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Mary P. Hester
Tuscumbia-The funeral for Mrs. Mary Pearl Hester, 86 Route 1, will be at 2 p.m. today at New Bethel Baptist Church with the Rev. Thomas W. McDowell officiating. Burial will be in New Bethel Cemetery, Morrison Funeral Home, Tuscumbia, officiating.
The body will be placed in the church one hour before the service.
She died Friday, March 22, 1991 at Helen Keller Memorial Hospital, Sheffield, after an extended illness.
She was a native of Colbert County and member of New Bethel Baptist Church.
Survivors include sons, John Nathan Hester, Freddie Alton Hester, both of Tuscumbia, James Gerald Hester, Mount Hope; daughter, Lydia Pearline McMurtrey, Tuscumbia; 14 grandchildren; two step grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren.
Bearers will be grandsons.
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What was left out of the obituary that should have been included:
Preceded in death by her husband, Fred Hester; infant twin chilren Retus L. Hester (1934 - 1934)and Retha B. Hester (1934 - 1935); two sons, Robert Nelson Hester and Homer Edward Hester; three grandchildren, Nathanial Hester, Jerry Hester, and Police Officer Bobby S. Hester, who lost his life in the line of duty in Memphis, TN.
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Mary P. Hester
Tuscumbia-The funeral for Mrs. Mary Pearl Hester, 86 Route 1, will be at 2 p.m. today at New Bethel Baptist Church with the Rev. Thomas W. McDowell officiating. Burial will be in New Bethel Cemetery, Morrison Funeral Home, Tuscumbia, officiating.
The body will be placed in the church one hour before the service.
She died Friday, March 22, 1991 at Helen Keller Memorial Hospital, Sheffield, after an extended illness.
She was a native of Colbert County and member of New Bethel Baptist Church.
Survivors include sons, John Nathan Hester, Freddie Alton Hester, both of Tuscumbia, James Gerald Hester, Mount Hope; daughter, Lydia Pearline McMurtrey, Tuscumbia; 14 grandchildren; two step grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren.
Bearers will be grandsons.
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What was left out of the obituary that should have been included:
Preceded in death by her husband, Fred Hester; infant twin chilren Retus L. Hester (1934 - 1934)and Retha B. Hester (1934 - 1935); two sons, Robert Nelson Hester and Homer Edward Hester; three grandchildren, Nathanial Hester, Jerry Hester, and Police Officer Bobby S. Hester, who lost his life in the line of duty in Memphis, TN.
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