Red Hots fire chief Ben Mincey executed his last will and testament on 29 September 1948, leaving property to his wife Mattie Barnes Mincey; sister Emma Barnes; sister-in-law Olivia Mincey; children John Mincey, Ben Mincey, Mildred Mincey Woodard, and Madison Mincey; and, separately, daughters Emma Sharpe and Mae Lillie Sharpe.
Mincey died 14 July 1950 and was buried with great ceremony in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Will of Ben Mincey (1948), North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998, http://www.ancestry.com.