Extracted from The Lake Charles American Press (Lake Charles, LA)
WILLIAM T. HESTER
GROVES, Tex. -- Funeral services for William T. Hester, 83, brother of Mrs. T. C. Copeland of Lake Charles, were to be at 6 p.m. today in the Levingston Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Donald Potts officiating, assisted by the Rev. Arthur Howard.
The body will be sent to Hope Well for additional services and burial Thursday.
Mr. Hester died at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday in St. Mary Hospital.
A native of Louisiana he had lived in Jefferson County since 1929.
Other survivors include his wife, Mrs. Della Hester; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Stewart of Port Arthur, Tex. and Mrs. O. D. Powell of Groves; two sons, Doyle Hester of Groves and Dempsey Hester of Port Arthur; one other sister, Mrs. Paul Sykes of Las Vegas, Nev.; four brothers, Eddie, Obe, Otis and Loman Hester all of DeRidder; six grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
Wednesday, June 15, 1966