Muscogee-Troup County GaArchives Obituaries.....Hester, Rebecka Jane [Veal] (Mrs. R. B.) July 20, 1928 ************************************************ 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: Candace (Teal) Gravelle http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00023.html#0005680 July 29, 2006, 5:42 pm "The Roanoke Leader" Roanoke, Randolph Co., Alabama NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, July 18, 1928 Walter Calhoun of Columbia, S.C. was called here last Friday by the serious illness of his grandmother, Mrs. R.B. Hester. NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, July 25, 1928 MRS. HESTER DIED JULY 20th On the night of July 20th Mrs. R.B. Hester was called by the Great All Father from mortality to immortality. She died as she had lived, a devoted christian wife and mother. To the broken hearts of her suffering family we would say, take to yourself the great controlling power of the christ that she loved. "Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep, from which none ever wake to weep." To the bereaved husband and children we would say, is it not better that she sleep in Paradise instead of languishing on a bed of pain? In all the various relations of life that she filled as wife, mother, friend and neighbor, the even tenor of her noble life was far beyond reproach. Gentle, kind, modest, with silent devotion she practiced christian benevolence. She went when she was needed and ministered to the suffering. She loved her neighbors and saw that they knew her love by her kind, sympathetic deeds. The many friends of this christian lady remembered her with an abundance of flowers. It was most appropriate that the close of this life should be accentuated with flowers. As the beautiful book of her life is closed, remembrance of a thousand deeds of kindness that she did stand out like dazzling jewels on a lovely robe. Her best monument will be the kindness which accentuated all her earthly pilgrimage. The funeral service was held at the First Baptist church of which she was a member, on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock by her pastor Rev. W.E. Lockler who paid her a worthy tribute. Her favorite hymn, "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" was her requiem. Interment was in the city cemetery. Mrs. Hester is survived by her husband Rev. R.B. Hester and three children, two of this city, Mrs. T.E. Calhoun and Mr. C.M. Hester and Mrs. Baxter Taylor of Columbus, Ga. A friend. ---- LOCAL News Among those called to Roanoke by the death of Mrs. R.B. Hester are B.C. Taylor of Columbus; Mr. and Mrs. Milton Pace of Hogansville; J.H. Dean and family of West Point; Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. Elton TAYLOR, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Young, Misses Winnie, Tinie and Ruth Bassett of LaGrange. Additional Comments: Alabama Deaths, 1908-59 Name: Becky Jane Hester Death Date: Jul 1928 Death County: Randolph Volume: 36 Roll: 3 Page #: 17996 * CEDARWOOD CEMETERY Township 21, Range 12, S 35 Main Street, Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama Surveyed September 2000 by Marie M. Cain and Marilyn M. Girardi Submitted by Marilyn M. Girardi MMGir@aol.com Section E Hester, Rev. R. B. Apr 28, 1853 Jan 23, 1938 Hester, Rebecka Jane Veal May 30, 1854 Jul 20, 1928 (Mother) w/o R. B. Hester Calhoun, Walter Bingnon Jan 14, 1893 Mar 11, 1974 Pvt US ARMY Hester, Charles Monroe Dec 20, 1874 Aug 26, 1949 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/muscogee/obits/h/hester4993gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb