B-142932, MAR. 22, 1962
Highlights
WAS ISSUED TO YOU FOR YOUR FATHER. THE SUBJECT CHECK WAS CANCELLED AND WHEN YOU MADE CLAIM TO ITS PROCEEDS. YOU WERE PAID $107 AS THE DAUGHTER OF THE DECEASED. YOU WERE ADVISED THAT $51 OF THE AMOUNT REMAINING WAS BEING WITHHELD PENDING A CLAIM BY CARRIER EDMONDS FOR THE AMOUNT REMAINING DUE HER FOR PAYING THE BURIAL EXPENSES OF THE DECEASED AND THAT $107 WAS BEING WITHHELD PENDING RECEIPT OF A CLAIM FROM THE DECEDENT'S SON. IT WAS EXPLAINED TO YOU WHY OUR OFFICE COULD NOT AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL PAYMENT TO YOU. WE POINTED OUT THAT THE RECORD BEFORE OUR OFFICE INCLUDES A RECEIPTED BILL OF THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR WHICH SHOWS THAT THE FUNERAL EXPENSES OF THE DECEASED WERE PAID IN FULL BY CARRIER EDMONDS AND THAT FUNERAL EXPENSES UNDER THE VIRGINIA LAW TAKE PRECEDENCE.
B-142932, MAR. 22, 1962
TO MRS. PAULINE BECKETT:
ON FEBRUARY 18, 1962, YOU AGAIN WROTE TO THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROTESTING THE PREVIOUS ACTIONS OF OUR OFFICE IN DISALLOWING YOUR CLAIM FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PROCEEDS OF SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK NO. 26, 186, 295, DATED NOVEMBER 23, 1959. THIS CHECK AMOUNTING TO $265, WAS ISSUED TO YOU FOR YOUR FATHER, MR. WELBERT BRADFORD, DECEASED.
THE SUBJECT CHECK WAS CANCELLED AND WHEN YOU MADE CLAIM TO ITS PROCEEDS, YOU WERE PAID $107 AS THE DAUGHTER OF THE DECEASED. YOU WERE ADVISED THAT $51 OF THE AMOUNT REMAINING WAS BEING WITHHELD PENDING A CLAIM BY CARRIER EDMONDS FOR THE AMOUNT REMAINING DUE HER FOR PAYING THE BURIAL EXPENSES OF THE DECEASED AND THAT $107 WAS BEING WITHHELD PENDING RECEIPT OF A CLAIM FROM THE DECEDENT'S SON, AMBROSE BRADFORD.
THIS MATTER HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF TWO PREVIOUS DECISIONS OF OUR OFFICE. IN B-142932, JUNE 9, 1960, AND AGAIN IN B-142932, JULY 6, 1960, IT WAS EXPLAINED TO YOU WHY OUR OFFICE COULD NOT AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL PAYMENT TO YOU. WE POINTED OUT THAT THE RECORD BEFORE OUR OFFICE INCLUDES A RECEIPTED BILL OF THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR WHICH SHOWS THAT THE FUNERAL EXPENSES OF THE DECEASED WERE PAID IN FULL BY CARRIER EDMONDS AND THAT FUNERAL EXPENSES UNDER THE VIRGINIA LAW TAKE PRECEDENCE. EACH OF YOUR LETTERS WHEREIN YOU HAVE EXPLAINED THAT YOU FURNISHED CARE TO YOUR FATHER DURING HIS LAST ILLNESS HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY CONSIDERED BY OUR OFFICE. HOWEVER, AS PREVIOUSLY ADVISED, YOU HAVE FAILED TO PRESENT ACCEPTABLE EVIDENCE WHICH WILL REFUTE THE RECEIPTED BILL FOR THE FUNERAL EXPENSES.
ACCORDINGLY, OUR PREVIOUS ACTIONS IN THE MATTER ARE SUSTAINED AND YOUR CLAIM IS DENIED. WE MUST ADVISE THAT FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE FROM YOU OF THE TYPE SUBMITTED ON FEBRUARY 18, 1862, WILL SERVE NO USEFUL PURPOSE.