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Lela Faith Hester 1940 – 2015 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 April 1940

Birth Location: Fort Payne, DeKalb, Alabama, USA

Death Date: 8 Mar 2015

Death Location: Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, USA

Father: John Hester

Mother: Lela Wooten

Spouse(s): Harold Cohen

Children(s):

Lela Faith Hester was born in 1940 in Fort Payne, DeKalb, Alabama, USA, the child of John Wallace Hester and Lela Leona Wooten. Lela Faith Hester married Harold Fred Cohen. Lela Faith Hester passed away in 2015 in Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, USA.

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Biography

  • Lela Faith Hester was born in 1940 in Fort Payne, DeKalb, Alabama, USA, the child of John Wallace Hester and Lela Leona Wooten.
  • Lela Faith Hester married Harold Fred Cohen.
  • Lela Faith Hester passed away in 2015 in Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, USA.

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Children(s)

Lela Hester's Ancestors

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Lela Hester
1940 – 2015
Birth Place: Fort Payne, DeKalb, Alabama, USA
Parents
John Wallace Hester
1901 – 1994
DeKalb County, Alabama, United States of America
Lela (Leona) Wooten
1905 – 1995
Alabama
Grandparents
Thomas (Lafayette) Hester
1874 – 1953
Georgia
Elizabeth Stephens
1875 – 1951
Alabama
Jeptha (Thomas) Wooten
1875 – 1959
DeKalb County, Alabama, United States of America
Sophronia (Fraunie Palestina) Shankles
1877 – 1917
DeKalb County, Alabama
Great-Grandparents
Francis Hester
1845 – 1904
Caroline Winnet
1849 – 1908
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Stephen Hester
1790 – 1858
Mary Johns
1801 – 1869

Lela Hester's Timeline

2 Records

1940
18 April 1940
Birth of Lela Faith Hester in Fort Payne, DeKalb, Alabama, USA
Fort Payne, DeKalb, Alabama, USA
2015
8 Mar 2015
Age 75
Death of Lela Faith Hester in Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, USA
Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 April 1940
    Event Place: Fort Payne, DeKalb, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Mar 2015
    Event Place: Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: East Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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