Laurens-Treutlen County GaArchives Obituaries.....Hester, Gordon Lee April 13, 1983 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: William J (Jim) Carroll williamcarrollj@bellsouth.net August 20, 2009, 2:55 pm The Dublin Courier Herald 4-14-1983 Page 2 Mr. Hester Funeral services for Gordon Lee Hester, 76, of Dublin, formerly of Macon, will be held Friday at 2pm in the Union Baptist Church. The Rev. Douglas Bush and the Rev. W. E. Flanders will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Hester died Wednesday in a local hospital after being in declining health for several years. A native of Laurens County, he was the son of the late Eli and Rachel Spivey Hester. He was a retired employee of the Georgia Highway Department and a member of Union Baptist Church. Survivors include four sons, Hollis Hester of Augusta, Richard L. Hester of Gainesville,Fla., Kenneth Hugh Hester of Atlanta, and Carlos Hester of Rt. 4, Dublin; seven grandchildren; a number of nieces, nephews, and other relatives. The body will lie in state at Adams Funeral Home until 1pm Friday when it will be placed in the church to remain until the funeral hour. The family will receive friends tonight from 7:30-9pm at the funeral home. Additional Comments: Gordon was born 2-3-1907. He was married, at one time, to Mary Etta Foskey Hester Merritt, who died 4-6-1977 and is buried at Red Bluff Missionary Baptist Church in Treutlen County. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/laurens/obits/h/hester12533ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb