$150-Million Trust Will Benefit 13 Charities in Alabama; Other Gifts to Nonprofit Groups

Three donors have made big gifts:

  • Lucille Stewart Beeson, of Birmingham, Ala., has bequeathed an estimated $150-million to benefit 13 Birmingham-area charities. In her will, Mrs. Beeson directed that the donation be used to endow a perpetual trust, which will pay out a portion of its interest to each of the groups.

    The Salvation Army of Jefferson County, the Jimmy Hale Mission, United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Birmingham, the Alabama Sheriff's Boys and Girls Ranches, the

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