Obituaries

By Staff Reports Published

8:53 am Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Norman Leon Hester

Norman Leon Hester

April 28, 2012

Norman Leon Hester, 63, Russellville, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2012, at his residence.

The visitation will be from 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at Spry Memorial Chapel. The funeral service will follow at 2 p.m. at Spry Memorial Chapel. Officiating at the service will be Bro. Zane Roland. Burial will be at Crooked Oak Cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, Connie Hester; daughters, Tammy Tapia and husband, J.R., Trish McWilliams and husband, Aubrey; four grandchildren; brother, Dale Hester; sister, Dorothy Lee Hawkins; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Norman McKinley Hester; and mother, Mary Lucille Willis Hester.

The pallbearers will be Jeff Davis, Kenneth Hester, James Hester, Jerry Grissom, Eugene Landers, and Leroy Willis.

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