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Biniam L. Hester

11 Feb 1892 – 17 Aug 1956

Birth	11 Feb 1892
Death	17 Aug 1956
Cemetery	Hopewell Cemetery DeRidder , Beauregard Parish , Louisiana , USA
Added by	Cindy on 11 Jul 2020
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6841933

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Hester Services Scheduled Today DERIDDER (Spl.) - Funeral services for Biniam L. Hester ,64, were to be held at 2 p.m. at the Hopewell Baptist church with the Rev. Thomasl Cooley, the Rev. Jack Bell and the Rev. Roy Lee Johnson officiating. Burial will be in the Hopewell cemetery with the Hixson funeral home in charge. Mr. Hester died at 11:55 p.m. Saturday in the Beauregard Memorial Baptist hospital. He was a veteran of World War I and was a member of the American Legion. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elva Hester of DeRidder; five daughters, Mrs. Varnell Cooley and Mrs. Charlene Taylor, both of DeRidder, Mrs. Ruth Edell Petittas of Boston, Mass., Mrs. Mary Bell Gill of Lawton, Okla. and Mrs. Ira Wade Pursley of Atlanta, Ga. two sons, Melbin Hester of Dallas, Texas, and Elson Earl Hester of DeRidder; twenty grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Walter Copeland of El Paso, Tex., and Mrs. Ada Seitz of Las Vegas, Nevada; six brothers, W. T. of Port Arthur, Texas, Walter of Buna, Texas; Loami, Elmer, Obie, and Otis, all of DeRidder.

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Family

Parents

• Ira P Hester 1852–1938
• Mary Mariah Bailey Hester 1868–1950

Spouse

• Elva Marie Southern Tyson 1904–1972

Siblings

• William T "Bill" Hester 1882–1966
• Erane L. Hester Bailey 1884–1905
• Walter Berry Hester 1886–1961
• Loamia Alfred Hester 1896–1958
• Ollie May Hester Henderson 1896–1923
• Gilbert Prentiss Hester 1898–1936
• Tecie Leo Hester Copeland 1900–1984
• Obie G Hester 1910–1991
• Hilda Copeland Cramer 1921–2010

Children

• Varnell Hester Neal 1920–1991
• Charlene "Cooter" Hester Taylor 1922–1988
• Woodvern Perry Hester 1924–1939
• Ruth Edell Hester Petitpas 1927–2004
• Murlin W. Hester 1928–1947
• Melvin B.L. Hester 1930–1997
• Mary Belle Hester Gill 1930–2000
• Ira Wade Hester Pursley 1934–2023
• Elson Earl Hester 1938–1974

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