TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La. OBITUARIY for HESTER, JOYCE MARIE Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Source: Jones Funeral Home, Inc., Houma, La. Died: Thursday, July 21, 2016 ============================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ============================================================================= HESTER, JOYCE MARIE ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/obits/dateobits/2016/f1607.htm and click on the name of interest. ========== Joyce Marie Hester, 67, a resident of Houma, passed away peacefully at 9:00 p.m., on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. until funeral time at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 26 at Beautiful Zion Baptist Church located at 120 Hialeah Ave. in Houma with burial to follow in Halfway Cemetery. She is survived by her husband Norris Hester; son, Sean Hester (Shirley); daughter, Valerie Charles (Javar); eleven grandchildren; six great grandchildren; god-daughter, Monica Givens; brothers, Theophilius Pharr, Sr. (Joyce) and Dwight Pharr (Christine); sisters, Patricia Pharr, JoAnn Trahan (Allen), Janice Blackmon (Donald) and Alma Gray (Reginald). She was preceded in death by her parents, Theophilus, Sr. and Zenobia Aldridge- Pharr; paternal grandparents, Namon and Effie Pharr; and maternal grandparents, Jessie and Ora Baker. Arrangements entrusted to Jones Funeral Home of Houma. ======================