Getting substring out of column using substring and /or instring function

I need to strip out only JR and Sr out of the last name column. But for the last name " Mcfadden Iii" leave as is.
last_name
Mcfadden Iii
Williams
Graham
Chandler
La Munion
Cook
Hall
Hall
Davidson
Williams
Williams Jr
Bell
Goodwin
Rivera
Mclendon Sr
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Moody Williams
Edited by: user581807 on Mar 12, 2009 6:03 AM

Hi,
REGEXP_REPLACE ( last_name
               , ' ((jr)|(sr))$'
               , NULL
               , 1
               , 1
               , 'i'
               )will do that, regardless of whether 'jr' or 'sr' is capitalized or not.
If you prefer a case-sensitive expression, omit the last argument. (Actually, you could omit the last four arguments ", NULL, 1, 1, 'i'").

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