Former area resident Alice G. Newby Hester died Tuesday in Licking, Missouri. She was 94.

She was born January 4, 1904, in Sulphur, Indian Territory, the daughter of David W. Newby and Ellen J. Hines Newby.

She married Ernest Hester at Duncan in August 1923 and they had two daughters.

They farmed and during World War II, Mrs. Hester worked in the aircraft industry.

When she retired, she lived in Chandler until moving to Raymondville, Missouri in 1986. She had lived in a Licking, Missouri nursing home since February 1997.

She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, two sisters, her husband and one great-grandson.

Surviving are her daughters, Oma Faye Knoch of Raymondville, Missouri; Wanda Geraldine Hester Ragan of Dallas, Texas; four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren and many other relatives and friends.

Viewing will be 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday and until noon Friday at Parks Brothers Funeral Home of Chandler.

Family will receive visitors at the funeral home from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday.

Graveside service will be 1:00 p.m. Friday at New Hope Cemetery, Meeker, with Wesley Wallace officiating.

Published April 29, 1998.