KINGSPORT, Tenn., Feb. 10 - Mrs. Lillie Mae Kestner, 65, died at the residence, 113 Myrtle Street, at 10:30 p.m. Monday. Born and reared near Abingdon, Va., she was the daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. David Davenport. She came to Kingsport in 1929 and had been a member of the Assembly of God Church since that time.
Surviving are her husband, Thomas H. Kestner; eight sons, Clarence, Fred, Roby, Paul, and Smith Kestner, all of Kingsport; Oakley Kestner, Draper, N.C., Beecher Kestner, Lynchburg, Va.; and Preston Kestner, Greensville, S.C.; a brother, Harvey Davenport, Johnson City, Tenn.; a sister, Mrs. George Gobble, Meadowview, Va.;and 25 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Assembly of God Church, with the following pastors participating: the Revs. H.E. Waddle , Hugh Horne and J.W. Gladney.
Burial will be in Kingsport City Cemetery. The body will be taken to the home at 10 a.m. Wednesday and to the church at 11 a.m. Thursday to lie in state until time for services.
Pallbearers will be Clyde and Jack Kestner, Eugene and Billy Vestal, Leroy Light, Bob Cannon, Denton, and Roy Davenport.
KINGSPORT, Tenn., Feb. 10 - Mrs. Lillie Mae Kestner, 65, died at the residence, 113 Myrtle Street, at 10:30 p.m. Monday. Born and reared near Abingdon, Va., she was the daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. David Davenport. She came to Kingsport in 1929 and had been a member of the Assembly of God Church since that time.
Surviving are her husband, Thomas H. Kestner; eight sons, Clarence, Fred, Roby, Paul, and Smith Kestner, all of Kingsport; Oakley Kestner, Draper, N.C., Beecher Kestner, Lynchburg, Va.; and Preston Kestner, Greensville, S.C.; a brother, Harvey Davenport, Johnson City, Tenn.; a sister, Mrs. George Gobble, Meadowview, Va.;and 25 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Assembly of God Church, with the following pastors participating: the Revs. H.E. Waddle , Hugh Horne and J.W. Gladney.
Burial will be in Kingsport City Cemetery. The body will be taken to the home at 10 a.m. Wednesday and to the church at 11 a.m. Thursday to lie in state until time for services.
Pallbearers will be Clyde and Jack Kestner, Eugene and Billy Vestal, Leroy Light, Bob Cannon, Denton, and Roy Davenport.
Family Members
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Rev Clarence Nathaniel Kestner
1901–1987
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Ollie Pearl Kestner Vestal
1903–1930
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Ernest Oakley Kestner
1904–1992
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Frederick Nelson "Fred" Kestner
1905–1987
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Effie Florence Kestner Koone Brown
1907–2007
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William Roby Kestner
1909–1990
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Marjorie Trula Kestner Cooper
1911–2008
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Beecher Haile Kestner
1913–1987
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Paul Andrew Kestner
1915–1998
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Preston James Kestner
1917–2003
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R. C. Kestner
1919–1920
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Rev Smith E. Kestner
1921–2019
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Mary Scott Elizabeth Kestner Alder
1922–1993
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