Her estate faults her widower, Edward Cook, who is now fighting a judge’s order to vacate the farm in Coventry by Sunday. But Cook said the perennial herb gardens, although overgrown, remain intact. Cook’s current legal battles began in 2017 after a lawyer, George Purtill, was appointed to oversee Simmons’ estate. Since Purtill’s appointment, court rulings have removed Cook as executor of Simmons’ estate, terminated his lifetime tenancy rights, frozen $400,000 of his assets and ordered him evicted. “Her legacy was the herb gardens, the lecture hall, promoting the legends and the stories of the herbs,” he said.

Source: National Post January 04, 2019 19:18 UTC