Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
10:43 am Friday, June 10, 2016

Hazel Jane Hester

Hazel Jane Hester, 78, Russellville, passed away June 10 at ECM Hospital.

 

She lived her entire life in Franklin County and was a member of the Methodist church.

Funeral service will be June 12, 2 P.M. at Pinkard Funeral Home Russellville with Bobby Stancil officiating. The family will receive friends from 12 P.M. until service time. Burial will be in Franklin Memory Gardens.

 

She is survived by several nieces and nephews.

 

Preceding her in death are parents Wiley Edward and Esther Hester; siblings Clinton Hester, Bertie Johnson, Bernice Lawler, Fred Hester, Helen Lawler, Clifton Hester, Opal Allen, Charles Hester and Clarence Hester.

 

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