Grace Elizabeth (Hester) Beene

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Grace was born on October 3rd, 1919.  Grace's father was William Thomas Beene and her mother was Mamie Allen Beene.  Her paternal grandfather was Reuben Warren Beene and her paternal grandmother is Mary Elvira Lindsey. She had five brothers and four sisters, named Ovin, Thomas, Elmer , Ernest, Lester, Emma Lee, Ruth, Ruby and IN D..  She was the youngest of the ten children.  She died at the age of 96 on November 15th, 2015 in Grapevine, Texas.  The funeral took place in Salem Cemetery.  She was buried in Freestone County, Texas.

• General Notes

  Grace Elizabeth Beene Hester, 96, passed away November 15, 2015 in Grapevine, Texas. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at Cedar Creek Baptist Church in Teague with Bro. Johnny Veretto. Interment will follow in the Salem Cemetery.
  
  Visitation with the family will be 10:00-11:00 a.m., Wednesday, at Cedar Creek Baptist Church.
  
  Grace was born October 3, 1919 in Teague, Texas to William Thomas and Mamie Allen Beene. She married Grady Lee Hester on March 5, 1945 in Dallas, Texas. She was a loving, wife, mother and grandmother; she cherished her family. She enjoyed visiting and conversing with people and shopping. Grace was also an enormous fan of Coca-Cola and watermelon; she would never accept any substitute for her coke. She was a member of the Cedar Creek Baptist Church.
  
  She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Grady; sisters, Emma Lee Rogers, Ruth Pipkin and Ruby Day; and brothers, Ovin, Roy, Ernest, Lester and Elmer Beene.
  
  Grace is survived by her son, William L. Hester and wife, Gerrie of Bedford, TX; daughter, Carolyn Ann Hester Nance and husband, Dan of Grand Prairie, Texas; one grandchild, Rachel Ann Cantrell; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Details of Grace's family with Grady Lee Hester