Services for Elden G. Hester of Meadville were 11 a.m.,Saturday, Nov. 27, at Bude Church of God, with burial in ByrdsChapel Cemetery in Meadville. Franklin Funeral Home was in chargeof arrangements.

Mr. Hester, 76, died Nov. 25, 2004, at Franklin MemorialHospital in Meadville. He was born in Franklin County on July 23,1928, to Otis Hester and Julia Murray Hester.

He was retired from Armstrong Tire Company in Natchez. He was amember of Bude Church of God.

Preceding him in death were his parents; a brother, HaroldHester; and a sister, Mamie Ruth Wilson.

Survivors are his wife, Emma Fleming Hester of Meadville; hisdaughters, Clara Longmire and Janet Wright, both of Meadville; hissons, Glen Hester, William Hester and David Hester, all ofMeadville; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.