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Helen D. Hester
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen D. Hester, 100, of Waterproof were held at Young's Funeral Home on Monday, June 22, 2009, at 2 p.m. with Rev. Clois Cole officiating.
Interment followed at New Winnsboro Cemetery in Winnsboro under the direction of Young's Funeral Home in Ferriday.
Mrs. Hester was born March 21, 1909, in Springfield, MO, and passed away Friday, June 19, 2009, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Ferriday.
Mrs. Hester was a resident of Waterproof. She retired February, 1973, as a telephone operator with South Central Bell in Natchez after 25 years of service and was a member of the Telephone Pioneers and Tensas First Baptist Church of Waterproof.
She was preceded in death by her father, Thomas Ellis Dabbs; mother, Eleanor Sloan "Miller" Dabbs; daughter, Ruth Price Stuart; sisters -- Margaret Dabbs Dayton and Thoma Dabbs Ball; brothers -- William "Bill" Dabbs and Todd Dabbs; husbands -- Ivy Price, Horace P. Seaman, and Huey Hester; son-in-laws, George Stuart and Glen Keys; two grandsons -- George Ellis Stuart and Jamie Stuart; great-granddaughter, Christina Stuart Springfield; and a great-great-granddaughter, Ashley Danielle Taylor.
Survivors include a son, Ivy "Bud" Price and wife, Dorothy, of Ferriday; daughter, Edith Keys of Waterproof; sister, Louise McLeod and husband, James "Jimmy" of Natchez. She was also survived by 12 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren and numerous great-great-grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and many friends at Rivergate Bowl.
Pallbearers were Dickie Keys, Linda Counts, Ralph Price, Gene Price, Bart Stuart and Dean Coldiron.
Honorary pallbearers were Charles Smith, Allen Smith, Dr. Gibson, Daryle Price and Michael Keyes.
The family extends special thanks to all of the staff at Heritage Manor who took time and wonderful care of their loved one. |
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