BELLE LEANN HESTER, age 11 months, went to be with her heavenly Father, Sunday, July 27, 2008 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, Virginia.
She was preceded in death by her great-grandfathers, J.B. Keyes and Jack Hester; her great-grandmothers, Essie Hester and Arleen Anderson.
She is survived by her parents, Travis and Crystal Hester of Marion, Virginia; her grandparents, Danny and Tammy Miller of Sugar Grove, Virginia, Gary and Lisa Quillen of Atkins, Virginia, Larry Hester of Marion, Virginia, and Deborah Hester of Abingdon, Virginia; her great-grandparents, Jerry and Betty Jones of Rich Valley, Virginia, Paul and Mary Quillen of Marion, Virginia, Ivalee Miller of Marion, Virginia, and Charles Anderson of Abingdon, Virginia; uncles and aunts, Adam Miller and wife Brittney of Sugar Grove, Virginia, Jeremy Miller of Sugar Grove, Virginia, Steven Quillen of Marion, Virginia, and Nathan Quillen of Atkins, Virginia, Angela Simerly and husband, Greg of Elizabethton, Tennessee, Jessica Sexton of Atkins, Virginia, Tracy Stallard and husband, Michael of Marion, Virginia, Jessica Quillen of Rural Retreat, Virginia, and Shannon Tate and husband, John of Marion, Virginia; a host of other great uncles, great aunts and cousins also survive. Pallbearers will be her grandfathers; honorary pallbearers will be Chris Keyes, Randy Keyes, Jeremy Miller, Adam Miller, Jessie Quillen, Nathan Quillen, and Michael Stallard.
Funeral Services will be held Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at Valley View Baptist Church, Sugar Grove, Virginia with Rev. Roger Frost officiating. Burial will follow in Slemp Cemetery, Sugar Grove, Virginia. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the family at www.seaverbrown.com. Seaver-Brown Funeral Service and Crematory is serving the Hester Family.