Inverness, Fla. ? Ted Williams’ children are close to announcing an agreement over whether the body of one of baseball’s greatest hitters will remain frozen, an attorney said Monday.

Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell and her half siblings, John Henry Williams and Claudia Williams, met for hours Monday at a lawyer’s office. John Henry Williams left with Claudia without commenting, as did Ferrell, who left in a separate car.

Richard Fitzpatrick, one of Ferrell’s attorneys, would not say if an agreement has been reached, but said he is hopeful the feud can be resolved today.

John Henry Williams and Ferrell have been fighting over what to do with their father’s remains since the slugger died July 5 after a series of strokes and congestive heart failure.

John Henry Williams had the body flown to a cryonics lab in Arizona to be frozen against the wishes of Ferrell, who says their father always wanted to be cremated and his ashes scattered over the Florida Keys.

Monday’s discussions were aimed at reaching a compromise so that a judge won’t have to decide the fate of Ted Williams’ body.

The estate’s attorneys had been expected to ask that a judge decide the issue when they file Ted Williams’ will. The attorneys missed Monday’s deadline for filing the document, but probate experts said such deadlines are rarely enforced.

One of Ferrell’s attorneys, John Heer, has said that the estate’s attorneys told him that the will requested that Ted Williams be cremated.

Claudia Williams, appeared to offer an olive branch to her siblings in a statement released Sunday. Claudia Williams hasn’t publicly said what she wants done with her father’s body, although it has been reported that she is siding with her brother.