (10:33):
Hi?
Speaker 15 (10:34):
Hello, Yes, Monika, Yes, this is Katty.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Judge Kirk. You're live on the air.
Speaker 5 (10:49):
You're live on the air.
Speaker 15 (10:51):
I am okay, Well, I am calling on behalf of
just I'm just a very good friend of Moniquas. And
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my fondest memory of Moniqua is when she held my
hand to go and see if I passed the bar exam.
And I don't know anyone more loving or giving or caring,
such an impath and such a loving friend. And I
hope you enjoy your day that we celebrate you. And
(11:34):
I hope you know how much you are loved. And
I hope you know you will always be a shining
and bright, shining star in my heart and my life.
Speaker 16 (11:47):
I love you so much.
Speaker 6 (11:50):
And Kathy w D I a high caller, So am I, Yes,
you're on the air.
Speaker 14 (12:04):
Hey, this is Lester Watt with Operation Hope. Hello Monica.
Ya all right, look I was just calling the issue.
Happy birthday, one of my fondest memory.
Speaker 4 (12:17):
Uh.
Speaker 14 (12:18):
When we first met, I had to I got corrected
by you. What I called you Monica Johnson and you
said nos, Monika Johnson. I was like, well, I got
another friend of mine. Her names felt exactly your. She
goes by Monica, and so I didn't want to get
into an argument. You know, she's an attorney, so I
didn't want to get into an argument with her. I
was like, okay, we're just gonna roll with Mondika. So
(12:39):
I just wanted to say happy birthday to you. Our
founding chairman, John O'Brien has I have a green sock
challenge out where for the month of ak April, which
is financial Literacy month, and he wants on April thirtieth,
everybody wear green socks that's distributed for Operation Hope. I
have a pair for you. So I'm going to have
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to connect you with you and give you that pair
of green socks from Operations Hope.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
All right, and you know I'm gonna support I am
a big fan of what you all do. Thank you
so much for everything, Lester.
Speaker 5 (13:11):
I appreciate you.
Speaker 14 (13:12):
You're You're welcome and happy birthday.
Speaker 5 (13:14):
Okay, and Lester, we were just talking about Ruth was
on earlier. So we gave people your phone number because
they were talking, were talking about credits. So we're going
to get you back with Ruth.
Speaker 14 (13:25):
Okay, yep, that's let's definitely do it. I've had a
bunch of calls while I sit here waiting, I had
a bunch of calls coming through, so that probably.
Speaker 4 (13:31):
Call them now, So I appreciate that.
Speaker 14 (13:34):
All right, y'all take care.
Speaker 5 (13:35):
Of you all right, bye bye, boy, you have a
whole lot of love. Let me see, let me see you.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
Who's here? They over your text and w D I
call her?
Speaker 12 (13:47):
Hello?
Speaker 5 (13:48):
Hello, Yes you're on the air.
Speaker 12 (13:51):
Yes, this is Lena Hester calling from Maryland. I have
the honor of serving attorney Monica Johnson, a Search's operating officer,
and I can tell you that she is completely dedicated
to our community. I'm so honored to have worked with
her since day one. And she's also one of my
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bestest friends. And it's hard to work with your bestest friends.
But we have been rocking, and I say too many
more years to come, not only for your birthday, but
for your business, for your practice, for everything. I just
wish the best for you, and I have to get
off the phone. Because she's texted me all right, sister, yeah.
Speaker 5 (14:36):
A good one. This is too much? Are you? Are
you really surprised?
Speaker 4 (14:43):
Let me get you.
Speaker 5 (14:46):
W D I a Hi caller, Hi calling the air?
Speaker 17 (14:51):
Yes, Hi Himnia, this is for Sharaff.
Speaker 11 (14:55):
Hey, well, I just want to to share my grandma.
Speaker 4 (15:03):
Yes, welcome to the club.
Speaker 17 (15:05):
There have been very few people that I've encountered in
life that I so quickly bonded with as a friend
and family, and whose friends and family also felt like
my own. I cherished the years of friendship, the moments
celebrations that we've shared, and look forward to, you know,
many more. You have always been such a positive, upbeat personality,
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loving mother, daughter, now grandmother, and the sweetest friend and
the sweetest friend. My fondest birthday memory of yours was
the trip that we all took to Vegas. That epic
trip to Vegas was like twenty eight years ago. I
can't believe it. And the most recent trip to the Bahamas,
which we enjoyed, you know, is very chill. But I'm
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definitely looking forward to another Vegas vibe with you. I
want you to have the best birthday and the hope
that it is filled with love, happiness and the best
is still yet to come.
Speaker 11 (15:59):
I love you, are you sharing?
Speaker 17 (16:02):
Love you guys?
Speaker 5 (16:03):
Good day, all right, YouTube? Bye bye. W d I
a high caller. High caller. You there, Yeah, oh well
call me back. W d I a high caller.
Speaker 6 (16:20):
Hey, hey, you're live on the air.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
Okay, Tom, We love y'all.
Speaker 6 (16:43):
Thank you, We love y'all. Yeah, yeah, we love we
have and they say, get back to work, thanks guy,
Bye bye, thank you.
Speaker 5 (16:55):
That's great.
Speaker 1 (16:56):
W d I a high caller.
Speaker 9 (16:59):
Okay, I heard y'all got a famous lawyer up there
with y'all today.
Speaker 5 (17:04):
Is it Johnny Cockley?
Speaker 9 (17:07):
They told me it's Monica Johnson. Monica if aisha happy birthday.
She knows how to get the name. She know how
to get the name changed and timely matter. You don't
have the word, so you could be getting that passport. Monica.
I love you so much. You know I've had your
children and you have become my big sister, and I
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am so excited that God have given you another year
to shine on this earth.
Speaker 10 (17:34):
Thank you, thank you. I love you so much.
Speaker 9 (17:38):
I love you. You enjoyed this day. You understand it's created.
Speaker 3 (17:42):
Just for you, yeap, just for me.
Speaker 1 (17:46):
I love you girl. I'm blessed.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
Wow bye byet w D. I a high caller.
Speaker 12 (17:56):
My name is Dereka, and I would like to wish
my amazing bounce Monika Johnson a happy birthday.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Thank you, Dereka. Now she's the amazing one. Now, now
she's she's the amazing one.
Speaker 5 (18:09):
Okay, thank you.
Speaker 10 (18:10):
I really appreciate it, and I appreciate you all right.
Speaker 5 (18:16):
Thank you, bye bye. Get all those birthday shouts out.
Let me take a break. Attorney Ursel, you're man, you
put all this together there.
Speaker 1 (18:27):
I did you know.
Speaker 6 (18:28):
I think that we have to honor those that we
love you unifics with words of affirmation. People think it
has to be a large gesture. Look, she wants to boats,
the cards, the planes. But I think that sometimes saying
I love you and celebrating and pressing you.
Speaker 5 (18:41):
Know, I agree. I agree. Well, the ladies are here today,
Attorney Ursula Woods and Attorney Monika Johnson. Honey, you do
like me celebrate the whole month. I see my, my, my,
My birthday month is next month May, and I celebrate
the whole month. Right, better celebrate your life? You better,
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you bet, you bet. We're talking with the attorneys today.
Maybe you like to talk with them, you have a
question for them five three five, nine three four two
eight hundred five zero three nine three four two eight
three three five three five nine three four two will
get you in to us. You're listening to double d
(19:26):
i A.
Speaker 10 (19:27):
The Beth Jos Show.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
Ladies and gentlemen.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
You're listening to the Queen of Talk, Bev Johnson on
dou W d i A.
Speaker 5 (20:22):
You're listening to the Bev Johnson Show. Here's Bev Johnson
and we're back and we're celebrating the birthday month of
Attorney Monika Johnson. Before we get back to Attorney Ursula Woods,
let me tell you about my favorite place. You know
the place. It's the rock and Chair of Memphis fifteen
forty two Elvis Presley, where we rock with the best
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soul food in town, the best entertainment around. You can
dine in or you can take out. You can give
them a call. Nine zero one four two five five
two six four nine zero one four two five five
two six four. Y'all guess who was at the Rocking
Chair on Monday. The Clark Sisters. Oh yeah, oh yeah,
(21:05):
yeah yeah. So we not playing at the Rocking chair
clocks sister on Monday. So I'm telling you we rock
with the best soul food in town. Go to the
Rocking Chair. Assortment of vegetables and catfish and buffalo fish,
Friday baked chicken, smothered her fried pork chops, hamburger states,
Miss Ann's famous Chitlings, smoked turkey, micks pot roast desserts.
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We have it all for you at the Rocking Chair.
Give them a call. Nine zero one four two five
five two six four nine zero one four two five
five two six four. It's the Rocking Chair of Memphis.
They're closed on Tuesday, open Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday. And y'all when you go there, you tell
them BEV Johnson sent you. Don't add anything else to that,
(21:56):
just say, because y'all they've been adding some other toy.
They be saying, Bam said give me a dish. No,
I didn't say that. I just said tell them. I
sink you to the rock and Chair of Nippus fifteen
forty two, Elvis Presley, All right, Attorney Ursula.
Speaker 6 (22:11):
Today has been a day that has been filled with
love and friendship and celebrating all things Attorney Monika Johnson.
So we encourage those who love her to continue to
call in and shower her with love. But right now
we want to take a pause for the cause, right
and talk about the specials that we have. Attorney Johnson
is on social media. One of the best gifts that
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we could give her is a like and a follow.
So make sure that if you have a pin in
a paper right now, write down her IG name, which
is Legacy Lawyers Group and I'm going to hand it off,
so Toy, so his Legacy Lawyers Group. But Attorney I'm sorry,
I apologize, Tory Crutchfield right, I was about to make
her an attorney a Tory crutch Phil is in the
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house today to share a little bout a bit about
Attorney Johnson and what she has going on professionally.
Speaker 1 (22:59):
For her birthday, Toy, you want to take it over, yes, thanks, Ursula.
Speaker 13 (23:02):
So this month, in celebration and honor of Attorney Johnson's birth,
we have two promotions going on. So any retained service
that you get from us, you'll receive one hundred and
fifty dollars off that service as a gift from Attorney
Johnson on our birthday. Like who gives gifts on their birthday.
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But that's what she's doing this entire month. And also
we have a special giveaway. So if you go to
the Legacy Lawyers Group Instagram page or the Facebook page
for Attorney Johnson and you like share comment tag someone,
you'll be entered into our raffle to receive a free
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consultation on any legal matter that you have.
Speaker 1 (23:49):
So go ahead and go.
Speaker 13 (23:52):
To Instagram Legacy Lawyers Group and like share comment tag.
I think we have some pretty good content that's on
that our social media informative. It's I think it has
some good comedy and it's encouraging.
Speaker 1 (24:13):
So you get a kind of.
Speaker 13 (24:15):
A whole wide range of information on your timeline.
Speaker 1 (24:19):
So follow us.
Speaker 6 (24:21):
Yeah, And one of the things you have to remember, guys,
we're small business owners that are trying to build our brand,
so we need the support and we have the WD
I a am ten seventy support and support of Bev Johnson.
But Bimoniqua's birthday, want to do an extra push and
just you know, try a little bit harder and give
her that like and that thumbs up at Legacy Lawyers
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Group and you'll see her beautiful face when you get
to the page and you know, give her a little
shout out. Happy birthday there, attorney justin, how are you
feeling today?
Speaker 10 (24:51):
I am feeling loved.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
To say the least, I am really feeling loved, but
I wanted to say, as it relates to the social media,
I'm glad that you all brought that up because just
like we come on the Bev Johnson Show and we
give free tips and free advice where you can ask
the expert, it's no different.
Speaker 10 (25:14):
You know, on our.
Speaker 2 (25:15):
Social media we do give tips and valuable information information
you may not be you know, aware of that is
pertinent to your life. And so yeah, go ahead and
like follow us. We'll keep it interesting for you and
you can also ask us questions. There that's Legacy Lawyers
(25:38):
Legacy Lawyersgroup dot com, Legacy Lawyersgroup dot com.
Speaker 6 (25:43):
And on Instagram it is Legacy Lawyers Group. Yes, Legacy
Lawyers Group.
Speaker 2 (25:47):
Now please no, we will not be representing you, so
we're not giving you legal legal advice. What we're doing
is we're giving you tips and information, but we do
encourage you to contact us if you want to retain
our services.
Speaker 10 (26:04):
All right, thank you and thank you for letting me
do this on my birthday.
Speaker 5 (26:07):
Oh you so welcome. I'm gonna go to our phone line.
W D I A Hi caller.
Speaker 11 (26:13):
Hi, Hi, this is April.
Speaker 16 (26:18):
I just want to wish my friend Monika a happy
early birthday.
Speaker 5 (26:24):
Thank you, Sora.
Speaker 16 (26:28):
I just want you to know that you are such
a beautiful spirit, and I love you so much, and
you are so compassionate and helpful as we see as
you do on the Ben Johnson Show, you always see
the glasses half full. And I just appreciate your contagious
energy and your spirit and I'm so thankful to have
you in my life. I pray that this next year
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is the best year ever. And I love you so much.
Speaker 1 (26:54):
Thank you, April.
Speaker 16 (26:55):
Yes, you are welcome.
Speaker 17 (26:58):
Have a good one.
Speaker 6 (27:00):
Bye bye.
Speaker 5 (27:00):
Oh that's nice. And I just want to say, and
you know, I know your friends and you know, just
working with you over these last years, that you are
so professional and so kind turning Monika, and you try
to help people and you try to do the right thing.
That's what I like about you. And that's why I
tell people to call you, because you're gonna take care
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of you. Don't make it right, sister, And and that's
what I like about you. Matter of fact, So my
cousin I just she called me yesterday and I gave
her your number. So if you miss Lola, if she
calls you, we would.
Speaker 10 (27:36):
Take care of her.
Speaker 2 (27:37):
I know you will take me that you trust us
with the people that you care.
Speaker 5 (27:42):
Yeah, yeah, and then do our best. And I know
and I know a Turner. She's good because she graduated
from the same school I did. That's Russ College, Alma
Matto Rush, You're.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
A graduate of well.
Speaker 6 (27:57):
And this is she's a yes.
Speaker 5 (28:02):
Well, well we did know house sister. Hey, yeah, I'm
a graduate of Rust College.
Speaker 13 (28:07):
And I did my work study w U r C
eighty eight point one f M at Rust College. Okay,
you remember that that was the Rust station.
Speaker 5 (28:17):
Well, I know because I helped helped them get the school.
I don't know if you are well there, because I
taught at Rust from eighty six eighty six to ninety four.
Speaker 13 (28:32):
Oh yeah, I was, now I was. I was a
mass com major. I was an English major. But I
did my work study in the radio.
Speaker 5 (28:38):
Okay, well I was teaching wow wow at Russ.
Speaker 1 (28:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (28:45):
Yes, and I had run into you sisters. Well, y'all,
y'ah yah, y'all were not in mass communications. But good.
Speaker 13 (28:53):
But yeah, I love my I love my stint. During
I did a big band jazz and gospel.
Speaker 5 (28:59):
From alright, alright, alright, but yeah I talked radio at
RUSS eight years. Yeah.
Speaker 13 (29:06):
It's a small world world and look produced some great people.
Speaker 5 (29:11):
Oh yes, oh Russ.
Speaker 1 (29:12):
And then of course you know Delta's always.
Speaker 5 (29:14):
Have sorry you're yeah, I had your sorrows in there
in here yesterday it was laughing.
Speaker 4 (29:23):
You know.
Speaker 5 (29:23):
We had to take a picture, so I had to
had my depth of stuff on. Yeah, this is this
is so nice. Yeah, yeah, RUSS College in the house. Well,
we're getting ready for the graduation. They just sent me
some information and I didn't know I had been out
that long. Well, we're going to be celebrating our golden anniversary.
Speaker 10 (29:42):
Is that fifty golden is fifty?
Speaker 5 (29:45):
Correct? Yeah? I think they's Oh.
Speaker 2 (29:47):
That's a you know what, that's more than a feet,
That is a blessing.
Speaker 7 (29:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (29:51):
Nice, Yeah, fifty is celebrating our fiel. They want the
graduates of nineteen seventy five. I graduated in nineteen seventy five.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
Wow, yes, okay, yes, yes, so so uh wow, congratulations
and I'm still third to one.
Speaker 1 (30:10):
You better believe it. You bet that math is mathing
with me.
Speaker 5 (30:14):
I know, as they said, that is good.
Speaker 14 (30:18):
It is good.
Speaker 5 (30:20):
Attorniously anything you.
Speaker 6 (30:21):
Want, yes, So I wanted to just simply say just
to remind you guys. I know we made this show
about love and friendship and and everything, Torrid, is this
something you want to share with us right now?
Speaker 1 (30:33):
All right?
Speaker 6 (30:34):
So I just want to let you know, remind you
of our services. I know this was a short show,
but Attorney Johnson is Will's estate planning all things airship issues.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
Definitely give her a call.
Speaker 6 (30:45):
We definitely want to, you know, encourage people because we
want to tell you about scams, especially to my elders
in the community.
Speaker 1 (30:52):
Remember, do not let.
Speaker 6 (30:53):
Strangers into your home. Do not sign the document. It's
a power of attorney. They'll tell you that they that
they want your house. I'm sorry that they want to
buy your home, and in order to buy you have
to sign the documents. In order for someone to view
your home, you do not have to have them sign anything. Again,
in order for somebody to view your home, you do
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not have to sign anything the documents that they want
you to sign. When they're just simply viewing your home
is a contract, and if you do not sell to them,
then they will place a lean on your house. The
second thing that they're having you sign is a power
of attorney that gives them authority to make decisions of
regarding your home, including giving it to someone else. Why
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would you give someone else authority to make a decision
on your behalf? If you're able body, why would you
give someone authority to make a decision on your behalf?
Speaker 1 (31:43):
And they are a stranger. Okay, so let's use.
Speaker 6 (31:46):
Some wisdom in this, and when ever you're in doubt,
you can definitely call it an attorney or just simply
have one of your relatives or your loved ones give
you that information. And as always, if it's wills to
state planning, attorney Monika Johnson is right there.
Speaker 5 (32:00):
Yes, yes, I wanted to ask you to talking about that.
Tell people attorney Monika, don't be afraid to call you.
They need a will they do.
Speaker 2 (32:11):
And bet I'm so glad that you said that, because
this is another tip. This is something that we are
seeing quite often. If you are in a blended family,
you've been married before, you have children with someone else,
you're in a blended family, and you purchase a house
with your spouse in the state of Tennessee.
Speaker 10 (32:35):
That means that you all have.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
An undividible interest, and so the survivor of the two
of you will own the entire home. Okay, And so
what that means is you're leaving it up to chance
to see who's going to pass away first, because if
the wife passes away first, the husband remarries his new wife,
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and only his chi children are heirs to the property
and not your children. Even though you lived in that
house for thirty years and you built it up, you
paid it up.
Speaker 10 (33:08):
And so these are the reasons why.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
And I know I sound like I'm fussing, but I'm
passionate about it. You have to fuss, but this, this
is why we say you need to get a will.
Speaker 10 (33:18):
I'm not you know this. I don't have a million dollars.
Speaker 2 (33:21):
Yeah, but you're in a blended family and you care
about your four year old grandchild that you want to
make sure is taken care of. We need to make
plans for that. Do not be afraid. Also, the other
thing that we're seeing is those not making plans for
their special needs children. Now, Mama, you know that your
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son has lived uncle has lived with you all all
his life.
Speaker 10 (33:49):
He's never married, he doesn't have any children.
Speaker 2 (33:52):
You've taken care of him financially, mentally, physically, everything. And
what's gonna happen when you go, Mama, If you don't
have a plan in place, you can't just expect that
by some miracle, somebody's gonna just you know, or walk in.
Speaker 1 (34:08):
And take care of it, or even one better.
Speaker 6 (34:09):
Because the kids of the promised child who was promised
the inheritance, they'll come in and say, Mama always said
I could have. Well, Mama, you didn't put it in right. Therefore,
you are leaving it up to the integrity of your
children to quote unquote do the right thing.
Speaker 1 (34:25):
They are not.
Speaker 6 (34:26):
They are going to do what is in their best
interest now that you're gone, and they may be jealous
or upset the way that you navigated life prior to
That's the reason why we got to put it in writing.
And then in ladies, let me tell you this, And
when these men die and these houses because they never
would marry you, you've been dating them for ten and
fifteen and thirty years.
Speaker 1 (34:46):
No judgment there.
Speaker 6 (34:47):
But what the problem is you think that person loved
you so much a they did not love you enough
to marry you. The reason why I'm bringing that up
is because then when they pass away, you're thinking that
you should get something because you were in his life
fifteen years.
Speaker 5 (35:01):
Ma'am.
Speaker 1 (35:01):
He wouldn't give you his last name, and he didn't
leave you his house.
Speaker 2 (35:04):
And Tennessee does not have common law marriage. Let me
say that again. There is no comment. I've been living
in with him. That is my husband, not in this state.
Speaker 6 (35:14):
And now, no matter how much you lie and tell
people y'all married, no you're not. And the reason why
that's important is because you call me and you call
attorney justson, Oh he loved me, Well, then you all
need to put that in writing. He doesn't have to
marry you, but what he does need to do is
have a will and attorney Johnson. Can't a boyfriend give
his assets to his girlfriend or his forever fiance.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
Absolutely he can do so by will or trust. You know,
he can actually add her on to the deed. Of course,
there's some risks with that and so we don't always
recommend that. But yeah, there's a number of ways that
you can make a situation a little bit more fair, absolutely,
for what will happen when the individuals began to pass away.
(35:57):
So I'm gonna always encourage you know that you put
it in writing, don't leave these very important things up
to chance. I know people who have pets, and my
dad was one of them. He loved Gallifray was his dog. Okay, Gallifray, Okay,
he loved that dog so much. He was so concerned
(36:20):
about and the dog knew when my dad was sick, right,
because they have this connection.
Speaker 1 (36:24):
Really.
Speaker 2 (36:25):
Yes, So when you have a pet that you know
and that you love in that way, and you know
you're sick and you want to make sure that your
pet is taking care of guess what bell we do
pet trust.
Speaker 1 (36:39):
Trust to share.
Speaker 2 (36:40):
But what did your dad who got gallif It was
a ranch in California where he could run run around. Yeah,
it was a ranch that we were able to give
him to because he was too I couldn't bring him
to Tennessee. Gallifrey weighs more than me. He weighs more
than me. So so he's happy now and he's free. Yes,
But the point is, you can even have a trust
(37:02):
set up where you have a trustee to manage.
Speaker 10 (37:05):
You can have money set.
Speaker 2 (37:06):
Aside to make sure that your pet goes to the
you know, to the veteran, to.
Speaker 6 (37:14):
Make sure that they're groomed, that you would have cared
for your pet. That's that's very intelligent to do.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (37:21):
And then you you want to make sure you do
this not just in the event that you pass away,
but we also do what's called incapacity planning.
Speaker 4 (37:29):
Right?
Speaker 2 (37:29):
Does that mean that means that we're going to plan
now even though it may never happen, but we're gonna
plan for what will happen if I'm ever in a
coma for seven months. Who's going to be over my finances?
Who's gonna make decisions about my health? You make those
decisions in advance so that you're not in a conservatorship
(37:55):
like Wendy Williams for example. You know, you want to
make sure you have a plan in because we don't
know what the future is going to hold, so if
we have to stop leaving things up to chance.
Speaker 6 (38:06):
So if they call you regarding the incapacitated issue, would
that be a trust or will or is that just
a part of the state plan.
Speaker 10 (38:13):
It's part of their overall plan.
Speaker 2 (38:15):
So we'll probably have different powers of attorneys, including a
general durable that will allow them to make financial decisions
if the assets are in the trust. The incapacity planning
is in that trust document that will allow successor trustees
to come in and manage the property or manage the assets.
(38:36):
So yes, it's part of your overall plan. And that's
why it's so important for you to talk to somebody
who's going to give you a holistic picture and not
just piece meal. You need to look at your entire
estate plan, including you living for a long time.
Speaker 1 (38:54):
Thank you Monika for sharing your gifts.
Speaker 5 (38:56):
I just wanted to add what you said, Attorney Ersla
and when you were talking about living with somebody for
all these years, and explain this. Ladies, you living with
a man all these years, he's still married, oh and
he dies.
Speaker 6 (39:13):
You're not the wife, Okay, the.
Speaker 5 (39:16):
Wife is going to the wife gets the social or whatever.
Speaker 1 (39:21):
I am not here.
Speaker 6 (39:22):
None of us are here to judge you for being
a forever fiance. We're definitely not here to judge you
for living with your man. But what we're trying to
really and truly discuss with you is being a forever fiance,
being a living girlfriend. That does not give you any
legal rights in the state of Tennessee. So we're trying
to ground you.
Speaker 1 (39:40):
Now.
Speaker 6 (39:41):
We know that mister Jimmy love you, and you know
what I mean. We know that mister Jimmy is still
married to Mary Sue, and but we also know that
he's been with you in church, holding yourselves out as
husband and wife for twenty seven years. But that does
not make you missus Jimmy. You are still you know,
lorna special friends, still the special friend, and it will
(40:04):
be in the obituary that way. Therefore, But you believe
that because but this is serious. You believe that because
you've paid the mortgage. You believe that because you've paid
the rent. You believe because you have cared for this
man all of these years and he's dying and you
have been the only one by his side, that that
gives you some level of legal hierarchy. It does not.
And I'm tell you the worst thing that happened, Attorney Justson,
(40:27):
what happens if mister Jimmy and the mistress I'm sorry,
the fore ever fiance, if they bought a house together,
but mister Jimmy still married to Mary Sue. Mister Jimmy died,
who gets the house.
Speaker 2 (40:38):
We've actually had a scenario exactly like that. And in
that scenario, the the girlfriend broke up with the husband
about five years into the relationship, but she stayed into
the house, stayed in that home for another twenty years.
She paid the mortgage by herself. She had no more
(40:59):
contech with the husband. But because the girlfriend and the
husband purchased the property together and he was untitled.
Speaker 1 (41:08):
It was not her husband.
Speaker 5 (41:10):
It was not her husband.
Speaker 2 (41:11):
Remember she's the girlfriend right when that husband. When that
husband passed away, this girlfriend could not understand why she could.
Speaker 1 (41:21):
Not sell her house.
Speaker 2 (41:23):
I've been living in this house for twenty five years,
you have. But guess what, your ex boyfriend, your ex,
your ex's wife owns half of your house. Right and
so now we ought to go to this woman and
negotiate with her to transfer over her interest to you.
So you all have to plan in advance. We're not
(41:44):
gonna just leave it up to chance. And that's a
horrible situation.
Speaker 1 (41:47):
The same thing with children.
Speaker 6 (41:49):
It ment fellas you know, especially my senior citizens. You
eighty years old, but you got a two year old
child that you never told your wife about. Please trust
no and believe that when you pass away, guess who's
gonna be sitting at that front row, that lady and
that new child. And then when it's time to divide
the assets, and you didn't make provisions for that two
year old. Oh it's coming up and out. And you
(42:12):
know you took that blood test. You know that's your baby,
and that child it does have a right to inheritance.
And so I would say, hey, even though I understand
that you know you may not want to discuss that
while you're alive. I mean, you know you don't want
to get cut right there. But we can make provisions
in which in your will where you may write a
letter to your family explaining the situation. Because none of
(42:32):
us are perfect, you know, but for the grace of God,
we would all be in the same position, you know,
like we're teasing with the men and calling your forever founce.
But be honest with you, I understand there are reasons
why we don't choose to marry and we just want
to remain connected to someone. But let's just get our
legal affairs in order. That's let's just get so get
that telephone, ne call it turning Monika Johnson. The number
(42:54):
is nine zero one five four one. Help is five
four one four three five seven. Remember she has birthday
specials one hundred and fifty dollars off any retained services.
And then we also have a giveaway, so make sure
that you you know what. Let's get Tory, Crush Tory,
tell them, tell them one.
Speaker 5 (43:14):
More time tour.
Speaker 1 (43:15):
Yes, So we have the giveaway.
Speaker 13 (43:17):
So if you go on to the Instagram page Legacy
Lawyers Group, you will win a chance to have a
free consultation on any legal matter. And we're doing this
all this entire month of April. One hundred and fifty
dollars off any retained service in celebration of Attorney Johnson's birthday.
Speaker 1 (43:37):
That's her gift. Both of those are gifts from her
giving back gifts on her own birthday.
Speaker 6 (43:42):
Thank you, Attorney Johnson for sharing your gift with your
world and my can I give her my word?
Speaker 1 (43:49):
I just want to tell you that I love you.
Speaker 6 (43:51):
You've been my friends since I landed in Memphis in
nineteen ninety eight. We grew closer in two thousand and nine.
We've been rocking and rolling ever since. We have seen
some very high highs and some very low lows. And
I can tell you this, Attorney Johnson always says grounded
in Christ. She always stays grounded within her family, and
(44:11):
she's always gonna pick her head back up. She's never
so down that she doesn't get back up. And so
I don't understand if anybody even hates her. It's like, girl,
y'all need to stop because she ain't the one in
order to it's something wrong with you. So let's show
one another love.
Speaker 7 (44:25):
You know.
Speaker 6 (44:25):
I thank God for having a best friend, thank God
for having a sounding board, and thank God for the
God in her. The Book of Malachi says that when
friends talk amongst one another, not call his name. But
the Book of Malachi says, when friends talk amongst one another,
God hears them. So I encourage everyone to get them
a godly friend because God hears us. And the fact
(44:47):
that we are here today in the BEV. Johnson Studio
on a national platform, two black girls with two more
black girls just trying to make it. Our prayers are
be an answer. We are in a miss of our
answered prayers. You pray for love and the overflow of love.
So I pray that Attorney Johnson, you receive the love
from today and I pray that everyone within the sound
(45:08):
of my voice you receive the love from your friends
and family as well. Thank you, Bev for allowing us
to take over your show today. That's all right, No, no, no,
be sorry.
Speaker 5 (45:20):
I love it. I love it. Thank you, and happy birthday, sister, sister,
Happy birthday, my rush site. Thank y'all for being here.
It's been a good day today.
Speaker 1 (45:31):
Ruth and y'all.
Speaker 6 (45:32):
Y'all didn't see Ruth, but Ruth was sharp. I told
her she Ruth was looking good.
Speaker 5 (45:37):
Yeah, thank you all for being here. I do appreciate
you all. Thank you, thank you so very much. And
I want to thank you callers. I want to thank
you listeners for joining us this day on the Bed
Johnson Show. We do, we really do appreciate you so
(45:58):
untill tomorrow. Please be safe, keep a cool head, y'all,
and don't let anyone steal your joy until tomorrow. I'm
Bev Johnson, and y'all keep the faith.
Speaker 16 (46:14):
The musings discussed on the Bev Johnson Show are that
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