Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Saturday, November 6, 1971

MRS. EVIE M. HESTER

COLLINS, Miss. -- Funeral services were scheduled at 2 p.m. Saturday from the chapel of Johns Funeral Home in Collins for Mrs. Evie M. Hester, 79, Collins, with burial in Fellowship Cemetery in Taylorsville. The Revs. Marvin Taylor and Larry Tillman officiated.

Mrs. Hester died Friday morning in Covington County Hospital after an extended illness. A native of Newton County, she lived most of her life in Collins. She was a Methodist.

Survivors are three daughters: Mrs. Grace Rawls, Mrs. Earline Dubose, both of Collins, and Mrs. Ruby Cooley of Laurel; one brother, Archie McDaniel, Pascagoula; one sister, Mrs. Alma White, Hattiesburg; two grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.