Pawleys Island, SC
Ezell Rice Hester of Pawleys Island, SC, died Monday, April 7, 2014, at Tidelands Community Hospice in Georgetown after a short illness. She was 92.
Mrs. Hester was born August 23, 1921, in Wedowee, Alabama. She was the daughter of Matthew and Retta Williamson Rice.
She formerly lived in Birmingham, where she worked in retail management with an emphasis on children's clothing for 35 years. However, her primary life's work was helping to take care of others. She moved to Pawleys Island in 2000 and has been a resident at Morningside Assisted Living in Georgetown since July 2012. She was a member of St. Paul's Waccamaw United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Hester was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Ridley H. Hester; a son, Thomas R. Hester; three sisters, Mavis Thompson, Nettie Wadsworth, and Euna McGhee; and one brother, Alva Rice.
Surviving relatives include daughter Sheila Rogers and her husband Jerome of Pawleys Island; four grandchildren, Rick Foshee of Georgetown, SC, Darryl Foshee of Florence, SC, Christina Creeden of Haymarket, Virginia, and Jessica Liples of Shippack, PA; and seven great grandchildren. She is also survived by two brothers, Durwood Rice and his wife Mavis, and Herbert Rice and his wife Jimmie, both of Lineville, AL; daughter-in-law Linda Hester of Shippack, PA; and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held on 11:00 AM Tuesday, April 15, 2014, at the Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham. A memorial service is being planned for a later date at Morningside Assisted Living.
The Sun News, Wednesday, April 9, 2014.
Ezell Rice Hester of Pawleys Island, SC, died Monday, April 7, 2014, at Tidelands Community Hospice in Georgetown after a short illness. She was 92.
Mrs. Hester was born August 23, 1921, in Wedowee, Alabama. She was the daughter of Matthew and Retta Williamson Rice.
She formerly lived in Birmingham, where she worked in retail management with an emphasis on children's clothing for 35 years. However, her primary life's work was helping to take care of others. She moved to Pawleys Island in 2000 and has been a resident at Morningside Assisted Living in Georgetown since July 2012. She was a member of St. Paul's Waccamaw United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Hester was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Ridley H. Hester; a son, Thomas R. Hester; three sisters, Mavis Thompson, Nettie Wadsworth, and Euna McGhee; and one brother, Alva Rice.
Surviving relatives include daughter Sheila Rogers and her husband Jerome of Pawleys Island; four grandchildren, Rick Foshee of Georgetown, SC, Darryl Foshee of Florence, SC, Christina Creeden of Haymarket, Virginia, and Jessica Liples of Shippack, PA; and seven great grandchildren. She is also survived by two brothers, Durwood Rice and his wife Mavis, and Herbert Rice and his wife Jimmie, both of Lineville, AL; daughter-in-law Linda Hester of Shippack, PA; and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held on 11:00 AM Tuesday, April 15, 2014, at the Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham. A memorial service is being planned for a later date at Morningside Assisted Living.
The Sun News, Wednesday, April 9, 2014.
Pawleys Island, SC
Ezell Rice Hester of Pawleys Island, SC, died Monday, April 7, 2014, at Tidelands Community Hospice in Georgetown after a short illness. She was 92.
Mrs. Hester was born August 23, 1921, in Wedowee, Alabama. She was the daughter of Matthew and Retta Williamson Rice.
She formerly lived in Birmingham, where she worked in retail management with an emphasis on children's clothing for 35 years. However, her primary life's work was helping to take care of others. She moved to Pawleys Island in 2000 and has been a resident at Morningside Assisted Living in Georgetown since July 2012. She was a member of St. Paul's Waccamaw United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Hester was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Ridley H. Hester; a son, Thomas R. Hester; three sisters, Mavis Thompson, Nettie Wadsworth, and Euna McGhee; and one brother, Alva Rice.
Surviving relatives include daughter Sheila Rogers and her husband Jerome of Pawleys Island; four grandchildren, Rick Foshee of Georgetown, SC, Darryl Foshee of Florence, SC, Christina Creeden of Haymarket, Virginia, and Jessica Liples of Shippack, PA; and seven great grandchildren. She is also survived by two brothers, Durwood Rice and his wife Mavis, and Herbert Rice and his wife Jimmie, both of Lineville, AL; daughter-in-law Linda Hester of Shippack, PA; and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held on 11:00 AM Tuesday, April 15, 2014, at the Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham. A memorial service is being planned for a later date at Morningside Assisted Living.
The Sun News, Wednesday, April 9, 2014.
Ezell Rice Hester of Pawleys Island, SC, died Monday, April 7, 2014, at Tidelands Community Hospice in Georgetown after a short illness. She was 92.
Mrs. Hester was born August 23, 1921, in Wedowee, Alabama. She was the daughter of Matthew and Retta Williamson Rice.
She formerly lived in Birmingham, where she worked in retail management with an emphasis on children's clothing for 35 years. However, her primary life's work was helping to take care of others. She moved to Pawleys Island in 2000 and has been a resident at Morningside Assisted Living in Georgetown since July 2012. She was a member of St. Paul's Waccamaw United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Hester was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Ridley H. Hester; a son, Thomas R. Hester; three sisters, Mavis Thompson, Nettie Wadsworth, and Euna McGhee; and one brother, Alva Rice.
Surviving relatives include daughter Sheila Rogers and her husband Jerome of Pawleys Island; four grandchildren, Rick Foshee of Georgetown, SC, Darryl Foshee of Florence, SC, Christina Creeden of Haymarket, Virginia, and Jessica Liples of Shippack, PA; and seven great grandchildren. She is also survived by two brothers, Durwood Rice and his wife Mavis, and Herbert Rice and his wife Jimmie, both of Lineville, AL; daughter-in-law Linda Hester of Shippack, PA; and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held on 11:00 AM Tuesday, April 15, 2014, at the Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham. A memorial service is being planned for a later date at Morningside Assisted Living.
The Sun News, Wednesday, April 9, 2014.
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