James Robert Hester

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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     Birth Date: 14 Jul 1875
    Christening: 
          Death: 27 Nov 1956 -  ( at age 81)
         Burial: in Flat Creek Cemetery, Fountain Hill, Ashley, AR
 Cause of Death: prostate cancer

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Parents

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         Father: Jesse Jasper Hester 
         Mother: Mary Margaret Doss 

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Magnolia Geddie
       Marriage: 2 Feb 1902
       Children:
                1. Ora Etta Hester 
                2. Aldon Ernest Hester 
                3. Infant1906 Hester 
                4. Hazel Adelle Hester 
                5. Infants1910 A&B Hester 
                6. Norman James Hester 
                7. Alma Corine Hester 
                8. Margaret Inez Hester 
                9. Roland Eddings Hester 

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Notes

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General:

1910 census, living in Egypt Twp, Ashley, AR w/Maggie and 3 children

Gr-dtr, Elsa Raye, remembers that Papa Hester had a smokehouse at the southwest corner of their house outside the kitchen door and was always smoking some kind of meat. She remembers that they always had lots of good bacon.

11/28/1956 Hamburg--James R Hester, 81, a retired farmer, died yesterday in a hospital in El Dorado. Mr Hester was a native of Ashley County and had lived at Fountain Hill since 1919. He was senior deacon in the Fountain Hill Baptist Church. In addition to his widow, he is survived by three sons, Alton, Little Rock; Norman, Crossett; and Roland, Fountain Hill; four daughters, Mrs Ray Phillips and Mrs Isaac Norrell, Fountain Hill; Mrs C B Hollis, Montrose, and Mrs Leon Binns, Crossett; his stepmother, Mrs Dora Hester, Monticello; four brothers, Ed, Ringold, La; John and E. B. Hester, Little Rock, and Ervin Hester, Malvern; four sisters, Mrs. Benson Barnett and Mrs Ernest Chandler, Crossett; Mrs Bill Pennington, in Oregon, and Mrs Odis Miller, Monticello; a stepsister, Mrs Lon Doss, Crossett; 26 grandchildren and 13 great-granchildren. Funeral services were conducted today in Fountain Hill Baptist Church by the Rev. Clarence Allison, the Rev R L Smith and the Rev. E H Acuff, and burial was in Fountain HIll Cemetery in charge of Jones Funeral Service, Hamburn.