Elvis H. Hester

MR. ELVIS H. HESTER Mr. Elvis H. Hester, 88, of LaGrange, died Thursday, March 17, 2011, at Hospice LaGrange. The funeral service will be conducted at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, March 20, at Lighthouse Church of God in LaGrange. The Reverend Ronnie Fuller and the Reverend Randall Frazier will officiate and entombment will be in Shadowlawn Mausoleum. The family will receive friends at the church from 2 until 3 Sunday afternoon. Mr. Hester was born February 4, 1923, in Randolph County, AL, son of the late Arvin and Pearl Shepherd Hester. An Army veteran of World War Two, he lived in Troup County most of his life, was Pentecostal by faith, and was a retired self-employed mason. Survivors include his wife, Nalta Grace Hester of LaGrange; sons, Rev. A. Wayne Hester and his wife, Jane, of LaGrange, Dr. Elvis H. Hester, Jr. and his wife, Rita, of Stockbridge, and John M. Hester and his wife, Phyllis, of Navarro Beach, FL; sisters, Joan Brazell of Franklin and Glenda Faye Turner of Falkville, AL; brother, Carlas Hester of LaGrange; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home of Hogansville is in charge of arrangements. Visitation: from 2 until 3 Sunday afternoon, March 20th, at Lighthouse Church of God Services: 3:00 p.m., Sunday, March 20th, at Lighthouse Church of God in LaGrange Interment: Shadowlawn Mausoleum in LaGrange