Obituary of Colonel Alvis Hester, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Clippings at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.
Wednesday, August 8, 1990


Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.
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Colonel Alvis Hester

Colonel Alvis Hester, 54, died July 26 in Arcata, California. He was born in
Kansas City, missouri, October 14, 1935. His mother Onesia Athen (Doughty)
Manchester, resides in Jena as did his father, Orvis Alvis Hester, who died
September 25, 1973.

Colonel graduated from Jena high School in 1953 and from the California
Polytechnical at Pomona. He served as a survival instructor at Stead Air Force
Base, Reno, Nevada in the late 1950s. His career included social work and
education, some of which was served in LaSalle Parish. He was Baptist.

Colonel is remembered for his leadership in school government and acting
ability while attending school in Jena. He went on to play numerous parts with
the Reno Little Theatre in Reno, Nevada. Most currently he collected antiques
and traveled.

Ceremonies were held in Medford, Oregon and interment in the Medford, Orgeon,
Eagle Point national Military Cemetery on August 1, officiated by Rev. Rick
Burns.

He and Donna Marie Holstein hester have two daughters, Camilla Brynne Hester-
Alvaro, Walnut Creek, California; Jennifer Onesia Whiteley of Pacifica,
California; and three sons, Dirk Garold Alvis Hester of Ventura, California;
Eric Alaris Alvis Hester of Los Angeles, California and Derek Aelric Alvis
Hester of Arcata, California; two brothers, Tyson Lee Hester of Willis, Texas
and Bryant Kimberly Hester of Jena and a sister Cordialea Onesia Athena of
Carson City, Nevada; and four grandchildren.