Laurens County GaArchives Obituaries.....Hester, Gladys Stewart August 23, 1959 ************************************************ 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 January 28, 2012, 1:30 pm The Dublin Courier Herald 8-24-1959 Funerals Set For Wreck Victims Here Double funeral services for Miss Thelma Hester and her mother, Mrs. J. M. Hester of Dublin, Rte. 6, who were killed Sunday in an automobile accident, will be held Tuesday at 3pm from the Blue Springs Baptist Church. The Rev. J. N. Rainey and Rev. W. E. Flanders will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. The bodies will be placed in state at Townsend's Funeral Home until 2pm Tuesday and at the Church from 2pm until funeral time. Pallbearers will be Julian Murphy, Curtiss Beall, Cleveland Hester, Thurmond Hester, Hilra Hester, Elbert Hester, Tilman Hester, J. C. Hester, Lamont Hester, and Bobby Jean Hester. Miss Hester, 41, was born and reared in Laurens County and a member of the Blue Springs Baptist Church where she was very active in its affairs. She had been employed by the Federal Land Bank here in Dublin for the past seventeen years. Survivors include her father, of Dublin Route 6; one brother, Gilson Hester of Dublin; and a sister, Mrs. W. W. Wilkes of Dublin. Her mother, Mrs. Hester, 61, was a native of Laurens County and an active member of the Blue Springs Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband of Dublin Rte. 6; one son, Gilson Hester of Dublin; one daughter, Mrs. W. W. Wilkes of Dublin; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Townsend Brothers Funeral Home is in charge of the double services. Additional Comments: Gladys was born 20 Aug 1898 to Charley J. Stewart and Katie L. Cobb Stewart. Georgia death certificate #23047. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/laurens/obits/h/hester2440nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb